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* Like her film and animated counterparts, ComicBook/{{Mystique}} in ''ComicBook/XMen'' forms clothing, including her trademark white dress with yellow skull-motif belt, out of herself when she changes form.

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* Like her film and animated counterparts, ComicBook/{{Mystique}} in ''ComicBook/XMen'' forms clothing, including her trademark white dress with yellow skull-motif belt, out of herself when she changes form. She tells an ally clothes are usually pretty easy, but zippers are the trickiest.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'', Eliza's outfit is made of the same shapeshifted blood as the rest of her body, excluding only her parasite skeleton and her own brain. Her victory animations even have her converting it into a different stylish outfit.
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So... he's Not An Example then.


** [[HalfHumanHybrid Steven]], however, is an {{Aversion}}: his Gem is embedded in an organic body and his ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing.
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** [[HalfHumanHybrid Steven]], however, is an {{Aversion}}: his Gem is embedded in an organic body and his ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing.
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* Heisenberg in ''Westernanimation/{{Phantom 2040}}'' forms clothes and hair in various colours from his fractal components when he transforms. Since he doesn't actually have a fixed form, whether he looks naked is meaningless.
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* The New52 version of the Ray, Lucien Gates, has light powers that will actually burn off any clothes that he tries to put on (leading to a silly scene where he has to explain this to his girlfriend while holding [[HandOrObjectUnderwear two strategically-placed garbage lids]]). However, he eventually figures out how to create HardLight clothes.
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* Comicbook/HowardTheDuck's shapeshifter friend Tam-Tam does this once, and complains that it's weird and gross. Howard comments that he'll never look at Mystique the same way again.

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* Comicbook/HowardTheDuck's shapeshifter friend Tam-Tam Tara Tam does this once, and complains that it's weird and gross. Howard comments that he'll never look at Mystique the same way again.
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* Comicbook/HowardTheDuck's shapeshifter friend Tam-Tam does this once, and complains that it's weird and gross. Howard comments that he'll never look at Mystique the same way again.
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-->-- '''Jonathan''', ''Film/HotelTransylvania''

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-->-- '''Jonathan''', ''Film/HotelTransylvania''
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->''"Whoa! So, wait, you didn't have any clothes on when you were a bat? Or were they bat-sized?"''

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->''"Whoa! So, ->''"So, wait, you didn't have any clothes on when you were a bat? Or were they bat-sized?"''
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->''"Whoa! So, wait, you didn't have any clothes on when you were a bat? Or were they bat-sized?"''
-->-- '''Jonathan''', ''Film/HotelTransylvania''
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* Many of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' Alien forms include clothing. The Omnitrix can change the user's DNA and fenotype, explaining why Ben can change in so many different forms, but how the clothing changes as well is never even handwaved.

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* Many of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' Alien forms include clothing. The Omnitrix can change the user's DNA and fenotype, phenotype, explaining why Ben can change in so many different forms, but how the clothing changes as well is never even handwaved.
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* In VideoGame/{{Prototype}}, Alex Mercer's and James Heller's clothes are composed of their biomass.

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* In VideoGame/{{Prototype}}, ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'', Alex Mercer's and James Heller's clothes are composed of their biomass.
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* Weaver in ''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'' is a liquid metal Terminator similar to the one in ''T2: Judgment Day'' above, and her shapeshifting includes all of her clothing as well.

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* Weaver in ''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'' ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' is a liquid metal Terminator similar to the one in ''T2: Judgment Day'' above, and her shapeshifting includes all of her clothing as well.
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* Weaver's shapeshifting in ''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'' includes all of her clothing as well.

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* Weaver's shapeshifting Weaver in ''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'' is a liquid metal Terminator similar to the one in ''T2: Judgment Day'' above, and her shapeshifting includes all of her clothing as well.
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* Gems in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' make their clothing with shapeshifting, [[ZigZaggingTrope but it's debatable if this is even "technically" naked]]. Their [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation weapons]], [[SelfConstructedBeing bodies]], and clothes are ''all'' made of HardLight. As their [[HeartDrive gemstones]] are their real body, one could see their clothing as part of their bodies or [[InvertedTrope their bodies as part of their clothing]].
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Not An Example. Her clothes aren\'t made of herself, they\'re altered by her magic.


* Marceline in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' varies by RuleOfFunny and MagicPants. When she shapeshifts, her clothing shifts with her to maintain modesty, but she's also been seen to put on and take off items of clothing in the usual way. Her shapeshifting is magical, so she can probably extend it to her clothes when she wants.

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* In VideoGame/{{Prototype}}, Alex Mercer's and James Heller's clothes are composed of their biomass.
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* In VideoGame/{{Prototype}}, Alex Mercer's and James Heller's clothes are composed of their biomass.
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* Weaver's shapeshifting in ''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'' includes all of her clothing as well.


