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-->-- ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' (during a PensieveFlashback)

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'': The [[PensieveFlashback dream spell]], which works via a naked astral projection inside someone's mind. Asuna is [[LampshadeHanging not happy about it.]]
* ''Manga/FushigiYuugi''

* ''Manga/ChronoCrusade''

* ''Anime/MaiOtome'' has Arika meet her Mother this way, [[spoiler:After she is forced to destroy her Mother's body to depower the Valkyries.]]

* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo''

* Happens several times to the title character of the ''Comicbook/JudgeDredd'' {{spinoff}} ''Anderson: Psi Division'' when she has to go on some psychic quest, such as in the "Shamballa" storyline.

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** ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' and ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'': By default, when a werewolf enters the SpiritWorld, they bring themselves and nothing else. This makes the Rite of Dedication particularly useful, since it has the side effect of allowing a werewolf's [[MagicPants clothes]] to become part of their "spiritual identity".

* ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' portrays Hell like this, though apparently not Heaven.

* He does keep his pants, but when Luke Skywalker has an intense fever dream in Comicbook/MarvelStarWars, he's inexplicably shirtless, even though his body in the medical ward is fully clothed.

* In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', Ness is naked in {{Magicant}}. This was [[{{woolseyism}} unsurprisingly removed]] from the US version, where [[ChildrenAreInnocent they dressed Ness in his pajamas instead]]. In any case, since this is an SNES game with 16-bit sprites, there's no objectionable detail to speak of.

* Seen in ''Manga/{{Narutaru}}'' during the occasional peeks into Shiina's psyche.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'', the spiritual exchange between Kate and her dead sister (who was possessing her up to that point) has [[http://www.misfile.com/?page=342 them both naked]]. It was a genuinely touching moment of redemption on both sides, and all we could think of was "boob squish!" Sigh.

* In the old ''Webcomic/LeveL'', Cael spends the vast majority of chapter five [[http://www.levelmanga.com/level.php?episode=5&page=12&large=true&cover=false in this state]].

* Tiffany Winters in ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'', during her little [[AstralProjection adventure]] [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/d/20100421.html as a ghost]], in the BarbieDollAnatomy way.

* In the final installement of the truncated ''Anime/BubblegumCrash'', Sylia Stingray receives this treatment when [[spoiler:Largo]] tries to assimilate her. One commenter summarized it this way:

Frequently seen in sequences involving JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind or soul-viewing as symbolic of the "naked" truth and/or vulnerability, or just the fact that you can't take anything with you, clothing included. Also commonly implemented with a FetalPositionRebirth. Of course, [[FauxSymbolism sometimes it's not done for the symbolism]], as much as for the {{fanservice}}. Also regular in anime, partly due to the fact that in Japan, nudity with children is [[ValuesDissonance not viewed as sexual, and rather to focus on their innocence and purity]].

Interestingly, elements like hair decorations have good chance to stay on the character in this state, despite not being more part of their body than clothing.

* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' musical episode: Gabrielle is transported naked to Illusia (pune on illusion) and Joxer uses Illusia magic to make her a dress of flowers.

* This surprisingly occurs during ''VisualNovel/SteinsGateZero'', when Okabe is performing a time leap that sends him to the year 2036, he experiences a vison with all of his friends. Suddenly he finds himself alone and naked for whatever reason, then he's back with everyone, and with clothes this time.

** Also kind of {{Inverted}}: the first time that David's mind snaps back into his "real world" body, he's in bed, and the narration note that he has "nothing on." [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero Christopher]] (in book 11) and [[TheSmurfettePrinciple April]] (in book 3) also transfer back when they happen to be in the shower.
* In ''Literature/DeepSecret,'' three characters are traveling through a trippy alternate dimension. At one point, Nick feels a thorn cut his stomach and suddenly realizes that all of their clothes have disappeared (which sucks even more since it's freezing and the ground is rather rough). A short while later, they find trees filled with any clothes that they've ever given away in the past, and dress in those. Rob, who was raised in an environment where you keep things until they're unusable, has to improvise something else.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', an episode had a future Billy appearing naked, with his past self believing that his cloths were lost during the time-jump. Except Future Billy explains he just took them off because he thought the time breeze felt good.

Interestingly, elements like HairDecorations have good chance to stay on the character in this state, despite not being more part of their body than clothing.

