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== Film ==
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfic ''[[White Knight, Grey Queen]]'' by "Jeconais", Pansy Parkinson admits that she chose her outfit for the Yule Ball in year four specifically for its excessive tackiness, in a bid to keep Draco Malfoy at arm's length or farther.

== [[Film]] ==
* Some of the dresses in ''[[27 Dresses]]'' are considered this.
* Some of the dresses in ''[[27 Dresses]]'' are considered this.
* The costume department of 2011 movie ''[[Killing Bono]]'' clearly went to town in showcasing the absolute ''worst'' fashions of [[The Eighties]].
* The costume department of 2011 movie ''[[Killing Bono]]'' clearly went to town in showcasing the absolute ''worst'' fashions of [[The Eighties]].
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* ''[[My Big Fat Greek Wedding]]'' along with the wedding dress that inspired the page quote, has hideous bridesmaids dresses that her cousin Nikki picked out. While the rest of her family coos in awe, Toula's response is a horrified gasp.
* ''[[My Big Fat Greek Wedding]]'' along with the wedding dress that inspired the page quote, has hideous bridesmaids dresses that her cousin Nikki picked out. While the rest of her family coos in awe, Toula's response is a horrified gasp.


== Literature ==
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** Cheery Littlebottom embraces that she is a female, [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|against Dwarven traditions of looking gender neutral]]. In ''[[The Fifth Elephant]]'' she and other dwarves like her make some dresses to show off their newfound femininity, but their dresses look silly. Others are too polite to point it out.
** Cheery Littlebottom embraces that she is a female, [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|against Dwarven traditions of looking gender neutral]]. In ''[[The Fifth Elephant]]'' she and other dwarves like her make some dresses to show off their newfound femininity, but their dresses look silly. Others are too polite to point it out.
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* In [[Alexandre Dumas]]'s novel ''[[Les Quarante Cinq|The Forty Five Guardsmen]]'' we are informed that they have no uniform and, since they are just arrived to Paris, they are provided with money to buy new clothes, the results were a motley assortment of styles and decorations, "generally in bad taste"
* In [[Alexandre Dumas]]'s novel ''[[Les Quarante Cinq|The Forty Five Guardsmen]]'' we are informed that they have no uniform and, since they are just arrived to Paris, they are provided with money to buy new clothes, the results were a motley assortment of styles and decorations, "generally in bad taste"


== Live-Action TV ==
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* Mimi on ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'' regularly dressed in outlandish clothes and overdone makeup, which of course got a number of jokes from Drew and his friends (although Mimi would have her own jokes to snap back with).
* Mimi on ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'' regularly dressed in outlandish clothes and overdone makeup, which of course got a number of jokes from Drew and his friends (although Mimi would have her own jokes to snap back with).
* ''[[Friends]]'' did an episode that touched on these bridesmaid dresses. Rachel said she looked like something you drink when you're nauseous, and Chandler called her "Princess Bubble Yum."
* ''[[Friends]]'' did an episode that touched on these bridesmaid dresses. Rachel said she looked like something you drink when you're nauseous, and Chandler called her "Princess Bubble Yum."
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{{quote|'''Robin''': Where you can dress like a pimp, and no one will care! Where you can wear clothes that would [[Refuge in Audacity|make a blind gay man go, "Oh, dear Christ! That is loud! This isn't Carnivale; what the fuck are you people on?!"]]}}
{{quote|'''Robin''': Where you can dress like a pimp, and no one will care! Where you can wear clothes that would [[Refuge in Audacity|make a blind gay man go, "Oh, dear Christ! That is loud! This isn't Carnivale; what the fuck are you people on?!"]]}}


== Video Games ==
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Brayko's clothing in ''[[Alpha Protocol]]''. Thorton will repeatedly mock him about this depending on your conversation choices. ''This gets Brayko to like you''.
* Brayko's clothing in ''[[Alpha Protocol]]''. Thorton will repeatedly mock him about this depending on your conversation choices. ''This gets Brayko to like you''.
* [[Big Bad Wannabe|Benny's]] checkered suit in ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''. Once the Courier kills him, several NPCs will comment on how tacky the suit was.
* [[Big Bad Wannabe|Benny's]] checkered suit in ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''. Once the Courier kills him, several NPCs will comment on how tacky the suit was.


