Belly Dancer/Playing With

Basic Trope: A woman whose attire and/or dance style is similar to that used in belly dance.
 * Played Straight: Alice is often seen with a bare midriff, a bra-like top, and a long skirt or harem pants.
 * Exaggerated: Alice's outfit includes copper coins meant to express movement, a veil, and lots of bangle bracelets. And she wears this outfit all the time.
 * Justified:
 * Alice is, in fact, a belly dancer.
 * The setting is a Qurac of the variety where this is common.
 * Alice has been taken into Go Go Enslavement
 * Inverted: Alice wears jeans and a turtleneck sweater, sweatpants and a hoodie, a nun's habit, etc.
 * Subverted: Alice appears wearing a long coat.
 * Double Subverted: But when she takes this off, she is has a bare midriff, a short top, and harem pants.
 * Deconstructed:
 * Alice comes from a very conservative family, who don't approve of belly dancing. As a result, Alice has to take lessons in secret, all the while feeling a little guilty.
 * Alternatively, Alice's status as a belly dancer earns unwanted attention from some boys at school.
 * Alice's family is poor, and she has to help put bread on the table. Unfortunately, the venue she performs in attracts a rather seedy crowd. Alice has had many close calls with various perverts.
 * Reconstructed: Alice's parents realize that they were being too strict on their daughter, and allow for Alice to continue her dancing, provided that she doesn't abuse her abilities.
 * Parodied: Alice shimmies and hip-snaps everywhere she goes, rather than walking normally.
 * She even wears her outfit whilst pregnant.
 * Lampshaded: ???
 * Zig Zagged: Sometimes, she is seen wearing clothes like this, other times not.
 * Averted: Alice does not wear anything comparable to belly dance attire.
 * Enforced: Fan Service
 * Invoked:
 * Alice takes belly dance lessons
 * Alice is taken by the Big Bad for Go Go Enslavement
 * Defied: Alice refuses to wear anything this revealing.
 * Discussed: ???
 * Conversed: ???
 * Played For Laughs: The one dressed like this is Bob.
 * Played For Drama: Alice has been taken into the harem of Emperor Evulz against her will and forced to dress like this and dance for him.

Belly dance back to Belly Dancer