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This can also be downright [[Rule of Funny|hilarious]], as [[Naked People Are Funny|the insinuation of nudity]] as well as the reactions to such is classic comedy. It can also be played equally [[Rule of Drama|dramatically]] -- a person trapped in this state would be unable to interact with the outside world directly, outside of wearing a burqa or similar clothing all the time. There's also an inherent [[Rule of Sexy|sexuality]] to the concept -- many aversions of this trope are specifically used due the producers wanting to avoid risque situations.
In short: The [[Mundane Solution]] applied to specific types of [[Invisible Main Character|Invisible Main Characters]]: those who, due to [[Rule of Funny]], [[Rule of Drama|Drama]], or [[Rule of Sexy|Sexy]], don't have invisible [[Magic Pants]] and consequently have to strip to make use of their power. A specific type of [[Naked People Are Funny|nudity as humor]]. Of course, expect the whole thing to wear off just a little bit too early. Depending on the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism]], expect [[Exposed to The Elements]] (and other side effects of being naked and unseen outside) to come into play, or [[
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** The ''[[Marvel 1602]]'' version of Susan Storm has no unstable molecule costume, but this isn't much of a problem since she can't turn ''visible''. Until the first time she activates her forcefield...
** The original script for ''The Fantastic Four'' said that Sue would always be naked, and would be unable to turn visible, so she would have to strip down every time she wanted to disappear. Stan commented in the script that this might be too sexy for comics.
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* Infamously inverted in ''[[Wonder Woman]]'' -- her ''plane'' was invisible, ''she'' wasn't, so in general, it just looked like a mysterious squatting woman shooting through the air. The plane is later retconned to make its contents invisible, too.
* [[Milo Manara]]'s ''[[Butterscotch]]'' is an example of pornographic use of this trope. Features, among other things, a woman giving the invisible character a blowjob while other characters, unaware of the invisible man's presence, look in bafflement at her "lewd mime act."
* The Invisible Man (an alternate version of the original one) in [[Alan Moore]]'s ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' must strip down to best take advantage of his condition. He was originally found wandering a girl's dorm nude... impregnating several of the girls (which they took as miracles).
* Inverted in ''[[The Bod]],'' a short three-part miniseries in [[Image Comics]]. The story is about a rising supermodel whose body gets turned invisible due to an industrial accident shortly after she arrives at Hollywood to have her big break as an actress. She wears lots of very form-fitting clothing to show off her beautiful body as she tries to use her new, incurable condition as a gimmick to further her career. The rest of the trope -- that of the woman's invisibility not extending to her clothing, is played completely straight. Unfortunately, so are the [[True Art Is Incomprehensible]] and [[Small Name, Big Ego]] tropes -- the series quickly degenerates to a series of [[Take That|Take Thats]] about how horrible Hollywood's culture is.
* Inverted in [[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]]: the suit of the titular heroine turns invisible, but not Emp. Given that [[Clothes Make the Superman|Emp gets her powers from her suit]] and loses them when it's damaged, it can actually be useful.
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