History Main / Zipperiffic

->''"I wish I had more zippers... so I could tell you to ZIP IT."''
->-- '''Neku''', ''TheWorldEndsWithYou''

->'''Jon''': ''This outfit has one zillion zippers. ''[beat]'' Now where did I put my keys?''\\
'''Garfield''': ''This could take months!''\\

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** It's a little known fact that Sora is almost identical to Sion from TheBouncer, from whence the zippers came.

** It's almost a self-parody, as at the beginning of the first KingdomHearts, they said they got their belts-and-zippers outfits in order to blend in to the world full of KH original characters.
* Kyle of the upcoming ''[[AtelierSeries Atelier Annie]]'' wears a BadassLongcoat with a truly righteous zipper in front.

Some costume designers (especially if they're named TetsuyaNomura) are of the belief that Everything's Better With Zippers; if you add zippers to a character's outfit, then it makes them somehow intrinsically cooler. Even if the placement of said zippers makes ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome no practical sense whatsoever]]''.

The cousin trope to this is TooManyBelts. Not to be confused with ZipMeUp (which, while involving zippers, is about something else entirely). See also ChainedByFashion.

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* Bruno Bucciarati from ''JoJosBizarreAdventure: Golden Wind'' not only has zippers on his outfit, but his Stand allows him to ''attach'' zippers '''anywhere'''.
* FrankenFran goes beyond this adding some NightmareFuel, [[BandageBabe Adorea]] has zippers all over her SKIN.
* Chuck from ''PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' is basically [[InvaderZim GIR]] with Zippers for ears and his tail.

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* TruthInTelevision; just walk into your local Hot Topic store (or similar "Goth" clothing shop), and behold.
** Though not clothes, there are pencil cases and bags made entirely out of zippers.
*** There are [[http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/04/the-zipper-dress-a-sebastian-errazuriz-design/ clothes too]]
** Not only goth stores anymore as of 2009 or so, it seems to be a fad that's catching on even in higher-end, more fashion-forward stores as well as places like Forever 21.
* In a more universal way, zippers were originally invented as a shoe fastener, to replace ''20+ tiny buttons'' as fasteners for non casual shoes (and thus ineligible by current fashion for laces). You'd better believe that zippers are better than tens of buttons when you need to get dressed in a hurry.

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* SquareEnix in general, and Tetsuya Nomura in particular, are overly fond of this trope to levels that would have made Freud proud.

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->'''[[TheStinger Waldorf]]''': That Nomura guy puts way too many zippers on his characters.\\
'''[[TheMuppetShow Statler]]''': I don't know, I think they could still use a few more.\\
'''[[StatlerAndWaldorf Waldorf]]''': You do?\\
'''[[ThoseTwoGuys Statler]]''': Yeah. Over their mouths!\\
'''[[MemeticMutation Both]]''': Do-ho-ho-ho-hoh!

* MichaelJackson in the ''Bad'' music video, also combined with TooManyBelts, proving the trend is OlderThanTheyThink. And considering the popularity of Jackson's work in Japan, possibly one of the main influences on it.

Some costume designers (especially if they're named Tetsuya Nomura) are of the belief that Everything's Better With Zippers; if you add zippers to a character's outfit, then it makes them somehow intrinsically cooler. Even if the placement of said zippers makes ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome no practical sense whatsoever]]''.

[[KingdomHearts http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Donald_Duck_03.jpg]]
[[caption-width:198:Even his ''hat'' has zippers.]]

-->-- '''Neku''', ''TheWorldEndsWithYou''

->''"Fool! Look at all the zippers I have on my body! And look at you, you don't have a single zipper anywhere on you! Do you dare claim you could defeat me?"''
-->-- '''Metrosexual Villain of Ultimate Evil''', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP1UsIVOb80 Boy and Robot's Epic JRPG Quest]]

Some costume designers (especially if they're named Tetsuya Nomura) are of the belief that [[EverythingsBetterWithZippers Everything's Better With Zippers]]; if you add zippers to a character's outfit, then it makes them somehow intrinsically cooler. Even if the placement of said zippers makes ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome no practical sense whatsoever]]''.

* In a more universal way, zippers were originally invented as a shoe fastener, to replace ''20+ tiny buttons'' as fasteners. You'd better believe that zippers are better than tens of buttons when you need to get dressed in a hurry.
** [[FridgeLogic Zips predate shoelaces?]] Wow, we really do [[{{Animorphs}} invent everything backwards]]...
*** Uh, no. Shoelaces are OlderThanDirt (Like this 5500 year old [[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/06/10/the-ur-sneaker-5500-year-old-shoe-found-in-armenian-cave/ example]].).

Some costume designers (especially if they're named Tetsuya Nomura) are of the belief that EverythingsBetterWithZippers; if you add zippers to a character's outfit, then it makes them somehow intrinsically cooler. Even if the placement of said zippers makes ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome no practical sense whatsoever]]''.

Some costume designers (* cough* Tetsuya Nomura * cough* ) are of the belief that EverythingsBetterWithZippers; if you add zippers to a character's outfit, then it makes them somehow intrinsically cooler. Even if the placement of said zippers makes ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome no practical sense whatsoever]]''.

** He doesn't really have zippers in a functional sense, he used them as trim. Does it count if it's only half a zipper?

** Noel has a pair of them running down the front of her shirt/skirt. [{FetishFuel They are oddly hypnotic...]]

Some costume designers (*cough* Testuya Nomura *cough*) are of the belief that EverythingsBetterWithZippers; if you add zippers to a character's outfit, then it makes them somehow intrinsically cooler. Even if the placement of said zippers makes ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome no practical sense whatsoever]]''.

** [[KingdomHearts Sora]] is the reigning king of this trope and probably the first person to come to most people's minds when this trope is mentioned. Even though his [=KH2=] outfit only features a zipper on his jacket and zippers on his shoes, which really isn't all that weird when it comes to placement of zippers. Kairi features a pretty zipperific dress as well. In the same game, Donald Duck has a zipper on his ''hat''.