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7	Amazing Alice finally gets her big-screen debut. She's always been known as a heroine with a rather conservative dress-style. However, when the trailer for ''[[TheMovie Amazing Alice]]'' comes out, she's wearing... [[{{Stripperiffic}} a lot less]]. Her pants are replaced with shorts stopping just below her butt, and her jacket and shirt are replaced with a midriff-baring tanktop. What happened? Well, it looks like Alice has been hit with a case of Adaptational Skimpiness.
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9	At times when adapting certain characters to different mediums either due to more creative freedoms, less restriction on ratings, to show off AdaptationalCurves or just because SexSells, they'll be often given a makeover in the form of new clothes... well, ''less'' clothes.
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11	This trope occurs across mediums or [[AlternateContinuity continuities]]. When this happens within a series, see FanservicePack (which isn't always about clothes).
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13	While this is a subtrope of HotterAndSexier, this trope usually doesn't require the whole work to fall under such a change. This usually only applies to a single character.
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15	The trope is usually done for {{Fanservice}}, but there are (rather rare) examples where this isn't a factor.
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17	Compare HotterAndSexier and AdaptationalAttractiveness. See also SexyWhateverOutfit. Contrast AdaptationalModesty[[note]]List any inversions over there.[[/note]] and TamerAndChaster.
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20	!!Examples:
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25	* ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty'': While Birdy Cephon Altera always wore revealing uniforms, her uniforms in the original manga and subsequently [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTVnUIQRh9HYa9dUu2qY_ziO35x35S6nWbbtw&usqp=CAU the OVA]] tend to look more like backless swimsuits. In the remake manga, its sequel ''Evolution'' and ''[[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Birdy_the_Mighty_Decode_DVD.jpg Decode]]'', the torso section of her uniforms don't even cover the sides. Later in ''Evolution'' She gains a new outfit that implements a NavelDeepNeckline as well as having barely enough coverage for her butt.
26	* ''Manga/BungoStrayDogs'' kept Yosano in her regular clothes while treating her patients. The anime had her strip her blouse off before treating Atsushi and Tanizaki, with a {{Sexophone}} playing in the background.
27	* ''Literature/{{Campione}}'': When Duke Voban kidnaps Yuri Mariya to make her his slave, in the light novel, she is in her regular clothes, but in the manga and anime, she [[UndressingTheUnconscious wakes up in]] the skimpy tunic that [[GoGoEnslavement he normally makes his slaves wear]].
28	* ''Literature/TheEminenceInShadow'': When Olivier is summoned as an undead minion. In the light novel and manga, she wears a suit of armor with a cape. In the anime, she wears a white robe with no shoes or underwear.
29	* ''Manga/FlameOfRecca'': Yanagi Sakoshita initially kept her clothes after getting kidnapped in the original manga before Kurei burns them. In the anime version, she's {{undress\|ingTheUnconscious}}ed first because her clothes were dried from the previous episode's BattleInTheRain where she was kidnapped before wearing them again. Kurei still proceeds with burning her clothes, though.
30	* ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'': Raynare only wore normal clothing in the original light novel (and the manga adaptation), but in the anime she switches to an incredibly skimpy dominatrix-style outfit when she reveals her true nature as a Fallen Angel.
31	* ''Literature/HowNotToSummonADemonLord''; Rem Galleu has her belly exposed in the anime adaptation.
32	* ''Literature/KonoSuba'': In the light novel and manga versions of the story, while Silvia's dress does get damaged in the centipede transformation, it remained mostly intact. In the anime move, the dress gets destroyed, leaving her with several scales covering her [[AdaptationalCurves larger breasts]] in the form of a halter top and goes up another level in skimpiness in her next transformation with each of her breasts being just covered by one scale, in addition to them being further [[BreastExpansion increased in size]].
33	* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'': Flay Allster SleepsInTheNude after being captured by ZAFT in the compilation movies and UpdatedRerelease, whereas she sleeps in her tank top ([[MaleGaze which still gave her a prominent cleavage shot]]) in the original broadcast version.
34	* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
35	** Misty in the original games wears a strapless bikini while ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu'' had her wearing what can be charitably called a wetsuit sling bikini (she beans Ash with a Cloyster when he becomes DistractedByTheSexy, complete MaleGaze closeups). This design became infamous because when Creator/VizMedia released the manga in North America, they applied a DigitalBikini retouching to make it a full-body wetsuit.
