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[[File:sherlock-holmes.jpg|link=Sherlock Holmes|frame| You instantly know who this is, but how often has he actually ''worn'' this outfit?
An outfit that, for whatever reason, sticks in the mind of the audience forever. This can happen even if it's not intended to be embarrassing or funny, but simply a strange fashion choice that is never commented on by anyone else... except fans. The character might never wear it again, nor even anything like it. Maybe the wardrobe people or artists were just bored one day. There's just something unique, inappropriate or just plain odd. Very rarely, the producers are aware of it, and it may become a sort of alternate outfit if a similar situation lets the makers bring it out again.
It can be even more noticeable in a character who [[Limited Wardrobe|rarely wears anything else]]. [[Nice Hat
Sometimes the popularity of these outfits make the writers have the character wear the outfit as much as possible. Then you have [[Clothes Make the Legend]]. Being remembered for ''lack'' of clothing would ([[Fan Disservice|probably]]) be [[Everybody Remembers the Stripper]].
Compare [[Iconic Item]]. If what the character is called is itself derived from the outfit, in the [[Person with the Clothing]].
{{examples}}
* ''[[
▲== Anime & Manga ==
▲* ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'': Everyone knows Dio Brando by his yellow jacket, yellow pants, black sleeveless undershirt, and heart-symbol headband.
* ''[[Naruto]]''
** Naruto's orange jumpsuit with the blue stripes and white collar.
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** Sakura's pink skirt thing and biker shorts.
** Sasuke's outfit with the light purple "butt-bow" thing and the shirt revealing much of his chest...
*** More so his black part 1 outfit.
** The Akatsuki's oufits: Cloak (w/Red Clouds) + Straw hat + Hat wind chime thing.
** The [[Custom Uniform|standard Shinobi uniform]], especially the [[Awesome but Practical|Konoha flak vest]], definitely counts. Bonus points to Kakashi for his [[Mask Power]], making him one of the few to [[Highly-Visible Ninja|actually resemble a ninja.]]
* Haruhi in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' is first seen by the viewer in a plain, ugly sweater and glasses combo with messy hair. This is explained by a long string of coincidences and Haruhi's overall disinterest in fashion. Fans responded to the unflattering outfit she wears in the series by dubbing her "[[Fan Nickname|Haruhi]] [[Harry Potter (novel)|Potter]]."
* ''[[Bleach]]'': Urahara's [[Cool Hat|hat]]. Also the black outfits they all wear, and Byakuya's weird... hair thingies.
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]''
**
** There's also Sailor Mars's civilian outfit, a miko priestess outfit that is in some ways more recognizable than her Senshi uniform.
** Cape, top hat, domino mask, and tuxedo. Any fan of the show knows we just described Sailor Moon's boyfriend.
* The ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' animators weren't so good with costume design, so most clothes that didn't first appear in the manga got weird looks. One recurring outfit, a white and lime green hooded top given to the resident [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|bad boy]], stuck out so much (both for the color scheme and for being out of character) that it appeared again, in a ''[[Tantei Gakuen Q]]'' ending theme, worn by his [[Actor Allusion|same-voiced]] [[Expy]].
* ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z''
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** Gohan also gets remembered for his Piccolo-inspired outfit during the Cell Games, although this may have been exacerbated by the fact [[Arc Fatigue|that time slowed down even more in this arc than it did in the Namek arc]], to the point that Gohan and Cell fire Kamehamehas at each other at the end of one episode and are dueling with [[Wave Motion Gun|Kamehameha]] ''for the entire next episode''.
** Speaking of the episodes with Vegeta in pink, Goku's Yardrat costume was an interesting lapse in fashion sense.
** Where's Muten Roshi's turtle shell on this list? Seriously, it's the only one here that seems to have actually had a [[Training
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''
** [[Action Girl|Setsuna]] was once made to wear a [[Moe|cute]] alternate [[Catgirl]] [[Meido|maid]] costume to make her more attractive to the crowd watching her fights. She started wearing it later for no reason other than being popular with the
** Negi's [[Opera Gloves]] got not small attention, especially that with his chinese clothes they gave a filling similar to [[Zettai Ryouiki]].
* [[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'s [[Sailor Fuku]], complete with yellow ribbon, is so universally known in the anime fandom, you'll get wry looks if you cannot immediately recognize the ''color patterns'' like [[media:otaku.png|here]].
** The dark brown (or black, [[Depending on the Artist|depends who draws it]]) [[Playboy Bunny]] outfit Haruhi occasionally wears is also very well known, probably because she wears it in the [[Awesome Music|God Knows]] scene (which is arguably the ''peak'' of the sheer ludicrity and fun the show runs with, and was also a huge meme to boot).
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''
** The plug suits are extremely iconic.
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** Not to mention CC's Bondage-riffic jumpsuit from the first episode. It's basically the only thing she wears until about halfway through the first season, at which point Lelouch got tired of seeing it and bought her an entire wardrobe. She puts it back on when Lelouch gets his sweet hat after {{spoiler|[[Self-Made Orphan|usurping the throne]]}}.
** I'd like to say that Suzaku's Lancelot outfit and all of the Knight of Rounds's outfits are some.
** Kallen's skin-tight, all-red piloting outfit is probably second only to the Zero outfit.
* Sakura from ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' has her [[Dressed All in Rubber|rubber]] [[Catgirl]] [[Meido]] outfit, among others... In fact, in the series the same outfit is never used twice, which is done on purpose.
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''
** Kamina's [[Cool Shades]].
** Also, Simon's own star-shaped ones.
** And Yoko's infamous "Starboobs"/"Space Yoko" outfit from the last arc.
** Kamina's ragged [[Badass Cape]] also.
** Also, Simon's pleather [[Badass Cape]]. Just as (in)famous would be the leather <s>[[Of Corsets Sexy|man-corset]]</s> [[Sarashi|haramaki]] and posture collar that came along with it.
* In ''[[Minami-ke]]'', Kana's "I AM BOSS" T-shirt led to her [[Fan Nickname]].
* The mechanized Bonta-kun outfit probably gets more attention than most ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' characters do naturally. It is, [[Justified Trope|after all]], a [[Clothes Make the Superman|super suit]] in a [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness|fairly hard science]] (for mecha combat) universe.
* Knuckles' wonderful, wonderful hat from the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog The Movie]]'' OVA.
** It even carried over to the [[Alternate Timeline]] [[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|comic]] story ''Mobius: 25 Years Later'', where it's finally complemented with a form-fitting gray sleeveless jumpsuit (with his trademark white chest swoosh on the front), [[Crocodile Dundee]]-esque leather vest, cowboy belt, and brown leather boots. It's [[Better Than It Sounds]], enough so that, in the [[Furry Fandom]] at least, it's become a
** It appeared briefly in the regular timeline too, as a piece of clothing once worn by an ancestor of his. According to one letters page, the reason he never wears it is so it won't get damaged.
* Utena from ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' wearing a boy's school uniform is part of [[Wholesome Crossdresser|the concept]] of her character. The red ''biker shorts'' have no such excuse, though, and probably get more attention from the fans.
