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* Invoked in ''Film/NurseBetty''. The title character believes she's a nurse on her favorite soap opera hospital, and the most surefire sign that she's out of place is the fact that she's wearing the little white nurse dress and cap while surrounded by actual nurses wearing modern blue scrubs.
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* [[CampStraight Ken]] from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' is very [[RealMenWearPink into fashion]] and pretty much all of his clothes date from the late 1950s to the early 1980s.

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* [[CampStraight Ken]] from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' is very [[RealMenWearPink into fashion]] and pretty much all of his clothes date from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. Comes back to bite him in the ass when Barbie starts tearing them apart as part of her [[InterrogationByVandalism interrogation]].
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'''Ken''': The "Growing Formal" collection, yes!

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'''Ken''': The "Growing "Groovy Formal" collection, yes!

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* Oliver of the Series/BradyBunch, when he appears in ''[[https://scrappydooisfoundaliveinnebraska.tumblr.com/post/623928392772960256/nobody-had-to-die-batman-the-brave-and-bold nobody had to die]]'' is described as a "Baby John Lennon" (with the long hair and the round glasses) and the unnamed narrator describes his apparel as the product of a bygone era. [[BigSisterInstinct She still wants to protect him, though.]]



** Pretty much everyone's outfit really! Daphne and Velma look incredibly dated when not wearing more modern duds. The only one that could be said to have avoided it is Shaggy, and he's only avoided it out of luck -- pants and a t-shirt just refuse to go out of style. Although Shaggy's pants were originally (that is, in the 1969 series) drawn bell-bottomed, so not even he is entirely safe. In the 1980s stories with [[TheScrappy Scrappy]], the bell-bottomed ends were gone, inexplicably gaining a red shirt in the process, though later they were changed to brown again.

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** Pretty much everyone's outfit really! Daphne and Velma look incredibly dated when not wearing more modern duds. The only one that could be said to have avoided it is Shaggy, and he's only avoided it out of luck -- pants and a t-shirt just refuse to go out of style. Although Shaggy's pants were originally (that is, in the 1969 series) drawn bell-bottomed, so not even he is entirely safe. In the 1980s stories with [[TheScrappy Scrappy]], Scrappy, the bell-bottomed ends were gone, inexplicably gaining a red shirt in the process, though later they were changed to brown again.
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* Invoked in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''. When several of the original Kombatants are plucked from the 90's in the time travel plot, most of the characters are wearing what they wore in the older games...except Johnny Cage, who is dressed in hideous 90's day-glo and not the subdued karate pants with no shirt that he ''actually'' wore in every ''Mortal Kombat'' up until ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatX MKX]]''. This could be due to Johnny's personality having been massively {{flanderized}} since ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 MK9]]''.
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* Men who don't normally wear business suits may keep one in the closet for special occasions and use it for years or decades because it doesn't get worn enough to be damaged. Sharp-eyed observers should be able to nail when a man bought his suit down to the year by looking at the cut.
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* This becomes a plot point in ''Film/SomewhereInTime''. Richard procures what he thinks is a period-appropriate suit when traveling back in time only to arrive and find out that it's ten years out of date. Then, when he tries showing off how practical his suit is, he [[spoiler:accidentally discovers a modern penny, which snaps him back to the modern day]].
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* Mother Gothel from ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' has a wardrobe ''centuries'' out of date, which serves as an indicator that she's [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld far older than she appears to be]].

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* Mother Gothel from ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' has a wardrobe ''centuries'' out of date, which serves as an indicator that she's [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld far older than she appears to be]].

