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** Amusingly, in the [[Batman: No Man's Land|No Man's Land]] storyline, Huntress masqueraded as the Batman in the same way as the Phantom's sister. A Lampshade was hung when a bystander comments on how he always thought that 'the Bat' was a guy, only to be fooled into thinking that Batman was ALWAYS Batwoman because "If you were a big tough guy who got beat by a girl, would you admit it? Or would you say it was a huge hulking giant with fangs and claws that took you down?"
** Also [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] during the "[[Knightfall]]"/"Knightquest" arc when Bruce is replaced by Jean-Paul Valley, whose methods take a turn towards uncharacteristic brutality and Commissioner Gordon expresses suspicions that it may be a different "Batman"; the character he's discussing this with points out that it's a bit naive to assume there's only ''been'' one Batman up to that point.
* To follow up on Batman, his partner Robin has also taken to this ever since becoming a [[Legacy Character]] in his own right. Every Robin has worn some variation of Dick Grayson's original ensemble; the red chest piece (with 'R' insignia), yellow cape, occasionally some green thrown in (more evident in the earlier versions), and tied together with a classic domino mask.
* [[Wonder Woman]] started to wear pants and even armor instead/in addition to her tradition 'one piece bathing suit' look. The traditional, core Wonder Woman has stuck more to the classic outfit with only a few notable exceptions. She has always kept her iconic bracers, hairstyle, and tiara though, to tie them together.
* Aquaman has traditionally kept with his orange and green combo. For a while he went to an entirely diffrent outfit of white and sea colors in a chaotic pattern meant to invoke the sea. Sword of Atlantis Aquaman lost his shirt entirely, much to the delight of the fangirls.
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== Literature ==
* Although a [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]], [[Sherlock Holmes]]'s hat and cape.
* [[Doc Savage]]'s jodhpurs and torn white shirt. Eventually, every cover depicted him wearing them. Cover artist Boris Valejo even had to rip a new shirt once after the original shirt was lost, using old cover paintings for reference. Ironically he forgot that he was facing into the painting and the new shirt turned out to be a mirror image of the old one.
* [[Where's Waldo|Waldo]] wears blue jeans, a shirt with red-and-white horizontal stripes, and a red-and-white hat with a red bobble, the latter two intended to make him stand out in a crowd.
* Worked against [[Spider-Man]] villain the Rhino at one point. In the comic-based novel The Darkest Hours, by [[Jim Butcher]], he admitted to Spider-Man (long story involving mutual enemies that like to drain the life force out of totemic-based individuals, like Spider-Man, Rhino, Black Cat...) while recovering from a battle at Spidey's apartment (a battle that left him blinded temporarily), that he hated the suit, especially the Rhino hat. After he had gotten suit off after a period of being trapped in it, he tried to change his image, wearing a suit and tie. But the first employer he tried to get refused to believe that he was the Rhino, associating him with the costume and the rhino hat. He's been using it ever since simply because the costume is the only way he is recognized enough to get work.
== Live-Action TV ==
* Boss Hogg in ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' ''always'' wore that all-white suit.
** Daisy Duke, of course, and the Shorts of Puberty Inducement. They were even named after her.
* [[Ultraman]] might count, depending on if that is a suit he is wearing or just how that form looks.
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** The Tenth Doctor's blue pinstripe suit and brown overcoat.
** The Eleventh Doctor's penchant for tweed jackets, complete with matching braces and bow tie, usually in red but occasionally in blue. (especially the bow tie).
* [[Torchwood]] Captain Jack's army great-coat, originally scene in his first Doctor Who appearance and then in all Torchwood episodes, excluding a flashback to Victorian times. It then re-appears in Miracle Day in a flashback that takes place prior to WWII in real time, indicating that he couldn't wait for the 40's to get into that badass piece of outerware.
* Richard [[Sharpe]]'s Green Rifleman's jacket fits this trope because it's used specifically to distinguish his character from the regular "redcoat" officers.
* Harlem Globetrotters Flight Time & Big Easy, on Seasons 15 & 18 of ''[[The Amazing Race]]'', at least acted as if this applied to them, as their entire race wardrobe consisted entirely of Globetrotter gear.
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* Ric Flair just isn't Ric Flair without a gaudy, sequined robe. He kept wearing his long after ring robes had gone out of fashion in wrestling.
* Rob Van Dam has his airbrushed singlets.
* Bret Hart, and through him, nearly everyone associated with the Hart family save the British Bulldog wore pink and black wrestling tights, usually a singlet, and often paired this with a leather jacket. His brother Owen went so far as to copy Bret's pink mirrored shades for a time as well.
* Jesse "the Body" Ventura and his feather boa.
* The Undertaker's black duster, cowboy hat and gloves. At least when he's really The Undertaker and not Bikertaker.
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* Although the colors have changed, [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario and Luigi]] still have their cap and overalls, although the colors weren't really finalized until ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' (when the color palette was large enough to properly show it).
** Peach's [[Princesses Prefer Pink|pink dress]].
** As do Wario and Waluigi, except in the ''[[Wario Ware]]'' games where Wario has a different outfit. In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'', though, he can use both.
* Link's green cap and tunic. A particularly notable example as Link is a [[Legacy Character]], and many games provide new reasons for the new guy to wear the iconic wardrobe.
** In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'', Link was raised among the Kokiri, where all the boys wore green caps and tunics. As the origin story of the [[Big Bad]], and for a long time the earliest confirmed game chronologically, many later games can have their use of the outfit ultimately traced back to here.
** By ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]'', the legend of the ''Ocarina'' Link has spread, and it's now traditional for boys to wear green on a certain birthday as a sign of coming-of-age. It just so happens that on ''this'' Link's birthday, his sister was kidnapped. He continues to wear his green gear into ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass]]''.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap|The Legend of Zelda the Minish Cap]]'' has no explanation for the tunic, but Link meets a [[Nice Hat|talking green cap]] who serves as the game's [[Exposition Fairy]]. At the end of the game, {{spoiler|as the restored-to-true-form Picori wizard departs}}, he leaves Link a replacement cap similar to the ones worn by other Links.
** In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'', the clothes seem to have become somehow intrinsically linked to the bearer of the Triforce of Courage. The Link of that game only starts wearing those clothes because when he was restored from his wolf-form for the first time, they appeared on him in place of his work clothes. The Light Spirit who restored him indicated this as a sign that he was [[The Chosen One]].
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks]]'' takes a slightly different approach, in that the cap and tunic have become the uniform for the royal guard (presumably in honor of the ''Wind Waker'' Link that helped found this kingdom). This game's Link starts wearing them when he has to dress up as a guard to sneak Zelda out of the castle.
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