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* In the most recent ''[[Narnia]]'' film (''The Voyage of the Dawn Treader''), Edmund and Caspian find Eustace's smoldering clothes and assume something terrible's happened to him. It has, though not what they expect.
* Another variant in ''[[Night of the Comet]]''. After almost everyone on Earth goes outside to look at a comet, their bodies are reduced to a red dust, leaving their clothes scattered on the ground with the dust spilling out of them.
* The [[Tom Cruise]] remake of ''[[The War of the Worlds (2005 film)||The War of the Worlds]]'', the alien heat ray reduces people to ash, leaving their clothing behind. [[Fridge Logic|But not underwear for some reason]]. [[Inverted Trope|Non Magic Pants]]?
** Which, of course, was parodied by ''[[Scary Movie]]'': a bunch of rappers instead left their Bling behind.
* In the film ''Vanishing on 7th Street'', during a brief power failure, just about everyone in the city vanishes, leaving only their clothes.
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* {{spoiler|Allison}} in ''[[The Grudge]] 2'' is pulled ''into'' her clothes, leaving them in a heap on the floor in front of {{spoiler|Jake}}. [[Subverted Trope|Kayako then manifests inside the clothes to menace her next victim.]]
* In ''[[Daddy Day Care]]'', the guys panic when they find Tony's empty Flash costume. In homage to this trope's prevalence in science fiction, uber-nerd Marvin even worries that he's been vaporised. Turns out he just doesn't want to be Flash anymore. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|He wants to be Tony.]]
* Averted in ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'' and ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'' -- everyone wiped out in the first film by Thanos' "Snap" turned to ash, clothing and all. And while we didn't actually see anyone come back in the second film, it's strongly implied that everyone came back with all their clothes, gear and equipment in place.
 
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