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{{Fanservice}} most often is aimed at the straight male {{Demographic|s}}. The assumption is that most heterosexual guys prefer seeing female flesh to seeing other naked guys. Therefore, because MostWritersAreMale, men in sex scenes will be far more covered than women, even nduring intercourse. The woman may be completely naked (or at least not wearing anything visible; a skintone patch or a cover between legs can be completely hidden from the camera in a way that a penis can't), but the guy will still have his shirt on -- or sometimes only his fly is down. It doesn't matter that with his fly down and his belt off the guy's pants would fall down. It also ignores how painful sex with a metal zipper rubbing up against the genitals could be (although this particular problem could presumably be averted by having the male wear pants with a button-up fly instead). All that matters is seeing that sweet, sweet fanservice with the least amount of {{squick}}.

* In the actual filming of sex scenes in movies, this trope happens. As [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS7-bt3gTqw this]] ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' video explains, the crews go to great lengths to minimize the time either actor has to be naked. Meaning that during close-ups on the actors' faces or any time the section of their body below their waist is going to be off-camera, the actors are likely going to both be wearing pants, or flesh-colored underwear.

* ''Series/BatesMotel'' when [[spoiler: Norman]] walks in on [[spoiler: Keith Summers]] raping [[spoiler: Norma]], he knocks him out. [[spoiler: Summers]] collapses with his jeans around his ankles, but his boxer-briefs pulled up.

* ''Film/BlackScorpion'' (The Roger Corman "superhero" movie) features a scene where the heroine knocks a man in a business suit onto the bed. She takes off her costume (except for her mask and gloves) and the two have sex, while the man is still fully dressed. In the morning she is gone, and he wakes up in tighty whiteys.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Fry still managed to [[MyOwnGrampa impregnate his own grandmother]] despite wearing tighty-whities. Bit of an inversion really, because not only was Fry's grandmother covered up more so than Fry, she was wearing different lingerie than what she had when she jumped on him.

{{Fanservice}} most often is aimed at the straight male {{Demographic|s}}. The assumption is that most heterosexual guys prefer seeing female flesh to seeing other naked guys. Therefore, because MostWritersAreMale, men in sex scenes will be far more covered than women, even during intercourse. The woman may be completely naked (or at least not wearing anything visible; a skintone patch or a cover between legs can be completely hidden from the camera in a way that a penis can't), but the guy will still have his shirt on -- or sometimes only his fly is down. It doesn't matter that with his fly down and his belt off the guy's pants would fall down. It also ignores how painful sex with a metal zipper rubbing up against the genitals could be (although this particular problem could presumably be averted by having the male wear pants with a button-up fly instead). All that matters is seeing that sweet, sweet fanservice with the least amount of {{squick}}.

This trope is actually OlderThanFeudalism: There are numerous Roman wall paintings depicting couples during sex - with the woman wearing a brassiere because it would've been considered lascivious for her to show her breasts. To her own husband during sex.

This is most obviously shown by the trope where, even after sex -- or sometimes even ''during'' sex, when it's interrupted -- men will be shown wearing ''boxer shorts''; apparently the message is that women also don't want to see a man's naked "area" -- even while having sex with them. It's also done for practical reasons. Genitalia in general are too hard-core for anything less than X-rated sex scenes (but are fine for PG-13 otherwise), and it's simply impossible to avoid seeing men's genitals while showing their "area"; meanwhile women typically wear loose lingerie to avoid showing even pubic hair.

This trope is actually OlderThanFeudalism: There are numerous Roman wall paintings depicting couples during sex - with the woman wearing a brassiere, because it would've been considered lascivious for her to show her breasts. To her own husband during sex.

* In ''Anime/DeadLeaves'', the [[VillainProtagonist "heroes"]] manage to have sex through full body straight-jackets that only have one opening... for defecation. While it's clearly hinted in dialog where the point of insertion must be, neither suit appears to have an opening in the front.

* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', when [[spoiler:Griffith/Femto]] rapes [[spoiler:Casca]] he appears to do this through his armor. However, since he is a demon it is likely that the "armor" is actually his skin, and he is completely naked, but then that raises the question of why no genitals are visible on him even when he is clearly facing the reader. Considering the level of shape-shifting power apostles seem to have, a retractable penis isn't that much of a stretch of the imagination, but most Apostles seem to love flaunting their BodyHorror and inhuman sexuality as much as possible and wouldn't bother to "retract" even if they could. This example notwithstanding, the series as a whole averts this trope. Penises are frequently shown during sex or rape scenes (which there are an awful lot of), whether they belong to humans, trolls or demon possessed horses (seriously).

