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{{trope}}
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{{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 (Film)|Tron]]''}}▼
▲{{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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This is a sort of [[Truth in Television]]: Spandex, Lycra and similar stretchable, form-fitting clothing material are a pretty recent innovation when compared to other fabrics, and its many distinctive properties (sheer fit, aero- or hydrodynamics, light weight, body support) have made it a favorite as a technological solution to solve problems that can be caused by less form-fitting clothes in a variety of physical activities.
While there's often overlap, this is not the same as [[
[[Latex Space Suit]] and [[Spy Catsuit]] are both SubTropes. A [[Sister Trope]] to (and often overlaps with) [[Space Clothes]] and [[Superheroes Wear Tights]]. See also [[Spandex, Latex, or Leather]]. Compare [[Crystal Spires and Togas]].
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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 ''[[
* ''[[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
* 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.
* Sango from ''[[Inuyasha]]'': her fighting outfit include this under her body armor.
* ''[[G Gundam]] '': All of the pilots wear skin-tight body suits as part of the interface for their [[Humongous Mecha|mobile suits]]. The substance is sort of like spandex, but they actually have transformation sequences (not always shown) that make it look like plastic wrap. Nearly all of the pilots are male, but there is one point where [[Wrench Wench|Rain]] goes through the process.
* Female plugsuits from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. Remember, [[Clothes Make the Superman|Clothes Make]] '''[[Memetic Sex God|Teh Rei]]'''. Especially Asuka's TEST suit (80% of the torso is '''transparent''') from ''Rebuild 2.0''.
* And in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Numbers']] skintight jumpsuits, in a blatant [[Shout
* Ryoko's skintight battlesuit from ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]''
* ''[[
* In ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' Season 4, the new [[Digital Avatar
* 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."<br />▼
'''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 ==
* In more recent years, Tony Stark usually wears something along the lines of this under his regular civilian attire. [[Justified Trope]] in that it's meant to interface with his [[Iron Man]] [[Powered Armor|suit]].
** Part of his Extremis upgrade meant that this "inner suit" was kept within his bones and he could manifest it at any time. This inner suit is also present in his ''[[The Avengers:
* ''[[DC One Million]]'' has [[Superheroes Wear Tights|Superhero Spandex]] that is ''also'' Future
* Worn by [[Star Fox|Fara Phoenix]] in 1993's [[
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Flash Gordon (
* In the ''[[Judge Dredd (
* ''[[Star Trek: The
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* The ''[[
** ''[[Star Trek:
** ''[[Star Trek
* ''[[Buck Rogers in
* Zoe Heriot from ''[[
* The Disney Channel's [[Zenon]], a sci-fi movie set in 2049 AD, has many of its characters wearing spandex and other form-fitting materials.
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'': They embody this trope. In every season, beginning to end, the rangers always wear skintight spandex suits. These suits are so tight, in fact, some of the male ([[She's a Man In Japan|and female]], at least until Disney took the rights from Saban) rangers have bulges, and the female rangers wouldn't even need to wear a bra due to the tightness
** In ''[[Mirai Sentai Timeranger]],'' the Rangers' unmorphed uniforms are, perhaps because the aesthetics of a full ''thousand years'' in the future probably would be quite alien to us, are random-colors-on-gray skin-tight outfits, more [[Fan Service|Fanservicey]] than the Ranger suits (thinner material, perhaps?) The ''[[
* On ''[[
== Music ==
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== Tabletop Games ==
* A sadly-cut bit of ''[[GURPS]] IOU'' was the Department of Zen Aerobics. Classes consisted of sitting in a [[Lotus Position]], watching aerobics on TV. "It has no known practical applications, but the classes are ''very'' popular."
* In ''[[Warhammer
** In the more recent ''Dark Heresy'' series of ''[[Warhammer
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The sneaking suits in the ''[[Metal Gear]]'' series.
* Sam Fisher wears a similar (albeit completely black) sneaking suit in ''[[Splinter Cell]]'', at least until the later games when he wears more conventional clothing.
* Most of the truly [http://deadspace.wikia.com/wiki/Advanced_Suit advanced RIG suits] in ''[[
* Common in the ''[[
* Many of the uniforms and outfits in the ''[[Mass Effect]]'' series.
* 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
== 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.
▲'''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.
** [
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