History Main / TechnicallyNakedShapeshifter

* Interestingly, the Mystique in ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' changes her costume between seasons once, from something [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/xmenevo/images/3/3f/Turn_of_the_Rogue-_Rogue_n_Mystique.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130223201220 comic-based]] to a [[http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/6400000/Mystique-x-men-6480433-232-458.jpg shiny black outfit]]. When passed out from Rogue's touch once, she reverted to her default green-skinned form, complete with her by-now-long-established second outfit. It makes you wonder just what decides her default form, that when she changes outfits she reverts to the new one with no conscious control.

* 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 can rearrange its particles at her will.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Envy's "clothes" are actually part of his own physical mass, and they shapeshift along with him.
* 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 all the other dragons barring Ilulu, whose poor shapeshifting skills mean that she actually has to wear any outfit other than her initial one.

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* A variation in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob:'' When insectoid alien Voluptua uses a device to appear human, the device conjures up a bigger-on-the-inside shell of energy ''shaped'' like a human with clothes (she is, essentially, ''wearing'' a [[Series/DoctorWho TARDIS).]] Yet, inside that shell, she is still wearing whatever clothes she had on before she activated it.

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** When Odo has Garak tailor a uniform for him, he remarks how odd it feels to wear actual clothes instead of just forming it out of his own body.

-->'''Osgood:''' If I'm a Zygon, then my clothes must be Zygon, too. So, what happens if I lose a shoe or something?

* The [[ShapeshifterDefaultForm true form]] of Mystique from the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' 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.

* Maui in ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' makes not only his grass skirt and necklace disappear and reappear when he changes into an animal form and back, but his magic hook as well, if he happens to be holding it at the time. (At one point he transforms by just touching it, and it remains where it was lying.) During the intro sequence, he also appears to make the Heart of Te Fiti he was holding disappear when he turns into a hawk.

* The doppelganger, Doppel, in ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'' is actually always naked; the clothes of her disguises come from her hair.

* Morph from the {{ComicBook/Exiles}} really likes talking about how he's technically naked all the time.

* PlayedWith: Comicbook/TheRay #4, Lucien Gates, has powers that instantly burn away any clothes that he tried to put on. He has MasterOfIllusion powers that let him ''look'' clothed, but he still feels awkward walking around naked all the time.

* Franchise/{{Terminator}} franchise:

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* In ''WebComic/YokokasQuest'', Spirit birds are able to [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-page-12/ transform freely]], which includes being able to shapeshift into different outfits, while other characters who [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]] wear actual clothes and change into them normally. Yfa doesn't wear anything in his base form, but shapeshifted into a [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-2-page-5/ fully-clothed human]]. Copycat's base form hasn't been shown, but being a bird is presumably naked, and has shapeshifted into many different forms and outfits.

* Tofu from ''Literature/SuperMinion'', at least some of the time. His minion suit and mask are both real (since they both [[MySuitIsAlsoSuper come with useful features and don't get in his way]], and he eventually gets a few sets of real clothes as well.

* Tofu from ''Literature/SuperMinion'', at least some of the time. His minion suit and mask are both real (since they both come with useful features and [[MySuitIsAlsoSuper don't get in his way]], and he eventually gets a few sets of real clothes as well.

** Peridot is a strange variant in that she ''can't'' shapeshift her body or clothes except [[SelfConstructedBeing creating an entirely new body]]. Thus it's implied she can't take her clothes off (at least without damaging them), and can only wear other clothes [[DressedInLayers on top of her regular ones]].

* in the Live action adaptation of ''Literature/Animorphs'', they had no problem morphing clothing, even though they could only change skintight clothes in the book series

** Peridot is a strange variant in that she ''can't'' shapeshift her body or clothes except [[SelfConstructedBeing creating an entirely new body]]. Thus it's implied she ''can't'' take her clothes off (at least without damaging them), and if she wants to wear other clothes she has to [[DressedInLayers put them on over her regular ones]].

* 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]].

* Averted by Miss Martian in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' who specifically notes that she wears clothes that shapeshift according to her mental command.