* Pick any depiction of UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} on the cross. Chances are that he'll be shown wearing a ragged loincloth. In reality, Roman crucifixions always involved stripping the condemned individual ''fully'', as part of [[ShamefulStrip the over-the-top humiliation of the person the practice entailed.]] The only thing Jesus ought to be portrayed wearing is the crown of thorns. Not only Jesus, but in ''any'' depiction of Roman crucifixion victims: Saint Peter, Saint Andrew, etc.

* ''Comicbook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'': The Black Dossier. During the obligatory sex scene, Mina Murray pulls her bra and skirt up and pulls her knickers round her knees, exposing her bosom and buttocks. Allan Quatermain in contrast keeps his trousers on, and only opens his shirt slightly. A subversion follows the sex scene, when Quatermain's penis is fully visible, hanging out of his pants, post-coitus.

* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' does this with his future baby mama, Carmelita. They're captured by the bad guys and locked in a game-room together. Carmelita thinks she's going to be killed, so wants to spend what may be her last moments having sex. So, she and Deadpool go at it. She's completely naked in all it's glory. But Deadpool is still wearing his suit. When Luke Cage frees them & drags Deadpool off to fight the baddies, the latter is just seen buttoning his pants.

* Female variant: Issue 30 of ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'' doesn't explicitly ''say'' what happened between ComicBook/{{X 23}} and the time-displaced teenaged Angel, however the issue opens on Laura waking up in one of the Worthington Family's private retreats with the room in disarray and and clothing scattered across the floor. However Laura is still wearing her underwear, so [[DidTheyOrDidntThey if they did]], either she got at least partially dressed again, or she left them on during the act.

* In a segment in ''WesternAnimation/TheNineLivesOfFritzTheCat'', Fritz is shown in a rocket ship having sex with a female reporter... and both are wearing space suits. This is just plain puzzling as there were already two other sex scenes with explicit cartoon nudity... to say nothing of the [[WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat first film]]. Given Fritz's character, it was really more of a fetish or a "Hey, this situation doesn't happen very often, let's try this!"

* ''Film/BlackScorpion'' (The Roger Corman "superhero" movie) features a scene were the heroine knocks a man in a business suit onto the bed. She takes off her costume (except for her mask and gloves) and the two have sex, while the man is still fully dressed. In the morning she is gone, and he wakes up in tighty whiteys.

-->"I land back in 1973--this is what the script says--I wake up next to a girl who I don't remember, and I get out of bed wearing boxer shorts. I was like, 'I don't know about America, but in Australia if you're next to a really good-looking girl, you're not getting out with boxer shorts on or briefs or anything.' So yeah, I went commando."
* ''Literature/TheCiderHouseRules'' : In the film version, Wilbur and Candy's first encounter in the woods. Including winter coats. Averted later when they're both (apparently) nude in bed.

* In Bruce Sterling and William Gibson's ''Literature/TheDifferenceEngine'', spy and adventurer Mick Radley and HookerWithAHeartOfGold Sybil are described in detail as clothed in bed after sex (she has pantalettes and a shirt, he has a [[SharpDressedMan fine nightshirt]], while having no logical reason for it).

* In the German novel ''Gottes Bodenpersonal - eine unwahrscheinliche Liebesgeschichte'', one of the main characters always does it with clothes on. First because s/he works as a prostitute, on the streets, and then [[spoiler: it becomes apparent that he can't see naked men without being reminded of the prostitution, and doesn't want to be seen naked himself, so he and his partner keep their pants on.]]

* A pretty ridiculous example of this can be found in the ''Series/{{CSI}}'' episode "Fur and Loathing"; a [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom fursuiter's]] semen is found on the costume of a fellow fursuiter, which he deposited on there during a "furpile" at a convention. While this isn't ''that'' unusual (fursuit fetishists ''are'' out there, so this scenario is a bit more likely than one might think), what ''does'' make it unusual is that the fursuiter in question had his costume lined with ''latex'' (and with no opening to do the nasty with, as most fur suit fetishists have in their suit), so this is a literal case.

