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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.
Another version of this trope exists in which the enemy (or hero) launches an attack on or threatens to expose the hero (or enemy) while the latter character is either bathing or showering. Normally, this gets subverted and slides right into playing the [[Full
Often subverted (especially if the female is the good guy) by having her beat the crap outta him anyway, waiting until ''after'' he's a bloody pulp to realize she needs to cover herself back up.
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The polar opposite would be, of course, a woman [[Show Some Leg|using her own body]] (usually with a [[Stripperific]] outfit) as a [[Distracted By the Sexy|distraction]] to beat a guy to a pulp.
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
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
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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** Fate accidentally did this to Asuna; he was attempting to [[Taken for Granite|petrify her]], but her [[Anti-Magic]] made her immune. Her clothes, however...
** Negi does this to the group of Ariadne guards when they attempt to arrest him, by combining a disarming spell with his [[Black Magic]]. In his defense, it was really the only way of ending the fight without hurting anyone.
** And it was also recently done to Asuna (again) with a mild subversion; this time she shouts "Oh, like I care anymore!" and [[Full
*** Oh, it's still a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for her, {{spoiler|seeing as even though she's is a fake, [[Master of Disguise|Shiori]] as "Asuna" is a ''perfect'' copy of her personality, so it might as well be the real one. The real Asuna would certainly say the same type of one liner in that situation}}.
* The start of ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]''; Ataru catches Lum by stealing her [[Fur Bikini]], so she has to cover her breasts with her hands and can't fly as fast. Unfortunately what he said just before that made her think they were engaged right then.
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* ''[[King of Bandit Jing]]'': Jing defeats his first round opponent in [[Tournament Arc|"The Masquerade Ball of Zaza"]] by stealing his butt-plate.
* Flat-out averted in ''[[Rave Master]].'' [[Action Girl]] Julia faces off with an especially perverted member of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Six Guard]] who enjoys using his powers to blow apart her clothing. Julia refuses to submit, and even ''rips off the remains of her own bra'' to prove the point that modesty will not defeat her. She eventually beats him down with no regard to her nudity, and in fact fully intends to tell her lover Let about all the onlookers who saw her to see what'll happen.
* Turned on its head in both the manga and live action version of ''[[Lone Wolf and Cub]]''. A female swordsman, after being defeated and raped by a swordsman who used a form of hypnotism and mind tricks, came up with a method that would allow her to revenge herself against him in a future match. It essentially involved having two incredibly realistic (and honestly disturbing) tattoos etched on her breasts and back. Whenever she was attacked, [[Full
* In ''[[Toradora (Light Novel)|Toradora]]'', Taiga get the edge on the much better swimmer Ami in a pool race by claiming she's showing down below, knocking her into the pool with a bunch of flotation devices, and then stealing her bikini top while she's still disoriented.
* Used in ''[[Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple]]'' on occasion, usually used by [[Attention Whore|Rachel Castor]].
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* 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.
* In ''[[Psychic Academy]]'', Ai once did this by accident. He made his first Jump (Teleportation), lost his balance on landing, and [[Accidental Pervert|accidentally groped his opponent's breasts while regaining his balance]]. The woman he was fighting burst into tears and ran away.
* 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
* 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 ''[[Ranma Half]]'', when [[The Rival|Ryoga]] [[Defied Trope|refuses to]] [[Foe Yay|look at Ranma's]] [[Attractive Bent Gender|unclothed female body]] and turns away from the fight until Ranma agrees to [[Please Put Some Clothes On]]. [[Exploited Trope|She doesn't]].
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"Or I'll just walk away."<br />
"I'll let you." }}
** Played with in "A Scandal in Belgravia," where Irene Adler strips nude to cancel out Sherlock deduction powers, a sort of mental [[Full
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* In a very rare non-sexual example, [[Kirby|Meta Knight]] will flee any fight in which his intimidating mask is destroyed or otherwise removed. Why? Presumably because he doesn't want the world to know he looks like a blue Kirby with a cape.
* In the PC fighting game ''Bikini Karate Babes'', Venus, one of the boss characters, has a grab move that swipes the bikini top off certain fighters. This sends the opponent running off-screen while covering her breasts in embarrassment, [[One-Hit Kill|thus ending the round]].
* In ''[[Conkers Bad Fur Day (Video Game)|Conkers Bad Fur Day]]'', to beat Buga the Knut, you must [[Literal Ass
* In a rare heroic example, getting hit by a scimitar in ''[[Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped]]'' will cut Crash's pants off, causing him to shamefully slink away while attempting to cover his [[Goofy Print Underwear|pink polka-dot boxers.]]
* Burt the Bashful, the first boss in ''[[Yoshis Island (Video Game)|Yoshi's Island]]'' falls prey to this trope. His pants descend slightly each time he's hit until he's left naked; as a result, he grows red with embarrassment, bounces around the arena, and explodes.
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