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4[[quoteright:300:[[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mmcmss02.jpg]]]]
5[[caption-width-right:300:Well, at least [[Recap/MickeyMouseS1E1NoService there's a complete outfit between them.]]]]
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7->''"You know what's weird? Donald Duck never wore pants. But whenever he's getting out of the shower, he always puts a towel around his waist. I mean, what is that about?"''
8-->-- '''Chandler Bing''', ''Series/{{Friends}}''
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10While characters having [[RingAroundTheCollar inexplicable collars]] is an animation cheat, one might think a character who wears a full outfit might be easier to draw.
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12But if your characters are {{Funny Animal}}s, you are bound to run the gamut of animals until you hit unfamiliar ones. A [[FullyDressedCartoonAnimal full outfit]] has a high chance of obscuring what species a character is, so you're bound to find just enough clothing to make it quirky to that character without covering up the most basic cues, with the major exception of WhiteGloves. Characters with distinctive tails might not get pants, and ducks are rarely given shoes. Some half-dressed cartoon animals wear shoes, but others do not. Also, shirtless ones are more likely to wear shoes than pantless ones.
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14Half-dressed cartoon animals often, but not exclusively, come in two variants,
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16* Pantless or Bare-bottomed: wears a shirt, coat, vest, or some other kind of top, but no pants, shorts, or overalls, or a skirt and very rarely with any underwear on.[[note]]A shirt or any other kind of top without pants, shorts, overalls, or a skirt but with underwear would border on fully dressed if the underwear looks enough like shorts.[[/note]] This also refers to characters wearing dresses or skirts (even long ones) with shirts but without underwear. This variant is [[PantslessMalesFullyDressedFemales more common in male animals than in female animals]].
17* Shirtless or Bare-chested: wears pants, shorts, overalls (which often border on fully dressed), or a skirt, but without a shirt or any other kind of top. Some characters wearing skirts without shirts are not wearing any underwear. Some characters of this type wear vests in such a way that the chest isn't covered, which can border on fully dressed. This variant is a lot more common for female characters than the pantless variant. Overlaps with WalkingShirtlessScene.
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19Very importantly, this does ''not'' mean a character without an outfit is automatically regarded as "naked". Most animal characters from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation wore no clothes whatsoever, but acted denuded only when random comic violence rendered them featherless or furless, with their underlying bare skin (and occasional GoofyPrintUnderwear) revealed. Hence, feathers and fur have long been grandfathered in as an acceptable [[FurIsClothing animal analogue for clothing]]. Strangely, if a half-dressed character loses their shirt they will suddenly realize their crotch is exposed.
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21In general, they won't wear any footwear as it has the issue of not communicating the "animal" part of their name/species. Female characters are likely to be depicted wearing a skirt, but that's mostly a [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics gender clue.]] [[NonhumansLackAttributes So it's a good thing that most of them lack primary and secondary sexual characteristics anyway]].
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23A form of LampshadeHanging involves having the character wrap [[ModestyTowel a towel]] around themselves (which kinda makes sense, as wet fur/hair is as form-fitting as a wet T-shirt). Sometimes further Lampshaded by having the towel fall off.
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25The majority of half-dressed cartoon animals are on the CivilizedAnimal and FunnyAnimal tier, but half-dressed cartoon animals can range from NearlyNormalAnimal and even BeastMan on the SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism. However, as BeastMan are more humanoid than they are animal, they can look [[UncannyValley very unnerving]] to some (Especially if they are nearing LittleBitBeastly tier). As a result, pantsless and shirtless {{Beast M|an}}en aren't very common.
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27See also PantslessMalesFullyDressedFemales. Related to BarefootCartoonAnimal. Subtrope of AppropriateAnimalAttire.
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29Oddly enough, this is something of a TruthInTelevision: people who dress their pets in costumes, or just to protect them from extreme cold, tend to leave off pants so the animal can relieve itself without making a mess.
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32!!Example Subpages:
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34[[index]]
35* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal/VideoGames
36* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal/{{Webcomics}}
37* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal/WesternAnimation
38[[/index]]
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40!!Other Examples:
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44[[folder:Advertising]]
45* If you go to an AMC/Cinemark/Regal (most of the United States) movie theater, you will see a campaign backed by Sprint [[NoTalkingOrPhonesWarning reminding people to turn off their phones]], with the tagline "It takes a lot of phone calls to make a movie. And only one to ruin it." In one particular ad in this campaign, the topic of the calls between the moviemakers and the creators is whether a cartoon hedgehog should be wearing pants. The aforementioned "only one to ruin it" moment comes when the animators, [[WriterRevolt fed up with the time consuming project and senseless bickering]], put pants on the hedgehog...and ''leave the fly down''.