36	** In the [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries anime]], [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Sabrina]] wears a miniskirt with thigh-high boots, whereas her original sprite had her with a t-shirt and pants.
37	* ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ'':
38	** The titular girls wear white {{stocking\|Filler}}s under their dress in [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 the original cartoon]]. In this anime their [[LegFocus legs are exposed]] since they wear {{leotard\|OfPower}}s with magically attached MinidressOfPower (in the literal sense of the word).
39	** As if it's still not obvious that Ms. Sara Bellum is ''the'' resident MsFanservice, the anime makes her business attire sleeveless while keeping the pencil skirt.
40	** The anime Sedusa is wearing a tube [[OfCorsetsSexy corset]] that accentuates her bust size and wears a tutu that exposes her bare thighs. The original version wears a sleeveless leotard with minimal cleavage and black stockings.
41	* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Ukyo's legs were never shown in the manga because of the baggy ninja-to leggings she wore with her chef's attire, and because she wore a boy's uniform at school. Whereas the anime adaptation often [[LegFocus called attention to her legs]] by having her wear form-fitting stockings instead. And, in several scenes - such as the ''"Battle for "Ms. Beachside"'' OVA episode and ''Nihao My Concubine'' - her legs were left completely bare to further showcase their curvature.
42	* ''Manga/YuGiOh'' Serenity Wheeler/Shizuka Kawai wears long sleeves and pants in the manga, making her seem overall smaller and highlighting her being Joey/Jonouchi's little sister. In the anime, she has shorter sleeves and short shorts, and has a subplot of both Tristan/Honda and Duke/Otogi crushing on her.
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46	* ''ComicBook/ThreeHundred'': Although the real life Spartans fought their wars in full armour, Creator/FrankMiller had Leonidas and his men completely nude except for capes and sandals, this was to reflect Greek pottery which usually depicted its figures naked. The [[Film/ThreeHundred film adaptation]] for sake of modesty and minor protection gives the Spartans leather underpants.
47	* ''ComicBook/BatmanTwoFaces'' depicts Selina Kyle in a costume consisting of lingerie and a domino mask, when most versions of Catwoman wear a form-fitting catsuit that still covers most of her body.
48	* A peculiar example in ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTheLostDimension'', in which Bill is for no apparent reason put into an outfit that is massively more sexualized than anything she wore on TV or in other Titan comics (an elaborately strappy bra top, completely transparent mesh T-shirt, and tiny denim shorts). At the beginning of the story, she seems to be just having a normal study period in the library, without any intent to seduce anyone.
49	* ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk is the TropeNamer for MagicPants as Banner nearly always keeps his pants even when HulkingOut. In ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'' however Hulk is more realistically completely naked when he first transforms with some merciful shading covering up his Gamma-monster junk.
50	* ComicBook/HarleyQuinn:
51	** Harley Quinn has been hit with this a lot in TheNewTens. It started with the ''Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries'' having her in skimpy outfits, such as a "sexy nurse", and evolved from there. In the comics specifically in the ComicBook/New52, Harley goes from a conservative jester suit to wearing a corset that barely holds her breasts and bares midriff, some hotpants, and {{stocking\|filler}}s with combat boots. Her solo series sees her wearing some more conservative outfits, but they'll usually be showing off her legs, midriff, cleavage, or some combination of the three. See the film section below for ''Film/{{Suicide Squad\|2016}}'' and the video game section for the ''Arkham'' games. The in-universe reason for this outfit change is that Harley is no longer attached to the Joker and she's trying to assert herself as an individual by ditching the matching jester outfit.
52	** Justified with her ''ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells'' look since the whole work's style is inspired by 1940s pin-up art. She only wears a Bomber jacket, some shorts, combat boots and a bra that matches her color scheme.
53	* ComicBook/{{Starfire}}'s debut in the ComicBook/New52 comic ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' has her wearing even ''less'' than she already did. She only has some pieces of what appears to be latex covering her nipples and acting as a sort of underwear. They managed to make an already skimpy character even skimpier.
54	* ''ComicBook/SupremePower'': This continuity's Amphibian, in contrast to the Amphibian of the original ComicBook/SquadronSupreme who was a fully-clothed male, is a [[GenderFlip female]] who goes nude (helped by ''Supreme Power'' being published under Marvel's mature audiences imprint MAX). While she eventually dons a costume reluctantly in the 2006 ''Squadron Supreme'' series (and by then [[TamerAndChaster no longer has her nudity unobscured due to the change of the series being printed under Marvel proper instead of MAX]]), her costume is still way more revealing than what her Earth-712 counterpart usually wore.