* Occurs twice in an episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}''. Spike has been recorporealized and immediately runs off for a nooner with Harmony. Right through his pants. Later, a flashback shows that Angel and Spike had a [[IHateYouVampireDad complicated relationship as vampires]]. The real deal breaker was when Angelus screwed Drusilla. Right through his pants.

* General rule of thumb in ''Series/CriminalMinds'': If a "nude" victim is not shown on the crime scene photos only from the back and the waist up, it's going to still have her (or his) underwear on. Even when the offender is primarily motivated by rape. It's pretty obvious that we are supposed to pretend that the underwear is not there, because the profilers will never mention it unless there is other clothing, when ''it'' will be pointed to indicate that there was a re-dressing and therefore remorse on the part of the killer.

* The American version of ''Series/{{Life On Mars|2008}}'' had a particularly baffling instance of the magic bra. A HookerWithAHeartOfGold seduces the protagonist by taking her bra off in front of him ([[ToplessnessFromTheBack with her back to the camera]]) and jumping into his bed. In the following sex scene she's enthusiastically bouncing away on top of him... with her bra put back on to keep things US-TV-safe.

* While obviously possible to do in-game, [[http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Hallgerd%27s_Tale a book in]] ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' tells of a great warrior who did it ''through heavy armor''. This would be a real master-skill perk, but is trumped by it being implied that he was ''better'' at it in heavy armor than out.

** Both played straight and inverted in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV: Episodes From Liberty City''. [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheBalladOfGayTony Luis]] has sex several times onscreen, but he's always fully clothed. However, [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheLostAndDamned the only full frontal nudity in the game]] is male.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'', whenever Vincent wakes up next to a naked Catherine, his boxers (which he normally sleeps in) are still on. [[spoiler: This could also count as Foreshadowing, since Catherine is a succubus who's InvisibleToNormals, and it's likely that their sexual encounters were all an illusion. No wonder Vincent didn't need to take off his pants, since he didn't actually do anything untoward with Catherine.]]

* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''

* The ''Series/{{Torchwood}}''

* A glaring example appears in ''Series/GossipGirl'', which is otherwise quite sex-filled for its genre. Chuck Bass, [[DepravedBisexual of all people]], is shown waking up after a one night stand wearing ''pajamas''. As in he brought the girl home, got undressed, skipped into his jammies and then slept with her. The reason for this is probably that the actor is way too tattoo-happy while the character isn't the type to get tattooed (Chuck is the only male main character who hasn't appeared topless).

* In the ''Series/BlakesSeven'' episode "The City at the Edge of the World", Vila and a female mercenary named Kerril get trapped on a spaceship that (they think) [[LockedInAFreezer is running out of air]]. As the two [[PreClimaxClimax come to terms with their fate]] they embrace. When we see them next they are [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vila_after_7243.jpg fully clothed and lying a foot apart]] despite the dialogue making it very clear that they just had sex.
** This is par for the course in the series, which [[SexyDiscretionShot never shows a sex scene]]. One justified example is in "Ultraworld" when Dayna and Tarrant [[FakeOutMakeOut only pretend to have sex]], while actually priming a bomb to blast a hole in their cell's door. They'd need their clothes on to run fast afterward.

* ''Series/{{House}}'',

* Both played straight and inverted in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV: Episodes From Liberty City''. [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheBalladOfGayTony Luis]] has sex several times onscreen, but he's always fully clothed. However, [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheLostAndDamned the only full frontal nudity in the game]] is male.

* There is a glitch for the sex scene with Morrigan in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' that results in your character doing it fully-armored.
** ''Franchise/DragonAge'' is an example even without a glitch; the characters don't take their underwear off during those scenes. In Morrigan's case at least, they actually put underwear ''on''.
** In the City Elf origin story, Vaughn and his compatriots are all but outright said to have raped Shianni after abducting her, but when the player busts in to kick ass and save the girl, they're all fully clothed. It is, admittedly, ''possible'' that they'd gotten finished and Vaughn and his cronies had managed to get their clothes back on and Shianni found and pulled hers on too.
** Also shows up in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', though they [[SexyDiscretionShot cut away from the sex scenes before any clothing comes off]], so it is slightly more justified.

