Going Commando: Difference between revisions

''Much about my underwear

''Still nonetheless I gotta say:

 

Simply put, a character isn't wearing underwear for some reason. According to [[The Other Wiki]], "[[wikipedia:Going commando|'Going commando' is reputed to have begun with commando and other special forces military units, in which some soldiers stopped wearing underwear to prevent chafing.]]"

 

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== Advertising ==

 

* Mello in ''[[Death Note]]'' has slits down to... well, you know in some official artwork

* In ''[[Sora no Otoshimono]]'', anime and manga, Sohara goes around like that for a whole episode/chapter. Against her will. She's also unable to wear any underwear... anything whatsoever in fact... and if she tries it flies away. Literally. That's just the kind of show it is. Never give magic powers to a perverted protagonist.

* Early in ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', [[Wild Child|Goku]] once removed Bulma's panties while she was sleeping (and freaked out because she had no balls like his grandpa) and she remained unaware of it. When [[Dirty Old Man|Muten Roshi]] asked to see her panties in exchange for his Dragon Ball, she lifted her skirt in front of him. It was only after she and Goku returned to their capsule house that she realized she had been going commando since the previous night, and it only got worse for her when she realized what Roshi really saw. She let Goku have it upon finding out that it was he who took them off.

* Maria from ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'' does this constantly. [[Does Not Like Shoes|Doesn't wear shoes or socks either]]. Though in her case it's more from innocence than sexuality.

** In one episode, all the girls are wearing Kimonos and Maria is squirming uncomfortably. Someone asks why. She says that "she's been forced into wearing some". People assume she means underwear, but no, she's referring to socks.

*** Plus there was one time Kuroko [[Power Perversion Potential|teleported off Mikoto's undergarments]].

* One episode of ''[[Grenadier]]'' had Rushuna get her panties shot off. The poor girl ended up running around the battlefield with her hand on her crotch while wailing [[Big No|"NOOOOO!!!"]] (Bad enough she ran out of ammo before it happened.)

* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Franky's speedo was stolen by the crew in order to make him join. It didn't work...that is, until Robin [[Groin Attack|stepped in]]. [[Fan Disservice|Eeeeeeeew.]]

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'': Jack Rakan can [[Panty Thief|steal the panties]] of all of [[Big Bad|Fate]]'s minions except the dragon girl Tamaki. Guess why?

* In ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]: Tokyo 2040'', the Knights Saber are at first commando in their plug suits. Later, they don't even get plugsuits and are naked under their upgraded power armor (which is now transparent in places). Lampshaded by Sylia when she tells Mackie that "he's in the girls's changing room" when they're discussing it, and a totally flustered Mackie runs away all red-faced.

* ''[[Great Teacher Onizuka]]'': At one point, Fuyutsuki's panties are stolen by three students, who then spread the word that she isn't wearing underwear.

* Mamiko Kuri from ''[[Narutaru]]'' never wears panties. [[Innocent Fanservice Girl|She's also not a big fan of clothes in general.]]

** While [[Alpha Bitch|Aki Honda]] ''does'' wear panties normally (as far as we know), [[Fan Disservice|one of the worst manga scenes]] [[Complete Monster|in regards to her]] has her panty-less (only in a skimpy and short white top and black stockings) while lovingly straddling an older boy. [[Brother-Sister Incest|Who is her older brother Yasuhito]]. {{spoiler|And then, they get ''gruesomely'' killed off. [[Karmic Death|SPECIALLY Aki]].}} In the anime this was [[bowdlerize]]d: she was wearing a knee-length pink nightgown and a pair of brown tights.

* In ''[[Hekikai no AiON]]'', Seine spends half the 5th chapter without panties [[Justified Trope|because those were her only pair and got ruined]]. She also seen to use no bra.

