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{{trope
[[File:Waitresses at Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill 3.jpg|thumb|350px|Yes, they exist in [[Real Life]].]]
Where does a single (or sometimes married) man go on American TV when he wants to see some female flesh? Why, he goes to the '''Bikini Bar''', where he can see young ladies dancing about in their lingerie, swimsuits, or wet T-shirts that [[Nipple-and-Dimed|suspiciously lack nipples]]. "[[Go-Go Dancing|Go-go dancer]]" cages are optional
In case you haven't realized, [[You Can Leave Your Hat On|strippers]] never go topless (let alone fully nude) on American TV shows, even though such practices are commonplace in [[Real Life]]. Even the dance moves are practically ballet compared to what real strippers do to "pay for college." Post-[[Watershed]] British TV has no such problems. Some characters are rich enough to have this as [[Paid Harem]].
One common term used for this kind of establishment is "titty bar".
Compare with [[Host Club]].▼
▲Compare with [[Host Club]].
For the less bowdlerized version of these stablishments, see [[Strip Club]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In the anime ''[[Space Dandy]]''
== [[Film]] ==
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* Tracy takes Liz to one in the [[Pilot]] of ''[[30 Rock]]''.
* Feature in several episodes of ''[[Law & Order]]'' shows, especially ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit|SVU]].''
* The Bada Bing in ''[[The Sopranos]]'' changed from a
* ''[[The Bill]]'', being (on the whole) a pre-[[Watershed]] show, sometimes features this. There was one episode where Cathy Bradford went undercover at a gentleman's club and had to take her top off in front of Nick Klein (another police officer) to maintain her cover since she was on camera, but we didn't see any nipples.
* The "Charlie Gets Crippled" episode of ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]''.
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* Avoided in the ''Spawn'' Animated Series. Although the performers are shown only in silhouette, we see enough to deduce that the "entertainment" at the bar one of the bad guys is hanging out at is a live sex show.
* ''[[Family Guy]]'': Joe complains about being taken to strip bars since he's paralyzed below the waist. He spends his time there yelling at his crotch in anger.
* Superbabes is a restaurant in Gotham seen in ''[[Batman and Harley Quinn]]'', the waitress' skimpy outfits being heroine and villain themed. It's even implied Nightwing has frequented the place at least once; he was looking for Harley and decided to take a break and get a Reuben, only to find the ''real'' [[Hidden in Plain Sight|Harley working there]].
== [[Real Life]] ==
''Please limit this section to bikini bars and their equivalents in general. Mentions of specific establishments are more appropriate on travel-guide websites and wikis, such as [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikivoyage].''
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* Indian [[wikipedia:Dance bar (India)|dance bars]] are basically this trope in real life. The girls working there rarely strip off their clothes, and, while still [[Stripperiffic|quite scanty]], their outfits tend to be more covering than most examples listed here.
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