OP written by mathfreak231
Category: Not Tropeworthy
Intro
Tan Lines reeks of People Sit on Chairs. The description mostly just describes how tan lines work in Real Life; the narrative meaning is supposed to be that the character doesn't care much about appearances, or that tan lines are simply Played for Laughs or Fanservice.Question
Do examples give any associations that may be tropable? 50 wicks on work pages were checked.Findings
- 19/50 examples just described tan lines. A few stood out as a little absurd but there was still no mention of being Played for Laughs.
- 2/50 examples mention it's because the character likes beach activities.
- 1/50 examples mention it's played for Fanservice.
- 1/50 examples say the lines were drawn on. We already have a trope for this: Suntan Stencil.
- 3/50 examples describe an embarrassing tan. We already have a trope for this: Embarrassingly Painful Sunburn.
- 19/50 examples didn't even bother describing any tan lines.
- 5/50 were potholes. Probably just in case you needed to know what tan lines are.
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Chairs
- Characters.Cuanta Vida: As time goes on, his mask causes the area around his eyes and mouth to tan a lot more than the rest of his face.
- Characters.We Never Learn: Has a visible swimsuit tan line and her Red Baron title even mentions it.
- WesternAnimation.The Incredibles 1: The guards on the island have them under their faces, visible when their visors are knocked off.
- Characters.Granblue Fantasy Erune: In SR Cailana's episode, Chloe's bra was caught in the waves when she fell on the surfboard, leaving bra-shaped tan lines.
- Recap.Rick And Morty S 4 E 10 Star Mort Rickturn Of The Jerri: The male classmate of Summer's has tan lines on his upper body, which can be seen when he removes his shirt.
- WesternAnimation.I Cartoni Dello Zecchino D Oro: The father in "Il Ramarro con Tre Erre" is portrayed with one in the shape of a T-shirt.
- Characters.Kid Cosmic: Save for her hands and where her biker goggles meet her face, her entire skin is sunburnt.
- Characters.Littlest Pet Shop 2012 Guest Pets: Jerry seems to have a sunglasses tan.
- Webcomic.Two Guys And Guy: Guy has a farmer tan here
. Which strangely switches to a full-body tan later. - Characters.Erins Total Magical Adventure Team Hope: He has a prominent shirt tan.
- WesternAnimation.Hot Wheels Battle Force 5: Stanford is tanned on his head and forearms, the rest of him is super-pale.
- Recap.Kiko Riki Ep 175 Tourism: White circles from the glasses remain on Chiko's face, and Krash after lying in the hut becomes striped.
- Recap.Sixteen S 2 E 8 In A Retail Wonderland: To get her ready to go to Acapulco, Caitlin has Nikki get a spray tan. However, Nikki didn’t know she was supposed to turn half way through and ends up with half her body dark orange while the other half is still pale.
- Characters.Total Drama Ferocious Trout: His face, neck, legs, and hands are tan, while his abdomen and arms are pale.
- Recap.Littlest Pet Shop 2012 S 4 E 4 Senior Day: Jerry seems to have a sunglasses tan.
- Characters.Go Through The Alphabet Before Somebody Posts A My Little Pony Picture: His human body has these (Mainly on the neck.), but he disguises his robot bodies to look human and so fakes them on them as well. Justified mainly because the sun is usually barraging the Earth at day, and that's the only time Foster goes out of his base to get anything.
- Film.Blame It On Rio: The topless extras at the beach mostly have tan lines, thus showing that they aren't usually topless.
- Characters.Saki Quarterfinals B 1: Inexplicably, she also has them, outlined like a one-piece swimsuit.
- Characters.Senran Kagura Nintendo 3 DS: Homura has a set defined by her Sarashi, of all things, which means the only time they're visible is when she's wearing something skimpier, such as a bikini.
Tan lines mean they like the beach
- Characters.Azur Lane Eagle Union Destroyers DD: Has them on the bottom and top, pointing to her going sunbathing and exercising a lot in a swimsuit.
- Characters.Pokemon Black And White: While he looks Ambiguously Brown at first glance, there's a tan line right above his hips and his feet are pale, suggesting his dark skin is the result of spending so much time swimming.