** For the fans of [[The Movie]], Utena's black-and-white suit just oozes dapper and class.
* ''[[Trigun]]'': The distinctiveness of Vash's yellow-tinted shades with the zig-zag bit and the red leather coat is probably only overshadowed by Wolfwood's massive Cross-Cannon.
* Ryoma's outfit from ''[[Getter Robo]] Armageddon'' was supposed to be a reference to Shinichi from ''[[Maju Sensen]]'', another series by [[Ken Ishikawa]], but the popularity of the OVA [[Weird Al Effect|led to the iconic outfit being attributed to him instead]].
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]''
** When Yami Yugi wears his jacket over his shoulders. Though he doesn't keep this look up for many episodes, it seems to be incredibly catchy among fans. It's probably his most memorable and unrealistic outfit {{spoiler|until Millennium World, where he actually dresses like a pharaoh}}.
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*** The purple coat was also fairly iconic. The coat itself doesn't seem to be as important as the [[Rule of Cool|impossible tail]] that [[Dramatic Wind|doesn't so much flutter as levitate.]]
** Bakura went through something similar; He's been in school uniforms, rather fetching cricketing jumpers and a few other outfits including a [[Black Cloak]]/[[Badass Longcoat]], but it's the blue-and-white striped tee with the [[Dramatic Wind|impossibly light]] sky-blue shirt from the Battle City Arc that everyone remembers and cosplays with.
** These two designs--[[The Hero]] in a jacket colored blue or red, [[The Rival]] in a [[Badass Longcoat]] colored white or
* ''[[Detective Conan]]'': Conan Edogawa's suit and bowtie. He did had a case of [[Limited Wardrobe]] earlier, but even now he has a larger variety of clothes, his suit and bowtie not only means him, but also the entire meaning of [[Great Detective]]. In modern comedic manga, changing to Conan's suit ''means'' s/he's going into [[Great Detective]] mode.
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]''
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** [[Memetic Mutation|TINY MINISKIRTS]]! So memetic, they don't even have to be ''worn'' in the series.
** And who was it again, who wore a white suit with a matching hat and longcoat?
** Hello, [[Good
** Does Al's [[Animated Armor|armor body]] count?
* From ''[[Kuso Miso Technique]]'' there's Abe Takakazu's blue jumpsuit.
* ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'': Kenshiro's leather jacket and his brother Raoh's horned "Ken-Oh" helmet.
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' Yuna Roma Seiran's bright yellow pajamas mix this with [[Narm]] and [[Fashion Victim Villain]].
* In ''[[Ranma ½
* The Knight Sabers in the original ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'' OVA had a variety of casual outfits, but the most memorable would probably be Linna's "cow sweater" and Sylia's inexplicably midriff-baring high-collared blouse.
** The 2040 version of Sylia had a Little Red Dress with [[Absolute Cleavage]] that stuck in viewers' memory.
* ''[[Black Butler]]''
** Ciel probably has more fan artwork of him in the [[
** Alois Trancy's booty shorts are practically a meme in their own right, too.
* Four of the five main cast members of ''[[Lupin III]]'' get memetic outfits:
** Lupin's red or green jacket paired with black or white pants and a black or blue shirt and
** Jigen's dark suit with the fedora slouched over his eyes;
** Goemon's yukata and hakama;
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* ''[[Busou Renkin]]''
** Papillion Mask, especially his speedo or his post transformation outfit in all its bizarre battle ballet outfit glory..
** Don't forget Captain Bravo's white coat-hat combo.
* The black outfits Section 9 wear in the [[V-Formation Team Shot]] from the opening to the second season of ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex|Ghost in The Shell Stand Alone Complex]]''.
* ''[[Durarara!!]]''
** Shizuo Heiwajima is inseparably linked with his [[Limited Wardrobe|endless supply of]] [[Waistcoat of Style|bartender's uniforms]] to the point that they've wormed their way into both his [[Fan Nickname|fandom]] (the Gartender) ''and'' [[Red Baron|canon]] (God of Destruction in a Bartender Suit) nicknames.
** Also Celty's Kitty-Cat-Eared yellow biking helmet, which was a joke by the illustrater but loved so much by the animators that it became her stock outfit in the Anime. And no, the cat ears don't have anything to do with anything, especially when you know that Celty is a [[Humanoid Abomination|Dullahan]].
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** All of Ash's main outfits count, but his Ashley and [[Meido]] outfits are remembered even though he only wore them once each.
** Wait, no mention of the iconic [[Nice Hat|Poké Ball-colored hat]]?
** Misty is most remembered in her original style for the anime, even more so than any of her game looks. ''[[Super Smash Bros.]].'' even had her trophy with it, despite everything else being game-based.
* ''[[Inuyasha|Inu Yasha]]'': Arguably, Inu-Yasha's everyday attire of red robes and restraining necklace, not to mention his long, [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] and dog ears. While his design wasn't the first to popularize these fashion aspects, the combo is pretty much associated with him.
* ''[[Nabari no Ou]]'': Raikou's infamous [[media:
* ''[[Spice and Wolf]]'': Horo is often remembered in either a purple long dress or... [[Everybody Remembers the Stripper|nothing...]]
* The Protect Gears from ''[[Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade]]'' and the rest of [[Mamoru Oshii]]'s ''Kerberos Saga'' are [[Heavily Armored Mook
* ''[[One Piece]]''
** Pretty much ALL of the Strawhat Pirates outfits are notable and memorable considering they never change. Towards the end of the first half of the series, the crew starts to go through wardrobe changes. Though their default outfits are the best known
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* ''[[Gintama]]'' has [[Lampshaded]] the series' [[Limited Wardrobe]], but Okita's sleep mask has become emblematic of his character even though he only wore it once.
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
▲== Comic Books ==
* This is the reason why [[Superhero]] characters wear [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|brightly colored]] [[Spandex, Latex, or Leather]]. Also why most older characters are still wearing the same outfit they did decades earlier. The one time [[Superman]] had his outfit changed in canon is one of the bigger [[Dork Age]] moments of the 90s. And Superman's outfit was originally designed simply to be colorful and easy to draw, because comics had very limited printing capabilities in the 1940s. Whenever the comics change a character's look significantly, it likely won't stick to merchandising or adaptations. To wit; grey [[The Hulk|Hulk]], [[Spider-Man]] and his black outfit, and [[Wolverine]] and his bone claws.
* Wolverine has two outfits that are used with almost equal prominence: he started in yellow and blue, moved to a brown and tan outfit, then returned to the yellow and blue because Jim Lee liked the look. The yellow and blue is slightly more prominent currently{{when}}, but brown and tan has been used on occasion nevertheless. It's arguable that Wolverine subverts this trope more than any other comic character.
* [[Batman]]'s silhouette is so iconic he has a villain whose goal in life is just to steal his cowl. The fight for Batman's successor was even called Battle for the Cowl.
** Batman's outfit is continually tweaked [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-COurdf5cxBQ/Tvsoa8k8HAI/AAAAAAAAEKo/nCrV34-v4Ns/s1600/batman-infographic.jpg as this shows nicely] the key is that the outline is identical.