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' has this. The end of the game has a love scene, and a post-love scene, and in them, the male characters are all wearing black boxers and the females are wearing black lingerie. Only Liara is ever seen to be nude. Garrus Vakarian never even shows ''that'' much, um, scale; he's fully clothed in both scenes, though the post scene has him at the table reading rather than in bed, at least. Likewise, Tali never actually shows anything, though when Shepard wakes up she literally just finished putting her environmental suit back on. This has led to speculation that underwear is a human invention.
** In Citadel DLC, Shepard wakes up in bed with his/her significant other after the party. Both of them are fully clothed even though most cases imply that they did the deed before falling to sleep (and yes, Garrus is [[TwentyFourHourArmor in full armour]]). Tali lampshades.
--> ''Who put my suit back on?! The buttons are all askew... and [[WhatDidIDoLastNight when did I get an Omni-tattoo]]?''
** There's also the Renegade sex scene with Jack in the second game. If you choose it, she and Shepard have some rather violent foreplay which ends when she pins him down on a table, mounts him, and then throws her head back as if in the throes of passion. Trouble is, neither party has even begun to take anything off yet. The Paragon conclusion to her romance uses sex-scene shots with an equal degree of failing to take anything off, although since GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex it's a lot less aggressive.

* In ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'' SIE finds the player character strapped to a hospital bed and [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale Decides she just can't pass the opportunity up to show him her feelings]] Her underwear never comes off and neither do his pants. And yet...

* A monstrous bandit in the fourth volume of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' rapes a woman right through his armor on a raid, and the results are indicated to be not pretty at all.
* In Maurice Druon's ''[[Literature/TheAccursedKings The Accursed Kings]]'' novels, the bandit-knights who RapePillageAndBurn during France's [[TheHighMiddleAges 14th century]] troubles are said to rape women "whose skin remained scarred by their chainmail". It's meant to underline their brutality.

* In a scene in the book Literature/{{Creation}} by Creator/GoreVidal, one character, a Persian, has it explained to him that while his people have sex wearing their clothes (exposing only their genitals enough to fit them together), Babylonians strip naked, and in order to participate in a particular Babylonian sex-ritual he will have to strip. It matters because [[BedTrick the character is wearing a disguise.]]

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* Scott R. Kurtz drops a passing {{lampshade|Hanging}} on this trope in the final lines of the ''Webcomic/{{PVP}}'' episode "[[http://www.pvponline.com/comic/2010/06/10/another-nail-in-the-coffin Another Nail in the Coffin]]".
* Averted in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', when [[spoiler:Angus and Faye]] have sex. He goes out of the room only wearing a hot pink condom (which the viewer is spared from seeing via a frame break, Marten isn't so lucky). Also averted when Sven has sex with a random singer chick. His hands are the only thing covering her breasts, and it's only the angle that keeps us from seeing all of him.
* ''Webcomic/{{Multiplex}}'': [[http://www.multiplexcomic.com/strip/480 this strip.]]

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* This is the point of the CMNF (Clothed Male, Naked Female) genre in porn; a male staying clothed while having sex with a naked female is supposed to be an act of dominance and a fetish. It is gender-inverted with CFNM (Clothed Female, Naked Male) porn and given a gay option with CFNF and CMNM porn.

** When Arya Stark has sex with Gendry Winters she starts to pull down her pants and tells Gendry to take off his. The camera then cuts to tight shots on the pair of them as a SexyDiscretionShot.

** Given a tongue-in-cheek reference on the DVD commentary by the showrunners. The sex between [[spoiler:Jaime and Cersei was nude in the books, but the two wear clothes in the series]]. This was probably done out of consideration for the child actor who plays Bran. (Not to mention avoiding pushing their luck considering the scene depicted incest.)
** The most egregious example is Stannis and Melisandre during their war tabletop session. Melisandre is'completely nude, while the only thing Stannis has uncovered is his head and hands.

* Occurs ''twice'' in an episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}''. Spike has been recorporealized and immediately runs off for a nooner with Harmony. Right through his pants. Later, a flashback shows that Angel and Spike had a [[IHateYouVampireDad complicated relationship as vampires]]. The real deal breaker was when Angelus screwed Drusilla. Right through his pants.

* Used on guys AND girls in the ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager''. The ModestyBedsheet is frequently discarded to reveal that the characters who just had sex are mostly clothed (which makes one wonder why they bother with the sheet in the first place). The guys will be shirtless and in pants or boxers (and on a few occasions, JEANS) and the girls will be in their bras and panties or short shorts.
* The ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' episode "Day One". Right through his pants and her skirt, then he turns into a pile of dust.