Tan lines are fanservice
- Characters.Street Fighter V: Played for Fanservice. Her alternate costume shows her with bikini-shaped tan lines just visible underneath her shirt and on her hips.
Suntan Stencil
- Characters.Police Academy: Gets "DORK" written on his chest in Assignment Miami Beach.
Tan lines are embarassing
- Manga.K On: Azusa tans REALLY easily, which is embarrassing for her when she goes to the pool right after spending a day in the mountains.
- Webcomic.Sunstone: As embarrassing as possible; Lisa visits the beach only to notice everyone is staring at her. She discovers that she has tan lines from her previous rope suspension session with Ally, including lines left from a gag. Poor girl.
- Beelzebub.Tropes S To Z: A running gag in the anime is that Oga always gets incredibly awkward Beel-shaped ones.
ZCE
- Characters.Erins Total Magical Adventure Team Geniuses: (no example text)
- Characters.Divine Gate Heroes: Visible in her summer unit.
- Webcomic.My Milk Toof: Apparently, milk teeth can get sunburned.
- Characters.Why The Hell Are You Here Teacher: Given the nature of the series, her most noticeable physical attribute due to her being an advisor on the swimming club.
- Characters.Eiyuu Senki War Wonder: She has some prominent tan lines.
- Series.Sherlock: Used in Sherlock's deductions on a couple of occasions, particularly in Sherlock's initial scan of John.
- Characters.Eagle Eye Mysteries: Across his face.
- Manga.Big Windup: Shinooka shows hers off at the Tosei game.
- Characters.Dynasty Warriors Wu Kingdom: Notice how he has become more tanned since 6.
- ComicBook.Darkchylde: In issue 2 reveals that Ariel has one while she is naked.
- VideoGame.Blue Port J Summer Sky Prelude: The island's summer rays have given Chie these.
- Characters.Ai Yori Aoshi: Due to coming from the beach.
- Characters.Koihime The Three Kingdoms: She has a darker skin than her mother caused by tanning, because of her everyday work in fields.
- Characters.Death Battle X Characters: Has an orange spray-tanned face
- Characters.Flower Knight Girl Lotus Lake: Courtesy of her love of outdoor activities, Rochea's got the tanned skin — indicated to be such by her Evolution forms revealing her untanned skin, which also indicates how often she wears her default outfit.
- Recap.HTF Let It Slide: Naked Lumpy is depicted with these again.
- Manga.Please Tell Me Galko Chan: Discussed when Otako asked Galko if she had them when she came to school with a tan. A later episode has Galko get them at the pool when she didn't put sunscreen on.
- Film.Zapped 1982: On a number of Fanservice Extras in the prom stripping scene.
- Characters.Home Alone: Sondra is excited about getting a tan in Florida and scoffs at Tracy's decision to bring sunblock.
Potholes
- Characters.Miami Vice: He has blond hair, light eyes, and a reasonably fair complexion... and absolutely no Tan Lines, ever, and this trope leaves him stripped off enough to know pretty easily. Which... leads to some interesting questions about how and where Crockett potentially gets and maintains that tan.
- Series.Reba: Embarrassingly Painful Sunburn: At the end of the fifth-season episode "Have Your Cake", Reba suffers from this (with Tan Lines and all) during the trip she and Barbra Jean take to a beach.
- Film.The Malibu Bikini Shop: Shameless Fanservice Girl: During the Tan Lines/bikini contest, Margie Hill says that she doesn't have any tan lines because she likes to tan "au naturel," and removes her bikini top to flash her breasts. Some tourists see her and a woman screams, leading to police getting involved. Two police officers use their caps to cover Margie's breasts.
- Characters.Fate Grand Order Foreigners: Her Third Ascension has multiple demon-like traits like a barbed tail, wings, horns and darkened skin with what looks like Tan Lines.
- Characters.Ru Pauls Drag Race Down Under Series 1: Karen admits that the Nude Illusion runway challenge is both out of her comfort zone and way out of character for her drag persona as a "middle-aged bookkeeper from the outer suburbs of Melbourne". However, she manages to nail the challenge, whilst still staying very much in character, with a fun, polka-dot bikini ensemble that she whips off to reveal comedy Tan Lines and a bright yellow merkin that matches her bright yellow wig.