46* The Waffle Wiffer, the 1960s Aunt Jemima frozen waffles mascot, sported a red turtleneck sweater and boots.
47* Sonny the Cuckoo Bird for Cocoa Puffs cereal had a striped sweatshirt.
48* Chip the Cookie Dog for Cookie Crisp cereal sported a turtleneck and burglar mask.
49* Sydney the Dunkaroos kangaroo had a safari hat, T-shirt and vest.
50* Fruit Brute the werewolf from the UsefulNotes/GeneralMills [[Advertising/MonsterCereals Monster Cereal]] line had multicolor striped overalls. Some iterations [[BarefootCartoonAnimal added a blue or white t-shirt underneath them]].
51* Sugar Bear of Golden Crisp cereal has a sky blue T-shirt. He initially had a green sweater in the late 1960s.
52* Buzz the Honey Bee for Honey Nut Cheerios has a yellow and gold T-shirt and white shoes.
53* Dig 'Em the Frog from Honey Smacks cereal has a baseball cap, T-shirt and sneakers.
54* Charlie Chickenhawk, one of two mascots for UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken in Australia during the 1980s, only wears a Confederate hat and pants with suspenders.
55* A 2010 ad campaign for Kia Motors features rapping, half-dressed hamsters.
56* B.J. Penguin, one half of the original mascot duo of Kid Cuisine frozen foods, sported a Hawaiian shirt and a pair of red hi-tops. His friend, The Chef, however, was a [[FullyDressedCartoonAnimal fully dressed]] polar bear in a white chef's costume and hat. The current mascot, K.C. Penguin, wears red hi-tops as his regular wardrobe, making him an AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal.
57* Rory Raccoon of Post's [[http://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=361 Sugar Sparkled Flakes]] had a Sherlock hat (alternatively, a police hat with a "guard" badge), bowtie and sport coat.
58* The Advertising/TrixRabbit's array of disguises usually applies to this trope.
59* Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl of the United States Forest Service were both shirtless forest mascots. Smokey has his signature ranger's hat and blue jeans, while Woodsy started out with his matching green hat and pants. Woodsy later [[FullyDressedCartoonAnimal added a white shirt and loafers]] to his ensemble.
60* In a Raid commercial, an ant with a news microphone wears a vest.
61* A late 1990s Creator/CartoonNetwork bumper features WesternAnimation/HuckleberryHound, WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw, [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone]], and [[WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel I.M. Weasel]] being denied service at a shop due to its "No shirt, no shoes" policy. To get service, they resort to dressing Quick Draw in Fred's tunic, but the horse is still denied for not wearing pants.
62* While the Advertising/EnergizerBunny is normally an AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal, he has dipped into this territory a few times since [[ShiftedToCGi the transition to CGi]] by wearing a sweater for a holiday commercial and a football shirt for a commercial where he partakes in a virtual football game.
63* ''Advertising/OtterPops''
64** Strawberry Short Kook only wears a skirt, hairbow, and heels.
65** Little Orphan Orange only wears a skirt and hairbow.
66** Louie-Bloo Raspberry only wears a shirt and beret.
67** DJ Tropicool only wears a shirt, baseball cap, sneakers, and headphones.
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70[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
71* Tony Tony Chopper from ''Manga/OnePiece'', although he does wear full outfits in a few arcs. Is 100% full-clothed after [[spoiler:the time skip]]
72* Excalibur of ''Manga/SoulEater'' only wears a shirt and top-hat, though he's not an animal. This is lampshaded in his first appearance when Black Star immediately asks what he is and why the hell he's not wearing any pants.
73* Panther Lily and Lector in ''Manga/FairyTail''.
74* Luna from ''Manga/HappyHappyClover'' is the only character who is seen wearing clothing, at least in the original manga. In the anime, Clover & Friends are seen wearing [[http://animeperson.com/images/screen/191c4eae78.jpg red and blue hoods during the winter]] which wasn't present in the original manga.
75* The titular Cocotamas of ''Anime/KamisamaMinaraiHimitsuNoCocotama'' and its SequelSeries ''Anime/KiraKiraHappyHirakeCocotama'' are small beings with animal-like traits who wear underwear, but no shirts.
76* The title character of ''Anime/PanpakaPants'' is an anthropomorphic pig who wears underwear as his only clothing.
77* Several Franchise/{{Digimon}} wear pants but no shirt, including [[Anime/DigimonAdventure WereGa]][[Anime/DigimonAdventure2020 rurumon]], [[Anime/DigimonTamers Gargomon]], [[Anime/DigimonUniverseAppmonsters Shutmon]], and [[Anime/DigimonGhostGame SymbareAngoramon]]. That's still more than a lot of anthropomorphic Digimon wear.
