Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Difference between revisions

* Swedish children's comic [[Bamse]] has an interesting case of this, as the older the character's design is the more "nude" they tend to be. Most characters wear some form of clothing, but the amount varies from a simply bow-tie to full clothes. One exception, Wolf, remains completely naked but that's probably due to the [[Grandfather Clause]]. Skalman walks around naked half the time too, since his only article of clothing is a hat, and he generally only wears it outdoors.

** Lampshaded in one comic between a Sultan and Lille Skutt, after Lille Skutt is accused of being a spy.

'''Lille Skutt:''' Except for my bowtie of course. }}

* ''[[Ink Pen]]'' plays with this slightly with its various [[Animated Actors|Animated Animal Actors]] Hamhock and Bixby are completely buff while Ralston Rabbit only wears a bowtie and white gloves and is considered indecent without them. Fritz on the other hand is so uptight that he wears a white shirt and tie with black pants every single day. This was a problem when he worked as a stunt double for other cartoon dogs like Marmaduke or [[Scooby Doo]] were he would wear a furry dog suit because he refused to do "nude scenes".

** This was sometimes done with the robots as well. In one episode, Crow becomes a stripper, dances around in a little gold bikini, and then proceeds to remove it. Mike is completely disgusted, but Servo points out how illogical this reaction is considering that Crow generally wears nothing at all.

* Lampshaded by Oz in the [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] episode ''What's My Line'':

** That entire conversation was improvised.

** [[The Elder Scrolls]] : Oblivion has a find-it-if-you're-lucky [[Shout-Out]] to this, via the randomly generated, +25 Agility 'Monkey Pants'. The merchant even tells you you'll look dignified.

== Web Animation ==

* [[Homestar Runner]] does not seem to wear any pants, but he does wear a shirt, shoes ([[Long Pants|that look exactly like his feet, but with blue soles stuck to them]])<ref> A certain shot in ''In Search of the Yello Dello''.</ref> and a propellor cap (he calls it his "buzzer"). Also, Marzipan's ancestor, Old-Timey Marzipan, seems to wear a skirt... but it's actually her ''body''. Strong Bad lampshaded this on one occasion.

** In [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail127.html one Strong Bad E-Mail], Homestar claims that he always wears long white pants. Strong Bad also lampshades the apparent "soles stuck to the bottom of his feet".

*** Whenever Homestar is shown shirtless, his entire torso is censored via [[Pixellation]]. (Except for one bit of fan fiction drawn by Strong Bad, where Homestar is just wearing a fig leaf.)

** This is something of an odd example--it regularly draws comment, suggesting that Ozy and Avery is ''expected'' to wear pants, yet nobody ever treats it as if his exceptional nudity is a ''problem.'' Other characters his age also go around without a full complement of clothing with no comment. As is usually the case with this trope, calling attention to the fact is mostly based on the [[Rule of Funny]].

* Max and Cecil from ''[[Loserz]]'' usually go naked, but for a water fight, they wear trunks. This is lampshaded in [http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/75 this strip]:

* There were advertisements for ''[[Ctrl+Alt+Del]]'' shirts with Zeke, resident robot, exclaiming that "Wearing a shirt only draws attention to my complete lack of pants!"

* The Fartmutant from Powerjeff, while not an animal, follows this trope. The shirt seems arbitrary seeing as how he spent the first few issues completely naked (but still PG) [http://www.drunkduck.com/Powerjeff/\]

* Horatio Porque from ''Frog Raccoon Strawberry'' never wears pants, and when Strawberry puts on any kind of clothing, it is usually over her frog costume.

* Like real lizards, the [[Lizard Folk]] in ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' have everything sheathed internally and thus don't require clothes.

* Female dragons from [http://www.drunkduck.com/Dragon_City Dragon City] have all their naughty bits under their tails, so they normally run around naked, but when Erin joined the Dragoness Scouts, she and the other dragonesses had to wear green vests...and only green vests. Erin makes a comment that wearing the vest makes her feel naked.

** Male dragons only wear shorts most of the time.

* In ''[[The Backyardigans]]'', Pablo's regular garb consists of nothing but a blue and yellow propeller beanie and a blue bowtie. Tyrone wears an orange and blue striped sweater with no pants, yet is ''still'' often seen with his hands in his pockets [[Fridge Logic|for some weird reason]]. The other three members of the cast (no other characters are ever seen, heard or even mentioned) are pretty well covered with Tasha being the only one of the children who wears shoes.

* ''[[Bee Movie]]'' lampshades this trope.

'''Barry:''' Calvin Klein, and I'm not wearing pants. }}

** Not only are the male bees pantsless, but the female bees are that way as well. Apparently they don't make pants with sting holes.

** Also, Shnitzel tends to wear nothing but an apron and underpants a good percent of the time.

* Lampshaded on the "Once Upon a Tyne in NYC" episode of ''[[The Cleveland Show]]'' as Cleveland rescues Tim the Bear from a gay bar.

'''Cleveland:''' Cartoon bears NEVER wear pants! }}

** In "You're the Best Man, Cleveland Brown," everyone goes to a strip club and Tim just finds the most out-of-the-way corner to get drunk...because a strip club is a bad place to be when you don't wear pants.

* Heavily played with in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', where clothing of ''any'' sort is a formal item for ponies, and as such runs the gamut from minimal to deeply covering. In Canterlot in particular, it seems that almost everyone wears some clothing, which makes sense since it seems to be populated by upper-crust folk.

** Lampshaded in "The Best Night Ever" when the ponies are getting ready for the Grand Galloping Gala:

'''Rarity:''' ''(groans, opens the door)'' Sorry, Spike. Some of us ''do'' have standards. }}

** Not to mention in "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000", when Rainbow Dash yanks the covers off Fluttershy, and Fluttershy immediately covers her non-existent breasts with her front hooves while blushing furiously.