** At first it seemed like the show was going to play this straight in the first episode, but the second episode actually gives us an inversion: Daenerys doesn't remove her dress the first time she makes love to Khal Drogo while facing him, while [[MrFanservice he is completely nude]]. Theon Greyjoy and even ''Hodor'' also get to show off their, uh, manliness.
** Particularly JustForFun/{{egregious}} during the Dothraki wedding in the first episode, however: the two men who get into a fight over a woman both appear to be having sex with her by getting behind her, flipping up her loincloth, and then thrusting ''with their pants completely on''. It's apparent that they ''are'' meant to be penetrating her, but it's kind of ridiculous given that you can plainly tell they haven't even pretended to take their dicks out. A very literal example. The showrunners also mention that they weren't sure if the wedding scene was violating any public decency laws in Malta, where it was filmed, meaning that it might count as an EnforcedTrope.

** The most egregious example is Stannis and Melisandre during their war tabletop session. Melisandre is ''completely'' nude, while the only thing Stannis has uncovered is his head and hands.

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' had a scene in which Weyoun comes in on a sleeping Damar, still dressed in full armor, with a woman's dress lying abandoned at the foot of the bed, implying that Damar managed this trope with actual armor.
** Some viewers speculate that he passed out drunk before any undressing - or sex - could occur.

* While obviously [[MediaWatchdog not possible to do in-game]], [[http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Hallgerd%27s_Tale a book in]] ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' tells of a great warrior who did it ''through heavy armor''. This would be a real master-skill perk, but is trumped by it being implied that he was ''better'' at it in heavy armor than out.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'', whenever Vincent wakes up next to a naked Catherine, his boxers (which he normally sleeps in) are still on. [[spoiler: This could also count as Foreshadowing, since Catherine is a succubus who's InvisibleToNormals, and it's likely that their sexual encounters were all an illusion. No wonder Vincent didn't need to take off his pants, since he didn't actually ''do'' anything untoward with Catherine.]]

* Taken to the extreme in ''Franchise/TheSims'' - the Sims not only emerge from having sex still wearing underwear, but they also use the toilet through their pants. In the first game, they were naked when they got out of the "love bed". Considering that the original was a lot more G-rated overall -- Sim-sex was entirely optional (and only even possible in a specific bed, or changing booths,) and babies spawned out of nowhere after the couple did a lot of romantic interactions (in other words, babies came from kissing), whereas the sequel has pregnancy and Sims that actively desire "[=WooHoo=]", including a whole ''aspiration'' for that -- the change is puzzling.

* ''{{Deadpool}}'' does this with his future baby mama, Carmelita. They're captured by the bad guys and locked in a game-room together. Carmelita thinks she's going to be killed, so wants to spend what may be her last moments having sex. So, she and Deadpool go at it. She's completely naked in all it's glory. But Deadpool is still wearing his suit. When Luke Cage frees them & drags Deadpool off to fight the baddies, the latter is just seen buttoning his pants.

* Not a sex scene, but in Rankin-Bass's ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing'' and the [[Film/TheReturnOfTheKing Peter Jackson version]], Sam finds Frodo in the tower with his pants still on, while the book specifies he's naked.

** Averted in the first game, which brought down the MoralGuardians (even Jack Thompson called the criticism silly), which probably led to it's use in the later entries and the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' games.

** Inverted in season 6, with [[spoiler:Buffy]] nearly or fully clothed [[spoiler:(or invisible)]] while [[spoiler:Spike]] is given, in his words, "a sock".

* ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale'': The Commander keeps his pants on during the Ceremony, and Offred only pulls up her dress. This serves to underscore that the process completely lacks intimacy. [[spoiler:When Serena Joy orders Offred to have sex with Nick in "Faithful", he also keeps his clothes on. But when Offred and Nick make love on their own, they both undress.]]

* In the ''Series/BlakesSeven'' episode "The City at the Edge of the World", Vila and a female mercenary named Kerril get trapped on a spaceship that (they think) [[LockedInAFreezer is running out of air]]. As the two come to terms with their fate they embrace. When we see them next they are [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vila_after_7243.jpg fully clothed and lying a foot apart]] despite the dialogue making it very clear that they just had sex.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'', whenever Vincent wakes up next to a naked Catherine, his boxers are still on.