== Web Comics ==
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Inverted in [http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0057.html this comic] of ''[[Our Little Adventure]]''. When Julie goes to her appointment with the Everwood council, she passes a small group of nobility. Each of those nobles has an outfit more ridiculous than the last, though Julie thinks they're "stately and beautiful."
* Inverted in [http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0057.html this comic] of ''[[Our Little Adventure]]''. When Julie goes to her appointment with the Everwood council, she passes a small group of nobility. Each of those nobles has an outfit more ridiculous than the last, though Julie thinks they're "stately and beautiful."
* Jake in ''[[Homestuck]]'' has [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006083 an array of wearable computers] that make him look like an [[Up to Eleven|even more pimped out]] version of the already impossibly tacky series [[Big Bad]] Lord English. Oh, and that skull thing to his left? That's a helmet computer that [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006088 he could've also been wearing].
* Jake in ''[[Homestuck]]'' has [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006083 an array of wearable computers] that make him look like an [[Up to Eleven|even more pimped out]] version of the already impossibly tacky series [[Big Bad]] Lord English. Oh, and that skull thing to his left? That's a helmet computer that [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006088 he could've also been wearing].
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* ''[[Mike: Bookseller]]'' has Jason's incredibly loud [http://www.krrobar.com/mikebookseller/comics/292.html Hawaiian shirts].
* ''[[Mike: Bookseller]]'' has Jason's incredibly loud [http://www.krrobar.com/mikebookseller/comics/292.html Hawaiian shirts].


== Web Original ==
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Jericho of the [[Whateley Universe]] wears clothes so horrifically glaring and mismatched that people tend not to notice that he's hanging with one mutant who's mostly velociraptor and one mutant who's mostly anaconda.
* Jericho of the [[Whateley Universe]] wears clothes so horrifically glaring and mismatched that people tend not to notice that he's hanging with one mutant who's mostly velociraptor and one mutant who's mostly anaconda.
* In a [[Doug Walker]] video, "Reverend Nutjob", he asked God to heal one guy's fashion sense (he was wearing a light yellow suit).
* In a [[Doug Walker]] video, "Reverend Nutjob", he asked God to heal one guy's fashion sense (he was wearing a light yellow suit).
* In the ''[[Regular Show]]'' [[Christmas Special]] Santa tells Benson {{quote|you should have tossed [your christmas sweater] into the lava pit.}}
* In the ''[[Regular Show]]'' [[Christmas Special]] Santa tells Benson {{quote|you should have tossed [your christmas sweater] into the lava pit.}}


== Western Animation ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* One of the outfits ''[[Kim Possible]]'' tries after her regular mission duds are ruined is a mecha-style suit built by the Tweebs. The sight of it reduces [[Mad Scientist|Drakken]] and [[The Dragon|Shego]] to fits of hysterical laughter.
* One of the outfits ''[[Kim Possible]]'' tries after her regular mission duds are ruined is a mecha-style suit built by the Tweebs. The sight of it reduces [[Mad Scientist|Drakken]] and [[The Dragon|Shego]] to fits of hysterical laughter.
* The ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "Suited for Success" had Rarity, the local fashion designer, make dresses for her friends. Her first dresses were fine but her friends couldn't see it, and gave her strict directions for a second go. She finishes up the garish designs just in time for a fashion show for a world-famous designer.
* The ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "Suited for Success" had Rarity, the local fashion designer, make dresses for her friends. Her first dresses were fine but her friends couldn't see it, and gave her strict directions for a second go. She finishes up the garish designs just in time for a fashion show for a world-famous designer.