** Scans_Daily has concluded that Russian fur cap that [[Batman]] wears in ''[[Superman: Red Son]]'' is most likely the awesomest article of clothing in fiction. [http://www.kingofslackers.com/comics/SexyHat.jpg It's okay if you want to touch it. That is the natural response to a hat so sexy.]
** [[Batman]]'s [[Rogues Gallery]] has the market cornered on this trope. [[The Joker]]'s purple tuxedo, the Riddler's green outfit with the question marks and [[Nice Hat|bowler hat]], [[Catwoman (comics)|Catwoman]]'s catsuit, the Penguin's [[High-Class Glass]] and umbrellas... the list goes on.
** The Riddler actually has ''two'' memetic outfits: the suit and bowler hat, and the tights. It depends on whether the portrayal is homaging Frank Gorshin or not.
* [[Incredible Hulk|The Hulk's]] most usual clothing, purple pants ([[Magic Pants|that resist everything!]]).
* [[Young Avengers]] has some:
** Wiccan, [http://colourmeshocked.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/hulkling__wiccan_001.jpg his cape and his (no longer worn) winged head piece.] Everyone remembers the cape. Everyone remembers that time Wiccan worn the cape over his civilians. The Young Avengers el-jay comm has declared Wiccan/Cape to be canon and the comm's unanimously accepted OTP.
** Kate Bishop's [http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/8/82/LadyHawkeye01.jpg/440px-LadyHawkeye01.jpg "original" outfit]{{Dead link}} consisting of a torn purple bridesmaid dress, [[Black Widow (comics)|Black Widow]]'s belt, Mockingbird's mask, and the original [[Hawkeye]]'s bow - ah remembered well. (This also led to her initially being referred to as "Hawkingbird")
* That one time [[Deadpool]] wore Marvel Girl's outfit. Because it was burned into the eyes of readers (you can't unsee it, even if you've never seen it!), but still remembered (though the panties turn up again later).
* The [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] are invariably remembered, redrawn, and [[
* ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]''
** If a Memetic outfit can be extended to other people, fanart of Silhouette shows her as pretty fond of nurses, probably because the girl she kisses in the movie is a nurse.
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* The [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] have their masks, belts, and elbow/knee pads. It's especially memetic because that's the ''only'' thing they wear.
* [[Justice Society of America|Stargirl's]] braces. She got them all the way back in issue 2 of ''Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.", and even though she later got "invisible" braces, she still has them. Their possible removal was a central plot point in the last issue [[Geoff Johns]] wrote of the current volume.
* [[Conan the Barbarian]] can't be illustrated without the furry [[Loin Cloth]]. You can give him a [[BFS]], long black hair, and otherwise make him a [[Walking Shirtless Scene]], but he's still not Conan without a furry loincloth. Note that neither the original Conan pulp stories by [[Robert E. Howard]] nor the first Arnold movie nor even the [[Frank Frazetta]] paintings had him looking like this very often; the look mostly comes from [[Marvel Comics]], and the second Arnold movie bowed to this.
* [[Iron Man]] has a memetic color scheme. His armor changes every few years (and with pretty much every artist change), but with a few notable exceptions (the Silver Centurion and [[War Machine (Comic Book)|War Machine]] armors), it's ''always'' red and yellow/gold ever since the late 60s. The helmet is also very consistent with its stylized eyes and mouth, with the Modular Armor being one of the few without a mouth.
* Like Wolverine and the Riddler, [[Spider-Man]] also has two iconic
* The iconic dress worn by Snow White in Disney's ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White and
* ''[[Peanuts]]'': Charlie Brown wouldn't be Charlie Brown without the zigzag stripe shirt. Ironically, in early comics he wore an ordinary blank shirt, but his zigzag has overshadowed it for good.▼
* ''[[Little Orphan Annie]]'''s red dress and red curls. [[Annie|The musical]] plays off of this by only putting her in said outfit when she's adopted by Warbucks.▼
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]''▼
** Calvin is never seen without his red T-shirt, sneakers, and shorts-that-are-too-long-for-his-legs.▼
** Then there's STUPENDOUS Man! See above, but add a cape and a red Luchadore-esque mask. ▼
** Spaceman Spiff's jumpsuit and blaster, plus goggles.▼
** Tracer Bullet's Fedora, cig, and [[Badass Longcoat]]. Possibly subverted, since [[Badass Longcoat|Badass Longcoats]] may or may not be Narm for viewers.▼
== Film -- Animation ==▼
▲* The iconic dress worn by [[Snow White (Disney film)|Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs]].
* Pretty much every [[Disney Princess]] has one of these. With the exception of Pocahontas, every single one of them had at least one wardrobe change during their respective movie. [[The Princess and the Frog|Tiana]] sets the record with a multitude of clothing changes, plus a full-on frog transformation, while most Disney Princess media depict her in her [[Pimped-Out Dress]].
* A little jarring in the case of [[Dinsey/Mulan|Mulan]], whose
* ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''
** Jack Skellington's pin-striped tuxedo and bat bow-tie]].
** Sally's stitched-up dress is pretty well-known as well.
* [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s Tramp outfit.
* [[Buster Keaton]] occasionally played [[
* [[Harold Lloyd]]'s horn rim glasses.
* [[Indiana Jones]]' brown, tattered fedora, bomber jacket (Which he pretty much wears regardless of the weather or terrain) and [[Whip It Good|bullwhip]].
* ''[[James Bond (film)|James Bond]]''
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* ''[[Die Hard]]'''s John McClane and his (soiled and bloody) wife-beater.
* The ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' outfits are still a fancy dress mainstay, though the film was released over twenty years ago.
* [[The Blues Brothers]] black suit pants and jackets, ties, shades, hats, and white shirts. [[Cool Shades|Mostly]] [[Sunglasses
* ''[[Labyrinth]]'': Jareth's tights. They could have been painted on. Well, they are often referred to as "criminally tight" pants for a reason.
* ''[[The Night of the Hunter]]'': Harry Powell. [[Knuckle Tattoos]]. That is all.
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* From ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', we have Alex with his boots, pajamas, jockstrap, bowler and fake eyelash on one eye. Interestingly, fans who dress as Alex for costume parties often exaggerate the eyelashes in their makeup, sometimes putting them on ''both'' eyes. [[Unbuilt Trope|In the movie itself]], the eyelash is quite subtle and only noticed in closeups (but then, since the very first shot of Alex in the movie ''is'' a closeup....).
* From ''[[Inception]]'', Eames's Paisley shirt, Arthur's waistcoat and Ariadne's scarf has pretty much become character identifiers in fandom.
* In the ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]'' movies, the main trio's most memorable outfits outside of the Hogwarts uniforms and robes are the regular clothes they wore in the third act of ''[[
* Tony Monero in ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'' wears different clothes throughout the movie but the white leisure suit is the one people remember most.
* Carmen Miranda's fruit hat and samba outfit. Among younger people the outfit is more well-known than ''her''.
