Future Spandex: Difference between revisions

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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]]''}}~~

{{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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== Anime and Manga ==

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== Animation ==

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* 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.

** Played with in [[Code Geass]]. The Black Knight pilots get to wear some form-fitting spandex-like suits, but many Britannians wear their [[Bling of War|dress uniforms]] when inside Knightmare Frames.

* Played with in ''[[Code Geass]]''. The Black Knight pilots get to wear some form-fitting spandex-like suits, but many Britannians wear their [[Bling of War|dress uniforms]] when inside Knightmare Frames.

* ''[[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)||Ghost in The Shell]]'' is this plus tactical vests. Especially noticeable on The Major.

* The combat gear used by Section 9 from ''[[Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)|Ghost in The Shell]]'' is this plus tactical vests. Especially noticeable on The Major.

* 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 Mini-Moe|she doesn't]] [[Pettanko|have a figure]] to begin with. If she did, it would likely be similar to a Plugsuit.

* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ]]''{{'}}s Puru Two, although not too noticeable since [[Token Mini-Moe|she doesn't]] [[Pettanko|have a figure]] to begin with. If she did, it would likely be similar to a Plugsuit.

* 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]]).

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* 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.

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{{quote|'''Amy Wong:''' "They don't leave much to the imagination."

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'''Hermes:''' "Actually, on a robot they sort of do." }}

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* 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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== Web Original ==

* ''Fake Science'' offers four hypotheses for "[//fakescience.substack.com/p/why-people-in-the-future-might-wear Why people in the future might wear unitards]".

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== Western Animation ==

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* Played straight in ''[[Totally Spies!]]''.

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* 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.

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{{quote|'''Amy Wong:''' "They don't leave much to the imagination."

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'''Hermes:''' "Actually, on a robot they sort of do." }}

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* 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.

== [[Real Life]] ==