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80[[folder:Comedy]]
81* As with the Trope page quote, Dutch comedian Harry Jekkers mentioned the fact that WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck wears no trousers during one of his shows in the early nineties. In fact, he points out that a '''Duck''', while walking as a normal human being, wears no pants. What follows is his outrage when he points out that when this same '''Duck''' is in his natural element -- swimming in water -- he suddenly starts wearing ''swimming trunks.'' Cue laughter from audience.
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84[[folder:Comic Books]]
85* Male youths and some of the ground-dwelling animals in ''ComicBook/TheAutumnlandsToothAndClaw'' eschew shirts.
86* Swedish children's comic ''ComicBook/{{Bamse}}'' has an interesting case of this, as the older the character's design is the more "nude" they tend to be. Most characters wear some form of clothing, but the amount varies from a simply bow-tie to full clothes. One exception, Wolf, remains completely naked but that's probably due to the GrandfatherClause. Skalman walks around naked half the time too, since his only article of clothing is a hat, and he generally only wears it outdoors.
87* This trope is mocked in ''ComicBook/TheBeano'' Annual 2009 when the Nibblers (an old 1970s strip about a group of mice) meet the Ratz (a 2000s strip about a group of rats).
88* Two of the main Bone characters in ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'' are usually half dressed: Phoney wears a t-shirt with a star, and Smiley wears a vest (yet is embarrassed to be seen naked). It is unclear on what exactly the Bones are, but they have been referred to as "small mammals" several times by the rat people.
89* ''ComicBook/CarlsLargeStory'': [[TheProtagonist Carl]] wears his favourite vest... and nothing else.
90* ''The Fox and The Crow'': Fauntleroy Fox wears a white collar, a blue bowtie, blue trousers and yellow gloves. He also has a matching straw hat when on the town.
91* ComicBook/FritzTheCat only wears a red turtleneck.
92* In the original comic books, ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck'' was a Donald lookalike, lack of trousers and all. However, the George Lucas film version wore pants.
93** At some point, Disney actually threatened legal action against the likeness of Howard the Duck; Marvel comics responded by having all future depictions of Howard appear wearing pants.
94*** A story in the HTD black and white magazine contained a LampshadeHanging with a twist of TakeThat, as a failed animator turned haberdasher forces Howard to start wearing pants. The guy let him keep his [[InterspeciesRomance human girlfriend]], though.
95*** Lampshaded by Howard at least once. "My lawyers tell me I have always been wearing these pants."
96** There was an earlier story where Howard's enemy Doctor Bong transformed Howard into a human. The funniest part was seeing Howard brooding while sitting on a bed, his bare human butt clearly visible and his coat coming down to mid-rib level.
97** Interestingly, in Marvel Zombies Vs. Evil Dead, if you didn't know better you'd ''swear'' someone took the pupils out of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck's eyes. The Zombie Howard has white feathers (as opposed to yellow) and wasn't wearing pants.
98*** Speaking of ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'', it appears "My lawyers tell me I've ''always'' worn pants" is a RunningGag these days - he gives the line to Jackie when she questions his existence in ''Marvel Zombies 5''.
99* Evolved over the course of ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''. Early on, most characters wore partial clothing ranging from nearly fully dressed (Antoine only lacks pants) to nothing but shoes (Sonic, of course). Over time, more characters were added and often featured with more complete outfits. Following the 2013 continuity reboot, many characters are starting to shift towards the current Sega look with females donning full sets of clothing and males with gloves and shoes with a few extra pieces to set them apart.
100* In comics and picture books based on ''Series/TheSootyShow'', Sooty usually wears red shorts with braces. (He doesn't in the show itself.)
101* Olivier Bommel in ''ComicBook/TomPoes'' wears nothing but a coat, no pants.
102* Alopex, a mutant arctic fox in ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW'' has thick enough fur to cover everything, but still wears a sarashi as a top.
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105[[folder:Comic Strips]]
106* In one strip of ''ComicStrip/RedAndRover'', Red put a sweater on his dog Rover, who walks and acts like a regular dog. Rover looked down at his unclothed back half and mused that he felt more naked with the sweater on than with it off.
107* ''ComicStrip/OverTheHedge'' plays with this trope. Verne's shell does act as clothes for him, leaving him without it either naked to be confronted by the Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol or to take part in a limbo contest (for example), or with tighty-whitey briefs. That does not, however, preclude his wearing clothes over it, usually full suits that include pants, shirt, and shoes. RJ's fur is more of an all-purpose covering, although he also wears clothes over it, most notably a parka when preparing for winter and a pair of undies and a robe when getting ready for a ''nude scene''.