* [[Austin Powers]]' thick glasses, crushed velvet suits, Beatle boots and male symbol medallion.
* Fred Astaire's
* [[Johnny Depp]]'s portrayal of [[Hunter S. Thompson]] in ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' is never without a pair of aviators, a cigarette holder sticking out of his mouth, and a bucket hat (or a green transparent visor.)
* [[Mad Max]]'s [[Hell-Bent for Leather|leather jacket]] with the one torn sleeve and the armoured shoulder pad is iconic not only of the series itself, but of post apocalyptic cinema in general.
* The Ghostface Killer's (no, not [[Wu-Tang Clan|him]]) black robe and distinctive elongated white mask from the ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]]'' movies.
* A trailer for ''[[The Mask of Zorro]]'' opened with a completely silhouetted figure strolling out to center "stage." Practically anyone seeing the shape of his hat, the rapier on one hip, and the coiled whip on the other knew who this movie was about from that instant, even before he drew the sword and slashed the [[Zorro Mark|"Z"]] across the screen.
== [[Literature]] ==▼
* The [[Fracnhise/Star Wars Expanded Universe|Star Wars Expanded Universe]]:▼
▲== Literature ==
** [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mitth%27raw%27nuruodo Thrawn] is almost always depicted in the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Big_Thrawn.JPG white Grand Admiral outfit], with or without the medals and [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Thrawn.JPG gold epaulets]. He wore a [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:OutboundFlight-cover.jpg black uniform] as a [[Outbound Flight|Commander of the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force]], and at various points he's said to be in such things as [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Young_Thrawn.jpg animal skins], a very fancy [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:DiscoThrawn.jpg robe thing] dubbed "Disco Thrawn", stormtrooper armor, and [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:No_No...Not_Fett...Thr-err...Kast.jpg Mandalorian armor]{{Dead link}}. He must have worn uniforms appropriate to his rank before making Grand Admiral, but even official art puts him in the white uniform. In ''Galaxy of Fear'' he was only a Captain, but [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:TheSwarmCover.jpg look]. Same with in [[TIE Fighter]]. Depictions of him in his [[The Thrawn Trilogy|final campaign]] also tend to have him cradling and stroking a ysalamiri [[Right-Hand-Cat|like it's a cat]], when he never did that, and you can't really hold ysalamiri that way.▼
▲* [[Fracnhise/Star Wars Expanded Universe|Star Wars Expanded Universe]]
** [[X Wing Series|Wedge Antilles]] will [[Never Live It Down|always be reminded]] of the lavender short pants and the Ewok thing, if we ask the writer [[Aaron Allston]]. Those are more of [[Running Gag
▲** [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mitth%27raw%27nuruodo Thrawn] is almost always depicted in the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Big_Thrawn.JPG white Grand Admiral outfit], with or without the medals and [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Thrawn.JPG gold epaulets]. He wore a [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:OutboundFlight-cover.jpg black uniform] as a [[Outbound Flight|Commander of the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force]], and at various points he's said to be in such things as [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Young_Thrawn.jpg animal skins], a very fancy [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:DiscoThrawn.jpg robe thing] dubbed "Disco Thrawn", stormtrooper armor, and [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:No_No...Not_Fett...Thr-err...Kast.jpg Mandalorian armor]. He must have worn uniforms appropriate to his rank before making Grand Admiral, but even official art puts him in the white uniform. In ''Galaxy of Fear'' he was only a Captain, but [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:TheSwarmCover.jpg look]. Same with in [[TIE Fighter]]. Depictions of him in his [[The Thrawn Trilogy|final campaign]] also tend to have him cradling and stroking a ysalamiri [[Right-Hand-Cat|like it's a cat]], when he never did that, and you can't really hold ysalamiri that way.
▲** [[X Wing Series|Wedge Antilles]] will [[Never Live It Down|always be reminded]] of the lavender short pants and the Ewok thing, if we ask the writer [[Aaron Allston]]. Those are more of [[Running Gag|Running Gags]] -- but he is very much associated with the oh-so-very-''orange'' Rebel flight suits.
* Sam Spade. [[Badass Longcoat]].
* [[Yellow Peril|Dr. Fu Manchu]] actually went so far as to lend his name to his style of [[Beard of Evil]]. Oddly enough, Rohmer describes him as clean-shaven.
* ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]''
** Harry Potter's big, round, black glasses. Combine with a striped scarf and/or school uniform, and you have one of the most easily recognizable outfits in history. Black robes are a plus, but not even entirely necessary.
** [[Our Presidents Are Different|Minister for Magic]] [[Head-in-The-Sand Management|Cornelius Fudge]]'s green bowler hat seems to be this in-universe, to the point when in ''[[Harry Potter and
* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'': Harry Dresden's bulletproof, blade-proof [[Badass Longcoat|leather duster]]. Thanks to the book covers, his very fifty hat as well. This has become memetic enough that it became an instant and obvious [[Shout-Out]] to Dresden fans when [[Nicolas Cage]] wore a similar duster and hat in ''[[The Sorcerer's
* ''[[Discworld]]''
** An in-universe example: Moist von Lipwig doesn't really have a
** Discworld Witches and Wizards both recognize the value of this trope, and thus has a strong attachment to their pointy hats.
* ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'': Alice's blue dress, white apron, black shoes, and the "Alice band".
* ''[[Little Red Riding Hood]]'': Red cape with a hood that is familiar and popular even to this day.
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* [[Robin Hood]]'s Lincoln green tunic and pointy hat.
* The title character from ''[[The Sorrows of Young Werther]]'' inspired readers to dress like him and even commit suicide like him.
* ''[[Where's Wally?]]'': The red and white striped shirt, hat with a red puffball, and round glasses are infamous. Popular, too; so much so that everyone in the damn books wears something that looks like it.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Doctor Who]]''
** The Tenth Doctor's pinstripe suit and Chuck Taylors. As well as the Fourth Doctor's bohemian outfit with the long scarf and the Fifth's cricket outfit, with, um, decorative vegetable. The Sixth and Seventh Doctors were intentionally designed to be as memetic as possible (the former involving a [[Impossibly Tacky Clothes|profusion of colors]], the latter a shirt with question marks on it and an umbrella carried in any weather), but weren't as successful as the subtler examples.
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*** Tegan's purple flight attendant uniform, which was a short, tight dress.
*** Nyssa's puffy maroon trouser-suit.
**
** Zoe, in the (in)famous sparkly sequinned catsuit; she actually only wore it for one and a half stories (all but the first few minutes of "The Mind Robber", and about half of "The Invasion").
** Jamie - being a proper Scotsman, always wore a kilt; usually paired with a pullover and a waistcost (sometimes not).
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** Leela's cavewoman outfit.
** Eleven's tweed jacket and bowtie. [[Bow Ties Are Cool]].
*** Also,
*** In "The Impossible Astronaut", he wore a Stetson for all of a minute. ''That was all it needed.''
** Fitz, in the ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'', wears a [[Hell-Bent for Leather|leather jacket]] most of the time, but is hardly ever seen not wearing it in [[Fan Fiction]]. It's [[Fanon]] that Nine's leather jacket was formerly Fitz's, although the supposed circumstances behind this range from, well, bittersweet to tragic.
