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{{trope}}
{{quote|<poem>''Then I was deep within the woods
''When, suddenly, I spied them.
''I saw a pair of pale green pants
''With nobody inside them!''</poem>|'''[[Dr. Seuss]]'''}}
Clothes can do a lot of things when worn by people. It can keep them warm, it can make them look cool, it can [[Clothes Make the Superman|give them super-powers]] or [[Clothes Make the Maniac|turn them violently evil]].
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Compare [[Animated Armor]].
{{examples}}▼
Not to be confused with [[Magic Pants]], [[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants|Traveling Pants]], [[Plot Pants]], [[Draco in Leather Pants|Leather Pants]] or [[Bring My Brown Pants|Brown Pants]].
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* One ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' strip had Calvin's clothes jump him and put themselves on him in odd combinations. His mother then scolds him for dressing improperly, to which he responds, "You think I ''wanted'' to dress this way?"
* [[Iron Man]] has had at least one suit of his [[Powered Armor]] [[Instant AI, Just Add Water|become sentient]] (and start acting disturbingly like an [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|abusive boyfriend]]).
* The first issue of the ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|Roger Rabbit]]'' comic books featured as a villain a sentient set of "fancy pants," which talked like a gangster most of the time but got eloquent when wishing it would meet a pair of "female pants" to end its loneliness. [[Planet Eris|This was pretty much par for the course]].
* In ''[[Tales of the Unexpected]]'' Azzarello and Chiang's [[Doctor Thirteen]] backup
{{quote|'''Doctor Thirteen''': No father wants to see his daughter become [[Incredibly Lame Pun|a fashion victim.]]}}
** ''[[CSI: Miami|YEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH!]]
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== [[Film]] ==
* The classic visual version comes from the Universal version of ''[[The Invisible Man (film)|The Invisible Man]]''. Of course, the pants aren't really dancing on their own (and singing "here were go gathering nuts in May"), but don't tell that to the villagers.
* One of Mike Jittlov's demo reels in ''[[The Wizard
* There's a full magic ''suit'' in [[The Movie]] of ''[[My Favorite Martian (film)|My Favorite Martian]]''.
* Plenty of clothes, including pants, danced in the [[Walt Disney]] movie ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'', thanks to the Substitutiary Locomotion spell.
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* [[Trope Namer|Named for]] a [[Shel Silverstein]] poem in ''Where The Sidewalk Ends''.
* The Pale Green Pants With Nobody Inside Them from the Dr. Seuss story ''What Was I Afraid Of?'' Scary-looking, but quite harmless.
* In ''[[
{{quote|"If it comes round again, trip it up. I want to see the label."}}
* There is a Japanese children's picture book about a little boy who dawdles getting dressed, so his pants run off without him and he has to chase them. Basically, a silly story about not being late.
* The villains of [[Larklight]]'s second book are {{spoiler|aliens from near the end of time called Moobs, which disguise themselves as clothes (mostly hats) and can [[Demonic Possession|take control of]] or [[Telepathy|telepathically communicate with]] people who wear them.}}
== [[
* The video to Herbie Hancock's "Rock It": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[[EY 4 ZI Syp Ol Q]] Warning: May be creepy for some.▼
== [[Live Action TV]] ==▼
* ''[[iCarly]]'' has a bra that tells [[Mundane Ghost Story|unscary scary stories]].
** A broken washing machine would be pretty terrifying to a bra.
* Willow does this with magic to one of Tara's shirts on [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]], to try and cope with being lonely.
▲* The
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* There's a [[Dungeons
== [[Video Games]] ==
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[Adventurers!]]!'', Ardam randomly encounters [https://web.archive.org/web/20100203173049/http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0343.html one pair of evil pants]. The sheer stupidity of an article of clothing apparently [[Everything Trying to Kill You|trying to kill him]] sends him into shock.
* In one ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' storyline, Gwynn enchants a pile of laundry and clutter to become a Clutter Monster which would force Torg to clean up their apartment. It died when they put away some of the clothes that it was using for vital organs.
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* In an episode of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' Doofenshmirtz attempted to create a ray that would dry his clothes after his dryer broke, but instead made one that made anything hit with it dance... which includes his clothes. "Still sopping wet..."
** "Summer Belongs to You" features the Klimpaloon, an animated "old-timey bathing suit" that lives in the Himalayas." "[[Memetic Mutation|NANG NANG NANG NANG NANG NANG NANG NANG NANG NANG NANG]]"
* [[Eek!
* Greenbeard's gloves in ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]'', which can move under their own power and force whoever's wearing them to steal things.
* An episode of [[Johnny Test]] had Johnny's genius sisters create a pair of pants that increased his intellect called Super Smarty Pants. It developed sentience as well as [[
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Absurdity Ascendant]]
[[Category:Otherness Tropes]]
[[Category:Index of Fictional Creatures]]
▲[[Category:Dancing Pants]]
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