History Quotes / SuperheroesWearTights

-->''(Young Barry uses his SuperSpeed to put on the Flash costume)''

->''"Off I go, wearing in my tight pajamas, flying high, this is the life! Heh-ohhhhhhh!"''

->''"Here I go, dressed in my tight pajamas, flying high, this is the life!"''

->"Here I go / dressed in my tight pajamas / flying high / this is the life!"

->''Hell, the [[TheCowl Dark Avenger]] wore a cape, but at least he had the good sense to make it a black cape, which he could use to hide with. But [[TheCape Champ]]? He had that [[SuperheroesWearCapes flowing white cape]] that made him stick out a mile. That, and that,” Townsend assumed a goofy wide-eyed grinning gawp, put his fists on his hips and said in a goofy voice, “’[[InTheNameOfTheMoon I’m the Champion of Righteousness and Decency!]]’” Townsend dropped the act, “bit of his... And then, after the ''Superman'' comic book came out, he switched to tights! TIGHTS! I mean, how could you NOT mess with that? Still, as much as I ragged on him, I liked ol’ Champ. I was sorry to see him go. I mean, [[StraightMan straight men]] like him just don’t come along every day.”''

->''"I'm not wearing one of those damnfool spandex body-condom things. I haven't got the bust for it."''

->"No capes, no tights. No offense."

->"How the fuck does he walk around in that sweaty fucking wetsuit all day long, balls mashed up against his legs like pancakes?"

->''Hell, the [[TheCowl Dark Avenger]] wore a cape, but at least he had the good sense to make it a black cape, which he could use to hide with. But [[TheCape Champ]]? He had that [[SuperheroesWearCapes flowing white cape]] that made him stick out a mile. That, and that,” Townsend assumed a goofy wide-eyed grinning gawp, put his fists on his hips and said in a goofy voice, “’[[InTheNameOfTheMoon I’m the Champion of Righteousness and Decency!]]’” Townsend dropped the act, “bit of his... And then, after the ''Superman'' comic book came out, he switched to tights! TIGHTS! I mean, how could you NOT mess with that? Still, as much as I ragged on him, I liked ol’ Champ. I was sorry to see him go. I mean, [[StraightMan straight men]] like him just don’t come along every day.”''
-->-- '''[[ThePowerOfActing Mephisto the Mentalist]]''', comparing the costumes of his world's two major superheroes of the 1930s ([[{{Expy}} Expies]] of Radio/TheShadow/ComicBook/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/{{Superman}}, respectively), ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/original-timeline/439-razzle-dazzle-part-1 "Razzle Dazzle", part 1]]. (He later bemoans the fact that super''villains'' began wearing tights in the 1950s, which he felt undermined their ability to be intimidating.)

->''"How the fuck does he walk around in that sweaty fucking wetsuit all day long, balls mashed up against his legs like pancakes?"''

->''"How the f**k does he walk around in that sweaty f**king wetsuit all day long, balls mashed up against his legs like pancakes?"''

->''"How the fuck does he walk around in that sweaty f**king wetsuit all day long, balls mashed up against his legs like pancakes?"''

->"How the fuck does he walk around in that sweaty f**king wetsuit all day long, balls mashed up against his legs like pancakes?"

-->-- '''[[ThePowerOfActing Mephisto the Mentalist]]''', comparing the costumes of his world's two major superheroes of the 1930s ([[{{Expy}} Expies]] of Radio/TheShadow/ComicBook/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/{{Superman}}, respectively), ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/original-timeline/439-razzle-dazzle-part-1 "Razzle Dazzle", part 1]]. (He later bemoans the fact that super''villains'' began wearing tights in the 1950s, which he felt undermined their ability to be intimidating.)