55	* ''ComicBook/WarlordOfMars'': The White Martians surprisingly. [[Literature/JohnCarterOfMars The books]] state they are the most modest of people on the planet by wearing long robes, while the comics depict them [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/white_martians.JPG as scantily-clad as everyone else]].
56	* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
57	** Almost ''every'' adaptation of Franchise/WonderWoman is showing way more skin than her creator intended, her [[ComicBook/SensationComics original outfit]] included flowy culotte shorts and while her top was strapless it was mostly to show off the musculature of her shoulders and back rather than cleavage. She's been put in a swimsuit with a low neckline and high leg cut for most subsequent appearances.
58	** The original Zara wore an A-line dress or long loose pants and a strapless crop top in all her appearances, while the version that shows up in ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' wears a loincloth and a low-cut crop top.
59	** While ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie Sandsmark had a number of midriff revealing outfits prior to ''Flashpoint'' and a few artists drew her tank top outfit with a very low cleavage revealing collar, what she's wearing in ''ComicBook/New52'' ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' appears to be painted on, especially as her breasts are popping out of the top and the lack of any straps or sleeves means there's no way they'd remain contained at all in any clothing material known to man while she's jumping around fighting.
60	** [[Characters/WonderWomanAres Ares]] occasionally is a rare male example of this trope that crosses over with TruerToTheText. He's traditionally depicted covered in layers of armor that obscure all but his eyes but recent comics (''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' and ''ComicBook/WonderWomanHistoriaTheAmazons'') have him opt for little clothing as his preferred dressing style, closer to how the Ancient Greeks depicted Ares as not a big believer in clothes.
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64	* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Momo Yaoyorozu's already {{Stripperific}} costume becomes a SexyBacklessOutfit with a CleavageWindow at Izuku's and Inko's suggestion. This keeps the costume from being torn to shreds when Momo makes larger items. [[DirtyKid Mineta]] approves wholeheartedly.
65	* In ''Fanfic/BoopTheSnootForCriticalDamage'', [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Blake Belladonna's]] main outfit is a bikini with a sarong, as well as a multitude of belt pouches. In canon, she was mostly modest, with baring her midriff being the most {{fanservice}}y she ever got. In fairness, she lost most of her clothes when she was trapped on an island full of killer animals and plants and it was either the bikini or the somehow more revealing outfit Adam got her. She mostly wears the swimsuit out of sentimentality since Ilia got it for her.
66	* ''Fanfic/UnbreakableRedSilkenThread'': Scarlett'ss outfits she wears when dancing compared to her regular outfit. Mainly, her skirt is much much shorter, barely covering her thighs, her top is much tighter and pushes up her bust a bit more, she lacks her glasses and her stockings are swapped out for a pare of knee-high socks.
67	* ''Fanfic/CorrinInPeril'' does this to [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Camilla]], which is quite an accomplishment. Camilla's outfit is rather revealing in canon, especially when it comes to showing off her cleavage, but in the fic, she's introduced in just a BlackBraAndPanties and black high heel boots.
68	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/881056/chapters/1828044 The Battle of New York: Take 2]]'' has an InUniverse example. Natasha Romanoff's usual hero uniform consists of a black SpyCatsuit, whereas Creator/MichaelBay's film adaptation of the events of ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' puts her in a black midriff-bearing leather jacket according to a magazine cover.
69	** The RecursiveFanfiction ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/15800280 After "The Tower"]]'' expands on this, with Jane Foster ranting about how the film's version of Natasha strips for no apparent reason, leading to her fighting in her black leather skivvies (Natasha herself doesn't really care, even noting she's actually fought crime in a bikini before). The nickname "Bikini Widow" ends up coined for her.
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73	* Whether ''Anime/AdolescenceOfUtena'' is an AlternateContinuity of or a StealthSequel to ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' is [[EpilepticTrees up in the air]]. Nonetheless, Anthy Himemiya's PimpedOutDress now has a [[SexySlitDress front slit]] while the titular Utena Tenjou is now wearing a notably shorter version of her already tight shorts.
74	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'': Harley's outfit now consists of pants, combat boots, and a crop top that exposes her arms and a large amount of midriff.