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* In ''ComicBook/TheBeano'', the artists occasionally tried to 'update' the characters' clothes. It usually didn't take (as with ''The Bash Street Kids'' and, to some extent, ''[[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK Dennis the Menace]]''), but subtler changes did (as with ''Roger The Dodger'' getting long trousers).
* ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'': According to WordOfGod, Mortadelo's clothing was already outdated when the comic was started in TheFifties.
* ComicBook/{{Spirou|AndFantasio}} is perhaps the ultimate incarnation of this trope: When he started in 1938 he was a bell-boy elevator operator in a chic hotel wearing the traditional red outfit. The outfit (especially the hat) has become tied with the character, even as bell-boys in general and elevator operators in particular were consigned to history. Most readers ended up not knowing what the hell Spirou's uniform came from, but changing it became problematic because it was so intrinsically tied with the characters. Thus Spirou wore his outfit for many decades despite it being out of place. Newer authors compromised by making Spirou wear a variety of red clothes, and only keeping the uniform's hat to be used occasionally as a ContinuityNod. Many characters have even remarked on the odd hat's appearance or even outright questioned where it's from. Of course, it's lampshaded in ''ComicBook/LePetitSpirou'' where every single member of Spirou's family wears the outfit 24/7. Recent takes on the series justify the clothes in different ways: in Emile Bravo's version for example, Spirou is a bell-boy operator but the reason he wears the outfit all the time is that he's too poor to buy new clothes. Meanwhile, Fantasio's fondness for bow-ties remains unexplained throughout the series.



** Additionally, the Thompsons have tried a few times to blend in when investigating in a foreign country, but their outfits were often too "folkloric", and on at least one occasion, the national dress of the wrong country. Far from blending in, they've been known to attract crowds come to laugh at them. Nowhere more hilarious than in ''The Blue Lotus'', where they come wearing '''17th century Manchu era''' clothes, complete with ponytails and fans![[note]]They were also holding their canes behind their backs as they walked down the street, making it all the funnier.[[/note]] The result?
--->'''Thompson (with nearly the entire town parading behind them laughing):''' "Don't look now, but something tells me we're being followed..."
* ComicBook/{{Spirou|AndFantasio}} is perhaps the ultimate incarnation of this trope: When he started in 1938 he was a bell-boy elevator operator in a chic hotel wearing the traditional red outfit. The outfit (especially the hat) has become tied with the character, even as bell-boys in general and elevator operators in particular were consigned to history. Most readers ended up not knowing what the hell Spirou's uniform came from, but changing it became problematic because it was so intrinsically tied with the characters. Thus Spirou wore his outfit for many decades despite it being out of place. Newer authors compromised by making Spirou wear a variety of red clothes, and only keeping the uniform's hat to be used occasionally as a ContinuityNod. Many characters have even remarked on the odd hat's appearance or even outright questioned where it's from. Of course, it's lampshaded in ''ComicBook/LePetitSpirou'' where every single member of Spirou's family wears the outfit 24/7. Recent takes on the series justify the clothes in different ways: in Emile Bravo's version for example, Spirou is a bell-boy operator but the reason he wears the outfit all the time is that he's too poor to buy new clothes. Meanwhile, Fantasio's fondness for bow-ties remains unexplained throughout the series.
* In ''ComicBook/TheBeano'', the artists occasionally tried to 'update' the characters' clothes. It usually didn't take (as with ''The Bash Street Kids'' and, to some extent, ''[[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK Dennis the Menace]]''), but subtler changes did (as with ''Roger The Dodger'' getting long trousers).
* ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'': According to WordOfGod, Mortadelo's clothing was already outdated when the comic was started in TheFifties.

