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* Lampshaded in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series]]''. When Yugi appears in a different outfit, he remarks, "Isn't anyone going to notice I'm not in my school uniform?"
* Both John and Ringo in ''[[With Strings Attached]]''. Not by choice, though. John's [[Winged Humanoid|physiognomy]] is such that he really can't wear too much. And because they do a lot of universe shifting with little time to prepare, Ringo gets stuck in the same all-green outfit throughout the third part of the Third Movement and the entire Fourth Movement (he had a chance to buy a new outfit briefly but spent all his money on [[Healing Potion|healing potions]] and gifts instead because he thought he was going home). His outfit ends up pretty grimy and smelly.
* In The ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]'' fic ''[https://www.wattpad.com/story/173566505-final-stand-of-death Final Stand of Stand]'', Redd in her mecha-form, except her head and tail, she's mainly wears the colors of her beloved Liverpool F.C., hence her mecha-name. When seen without it, i.e. [[Robot Girl]], she wears a tank-top,
=== Films ===
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** Boss Hogg was rarely seen without his white continental suit and cowboy hat.
** The sheriff's department – Rosco, Enos and Cletus – were almost always seen in their sheriff's uniforms.
* Much like the animated programs that aired on Saturday mornings, live action programs – usually of the fantasy and/or action/adventure genre, often produced by [[Sid and Marty Krofft Productions]] – featured the main
* ''[[Fantasy Island]]'': In the original 1978 series, Mr.
* In ''[[Dennis the Menace (TV series)|Dennis the Menace]]'', Jay North always wore a striped shirt and overalls like comic strip Dennis for the first three seasons. For the fourth he was allowed to wear regular pants, but they were the same color as the overalls and he still wore the striped shirts.
* Averted in ''[[The Nanny]]''.
* Steve from preschool show ''[[Blue's Clues]]'' has the same outfit, including the green-striped shirt, in every episode while his "brother" Joe has a variety of different outfits.
** Although all of Joe's outfits were the same design just with a different color.
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* ''[[Torchwood]]'''s Captain Jack Harkness: blue shirt, dark trousers with braces, and a rather iconic RAF greatcoat (apparently Ianto's first priority after breaking Jack out of jail is to find a replacement coat for the one that got blown up).
** Ianto's wardrobe seems to entirely consist of impossibly well styled three-piece suits.
* ''[[Kolchak the Night Stalker
* The various ''[[Power Rangers]]'' series' have a variation of this: while the actual outfits of the characters may change, the outfit is always predominantly, if not entirely, of that character's color as a Ranger. In ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]'', Tommy Oliver, who has been a [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Green, White]], and [[Power Rangers Zeo|Red Ranger]] in previous series', hangs a lampshade on this by complaining about having to change his wardrobe when he becomes a Black Ranger.
** In ''Mighty Morphin'', the background cast also didn't vary their dress much.
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** To mention Tommy again, he wasn't immune to this from the start, especially when he was in his "evil" phase. Apparently being mind-controlled makes you want to keep to a select wardrobe. Even afterwards, that one green flannel shirt showed up in a ''lot'' of his outfits.
* While all of the characters of ''[[LazyTown]]'' have one default outfit, most of those can be excused because the character is either a puppet or a superhero. Stephanie has the most variable wardrobe for non-plot reasons, especially in season 2, but Robbie Rotten is only ''ever'' seen in a red-and-purple striped suit or red-and-purple striped pajamas except for plot-related disguises, despite an extremely large and apparently magical wardrobe.
** At least Robbie has pajamas. Sportacus ''only'' ever wears his blue-and-white superhero outfit... even to bed!
* On ''[[Lizzie McGuire]]'', Tudgeman always appears wearing the same yellow polo shirt. That doesn't seem to be washed frequently (if at all).
* Clark in ''[[Smallville]]'' wears a red jacket over a blue shirt 95% of the time, as an homage to his [[Superman|future superhero identity's colors.]] In fact, one of the dead giveaways to the viewer that an evil alien clone was masquerading as him was that the clone was wearing those colors inverted.
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* Justified on ''[[Lost]]:'' Most of the characters are plane crash survivors living on a deserted island, and the only clothes they have access to are the ones in the luggage that survived the crash, and so they often wear the same outfit for several episodes at a time.
