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{{quote|'''Suzuka''': ''Give that back!''
'''Gene''': ''Which one?'' (Her sword or her obi)
'''Suzuka''': ''Both of them!''
'''Gene''': ''Hmmmmmmm.'' ''(sniffs the obi)''
|''[[Outlaw Star]]''}}
A (usually) male character incapacitates a (usually) female opponent by stealing or [[Clothing Damage|damaging]] her clothes in a way that threatens to expose her if she continues the fight. Somewhat related to [[Standard Female Grab Area]] in that both actions can incapacitate an allegedly strong female character who doesn't act (or refuses to be) soft and submissive.
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Be careful though. [[Defeat Means Friendship]] can still apply here as well, even if the circumstances seem odd. If the girl doesn't care about being disrobed and rushes you anyway, it's a [[Full-Frontal Assault]]. If baring all is done in order to escape rather than to keep fighting, it's [[Giving Them the Strip]]. Often employed by those who [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]].
Compare [[Hannibal Lecture]] (in which a character uses emotional shame to defeat an enemy), [[Shameful Strip]] (in which a character ends up naked as punishment), [[Wardrobe Malfunction]] (in which a character ''accidentally'' ends up naked), and [[Naked Freak-Out]] ([[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]; this trope is often used hand-in-hand with
Contrast [[Sexy Coat Flashing]] (in which a [usually female] character clad in an
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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** Subverted with Miu who, in spite of being the very embodiment of girlish modesty (and [[Yamato Nadeshiko|traditional Japanese politeness]]) in this manga, never gets upset about a [[Clothing Damage]] until ''after'' the fight is over.
** Also subverted by one of the combatants, Dou Koukyouku from the Nanken team, whose shirt is torn to shreds by Rachel, leaving her absolutely topless. Her response is to shout at her, "Hmph! I gave up my identity as a woman long ago!" and holds her stance. Doubly subverted by the fact that Dou still gets her ass handed to her by Rachel, who's pissed by the fact that Dou was getting more attention than her. And then to top it all off, RACHEL'S top then comes undone, which other characters note she did herself.
* ''[[
* Done in Lee Kang Woo's Korean manhwa ''[[Rebirth]]'', to prove a point. Shy priestess Millenear is sparring with vampire anti-hero love interest Deshwitat to prove to him that she is strong enough to help him save the world. Desh tears her clothes apart, making her drop to her knees to cover herself and yell at him for being a brute - whereupon he calmly puts his hand to her throat and tells her "you're dead".
* Subverted in ''[[Dragon Half]]'', where breaking [[The Hero|Mink]]'s [[Chainmail Bikini|platemail bikini top]] turns out to be a ''[[Berserk Button|big]]'' mistake for [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Doug/Dug]] Fin, when she immediately punches him out of the ring while covering herself with one arm.
** In the OVA it's played with further, when Mink gets a little overexcited at the sight of her friends cheering at the victory, causing her to throw her arms into the air and show her assets to the crowd.
* The bad guys try to use this on Loretta in ''[[Wild
* A common trick used by Satou Kazuma - the [[Anti-Hero]] protagonist of ''[[KonoSuba]]''- is to use magic to snatch the underwear of female opponents. Satou has quite the reputation of a dirty fighter.
* In the ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' anime, Kanon defeats [[Meaningful Name|Lucifer]] in the third arc by slashing a hole in her shirt with his [[Laser Blade]]. As Lucifer put it, ''"I've never been this ashamed?!"''. [[Don't Explain the Joke|It's funny because]] Lucifer represents the [[Seven Deadly Sins|sin]] of [[Pride]]. This doesn't happen in the original game, though, where the fight ends when Kanon gets his sword against her throat.
* In ''[[Violinist of Hameln]]'' manga, [[Complete Monster|Vocal]] rips off [[Stripperific|Ocarina]]'s bra when she is about to unload her most powerful attack on him, making her stop in the mid-move to cover herself. Considering that Vocal was lightyears beyond Ocarina's power level anyway, this was done purely for lulz.