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* Catwoman's costume from the 1960s ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]''.
* ''[[Happy Days]]'': The Fonz in his iconic leather jacket, now hanging in the Smithsonian. Ironically, in his first few appearances he wore an ordinary windbreaker because the network that ''Happy Days'' was on wouldn't allow his character to be portrayed as a juvenile delinquent {{spoiler|even though he was}}, but later allowed the jacket to be worn.
* ''[[Mork and Mindy]]'' Mork's khakis, skintight multicolor shirt and rainbow braces/suspenders with buttons/pins on them.
* Emma Peel of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'': black leather [[Spy Catsuit
* ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force]]''
** The previous season's Rangers came back during a teamup two-parter that the fandom remembers fondly. The fandom ''also'' fondly remembers the apocalyptic future-based [[media:vlcsnap-7966220.jpg|black leather/PVC outfit]] the Pink Ranger [[Fan Service|was dressed in]] during her first appearance in said episodes as she singly handedly saves everybody else in the cast.
** There's also the cloak Andros wears in his [[Establishing Character Moment]] in ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]''. Both times he's brought back for a crossover, he's shown wearing it.
** The Ranger outfit itself is iconic enough to be recognised by non-fans - base color bodysuit & helmet, long white gloves, boots & belt, and large black eyepiece on helmet, hardly varying from one season to another. Making it easy enough to create [[Evil Twin
* Much like Power Rangers above, ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' is known for his bug-eye lenses, antennae, silver mandible mouthpiece, [[Scarf of Asskicking]] (at least early on) and always,
* Many of the Heisei Riders have a fairly set clothing style out of suit (for example, [[Kamen Rider Double|Shotaro]] and his fedoras and waistcoats, or his partner Philip and his far less common long-sleeved shirts and parkas) but special mention goes to [[Kamen Rider OOO|Eiji Hino]], whose [[Establishing Character Moment]] cemented his [[Goofy Print Underwear|Memetic Lack of an Outfit]].
* The regular ''[[Star Trek]]'' uniforms.
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** Also River's floaty skirts coupled with cycle shorts and big clompy boots... or not, [[Foot Focus|as the plot demands]].
** [[Fan Nickname|Captain Tightpants]], anyone? Those, and his [[Badass Longcoat]], from which the Browncoats take their name.
* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq9slPefZwM Ryan's] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv9Ai00eByU Shoes.]
** And Colin's "tacky shirt," though he only wears it for one taping (which spawned two episodes).
* ''[[Beakman's
* From ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'': Much's hat. He wore it for three seasons straight.
* ''[[The Red Green Show]]'': Red Green's red-and-green suspenders and plaid shirt.
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** Claire was defined by the writers as "The Cheerleader" from day one, so they always have to find a way to show her in a cheerleader outfit, even when it stretches credibility, and everyone still refers to her as "The Cheerleader".
** Mohinder's hot-pink shirt (matched with striped purple-and-yellow scarf). There are multiple crack fics starring it.
* ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'': Al Borland's flannel shirts.
* ''[[Are You Being Served?|Are You Being Served]]'': Captain Peacock's executive red carnation.
* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'': Dean's leatherjacket, and even more so, Castiel's trenchcoat (which is
* ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'': Daisy Duke's incredibly high-cut, tight jean short-shorts. So much that they were named after her.
* ''[[Hee Haw]]'': Minnie Pearl's flowery straw hat with the price tag hanging from it.
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': Spike's [[Badass Longcoat|leather trench coat]], (which he took from the second Slayer he killed), combined with his bleached blond hair made for a pretty distinctive look. [[Angel]]'s own [[Badass Longcoat]] also took on this status in the spinoff show.
* ''[[Gossip Girl]]'': Chuck Bass' signature scarf.
* Played with in ''[[Sherlock]]'', where the deerstalker cap is something Sherlock spontaneously steals and dons as something of a disguise, and thanks to the press gets associated with him in the public mind.
== [[Music]] ==
* [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]]' outfits (mostly the dark suits they wore on the ''[[Ed Sullivan Show]]'', the tan Nehru jackets at Shea Stadium, and the colorful military outfits with epaulettes from ''[[Sgt. Pepper's
▲== Music ==
▲* [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]]' outfits (mostly the dark suits they wore on the ''[[Ed Sullivan Show]]'', the tan Nehru jackets at Shea Stadium, and the colorful military outfits with epaulettes from ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band|Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'').
* [[Elvis Presley]]
** The white jumpsuit and shades he performed in during the Seventies.
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** The glove. Just the one.
** The ''Thriller'' red jumpsuit as well.
** And the leather jacket with the assload of zippers he wore in ''Beat It''.
** Never forget the white/glittery silver socks with black penny loafers.
** His fedora.
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* The white trousers and yellow leather jacket (and [[Badass Mustache|mustache]]) worn by [[Queen|Freddie Mercury]] during Queen's last tour in 1986.
* [[ACDC]]: Angus Young's [[School Uniforms Are the New Black|school uniform]].
* [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]: Billy Corgan's Zero Star Shirt.
* [[David Bowie]]
** The [
** The eyepatch he wore (due to conjunctivitis) during a Dutch television appearance in 1974 is forever tied to his character Halloween Jack from ''Diamond Dogs'', which he was promoting at the time.
* [[Owl City
* [[Kurt Cobain]]
** He only wore a flannel shirt for a few months in 1990, but it is the article of clothing most frequently associated with both him and grunge fashion in general.
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* [[Madonna]]'s conic bra. Honorable mention to the wedding dress on the ''Like a Virgin'' cover and the black dress from the "Like a Prayer" video.
* Geri Halliwell of the [[Spice Girls]] is usually remembered for wearing a dress with the Union Jack on it, which was surprisingly lampshaded at the Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton when a reporter pointed out a similar dress that an attendant was wearing. More recently, she teamed up with British clothing retailer Next to release her own line of Union Jack-designed clothing.
* Earlier, you had Pete Townshend wearing a Union Jack suit during the early days of [[The Who]].
* Rapper Flavor Flav always wears a large clock around his neck.
* Similar to the Elvis example, [[The Doors|Jim Morrison's]] own leather outfit that he wore in 1967-68.
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* Practically anything [[Lady Gaga]] wears, but her meat-dress deserves special mention.
== [[New Media ]]==
* [[
==
▲* ''[[Peanuts]]'': Charlie Brown wouldn't be Charlie Brown without the zigzag stripe shirt. Ironically, in early comics he wore an ordinary blank shirt, but his zigzag has overshadowed it for good.
▲* [[Game FAQs|Board 8]] has a wiki. The very first line in the page for one longtime regular is that he has an awesome shirt... with a link to the wiki page ''[http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Ulti%27s_shirt for the shirt.]''
▲* ''[[Little Orphan Annie]]'''s red dress and red curls. [[Annie|The musical]] plays off of this by only putting her in said outfit when she's adopted by Warbucks.
