History Main / WeWillNotHavePocketsInTheFuture

* Averted in UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks: the belted pouches that became such a cliché were particularly common accessories for time travelers. It wasn't just Creator/RobLiefeld and his cohorts, either: even the ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}} members wore pouched and pocketed {{Utility Belt}}s that put Franchise/{{Batman}}'s to shame.

* ''Series/TheBoys2019''. [[SuperheroesWearTights Superheroes have this problem too]], as Shockwave points out when she has to stop and get her mobile from her purse.
-->'''Shockwave:''' Sorry, Ashley. Vought won't let me have pockets in this thing. You can see every crease in my ass; you can [[{{Stripperific}} practically see up Starlight's uterus]]. You want to talk about Girl Power? Let's talk about getting some pockets!

* Thoroughly averted in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'', by the look of the [[http://s3.amazonaws.com/images.hitfix.com/assets/8550/marty-mcfly-jr-pants-inside-out.png fashion in 2015]].

* ''Series/BlakesSeven'' has the same problem despite the more flamboyant look of the protagonists, which caused the actors to make the ObligatoryJoke about [[AssShove where they kept]] some bomb or device used that [[HammerSpace hadn't been seen in their hands]] when they teleported down to the planet.

* ''Series/BlakesSeven'' has the same problem despite the more flamboyant look of the protagonists. Which caused the actors to make the ObligatoryJoke when a bomb or device has to be produced to attack a Federation Base, [[AssShove yet hadn't been seen in their hands]] when they transported down to the planet.

* Averted in the German 1960s series ''Series/{{Raumpatrouille}}''. The earth colony on the planet Chroma is ruled by women and they all have dresses with huge pockets.

-->"Sorry, Ashley. Vought won't let me have pockets in this thing. You can see every crease in my ass; you can [[{{Stripperific}} practically see up Starlight's uterus]]. You want to talk about Girl Power? Let's talk about getting some pockets!"
** This turns out to be a problem when Starlight has to hide a vial of Compound V shortly after this conversation, but she has nowhere to put it.

** This turns out to be a problem when Starlight has to hide a vial of Compound V shortly after this conversation, but she has no-where to put it.

* ''Series/TheBoys2019''. [[SuperheroesPreferTights Superheroes have this problem too]], as Shockwave points out when she has to stop and get her mobile from her purse.
-->"Sorry, Ashley. Vought won't let me have pockets in this thing. You can see every crease in my ass; you can [[SexySpandex practically see up Starlight's uterus]]. You want to talk about Girl Power? Let's talk about getting some pockets!"

* In ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} TabletopGame/TranshumanSpace'' pockets are out of fashion, because things like keys and wallets are entirely virtual.

* Gems clothing in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' tends to be [[FutureSpandex form-fitting]] and never has pockets. Usually if they need to carry something, they'll store it [[PersonOfHolding inside their gem]], or through more esoteric methods (Peridot had electronics integrated into her [[ArtificialLimbs Limb Enhancers]], and later {{MacGyver|ing}}s an arm strap for a tablet; Aquamarine's MagicWand folds up and sits on her head like hair bow).

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[[folder:Film]]

* Thoroughly averted in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'', by the look of the [[http://s3.amazonaws.com/images.hitfix.com/assets/8550/marty-mcfly-jr-pants-inside-out.png fashion in 2015]].

* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''Series/{{Crusade}}'', when a clothing designer comes aboard the ''[[CoolStarship Excalibur]]'' to make new uniforms for the senior officers. [[TheCaptain Gideon]] complains that these uniforms lack pockets, to which the designer replies that a captain shouldn't have to carry things around. There are subordinates for that.

-->'''Andrew Cartmel''': For years in movies and TV if it was the future, everyone was either wearing Roman togas or white zipsuits. ''Film/BladeRunner'' was a real turning point for that, because it recognised that fashion was cyclic and people in the future would wear fashions from the past, as people already do now.

* ''Series/BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury'' (with Gil Gerard) suffers from this. Men and women wear skin-tight uniforms that don't permit pockets -- but look really good on Erin Gray.
* ''Series/BlakesSeven'' has the same problem despite the more flamboyant look of the protagonists. Which caused the actors to make the ObligatoryJoke when a bomb or device has to be produced to attack a Federation Base, [[AssShove yet hadn't been seen in their hands]] when they transported down to the planet.
* Averted in the German 1960s series ''Series/{{Raumpatrouille}}''. The earth colony on the planet Chroma is ruled by women and they all have dresses with huge pockets.
* The uniforms in ''Series/{{Space 1999}}'' all lack pockets. Apparently the only pieces of personal equipment that need to be carried around at all times are the ray gun and communicator which are hung from the belt.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* This is just not the case in the future depicted in WebAnimation/MundoUltimateNewsCp. Although Icetown citizens use fancy nanotech spandex-style clothing, they stil have pockets, through in a minimalist look, to keep their stylus and flexible devices in there.

* This is just not the case in the future depicted in WebAnimation/MundoUltimateNewsCp. althrough Icetown citizens use fancy nanotech spandex-style clothing, they stil have pockets, through in a minimalist look, to keep their stylus and flexible devices in there.

* This is just not the case in the future depicted in WebAnimation/MundoUltimateNewsCp. Through Icetown citizens use fancy nanotech spandex-style clothing, they stil have pockets, through in a minimalist look, to keep their stylus and flexible devices in there.

* The children's book ''Bill's New Frock'' is about [[GenderBender a boy who wakes up as a girl]] and no-one seems to notice. The lack of pockets in the frilly dress he's given to wear is just one of the things he discovers is {{different for girls}}.

* Lampshaded in Creator/JohnVarley's ''[[Literature/EightWorlds Steel Beach]]'' when Hildy points out that in a FreeLoveFuture society with NoNudityTaboo that lives in enclosed environments pockets are the primary reason people would even bother to wear clothes.

** The justification being that there's no money in the Federation, or keys when you have voice-activated doors, thus no need for pockets. Of course this causes a problem when you need to carry something plot-related -- in one episode Riker has to carry a TrackingDevice, so he puts it in his boot.
** It was mentioned in at least one Star Trek book, however, that the lack of pockets in uniforms is done for security reasons; it prevents anyone from being able to smuggle hidden weapons without great difficulty.

-->-- '''Jonathan Frakes''', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''

-->-- '''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Jonathan Frakes]]''' expresses his confusion.

* The Vault Suits in ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' are lacking in pockets while all prewar clothing have the normal amount. Somewhat justified in the case of the Vault Suits, as in a Vault anything needed would never be more than a few minutes away and there's only a finite amount of space to lose something.

* Classical Greece had no pockets in everyday wear for most men (the garment everyone thinks of in this context really was little more than a bed-sheet wrapped around the body and pinned), and belt pouches were not common either due to a lack of belts, yet people still had to carry money. The solution was to make coins very small and carry them in your ''mouth''.

* Initially played straight then averted in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''. Lieutenant commander “Sensei” Shodan bemoans the fact that the grunts have been issued with uniforms with pockets as they will now want to put things in them.