108* Most of the [[FunnyAnimal cast of critters]] from ''ComicStrip/{{Pogo}}''.
109* ''ComicStrip/{{Shoe}}'': Perfesser Cosmo Fishhawk wears a shirt, sweater and shoes. He also has a sportscoat.
110* {{ComicStrip/Ziggy}} until December 2009. After that he wears LongPants.
111* Snoopy from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' as "Joe Cool": sweater with his name on it and sunglasses.
112* Dutch newspaper comic ''Fokke & Sukke'' cranks this up to eleven by not only having both Fokke (a humanoid duck) and Sukke (a humanoid canary) walk around with no pants, but also explicitly showing [[http://www.zone5300.nl/images/296.gif their (human) penises]], with which they are [[http://lambiek.net/aanvang/artefacts/1990_krantestrips/fokkesukke.gif very preoccupied]]. In case they do wear pants, they will have [[http://strips.a20.net/2006.04.02/Fokke%20en%20Sukke-2006.04.02.gif holes to accommodate their genitalia]]. Obviously, given their names (which are real Dutch names), lampshaded ''very'' often.
113* ComicStrip/{{Heathcliff}} is normally entirely nude, like any housecat, but in one comic he disguises himself as a professor. ''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon'' mentions [[http://joshreads.com/?p=16783all the strange things about the comic in question]] and the post is titled "Also, I know several professors, and they rarely go naked from the waist down in public."
114* ''ComicStrip/PugadBaboy'' has this with Polgas, the talking dog protagonist, who sometimes goes around with just a t-shirt. (In his other guises, such as his secret agent alter ego Dobermaxx, he may wear full clothing though, and more recently he also has shorts on.)
115* The eponymous stuffed tiger of ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' normally doesn't wear clothing at all, but in [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1986/01/23 one strip]], he dresses up in an attempt to go to school in Calvin's place.
116-->'''Hobbes:''' See? I '''''told''''' you it wouldn't work!\
117'''Calvin:''' Of course not, dummy! You didn't put on any pants!
118* ''ComicStrip/SabrinaAtSeeCAD'': Unlike the later ''Webcomic/SabrinaOnline'' series which spoofs the trope, it is played straight in ''See-CAD'' when Sabrina complains about getting paint on her fur in art class.
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121[[folder:Fan Works]]
122* ''WebAnimation/ZanyToTheMax'':
123** Zak (when [[ConjoinedTwins separated from Ko]]), Pakko, and Makko all wear shirts but no pants.
124** Takko and Jakko Zarner also wear shirts but no pants.
125** Averted with Jot, Zot, Sikko, Coach Nurse, Sekoila, and the Yarner twins. They are all {{Barefoot Cartoon Animal}}s.
126** Subverted with Dot, who is revealed to wear a black shirt in the first episode ("The Blue Dot" segment), making her a BarefootCartoonAnimal as well.
127* Averted in ''Fanfic/{{Family}}'' where the Warners actually wear clothes, only taking them off when they’re filming ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''.
128* In ''Fanfic/HailToTheKingQwapdo'', the unnamed protagonist is a human who wakes up in Equestria in King Sombra's body. He comments on how he has an awesome armor and cape, but no pants.
129* In ''A Sly Encounter'', a ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' and ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' crossover comic [[http://gameboysage.deviantart.com/art/A-Sly-Encounter-Part-9-409025116 plays]] with it, when Sally is confused why people would need privacy when dressing, with Sly insisting on her wearing pants and a shirt. He squicks himself out when thinking about Murray without pants, and (as he is a hippo) without fur.
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132[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
133* Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon
134** Abu the monkey from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' only wears an open vest and a hat. Unlike most examples, he is a pet and a 'real' animal, so it's particularly bizarre.
135** Roquefort the mouse from ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'' is usually naked, but is occasionally seen wearing a hat and coat at times.
136** The Beast from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' actually starts out as one, wearing only a tattered set of pants and a long, dark red cape. When he starts to become more polite, he becomes a BarefootCartoonAnimal.
137** Abby Mallard from ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'', which was somewhat strange considering that the majority of the rest of the cast either wore full costumes or nothing at all (with the possible exception of Fish Out Of Water, but his helmet was for breathing, not really for fashion).
138** Timothy Q. Mouse and the crows from ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'' are pantless, but the stork is more or less fully dressed.
139** Hyacinth Hippo from the "Dance Of The Hours" segment of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' wears only a sheer tutu.
140** Agent [[GenderBlenderName Wendy]] Pleakley from ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' has three extremely short and stumpy lower appendages that could be called legs in the same way a table's can, and doesn't wear anything over them. Even when he's DisguisedInDrag, whatever skirt or dress he has on isn't long enough to reach past what passes for a waist.