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** Additionally, the Thompsons have tried a few times to blend in when investigating in a foreign country, but their outfits were often too "folkloric", and on at least one occasion, the national dress of the wrong country. Far from blending in, they've been known to attract crowds come to laugh at them. Nowhere more hilarious than in ''The Blue Lotus'', where they come wearing '''17th century '''17th-century Manchu era''' clothes, complete with ponytails and fans![[note]]They were also holding their canes behind their backs as they walked down the street, making it all the funnier.[[/note]] The result?
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--->'''Thompson:''' ''[with
nearly the entire town parading behind them laughing):''' "Don't laughing]'' Don't look now, but something tells me we're being followed..."
* ComicBook/{{Spirou|AndFantasio}} is perhaps the ultimate incarnation of this trope: When he started in 1938 he was a bell-boy elevator operator in a chic hotel wearing the traditional red outfit. The outfit (especially the hat) has become tied with the character, even as bell-boys in general and elevator operators in particular were consigned to history. Most readers ended up not knowing what the hell Spirou's uniform came from, but changing it became problematic because it was so intrinsically tied with the characters. Thus Spirou wore his outfit for many decades despite it being out of place. Newer authors compromised by making Spirou wear a variety of red clothes, and only keeping the uniform's hat to be used occasionally as a ContinuityNod. Many characters have even remarked on the odd hat's appearance or even outright questioned where it's from. Of course, it's lampshaded in ''ComicBook/LePetitSpirou'' where every single member of Spirou's family wears the outfit 24/7. Recent takes on the series justify the clothes in different ways: in Emile Bravo's version for example, Spirou is a bell-boy operator but the reason he wears the outfit all the time is that he's too poor to buy new clothes. Meanwhile, Fantasio's fondness for bow-ties remains unexplained throughout the series.
* In ''ComicBook/TheBeano'', the artists occasionally tried to 'update' the characters' clothes. It usually didn't take (as with ''The Bash Street Kids'' and, to some extent, ''[[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK Dennis the Menace]]''), but subtler changes did (as with ''Roger The Dodger'' getting long trousers).
* ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'': According to WordOfGod, Mortadelo's clothing was already outdated when the comic was started in TheFifties.
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* In the second season of ''Series/StrangerThings'', students of Hawkins Middle School and Hawkins High School in 1984 wear plaid, long skirts and fashion that came out of TheSixties. In "MADMAX", the scenes went from two girls walking with short-sleeved vests and long plaid skirts to a girl wearing a turtleneck and a plaid skirt. There is also a girl with EightiesHair and a plaid, long skirt walking down in a hallway full of students.
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* Many military customs and courtesies are based around the wearing of hats (generally called "covers", at least in the US), and their wear is required outdoors with almost all uniforms, long after wearing hats was considered mandatory in civilian society. US Navy regulations, for example, mandate that that covers must be worn at all times outdoors, except when unsafe to do so such as on a flight line, that salutes are only rendered or returned while covered, and that they should not be worn indoors, unless the wearer is "under arms" (armed in the conduct of their duties). None of this sort of hat etiquette really exists in contemporary society.
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--> '''Barbie''': Ooh, a Nehru jacket!//
'''Ken''': Barbie, not the Nehru!//
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--> '''Barbie''': Ooh, a Nehru jacket!//
'''Ken''': Barbie, not the Nehru!//
'''Barbie''': This is from, what, 1967?//
'''Ken''': The "Growing Formal" collection, yes!
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* ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'': According to WordOfGod, Mortadelo's clothing was already outdated when the comic was started in TheFifties.

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* ''Anime/WhenMarnieWasThere'' seems to take place in the 2010s but the titular Marnie dresses in very vintage looking clothes for a twelve year old. Even her [[TrueBlueFemininity colours of choice]] are somewhat dated. Her parents and their peers also dress in clothes that look more like they're fit for the early-to-mid 20th century. [[spoiler:This is because Marnie is a ghost and is fashioned after her childhood in the mid-1900s]].



* ComicBook/JimmyOlsen sometimes still wears a blazer and bowtie in ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''. Poked fun at in ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'', when Jimmy is voted worst dressed man in Metropolis. In that series, he also takes a shine to "Kryptonian Overpants"

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* ComicBook/JimmyOlsen sometimes still wears a blazer and bowtie in ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''. Poked fun at in ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'', when Jimmy is voted worst dressed man in Metropolis. In that series, he also takes a shine to "Kryptonian Overpants"Overpants". This trope changes depending on the decade, as blazers and bow-ties have gone in-and-out of style since Jimmy's debut.