75	* In the original ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'', male lead Van Fanel, while having his ShirtlessScene moments, is generally fully clothed. In ''Anime/EscaflowneTheMovie'' he's a WalkingShirtlessScene with barely few protective gear and his pants is changed into shorts.
76	* In ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'', the Snow Queen has a long, elegant white dress and a "fur" cloak and hat made of snow. As a part of her CharacterDevelopment, Elsa of ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen\|2013}}'' ditches her conservative coronation attire for a shorter, looser gown made of ice.
77	* Esmerelda in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame\|Disney}}'' goes from being TheIngenue to a HotGypsyWoman who at one point does a sexy dance to entertain the crowd. Of course this is just one scene and her regular clothes are less skimpy.
78	* The folktales that ''Animation/SonOfTheWhiteHorse'' took inspiration from don't describe the characters' clothes, but they presumably wear standard garments befitting their status, which is how they appear in most book illustrations. The movie changes things up:
79	** All three brothers wear one piece of clothing each: Treeshaker has a kind of leotard, Stonecrumbler a pair of baggy pants and Irontemperer [[NakedApron just an apron]] with his butt out. Their regal outfits are more akin to full-body armor, though.
80	** The Copper-Haired Princess, befitting her role as a symbol of fertility and lustfulness, is mostly nude, only carrying around a see-through robe or veil that doesn't hide anything. Her formal regal clothing isn't any less revealing, it's a cape that still allows full frontal nudity, and even when closed, her breasts are out.
81	** The Goblin doesn't have any clothes, only his immense beard that coils around him, though since he's made from shape-shifting clouds, he doesn't have much to hide.
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85	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'': The full body fairy artwork for the original game shown her with just her right shoulder and left arm bare. The Katsuyuki Ozaki novelization makes her dress completely strapless as well as backless.
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89	* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' has the Lizard rampaging in FullFrontalAssault, instead of keeping Dr. Connors' [[MagicPants tattered pants and labcoat]] from the transformation (he did briefly wore the tattered labcoat before the FinalBattle as a MythologyGag). This remains the case when the character returns for the CrisisCrossover film, ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.
90	* ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' by Creator/FrancisFordCoppola has a ton of this. The Brides are clothed when they appear to Jonathan in the book, they’re topless in the film. Lucy being PurityPersonified is covered up modestly in the book, in the film she has multiple revealing outfits and a WardrobeMalfunction that exposes her breast, all to go along with her sultry attitude. Even Dracula sleeps and emerges naked in his box full of earth, in the book he was clothed.
91	* While ''Film/Catwoman2004'' is a very loose adaptation, the Catwoman outfit is considerably more revealing than its comic counterpart normally is.
92	* ''Film/DDay'', a remake of ''Film/{{Commando}}'', does this to the air stewardess sidekick. The original character, Cindy, is fully clothed throughout, but the remake's equivalent Aliya has a WalkingSwimsuitScene.
93	* ''Film/DragonBallEvolution'' has Chi-Chi in much more revealing and hotter outfits than she does in the [[Franchise/DragonBall source material]] where her wardrobe is always modest after her initial AgeInappropriateDress. Being played by model actress Creator/JamieChung is likely a factor in this. [[AdaptationalModesty Inverted]] ironically with Bulma who has numerous MsFanservice outfits in the manga and anime, but dresses modestly in the film.
94	* ''Film/FightingWithMyFamily'' depicts Wrestling/AJLee wearing a top with CleavageWindow. The actual person wrestles wearing modest tees.
95	* ''Film/HarryPotter'':
96	** The locket scene; while in the movie the illusions of Harry and Hermione are clearly naked, no mention is made of how they're dressed in the book. Even before the sudden shift to nudity, the vision of Hermione has her in an out-of-character skin-tight tank top.
97	** Hermione's dress at Bill and Fleur's wedding. In the book, it's purple and presented as a SheCleansUpNicely moment. In the film, it's a sexy [[LadyInRed red dress]] and Ron is seen staring at her with a rather lustful expression.
98	** In the fourth film when Harry takes a bath in the Prefects' Bathroom, he's described as having foam up to his chin in the book. In the film, it's only to his waist -- allowing Daniel Radcliffe to turn it into a ShirtlessScene. Moaning Myrtle is also far more obviously flirting with him in the film than she is in the book.
99	** Downplayed with Ginny in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince''. She's given a scene in a LittleBlackDress that wasn't mentioned in the book, and it's implied Harry may have been given a boner by the sight.