141** Many of the Donkey Boys from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' appear to have lost their pants during or after their transformation.
142** Bernard the mouse from ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers''. Miss Bianca is either an example of this trope or an AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal. Jake in [[WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder the sequel]] wears a slouch hat and a shirt, but no pants or shoes (possibly justified as being a kangaroo mouse, he has big feet).
143** The anthropomorphic cast of ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'' follows the bottomless male/fully-clothed female rule. Possibly because a medieval tunic/jerkin with no trousers looks a lot less risque than a medieval peasant blouse/corset with no skirt.
144** [[WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh]] wears a shirt with no bottoms. It should be noted that in the [[Literature/WinnieThePooh original book]] illustrations, Pooh only wore the shirt during winter, going ''au naturel'' otherwise.
145* The Swedish movie ''The Ape Star'' has a talking gorilla that wears pants and shoes but no shirt.
146* Mr. Snake and Ms. Tarantula from ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022'', they are only wearing a shirt, since they can't fit into normal pants.
147* ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'' lampshades this trope.
148-->'''Reporter:''' Who are you wearing?\
149'''Barry:''' Calvin Klein, and I'm not wearing pants.
150** Not only are the male bees pantsless, but the female bees are that way as well. Apparently they don't make pants with sting holes.
151* Fritz and other characters in ''WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat'' and its sequel, ''WesternAnimation/TheNineLivesOfFritzTheCat''.
152* Various animal characters from ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}'' including the Big Bad Wolf, Boingo the bunny and Twitchy the squirrel. The Wolf initially wore a blue hoodie in the first movie, and later [[BarefootCartoonAnimal added pants]] to his wardrobe for the [[WesternAnimation/HoodwinkedTooHoodVersusEvil sequel]].
153* Po, Tai Lung, Master Monkey, and Master Crane from ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' all wear shorts, but no shirt.
154* Both Waternoose and Roz from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''. Besides those two, Celia, maybe a couple other females, Sulley when wearing a tie at the end, and the grocer and octopus (both in aprons), everyone else runs around stark naked---fur and general reptile/amphibian/fish/insect anatomy rules acting as modesty.
155** In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'', most members of a fraternity (e.g. Oozma Kappa, Roar Omega Roar, Jaws Theta Chi) wear a themed varsity jacket, but are always without pants or shoes.
156* In ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'', Mr. Peabody is usually an AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal, but his period costumes when he's {{Time Travel}}ing fall into either this category or BarefootCartoonAnimal.
157* The Mouse King from ''WesternAnimation/TheNutcrackerPrince'' movie is considered this trope as he wears a cape, a crown and an armor plate.
158* The aliens from ''WesternAnimation/{{Planet 51}}''. While the male aliens all wore only shirts (and no pants), the female aliens all wore shirts in addition to dresses and skirts. [[BarefootCartoonAnimal However, they still went barefoot.]] While this was supposed to indicate their society and thus their mode of dress was similar to America during the 1950s, it really just raised unpleasant speculation on the anatomical differences between the males and females.
159* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'', the main character's regular duds consist of a red tropical shirt. There are a few supporting characters including Wounded Bird and Waffles the horned toad that apply to this trope as well.
160** Most of the other (anthropomorphic) animals are either fully clothed or {{Accessory Wearing Cartoon Animal}}s. Rango gets a new outfit that includes pants before too long and remains fully clothed for the rest of the movie.
161* Edmund from ''WesternAnimation/RockADoodle'', upon being transformed into a cat by the evil Grand Duke of Owls, starts out naked when he is rescued by the other animals, [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn but he immediately had to put on a shirt and a hat]] [[RuleOfFunny because everyone else was wearing clothing, and only he isn't.]]
162* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'' - The film that launched a thousand furries. Pretty much every character. There is even a scene in the third act where Justin suggests to Mrs. Brisby that she remove her cape (the only thing she wears) so that it won't 'get caught on something.' The scene unintentionally turns Justin into a pervert in the eyes of some fans.
163** ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH2TimmyToTheRescue'' depicts Mrs. Brisby's sons Timothy and Martin wearing a shirt but no pants and running around barefoot. Later on, Timothy meets a girl mouse named Jenny who also wears a shirt but no pants and also runs around barefoot.
164* Tiger from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' only wore a purple short-sleeved shirt.
165** He wears only a poncho in an episode or two of the animated series.
166** Tanya in ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest'' only wears a shirt and dress, but no undergarments.
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169[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
170* Halfway through ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'', the chipmunks start to wear just sweaters/sweatshirts, though Simon wears glasses.
171* ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'': In this Disney live action animated movie. Miss Price, Professor Emilius Browne, and the 3 children accidentally go visit, underwater in the ocean by the isle of Naboombu. There they see half-dressed fish underwater, when their bed gets pulled up by a fishing hook, they arrive on the Isle of Naboombu and they meet a sailor bear who wears a shirt but no pants or shoes on. They go visit the Lion King Leonidas who has a soccer match. Most of the animals at the game wears both a shirt and shorts but only one doesn't wear shorts such as the alligator. Also the Cheetahs shorts fall down before he pulls them right back up. Some of the Animals sitting in the Bleachers only wears a shirt but no pants.
172* Referenced a couple of times in ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers''.
173** At the beginning of the film, a young pantsless goat is told by a teacher that he is “not Donald Duck”, so should put some pants on.
174** Later, when Sweet Pete is holding Chip hostage:
175--->'''Chip:''' Where’s Dale?\
176'''Sweet Pete:''' He’ll be here. Keep your pants on.\
177'''Chip:''' I don’t wear pants.\
178'''Sweet Pete:''' Yeah, I noticed. It’s not something to brag about.
179** A CGI snake named DJ Herzogenaurach, wears only a black hipster fedora and a white shirt with a blue mark on it, but no pants, but considering that he is a snake and snakes don't have limbs. So a hat and a shirt was the only thing DJ Herzogenaurach could wear.
180* Early cinema's ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Y2tP9s8y2Ic Le Cochon Danseur]]'', a 1907 short film based on a popular French vaudeville act. The pig even uses a ModestyTowel when his waist coat is pulled off.
181* ''Film/KangarooJack'' Charlie and Louis run into a kangaroo with their truck. Louis then puts his red lucky jacket with the $50,000 in the jacket on the kangaroo and take their pictures. The Kangaroo then wakes up and takes off with Louis red jacket and they go on a wild chase after the Kangaroo wearing only the red jacket with money in it.
182* The 2018 film adaptation of ''Film/PeterRabbit'' features the main character in his iconic blue jacket. Contrary to the books, this trope is also applied to most of the supporting talking animal characters, wearing only a shirt, blouse and/or jacket.
183* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'' Longclaw, despite being wise, she is half-naked and the only thing she wears is a gold chest plate.
184* ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'': [[SnakesAreSexy White Mamba]] only wears a The Goon Squad team shirt and no pants. That is justified though, since her serpentine lower half is a tail, so she didn't have much to wear.
185* ''Franchise/StarWars'': In a variant, ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' suggests droids view their outer coverings as clothing with C-3PO embarrassed about being "naked".
186* Roger Rabbit from ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' wears red overalls, and a blue and yellow bowtie. Only one of the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad weasels]] wears pants, and for some reason he hikes them right up to his chest. (Possibly because weasels have low waistlines and short limbs, so this is the only way he can reach the pockets.)
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190* Possibly subverted in ''Literature/{{Redwall}}''; on one occasion the BigBad Badrang cuts a random minion's belt when he finds himself in need of a piece of cord, and [[NakedPeopleAreFunny everyone sniggers when said minion's kilt drops off]]. On two occasions, prisoners have suffered a ShamefulStrip, which presumably wouldn't matter if they didn't consider clothing important in some way. In contrast, the cartoon show followed this trope; as well as most of the characters only wearing shirts, it showed Skalrag wearing variously only a cloak or nothing at all, and unusually depicted the female character Trefoil with an unclothed lower half as well.
191* In the ''Little Critter'' book series written and illustrated by Mercer Mayer, Little Critter can be seen wearing a shirt but no pants in the book ''When I Get Bigger'', In the book ''I Just Forgot'' Little Critter can be seen wearing a rain coat but not only forgets to wear his boots, he forgets to wear his pants. Also in ''The New Potty'' Little Sister takes off her diaper in order to go potty. Also in the book ''I Was So Mad'' Little Critters animal friends who are playing baseball can be seen wearing shirts but no pants or shoes. Now days in the recent Little Critter books, Little Critter wears overalls and isn't seen half dressed or undressed anymore.
192* In ''Literature/TheMuddleHeadedWombat'', Wombat's usual outfit is a battered old straw hat and an overcoat with nothing beneath it. (The supporting cast are {{Accessory Wearing Cartoon Animal}}s.)
193* In the chapter-heading illustrations of Garry Kilworth's ''Literature/WelkinWeasels'' series, Montegu Sylver appears fully clothed including shoes, though he is apparently wearing nothing but a cloak on the cover illustration and is described in the text as not needing anything more than a cloak since he has fur. Scruff and Maudlin wear only jackets and hats. Bryony Bludd wears a full skirt which would not look out of place in the Victorian era the books are based on except for the fact that she is apparently topless except for a very large neck-bow. Mayor Jeremy Poynt fits the "jacket and hat" rule, with the addition of spats - but no shoes.
