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=== Western Animation ===
* ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'', when Peter Parker opens his wardrobe, and it contains nothing but multiples of the same shirt and pants.▼
* ''[[Lloyd in Space]]'', with Lloyd.▼
* ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' does this with Rocko. In this case, it's only shirts.▼
* ''[[As Told by Ginger]]'', with Hoodsey.
* ''[[Bee Movie]]'' has a very amusing scene in which main character Barry is picking his outfit for the day, and we're shown a rack of identical black-and-yellow sweaters. "Yellow-black, yellow-black, yellow-black, yellow-black... Oh, black and yellow. Yeah, let's shake it up a little."▼
* ''[[Pepper Ann]]'', with Pepper Ann in the opening sequence.▼
* In ''[[Cats Don't Dance]]'', Darla Dimple's closet contains the same outfit; this may be [[Justified Trope]], though, in that it's her signature outfit.▼
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' is another show that only lampshades this once, but uses the trope consistently. Specifically, Danny has remarked on how Dash owns an entire closet full of leather jackets, despite the fact that Danny wears the same clothes every day as well (as do most characters.)▼
* ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' did it with both Dexter and DeeDee.
** Noticeably lampshaded in the "Average" episode, where Dexter's only non-scientist clothes were his old baby clothes.
* Similarly, everyone in ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''; one episode had the other cast members dressing up in Robin's spare uniforms while he was out. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAX7fZlJK4c Seen here.]▼
* In one episode of ''[[Invader Zim]]'', Dib opens his closet to reveal a rack full of the same outfit.▼
▲* In ''[[Cats Don't Dance]]'', Darla Dimple's closet contains the same outfit; this may be [[Justified Trope]], though, in that it's her signature outfit.
* While wearing his usual attire of white t-shirts, green vests, khaki shorts, and sneakers, some other kids accuse [[Doug]] of copying the style of Dylan Farnum on "Teen Heart Street." During a visit to Doug's house, one kid marvels, "You have the entire Farnum line!" and accuse him of "showing off" upon seeing Doug's closet—full of nothing but white t-shirts, green vests, khaki shorts, and sneakers.▼
* In an episode of ''[[Dilbert (animation)|Dilbert]]'', we can see Dilbert's wardrobe, which is all black pants, white shirts and ties. In the comic though, we can sometimes see him in track suits.
▲* While wearing his usual attire of white t-shirts, green vests, khaki shorts, and sneakers, some other kids accuse [[Doug]] of copying the style of Dylan Farnum on "Teen Heart Street." During a visit to Doug's house, one kid marvels, "You have the entire Farnum line!" and accuse him of "showing off" upon seeing Doug's closet—full of nothing but white t-shirts, green vests, khaki shorts, and sneakers.
* In the [[The Flintstones|Flintstones]] episode "Fred Strike Out", while taking a marriage test in a newspapaer, Betty asks Wilma if her husband notices if she buys new clothes. Wilma replies "What new clothes?".▼
▲* In one episode of ''[[Invader Zim]]'', Dib opens his closet to reveal a rack full of the same outfit.
* On ''[[Ka Blam!]]'', we've seen clothing racks with multiple blue t-shirts with light blue smiley faces and red pants for Henry, and multiple red-orange sweaters, yellow t-shirts, and dark green shorts for June.▼
* The titular character of ''[[Kick Buttowski]]'' lampshaded this on several occasions, one of them was the standard closet reveal.▼
** In another episode he gets all the kids (and adults) on his street to dress up like him... he's of course able to provide everyone with his standard outfit.▼
▲* ''[[Lloyd in Space]]'', with Lloyd.
* In ''[[The Magic School Bus]]'', everybody except Ms. Frizzle wears the same outfit every day. Even when the bus magically makes them clothes appropriate to whatever situation it is the kids are in, the outfits are all color-coordinated to what the kid would ordinarily wear.▼
** One episode (where Arnold turns orange from eating too many carrots) has all the kids in formal wear for a fancy event. Their outfits are just dressier versions on their everyday clothes.▼
* In an episode of ''[[Mike Lu and Og]]'', Mike asks Lu which of two identical red shirts (in turn identical to the one Mike always wears) she prefers. She replies "The red one." The only other alternatives on the island being grass inspires Mike to create a fashion contest. [[Hilarity Ensues]].▼
* In the ''[[Peg + Cat]]'' episode "The Messy Room Problem", while sorting things in her room by shape, Peg calls an outfit identical to what she's wearing something she likes to wear as opposed to a different outfit. Later the gag of identical outfits in her closet is seen.
▲* ''[[Pepper Ann]]'', with Pepper Ann in the opening sequence.
* All of the characters in ''[[The Replacements]]'' generally wear the same outfits; Dick at least has been shown to have a closet full of red-white-and-blue jumpsuits.▼
* Lampshaded once in the [[Phineas and Ferb]] episode "Monster from the Id". They go inside Candace's mind, and one of the self-doubts that can be heard at the Waterfalls of Anxiety are "Is it okay that I only where one dress?"▼
* Lampshaded in ''[[The Proud Family]]'' by Penny. In "Don't Leave Home Without it," she comes from a shopping trip with her mom and complains about not being allowed to choose her own clothes. She shows what her mom brought for her to her dad...and it's two copies of the same outfit she's always wears. Penny also makes a comment that no one wears that outfit but her.▼
▲* ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' does this with Rocko. In this case, it's only shirts.