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* Marceline in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' varies by RuleOfFunny and MagicPants. When she shapeshifts, her clothing shifts with her to maintain modesty, but she's also been seen to put on and take off items of clothing in the usual way. Her shapeshifting is magical, so she can probably extend it to her clothes when she wants.
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Ambiguous example; taking it to the Discussion page.


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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. The Doppleganger ShapeShifter monster is able to form its body into the clothing and equipment of its chosen victim.
** It can then take off that clothing, put on entirely different clothing, then revert to its natural form... which has no clothing. Honestly, try not to [[BellisariosMaxim think about it too much]].
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** It can then take off that clothing, put on entirely different clothing, then revert to its natural form... which has no clothing. Honestly, try not to [[BellisariosMaxim think about it too much]].
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* Like her film and animated counterparts, Mystique in ''ComicBook/XMen'' forms clothing, including her trademark white dress with yellow skull-motif belt, out of herself when she changes form.

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* Like her film and animated counterparts, Mystique ComicBook/{{Mystique}} in ''ComicBook/XMen'' forms clothing, including her trademark white dress with yellow skull-motif belt, out of herself when she changes form.
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* In VideoGame/{{Prototype}}, Alex Mercer's and James Heller's clothes are composed of their biomass.
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* The titular heroine from ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' can transform like this. Her "forms" or disguises are mostly a change of clothes, hairstyle and eye color, but she can actually change her appearance beyond that. Her clothing is made of the same material than the rest of her body and the current version [[AppliedPhlebotinum Phlebotinum]] can rearrange its particles at her will.

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* The titular heroine from ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' can transform like this. Her "forms" or disguises are mostly a change of clothes, hairstyle and eye color, but she can actually change her appearance beyond that. Her clothing is made of the same material than the rest of her body and the current version [[AppliedPhlebotinum Phlebotinum]] can rearrange its particles at her will.
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* "The Claire Switch Project" by Lynsay Sands is a woman who gains this sort of shapeshifting ability. It becomes a sticking point when she needs to wear a name badge pin, which would be decidedly more painful than if she were actually wearing clothes; fortunately, they also have the sticker kind available.
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It\'s still canon, it\'s just its events were undone in the most recent film. Technically they still happened.


** The T-X from ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' has the same ability, being a T-1000-like liquid metal covering over a T-800-like solid-metal endoskeleton. Or it would, [[DisContinuity if any of that had ever happened]].

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** The T-X from ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' has the same ability, being a T-1000-like liquid metal covering over a T-800-like solid-metal endoskeleton. Or it would, [[DisContinuity if any of that had ever happened]].
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* ''Comic/PS238'': The stretchable superheroine Poly Mer says "I'm glad I don't have to worry about costumes", implying that what looks like a costume is just her body. This grosses out her friend 84.

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* ''Comic/PS238'': ''ComicBook/PS238'': The stretchable superheroine Poly Mer says "I'm glad I don't have to worry about costumes", implying that what looks like a costume is just her body. This grosses out her friend 84.

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* ''Comic/PS238'': The stretchable superheroine Poly Mer says "I'm glad I don't have to worry about costumes", implying that what looks like a costume is just her body. This grosses out her friend 84.



* ''Webcomic/PS238'': The stretchable superheroine Poly Mer says "I'm glad I don't have to worry about costumes", implying that what looks like a costume is just her body. This grosses out her friend 84.
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VoluntaryShapeshifting is a handy power, but it has its limitations. Being able to make your face and body look like Alice is great, but it can raise suspicion if you're still dressed like Bob. Keeping a spare set of clothes around for every possible disguise you might need is a hassle.

Some shapeshifters don't have this problem, because they can actually form clothes out of themselves. If this kind of creature wants to disguise itself as, say, a police officer, they can form a police uniform, badge, belt, shoes, possibly even a gun out of the same stuff-- usually {{Handwave}}d as some kind of [[AppliedPhlebotinum proto- or ectoplasm]], {{Nanomachines}}, or general biomass-- as the rest of the shapeshifter's body.

If [[FridgeLogic you think about it]], this makes the shapeshifter technically naked, but the end result from an outside observer's perspective is more or less the same. It may ''not'' be the same for the shapeshifter itself, however: if it's the sort of creature that requires protection from cold and heat, for example, it's not going to get it if what looks like a warm jacket is actually its "skin".

Not included in this definition are cases of magical shapeshifting in which [[GorgeousGarmentGeneration new clothes are conjured]] or existing clothes altered as part of the spell, or AppliedPhlebotinum clothing that [[MySuitIsAlsoSuper can change its form to match that of the wearer]]; in both those cases, the clothing is still a separate set of physical objects from the wearer. This trope specifically refers to cases in which a shapeshifter's "clothing" is contiguous with itself.

The {{inversion}} is ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing, which also includes sizeshifting, {{Baleful Polymorph}}, and various other methods of changing form besides VoluntaryShapeshifting. SisterTrope to ShapeshifterWeapon, which is when a 'shifter can form functional weapons out of its own body, and InvisibleStreaker, whose nudity has to do with ''not'' being seen.