{{Fanservice}} most often is aimed at the straight male {{Demographic|s}} The assumption is that most heterosexual guys prefer seeing female flesh to seeing other naked guys. Therefore, because MostWritersAreMale, men in sex scenes will be far more covered than women, even during intercourse. The woman may be completely naked (or at least not wearing anything visible; a skintone patch or a cover between legs can be completely hidden from the camera in a way that a penis can't), but the guy will still have his shirt on -- or sometimes only his fly is down. It doesn't matter that with his fly down and his belt off the guy's pants would fall down. It also ignores how painful sex with a metal zipper rubbing up against the genitals could be (although this particular problem could presumably be averted by having the male wear pants with a button-up fly instead). All that matters is seeing that sweet, sweet fanservice with the least amount of {{squick}}.

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** The sex scenes in ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' are much like this, as Shiki is only completely naked in one such scene (more often shirtless, or simply "unzipped"). Strangely, it's also very briefly ''inverted''; [[spoiler:somehow, [[{{Meido}} Kohaku]] manages sex while wearing a full-length ''kimono''...the first time, at least, though this might be because she has [[RapeAsBackstory far more experience than she wants or needs]]. This trope is in full effect afterwards.]]

** Incidentally, at least one show has found a way around this--it stars an InvisibleStreaker!

* In ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'', when [[spoiler:Griffith/Femto]] rapes [[spoiler:Casca]] he appears to do this through his armor. However, since he is a demon it is likely that the "armor" is actually his skin, and he is completely naked, but then that raises the question of why no genitals are visible on him even when he is clearly facing the reader. Considering the level of shape-shifting power apostles seem to have, a retractable penis isn't that much of a stretch of the imagination, but most Apostles seem to love flaunting their BodyHorror and inhuman sexuality as much as possible and wouldn't bother to "retract" even if they could. This example notwithstanding, the series as a whole averts this trope. Penises are frequently shown during sex or rape scenes (which there are an awful lot of), whether they belong to humans, trolls or demon possessed horses (seriously).

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* At one point in FanFic/MyImmortal, [[BlackHoleSue Ebony]] and [[InNameOnly Draco]] have sex... with no mention of them taking their clothes off first.

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* The absolute pinnacle of this trope can be seen in the 1981 movie ''Film/{{Excalibur}}'', where Uther Pendragon has a sex scene in ''full plate armor''. At least he removes the codpiece...
* Another extreme example can be seen in the French Canadian made-for-TV movie ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112961/ L'enfant D'eau (1995)]]'' in which, probably because the man was portrayed as mentally incapacitated and the girl as severely underage, ''both'' were fully clothed (except for his [[ShirtlessScene not having a shirt]]) for a "sexual encounter" which viewers and critics were given every reason to believe actually consisted of nothing more than her grinding herself on him a little bit.
* Poked fun at in the first ''Film/AmericanPie'' movie, where the main character was watching porn and was trying to avoid looking at the male porn star while focusing on the woman.

* The movie ''Film/SeaOfLove'' is a good example - Ellen Barkin is completely naked, Al Pacino never seems to remove an item of clothing more substantial than his tie.
* ''Film/EnemyAtTheGates'' has an extremely awkward sex scene where the only flesh shown is a brief shot of the woman's butt as she pulls her pants down. All other clothing stays on. This one is {{justified|Trope}} though, since they were in the midst of an army camp in Russia and were trying not to attract any attention, and it was ''cold''.
* Inverted in ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall'', where there is more male nudity than female, and the full-frontal male nudity starts in the first 10 minutes of the movie.
* Inverted in ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'', in which we are treated to plenty of naked Creator/CillianMurphy but the lead female keeps her bra on the whole time, and, in fact, requests that the soldiers leave the room so she can change her clothes in private (there was an ulterior motive for this).
* Used to imply a drug-fueled threesome complete with a 69 position in the 2009 ''Film/LandOfTheLost''.
* In ''Film/TakingLives'', there's a sex scene between Creator/AngelinaJolie and Ethan Hawke. Jolie wears only an open robe; Hawke keeps his suit on.

** Averted for laughs in a scene added to the Extended Edition of ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'' in which the Dwarves bathe completely nude in one of Rivendell's fountains, much to the consternation of Elrond and his courtiers.

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* A bit from Creator/RonWhite is that he gets by as an ugly person by wearing a suit ([[SelfDeprecation "You could make a pile of shit look good if you drape an expensive suit over it."]]) and goes on to joke that his wife makes him wear the suit when they have sex.
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* The "[[FetishRetardant sleep scene]]" from ''Fanfic/WilliamCountry'' does this. The humping is shown but the pants stay on.

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