* Another ''[[The Simpsons]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging]]: in "Tis The Fifteenth Season", Homer announces he's given his old clothes to the homeless. Cut to a group of homeless people, all wearing white shirts and blue pants.
* Smurfette from ''[[The Smurfs]]'' cartoon show had a closet gag... in the same episode as her origin story. To put things in perspective, she started out with ratty short black hair, a rather plain white dress, and standard Smurf shoes. But then Papa Smurf gives her a makeover into her current form, and after three scene fade transitions, the Smurfs are running out into the forest while Smurfette stays at home already having trouble choosing outfits completely identical to her own.
{{quote|'''Smurfette:''' No, this one's too long. I wore that this morning. Oh, this one's too plain. I've seen that for the night. This one? No. That one? Nah-uh.}}
** In Spain, this trope is known as "Smurfette's closet."
* Een ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog|Soneec Ze 'Edge'og]], "Ze Odd Coupling", it ees being discovered zat Antoine's wardrobe contains multiple copies of 'ees same outfit.▼
▲* In ''[[The Magic School Bus]]'', everybody except Ms. Frizzle wears the same outfit every day. Even when the bus magically makes them clothes appropriate to whatever situation it is the kids are in, the outfits are all color-coordinated to what the kid would ordinarily wear.
▲* ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'', when Peter Parker opens his wardrobe, and it contains nothing but multiples of the same shirt and pants.
▲** One episode (where Arnold turns orange from eating too many carrots) has all the kids in formal wear for a fancy event. Their outfits are just dressier versions on their everyday clothes.
▲* All of the characters in ''[[The Replacements]]'' generally wear the same outfits; Dick at least has been shown to have a closet full of red-white-and-blue jumpsuits.
▲* On ''[[Ka Blam!]]'', we've seen clothing racks with multiple blue t-shirts with light blue smiley faces and red pants for Henry, and multiple red-orange sweaters, yellow t-shirts, and dark green shorts for June.
▲* In an episode of ''[[Mike Lu and Og]]'', Mike asks Lu which of two identical red shirts (in turn identical to the one Mike always wears) she prefers. She replies "The red one." The only other alternatives on the island being grass inspires Mike to create a fashion contest. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
▲* ''[[Bee Movie]]'' has a very amusing scene in which main character Barry is picking his outfit for the day, and we're shown a rack of identical black-and-yellow sweaters. "Yellow-black, yellow-black, yellow-black, yellow-black... Oh, black and yellow. Yeah, let's shake it up a little."
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' has been revealed to have many copies of his standard clothing in several episodes, though he occasionally wears other things.
** Yes, lampshaded in the "Boating School" episode, when [[Ho Yay|Patrick was hiding in SpongeBob's closet]], SpongeBob opened it and inside were multiple pairs of his square pants.
▲* Similarly, everyone in ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''; one episode had the other cast members dressing up in Robin's spare uniforms while he was out. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAX7fZlJK4c Seen here.]
▲* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' is another show that only lampshades this once, but uses the trope consistently. Specifically, Danny has remarked on how Dash owns an entire closet full of leather jackets, despite the fact that Danny wears the same clothes every day as well (as do most characters.)
▲* Een ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog|Soneec Ze 'Edge'og]], "Ze Odd Coupling", it ees being discovered zat Antoine's wardrobe contains multiple copies of 'ees same outfit.
▲* In the [[The Flintstones|Flintstones]] episode "Fred Strike Out", while taking a marriage test in a newspapaer, Betty asks Wilma if her husband notices if she buys new clothes. Wilma replies "What new clothes?".
▲* Lampshaded in ''[[The Proud Family]]'' by Penny. In "Don't Leave Home Without it," she comes from a shopping trip with her mom and complains about not being allowed to choose her own clothes. She shows what her mom brought for her to her dad...and it's two copies of the same outfit she's always wears. Penny also makes a comment that no one wears that outfit but her.
* In [[Venture Brothers]], when the Monarch kidnaps (and later invites to his wedding) Hank, Dean and Brock, Hank demands a change of clothes. Monarch calls out that he's always wearing the same clothes anyway. Hank points out that while it's true, he does wash them. The Monarch agrees and Hank spends the rest of the episode in a Monarch mook outfit, which is itself a straight example of the trope for the mooks.
▲* Lampshaded once in the [[Phineas and Ferb]] episode "Monster from the Id". They go inside Candace's mind, and one of the self-doubts that can be heard at the Waterfalls of Anxiety are "Is it okay that I only where one dress?"
▲* The titular character of ''[[Kick Buttowski]]'' lampshaded this on several occasions, one of them was the standard closet reveal.
▲** In another episode he gets all the kids (and adults) on his street to dress up like him... he's of course able to provide everyone with his standard outfit.
== Exceptions ==
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