100	** Ron gets a ShirtlessScene in the second ''Deathly Hallows'' film that isn't mentioned in the books.
101	* In ''Film/RomeoAndJuliet1968'', Juliet has some cleavage and bare arms on display during the famous balcony scene, unlike most versions when she’s pretty well covered up. Later on during the post-coitus bedroom scene, both Romeo and Juliet are naked with the latter briefly baring her naked breasts, in most other versions (barring Baz Luhrmann’s) they’re clothed.
102	* Similarly ''Film/Macbeth1971'' has Lady Macbeth (who’s been given a AgeLift) wandering around nude during her hand washing guilt-induced madness. In pretty much all other versions, she keeps her kit on and isn’t really a MsFanservice.
103	* ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera2004'' noticeably had a lot of the cast in [[HotterAndSexier more]] [[TheissTitillationTheory revealing]] attire than [[Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera the book]] or [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera the musical]]. Christine in particular not only has a visible garter belt during “The Music of the Night” but also frequently has ImpossiblyLowNeckline outfits (such as the sleeveless Spanish-style dress she sports in ''Don Juan Triumphant'' in lieu of the low-cut pink dress she sports in the musical), which becomes tonally confusing and anachronistic when she visits her father’s grave with her cleavage showing, not to mention [[ExposedToTheElements it’s Paris in winter]].
104	* An inadvertent case (and one ''not'' played for fanservice) is the loincloth-clad Gollum in ''Film/TheHobbit'' and ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' (and in the cartoon adaptations - ''and'' in most illustrations and fanart, come to mention it). The original books only once mention that he has a "ragged garment," while Tolkien's notes to illustrators indicating that he wears a significant amount of clothing[[note]]either stolen or, later, given to him by the Wood Elves during his period of captivity just prior to ''The Lord of the Rings''. His dark clothing is part of the reason that other characters describe him as "black," despite his pale skin, which means it covers more of him than a mere loincloth would.[[/note]] aren't widely known. Given how impoverished he is and how much time he spends in or around water, if you have no other guidelines, it makes sense to put him in something very scanty.
105	* Another non-fanservice example in ''Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia:'' In [[Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe the first book]] Mr. and Mrs. Beaver apparently wear some clothes, which is a bit of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness. In the film they're naked like every other Talking Beast.
106	* The Thing gets this in ''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fan4stic]]''. In the comics, he wears shorts or underpants whilst in the film he wears neither and has his rocky bits (which admittedly don’t remotely resemble human genitalia) on full display.
107	* Downplayed InUniverse in ''Film/IvanVasilievichChangesProfession''. Zina [[spoiler:in Shurik's hallucination]] wears bright makeup and bright clothes and is rather flirtatious. Zina [[spoiler:in Shurik's real life]] wears little makeup, dresses modestly and is calm and serious.
108	* ''Film/ResidentEvilWelcomeToRaccoonCity'' does this to Jill Valentine. In ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil RE1]]'' she’s wearing a tactical S.T.A.R.S outfit complete with shoulder pads, very modest compared to her more famous tube top and miniskirt outfit. In the film, Jill wears a vest with that bears her arms and reveals a fair amount of cleavage.
109	* ''Film/{{Suicide Squad\|2016}}'':
110	** Harley Quinn's live-action film debut has her in some glittery hotpants, fishnets, stiletto-sneakers, and a form fitting T-shirt, giving her a neon-colored punk rocker look. It is shown that she wore her jester outfit in the past, though, and she's had more skimpy alternative costumes in the comics themselves.
111	** The Enchantress is barely wearing any covering other than a metal bikini and some chains. The comics usually have her covered head to toe. A rare example of this being used in combination with AdaptationalUgliness. When she reaches full power after getting her heart back, she assumes a more modest, regal appearance.
112	** The Joker himself undergoes this, often being seen either with shirt not completely buttoned-up or even completely shirtless.
113	* In the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', while ComicBook/{{Mystique}} is typically a TechnicallyNakedShapeshifter, most versions have her wearing clothes by forming them out of her body while in her default blue form. The films went all the way and just had her completely naked in her natural state with only some scales to serve as MonsterModesty.
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117	* ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'':
118	** Downplayed with Doctor Tyme, whose costume leaves his arms bare when it included sleeves in the comics.
