Memetic Outfit: Difference between revisions

* ''[[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.

 

* 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.

* Like Wolverine and the Riddler, [[Spider-Man]] also has two iconic outfits—the classic red and blue tights and the symbiote/black costume. In fact, people actually attribute it to his moods—if he's wearing the black costume, ''run''.

 

* 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 Memetic Outfit is her matchmaker dress (which she was uncomfortable wearing), but even more for {{spoiler|Rapunzel from [[Tangled]], whose long blonde hair is in every piece of merchandise.. while it being cut was what freed her from her oppressor.}}

** 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 [[Upper Class Twit]]s in well-tailored clothes, but is usually pictured in a baggy suit, slapshoes, and his trademark porkpie hat.

* 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.

 

** [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.

** [[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]]s—but he is very much associated with the oh-so-very-''orange'' Rebel flight suits.

* ''[[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.

 

* ''[[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.

* 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.

 

* [[Elvis Presley]]

** The white jumpsuit and shades he performed in during the Seventies.

** The [https://web.archive.org/web/20130724090611/http://5years.com/aladdin.htm lightning bolt makeup] from the album cover and inner sleeve of ''Aladdin Sane'' (1973).

** 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.

* [[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.

* Practically anything [[Lady Gaga]] wears, but her meat-dress deserves special mention.

 

* [[GameFAQs|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.]''

 

 

* [[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 40,000]]''.

 

* 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.

 

* Holly Hobbie's patchwork dress and bonnet.

 

* 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.

** 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.

 

* ''[[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}}.

* 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.

 

* Even before John Freeman, Male 07 had been a popular character model due to its starring role as Gordon Frohman in the webcomic ''[[Concerned]]''.

 

* 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]].

* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'': Torg's plaid jacket (with vertical and horizontal only stripes) and riff's [[Badass Longcoat]].

 

* 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 OddParents]]'': Timmy Turner's pink hat.

** Fred's ascot (actually a neckerchief). Though present-day Freddie doesn't wear one, they do bust it out for [[homage]]s every once in a while, as well as plenty of [[Lampshade Hanging]] in the series of Fred's fashion choice.

*** [[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.

* [[Mickey Mouse]] has his red shorts and yellow shoes.

* [[Donald Duck]] and his sailor hat and shirt.

* ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'': Rocko's blue collared shirt with purple triangles.

* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'': Teal Sweater, blue cap, red shirt-skirt thing.

** 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]].

* From ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' we have Numbuh Five's red hat and Numbuh Three's oversized green sweater, among others.

 

* [[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.

* 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.

* [[Tina Fey]] and her glasses.

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