Dress Hits Floor: Difference between revisions

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[[File:dress hits floor 3271.jpg|link=Kim Possible|frame|[[Please Put Some Clothes On|No peeking!]]]]

 

It becomes necessary (or desirable) for a female character to take her clothes off in a non-cable show.

 

See also [[Sexy Discretion Shot]]. Often overlaps with [[Toplessness From the Back]], [[Sexy Coat Flashing]]. If the woman in question is barefoot, this can lead to a minor bit of [[Foot Focus]].

 

== Advertising ==

* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=tiUt1upKSUc This Somper Furs ad] plays with this trope. When a woman sees [[Pretty in Mink|how good her fur coat looks]] in the mirror, she grabs the straps of her dress, and the next shot is [[Fan Service|her dress falling to the floor]], indicating she [[Naked in Mink|is wearing nothing under the coat]].

 

* This happens out of nowhere in the ''[[Negima]]?'' OP.

* In ''[[Bleach]]'', Yoruichi pulls this on Ichigo, mostly for her amusement. (We only see the first bit of her clothes hitting the ground, and from there it's all Ichigo's increasingly panicked offscreen reactions.)

* In [[The Movie]] of ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'', Anthy strips so Utena won't be the only one naked (Anthy was drawing a nude portrait of Utena), and we cut to a shot of her feet as her skirt falls down her legs and to the floor. Everything else is in silhouette.

* In [[Black Lagoon]] [[Creepy Child|Gretel]] does this. It's [[Inverted Trope|intended to be disturbing]]. {{spoiler|we also aren't sure of her gender, [[It Makes Sense in Context]]}}

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* Famously done in ''[[Titanic]]'' when Rose decides that she wants Jack to draw her wearing the Heart of the Ocean necklace. Wearing [[Diamonds in the Buff|only the necklace]].

* ''[[James Bond (film)|James Bond]]''

** In ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' with Teri Hatcher's character and the discovery, via a [[Toplessness From the Back]] shot, that [[Vapor Wear|she's not wearing a bra]].

* In ''[[Stardust (film)|Stardust]]'', Lamia [[Showing Off the New Body|shows off her rejuvenated body]] in this fashion.

* ''[[Juno]]'': Cherry boy-briefs hit floor.

* Done beautifully in ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair]]'' remake, by Rene Russo

* In the ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' extended version movie, "The Spy With My Face", made from the first-season episode "The Double Affair", Senta Berger (playing the thrush [[Femme Fatale]], Serena), walks into the bathroom of her luxury apartment where Napoleon Solo is taking a shower. (Long story.) The camera focuses on her legs and feet as she lets her dress fall to her feet, kicks her high-heeled shoes off, and then follows her nude legs as she walks into the shower. [[Sexy Discretion Shot|The scene fades out]] as Serena [[Foot Focus|begins running her foot up and down Napoleon's wet, naked leg]].

 

== Literature ==

* In the epilogue of ''[[Faery Court Series|Wicked Lovely]]'', Donia undoes the tie holding her skirt together, and it is strongly implied that her and Keenan have sex, but it's never described.

* Alice Wroke executes this, plus [[Sexy Coat Flashing]] in ''[[The Demon Princes]]''. Played with somewhat in that she has to take a minute to set it up. Clothes don't fall off all by themselves, you know.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* When Anya "seduces" (in the "loosest" sense of the word) Xander for the first time in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. "Please remove your clothes now." And the amazing thing? "Still more romantic than Faith."

* Done in ''[[Bottom]]'' when Richie is about to lose his virginity to Lady Natasha Letitia Sarah Jane Wellesley Extrong Skiponsong Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Oblomov Boblomov Dob, third Viscountess of Moldavia. The shot focuses on Richie's reaction as each garment hits him.

* Done in episode 4, season 1 of ''[[Veronica Mars]]'', in which the protagonist strips off her dress and then goes skinny dipping.

* Done at least once by Edie in ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''; probably more times...

* In the [[Doctor Who]] short Pond Life, the Doctor meets Mata Hari in a Paris hotel room.

{{quote|[[Something Else Also Rises| "What an interesting woman."]]}}

 

== Music ==

* Non-visual, but the chorus of Chris Young's "Gettin' You Home" definitely applies:

* Lorrie Morgan's "Out of Your Shoes" starts off with "You borrowed my favorite dress" and then ends with this trope.

 

== Music Videos ==

* The [[Kylie Minogue]] video "On a Night Like This" has this happen twice (both involving her stripping down after she exits a pool).

* The video for "Getting You Home" by [[Country Music|Chris Young]] ends with this.

 

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' did the wetsuit variation again, with Rikku. Though hers was slightly more on-screen. (She was wearing shorts and a top underneath it anyway.)

* In Geralt's interlude with the Princess Adda in ''[[The Witcher]]'', as her dress comes down she rips off his wolfshead medallion and throws it to the floor, where it is shown to be vibrating furiously. The added significance of this is that the medallion is tuned to vibrate in the presence of monsters, and Princess Adda had been cursed into a monstrous form in the past.

 

== Web Original ==

* Happens in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wezK5DreLw a joke trailer] for ''Passion of the Christ 2'' set in the modern day. Skip to 2:05. See the rest of the trailer as well.

 

== Western Animation ==

[[Category:Stripping Tropes]]

[[Category:Costume Tropes]]