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* ComicBook/BlackCanary's outfit dates back to her debut as a 1940s noir-esque villain. It has been replaced but the comics always come back to the original. It's been given several explanations over time, with the most common being that the LegacyCharacter daughter of the original styled herself after her mother's old outfit. In the 2010s, DC explained her outfit as being because she's in a rock band.


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* ''Anime/WhenMarnieWasThere'' seems to take place in the 2010s but the titular Marnie dresses in very vintage looking clothes for a 12 year old. Even her [[TrueBlueFemininity colours of choice]] are somewhat dated. Her parents and their peers also dress in clothes that look more like they're fit for the early-to-mid 20th century. This is because Marnie is [[spoiler:a ghost and is fashioned after her childhood in the mid-1900s]].
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** The Guinness Book of World Records didn't get the memo about this, a fact that came to light when a British emergency room nurse ran the London Marathon in her uniform to raise money for charity and beat the previous world record time, only to discover that they had apparently not updated their official definition of a nurse's uniform since the 1920s.

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* ''Franchise/TheFlash'': Barry Allen was associated with a bowtie long after they were popular. With his return, Geoff Johns has Barry explaining that he had to borrow an old bowtie on the fly for a court appearance where he met his future love, Iris West, for the first time. She liked the look. He said nothing.

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* ''Franchise/TheFlash'': Barry Allen was associated with a bowtie long after they were popular. With his return, Geoff Johns Creator/GeoffJohns has Barry explaining that he had to borrow an old bowtie on the fly for a court appearance where he met his future love, Iris West, for the first time. She liked the look. He said nothing.



* The BeehiveHairdo associated with Night Girl of the Legion of Substitute Heroes. She did switch to 'letting her hair down' for a few years in 1970s, and again for the long-term in the early 1980s to the very end of the original Legion continuity in 1994.
* Johnny Thunder of the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica sported a green business suit and bowtie that would have been in fashion when the character was created in the 1940s, but he kept wearing it for decades afterwards. The narration in one story in the 1980s {{lampshade}}s this by mentioning that his fashion sense went into a permanent stall sometime in the 1950s.

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* The BeehiveHairdo associated with Night Girl of the [[ComicBook/{{LegionOfSuper-Heroes}} Legion of Substitute Heroes.Heroes]]. She did switch to 'letting her hair down' for a few years in 1970s, and again for the long-term in the early 1980s to the very end of the original Legion continuity in 1994.
* Johnny Thunder of the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica sported a green business suit and bowtie that would have been in fashion when the character was created in the 1940s, but he kept wearing it for decades afterwards. The narration in one story in the 1980s {{lampshade}}s {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this by mentioning that his fashion sense went into a permanent stall sometime in the 1950s.



** Mary Jane Watson is a huge victim of this, being a fashion model during her appearances in the 1980s and 1990s. The funny thing was that the contemporary "[[EightiesHair big hair]]" look that Todd [=McFarlane=] gave her in the 1990s actually dated more quickly than her "so outdated it's cool again" 1960s hairstyle, which was then brought back.
** Also in ''Spider-Man'', supporting character Captain Jean [=DeWolff=] dressed like someone out of a 1940s film noir and drove a matching vintage roadster, but that seems to have been a deliberately retro look.
* 616-verse ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}; it doesn't help that she was created to cash in on the disco craze. And in 1980, when disco was running down. Dazzler wears her 1970s costume these days, though. Apparently, her singing career got a revival, so she's all glam again.

