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1	[[quoteright:250:[[ComicBook/{{Superman}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/supermanflying.png]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:250:[[LongRunners For quite a while]] [[RhymesOnADime have they been in style]].]]
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4	->''"Oh, this is much better. Costume is a bit much. So tight! But the confidence... I can feel the righteousness surging!"''
5	-->-- '''Loki''', having transformed into ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, in ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''
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7	Perhaps the most common type of outfit in superhero stories. Heroes and villains wearing full body suits of spandex, nylon, or some other fabric (even {{Phlebotinum}}). This was because [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks early superhero outfits]] were based on the outfits worn by people in the circus, including the bright colors that made them visually distinctive, and it stuck as a tradition, even as the days of the circus waned. [[{{Fanservice}} Showing off their bodies as if they were almost naked]] likely didn't hurt either.
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9	Its prevalence is why NotWearingTights is named so, no matter what outfit the heroes would be wearing otherwise.
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11	It's so common that even with the NinetiesAntiHero, tights would still be common, especially since they can allow for a FormFittingWardrobe.
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13	Also, adaptations will have to worry about SpandexLatexOrLeather, as the materials for the tights are often vague.
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15	Often paired with SuperheroesWearCapes, CoolMask, UnderwearOfPower.
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17	Compare SpyCatsuit, LeotardOfPower, MiniDressOfPower, CoatHatMask, PaintedOnPants, SensualSpandex.
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19	This does not mean superheroes wear what are usually called tights in Britain, or Pantyhose to Americans. See ''Series/Supergirl2015'' for a superhero wearing those tights.

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