119	** Shadowy Mister Evans wears little besides a bathrobe, when his comics counterpart visibly had a dress shirt, a necktie, pants and shoes on underneath.
120	* ''Series/{{Encantadia}}'', the original 2005 version vs. the 2016 remake:
121	** Amihan is the most conservatively dressed of the four protagonists in the original, wearing a body suit and chainmail combo under her armor. Her armor in the remake (much like her sisters') bares her thighs, arms and [[BareMidriffsAreFeminine midriff]]. [[https://contents.pep.ph/images2/inset/1466488894-amihan.jpg See the comparison]].
122	** Queen Minea's PimpedOutDress includes a large shaul in the original. In the remake she's wearing a tight, sleeveless gown with low neckline. [[http://feistymomma.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/encantadiaprequel-youngminea1.jpg Here's the comparison]].
123	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
124	** Margaery and her handmaidens' costumes are more revealing than in the books where some standard cleavage and exposed shoulders are regarded as "revealing" attire during a royal feast.
125	** Daenerys is nude in her first scene with Viserys - where he strips her off to admire her breasts before she's to be sold as Khal Drogo's bride. She was not nude in the book at this point.
126	* ''Series/MsMarvel2022'' has a InUniverse example with popular high schooler Zoe [[{{Cosplay}} cosplaying]] as [[Characters/MCUCarolDanvers Captain Marvel]] and wearing a more revealing costume than what the MCU Carol Danvers wears at [=AvengerCon=], of which Kamala’s friend Bruno exclaims she’s being inaccurate. This is a MythologyGag, as Zoe is actually wearing a [[https://decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ms-marvel-1-zoe.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=1284 very similar costume to what Carol wore when she was Ms. Marvel in the comics]] and it was Creator/BrieLarson who requested her character not wear any of the more revealing costumes she was previously known for and have the modest Captain Marvel suit be her default. Meaning Zoe’s cosplay comes off as tacky RuleOfSexy within universe, even though it is genuinely accurate to what Carol wore for years.
127	* ''Series/OnceUponATime'':
128	** The Evil Queen in ''WesternAnimation/{{Snow White\| And The Seven Dwarfs}}'' wore rather modest clothes. In the show, she's famed for having NavelDeepNeckline on many of her outfits.
129	** Cruella De Ville is made far more sexual than she was in her source movie. Her clothes are designed to be much tighter, flattering and occasionally employing the TheissTitillationTheory.
130	** ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'''s Princess Aurora has a long sleeved gown where the neckline is a bit low for [[HollywoodCostuming the time period]] but still modest enough. In this version, the gown is completely sleeveless, has a lower neckline and is quite tight around the bust.
131	** [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz The Wicked Witch of the West]] gets AdaptationalAttractiveness to become a beautiful younger woman - so her default outfit is a very flattering dress with a CleavageWindow.
132	* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', which is adapted from ''Franchise/SuperSentai'':
133	** {{Downplayed\|Trope}} by Wes Collins from ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce''. He's still dressed modestly overall, but wearing an open flannel over a tank top means he still has more skin exposure than his ''Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger'' counterpart Tatsuya Asami (whose flannels are always buttoned up).
134	** Cole Evans from ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' wears a {{sleeve\|sAreForWimps}}less shirt and vest and [[WalkingShirtlessScene frequently takes them off]]. His counterpart from the original ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'', Kakeru Shishi, is always modestly dressed.
135	** The alternate attire of the eponymous ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' are sleeveless gis, whereas the ones worn by the titular ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' are kimonos.
136	** Emma Goodall from ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'' wears [[LegFocus short shorts]] while her counterpart Ahim de Famille from ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' wears a full dress. It should be noted that [[CompositeCharacter Emma's original counterpart]], Eri from ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'', wears the same type of clothes as Emma.
137	** Koda from ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'' shows more skin than his counterpart Nossan from ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' and is the more obvious MrFanservice between the two.
138	** Amelia Jones' wardrobe from ''Series/PowerRangersDinoFury'' includes more shorts and midriff-bearing shirts. In comparison, her ''Series/KishiryuSentaiRyusoulger'' counterpart Asuna was all covered and dressed modestly.
139	* ''{{Series/Shadowhunters}}'':
140	** Isabelle's outfit in the nightclub when she kills the demon is quite modest in the books. In the show it's much skimpier, and she does a sexy dance to distract the demons too.
141	** Clary gets an AgeLift to become a confident young adult instead of an awkward teenager. She's also much better endowed than her book counterpart and gets several outfits that pay attention to that.