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** Mary Jane Watson ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson is a huge victim of this, being a fashion model during her appearances in the 1980s and 1990s. The funny thing was that the contemporary "[[EightiesHair big hair]]" look that Todd [=McFarlane=] gave her in the 1990s actually dated more quickly than her "so outdated it's cool again" 1960s hairstyle, which was then brought back.
** Also in ''Spider-Man'', supporting Supporting character Captain Jean [=DeWolff=] dressed like someone out of a 1940s film noir and drove a matching vintage roadster, but that seems to have been a deliberately retro look.
* 616-verse ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}; it doesn't help that [[FadSuper she was created to cash in on the disco craze.craze]]. And in 1980, when disco was running down. Dazzler wears her 1970s costume these days, though. Apparently, her singing career got a revival, so she's all glam again.



* Misty Knight still wears a poofy 1970s-era afro (weirdly, though, it's far more exaggerated than her actual style in the '70s). {{ComicBook/Luke Cage|HeroForHire}}, on the other hand, has managed to get his shirt buttoned all the way up.

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* Misty Knight ComicBook/MistyKnight still wears a poofy 1970s-era afro (weirdly, though, it's far more exaggerated than her actual style in the '70s). {{ComicBook/Luke Cage|HeroForHire}}, on the other hand, has managed to get his shirt buttoned all the way up.



* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'': Jughead's hat [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopee_cap was actually in style]] for HighSchool boys in the late Thirties/early 1940s. In TheNineties Jughead got a backwards baseball cap. Fortunately the PowersThatBe decided to change his hat back, given that he was named after it. The [[ComicBook/ArchieComics2015 more modern-looking reboot]] keeps the hat, however the show ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'' replaces it with a similar looking beanie.

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Jughead's hat [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopee_cap was actually in style]] for HighSchool boys in the late Thirties/early 1940s. In TheNineties Jughead got a backwards baseball cap. Fortunately the PowersThatBe decided to change his hat back, given that he was named after it. The [[ComicBook/ArchieComics2015 more modern-looking reboot]] keeps the hat, however the show ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'' replaces it with a similar looking beanie.



* In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', when Marty travels to 1885, Doc Brown from 1955 dresses Marty in what he believes to be appropriate period themed garb. Marty protests the loudly colored faux cowboy clothing, saying "Creator/ClintEastwood never wore anything like this". When Marty gets to the past and goes into town, he's quickly mocked for his clothing and nearly gets killed by the bad guys. When 1885 Doc Brown saves him, he asks "What idiot dressed you in that outfit?" Marty says "You did.".
* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': In [[BadFuture the alternate 1985]], where Biff is a CorruptCorporateExecutive, Biff and his gang (still together since 1955) [[http://kissthemgoodbye.net/movie/albums/Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20II%201989/bttf21989-1636.jpg seem to fit in]] more with TheSeventies than TheEighties. Part of this is because Biff's look and lifestyle are based on Elvis Presley's final days.

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** ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': In [[BadFuture the alternate 1985]], where Biff is a CorruptCorporateExecutive, Biff and his gang (still together since 1955) [[http://kissthemgoodbye.net/movie/albums/Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20II%201989/bttf21989-1636.jpg seem to fit in]] more with TheSeventies than TheEighties. Part of this is because Biff's look and lifestyle are based on Music/ElvisPresley's final days.
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In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', when Marty travels to 1885, Doc Brown from 1955 dresses Marty in what he believes to be appropriate period themed garb. Marty protests the loudly colored faux cowboy clothing, saying "Creator/ClintEastwood never wore anything like this". When Marty gets to the past and goes into town, he's quickly mocked for his clothing and nearly gets killed by the bad guys. When 1885 Doc Brown saves him, he asks "What idiot dressed you in that outfit?" Marty says "You did.".
* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': In [[BadFuture the alternate 1985]], where Biff is a CorruptCorporateExecutive, Biff and his gang (still together since 1955) [[http://kissthemgoodbye.net/movie/albums/Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20II%201989/bttf21989-1636.jpg seem to fit in]] more with TheSeventies than TheEighties. Part of this is because Biff's look and lifestyle are based on Elvis Presley's final days.
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* The Wizarding World in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' tends to be between a couple of decades and a couple of centuries out of touch with {{Muggle}} fashions, alongside regularly being clueless about the gender-appropriateness of muggle clothes, leading to an AnachronismStew hodgepodge of clothing depending on the age of the wizard and how much stock they put in [[FantasticRacism holding themselves apart]] from mere {{Muggles}}. Wizard fashions change with the times as well, as illustrated in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire''. Ron comments on his Yule Ball robes, "Traditional? They're ancient!"

