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Characters (usually children) are forced to wear smart looking clothes (their Sunday best) and hating it. They usually change out of these clothes as soon as possible.
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* Chichi forces Gohan into a Little Lord Fauntleroy-type outfit for his trip to Namek on ''[[Dragonball Z]]''. Gohan changes out of it soon as they are out of her sight. He's stuck with the haircut, though.
* England buys a suit for a teenage America in the ''America Cleans Out his Storage'' episode in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', and he looks ''adorably'' embarrassed by it.
== Newspaper Comics ==▼
* This happens several times to [[Calvin and Hobbes|Calvin]]. He's not happy about it.▼
* [[Dennis the Menace US|Dennis Mitchell]] hates being put in his Sunday best.▼
* Jon has often dressed [[Garfield]] up and told people he was his son. Garfield was not amused.▼
== Film ==
* The kids are forced into their dress clothes in ''[[Nanny McPhee]]''...which then get forced onto the animals. Also the ending could fit, when the kids are forced into those lime-green outfits for the wedding.
* [[Harry Potter]] and Ron Weasley are forced into formal robes for the Yule Ball. Especially Ron, since his are horribly outdated hand-me-downs.
== Literature ==
* ''[[The Adventures of
* I think this also happened in one of ''[[The Great Brain]]'' books, too, but I'm not sure. (Or maybe ''Little House''?){{verify}}
* In ''[[Discworld]]'', Sam Vimes is often forced to wear his knightly regalia of red tights, impractical shiny breastplate and a helmet with a damned plume in it, rather than battered chainmail, in ''[[
* In [[P. G.
** Also referenced by [[Jeeves and Wooster (novel)|Bertie Wooster]] (via the narration) in "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest":
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* Happens twice in ''[[Harry Potter]]'': Once for the Yule Ball (mostly concerning Ron and his hideous maroon robes), and again for {{spoiler|Bill and Fleur's}} wedding (in which case its Fred and George complaining).
* The [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] states that starfighter pilots in the New Republic hate the dress uniform for Starfighter Command, which was designed without any input from the people who would be wearing it, and will generally wear anything else if they can get away with it.
* In chapter eight of ''[[Double Star]]'', Emperor Willem complains about having to either take a long route back from the throne room or "parade through semi-public corridors dressed like a circus horse," then adds that "I never wear anything but underwear under those silly robes." Lorenzo replies "I doubt if they are as uncomfortable as this monkey jacket I am wearing, Sire."
== Live
* In the ''[[Star Trek: The
* Happens to Bernard Black of ''[[Black Books]]''. It looks really odd.
* Despite the severely dysfunctional nature of the family, I'm 90% sure{{verify}} ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' did this occasionally.
* Name a television series in which the main characters are either military or police officers. Sooner or later they'll have to put on their dress uniforms, and they will always complain about having to do so.
* In the ''[[Angel]]'' episode "Waiting in the Wings", Gunn is initially very concerned that he will look silly when dressed up for the ballet. He is, of course, GORGEOUS, as Fred quickly points out.
* One time on ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'', Beaver had to take dancing lessons and was forced to wear his Sunday clothes to the classes. He didn't know which was worse.
* ''[[Keeping Up Appearances
* In the early episodes of ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', Elly May didn't like having to wear a dress. It was partly because she was afraid people would make fun of her, and also because she's tomboyish and likes to play games which would mess up the clothes. Once she played football wearing a ball gown and ruined it because she thought ball gowns were made to play ball in.
▲== Newspaper Comics ==
▲* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'': This happens several times to
▲* ''[[Dennis the Menace (US comic strip)|Dennis
▲* Jon has often dressed [[Garfield]] up and told people he was his son. Garfield was not amused.
== Web
* The group from ''[[Fey Winds]]'' are forced to dress up to go undercover; two of them find the costumes [https://web.archive.org/web/20131011124914/http://feywinds.com/comic/page.php?id=53 embarrassing] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20131011125019/http://feywinds.com/comic/page.php?id=62 impractical]. Cue stripping off said clothes for a fight scene.
* On occasion, [[Dubious Company]]'s Tiren is forced into formalwear. [[The Big Girl|She]] has [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses|several]], [[Catgirl|logical]], [[Panty Shot|practical]] [[Waif Fu|reasons]] against wearing them.
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[[The Fashionista|Mary]]: But you look so [[Hot Chick in a Badass Suit|stunning]]! }}
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Recess]]'': In "Picture Day", the kids have to wear smart clothes all day for their portraits. Unfortunately, there are many kids who are keen to get their clothes dirty before then.
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': Bart and Lisa Simpson
* Similar to ''The Simpsons'', Fry from ''[[Futurama]]'' has a turtleneck/blazer combo that he wears for fancy times (like going to Elzar's).{{context|reason=Is he forced into those clothes, or is this just something normal for him and thus not this trope?}}
* On ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', when Heloise's Auntie Pomigranite comes to visit, she's forced into very frilly, very un-Heloise like clothes.
* ''[[Ed, Edd
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