History Main / TheCoatsAreOff

* In ''SengokuBasara'', Yukimura dons a cloak bearing the Takeda emblem for most of the second season. However, faced with a humongous mechanical fortress, he throws it away to reveal the emblem of his own clan on his back, signifying how he has finally become his own man. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome He then proceeds to stop the fortress' advance single-handed, with a pair of spears]].

** However, when Konan fights [[spoiler:Madara]], [[Konan dies with her cloak still one]], while [[spoiler:Madara survives despite losing his cloak]].

* Rugal Bernstein in ''[[KingofFighters The King Of Fighters 1994]]'' first fights in a full tux and without using any of his special moves, but ditches the jacket and shirt for round 2. In his subsequent appearances, he has kept the green t-shirt he wore underneath.

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* ''{{Hellsing}}'''s Alucard gets stronger as he loses his coat.
** As the various pieces of clothing he wears act as a means to restrict his vast and considerable power, it's a JustifiedTrope.
** Integra dramatically rips hers off in response to the Major's "Come, let us make war!" It would be a WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome moment, except that it's awesome.
** Also, the Captain in his fight against Seras. It's the first time we get to see his power as a werewolf. It's also the first time we find out that he wears no shirt under his jacket.
* There's a running joke among the ''{{Naruto}}'' fandom that any Akatsuki member who takes off or loses their cloak in a fight will be dead by the end of that battle. However, that also means that whoever they're fighting is tough enough for them to play for keeps.
** It should be noted that only three of them ([[spoiler:Sasori, Kisame, and Kakuzu]][[hottip:*:Four if you count Asura Pain.]]) took off their cloaks intentionally. The rest lost theirs as a result of ClothingDamage, except for [[spoiler:Hidan and Deva Pain]] who just had theirs ripped open.
* ''FullmetalAlchemist'''s Edward Elric takes off his coat when getting into serious battles.
* Thorkell literally tears his coat off when fighting Thorfinn for the last time in ''VinlandSaga''.
* ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'''s Fate Testarossa does this with her [[FragileSpeedster Sonic Form]], and later Sonic Drive.
* In ''{{Bleach}}'' The First Squad Captain when he fights loses his shirt and reveals his incredebly muscled chest (and arms).
** In the fight against Yoruichi, Second Squad Captain Soi Fon takes off her captain's coat, revealing her Special Forces uniform. Said uniform exposes the shoulders and back due to the fact that Shunkou, causing high spiritual pressure to accumulate at the shoulders and back, would blast away the fabric at said places.
** Kenpachi loses his Captain's robes and shirt sometime during or after the fight with Nnoitra, and never bothers to put it back on until after [[spoiler:he and Byakuya kill Yammy [[MissedMomentOfAwesome off-screen.]]]]
** When he decides Starrk's finally going to 'get serious', Kyoraku removes his colourful pink coat and throws it to Ukitake. Starrk had even said that it was hard to take Kyoraku seriously with his [[RealMenWearPink odd]] [[NiceHat clothing]]. Likely also a necessary move on Kyoraku's part - the 'colour game' which ultimately kills Starrk works best with plain colours.
* Both Piccolos in ''DragonBall''. In the younger one's case, it makes even more sense as his cloak is weighed for training purposes.
* Inexplicably appears in the ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'' manga. After arriving [[BigDamnHeroes in the nick of time]] to [[strike:interfere]] help out with Akane's match against the [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Dojo Destroyer]], Ranma smiles smugly and takes off her Chinese jacket, then pretty much pulverizes the foe in a single panel. One wonders why she even bothered taking it off.
** A more reasonable occurrence during the first duel with Mousse. After having his [[HyperspaceArsenal Hidden Weapons]] style mocked mercilessly, [[ShirtlessScene he sheds his long robes]] (where most of his weapons were hidden,) assumes a firm combat stance, and [[LetsGetDangerous declares that he will fight Ranma]] [[BlatantLies hand-to-hand]].
* In ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', Simon takes off his coat to cover the naked Nia, freed from the Anti-Spiral. Keep in mind here that [[{{Fanservice}} without his coat, Simon is shirtless save for a man-corset.]]
** ''[[TheMovie Lagann-hen]]'' has Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann take off his [[RuleOfCool cape made out of red Spiral flames]] to unleash its Giga Drill Break.
* Similar to ([[OlderThanTheyThink and perhaps the inspiration for]]) the ''GurrenLagann'' example above is one from ''GGundam''. [[spoiler: After Domon tells her that he loves her, Rain breaks free from the Devil Gundam. As she's naked, Domon swiftly covers her with his cloak. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome They then destroy the Devil Gundam once and for all in a CrazyAwesome manner.]]]]
* In ''AngelicLayer'', Sai's angel Shirahime once shed her coat during a key battle.
* In ''SengokuBasara'', Yukimura dons a cloak bearing the Takeda emblem for most of the second season. However, faced with a humongous mechanical fortress, he throws it away to reveal the emblem of his own clan on his back, signifying how he has finally become his own man. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome He then proceeds to stop the fortress' advance single-handed, with a pair of spears]].
* In the PokemonAdventures manga, at one point, Crystal takes off her coat that she always wears while going off to save a boat belonging to Bill the Pokemaniac by capturing a Flaafy and a Dunsparce that were attacking the boat. She leaves the coat off until she goes to rescue him from a cluster of Staryu at an amusement park. At that point, it is revealed that the shirt she wears underneath her coat is sleeveless and that she wears wristbands underneath its sleeves.