* Chii in ''[[Chobits]]'' is naked when she's first picked up by Hideki. He gives her his own clothing immediately and is given 'hand me downs' from Miss Hibeya but she's definitely lacking underwear. Buying her some is the plot of an entire episode. The fact that she has no clue what a bra is is brought up later. In the manga when she gives Yumi her work uniform she's noticeably topless. This was [[Bowdlerise]]d in the anime to where she's finally wearing a bra.

 

== Comics ==

** The bookends of every edition lampshade this by pointing out the "skintight" outfit does not show cameltoe, and some flashbacks show Emp's pantylines as a means to illustrate how long ago the scene occurred.

** Her friend [[Highly-Visible Ninja|Ninjette]] does not appear to bother with (or have room for) panties beneath her [[Stripperiffic|bootyshorts]] either. She does not wear bras for that matter, but the latter is justified by her not having anything to put in them.

* In one of the early issues of ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The New Avengers]]'', the team is captured and they are all stripped of the costumes. [[Spider-Man]] lets out that he doesn't wear underwear because it chafes him.

* In one ''[[Justice League of America]]'' story, after Black Canary defeats Giganta, she goes, "If you insist on wearing a skirt into battle, put on some underpants, or at least learn to sit like a lady."

* In a ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' doujinshii, Japan dolls up England in a yukata for a "date" with America. America soon lampshades the trope as they walk off together, and then one thing leads to another...

* In [http://musings-of-apathy.fanficauthors.net/Harry_Potter_and_the_Cracked_Reservoir/index/ Harry Potter and the Cracked Reservoir], after Harry starts dating Ginny, each of her brothers plays a prank on him as part of initiation into the family. One of the pranks was enchanting [[Groin Attack|all of his underwear to freeze]] whenever he thought of his girlfriend. Harry uses the obvious solution, with only Ginny actually told how come he can stand it when she sits in his lap.

 

* Cale in ''[[Titan A.E.]]'': after briefly appearing naked, he puts on pants but not underwear.

* Happens to Fievel twice in ''[[An American Tail]]'', who for some reason actually does not wear underwear despite wearing clothing like all the other mice in the film. However, he does appear naked occasionally.

* Esmeralda from ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' actually did not wear a white dress underneath her red one during her dance at the Feast of Fools (just right before kissing Frollo, she lift up her leg; she's seen from behind when she does so), but she does under her purple one (the dress she normally wears). However, at the end of the film, she's left with nothing but the white dress since those two aforementioned dresses were implied to have been destroyed by Frollo prior to her supposed execution so that she can be executed properly.

* At the very beginning of the song "Honor To Us All" from ''[[Mulan]]'', if you look very closely when Mulan is forced to take her green dress of and is pushed into a washtub (although in silhouette because she is stripped behind a canvas due to ''Mulan'' being a kids' movie), you can easily tell that she isn't wearing anything underneath.

* The [[Everybody Remembers the Stripper|(in)famous scene]] from ''[[Basic Instinct]]''.

* The [[Alpha Bitch]] of ''[[Its a Boy Girl Thing|It's a BoyGirl Thing]]''. Also Woody in Nell's body... because he can't figure out how to put on a bra.

* [[Madonna]] (Gloria Tatlock) in 1986's ''[[Shanghai Surprise]]''. During the scenes in which she and Sean Penn (Glendon Wasey) are riding on separate rickshaws and next to each other and as she reaches towards him, a gust of wind blows her blue skirt back and she's spread eagle, wearing nothing underneath.

* In the erotic thriller, ''Desire'' (1993), one of the characters can smell that the main character isn’t wearing underwear.

 

== Literature ==

* [[Flight (novel)|"Okay, I now know Indian boys didn't wear anything under their loincloths."]]

* In ''Succubus Night'', the protagonist [[Georgina Kincaid]], a [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|shapeshifting]] [[Horny Devil|Succubus]], teases her human boyfriend Seth Mortensen by implying she is going commando. Seth can't help but asking several times in the afternoon if it's true. Eventually, Georgina reveals she is wearing panties... only to immediately make them disappear thanks to her shapeshifting and tell him she doesn't wear them anymore.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* "Shitagi Nashi ...", the title of the first-season finale of ''[[Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23|Don't Trust the B---- In Apartment 23]]'', is the Japanese title of an in-universe comic book series "Tall Slut No Panties" based in Chloe's exploits.