▲* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]''
▲** Calvin is never seen without his red T-shirt, sneakers, and shorts-that-are-too-long-for-his-legs.
▲** Spaceman Spiff's jumpsuit and blaster, plus goggles.
▲** Tracer Bullet's Fedora, cig, and [[Badass Longcoat]]. Possibly subverted, since [[Badass Longcoat
* [[Super Soldier|Space]] [[Warrior Monk|Marine]] [[Powered Armor|power armor]], with its distinctive "Death's Head" helmet and [[Shoulders of Doom|huge pauldrons]], is pretty much shorthand for ''[[Warhammer
==
▲* [[Super Soldier|Space]] [[Warrior Monk|Marine]] [[Powered Armor|power armor]], with its distinctive "Death's Head" helmet and [[Shoulders of Doom|huge pauldrons]], is pretty much shorthand for ''[[Warhammer 40000]]''.
== Theater ==▼
* Mark Cohen's scarf from ''[[Rent]]''. Heck, some people even [[Cargo Ship|ship him with it]].
* The popular dress from ''[[Wicked (theatre)|Wicked]]''. [[Cheeseypoofs]] has seen people tried to find it so they can go as Galinda for halloween.
* Quite a few from ''[[Les Misérables (theatre)|Les Misérables]]'' (Valjean's national guard outfit, Eponine's trenchcoat and hat, Cosette's black dress), but most notably the red vest that Enjolras wears from the Act 1 finale onwards. It is known as the "[[Fan Nickname|Red Vest Of Doom]]" to fans.
* Jesus's "Superman shirt", clown pants and clown shies in ''[[Godspell]]''.
* Holly Hobbie's patchwork dress and bonnet.
== [[Video Games]] ==
▲== Video Games ==
* Appearing (or not) in a variety of media, [[Franchise/Carmen Sandiego|Carmen Sandiego]] has her matching red hat and trenchcoat.
* ''[[Brink (video game)|Brink]]'' has near-infinite potential for memetic outfits, but one, created in the early days of Brink, stands out-Designing a black guy with skull facepaint, [http://brink.wikia.com/wiki/The_Wasted The Wasted jacket], [http://brink.wikia.com/wiki/The_G The G pants], and dreadlocks is a very popular choice among players, possibly because of how grungy it looks and how it is damn near invisible on the infamous Container City map and Shipyard map is very popular. It may have originated with an Xbox player named Haru Daniels.
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* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]''
** Link's green tunic, leather boots, and [[Nice Hat|hat]].
** Zelda's purple and white dress from ''Twilight Princess'' also counts to the point that it's practically her default outfit. It even shows up in fanarts for other games where she wore mostly pink.
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' has the jobs come with recurring costumes.
** ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'' gave four of its six classes ([http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/White_Mage#Gallery White Mage], [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104172700/http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Mage_
** While ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' has many popular outfits worn by the main characters, none of them are as memorable as [[Big Bad]] [[Monster Clown|Kefka's]] [[Rummage Sale Reject|truly bizarre mismatch of various outfits]].
** The same could also be said for [[Final Fantasy IX|Kuja]] as his villainous man-panties.
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** [[Final Fantasy VII|Tifa's]] [[Cowboy|Cowgirl]] outfit has hit this status thanks to the fact Tifa is [[Ms. Fanservice]], and the cowgirl uniform makes her [[Hotter and Sexier]] than ever. [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|There was much rejoicing]] when this outfit was revealed as an alternate costume for her in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy|Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy]]''. Canonically though, her [[Bare Your Midriff|midriff-baring tank top]] and her ''Advent Children'' barmaid outfits are worn more often while the cowgirl outfit was only worn in ''Crisis Core'', but it is much more infamous.
** Cloud's ''[[Kingdom Hearts (video game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'' uniform. He only wore it in the first two games, and ditched it for his ''Advent Children'' outfit in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''. However, it's famous as his trademark gear in the series. The developers took notice and brought it back for his appearance in ''coded''. As with Tifa above, the fandom cheered when the outfit got in as a bonus costume for Cloud in ''Dissidia 012''.
** For ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'', the Job System features virtually every iconic Job look, but there are also two within the game itself, specific to Bartz: his [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:V-bartz_sd.jpg Freelancer]{{Dead link}} or 'jobless' look, remarkable for being very simplistic compared to most other Final Fantasy protagonist looks, has nevertheless become very popular, and was chosen for his additional alt for ''Dissidia 012'', where even [[Final Fantasy XII|Penelo]] notes it as a fan-favourite getup. Even more memetic is his [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Dancer_%28Final_Fantasy_V%29 Dancer] outfit; in fan art of Bartz, if he isn't in his Freelancer or Amano looks, chances are he's wearing his Dancer costume. It became easily the most popular choice for Bartz's DLC costume for ''Dissidia 012'', and much like the previous two examples, ''it did''.
* ''[[Metal Gear]]''
** Solid Snake's sneaking suit in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' has become a fondly remarked-upon outfit, especially for the [[Fan Service|the way it highlights]] [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|his backside]]
** Certainly the [[Eighties Hair|mullet]]. Even though he wore his hair short in as many games as he wore his hair long, including in his first appearance on the [[
** Don't forget Raiden's Skull Suit. Although, does his [[Naked People Are Funny|lack of Skull Suit]] at one point count?
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
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* ''[[Silent Hill]]'': Pyramid Head's, um, pyramid head, a huge, implied-to-be-very-heavy torture helmet that may or may not be his actual head. Note that the original is solid and has five sides, whereas the most popular version from [[Silent Hill (film)|the movie]] is four-sided and included grating (because it was impossible for the actor to wear otherwise).
* ''[[Half-Life (series)|Half-Life]]'' Dr. Freeman's HEV Suit.
* ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]. Brawl''
** [[Star Fox (series)|Wolf O'Donnell's]] outfit in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''
** [[F-Zero|Captain Falcon's]] "Captain Fabulous" pink and white outfit from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' has become so popular, sometimes it's referenced as a different character.
** Ditto for the red on pink ensamble worn by [[Hotel Mario|Gay Luigi]] a.k.a. [[Super Mario Bros. (animation)|Mama Luigi]].
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* ''[[Metroid]]''
** The Varia Suit. Although Samus rarely starts the game with it (and if she does, there's a pretty good chance she [[Bag of Spilling|loses it pretty soon]]) and usually gets another upgrade or two to her suit, its design (complete with the iconic [[Shoulders of Doom]]) and color scheme are synonymous with her [[Powered Armor]].
** Also the Zero Suit, especially since appearing in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''.
* ''[[Pokémon]]''
** "I like shorts. They're comfy and easy to wear!" The playable characters are also easily recognizable in their attire.
** Lampshaded in ''[[Hotel Dusk: Room 215]]'' sequel ''[[Last Window]]'' by player character Kyle Hyde: "I like suits. They're comfy and easy to wear."
* Zero from ''[[Mega Man X]]'' has his armor's [[Gag Boobs|Boob]][[Fan Nickname|lights]]. And his square shoulders.