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* In ''{{There will be Brawl}}'', Luigi had worn his trenchcoat throughout the series. He took it off during the penultimate episosde, after [[spoiler: Red dies in an explosion. Luigi covered his body using his coat and walked off to start the final battle.]]
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* In ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', Simon takes off his coat to cover the naked Nia, freed from the Anti-Spiral.

* In ''Madworld'', removal of a coat changes [[spoiler: The Black Baron (stop starin')]] from a walking joke to the final boss. His hat follows suit without mention later.

* The moment you enter combat time in [[Fallout]] 2, the Deathclaw NPC Goris drops his monk-like robe to rip the enemy a new one, then puts it back on to hide his features from friendly commoners.

* During the first half of the [[BossBattle climactic final battle]] of ''ResidentEvil5'', Albert Wesker is thrown out of a jet only to emerge a minute later minus his [[BadassLongcoat awesome coat]].

(Logistically, it actually makes sense for a fighter to shed the coat if it would restrict his or her movement in battle.)

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* In ''MetalGearSolid3'', the BigBad Volgin uses his electricity to ''burn'' off his coat, revealing some sort of rubberized circuit-patterned shirt underneath. Then he punches the crap out of you and fries you with electricity.

* In the "AlCapone [[TheMafia gang]] vs. Jesse James gang" simulation of ''DeadliestWarrior'', Al Capone sheds his longcoat in preparation for the [[FisticuffsBoss fight]] with Jesse James.

[[caption-width:178: Jacket status: Off. Your status: [[YourHeadAsplode Already dead]].]]

[[caption-width:178: Jacket status: off. Your status: Already dead.]]

* Similar to ([[OlderThanTheyThink and perhaps the inspiration for]]) the Gurren Lagann example above is one from ''GGundam''. [[spoiler: After Domon tells her that he loves her, Rain breaks free from the Devil Gundam. As she's naked, Domon swiftly covers her with his cloak. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome They then destroy the Devil Gundam once and for all in a CrazyAwesome manner.]]]]

* Long coats in {{Shadowrun}} often serve as armor, making exercising this trope stupid at best and suicidal at worst.

** It should be noted that only three of them ([[spoiler:Sasori, Kisame, and Kakuzu]][[hottip:*:Four if you count Asura Pain.]]) took off their cloaks intentionally. The rest lost theirs as a result of ClothingDamage, except for [[spoiler:Hidan and Deve Pain]] who just had theirs ripped open.

** It should be noted that only two of them ([[spoiler:Sasori and Kisame]]) took off their cloaks intentionally. The rest lost theirs as a result of ClothingDamage, except for Hidan who just had his ripped open.

* In Squaresoft's ''Bouncer'', the BigBad, Dauragon C. Mikado, wears a Badass Longcoat for most of the game, including when you first get to fight him. In the Final BossFight, he starts out wearing it, too, but after you knock enough health off of him, he tosses the coat and [[UpToEleven becomes a]] ''[[UpToEleven LOT]]'' [[UpToEleven stronger]]. In the True Final Boss Fight, he removes the suspenders, too, and fights you [[ShirtlessScene full-on shirtless]].