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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 ==

** 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.}}

* [[The Hunger Games]] features outfits that catch on fire(deliberately).

* 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.

* 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 ==

* 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 ==

* [[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 ==

* ''[[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 ==

* [[Betty Boop]]'s most featured cut of clothing.

* [[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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