** Further justified by the fact that multiple ''Lost'' episodes routinely took place over the course of a single day. For example the framing portions of "Dr. Linus", "Recon", "Ab Aeterno", and "The Package" all took place on the same day.
** The most notable example is Ana Lucia, who wore the ''exact'' same clothes her entire time on the Island... even after they reunited with the main group. The only difference was that sometimes she had the jacket, and sometimes she didn't.
** While most characters would change the wardrobe every few episodes, Frank Lapidus only got to change his clothes once over the course of ''three full seasons''.
* Contrajustified on ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'': they're a zillion light-years from home, they have to make do with what they can scrape together, but the top priority is getting the rebels out of their leather trench coats and steampunk armor, and into the exact same Starfleet uniform as everyone else. Flag on the play.
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* In ''[[Knight Rider]]'' (1982), Michael Knight always wore a polo shirt (often red, sometimes blue or pink... don't ask about the pink) underneath a leather jacket, with jeans. It helps a lot with [[Stock Footage]].
** The 2008 series has Michael Knight (Jr.) with a gray t-shirt and khakis. For cold weather, Michael wears a red long sleeved shirt underneath the gray t-shirt. Word of God says that the iconic leather jacket will come into play later in the season.
* On ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'', Gilligan, the Skipper, and the Professor almost always wore the same stuff outside of [[Dream Sequence
* Justified in ''[[24
* Justified for Annie in ''[[Being Human (UK)]]'': she's a ghost, and always wears the clothes she died in. However, there are subtle changes depending on her mood, etc. The benchmark seems to be her strength and confidence in herself; the stronger she is, the more form-fitting her outfit is, but when she's more scared and self-conscious, she develops more layers to hide in.
* Jamie Hyneman on ''[[MythBusters]]''.
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* Kotaro Minami from ''[[Kamen Rider Black]]'' and ''[[Kamen Rider Black RX]]''. {{spoiler|In a recent press conference to promote the upcoming crossover movie in ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'' his actor is seen wearing an updated version of one of his old jackets.}}
* [[Columbo]] wears a shabby raincoat, an odd asymmetrical haircut, and a tiny cheap cigar. Equally iconic was Peter Falk's real glass eye that caused him to constantly look at things crooked.
* ''[[Get a Life]]'' had a particularly odd version of this: Chris's parents wore pajamas and robes at all times, in and out of the house.
* Patrick Jane, ''[[The Mentalist]]'', only seems to own the one set of clothes (brown shoes, dark blue suit, light blue shirt, no tie, blue waistcoat).
* Understandable on ''[[Farscape]]'', where the characters are refugees and former prisoners who are frequently on the run. However, over the course of the series their wardrobes ''did'' evolve, reflecting the [[Took a Level in Badass|levels of badass]] they were all accruing. The most obvious case was when Crichton gave up his IASA jumpsuit for Peacekeeper leather.
* Ben Matlock on ''[[Matlock]]'' always wore the same light colored suit in court. One episode even made fun of this when his daughter tried to get him to wear more modern custom suits for an episode.
* Justified in ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''. Most of the cast are military and wear uniforms, and the rest are pretty much stuck with whatever they happened to have in their suitcases when the Cylons attacked.
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** There are some inconsistencies, including both Chloe and Rush getting new outfits. From a production perspective this makes sense as the alternative would be them wandering around in alien jumpsuits for the rest of the series.
* Justified in the reality shows ''[[Survivor]]'' and ''[[The Amazing Race]]''. On the former, teams are dumped in a remote location with only the clothes on their back, while in the later teams have to carry their entire wardrobes on their back.
** This was best exemplified with Richard Hatch from the very first iteration of ''Survivor'', who at one point [[Naked People Are Funny|just stopped wearing clothes pretty much altogether]], much to the annoyance of the other characters. {{spoiler|He won, by the way.}}
* Played completely straight in ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' and ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]''. One assumes the costume designers didn't want to create any alternate outfits.
** It's justified, though, in that the main characters of both series [[Walk the Earth]]. It's not like they'd have a place to store alternate outfits.
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* Japanese comedian Toshiaki Kasuga wears the exact same outfit for nearly every appearance he makes (both in ''and out of character''): White pants and a pink sweater vest over a white shirt and an orange tie.
* Both Sheriff Carter and Deputy Lupo only ever wear their uniforms on [[Eureka]], so, justified. In the pilot, though, Carter has a different justification, as he's not yet Sheriff. He spends several days only wearing one suit. He's stranded in a small town by a car wreck and only ''has'' the one suit.
