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[[File:hero of hero quest.jpg|frame|For some heroes, this is all the armor they need.]]

 

 

 

Often some cultures, especially stereotypically primitive ones, have this as the only form of clothing. But one of the most prominent appearances in fiction is the fantasy [[Barbarian Hero]]es, even though they [[Grim Up North|come from the north, where it's really cold]]. Sure they wear these made of fur, and perhaps they dress better when actually in their northern homelands, but otherwise this is a form of [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]. Is frequently used as a male instance of [[Stripperific]] outfits.

May occasionally be justified, if the barbarian from the [[Grim Up North]] actually complains about the sweltering heat of the southern lands he's exploring, and refuses to wear more for this reason.

 

 

A [[Super-Trope]] to [[Fundoshi]].

 

Compare [[Fur Bikini]].

 

* Both the guy and the girl in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57kX_8gTdM0 this commercial] for Coty Wild Musk are wearing loin cloths.

 

* ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'': While his is a kilt and not a loincloth, otherwise movie version of Van Fanel pretty much nailed it. He's enough of a barbarian, and [[Walking Shirtless Scene|hardly wears anything else]] for the whole movie.

* ''[[Asu no Yoichi]]'': Yoichi in [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/asu_no_yoichi/v03/c009/12.html his] show's requisite [[Beach Episode]].

* ''[[Minami-ke]]'' features recurring newscasts about a "loincloth festival" as a [[Running Gag]].

* ''[[Ninku]]'': Toji often wears a loincloth.

* ''[[Wild Rock]]'' is set in [[One Million BC]] and has all the men running around in loincloths and little more.

* In an episode of the latest [[Cyborg 009]] series, [[Rubber Man|007]] gets his clothes torn when he uses his powers to [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|expand his body to huge proportions]] and wears this. (Notice that in the original manga, [[Full-Frontal Assault|he was naked.]])

 

* ''[[Spartacus]]''. In the opening fight that triggers the revolt, the upper-class Roman women for whom the spectacle has been put on order that both gladiators fight in loin cloths.

* Jack from ''[[Legend]]''—he starts the movie as a solitary woods-dweller wearing little but a loin cloth. After he becomes officially [[The Chosen One]], however, he gets a sword, shield, and suit of armor... which covers his chest and arms, but does nothing to obscure his loinclothed lower body. It's a wonder [[Big Bad|Darkness]] never [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him|just aimed]] [[Groin Attack|a little bit lower...]]

 

* Also ''Cohen'' the Barbarian from ''[[Discworld]]'', who is a pastiche of Conan as an [[Fan Disservice|octogenarian]].

* [[Guin Saga|Guin]] is only wearing this when he first appears, though he wears armor when he has the chance.

* In ''[[X Wing Series|The Krytos Trap]]'', [[Proud Warrior Race|Proud Warrior Race Twi'leks]] are said to wear an outfit that consists of a loincloth, wrapped leggings to the knee, [[Fingerless Gloves]], and a decorative/functional bandoleer, all under a cloak. Wedge Antilles, visiting to try and coax them into selling the New Republic some medicine, puts on a modified version that includes an emerald green loincloth over his trousers. He wants his garb to signal that he's a warrior and not a merchant, but he's also not a Proud Warrior Race Twi'lek.

 

* In ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', Rom and his fiancée were looking at wedding dresses, and one was nothing but a loincloth. His Ferengi nature felt that was a good compromise, but it got rejected.

* The most common costume in ''[[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]]''. At least when they're not wrestling naked.

* ''The Feathered Serpent'', a British young adult show from the 1970s set in [[Mayincatec|Aztec Mexico]], sometimes has fit young men just wearing loincloths. The handsome Prince Heumac has a couple of loincloth scenes. In one of them he's [[Ho Yay|accompanied by his servant Tozo]] (who's more conservatively dressed) , while in the other he's [[Foe Yay|engaged in ritual combat]] with another guy in a loincloth.

 

* [[Ted Nugent]] often wore a loincloth as part of his "wild man" persona.

 

 

* ''[[Tekken]] 4''. Heihachi. [[Squick]].

* Rock, a berserker from ''[[Soul Calibur]]'' wears this as part of his default outfit.

* Alan (The Brave One) from ''[[Magic Sword]]'' wears one and little else, being a [[Barbarian Hero]].

* Goro and Kintaro in ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' both have briefs, with a flap in front added in later games to show off the [[No Flow in CGI|cloth physics]].

** There's one especially erotic-looking scene where {{spoiler|Alistair and The Warden get thrown into a dungeon cell wearing nothing but their underwear. The heavy [[Chiaroscuro]] from the torchlight in the dungeon makes it rather difficult to forget everyone's naked.}}

* In ''[[Dragon Quest III]]'', the female soldier's [[Chainmail Bikini]] outfit has a loincloth piece.

** ''[[Dragon Quest IV]]'': Manya's outfit has a loincloth strip.

 

* In ''[[Goblins]]'', Minmax the Unstoppable Warrior doesn't like pants. Also [[Cool Old Guy|Thaco]], who's wearing a loincloth until the younger goblins insist he tries out some halfling clothes, because of his tendency to flash them in the wind or when doing a hand-stand.

 

* ''[[Thundarr the Barbarian]]''

* ''[[Galtar and the Golden Lance]]''

* This is the standard attire for ''[[Gargoyles]]'', both male and female.

* Wild Smurf in ''[[The Smurfs]]''. In the comic books, Wild only wore leaves until Tailor made him a loincloth.

 

* Standard male attire for many North American Indian societies. Crazy Horse wore nothing but this, in keeping with his vision.

* Standard male attire in many tribal societies worldwide, especially in warm climates.

* Gandhi wore a loincloth to symbolize solidarity with the Indian working class.

 

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