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[[File:princess maker3 bunny ending.jpg|link=Princess Maker|frame|Yes, this is one of the <s>hot</s> good endings.]]

{{quote|'''Quinn:''' So you'll do it?
'''Daria:''' Right after I change into my fur bikini. ''(Tom smiles at this)''
'''Quinn:''' Daria!
''(Quinn storms out of the room)''
'''Tom:''' Hmm, maybe you should make it easy. Give the poor kids a break.
'''Daria:''' I lied about the fur bikini.
'''Tom:''' Damn!
|''[[Daria]]'', "Lucky Strike"}}

A [[Bare Your Midriff|two piece]] bikini, or some close variant, [[Pretty in Mink|made of or trimmed with fur]] (either real or [[It's Fake Fur, It's Fine|fake]]), or even [[Fluffy Fashion Feathers|feathers]]. Usually considered [[Fetish Fuel|extremely sexy]].

It's an uncommon, but highly pleasing costume. And unless it's heavily adorned, it's a bit more usable than a typical [[Impractically Fancy Outfit]].

Could count if there is just fur trimming. In this case if the bikini is red, and the fur is white, it overlaps a little with [[Sexy Santa Dress]] (or even some [["Happy Holidays" Dress|Happy Holidays Dresses]]).

Everyday wear for a [[Nubile Savage]]. If you are a [[Jungle Princess]], this is your [[Requisite Royal Regalia|Ermine Cape]].

This trope even avoids a [[Double Standard]], as men can have [[Loin Cloth]]s, the favorite impractical outfit for northern barbarians across the realms of fantasy.

Sometimes the wearer also has a [[Feather Boa Constrictor]].

Compare [[Seashell Bra]], [[Going Fur a Swim]] (when the bikini and fur are separate garments), [[Bare Your Midriff]], [[Black Bra and Panties]], [[An Ice Suit]], [[Sweater Girl]], [[Fur Is Clothing]] (in which a [[Funny Animal]] has removable fur, which might result in this trope), [[Sexy Santa Dress]], [[Playboy Bunny]].

Contrast [["Happy Holidays" Dress]], [[Stylish Protection Gear]].

{{noreallife|We know lots of companies make them, we don't need to know which ones.}}

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== General ==
* There's a notable variant with the more risqué works involving [[Petting Zoo People]]—where their ''actual fur or hair'' grows in exactly this kind of shape to cover their naughty bits while exposing as much of everything else as possible.
** Felicia in ''[[Darkstalkers]]''.
** See the pic for the [[Trope Co]] -- [[Catgirl/Trope Co|Catgirl]] page.<ref>Done by an artist named Naritaya, who later went pro with the [[Alice Soft]] ero-ren'ai game company and removed his art from the web. Mostly.</ref>

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'': Lum's outfit. It (and just about every tiger-striped outfit with a source in Japan) is from an old myth about Oni wearing tiger skins.
* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'': Mion wore one in the first OVA, the one that aired a while before ''Kai''.
* In ''[[Samurai Pizza Cats]]'', Polly and Lucille wore fur bikinis as the singing duo The Pointless Sisters.
* A feather one paired with a feather [[Showgirl Skirt]] is worn by a lady in a carnival style celebration in ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]''.

== [[Comic Books]] ==
* When Giselle of ''[[Mystic]]'' is trapped in an exotic jungle pocket dimension, she transforms her outfit to a purple fur bikini, despite being low on magic.
* Tara and Shakira from ''[[The Warlord]]''. Although Tara later adopts other outfits, Shakira wears the same fur bikini for the entirity of the run.
* Shanna the She-Devil, a character from the [[Marvel Universe]], wears one in all her incarnations, even in the ''[[X-Men (animation)|X-Men]]'' series from the 1990s. It was almost as modest as Jean's outfit.
* [[Squirrel Girl]] wears one in the cover of ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20141217143515/http://www.greatlakesavengers.com/deadpool-gli-summer-fun-spectacular-1.jpg Deadpool/GLI - Summer Fun Spectacular]''. However, it should be noted that the fur in question is fake.
* Zawadi from the 1950s Monster Hunters team in the [[Marvel Universe]].
* [[Cavewoman]]
* [[Archie Comics]] features a healthy supply in the "Archie 1" comics, set in pre-historic times.
* [[Empowered]] as Schrodinger's [[Catgirl]] (in an [[Imagine Spot]]).