* ''[[Happy Days]]'' actually dodged [[Executive Meddling]] to apply this to Fonzie. ABC's Standards and Practices declared that Fonzie could only wear his distinctive black leather jacket when he was engaged in activities involving his motorcycle, because then it was "safety gear"; at all other times it made him look like too much a thug for their liking. The producers decided that if that were the case, then Fonzie would bring his motorcycle ''everywhere'', so he would always be wearing the trademark look they wanted him to have. (One could argue that the motorcycle became part of his outfit.) Later, when Fonzie became ''Happy Days''{{'}} [[Breakout Character]], his "looking like a thug" suddenly became ''far'' less offensive to Standards and Practices, he no longer had to bring his motorcycle everywhere, and the show engaged in some gentle [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading]] about his wardrobe (see below).
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** 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.
* Pretty much all the characters in ''[[Peanuts]]''.
** There's a discussion on the [[Depending on the Artist]] page where someone listed Charlie Brown's shirt sometimes being red instead of yellow; someone brought up the possibility that good old Chuck might actually have two zigzag-striped shirts of different colors.
** In a very early strip (1960s vintage), Lucy shows off one of Charlie Brown's shirts, which he apparently left at her house after a pool party, then puts it on and pretends to be him. The real Charlie Brown then walks by, wearing an identical shirt (and continuing the gag, insults Lucy-as-Charlie-Brown the same way Lucy normally insults him, to the amusement of the onlookers).
* Calvin, of ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'', has his trademark ensemble of red striped t-shirt, black pants, and white-and-red sneakers.
* In ''[[Dilbert]]'', everyone wears the same clothes every day.
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* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' is an interesting case in that it played this trope straight for the first two seasons and later on subverted it. Everyone wore the same outfits. As the quotes page shows this was lampshaded at times. But in the later seasons Kim started wearing different outfits, although other characters still wore the same thing.
* In ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'', except for one single scene when he is undercover with Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen wears the same outfit for literally ''every scene'' in the ''entire series''. This includes when he is working his day job, going out on a date, and even when taking photographs during an alien invasion. Clark Kent predominately wears the same blue suit, but there is some variety depending on the situation (He is seen wearing pajamas when getting ready for bed, casual clothes with his family, etc.). Lois Lane has the greatest variety; there is a common [[Palette Swap]] on her daily clothes, and she wears numerous evening gowns for dinners, workout clothes when jogging, pajamas, and other outfits depending on the situation.
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* [[Walking Shirtless Scene|Just a hat and pants for most of the male Smurfs]] in ''[[The Smurfs]]''.
* The cast of ''[[Fanboy and Chum Chum]]'', the titular duo being the guiltiest. They never take their superhero costumes off, even for bathing.
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* Lampshaded in ''[[Futurama]]'', when Fry initially moved into Bender's apartment, which an area of roughly three square feet, not counting the closet. He asks where can he hang his clothes, and Bender responds, "Listen, you've only got one set of clothes, and you're not taking them off while I'm around." This is actually justified, since Fry is from the past/present, all he'd have coming out of the cryotube was the clothes currently on him.
* Almost every recurring character in ''[[Freakazoid!]]'' Even on special occasions, such as Freakazoid's birthday and Cosgrove's date, said two characters wear the exact same clothes.
* Billy Batson in ''[[Superman/Shazam!: The Return
* Almost everyone in ''[[Huntik Secrets and Seekers]]''. The four
* The kids on ''[[Recess]]''- even the fashionable [[One Steve Limit|Ashleys]] - only change their clothes when it relates to the plot. Examples: picture day, Spinelli dressing up for the pageant, TJ and Vince dressing as boy detectives "The Barnaby Boys."
* Each and every character on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' is limited to one outfit unless there's a special occasion (needing to perform in a band, snow days, etc). Lampshaded in the episode "Snowrilla", in which Jimmy confesses that he wears the same shirt everyday, followed by a [[Gross Up Close-Up]] to show how tattered and filthy the shirt actually is.
* The three main characters of ''[[Dan Vs.]]
* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' characters rarely dress in anything but their standard sets, which is funny considering Rhonda is such a
* 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 fit too, always wearing the same blue sweater, grey skirt, and brown shoes with yellow socks.
=== Real Life ===
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