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** It's not so bad, really. At most, they look like a really petite women with a slight anorexia -- [[Author Appeal|the author likes his girls small and skinny]]. But that look is considered uber-hot in their universe, hence the head-to-toe coverage—Joker society is [[Fantastic Racism|incredibly racist towards Fatimas]], and many fear that they would [[Values Dissonance|seduce men with their unearthly beauty]]. Apparently, not without evidence.
** Mamoru Nagano is so fond of this trope that even in his other works he tends to lapse into it. Just look at his entry on the [[Bling of War]] page...
* ''[[
* The titular ''[[Hell Girl]]'', Enma Ai, takes the cake with a simple, traditional kimono... except the fabric is ''animated''. And it glows.
* Lelouch's ridiculously awesome Zero outfit in ''[[Code Geass]]'', with that [[Badass Cape|cape]] which practically qualifies as a [[Large Ham]] all by itself.
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** Lampshaded in ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', when Bruce specifically asks Lucius Fox to build him a Batsuit that allows him to turn his head. ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' was the first movie to include a cowl that allowed full range of head movements.
** Batman's [[Rogues Gallery]] are generally kitted out in Impossibly Cool Clothes. If Batman really wants to track down all those supervillains, why doesn't he just start investigating Gotham City's tailors to see who's making all those question-mark leotards and three-piece purple suits?
** Everyone knows it's [https://web.archive.org/web/20101105201702/http://catverse.wikispaces.com/Kittlemeier?f=print Kittlemeir's], as noted under [[Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?]].
** Costuming for movies such as ''[[Batman (film)|Batman]]'', where the bat-suit is often depicted as three or four easily donned pieces, while it is much harder to put on in real life. The recent continuity reboot ''[[Batman Begins]]'' had the bat-suit made out of three basic parts, but the sequel's contains ''one hundred and ten [https://web.archive.org/web/20141126003952/http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_14928.html separate pieces]''. Even with Alfred's help, Bruce Wayne would take longer to get in the suit than he'd spend fighting crime ''in it''.
** According to [[Word of God]], in ''[[Batman Returns]]'' Catwoman/Selina Kyle's costume had to be sewn onto Michelle Pfeiffer. For several scenes in which she performs backflips and cartwheels she has a costume without the six-inch [[Combat Stilettos]], and the heels can be seen disappearing and reappearing. Also, all the squeaking had to be edited out.
* A few of the dresses worn by Madonna's character in the film ''[[Dick Tracy (film)|Dick Tracy]]'' are fairly sketchy.
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* ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'' went to great lengths to make the costumes almost never fold or crease to appear like a CGI texture brought to the real world.
* ''[[Star Trek]]'': The awesome Starfleet [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080508061702/memoryalpha/en/images/b/b9/James_T._Kirk_and_crew_face_Federation_Council.jpg uniforms] used from ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|The Wrath of Khan]]'' onwards. A massive upgrade compared to the [[WTH Costuming Department|ghastly]] [[Space Clothes|Starfleet pajamas]] in ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]''.
== Literature ==
* Lampshaded in ''[[
** And subverted with the Assassins. They wear black because it looks cool. Vetinari wears grey because it doesn't show up in the dark, always useful when you're sneaking up to someone to kill them.
{{quote|He'd rather not be cool than be cold.}}
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* [[The Hunger Games]] features outfits that catch on fire(deliberately).
▲== Live Action TV ==
* The live-action version of ''[[The Flash]]'' had to resort to (movie) ''[[Batman]]''-style sculpted rubber, which didn't look nearly as good as it did on Burton's Batman. It was explained as being originally designed as a Soviet space-suit. The justification for using it was that normal clothes just ripped right off his body when he ran at top speed.
* In the original ''[[Superman]]'' series, Superman's costume was, as a ''[[Seinfeld]]'' parody put it, "impervious to stain." It was never damaged, no matter how much of a beating he took. There have been a variety of pieces of [[Scotch Tape]] applied to this.