* ''[[One Piece]]'',
** Of all the people to fall to this
** [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate|Nightin]] tries to do this to Boa Hancock in the ''3D2Y'' special, using her odd fighting style (where she drinks alchemy-made concoctions and spits them at foes) to dissolve her dress and make her too embarrassed to fight. It doesn't work - Hancock is a [[Shameless Fanservice Girl]] who could care less. Nightin is also wrong that she can use another of her concoctions to resist [[Taken for Granite|Hancock's powers.]]
* In ''[[Grenadier]]'', Rushuna is prevented from doing her trademark evasive acrobatics after a stray bullet rips her panties off. She [[Invincible Hero|still wins]], though.
** In the manga she doesn't even mind, which leads to [[Censor Shadow]] later in the fight.
* Inverted in ''[[Ultimate Girls]].'' The girls' clothing begins a disintegrating process from the moment they enter battle, and their shame and embarrassment at their pending nudity actually ''enhances'' their powers.
* In her ploy to get the inheritance stone of the Sanzenin in ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'', Sonia begins to strip. When Hayate reveals that that ploy won't work on him, she threatens to call for his female companion and claim that he had tried to rape her. She does get the stone with that, but he returns later to get it back, with Nishizawa in tow, so that she can't try that tactic again.
** Earlier, Hayate apologetically interrupted Sonia's [[Motive Rant]] to tell her that because of the pose she'd taken up and the fact that she was standing above him, her intended victims could see up under her skirt. She promptly crouched down to hold her skirt in a less revealing position.
* In the Masaomi Kanzaki ''[[Street Fighter II]]'' manga, Chun Li is in danger of losing her match with Vega<ref>A.K.A. "Balrog", A.K.A. "[[Fan Nickname|Claw]]"</ref> because the Spanish ninja exposed her right breast, forcing her to fight one-handed. The story treats this as a turning point for her; at the brink of defeat, she stops trying to cover herself and creates her Kikouken [[Ki Attack]] in time to claim victory.
* The girls of ''[[Ikki Tousen]]'' usually avert this trope. Hakufu, one of the protagonists, will be mostly or entirely topless in her average fight against a challenging opponent. There are examples of those who play the trope straight as well.
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* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', Lelouch is able to win an argument against Kallen by pointing out the fact she is only wearing a Bunny suit (the Playboy version, we mean). You may think the [[Ms. Fanservice]] who performed a [[Full-Frontal Assault]] on Suzaku would be immune to that, but apparently it's different when Lelouch is the one looking.
* This is a favorite tactic of [[Samurai|Goemon]] from ''[[Lupin III]]''. In his fights against (usually male) [[Mooks]], he often dispatches them by cutting off all their clothes with his [[Implausible Fencing Powers]].
* [[Inverted]] in ''[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* Antonio Banderas does this to Catherine Zeta-Jones during their [[Sword Fight]] in ''[[The Mask of Zorro]]''. [[Sex Sells|It was pretty much the entirety of the film's ad campaign]].
* In the kids' film ''[[Magic Island]]'', the [[Action Girl]] slices a pirate's belt. While he's trying to pull up his pants (and giving the audience a good look at his [[Goofy Print Underwear|silly boxers]]), she says "Don't be droppin' yer drawers in the presence of a lady!" and quite ''literally'' kicks his ass.
* Inversion in ''[[RoboCop]]'': When Murphy's partner Anne Lewis gets the drop on one of Boddicker's thugs, he's in the middle of relieving himself. He asks for a few seconds to keep his modesty back in his pants - and then gets the advantage when this distracts the officer.
== [[Literature]] ==
* Happens to Alanna in [[Tamora Pierce
** Happens again in her duel with Duke Roger: He gets in a slash that cuts open her tunic and incidentally slices through the thing she was wearing to bind her chest. Extra points 'cause he had no idea that would happen.
** Speaking of [[Tamora Pierce]], Sandry manages this in ''[[Circle of Magic|Will of the Empress]]'' for a non-violent victory over her would-be kidnappers: A stitch witch, she unstitches their armor, weaponry, and much of their clothing.
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** And for the hat trick, Daine in ''[[Tortall Universe|The Immortals]]'' fights her final battle with the big bad naked of both magic (because of exhaustion) and clothes (because there's no [[Magic Pants]] aspect to her shapeshifting ability) - naked except for {{spoiler|the badger god's claw, which she wears as a pendant, and turns out to make a handy knife}}.
