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{{quote|''"Holy crudscones! Why am I in women's clothing?!"''|'''Sokka''', ''[[Avatar: The Abridged Series|Avatar the Abridged Series]]''}}
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Some hapless character is swept off his/her feet by a [[Cosplay]] enthusiast (or a whole bunch of them) and ends up wearing a new costume or disguise. Even if the outfit is extremely elaborate, the change looks [[Changing Clothes Is a Free Action|almost instantaneous]] to the audience, sometimes shortly hidden by a [[Smoke Shield]] with the occasional [[Flung Clothing]].
In every case, the "victim" doesn't react at all to the new attire until '''after''' being fully
It is based on real-life situations where someone is usually shocked by how they look in a changing-room mirror. However, this trope does away with changing rooms and mirrors altogether.
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This trope is particularly common in [[Anime]] and [[Manga]], where it is used for comedy and [[Fan Service]].
A subtrope of [[Changing Clothes Is a Free Action]]. Compare [[Instant Costume Change]] and [[Flung Clothing]].
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== [[Anime]]
* This happens a few times in ''[[Ranma
** During the martial art skating match against the Golden Pair, Ranma-chan and Ryōga are swept away by the "Kolkhoz High Fashion Club" when the audience complains that Ranma's costume isn't sexy enough. They bring in portable booths as dressing rooms, but are quite fast to put Ryōga and Ranma into proper skating outfits.
** When Principal Kunō is teaching Akane how to swim, he promises a swimsuit which would allow her to "swim with the grace of a swan". She [[Imagine Spot|imagines]] a beautiful ballerina outfit and goes to put it on. Next panel, it's actually a full-body suit making her look like an ugly duck, and she [[Megaton Punch
** A similar "dressing themselves without realizing what they're wearing" variant occurs to female Ranma. When trying to help a [[Ill Girl|sickly young boy]] who won't take his medicine unless she takes him on a date, she accepts the clothes he hands to her just to play along. It's only after she's dressed that she realizes she's wearing a [[Sailor Fuku]] blouse and [[Fetish Fuel|gym bloomers]] (no skirt). She [[Megaton Punch|kicks him out the window]] and calls him a [[Lolicon]].
** The "martial art" variant happens later in the manga (Book #34). Happōsai is trying to force Ranma to wear a [[Playboy Bunny]] outfit, and after a [[Single-Stroke Battle]], he manages to put a [[Sailor Fuku]]... on the ''male'' Ranma. Just as he's about to meet his mother to prove he was ''manly''.
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** This gets used a lot. Another example is in volume 4, when the cheerleaders don disguises in order to interfere with what they think is a date between Negi and Konoka. Misa and Sakurako end up in [[Sailor Fuku]]; Madoka is annoyed to find herself the "odd one out" in a [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Chairman Mao suit]]. Lampshaded by the word "Transformation!" at the top of the panel, and by the price tags still dangling from the outfits. Extra points for Misa and Sakurako acquiring instant suntans into the bargain....
** [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v05/c042/9.html Konoka drags Setsuna into a costume shop]. She winds up in [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Samurai garb]] to complement Konoka's [[Ojou|princess outfit]]. [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v05/c042/10.html It's really very fetching.] Random people passing by thought they were a couple, leading to a [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v05/c042/11.html rather "nice" photo shoot].
** There's also the [[Maid Cafe]] bit at the beginning of the festival arc. Granted, most of the girls dressed themselves, but you can see Akira is completely baffled as to why she's suddenly a bunnygirl. Mana is also surprised to suddenly be a miko (although Mana ''is'' a
** Poor Ako gets knocked out and stuffed into a [[Playboy Bunny]] outfit and arranged into an interesting pose. Her friends snap the photo just as she regains consciousness, and "accidentally" email it off to Ako's crush, "Nagi", {{spoiler|who is really the ten-year-old Negi.}}
* ''[[Girls Bravo]]''
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** Hinagiku also gets a taste of Instant Cosplay Surprise on her birthday thanks to [[Those Two Guys|the student council trio]]. She then has to unexpectedly perform karaoke.
