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* In the ''[[X Wing Series]]'' comics, Wedge Antilles basically wears only three outfits: orange Republic flightsuit when flying, white-and-black formal uniform in formal occasions, and his civilian clothes, which consist of black boots, blue pants, brown jacket, and a vertically-striped turtlenecked shirt. Anything else, and he needs a plot reason to wear it.
* While most supervillains have actual costumes and can thus be a little justified in this, Ox of [[Marvel Comics]]' Enforcers just wears a distinctive set of normal clothes that serves the same function but without the justification. Apparently he just likes turtlenecks, vests, and khaki slacks. The other Enforcers have a similar deal going on but tend to mix it up a little more often.
* A similar case is [[Spider-Man]]'s foe the Sandman, who is iconically associated with his brown slacks and green horizontally striped shirt; an early attempt to give him a more traditional supervillain costume never caught on. In this case, it really ''is'' justified - that's part of his body after the accident that gave him his powers.
* The [[The Sandman|other Sandman]] can wear pretty much anything he or whoever is looking at him can imagine, but when he's alone, he always wears the same emo ensemble of black t-shirt, black pants, and black boots. His sister is much the same, with a tank-top instead of a t-shirt and an ankh necklace.
* [[The Tick (comic)|The Tick]]. Sometimes he wears clothes over his blue (outfit? body?), such as a tuxedo at Dot and Neil's wedding, but he never takes it off. Possibly a [[Clingy Costume]].
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{{quote|'''Jason''': It's high time someone asked you a question...
'''Peter''': Lookin' good! }}
*:* Paige's friend Nicole often appears in a white shirt with a black vest, although this is averted about as frequently as it's played straight. In the comic's early days in the '80s, Paige usually appeared wearing pearls.
* ''[[Doonesbury]]'': B.D. always wore his football helmet 24/7. Then when he was in the First Gulf War he switched to a "Fritz" helmet. He wore the helmet until he was wounded and discharged from the army. [[Lampshaded]] when they had to have a special operation to remove his helmet.
** B.D.'s helmet was a slowly-changing icon throughout ''[[Doonesbury]]''. He switched to an army helmet for the first time when he went to Vietnam. Since then, he's also sported an NFL helmet, a CHP helmet, and a riotgear helmet (following the Rodney King verdict), among others.
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{{quote|'''Wally:''' Well, well. It wouldn't be casual day without Alice wearing her one pair of tan pants.}}
* [[Dick Tracy]]. Whether it's the comic, animated adaptations or live movie adaptations, his outfit is always the same, black suit, white shirt, red tie, [[Badass Longcoat| yellow overcoat]], and [[Nice Hat|matching yellow hat]].
* In ''[[Beetle Bailey]]'', Sarge has stated that one thing he likes about being in the army is that the clothes are always the same and he never has to put any effort into deciding how to dress. Indeed, when he does have to wear civvies, he tends to end up a [[Rummage Sale Reject]].
 
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* The three main characters of ''[[Dan Vs.]]'' basically wears the same clothes almost episode, and sometimes when Dan switches up he's wearing Chris' clothes.
* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' characters rarely dress in anything but their standard sets, which is funny considering Rhonda is such a fashionista and often makes snide remarks regarding other people's clothes... but never her own never-changing style. Though in one episode she claimed to be wearing brand new designer boots, it they looked just like the ones she regularly wears.
* April O'Neil in the 1987 version of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''. The only time she didn't wear her trademark one-piece yellow jumpsuit was if the situation warranted something different, like if she was at the beach. Her friend Irma fitfits too, always wearing the same blue sweater, grey skirt, and brown shoes with yellow socks. And of course, Splinter always wears the same red kimono.
* ''[[Miraculous Ladybug]]''; despite Marinette and Adrien having career goals of fashion designing and modeling, respectively, each tends to stick to the same outfit in their civilian identities unless there's a reason for something else, like PE class. Marinette always wears a white shirt, black jacket, and pink slacks, while Adrien wears a black shirt, white jacket, jeans, and orange shoes. Most of the supporting cast is like this too.
 
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* Considering their level of income, it's no surprise that the characters in ''[[Reaper]]'' have an extremely limited wardrobe. Sock seems to own maybe three shirts, one of which is heavily stained.
* Not necessarily a gag per se, but it's certainly notable on ''[[Fringe]]'' when Olivia Dunham opens her closet and her wardrobe consists entirely of black jackets, pantsuits, white shirts, and grey scarves. They're slightly different, but all the same color scheme. {{spoiler|It's actually a plot point, since wearing monochrome is a "uniform," conditioned into the Jacksonville test subjects.}}
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Angel]]'':
** Justified, [[Lampshaded]], and then parodied in the character of Spike from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Angel]]''. The leather coat he continuously wears through his time on Buffy is revealed through [[Flash Back]] to have been stolen from the body of the last Slayer he killed and as such is a trophy. In an episode of ''Angel'', he's caught in an explosion and his coat is destroyed. He complains that the coat had incredibly sentimental value to him and was "irreplaceable". [[Gilligan Cut]] to his new employers providing him with a new identical coat as well as a wardrobe full of them, which he seems quite pleased with and wears for the rest of the show's run.
** Of course, that happened in the third-to-last episode of ''Angel'', so "the rest of the show's run" constitutes two more episodes...
** Rather amusingly, when he was unhinged following his acquisition of {{spoiler|a soul}}, Spike tried to "disguise" himself so he wouldn't be identified with the old Spike. His disguise? Wearing a shirt that wasn't black.
** Parodied in the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' season 2 episode "What's My Line, Part 2": When Kendra (a slayer very dedicated to her call, with no personal ties whatsoever) has her shirt slashed in battle, she angrily comments on this by shouting (in her trademark accent) "That's me best shirt!", followed by the even more angry follow-up comment "That's me ''only'' shirt!" At the end of the episode, Buffy gives her one of her own shirts.
** Zigzagged with Giles who seemed to never wears anything except his tweed suit in earlier seasons. While he did have something of a variety - houndstooth, twill, and other classic mid-century patterns -
you'd have to be a fashion designer to find much difference. Jokes about this were frequently made, such as members of the Scoobies wondering if he wore tweed diapers as an infant.
* Lampshaded on ''[[The Nanny]]''. Niles the butler usually wears a suit and tie, which is always more or less then same from one episode to the next. So when Fran snuck a peek into Niles' closet, she discovered that Niles had several dozen duplicates of the same outfit.
* ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'' lampshades it in "Stranger And Stranger" where Hercules visits the show's [[Mirror Universe]] and finds his [[Evil Twin]]'s clothing rack, full of identical outfits.
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=== Web Original ===
* Chapter 4 of ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20170802124754/http://www.revenant-braves.schala.net/ Circumstances of the Revenant Braves]'' reveals that not only do the characters have variable wardrobes outside of their school uniforms, but also that their school uniforms have alternate possibilities for cooler weather (ie, long sleeves).
* Averted in ''[[DoctorDr. HorriblesHorrible's Sing -Along Blog]]''. Aside from Captain Hammer; Billy, Penny, and Moist all change outfits, with Penny having the most changes of clothes, Billy in second place with a grand total of seven casual outfits, two versions of his lab coat (white and red), and Moist shows up in four different outfits for each of his appearances. Captain Hammer just has his superhero outfit with a slight variation of him wearing a leather jacket in the autographed photo one of the groupies was holding. Then again, this is Captain Hammer we're talking about.
** [[Informed Ability|Four sweater vests!]]