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* Speaking of Canadians, how about the Red Serge that constable Benton Fraser wears in ''[[Due South]]''?
{{quote|"What, were you Scotchguarded at birth?!" -Ray}}
== Music ==
* The [[Vocaloid]] series has this, most notably the Append designs. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120704112829/http://images.wikia.com/vocaloid/images/4/47/Illu_Vocaloid_Kagamine_RinLen_Append.png Case in point]. '''Speaker shoes.'''
* Suzi Quatro once had to be sewn into her leather outfit for a top of the pops show
== Tabletop Games ==
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*** Norma's full outfit looks like it would take some effort to put on [http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/2570/532123-character_norma_large.jpg\]{{Dead link}}. In addition, there are Moses's pants [http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/2570/532182-character_moses_large.jpg\]{{Dead link}}. Good lord, his pants.
* At least somewhat averted in ''[[Star Craft 2]]'' - Space Marine suits are constructed around the marine. They also consciously break away from just scaling up everything around the marine to achieve bigger body height: A marine's hands are actually in the forearms of his armour and move the suit's hands by feedback. They still seem to work pretty fine with regards to manual dexterity as experienced users like Tychus can for example hold a cigar for smoking without either dropping or crushing it.
** An interesting analysis [https://web.archive.org/web/20110901000544/http://sclegacy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4607&page=2 here]. tl;dr: Torso too narrow, arms too long, thighs too small, hips too wide. But it's not as bad as most fiction mech suits, like the one in the article picture above for instance.
* ''[[Guilty Gear]].'' '''''[[Guilty Gear]].''''' Oh ''God.'' [[Cosplay]]ing characters from ''Guilty Gear'' requires either a lot of time and sewing skill, or [[Crack is Cheaper|a lot of money.]]
** Of course, since its made by the same people as Guilty Gear, [[BlazBlue]] is equally frustrating to do.
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* The Assassin robes in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', particularly the Master Assassin version. Not only does [[In the Hood|the hood]] remain permanently rigid (the next time an Assassin's hood is pulled off by accident will be the first time), but the bottom of the robes are usually long enough that they ''should'' be a hindrance in combat and whilst [[Le Parkour|free-running]]. Of course, this could all just be [[Framing Device|an abstraction of the Animus.]]
* In ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'' almost everybody who wears more than just trousers qualifies to this trope. Insanely elaborate robes and armour are commonplace for many warriors. Maybe justified by the fact that they are Demigods and Gods. Probably the most common feature is a large, artificial halo that hangs in the air behind their heads.
== Web Comics ==
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* [[Loserz]] one of the main characters has a [[Star Wars]] hat that changes its lettering when its on his head, but as soon as the hat is off it goes back to being a regular Star Wars hat.
* Foil's scarf from [http://indepos.comicgenesis.com Indefensible Positions] never has anything happen to it, until he gets his real one (it's complicated) when it disintegrates. His real one becomes impossibly cool as soon as he puts it on.
== Web Original ==
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* ''[[New York Magician]]'''s Michel sure likes his Burberry (later London Fog) coat, which is resistant to harm.
* Deliberately averted by [[Rooster Teeth]] when designing the outfits worn by the cast of ''[[RWBY]]''. Although the show is animated, all the costumes are designed with [[Cosplay|cosplayers]] in mind, which means ''nothing'' anyone wears in the show is impossible to reproduce in the real world; indeed, some elements -- like Weiss Schnee's boots in V1-3 -- are "off the rack" and can simply be purchased from an appropriate retailer.
== Western Animation ==
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* [[Betty Boop]]'s most featured cut of clothing.
== Other Media ==▼
▲== Other ==
* [[Older Than Print]]: [[wikipedia:International style (art)|The Gothic International style]] of late mediaeval art relies heavily on this trope.
* The company Abbyshot tries very hard to make these in [[Real Life]]. [http://www.abbyshot.com/products/ps-leather-stampede-duster.php They've had some impressive successes.]
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