* Played with in the last episode of ''Literature/ScrappedPrincess'', where [[spoiler:Pacifica, just [[BackFromTheDead back from being dead]], coalesces naked in the arms of her (fully clothed) older brother. After an awkward moment, she punches him and gets out of his arms and onto whatever passes for the ground in that place, [[AccidentalPervert loudly accusing him of being a pervert.]]]]

* In ''Literature/TheMagids'' first book, ''Literature/DeepSecret,'' three characters are traveling through a trippy alternate dimension. At one point, Nick feels a thorn cut his stomach and suddenly realizes that all of their clothes have disappeared (which sucks even more since it's freezing and the ground is rather rough). A short while later, they find trees filled with any clothes that they've ever given away in the past, and dress in those. Rob, who was raised in an environment where you keep things until they're unusable, has to improvise something else.

* Pops up often in ''Anime/SailorMoon'', even remaining in TheNineties dub. Like in the {{transformation sequence}}s, however, nothing explicit is observable. It is particularly relevant at the very end of the final episode of ''Stars''; Sailor Moon spends the last episode completely naked and with wings on her back (Note parody [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/ArtworkJAFanarts/SMARTEnglishDubsCensored.jpg fanart]]).

* Played with in the last episode of ''Literature/ScrappedPrincess'', where [[spoiler:Pacifica, just [[BackFromTheDead back from being dead]], coalesces naked in the arms of her (fully clothed) older brother. After an awkward moment, she punches him and gets out of his arms and onto whatever passes for the ground in that place, [[AccidentalPervert loudly accusing him of being a pervert]].]]

!!Examples

* ''Anime/YuGiOh''

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ''

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''

* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', naturally, mocks DBZ's use of the trope for Vegeta (and ''only'' Vegeta) during the Namek saga. It turns out that at the time Vegeta died, King Yemma was being a troll and ordering the newly-deceased to strip upon entering the afterlife.

* ''[[Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters Guardians, Wizards, and Kung-Fu Fighters]]'':

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11777845/1/A-Brave-New-World A Brave New World]]'' Harry's astral form is naked when he has an out-of-body experience at age ''four''.
* In ''FanFic/NoChanceForFate'' Ranma and Ami appear in a spiritual plane - very much naked. Both of them are mortified and not happy about the explanation they are given for it, nor that they weren't told in advance.

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* Used in the last ''Literature/HarryPotter'' book, although Harry's first act after becoming conscious is getting some clothes on. Averted in [[Film/HarryPotter the film version]], in which he loses his jacket and glasses, but keeps the rest of his clothes.
** Note that, in the book, he was curious but not bothered by the fact that he was naked, until he saw there was someone else there - [[spoiler: the mangled remains of Voldemort's soul.]]

* Zeus' metting with Gaia in ''Webcomic/{{MYth}}: A Promise''. Justificable, as Gaia is the equivalent of TheLifestream and only souls are able to meet her face to face.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''

** Also kind of {{Inverted}}: the first time that David's mind snaps back into his "real world" body, said body is sleeping in the nude. [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero Christopher]] (in book 11) and [[TheSmurfettePrinciple April]] (in book 3) also transfer back when they happen to be in the shower.

* In the first ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'' book, [[HeroicWannabe David]] and the others get sucked into Everworld fully-clothed and have clothes when they get there, but he describes the period between the worlds as floating naked in complete darkness, aware of some supernatural entity watching him and poking in his memories (which include [[spoiler:being molested as a child]], so the nudity sort of adds subtext there).

* This is seemingly the default in both Creator/WhiteWolf ''[[TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse Were]][[TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken wolf]]'' games. When a werewolf physically enters the spirit world, they pretty much bring themselves and nothing else. This is another reason why [[MagicPants the Rite of Dedication]] is useful, as it allows a werewolf's clothes to be interpreted as part of their "spiritual identity."
* The highest rank of [[SuperSenses Auspex]] in ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' grants AstralProjection, in which case the vampire's spirit appears without any clothes or equipment. Fortunately they're also {{invisible|ToNormals}} -- except to anybody else with Auspex or a comparable power. Nothing like seeing a naked spectral [[LooksLikeOrlok Nosferatu]] drift through your bedroom wall at night...

* The ending of ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' fits this trope to a T. Ah, the more innocent time when [[spoiler:Fei and Elly ran away naked in some conceptual space from nowhere]]... Note that Fei ''isn't'' naked when he is visiting his own mind, which probably means that there must be some female nudity involved for the creators to strip him!