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[[File:spacespandex 6057.jpg|link=Tron: Legacy|frame| High tech!]]
{{quote|''"They showed me the costume and I said, 'You've got to be kidding me. Where are the pants? '''Where are the PANTS'''?"''
|'''Bruce Boxleitner''', on the costumes used in ''[[Tron]]''}}
You want to instantly show a setting to be futuristic, or show that a character in present day has access to technology magnitudes more advanced than the norm, what do you do? Why, outfit characters in ''spandex'' costumes, of course!
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{{examples}}
== Anime and Manga ==
== Animation ==▼
* Played straight in ''[[Totally Spies!]]''.▼
* This has been a trope associated with both the [[Real Robot Genre]] and the [[Super Robot Genre]] since the genre's inception. It is EXCEEDINGLY rare to show a pilot in an robot show that wears anything bulkier than form-fitting lycra.
* ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''. The Knight Sabers, underneath their power suits, wear form-fitting outfits. It's also [[Justified Trope|justified]], as it's explained that the outfits serve as a neural interface between the user and the suit.
* The heroines of ''[[Dirty Pair]]''.
* ''[[Claymore]]'' outfits are this plus light armor, even the new ones after the time skip don't stray far from the original concept.
* The combat gear used by Section 9 from ''[[Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)
* Nena Trinity's season one outfit in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]''. Not to forget her brother Johann, who wears a midriff-baring top and short shorts.
** Also Tieria's in some shots.
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* And in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Numbers']] skintight jumpsuits, in a blatant [[Shout-Out]] to ''Evangelion''.
* Ryoko's skintight battlesuit from ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]''
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ]]''{{'}}s Puru Two, although not too noticeable since [[Token
* In ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' Season 4, the new [[Digital Avatar]]s of the heroes—boys and girls alike—have a serious Future Spandex look. Being virtual costumes, they don't have to be realistic... but still, they're supposedly designed by Jérémie, a 13-year-old [[Teen Genius]] (except for William up there, who got his custom-made by ''XANA''). You have to wonder what was going through their minds... (though on the other hand, maybe that makes it a [[Justified Trope]]).
* Subverted in a ''[[Futurama]]'' episode in which the robot Bender steals lots of stuff from a public swimming pool in an attempt to gain notoriety; he also stole a banana hammock of sorts, which he wears.▼
{{quote|'''Amy Wong:''' "They don't leave much to the imagination."▼
'''Hermes:''' "Actually, on a robot they sort of do." }}▼
* In [[Kim Possible]], where time-travelling shenanigans result in Kim and Ron having to save the world from {{spoiler|Shego}} who has become a dictator, everybody not in [[La Résistance]] is forced to wear skintight suits in her signature colour.▼
== Comic Books ==
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* Samus Aran's Zero Suit from ''[[Metroid]]''. Similar to Tony Stark's outfit, it's to interface with her [[Powered Armour|Power Suit]].
* ''[[F-Zero]]'' plays with this a bit. While a large percentage of the cast is decked out in skin-tight spandex and latex, more than a handful of characters are instead shown wearing sleek armor ([[Underwear of Power|if not both]]). Others, in fact, [[No New Fashions in the Future|sport attire not too different]] [[Fashions Never Change|from present day fashion trends]].
== Web Original ==
* ''Fake Science'' offers four hypotheses for "[https://fakescience.substack.com/p/why-people-in-the-future-might-wear Why people in the future might wear unitards]".
▲== Western Animation ==
▲* Played straight in ''[[Totally Spies!]]''.
▲* Subverted in a ''[[Futurama]]'' episode in which the robot Bender steals lots of stuff from a public swimming pool in an attempt to gain notoriety; he also stole a banana hammock of sorts, which he wears.
▲{{quote|'''Amy Wong:''' "They don't leave much to the imagination."
▲'''Hermes:''' "Actually, on a robot they sort of do." }}
▲* In ''[[Kim Possible]]'', where time-travelling shenanigans result in Kim and Ron having to save the world from
== [[Real Life]] ==
* In [[Real Life]], form-fitting material is used in a wide range of applications. Extreme sports, the space program, the military and many other activities and organizations require form-fitting outfits for optimum performance.
** [[wikipedia:Jeggings|"Jeggings"]], a portmanteu of "jeans" and "leggings" have become a popular fashion choice of the late
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