== [[Film]] ==
* One of the most famous is [[Raquel Welch]]'s [[Nubile Savage]] outfit in ''[[One Million Years BC]]'', even though it's more hides than fur. As a side note, the ads for the film even said "Raquel Welch wears MANKINDS'S FIRST BIKINI!"
** Several years ago, [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UqsRf118B2I/R2b4kTQYGpI/AAAAAAAABNw/RN2728jXroo/s400/cavegirl%2Bheather%2Bgraham.jpg recreated] by [[Heather Graham]].
* One of Jane Fonda's outfits in ''[[Barbarella]]''.
* ''[[When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth]]'' has this as one for former playmate Victoria Vetri of its drawing points. The other being [[Captain Obvious|Dinosaurs]].
* The [[Ringo Starr]] comedy ''[[Caveman]]'' had future wife Barbara Bach in one -- "good girl" character Shelly Long was more conservatively dressed.
* Publicity shots for the film ''[[Love Happy]]'' shows [[Marilyn Monroe]] in an ermine bikini: [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3153/2858518689_67cd52e5c1_o.jpg Full View], [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3146/2858518693_30ea4014f1.jpg Closeup 1], [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3145/2858518699_082fd3df2a.jpg Closeup 2]. This wasn't in the actual film, but publicity exclusive outfits were actually pretty common for films.

== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[The Lords of Creation|The Sky People]]'' by S.M Stirling. [[Nubile Savage|Teesa of the Cloud Mountain People]], much to the appreciation of Earth explorers on Venus.

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* Veronica Layton in ''[[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World|Sir Arthur Conan Doyles the Lost World]]'', although hers is more leather than fur.
* Following the events of the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "Beer Bad", in which Buffy is transformed into a kind of cavewoman, Xander laments that she never wore one.
* Loki's dancers in "Loki's Rapsody" in ''Jul i Valhal'' have these.

== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* [[Modesty Blaise (comic strip)|Modesty Blaise]] wears one in [[media:modesty fur bikini.jpg|the "Eve and Adam" storyline]].

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' has this rather infamous version of the [https://scryfall.com/card/all/88a/elvish-ranger Elvish Ranger].

== [[Theatre]] ==
* Actress Terry Moore wore [https://web.archive.org/web/20110425172826/http://www.terrymoore.com/wp/featured/autographed-photos/ermin-bathing-suit-color-photo-autographed/ an ermine one-piece suit] to a USO show in Korea. She was almost removed from the show, before the soldiers shouted that she should stay.

== [[Video Games]] ==
* One of the endings of ''[[Princess Maker]] 3'' has her in a white fur bikini, as seen in the page image.
* Ayla from ''[[Chrono Trigger]]''. Hardly a surprise, as she's essentially a blonde answer to Raquel Welch. Notably, whatever she skinned for the thing had a tail, and she just left it on.
* The Pixies in ''[[Monster Rancher]]'' probably have the [[Petting Zoo People]] variant. Don't know if it's ever stated if their fur bikinis are part of their body, or just clothing.
* The tiger bikini in ''[[World of Mana|Secret of Mana]]''.
* Monica's optional Panther Bikini in ''[[Dark Cloud]] 2''. If you walk her into a corner, the camera looks down her cleavage.
* At least one of the costume sets in ''[[The Idolmaster (video game)|The Idolmaster]]''.
* ''[[Resident Evil]]'' Sheva gets one of these as an [[And Your Reward Is Clothes|Alternate Costume]]
* The new ''[[Golden Axe]]'' has Tyris Flare dressed this way.
* The female Selkies in ''[[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles]]''.
* An unlockable outfit for ''[[Dino Crisis]]'' is a leopard-skin one-piece.
* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]'', the "Huntsman's Vest" looks like a normal vest on men. On women...
** The female version of Forsworn armor in ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]''.
* Aya's feather-trimmed bikini top in ''[[OneChanbara]]''.
* ''[[Rock Band]]'', Dora Sullivan

== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Girl Genius]]''
** (Barely) worn by a side-plot villain, the Weasel Queen.
** Suggested as appropriate attire for Zeetha, the warrior woman from a lost tribe (to her shock).

== [[Web Original]] ==
* In ''[[Tales of MU]]'', Mackenzie wears a fur bikini as part of her female barbarian costume for a Halloween-esque party.

== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Occasionally a character will be reduced to one of these in an old [[Looney Tunes]] or [[Tex Avery]] cartoon.
* Daffy Duck gets one made of feathers in ''Along Came Daffy''.
* Happens to Jerry in the [[Tom and Jerry]] short ''Of Feline Bondage''.
* As does [[Tuff Puppy|Kitty Katswell]] in "Hot Dog".
* Diana from the animated ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (animation)|Dungeons and Dragons]]'' was stuck with this outfit.
* ''[[Daria]]''{{'}}s title character once sarcastically claimed she would put one on ([[Funny Background Event|with her boyfriend suddenly perking up]]). Jane also wears one in one of her [[Creative Closing Credits|alter egos]].

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