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* The doppelganger, Doppel, in ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'' is actually always naked; the clothes of her disguises come from her hair.
* The titular heroine from ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' can transform like this. Her "forms" or disguises are mostly a change of clothes, hairstyle and eye color, but she can actually change her appearance beyond that. Her clothing is made of the same material than the rest of her body and the current version [[AppliedPhlebotinum Phlebotinum]] can rearrange its particles at her will.
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* Longtime ComicBook/SpiderMan villain the Sandman, after coming into contact with some [[ILoveNuclearPower radioactive sand]] (seriously), is changed into a shapeshifting sand creature. He can alter the color of his sandy body to resemble clothes, although it's largely cosmetic and not detailed enough to make a convincing disguise.
* Like her film and animated counterparts, Mystique in ''ComicBook/XMen'' forms clothing, including her trademark white dress with yellow skull-motif belt, out of herself when she changes form.
* Most versions of ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' villain [[LegacyCharacter Clayface]] (there have been a few) are blobby clay-like shapeshifters who often form clothing out of their own substance as part of their disguises.
* Morph from the {{ComicBook/Exiles}} really likes talking about how he's technically naked all the time.
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* Franchise/{{Terminator}} franchise:
** The T-1000 in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' is a robot made of a versatile liquid metal that can take on the appearance of anything it touches, from humans to the surface of a tile floor. One of the first forms it takes is that of a police officer, forming a police uniform out of itself. It doesn't actually take on the chemical properties of the things it imitates, though, so while its surface looks and feels like cloth and skin, it's still made of liquid metal.
** The T-X from ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' has the same ability, being a T-1000-like liquid metal covering over a T-800-like solid-metal endoskeleton. Or it would, [[DisContinuity if any of that had ever happened]].
* Mystique from the ''Film/XMen'' films' [[ShapeshifterDefaultForm true form]] is a blue-skinned humanoid. She almost never wears clothes (her skin, which is scaled, it presumably more resilient to changes in temperature than that of non-mutants), granting her the freedom to shift the surface of her skin into clothing appropriate for whatever form she takes.
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* ''{{Literature/Animorphs}}'': Most of the time morphers cannot morph clothes, as the inventors of the morphing technology, the Andalites, have no need for them. The only kind of clothes that change with them are skintight ones, and only one talented morpher in the series is able to assume a clothed form.
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* In ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', Odo and the other Changelings are able to shapeshift so well that they can even fool sensor devices into detecting them as whatever sort of material they mimic, and typically form clothing out of themselves when they assume humanoid form. On a typical episode, the only part of Odo that's not made of himself is his comm badge, which he hides inside himself when he shifts into a form that doesn't include it.[[note]]The odd exception-- cases in which hiding his comm badge inside himself is logically impossible-- are subject to the MST3KMantra alongside his many {{egregious}} violations of ShapeshifterBaggage.[[/note]]
* ''Series/DoctorWho''
** The first time the Doctor regenerates his clothes change in addition to his body, implying that he's technically naked. Chalk that up to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, as this never happens again - every other time he regenerates his clothes remain the same.
** {{Discussed}} in [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor "The Day of the Doctor"]] between a Zygon shapeshifter and the human that the Zygon is impersonating. At the time their memories are scrambled, so neither one knows which of them is real and which a shapeshifter.
-->'''Osgood:''' If I'm a Zygon, then my clothes must be Zygon, too. So, what happens if I lose a shoe or something?
* ''Series/NoOrdinaryFamily'': An evil shapeshifter mimics Katie, and later Jim, including the clothes that each happens to be wearing at the time.
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. The Doppleganger ShapeShifter monster is able to form its body into the clothing and equipment of its chosen victim.
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* In ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' Cubi can form clothes from flaps of skin. Though if that gets cut it hurts, so a lot of them wear actual clothes. Though it is handy if one [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1132.php loses their pants]], or needs armor [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1142.php on the quick]].
* ''Webcomic/PS238'': The stretchable superheroine Poly Mer says "I'm glad I don't have to worry about costumes", implying that what looks like a costume is just her body. This grosses out her friend 84.
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* [[Franchise/{{DCAU}} DC Animated Universe]]:
** Clayface, first appearing in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', is a blobby clay-like shapeshifter who often forms clothing out of himself as part of his disguises.
** Clayface' SpiritualSuccessor, Inque from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', forms a dress from herself when she assumes humanoid form. Considering that her humanoid form is the same inky blue-black as her default shapeshifting form, it's not really meant to fool anybody.
* Like her film and comics counterparts, Mystique in ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' forms clothing, including her trademark white dress with yellow skull-motif belt, out of herself when she changes form.
* Many of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' Alien forms include clothing. The Omnitrix can change the user's DNA and fenotype, explaining why Ben can change in so many different forms, but how the clothing changes as well is never even handwaved.
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