* Averted (and maybe even subverted) by ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', in that getting Mikuru into a costume usually involves an extended sequence of Haruhi wrestling her down and stripping her (more or less offscreen).
* ''[[Excel Saga (manga)|Excel Saga]]'' manga volume 16 has Excel ambushed in a flagrantly [[Les Yay|yuri-tastic]] manner and stuffed into a ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure|Pretty Cure]]'' outfit. Though it's mildly
* In the ''[[Lucky Star]]'' OVA, Konata (already cosplaying as [[Haruhi Suzumiya|Nagato's]] wizard costume from the [[Non-Indicative First Episode]]) changes Kagami into a [[Meido]], [[Miko]], [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3222/2894425402_b267df7680_o.png Rin Tohsaka], and [http://anime2.kokidokom.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/lucky-star-ova-8.jpg Hatsune Miku]{{Dead link}}. Can you resist the Grade S [[Zettai Ryouiki]]?!
* In ''[[Slayers]]'', at a point midway through the third season, immediately following a [[Wham! Episode]] where the party was scattered and unknown whether to be alive or dead. Lina wakes up wearing an [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] costume. After several moments of gathering her thoughts and trying to figure out where she is, she finally notices, leading to an even split of mortification and all-consuming rage. The remainder of the episode plays out as an homage to ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' (with [[Everything
* ''[[Iron Wok Jan]]'': Jan, Kiriko, and Celine find themselves stuffed into pig costumes after accepting an invitation to a television cooking show (part of an attempt by [[Straw Critic]] Ohtani to humiliate the three chefs on multiple levels).
* Happens a few times in ''[[Ai Kora]]''.
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** In chapter 77, Maeda convinces Yukari to dress up in a cross between a [[School Swimsuit]] and a [[Playboy Bunny]] outfit as part of a ploy to keep people from finding out [[Closet Geek|she's into video games]].
* In ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]'', after Kokoa is turned into a little girl, the other girls take her shopping for clothes that fit. She is shocked to find herself cosplaying Arale from ''[[Dr. Slump]]''.
* ''[[
* One chapter of ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi]]'' involves Tina and Taeko wanting to photograph Aoi in various costumes. They start with a [[Sailor Fuku]], then a nurse's uniform, [[Qipao]], [[Meido]] uniform, exercise clothes... "And to finish it off, of course -- a [[Playboy Bunny|Bunny Girl]]!!" Aoi, realizing they've managed to get her into the costume before she knew it, panics and hides behind Kaoru.
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
* [http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/1346854.html A certain, legendarily strange Superman/Batman team-up comic] has [[Superman]] pulling this on [[Batman]] and himself at the same time in
▲== Comic Books ==
▲* [http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/1346854.html A certain, legendarily strange Superman/Batman team-up comic] has [[Superman]] pulling this on [[Batman]] and himself at the same time in reverse -- out of their costumes and back to normal clothing... in the time it takes Lois Lane to look to one side. Away from them, ''towards them''. Surprisigly played with just a hint of realism -- the speed is more than Bruce Wayne can take, resulting in him feeling highly nauseous and throwing up mere seconds later.
* In ''[[Cable and Deadpool]]'', there's a great scene where [[Deadpool]] wakes up very surprised to be dressed in an [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] costume. [[Wolverine]] and Beast are standing nearby and note that they were betting as to whether Deadpool would hurl or think he was really on the team when he saw the costume.
{{quote|'''Deadpool:''' ''(slight smile)'' I hurled.}}
== [[Fan Works]] ==▼
▲== Fan Works ==
* In ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', Kyon gains a sentient PDA he names Skynet. One of its abilities is that it lets any authorized user change Kyon's clothing. Haruhi uses this to scan pictures from the Internet, and makes Kyon cosplay in Victorian suits, along with Yuki in her [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] dress.
* One of [[The Fair Folk|Jareth's]] [[Signature Move|signature moves]] in ''[[Roommates 2007]]'', for the
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* Happens to the title character in ''[[The John Larroquette Show]]'', who refuses to dress up for a charity collection... until [[Ms. Fanservice]] [[Favoritism Flip Flop|purrs like a kitten]]. [[Gilligan Cut|Cue next scene]] and audience laughter as John Larroquette is standing there dressed like a duck.