194* ''Literature/KoziolekMatolek'', from the Polish children's book series of the same name, is a shirtless, anthropomorphic goat.
195* Creator/JohnVarley does this with an eight year old boy for the [[ShowWithinAShow show-in-the-book]] in Literature/TheGoldenGlobe
196-->'''John Valentine''': Interesting. But what about the pants?
197-->'''Gideon Peppy''': Donald Duck never wore pants.
198-->'''John Valentine''': Yes. And Donald Duck was a cartoon, a water fowl, and imaginary. And, apparently, sexless. You should bear in mind that my son is a real little boy.
199** Sparky gets a female sidekick with basically the same dress
200** And they “[[DigitalBikini morph some britches on ’em]]” for the “Planet of the Prudes”, Vesta.
201* In both ''Literature/TheTaleOfPeterRabbit'' and ''Literature/TheTaleOfBenjaminBunny'' has Peter Rabbit and his cousin Benjamin Bunny wearing only jackets and shoes but no pants.
202* ''Literature/DestinedToLead'': Resurge is this for most of book one, and continues to be even after coming into possession of a chripl-skin vest.
203* In ''Literature/HowToBeComfortableInYourOwnFeathers'', the Bird Doc wears a LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine, but nothing else.
204* ''Literature/ABedOfYourOwn'': The horse wears a shirt and nothing else as his sleepwear.
205* ''Literature/TheTailorOfGloucester'': The first buck mouse to be seen wears only a fancy coat.
206* ''Literature/TheTaleOfBenjaminBunny'': Benjamin, Peter, and Benjamin Sr. wear no pants.
207* ''Literature/TheTaleOfMrJeremyFisher'': Jeremy wears coats and shirts, but no pants. This comes in useful when the trout spits him out due to not liking the taste of his clothes.
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211* Alien Gordon Shumway from ''Series/{{ALF}}'' wore shirts on occasion. He's usually not shown from the waist down, but this trope is considered plausible based on his wardrobe in the animated series of the same name.
212* ''Series/AntsInYourPants'': TheProtagonist of the series, Lickety Split, only ever wore a pair of overalls.
213* [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney the Dinosaur]] is occasionally portrayed like this.
214* Creator/{{CBBC}} mascot Gordon T. Gopher wore [[http://www.doopydoos.com/ekmps/shops/filmfreaks/images/lot19_001.jpg a t-shirt and trainers]]. His successor Edd the Duck usually wore a jumper that was [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/31/2b/ee/312bee6c90477d54e4f854f14a05b899.jpg long enough to cover his bottom half]], with just his feet sticking out.
215* The male animatronic characters in ''{{Series/Dinosaurs}}'' didn't wear pants. Females wore dresses sometimes, but if they were dressed as if they would wear pants they went bottomless too. This was pointed out one episode in which they showed Earl wearing a pair of pants because of censorship happening all over the show. This was lampshaded, during the VerySpecialEpisode no less, when Robbie, while high on "happy plant", collapsed in a fit of hilarity upon realizing that none of them wore pants.
216* Who can forget Humphrey B. Bear? The strange thing about any discussion involving him, of course is that people point out his lack of pants. Never mind that he's a bear wearing a (rather stylish) boater and waistcoat - which it has to be said, is not something bears are known for. Oh no. A bear not wearing pants? Disgraceful!
217* Daniel Striped Tiger on ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' usually wears a wristwatch and nothing else.
218* Franchise/TheMuppets: Rizzo the Rat wears a jacket and hat but no pants, as does Pepe the Prawn. Of course, neither of them are never seen from the waist down, so it's usually a moot point.
219* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' once addressed this phenomenon during a '50s educational short in which a Porky Pig figurine could be briefly glimpsed atop a desk. Tom Servo: "Get Porky some pants!"
220* The three adult animals in ''Series/OdiseaBurbujas'' Patas Verdes (a toad), Mafafa (a lizard) and Pistachón (a bee). Patas Verdes and Pistachón wear no pants at all, but they do have hats and clothes over the waists. Mafafa wears a dress as she's the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only female]], but nothing else.
221* Jiminy Cricket only wears a top in ''Series/OnceUponATime''.
222* Referenced in the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfPdYYsEfAE Close Encounter]]" sketch on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in which Creator/KateMcKinnon's red neck character describes herself, after her pants have been removed by the aliens, as "Porky Pigging it."
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226* Goleo, the mascot of the World Cup 2006 doesn't wear pants.
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230* In ''Pinball/PoliceForce,'' the villains and civilians are FunnyAnimals who wear little to no clothing.