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* The Wizarding World in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' tends to be between a couple of decades and a couple of centuries out of touch with {{Muggle}} {{Muggle|s}} fashions, alongside regularly being clueless about the gender-appropriateness of muggle clothes, leading to an AnachronismStew hodgepodge of clothing depending on the age of the wizard and how much stock they put in [[FantasticRacism holding themselves apart]] from mere {{Muggles}}. Wizard fashions change with the times as well, as illustrated in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire''. Ron comments on his Yule Ball robes, "Traditional? They're ancient!"



* The notion of an OutdatedOutfit became a running gag on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', with the character of Lupe who was known to wear exclusively hand-me-downs from Lucille. This usually resulted in funny background gags, such as a Halloween jumper on Thanksgiving or a Bush/Cheney jumper in late 2005.

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* The notion of an OutdatedOutfit this became a running gag on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', with the character of Lupe who was known to wear exclusively hand-me-downs from Lucille. This usually resulted in funny background gags, such as a Halloween jumper on Thanksgiving or a Bush/Cheney jumper in late 2005.



* [[Creator/SteveBuscemi Tony Blundetto]] of Series/TheSopranos went to prison in TheEighties. [[Series/MiamiVice It shows]].

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* [[Creator/SteveBuscemi Tony Blundetto]] of Series/TheSopranos ''Series/TheSopranos'' went to prison in TheEighties. [[Series/MiamiVice It shows]].



* Captain Peacock of ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' is always seen wearing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroller_(style) semi-formal morning dress]], which had long been abandoned by all but the staunchest businessmen, even in TheSeventies. This goes hand in hand with the character, who is [[BritishStuffiness fastidious, pompous and stuffy]].

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* Captain Peacock of ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' is always seen wearing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroller_(style) org/wiki/Black_lounge_suit semi-formal morning dress]], which had long been abandoned by all but the staunchest businessmen, even in TheSeventies. This goes hand in hand with the character, who is [[BritishStuffiness fastidious, pompous and stuffy]].



* Wrestling/{{ECW}}'s Tommy Dreamer drew an enormous amount of hate in his early days due to being a prettyboy face (good guy) and his comically outdated wrestling outfit, complete with bright green suspenders.

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* Wrestling/{{ECW}}'s Tommy Dreamer Wrestling/TommyDreamer drew an enormous amount of hate in his early days due to being a prettyboy face (good guy) and his comically outdated wrestling outfit, complete with bright green suspenders.



* Just... when does ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' take place anyways? Just look at Miles! The game takes place TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture and he's wearing a ruffled cravat as if it was the Victorian era, although this seems to be something common to the Von Karma family he's from, and [[FirstPersonSnarker Phoenix has made snide comments to himself about his ruffles]].

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* Just... when does ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' take place anyways? Just look at Miles! The game takes place TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture and he's wearing a ruffled cravat as if it was the Victorian era, although this seems to be something common to the Von Karma family he's from, and [[FirstPersonSnarker [[FirstPersonSmartass Phoenix has made snide comments to himself about his ruffles]].



** Otto in later seasons. He dresses and talks like a perpetual 1980s teenager. He even still wears a portable cassette player on his hip despite the fact that they've been obsolete for years.

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** Otto in later seasons. He dresses and talks like a perpetual 1980s teenager. He even still wears a portable cassette player on his hip [[TechnologyMarchesOn despite the fact that they've been obsolete for years.years]].



* ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} gets a pass when wearing his Navy whites (which haven't changed much in decades) but usually he's wearing a much more dated nautical outfit that was old-fashioned even in the 1930's.