142	* ''Series/TheSnowQueen2002'' - the Princess from the original fairy tale gets an AgeLift to become a sexy adult woman, with flattering strapless dresses. In this adaptation, she's the AnthropomorphicPersonification of summer, so the more revealing clothes make a bit more sense.
143	* Katherine Rii only wears a white PimpedOutDress in the original ''Anime/VoltesV''. In ''Series/VoltesVLegacy'', she's wearing various outfits with varying degrees of {{Fanservice}}.
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147	* In ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarZero'', Ana's choice of attire consisted of a biketard that displayed CleavageWindow and NavelWindow. Her card from the ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline2'' Trading Card Game went for NavelDeepNeckline.
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151	* ''Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries'':
152	** The games has been giving this to Harley Quinn and is a major reason why she has been getting it in other mediums as well.
153	*** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'': As seen in the page image, Harley decides to don a NaughtyNurseOutfit combined with a midriff-baring corset and a top that doesn't even cover her bra. Along with a short skirt (which is the cause of many {{panty shot}}s in that game), she also has some thigh-high boots.
154	*** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'': Her outfit in this game is more conservative than her first with the inclusion of pants this time around, but she still bares midriff and cleavage.
155	*** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'': This game downplays it the most. While she now has tights under her skirt and a covered stomach, she still has a large amount of cleavage showing. Completely averted in the DLC ''Batgirl: A Matter of Family'', however, where Harley finally wears a full-body jester suit that looks like her original costume.
156	** Unlike his all-covering rags from the comics, The Scarecrow is [[WalkingShirtlessScene perpetually shirtless]] in ''Asylum'' (although he is more covered-up in ''Knight'').
157	** While Poison Ivy is often depicted as scantily clad, she at least wears a leotard or similar garment. The ''Arkham'' games takes it to another level, where she wears nothing but a partly-unbuttoned cardigan and a pair of panties.
158	** Firefly has an all-covering bodysuit in ''Origins'' like his previous portrayals, whereas in ''Knight'' he wears a tank top and mask, baring his arms and most of his head. Due to his status as an unhinged pyromaniac, the latter outfit serves to show Firefly's [[BodyHorror horrifically burnt skin]] as well as his blatant disregard for his own safety.
159	** While most portrayals of Man-Bat has him [[MagicPants wearing a pair of tattered pants]], his appearance in ''Knight'' has him completely naked ([[NonHumansLackAttributes though he lacks any visible genitals]]).
160	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' does this with the dresses Tifa and Aerith wear when infiltrating Don Corneo’s mansion. In the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII original game]], [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/7/74/Tifa-ffvii-purple.png Tifa's got a small boob window and choker that covers her neck]]. In ''Remake'' the dress [[https://i.redd.it/ssyeim48jez41.jpg shows off a lot of her cleavage]] and even has SideBoob. Aerith's original dress, on the other hand, [[https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Aerith_Gainsborough/Gallery?file=Aeris-ffvii-dress.png is a standard cocktail dress with shoulder straps]]. In ''Remake'' [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9oQXQfR663Y/maxresdefault.jpg not only is it strapless]], it also [[SexyBacklessOutfit exposes her back]] and has [[SexySlitDress a pronounced slit]].
161	* Harley's "Insurgency" attire in ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' has a tiny strip of cloth covering her breasts underneath a leather jacket and tight pants. Her main universe attire isn't much better, being a sleeveless corset with several bits of skin exposed along the midsection and no pants with ZettaiRyouiki.
162	* ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureHeritageForTheFuture'': Midler (or at least what we saw of her) in the [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/6/65/Midler_Original.png/revision/latest?cb=20140912171459 manga]] and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/d/d4/Midler_Anime.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/270?cb=20140913142029 anime]] is overall tame, wearing a dress that, at most, only shows off a bit of cleavage. Her [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/e/e4/MidlerFull.png/revision/latest?cb=20161010052900 redesign]] for the game ditches this in favor of a much more attractive and skimpier belly dancer based design.
163	* As part of EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference, brothers Kannon and Seishi Bosatsu in ''Namu Amida Butsu!'' wore conservative robes until they return in ''VideoGame/NamuAmidaButsuUtena'' where their flowing garbs are cut down quite a bit to reveal interestingly-cut skintight garments: Kannon's doesn't extend past his chest and when coupled with the ImpossiblyLowNeckline of his robes bares parts of his midsection, while Seishi's bares [[SexyBacklessOutfit a large swathe of his back]].