* Averted in ''[[Star Wars|Shatterpoint]]'': Mace Windu is cornered by a pair of militia in a public shower and beats the crap out of them. [[Badass|As if you'd expect less of him]].
* Variation in the ''[[Redwall]]'' book ''Lord Brocktree''. The (mostly male) vermin foraging gangs captured by the Bark Crew are forced to remove their clothes and walk back to the fortress naked. [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal|May not have the same impact as with human characters, though.]]
== [[Live
* Jamie, in ''[[Mad About You]]'', uses a threat to drain a man's bubble bath as a negotiating ploy.
* During the final immunity challenge of ''[[Survivor]]'''s fourth season, Kathy lost her balance while attempting to stop a breast from slipping out of her shirt.
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"Or I'll just walk away."
"I'll let you." }}
* In an episode of ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'', the protagonist tries to assassinate Cyane by attacking her in her bedchamber. Xena grossly underestimates the Amazon Queen, who humiliates her foe by stripping her of her armor piece by piece - and then donning it herself - eventually forcing Xena to flee in shame wearing only a loincloth.
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* H-Game ''[[Lightning Warrior Raidy]]'' has this whenever you completely drain out an enemy's HP.
* Nearly every foot soldier in ''[[Rocket Knight Adventures]]'' and its sequels is defeated this way.
* In ''[[Mario Is Missing]]'', Luigi defeats Bowser by [[Removable Shell| swiping his shell]] (and naturally, Bowser wears [[Goofy Print Underwear]]) and then shoving the humiliated villain off the castle walls.
* A key gameplay mechanic of the ''[[Akiba's Trip]]'' franchise, where stealing or destroying an opponent's clothes is the main method of combat. While [[Our Vampires Are Different|Shadow Soul or Synthister]] (in the first or second game respectively) opponents will burn to a crisp once their bodies [[Weakened by the Light|are exposed to sunlight]], if you get into a fight with a normal human they will instead run away once their clothing is removed.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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{{quote|'''Zeetha''': What were you thinking, using '''Bunbury''''s trash?...'''He's''' why every smart actress from here to Paris wears '''special underwear'''!}}
** Not that she'd be fazed if it had worked. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050523 Modesty isn't exactly one of her weaknesses].
** In the novelization she '''isn't''' wearing special underwear ... but the warriors of Skifander's "Double Guard" always train in the nude.
* Subverted in ''[[Charby the Vampirate]]'', during the [[Web Comics/Awesome|fight]] between Zerlocke's sire and bunny!Mye.
* ''[[Magellan]]'' has a character with the ability to turn himself but not his clothes into gas, rendering him unable to affect anything until he reforms... which he refuses to do without his clothes, so throwing them away during a fight is a smart move.
* An [http://www.exiern.com/?p=94 interesting example] in ''[[Exiern]]''.
* In the middle of a trial by combat with a female vampire in ''[[Sorcery 101]]'', Seth slides his hand under her skirt and gropes her. She's so furious that she immediately summons a black fireball and slams him out of the ring, seemingly leaving her the victor. Unfortunately, someone was too upset to remember magic was prohibited.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20110103122620/http://www.sorcery101.net/2006/sorcery101/20060906-3/ "He is on my lawn unable to move! How exactly does he win?!"]
* Inverted in supplemental material for ''[[
* Male example in ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]'': Eric [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]], so he attempts to impress his skill with a sword on [[Pirate Girl|Giovanna]] by [[Clothing Damage|removing her hat and]] [[Of Corsets Sexy|corset]]. She responds by cutting his pants off, then clonks him on the head when he tries to cover himself.
* A justified example is given in an early chapter of ''[[Flipside]]''. Maytag's confidence is tied to her jester outfit, so having it [[The Nudifier|destroyed by Voulger's sword]] leaves her unable to fight back.
* ''[[Sinfest]]'' played it backwards [
{{quote|Barging in on people like that. Very rude! I, Shu-Mai, Shaolin scholar, teach you a lesson in manners! ... So... Could you, um, hand me my clothes please?}}
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** "No, Firelord Ozai, ''you're'' not wearing pants!"
