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'''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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Contrast [[Sexy Coat Flashing]] (in which a [usually female] character clad in an overcoat—or some kind of coat—willingly flashes someone).
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* 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.
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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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** 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]]'': Ron Stoppable will have this happen to him ALL THE TIME. It doesn't bother him though because it happens so much. Although, the only time he will take the time to pull his pants up is when he has been completely denuded (except for his boxers), and there's a break in the action, or his pants get wrapped around his ankles, which would be an actual hindrance.
* ''[[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]] [[
* 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]] ==
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