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{{quote|''Don't be intimidated, Squidward! Try to imagine him in his underwear!...Oh no, '''[[Stupid Sexy Flanders|HE'S HOT!!]]'''''|'''Squidward''', ''[[
Bob, a shy and retiring man, needs to deliver a Big Speech to a Large Audience of Important People. [[Hilarity Ensues]] during rehearsals, until someone suggests that he imagine that the audience is ''au naturale''.
Basically a [[Stock Phrase]], "If you're nervous, imagine the audience naked." A common variation of this is "Imagine the audience in their underwear." This trope is usually [[Playing
This is definitely ''not'' [[Truth in Television]]; if this isn't a [[Discredited Trope]] yet, it should be. The notion that such a visualization can ease the nerves that come with public speaking is nonsense, as explained [http://www.examiner.com/presentation-and-communications-skills-in-los-angeles/visualize-your-audience-underwear in this editorial.] In fact, assuming a speaker is actually ''capable'' of vividly calling forth this image under the stressful circumstances of speech delivery, [http://blog.jvf.com/2009/01/24/public-speaking-myths-imagining-your-audience-in-their-underwear-makes-you-less-nervous/ this blog post] does a good job of explaining why [[Advice Backfire|it might backfire]], especially if you happen to be a young male student with attractive women in the audience. Most textbooks on the subject give advice that revolves around keeping the speaker focused on the actual content of the speech and successful delivery, not something that would be pointlessly distracting.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* The stand-up comic main character in Louis Sachar's ''Dogs Don't Tell Jokes'' uses this in one of his jokes.
* In ''[[Discworld
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'': Richard advises against this, he had a [[Squick]] when doing this with a audience of Bulgarians.
* In one episode of ''[[
* On ''[[Friends]]'', Phoebe is uncomfortable with singing to children. She suggests this strategy, but is cautioned against it, 'cause "that's sort of how the last guy was fired."
* Used hilariously in one episode of ''[[Big Wolf
{{quote| '''Tommy:''' All you got to do is picture yourself...naked.<br />
'''Lori:''' Tommy, you're supposed to picture the audience naked. }}
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{{quote| '''McBurney:''' Some advice? Try an old standard. Picture all those uniforms naked.<br />
'''Abby:''' Including you? }}
* An episode of ''[[
{{quote| '''Cordelia:''' I, I can't go out there. All those people staring at me and judging me like I'm some kind of... Buffy! What if I mess up?<br />
'''Giles:''' Cordelia, there, uh, there-there's, uh, uh, an adage, uh, that, uh, if you're feeling nervous then, uh, you should imagine the entire audience are in their underwear.<br />
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'''Cordelia:''' Yeah. }}
** Anya ends up [[Comically Missing the Point]] when she suggests that Buffy deal with anxiety on her first day of work by imagining herself naked.
* ''[[
** And in "Parting Gifts"
{{quote| '''Barney:''' “I’m sensing a little performance anxiety here. Little trick, picture everybody__”<br />
'''Cordelia:''' “In their underwear.”<br />
'''Barney:''' “I was going to say dead, but hey, if that underwear thing works for you...” }}
* Kyle tells this to Synclaire in an episode of ''[[
* In the fourth season of ''[[The Shield]],'' Glenn Close's character Captain Monica Rawling is nervous delivering a speech to the other police. Vic tells her that normally you're supposed to imagine the audience naked but "with this audience, I wouldn't recommend it."
* ''[[Glee]]'s'' Lauren Zizes wants to perform a number for the club in "Comeback", but is nervous. Puck tells her to imagine the audience in their underwear. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity, naturally, ensues.]] [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JQ2MjPgmCGo/TV0lhynzchI/AAAAAAAAEbw/2Jjb8-B8c8o/s1600/Glee-Cast-Underwear02.png Everything's fine], until the camera hits [http://images.buddytv.com/articles/20110216-glee0213b2.jpg Sue]. As a tip, don't drink anything while viewing this scene.
** [[Completely Missing the Point|Wait,]] why is Finn wearing a ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' shirt?
* ''[[Married...
* Thelma tries this in an episode of [[
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* In ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In the webcomic ''[[Nip and Tuck]]'', shy porcupine Zelda is uncomfortable with interviewing her childhood crush Nip. Charlotte says, [http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00752.html in jest], this trope. Then Nip swam across the pool. The last three strips show Zelda grinning and blushing more and more, but not without escaping the notice of Charlotte.
* In the webcomic ''[[Brat
* ''[[Notfunny Cartoons]]'' has a really, really weird subversion - a man comes to a job interview, only to find out that ''the interviewers are actually naked so he can't imagine they were'', just to spite him. (His comment? "Aww.") [http://nichtlustig.de/toondb/090225.html It has to be seen to be believed] (although it's only available in German right now).
* ''[[Two Kinds]]'' gives us [http://twokinds.net/?p=415 this].
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Simpsons (
** Used again in ''[[The Simpsons (
* Happens in an episode of ''[[The Replacements]]'' with the twist that one of the audience [Shelton] actually is sitting there in his underwear.
* ''[[
{{quote| '''Squidward:''' [[Ho Yay|Oh no, he's hot!]]}}
** In the episode "Oral Report", Sandy gives SpongeBob special goggles that let him see people in their underwear so he can get over his fear of speaking in public. Unfortunately, Patrick breaks them, which makes it seem as if the underwear come to life and heckle SpongeBob.
* At one point in ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' the turtle, Filbert, can't realize his dreams of becoming a lounge singer because of stage fright. He's given this advice. It doesen't work. ("It's just too disgusting!" "Euw, you're right...") Until he's asked to perform at a club hosting a nudists' convention...
* Sam does this on an episode of ''[[Rocket Power]]''. Nervous about asking some classmates for a favor, he says to himself "picture the audience in their underwear." Unfortunately, he does it backwards, picturing himself standing in front of them in his underwear. It works anyway, as he says to himself, "Close enough."
* When Stan on ''[[
{{quote| '''Ray:''' If you start to get nervous, imagine them naked. You start to get really nervous, ''make'' them get naked. Still nervous? ''You'' get naked; you can do whatever you want, you're killing these people!}}
* Apparently the oldest daughter in ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'' is so awkward and nervous when talking in public because she's always picturing everyone naked, at all times (Or she is just a pervert). Her brother advised her to imagine audience with clothes.
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