164	* In the original ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', gym leader Wallace wore a fairly covering jacket and pants combo. In the remakes, it's been switched out for a crop top and vest combo that only covers the top half of his chest, and his pants hang down in a way that implies he's GoingCommando.
165	* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'' does this to Claire’s “classic” outfit which is an alternate costume. In the original game, Claire wore [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRGUuYK_Q-N6WiPjmbVCpc4kdQw7z9aFWkGyg&usqp=CAU lycra underneath her vest and short shorts]]. ''[=RE2make=]'' keeps the leggings but changes Claire’s top changing the lycra undershirt [[https://i.imgur.com/8KsmzUy_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium to a skimpy tank top that bares her arms and her cleavage]]. To a lesser extent, Leon after getting shot, removes his sleeves and bares his arms, unlike in the original game.
166	* ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame'': In the arcade version, the female skateboarder in Scene 2 wore pants that reached the inside of her shoes. In the NES version, she instead wore a pair of shorts.
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170	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has an InUniverse example with the Ember Island Players emulating the main cast [[ShowWithinAShow in a stage play adaptation of the entire show]], but in particular Katara, Toph, and Yue. The costume of the actress playing Katara lacks warming clothes despite the real one being from the show's version of Antartica. Ditto their Yue, who's wearing a ''tube dress'' despite the actual one being from the North Pole. Their version of Toph is [[GenderFlip gender-flipped]] into TheBigGuy, so he's wearing a {{sleeve\|sAreForWimps}}-less shirt (instead of the original's looser, quarter-sleeved shirt) to [[TestosteronePoisoning highlight his masculinity]].
171	* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', the superheroine Ice wears a MinidressOfPower that ''barely'' goes below the waistline, showing off her long legs. In most of her comic book appearances before this, she usually wears a full bodysuit.
172	* Princess Zelda in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'', has her navel showing compared to the [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989 original show]].
173	* Harley in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters'' wears a tiny corset, some stockings and nothing but a pair of white panties as bottoms. Creator/BruceTimm [[WordOfGod admitted]] that this change was a [[TakeThat mean-spirited take]] on other uses of this trope for her in recent years, specifically the ComicBook/New52.
174	* In ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'', Harley starts off with her classic suit before moving to one like her ''Suicide Squad'' and ''New 52'' designs. However, she drops the fishnets and [[GoingCommando underwear]]. [[spoiler:She stumbles into the Batcave and gets snagged on the seat of her pants, leaving her butt exposed and having to avoid falling out of them.]]
175	* In ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021''. The marine superhero Aquarus, he only wears a sleeveless shirt that exposes the lower part of him. This is a change, since in the original comic, Aquarus wore a LeotardOfPower.
176	* In ''WesternAnimation/MagiNation'' the villain Chur lost an entire pant leg when the show [[GenderFlip made him a man]].
177	* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', Raven wears a LeotardOfPower, instead of the dress she wore in the ''New Teen Titans'' comics.
178	* In ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'', both Wonder Woman and Poison Ivy wear their classic outfits with slight variations rather than the more conservative outfits they wear in the [[WebAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls main series]], with jeans for the former and skirt and stockings for the latter.
179	* A downplayed example with Daphne in ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo''. In most other adaptations of ''Scooby-Doo'', Daphne's trademark purple dress has long sleeves, and she wears pink tights to cover her legs. In ''Be Cool'', her dress has short sleeves, and she doesn't wear tights, leaving her legs bare.
180	* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' episode [[Recap/TeenTitansGoS5E9TheRealOrangins "The Real Orangins"]] had an {{Art Shift}}ed segement based on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', complete with Creator/KevinConroy as Batman -- only it modified the ComicBook/{{Robin}} design, based on Tim Drake's suit for the sake of [[AdaptationalModesty the inverse of this trope]], so it'd have the classic shorts.
181	* Speaking of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', in the pre-''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' comics, the Creeper's "yellow skin" and "green hair" were the result of yellow make-up and tights, and a green wig Jack Ryder was wearing during the incident that first made him the Creeper that got folded into the device Dr. Yatz implanted in him. On the show, the yellow skin and green hair is his actual skin and hair, the result of the Joker exposing him to his Joker toxin and the same chemical vat that affected the Joker's appearance.
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