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* Likewise the [[CommieLand Communist bloc]] during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar; this was much commented on in media coverage of the fall of the [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar Berlin Wall]].

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* Jerry Seinfeld also did a bit, saying you could tell what a man's favorite year was, since that's the fashion style he'll wear for the rest of his life.

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* Jerry Seinfeld Creator/JerrySeinfeld also did a bit, saying you could tell what a man's favorite year was, since that's the fashion style he'll wear for the rest of his life.

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* [[CampStraight Ken]] from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' is very [[RealMenWearPink into fashion]] and pretty much all of his clothes date from the late 1950s to the early 1980s.



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* Mother Gothel from ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' has a wardrobe ''centuries'' out of date, which serves as an indicator that she's [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld far older than she appears to be]].
* [[CampStraight Ken]] from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' is very [[RealMenWearPink into fashion]] and pretty much all of his clothes date from the late 1950s to the early 1980s.
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Contrast FashionsNeverChange and NoNewFashionsInTheFuture.
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* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': In [[BadFuture the alternate 1985]], where Biff is a CorruptCorporateExecutive, Biff and his gang (still together since 1955) [[http://www.screencapped.org/movie/backtothefuture/albums/movies/bttf1989/caps/scnet_bttf2_2094.jpg seem to fit in]] more with TheSeventies than TheEighties. Part of this is because Biff's look and lifestyle are based on Elvis Presley's final days.

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* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': In [[BadFuture the alternate 1985]], where Biff is a CorruptCorporateExecutive, Biff and his gang (still together since 1955) [[http://www.screencapped.org/movie/backtothefuture/albums/movies/bttf1989/caps/scnet_bttf2_2094.[[http://kissthemgoodbye.net/movie/albums/Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20II%201989/bttf21989-1636.jpg seem to fit in]] more with TheSeventies than TheEighties. Part of this is because Biff's look and lifestyle are based on Elvis Presley's final days.
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* Ghosts in {{Film/The Frighteners}} seem to be stuck wearing whatever outfits they died in. This means that Stuart is wearing a letterman jacket from the 1950s, and Cyrus is trapped dressed like [[DiscoDan Disco Stu]], which he is unhappy about. Averted after [[spoiler:they cross over to heaven, at which point they get some nicer white duds]].

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* Ghosts in {{Film/The Frighteners}} ''Film/TheFrighteners'' seem to be [[JacobMarleyApparel stuck wearing whatever outfits they died in.in]]. This means that Stuart is wearing a letterman jacket from the 1950s, and Cyrus is trapped dressed like [[DiscoDan Disco Stu]], which he is unhappy about. Averted after [[spoiler:they cross over to heaven, at which point they get some nicer white duds]].
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** Tintin's plus fours. Tintin himself was slowly updated (he wore jeans instead in his last adventure, ''Tintin and the Picaros'').

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** Tintin's plus fours. Tintin himself was slowly updated (he wore jeans instead in his last adventure, ''Tintin and the Picaros''). Herge once received numerous letters pointing out a minor inaccuracy he made in a depiction of a certain airplane, and wryly asked why he wasn't receiving similar mail over Tintin's pants being decades out of fashion.
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* ''{{VideoGame/Shantae}}'' has a variation with Rottytops; she wears a sweat band, t-shirt and daisy duke combo in what is an Arabian-inspired setting, never mind the first game [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece coming out in 2002]][[note]]It was originally planned to be released in the 90s.[[/note]], yet Rottytops' wardrobe has stuck with the series since then, even after other characters got design changes.