* Koei is responsible for doing this to the ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'' characters. While many elements of the more iconic characters' appearance, like Guan Yu with his long flowing beard, do exist in the original literature, the ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' games and any predecessors and successors therein always depict recurring characters with now-signature features, to the extent that ''other properties'' depicting ''Three Kingdoms'', like this ''[[Three Kingdoms]]'' [http://san.pengguo.com/index.php?mode=view&view=1 webcomic] and the toyline ''[[BB Senshi Sangokuden]]'' also use
* ''[[Dead Space (series)|Dead Space]]''
** Isaac Clarke]]'s gothic-looking, horror-show engineer suit. Other people obviously wear it, as you'll see in ''[[Dead Space: Downfall|Dead Space Downfall]]'' and ''[[Dead Space: Extraction|Dead Space Extraction]]'', but none wear it as [[The Stoic|stoically]] and as [[The Faceless|facelessly]] as Isaac does.
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** Red-white number with [[Detached Sleeves]]? Reimu's Incident-resolving dress!
** Oh wait! We forgot to mention the new [[Memetic Mutation|good]] [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|green haired]] miko in white and blue who lives with [[Physical God|Suwako and Kanako]] in the Moriya Shrine. That's right guys! It's Sanae Kochiya (or [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Kotiya]], depends upon your choice).
** Reisen Udongein Inaba only wore a suit jacket in one game out of all the other official games which she had been in. In all the other official works she doesn't wear it; but even so it has become her
** Flandre Scarlet's distinctive [http://jollepoker.deviantart.com/art/Flandre-s-Wings-121847881 metal-and-"Christmas lights" wings] certainly make an impression (unfortunately missing in the picture is a single glowing eye peering out of the darkness at you). Although, the Memeticness might partly come from the fact that Flandre's wings resemble [[Kirby|Marx's]] wings.
** Cirno's ice wings.
** A red, plaid dress and vest, with a white shirt and a [[Parasol of Prettiness]][[Parasol of Pain|sol?]] [[Green Thumb|Yuuka]] [[Badass|Kazami]].
** In fact, a [[Memetic Mutation|rather famous]] [[Fan Vid]] uses the incredible number of
* All of the ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' classes' outfits, and for good
* ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'': Nick's $3,000 white suit with blue shirt underneath. The style has recently come back in [[Real Life]], causing many fans' heads to whiplash whenever they see it in stores or on TV on unrelated people.
* Hazama/{{spoiler|Terumi}} from ''[[
* The standard [[The Hashshashin|Assassin]] outfit in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' is this. White robes with a blood-red ribbon tied around the waist, a [[In the Hood|hood]] shaped to resemble an eagle's head, and a bracer on the left wrist with a [[Nothing Up My Sleeve|surprise]] [[Blade Below the Shoulder|attached]]. No matter the time period, every Assassin will wear some variant of this: the Roman Empire, the Crusades, the Renaissance, the Russian Revolution...
* ''[[Tekken]]''
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* ''[[Dead or Alive]]'' has several of these, especially for the women in the game (Lei Fang's [[Little Black Dress]], for instance). But one of the most memorable belongs to a male character: Zack's silver "Teletubby" outfit.
* ''[[The King of Fighters]]''
** Mai Shiranui's famously [[Stripperiffic]] red kimono(?) in ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' and ''The King of Fighters''
** Terry's iconic red jacket and [[Nice Hat|trucker cap]].
** Iori's [[Anime Hair|hairdo]], underjacket... [[Impossibly Cool Clothes|thing]] and leg belt.
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** Three more words: Black hooded trenchcoats.
* ''[[Resident Evil]]''
** Jill Valentine and the (in)famous blue tube top, miniskirt, and sweater wrapped around the waist combo that she wears in ''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]]''. This crossed over to [[Resident Evil: Apocalypse|the film version]], as well. {{spoiler|Her purple [[Spy Catsuit|battlesuit]] seems to be heading this way, as well, with appearances in ''[[Resident Evil: Afterlife]]'' and ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''.}}
** Likewise, Claire Redfield and her iconic pink cycling suit from the second game.
** Wesker and his penchant for sunglasses at night and wearing all black.
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* ''[[The World Ends With You]]'': Sho Minamimoto's [[Nice Hat|hat]].
* ''[[No More Heroes]]'': Travis Touchdown. His red-dyed leather jacket with the Santa Destroy star is quite popular, as well as his Bizarre Jelly T-shirt. His pink and white Bizare Jelly outfit is pretty popular as well.
* The standard Iron Helmet from ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim|Skyrim]]'' has come to represent the main character, due to its appearance in the first trailer.
* ''[[Yume Nikki]]'': Madotsuki's pink shirt with a chekerboard pattern in the center.
* ''[[Demon's Souls]]'' has the Fluted Armor Set and ''[[Dark Souls]]'' has the Elite Knight Armor Set, seen (if not on the [[Player Character]]) worn by Ostrava of Boletaria and Oscar of Astora, respectively. They were featured heavily in advertisements, trailers, and official art for their respective games and more easily appear in artwork and are considered each settings' iconic suits.
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** Hawke in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', having become a living [[Folk Hero]], has the Mantle of the Champion as their memetic outfit. The Mage version of the armour is the one used in the promotional materials and box-art.
=== [[Visual Novels]] ===▼
▲== Visual Novels ==
* ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate Stay Night]]''
** Archer. Of course is identified by his not-quite-a-[[Badass Longcoat|longcoat]]. Technically, it's two red sleeves and a battle skirt. Try and imagine him without it and, at best, you get {{spoiler|a tanned Shirou}}.
** Let's not forget
* ''[[Ace Attorney]]''
** Miles Edgeworth's maroon suit and cravat.
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* In the ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]'' series : Shiori Fujisaki and her hairband. Yumi Saotome and Megumi Juuichiya, and their hair ribbons. Minori Akiho, and her X-shaped hair decs. Rhythmy Kyono and her headphones.
* The immense popularity of ''[[Half Life:
== Web Animation ==▼
▲* The immense popularity of ''[[Half Life: Full Life Consequences|Half Life Full Life Consequences]]'' means that almost every video made using Gary's Mod uses the same "John Freeman" sprite as it's star.
* Even before John Freeman, Male 07 had been a popular character model due to its starring role as Gordon Frohman in the webcomic ''[[Concerned]]''.
== [[Web Comics]] ==▼
▲== Web Comics ==
* Marten's "TEH" T-shirt in ''[[Questionable Content]]''.
* Due to the fact that everyone is a stick figure in ''[[Xkcd]]'', the one extravagance worn by recurring characters is this. [[Nice Hat|Black Hat Guy]] is the most prominent, followed by [[Cloudcuckoolander|the guy in the beret]].
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* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'': Torg's plaid jacket (with vertical and horizontal only stripes) and riff's [[Badass Longcoat]].