* In the ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' TV series, [[To the Batpole]] scenes have the dynamic duo in costume once they reach the batcave, no matter how they were dressed before (eventually revealed to be the result of the "Instant Costume Change Lever" on the wall.) In one episode, [[The Joker]] discovers the Batpoles and slides down one. He is shocked, at the bottom, to find himself dressed as Batman.
* In one episode of ''[[Family Ties]]'', Mallory gets a job as a model. During a show, her father meets her backstage. He gets mistaken for a male model, forcibly re-dressed, and pushed out onto the stage.
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
▲== Video Games ==
** Litchi repeatedly inflicts this on Noel in Noel's joke ending to ''[[
▲* ''[[Blaz Blue]]''
** In ''[[
▲** Litchi repeatedly inflicts this on Noel in Noel's joke ending to ''[[Blaz Blue: Calamity Trigger]]'''s story mode.
▲** In ''[[Blaz Blue: Continuum Shift|Continuum Shift]]'', Tsubaki ends up as the victim of these antics instead.
* Near the end of ''[[Space Quest]]'', you must obtain an enemy uniform. To do this, you hide in the washing machine, and a Sarien comes in and turns it on, automatically changing you into the outfit.
* In the ''[[
* In ''[[Quake II]]'s'' expansion pack ''Ground Zero'', towards the end of the game where you need to make the A-M Bomb, there's an area with a cylinder that, when activated and you step in, "dresses" you with a "Strogg Uniform" (the actual process seems to involve immersing you in some kind of liquid), allowing you to wander around the facility while the Strogg forces leave you alone (as long as you don't shoot).
== [[Web Animation]] ==▼
▲== Web Animation ==
* It happens in this ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz-RmSG2s1k animated music video] (at 2:30), where a pervert dwarf put a mage into woman's clothing during his sleep. Based on a French song by Richard Gotainer, "La Ballade de l'obsédé".
== [[Web Comics]] ==▼
▲== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki]]'', [http://www.sgvy.com/archives/Edda4/Issue5/Page5.html Loki goes the magic route] to put Chiaki into a skimpy red bikini before commenting a Valkyrie battle sport-broadcast style.
{{quote|'''Chiaki:''' Why am I dressed like this?
'''[[Fourth Wall Observer|Loki]]:''' Gives the folks at home a [[Fan Service|little somethin']].
'''[[The Ditz|Chiaki]]:''' Oh! OK! }}
* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', Ellen immediately notices the [[Power Perversion Potential]] of Nanase's [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2008-06-25 clothing exchange spell].
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* Invoked by Mary in ''[[Dubious Company]]''. The cast is stranded in an alternate dimension. The team brains cook up a spell to hop from dimension-to-dimension, ''[[Quantum Leap]]'' style, in order to get back home. Mary modified it so they end up in the [[Costume Porn|most fashionable]] attire for that dimension. [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses|Tiren]] hates this.
== [[Web Original]] ==▼
▲== Web Original ==
* This happens to Phase in the ''[[Whateley Universe]]'' at Halloween, just without the ''instant'' transformation. Phase is a teenaged boy who unfortunately looks like a really pretty girl. His team decides to go as the ''[[Tenchi Muyo!|Tenchi Muyo]]'' characters, since his teammate Tennyo looks so much like Ryoko to start with. At the last minute, he finds out his costume is... Tsunami. He's not a happy boy.
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
▲== Western Animation ==
* In classic cartoons, this tends to happen as a "whirlwind" or as a "tear-away", and can even happen with one's own skin and fur.
* A similar situation happens in the ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' prequel, "XANA Awakens", when Odd, Ulrich and Yumi are virtualized for the first time and discover their [[Digital Avatar|Lyoko avatars]]. Odd, especially, is puzzled by his weird look:
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[[Category:Japanese Visual Arts Tropes]]
[[Category:Stripping Tropes]]
[[Category:Surprise Tropes]]
[[Category:Costume Tropes]]
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