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A costumed character cannot remove their costume, or an ordinary character cannot remove their clothes. Maybe a [[Freak Lab Accident]] has fused it to his body, maybe it's [[Living on Borrowed Time|the only thing keeping her alive]], or the only thing [[Power Limiter|keeping those around her alive]], or maybe it's a cursed [[Artifact of Doom]]. Whatever the reason, they ''have'' to wear it (or a substantial part of it) all the time; removing it is either very debilitating, very dangerous, or simply impossible.
For long-running series, finding a way to remove the costume may constitute a [[Story Arc]], and actually doing so can provide an excuse to update a character's appearance. For some characters, this is a convenient source of [[Angst]]. [[Genre Savvy]] works may address problems with (or make jokes about) [[Bottomless Bladder|waste]] [[Nobody Poops|disposal]] or other [[No Periods, Period|biological]] [[Can't Have Sex Ever|needs]]. This is also [[Fetish Fuel]] for some people, especially those with a [[Can't Have Sex Ever|forced chastity fetish]].
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== Comic Books ==
* [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]] has a number of villains with this trope, such as the Rhino, the Scorpion, Dr. Octopus, Venom, Carnage, and the Molten Man.
** Even Spidey himself, when he had the symbiote.
** The ''Spider-Man'' movie video game hangs a lampshade on this. "Man, going to the bathroom must be a ''nightmare'' for you!"
*** Scorpion eventually averts this... just to receive the Venom symbiote. Rhino, too, recently managed to get rid of the costume and [[Heel Face Turn|went straight]]. [[Heel Face Revolving Door|Well...]]
* For a while, [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]] needed to wear his breastplate all the time (even under his civilian clothing) because it was the only thing stopping the shrapnel from reaching his heart.
** In [[Iron Man (film)|the movie]], it's just the arc reactor and electromagnet which form the glowing blue part in the center.
** The [[Ultimate Marvel]] [[Iron Man]] has a genetic problem that requires him to constantly wear biotech armor all over his body.
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** Which didn't keep it from being [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Circuitbreaker.jpg tin-foil covered TnA].
* Happens twice in the original ''[[Squadron Supreme]]'' limited series:
** As Nuke's power continues to grow, he has to wear a lead-lined suit to avoid irradiating everyone around him.
** Thermite has temperature-based powers; he has to always wear his costume and regulator pack to keep them in check.
* The Witchblade in the ''[[Witchblade (Comic Book)|Witchblade]]'' comics/series/film/anime is either a [[Clingy MacGuffin]] or a [[Clingy Costume]], depending on the situation.
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* In ''Halloweentown II'', a magic spell does this to the victim.
* ''[[The Man in the Iron Mask]]''
* In ''[[Star Wars]]'', Darth Vader's bodysuit is also a life-support system.
* Although obviously not a full costume, Maid Marian's "chastity belt" in ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]''.
* In [[Edward Scissorhands]], Edward is unfinished at the time of his creator's death, leaving him with, well, scissorhands, but also seemingly permanent black leather clothing.
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** The orks, only caring about war, will often pay the tribes mek to have ''themselves'' sealed in a suit of mega armour. If that's not far enough, they can also be sealed inside a Deff Dread, a crude mini mecha. They soon discover the main disadvantage to being sealed inside a can, which is... being sealed inside a can.
** In the Chaos factions, Obliterators absorb their guns and armor. Their guns replace their hands and their armor replaces their flesh. It's as painful as it sounds.
** In [[Retcon|times past]], it was said that Khorne Berserkers' armour fused with their flesh, to the point that it would bleed when struck. It still provided protection from blows equivalent to the unmodified original suit though.
*** If you immediately asked how they go to the bathroom, the suit canonically includes "recyclers." Besides, the more [[Fridge Logic|pertinent question]] is "How do they ''eat?''" since the armour also includes a completely sealed helmet...
*** Power Armour recycles the Space Marine's waste, and turns it into a bland, tasteless nutrient paste which they can survive on for a long time. Yes, their armour turns their [[I Ate What?|poop into food.]]
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== Web Original ==
* In the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'', the villainous Shadowspawn is really an alien parasite that grafts itself onto an innocent human being, who it then slowly digests. When it finishes eating its host, it moves on to another.
== Western Animation ==
* From ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', Mr. Freeze suffered a [[Freak Lab Accident]] that requires him to always keep his body at sub-zero temperatures. When outside of his special prison cell, he has to wear a costume that constantly keeps him cold.
** [[Lex Luthor]] from ''[[Justice League]]'' needed one of these after the kryptonite he carried around gave him cancer. He could take it off for short periods of time though.
** The [[DCAU]] version of Captain Atom is living energy. His suit is the only thing that allows him to keep a coherent form, and if it is breached he explodes.
* Spoofed on ''[[Invader Zim]]'' with Chickenfoot, an ordinary man on a chicken costume whose zipper is stuck, and thus thinks he's been mutated into a chicken.
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