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* ''{{VideoGame/Shantae}}'' has a variation with Rottytops; she wears a sweat band, t-shirt tank top and daisy duke combo in what is an Arabian-inspired setting, never mind the first game [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece coming out in 2002]][[note]]It was originally planned to be released in the 90s.[[/note]], yet Rottytops' wardrobe has stuck with the series since then, even after other characters got design changes.
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* ''{{VideoGame/Shantae}}'' has a variation with Rottytops; she wears a sweat band, t-shirt and daisy duke combo in what is an Arabian-inspired setting, never mind the first game [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece coming out in 2001]][[note]]It was originally planned to be released in the 90s.[[/note]], yet Rottytops' wardrobe has stuck with the series since then, even after other characters got design changes.

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* ''{{VideoGame/Shantae}}'' has a variation with Rottytops; she wears a sweat band, t-shirt and daisy duke combo in what is an Arabian-inspired setting, never mind the first game [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece coming out in 2001]][[note]]It 2002]][[note]]It was originally planned to be released in the 90s.[[/note]], yet Rottytops' wardrobe has stuck with the series since then, even after other characters got design changes.
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* ''{{VideoGame/Shantae}}'' has a variation with Rottytops; she wears a sweat band, a t-shirt and daisy duke combo in what is an Arabian-inspired setting, never mind the first game [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece coming out in 2001]][[note]]It was originally planned to be released in the 90s.[[/note]], yet Rottytops' wardrobe has stuck with the series since then, even after other characters got design changes.

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* ''{{VideoGame/Shantae}}'' has a variation with Rottytops; she wears a sweat band, a t-shirt and daisy duke combo in what is an Arabian-inspired setting, never mind the first game [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece coming out in 2001]][[note]]It was originally planned to be released in the 90s.[[/note]], yet Rottytops' wardrobe has stuck with the series since then, even after other characters got design changes.
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* ''{{VideoGame/Shantae}}'' has a variation with Rottytops; she wears a sweat band, a t-shirt and daisy duke combo in what is an Arabian-inspired setting, never mind the first game [[UnintentionalPeroidPiece coming out in 2001]][[note]]It was originally planned to be released in the 90s.[[/note]], yet Rottytops' wardrobe has stuck with the series since then, even after other characters got design changes.

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* ''{{VideoGame/Shantae}}'' has a variation with Rottytops; she wears a sweat band, a t-shirt and daisy duke combo in what is an Arabian-inspired setting, never mind the first game [[UnintentionalPeroidPiece [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece coming out in 2001]][[note]]It was originally planned to be released in the 90s.[[/note]], yet Rottytops' wardrobe has stuck with the series since then, even after other characters got design changes.
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* ''{{VideoGame/Shantae}}'' has a variation with Rottytops; she wears a sweat band, a t-shirt and daisy duke combo in what is an Arabian-inspired setting, never mind the first game [[UnintentionalPeroidPiece coming out in 2001]][[note]]It was originally planned to be released in the 90s.[[/note]], yet Rottytops' wardrobe has stuck with the series since then, even after other characters got design changes.
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** Olive Oyl's fashion statements hasn't changed since the 1920s with her psyche lock [[note]]a bun hairstyle mimicking the [[TwentiesBobHaircut bobs of the decade]].[[/note]] and galoshes.

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** Olive Oyl's fashion statements hasn't changed since the 1920s with her psyche lock knot [[note]]a bun hairstyle mimicking the [[TwentiesBobHaircut bobs of the decade]].[[/note]] and galoshes.
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* Ghosts in {{Film/TheFrighteners}} seem to be stuck wearing whatever outfits they died in. This means that Stuart is wearing a letterman jacket from the 1950s, and Cyrus is trapped dressed like [[DiscoDan Disco Stu]], which he is unhappy about. Averted after [[spoiler:they cross over to heaven, at which point they get some nicer white duds]].

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* Ghosts in {{Film/TheFrighteners}} {{Film/The Frighteners}} seem to be stuck wearing whatever outfits they died in. This means that Stuart is wearing a letterman jacket from the 1950s, and Cyrus is trapped dressed like [[DiscoDan Disco Stu]], which he is unhappy about. Averted after [[spoiler:they cross over to heaven, at which point they get some nicer white duds]].

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