History Main / TechnicallyNakedShapeshifter

%%* In ''WebComic/YokokasQuest'', Copycat uses [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifting]] to change his outfits, while other characters change clothes normally.

%%* In ''WebComic/YokokasQuest'', Copycat uses shapeshifting to change his outfits, while other characters change clothes normally.

%%* Envy of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' is seen to have his clothes change when he shape shifts.

* Envy of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' is seen to have his clothes change when he shape shifts.

%%* Envy of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''.

* Envy of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''.

* In ''WebComic/YokokasQuest'', Copycat may be this, as he uses shapeshifting to change his outfits, while other characters change clothes normally.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Himiko Toga's Quirk gives her the power to shapeshift into anyone whose blood she has consumed. She can, but does not have to, shapeshift clothing as part of this as well. However, she can not change any normal clothes she's already wearing, so if she intends to use this part of her Quirk she needs to undress first.

* 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. It plays with the trope a bit, in that his clothes may actually ''be'' clothes, the ones he was wearing when he gained his powers, which have the same abilities he has, and just go along with his body (they may be fused ''to'' his body, also).

* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', possibly Envy, though there is no direct confirmation. Like the other homunculi, Envy's clothes regenerate with their body, including when they [[spoiler:assimilate the mannequin soldiers]]. Envy's clothes will always change along with their body, though in one chapter they are seen wearing what appears to be an ordinary coat that does not change and even flies off when they become a dog.

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.

** 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.

** The Teselecta, first seen in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler "Let's Kill Hitler,"]] replicates the uniform of both the janitor (used for infiltration) and the Nazi officer it intends to use to get close to Hitler. Later, when Rory and Amy steal the motorcycle that it is riding, the commander says, "This time, let's do the bike, too."

** Shown in the third movie, when she gets hit by The Cure, she reverts to a naked, black-haired supermodel.

** The Teselecta, first seen in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler "Let's Kill Hitler,"]] replicates the uniform of both the janitor (used for infiltration) and the Nazi officer it intends to use to get close to Hitler. Later, when Rory and Amy steal the motorcycle that it is riding, the commander says, "This time, let's do the bike. too."

* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' and [[VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2 its sequel]], spirits don't wear clothes; most of them just have a clothing-like appearance. This gets lampshaded when the male members of the party in ''2'' talk about Muzet being technically naked, only for Ludger to ruin their fun by suggesting the same thing about himself when he transforms into a Chromatus state.

* In ''Manga/AneNaruMono'', all of Chiyo's clothes seem to be formed from her prehensile tentacle hair.

* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': As could be expected for this series, this trope not only appears but is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] (both with and [[ConversationalTroping without some story relevance]]) as well. Apparently, forming pseudo-clothing is not at all uncommon for higher level shapeshifters such as Jimmy T., and the possibility that those who revert to a default form when unconscious would end up naked in public gets some titters among the Underdogs.It had also been observed that while Thorn (who isn't a shapeshifter ''per se'', but uses his manifestations in a similar fashion) does wear real clothing, they aren't anything like the Edwardian dandy's clothes he seems to wear.

* Early on in ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' Tohru mentions that her maid outfit is actually made up of her scales (though she can still remove them). This also applies to the other dragons.

* Many of ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' Alien forms include clothing. The Omnitrix can change the user's DNA and phenotype, explaining why Ben can change in so many different forms, but how the clothing changes as well is never even handwaved.
** The later series hint that the Omnitrix may store a standard clothing for each form, including Ben's base clothes, meaning that he will always revert to wearing them when transforming back no matter what he had been wearing before (it is a plot point in at least one episode where he had been wearing a diving suit). Of course, there are also episodes where he reverts to the clothes he was wearing before transforming (it may depend on the Omnitrix version).

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.

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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 fully 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 JustForFun/{{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.

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* In ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'', [[HornyDevils 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]].
** Generally, the flaps of skin in question are their [[WingedHumanoid wings]], which the comic explicitly notes are very durable, much more so than the rest of the body, and thus there is real protection to be had by morphing them. The real disadvantage is that pants formed this way have NoOntologicalInertia, and [[NakedPeopleAreFunny spontaneously de-manifest]] upon their "wearer" passing out or falling asleep.
** Also, something with structure like a weaved fabric is harder to morph, so a lot of Cubi were happy when latex clothing came into style.

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* [[Franchise/{{DCAU}} DC Animated Universe]]:

** 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.

* Many of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' Alien forms include clothing. The Omnitrix can change the user's DNA and phenotype, explaining why Ben can change in so many different forms, but how the clothing changes as well is never even handwaved.

* 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.

* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': As could be expected for this series, this trope not only appears but is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] (both with and [[ConversationalTroping without some story relevance]]) as well. Apparently, forming pseudo-clothing is not at all uncommon for higher level shapeshifters such as Jimmy T., and the possibility that those who revert to a default form wghen unconscious would end up naked in public gets some titters among the Underdogs.