Trope Idea Salvage Yard sandbox from the Hand-Hiding Sleeves TRS thread.
Oversized sleeves from ill fitting clothes may mark the character out as too odd to care enough about it.
Examples
- ComicBook.Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman: Riley's awkward tall thin friend has a far too large sweater that covers her hands. In this case the sleeves manage to combine the cutesy and odd implications.
- Xerxes Break of PandoraHearts wears a coat with oversized sleeves that immediately mark him as a quirky character who is hiding something, and sure enough, he's one of the sneakier (and creepier) characters in the series. He also tries to invoke the “cute” aspect of this trope, but most people just think it's weird.
- Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman: In "Wonder World" Riley's awkward tall thin friend has a far too large sweater that covers her hands. In this case the sleeves manage to combine the cutesy and odd implications.
- Dopey from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs wears an example of the "cute" and "odd" types, helping to mark him out as the Plucky Comic Relief.
- Skye in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. wears these when relaxing on The Bus. It's a combination of "quirky" and "cute", with a touch of "deceptive".
- Lidelle from Puyo Puyo has GIGANTIC sleeves. She's shy and kind, and is sometimes depicted in-game as using said sleeves to cast her storm-based spells, possibly to whip up the the air for her wind-based spells. It's also worth mentioning Lidelle is not human and is embarrassed by her odd characteristics, suggesting that the sleeves are hiding claws and/or inhuman arms.
- F.A.N.G. of Street Fighter V has a pair of truly impressive hand-covering sleeves on both his costumes. Notably, despite being of the Sneaky Sleeves variety, this is more than just a design choice; his Critical Art has him jump in the air and stay aloft by flapping his giant sleeves like wings (while he screams like a maniac) and spread poison all over the place. The Cinematic Story Mode adds another layer to this and reveals that he actually needs them. His hands constantly produce a highly corrosive poison, thus when not in combat, he keeps his hands hidden in his sleeves so he doesn't melt everything he touches.
- Numbuh Three from Codename: Kids Next Door wears a green sweater with overly long sleeves. She's also an innocent, ditzy, and simple-minded girl.
- JP from Craig of the Creek wears an orange and white jersey with oversized sleeves. An example of the "odd" type, as he's the Cloud Cuckoolander of the main cast.