*** "Oh no! My royal parts are showing!"
* Male (mostly) example: in ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]
* ''[[The Animatrix]]'' episode "The Final Flight of the Osiris" opens with a fight where this is threatening to happen, with two combatants gradually cutting off more and more of their opponents' clothes...
** Of course, that wasn't "combat" so much as "foreplay" . . .
* A rather...uncommon example can be seen in ''[[Turtles Forever]]'', where during a fight with assorted mutant beasties (including mutant bowling balls, leprechauns, and slices of pizza), [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|1988]] Michelangelo defeats a mutant banana by...um...peeling it.
* ''[[Kim Possible
* ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' acknowledged how the [[Fetish Fuel]] of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' can lead to an easy victory: [http://robotchicken.wikia.com/wiki/Sailor_Moon_Confronted
* The infamous "Flight as a Feather" episode of ''[[The Mask (animation)|The Mask]]'' [[Animated Series]] had the Mayor's ex-girlfriend Cookie BaBoom, an [[Ambiguously Brown]], [[Green Eyes|green-eyed]], [[Stripperific]] [[Yandere
* In the "Hooky" episode of ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', SpongeBob is finally convinced to not play with hooks anymore after he gets one stuck in his pants, at which time he has to take them off. Then he has to take his ''underwear'' off, which he almost doesn't do, but then they're just ripped off anyway.
** This seems to also be SpongeBob's [[Laser-Guided Karma]] in the episode "Ripped Pants" if not just a final joke. After a whole episode of making silly "ripped pants" jokes and annoying everyone, and making them think he drowned, he rips his underwear and it falls off.
** In addition, there are a couple of video games based on the franchise in which underwear is the representative of SpongeBob's health. There's even one where you see them come off and he covers himself.
* Disney's short ''[[The Prince and the Pauper (Disney film)|The Prince and The Pauper]]'', starring Mickey Mouse, had the titular hero defeat [[Jerkass|Pete]], simply by slicing at Pete's pants so they fell down, revealing a pair of very [[Goofy Print Underwear|frilly heart-print bloomers]]. Cue howls of laughter from everyone present, instant loss of respect and abject humiliation.
* In the ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' episode
** Ironically, {{spoiler|the rest of Sector V in the same episode defeated the Delightfuls by ripping their pants and skirts off them}}.
* Happens to Zeke [[The Big Bad Wolf]] at the end of ''[[Three Little Pigs (Disney film)|Three Little Pigs]]'', which also caused him to devolve back into a non-anthro wolf.
* Once when [[Looney Tunes|Yosemite Sam]] was supposedly an Arab -- in traditional robes -- and attacked [[Bugs Bunny]], Bugs remarked calmly, "Your slip is showing." Sam immediately stopped attacking and crouched down, doing his best to hold the hem of his robe to the ground all around him.
* In an episode of ''[[Around the World in Eighty Days (1972 TV series)|Around the World In 80 Days]]'', Fogg foils Mr. Fix by swiping his pants, causing Fix to run and hide, because being seen in his underwear is "undignified".
* In an episode of ''[[Dudley Do-Right]]'', Snidely Whiplash steals the hero's clothes while he is bathing in a stream, leaving Do-Right too humiliated to go back to the camp. ''Not'' because he is naked, but because he is ''out of uniform'', something he considered the most shameful thing of all for a Mountie. Still, Do-Right gets even with the Whiplash at the end, stealing ''his'' clothes.
== [[Real Life]] ==
* In water polo, grabbing at an opponent's bathing suit is against the rules. The tighter the suit, the easier it is for the referees to see when it happens, so most teams and players use extremely tight suits, which are easily damaged, even by legal play. In international competition, this gives an advantage teams from cultures with more relaxed attitudes towards nudity. Americans typically respond to suit damage by immediately covering themselves, becoming useless to their team, while Europeans will just let it all hang out until the next stoppage of play.
* In May
* In a German subway, a man makes an aggressive move towards a woman, driving his leg forcefully into the chair next to her. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WReevc7P0lA This is then met with possibly the funniest RL Crowning Moment Of Awesome most have been allowed to witness.] [[Memetic Mutation|Thank you internet!]]
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