== [[Web Original]] ==▼
▲== Web Original ==
* Some of the "[[Fan Service]]" outfits in [[Survival of the Fittest|SOTF-TV]] qualify both in [[Character Blog|"Survival of the Snarkiest"]] and among the handlers, especially the ones that are actually worn by the characters. This includes Panya Bishara's Smokey the Bear fursuit, Mae St. Clair's geisha costume, Sidney Rice's [[Playboy Bunny]] gear, and Jeanette Buendia's hula girl outfit.
* Most of the [[That Guy With The Glasses]] members that wear a costume recieve this treatment. Most common targets include [[The Nostalgia Critic|the Critic's]] [[Unkempt Beauty|black and white suit]], tie and cap, [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara's]] coat and [[Nice Hat|purty hat]] and, before she lost it, [[The Nostalgia Chick|the Chick's]] [[Bow Ties Are Cool|bowtie]].
* ''[[The Batman]]'' has the Joker in a purple straightjacket, yellow vest, fingerless gloves, and [[Does Not Like Shoes|no shoes.]]
* [[The Fairly
* ''[[Scooby-Doo (animation)|Scooby
** Fred's ascot (actually a neckerchief). Though present-day Freddie doesn't wear one, they do bust it out for [[
*** [[The Venture Brothers|Hank Venture]] wears one specifically to evoke Fred. There's been a [[Lampshade Hanging]] on this.
** The other members of Mystery, Inc. also apply, though the ascot (being so out of place) is the most known.
* Black shirt, gray gloves, and khaki cargo-pants define [[Kim Possible]]'s mission look. Also in-universe, to the point that [[Two Lines, No Waiting|one of]] the plot points of one episode was how everyone at her school was copying her (now popular and mass-produced) outfit ("Kim Style") [[Your Costume Needs Work|without giving her the proper credit]]. Her mission outfit changed in [[Post Script Season|Season 4]], but you wouldn't know it from the fanart.
* In an interesting case of an adaptation spawning a memetic outfit for a character, [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|April O'Neil]]'s iconic yellow jumpsuit spawned in [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 series)|the 1987 cartoon]], and has been either in or alluded to in most other canons.
* [[SpongeBob SquarePants|SpongeBob]]'s square pants.
* [[Mickey Mouse]] has his red shorts and yellow shoes.
* [[Donald Duck]] and his sailor hat and shirt.
* ''[[Ben 10]]'': Ben has his signature green jacket. Even more memetic is the single striped shirt he wears, which transfers its color scheme to all his aliens.
* [[Freakazoid!]]'s crazy outfit.
* [[Phineas and Ferb]]'s signature outfits, as lampshaded in one episode when whey went back-to-school shopping. In the earlier episode "Run Away Runway", they manage to get ''everyone'' in Danville wearing their signature outfits.
* Every one of [[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]. Heck, pretty much everyone in Springfield. (Moe's apron, crazy cat lady's crazy cat lady apparel, Milhouse's glasses...)
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* ''[[Doug]]'': Doug Funnie's [[Limited Wardrobe|trademark outfit.]]
* ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'': Rocko's blue collared shirt with purple triangles.
* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'': Teal Sweater, blue cap, red shirt-skirt thing.
* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n'
* ''[[My Little Pony:
** Applejack's hat and mane-ties, while several other minor characters are known almost as much for their accessories as for their looks.
*** In particular, Vinyl Scratch sports a pair of [[Cool Shades]] while Octavia has her pink [[Bow Ties Are Cool|bowtie]], and Doctor Whooves is frequently depicted in fanworks as wearing one of a few different outfits designed to make him more closely resemble [[Doctor Who|the Doctor]].
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** Red baseball hat turned backwards, greenish-grey jacket, white t-shirt, baggy jeans...
** Not to mention for his friend, orange ski cap, red oversized t-shirt/dress, dark grey jacket, red-and-orange striped stockings, dark grey boots, not to mention wearing pigtails.
* ''[[
* From ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' we have Numbuh Five's red hat and Numbuh Three's oversized green sweater, among others.
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
▲== Real Life ==
* [[Complete World Knowledge|John Hodgman]] is pretty much always seen wearing the same brown suit with orange tie.
* [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s beard and stovepipe hat.
* Davey Crockett's coonskin cap. [[Jonathan Coulton]] wears one, too, to go with his "mountain man" image.
* [[
* The obligatory all-concealing [[Ninja]] outfit, rarely if ever worn by actual ninja in real life.
* The Nazi uniform. Skulls on a cap, black trenchcoats, or an armband will remind people of the Nazis more than any other group. [[Putting on the Reich|Writers often use this]] to make it more obvious that their villains are based on the Nazis. The brown party uniform isn't used as often, mostly because it's quite ugly.
* Similarly, [[Fascist Italy|Mussolini's]] black military uniform, including the [[Nice Hat|black cap]].
* [[Robin Williams]]' Hawaiian shirts. There's rarely a parody of him where he isn't wearing one.
* Similarly, [["Weird Al"
* [[Tina Fey]] and her glasses.
* [http://imeanwhat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/aretha_franklin_hat.jpg Aretha]{{Dead link}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20140723132941/http://www.papermag.com/blogs/aretha-hat-poster.jpg Franklin's] [https://web.archive.org/web/20141019052348/http://www.shoppingblog.com/pics/arethas_hat_smithsonian.jpg hat] [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3476/3222794249_9204fb044d.jpg that] [http://www.thestyleinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/noreen-carroll-aretha-franklin-hat-picture-buzzfeed.jpg she] [https://web.archive.org/web/20090215112812/http://www.usmagazine.com/files/degeneres-franklin-b.jpg wore] [https://web.archive.org/web/20140723233816/http://blog.nola.com/living/2009/02/large_ArethaCrop.jpg to] [http://s-ec-sm.buzzfeed.com/static/imagebuzz/web02/2009/1/25/13/finally-the-man-in-an-aretha-franklin-hat-now-t-28353-1232908781-11.jpg Obama's]{{Dead link}} [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/3219976078_7c0fc0fa89.jpg inauguration].
* [[The Duke of Wellington]]: "I shall come in any damn trousers I like!"
* Colonel Sanders and his iconic white suit.
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* [[wikipedia:Matthew Lesko|Matthew Lesko's]] [[Batman|Riddler-like]] question-mark suits.
* American writer and journalist Tom Wolfe and his trademark white suits.
* Ryan Ross's Rose vest. The vest alone has fangirls.
* [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s bicorne hat and uniform.
* [http://img.alfonsojimenez.com/2007/01/audrey.jpg Audrey Hepburn's outfit]{{Dead link}}. Specially the cigarette holder.
* The yellow suit worn by Bertie Ahern to a meeting of world leaders.
* [[Mr. T]]'s gold chains
* [[George Lucas]]' flannel shirts.
* [[George R. R. Martin]]'s glasses, button up shirts, suspenders and hat, to the point that any guy with the right build and beard can be a decent lookalike.
* Jackie Kennedy's pink Chanel
* [[Mike Jittlov]]'s green jacket and green sneakers, to the point that his credit on ''[[The Wizard of Speed and Time (film)|The Wizard of Speed and Time]]'' simply reads "Directed by the man in the green jacket".
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