* Non-fiction example: in the documentary series ''Harlots, Housewives and Heroines'' about women in the 17th century, presenter Dr Lucy Worsley talks about the replica dress she's wearing, raising three layers of fabric to reveal the top of stockings that end just above the knee, then mentions that knickers haven't been invented yet and gives an [[Aside Glance]] to camera with a particularly cheeky "oh ''yes''" expression.

 

== Music ==

** [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Well, parents can chafe sometimes...]]

 

 

* The song "I'm Not Wearing Any Underwear Today" from ''[[Avenue Q]]''.

 

== Video Games ==

** [[Ridiculously Human Robot|Aigis]] tecnically is ''always'' going commando.

** Note that this is because the girls are all wearing kimonos at the festival and there's a sort of urban legend that women who wear kimonos don't wear underwear.

* Male example: A common joke about two [[Nintendo]] heroes, whereas [[The Legend of Zelda|Link]] and [[Fire Emblem Akaneia|Marth]] are claimed to be [[Badass]]es because they enter the battlefield ''without their pants on''. The images in the earlier games did make them look that way...

* Ever wonder what [[Pokémon|a Gardevoir or a Gothitelle's]] (two feminine-looking Pokémon that both wear "dresses") crotch looks like?

** ... Worth noting: both of those breeds have a 50% chance of [[Wholesome Crossdresser|being male]].

* In ''[[Leisure Suit Larry]] III'', several puzzles in [[And Now for Someone Completely Different|Patti]]'s section of the game require removing articles of her clothing. Her panties are the first to go.

 

== Web Comics ==

** This becomes an issue a few strips later when she falls down.

** As of February 2012, [http://www.misfile.com/index.php?page=1978 this is still an issue].

* [[Manly Guys Doing Manly Things|Commander Badass]], who's a [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/345 commando] if there ever was one.

* In ''[[Platinum Grit]]'', Kate inadvertently discovers that Jeremy is a "traditionalist" when it comes to his [[Man in a Kilt|kilt.]]

* Julia, in ''[[Think Before You Think]]'', in [http://thinkbeforeyouthink.net/?comic=20100923-a-tight-squeeze this] awkward episode.

 

== Web Original ==

'''Para:''' Is that true brother, or are you just rhyming?

'''Dox:''' I didn't want to throw off our timing. ''[[[Beat]].]'' But it is true. }}

 

== Western Animation ==

* In ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming", Bart is "going commando" when he and Lisa get trapped in the airforce base.

{{quote|'''Bart:''' Ahhh! Free and easy, Lis'! There's nothing like an unfurnished basement for pure comfort.}}

* In ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'':

{{quote|'''Ed:''' ''(matter-of-fact)'' I forgot to wear underwear, guys!

* In one episode of ''[[Quack Pack]]'' ("Koi Story"), Daisy is revealed not to be wearing any unmentionables under her mini skirt, when an earthquake causes her to bounce and lose balance before getting into spread eagle position in front of the viewers. When Gil presses a button on a remote that causes a large, rocky wall to split and reveal a giant fishbowl.

* Chicago, from ''[[Producing Parker]]'', often goes commando.

 

== Real Life ==

* [[Truth in Television]], of course.

* It's sometimes necessary for soldiers, because not having the chance to dry off downstairs can give you the mother of all jock itch.

* [[Britney Spears]] was caught more than once going like this by the press.

* Underwear didn't become common in most of Europe until after the Black Plague.

* Some women do this while wearing pants to avoid VPL (Visible Panty Line).

* [[Jeff Foxworthy]] did a stand up routine about this trope and gender roles. When a woman mentions that she's not wearing underwear, it's a turn on for men. When a man mentions not wearing underwear, the reaction from women [[Double Standard|is quite different.]]

 

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