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234* ''Series/BetweenTheLions'':
235** The son Lionel wears a shirt and a hat, but no pants.
236** Some of the other characters on the show are also half-dressed animals, including Walter Pigeon who wears a cap and an open vest, and Clay Pigeon who wears a sunhat, a beaded necklace, and a skirt.
237* Most of the characters in ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' wear anything but pants, and it's not just the male ones. Fran and Charlene might wear a nightdress if they were going to sleep, otherwise the female characters all are pantsless too. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in "Baby Talk", when censorship goes amuck, Earl shows that, as part of the push for censorship, the pants that he suddenly is forced to wear, to Fran's horror. The two characters who avert this trope are B.P. Richfield[[note]]although there were never any full-body shots of him, his action figure depicts him wearing pants with his shirt, and he's also frequently shown wearing suspenders, which would be pointless if he wore a garment meant to hold up an article of clothing he doesn't wear[[/note]] and Baby Sinclair[[note]]as he wears a diaper with his yellow shirt[[/note]].
238* Referenced in ''WebVideo/TheFundayPawpetShow'' ThemeSong - "Pawpets, Pawpets/We will sing and dance/Pawpets, Pawpets/We're not wearing pants"
239* ''Series/LambChopsPlayAlong'': Hush Puppy only wears a shirt.
240* While Herry Monster from ''Series/SesameStreet'' is usually only seen from the waist up on the show, various merchandise of him, as well as his illustrated appearances depict him wearing only a pair of red and white striped pants.
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244* Zigzagged in the first and third versions of ''Ride/JourneyIntoImagination'' at Epcot in Walt Disney World: Figment is sometimes seen nude but other times has just his top half covered (usually with a yellow and red shirt).
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248* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'':
249** Homestar does not seem to wear any pants, but he does wear a shirt, shoes ([[LongPants that look exactly like his feet, but with blue soles stuck to them]])[[labelnote:Proof]]A certain shot in ''In Search of the Yello Dello''.[[/labelnote]] and a propellor cap (he calls it his "buzzer"). Also, Marzipan's ancestor, Old-Timey Marzipan, seems to wear a skirt... but it's actually her ''body''. Strong Bad lampshaded this on one occasion.
250--->'''Strong Bad:''' You've gotta be kiddin' me! I'm the only one that wears any pants!?
251** In [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail127.html one Strong Bad E-Mail]], Homestar claims that he always wears long white pants. Strong Bad also lampshades the apparent "soles stuck to the bottom of his feet". Whenever Homestar is shown shirtless, his entire torso is censored via {{pixellation}}, with two exceptions: In Strong Bad's fan fiction in the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "fan club", Homestar is just wearing a fig leaf, and in the 2014 Halloween cartoon "I Killed Pom Pom!" Homestar dresses up as [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Tobias Funkë]], wearing nothing but cut-off shorts and blue skin paint.
252** It gets even weirder when Strong Sad, who doesn't seem to wear any pants (or anything for that matter), is rather concerned about buying his favorite underwear back from an online auction in "Bug and Mouth Disease".
253** Coach Z seems to be naked, but on a few occasions it's implied that he's actually wearing a green jumpsuit. That he never removes [[ThePigpen or washes]].
254--->'''Strong Bad:''' Hey, I always wondered, is your skin green or are you wearing a green body suit? Y'know with footies and sockies.\
255'''Coach Z:''' Oh, I got footies alright... [[TheUnreveal athletes' footies]].
256* [[Music/CrazyFrog The Annoying Thing/Crazy Frog]] is often depicted with only a leather jacket, helmet, and goggles. This is a bit of a subversion in that unlike almost all others the Crazy Frog has visible naughty bits.[[note]]Eventually, though, the Crazy Frog commercials had a black censor bar.[[/note]]
257* In ''WebAnimation/MinilifeTV'', Vince and Zach's boss, Keegan Kubrick, is a faun who wears a tuxedo without pants, which is lampshaded by Chris and Ian.
258* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': The fashion choices of the titular critters are varied, with some of them preferring just a top, with no pants, or vice versa. These examples include Pop's robe and hat, Cub's diaper and beanie, the Mole's turtleneck sweater, Mime's shirt, Cro-Marmot's loincloth, Flippy's army jacket and hat, and Lammy's sweater.
259* PlayedWith by Creator/EricSchwartz in his "Amy The Squirrel" Amiga-made animation. Amy goes out for a walk to work wearing only a skirt, prominent breasts covered only in fur, and [[VaporWear no underwear]] either. Unlike most cases of a HalfDressedCartoonAnimal, Amy's walk instead causes a large number of accidents as every guy on the way turns to gawk at her, then runs into something, implied to be because she's half-naked.
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