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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''A schoolgirl in a miniskirt, armed [[Fighting
▲{{quote|''A schoolgirl in a miniskirt, armed [[Fighting With Chucks|with nunchucks]]. Hot.''|[[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|Spoony]] on [[Final Fantasy VIII|Selphie]]}}
An [[Action Girl]], from minor to outright [[Badass]], wearing a mini dress, either as a one-piece dress or as a top and miniskirt (for [[Bare Your Midriff]]). Often comes with color-coordinated boots ending just below the knee.
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Sometimes the dress will be simple, and other times it will be a [[Pimped-Out Dress]]. It can even start out simple and turn pimped-out through [[Frilly Upgrade]]. And the dress often has a [[Magic Skirt]]. If the dress is fancy enough, and the wearer [[Badass]] enough, it can overlap with [[Kicking Ass in All Her Finery]].
While fighting in any kind of skirt is not the most practical idea ever (unless you're indifferent to [[Panty Shot
Compare [[Sexy Santa Dress]], [[Zettai Ryouiki]], [[She's Got Legs]], [[Leotard of Power]], [[Superheroes Wear Tights]], [[Dangerously
▲Compare [[Sexy Santa Dress]], [[Zettai Ryouiki]], [[She's Got Legs]], [[Leotard of Power]], [[Superheroes Wear Tights]], [[Dangerously Short Skirt]].
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* We could go the easy route and say most any [[Magical Girl]] will fall under this.▼
▲== Anime & Manga ==
** The senshi of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', playing with [[School Uniforms Are the New Black]]
** The angels of ''[[
** ''[[Princess Tutu]]'', by default, since a tutu is a mini dress.
** Mew Mint in ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]''.
* [[Princess]] Amue/Romelle of ''[[Go Lion]]''/''[[Voltron]]'' wears a [[Princesses Prefer Pink|pink dress]] in the climactic battle.▼
** Most of the girls of the ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' shows.▼
** Several in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', such as Hayate and Teana, as well as Nanoha and Fate's first Barrier Jackets in ''StrikerS''.▼
** ''[[Pretty Sammy]]''▼
** In ''[[
▲* [[Princess]] Amue/Romelle of ''[[
* Many of the outfits in ''[[Prétear]]'', including [[An Ice Suit]].
*
* Maka from [[Soul Eater]], combined with [[Magic Skirt]].
▲* Most of the girls of the ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' shows.
▲* Several in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', such as Hayate and Teana, as well as Nanoha and Fate's first Barrier Jackets in ''StrikerS''.
▲* ''[[Pretty Sammy]]''
▲* Both heroines from ''[[Noir]]'', but ''especially'' Mireille.
* Karin's [[Greek Mythology|Aphrodite]] transformation in ''[[Kamichama Karin]]''.
* ''[[Kiddy Grade]]'''s Éclair wears this.
▲* We could go the easy route and say most any [[Magical Girl]] will fall under this.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has a few, Chiu's current artifact costume (as well as the outfits Class Rep and Makie wore) fall under this most directly. Otherwise they often fall under this by wearing their uniforms into battle.
* A frequent outfit of Panty in ''[[Panty
▲* In ''[[Mahou Shoujo Ai (Anime)|Mahou Shoujo Ai]]'' (''Sexy Magical Girl''), the eponymous heroine wears an extremely mini dress during her battles with demons. Being a [[Hentai]] title, this naturally lends to many a [[Panty Shot]] (among [[Naughty Tentacles|other things]]).
* The titular trio of ''[[Sweet Valerian]]'' wear these, even though they turn into bunny rabbits when they transform.
* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', we have Lucy Heartfilia and Erza Scarlet.
* Maya Kumashiro from [[Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin|Occult Academy]] is this and [[Zettai Ryouiki]].
* Ran-Mao in ''[[Black Butler]]''.
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
* ''[[X
▲== Comic Books ==
▲* ''[[X Men (Comic Book)|X Men]]'' Jean Grey's second "[[X-Men (Franchise)/Characters|Marvel Girl]]" outfit.
* [[Supergirl]]
* [[Batman|Catwoman]] had an outfit like this once or twice.
* [[DCU|Nightshade]]
* [[Captain Marvel|Mary Marvel]], seen [
* [[Blackhawk|Lady Blackhawk]] ([
* [[The Flash]] foe the Golden Glider, whose costume is based on a figure skater's outfit, and had [[Pretty in Mink|white fur cuffs]].
* Both Silk Spectres from ''[[Watchmen]]''
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** Wonder Woman's mother, Hippolyta, was depicted as the [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] Wonder Woman in some modern stories, and "returning" to the role. She usually was depicted wearing a skirt.
* The Teen Titans Go! version of Donna Troy wears this version of her classic red jumpsuit. ([http://i51.tinypic.com/2prelac.jpg pictured here])
* In ''[[
== [[Live
* ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]''
* The girl rangers on ''[[Super Sentai]]'' usually wear skirt additions to the default (male) uniform (series where it's ''not'' the case include ''[[Choudenshi Bioman|Bioman]]'', ''[[Choushinsei Flashman|Flashman]]'' and ''[[Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger|Dekaranger]]''). The reason it didn't hold true for all female rangers in ''[[Power Rangers]]'' was that many of the Yellow Rangers...[[She's a Man In Japan|were originally men]]. This is for technical reasons, as even the female rangers were portrayed by stunt''men'' when morphed (who would otherwise have a very, uh, masculine bulge when wearing the [[Insistent Terminology|spand...Bio-Armor]]).
** Played with in ''[[
* The eponymous character from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' wore these sometimes, usually with knee-high boots, in season one.
* When Blue draws Holly J as a superhero in ''[[Degrassi]]'', his choice of outfits for her falls under this.
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
* Adrianna in ''[[Baldur's Gate|Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance]]'' has several starting armor sets that follow this pattern.▼
▲== Video Games ==
▲* Adrianna in ''Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance'' has several starting armor sets that follow this pattern.
* Selphie from ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]''
** Lani the [[Bounty Hunter]] in ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]''.
** Female Squires, Archers, Geomancers, and Mimes in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]''.
** Ritz and the Viera Archer class in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]''.
* Lightning from ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''.
* From the ''[[Soul Series]]'' games: Sophitia, Cassandra, and Amy (in her [[Pretty in Mink|fur-trimmed]] [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] dress).
* Millenia from ''[[Grandia II]]''
* Ms. Liberty (also her mother, Miss Liberty, and [[Mirror Universe]] [[Evil Counterpart]], Dominatrix) in ''[[City of Heroes]]''. Naturally, player characters have this as an option as well.
* Ada and Jill of the ''[[Resident Evil]]'' games each have at least one mini dress outfit.
* Alis, the heroine of the first ''[[
** The RAcaseal class (android gunner girls) from ''[[
* In ''[[Jade Empire]]'', the female [[Fragile Speedster]] class model wears a sort of sleeveless tunic that barely covers her hips and no pants. The NPC Dawn Star has a similar outfit, but with sleeves and four long ribbons hanging down from her waist.
* Shepard (if you play as a woman) acquires a mini-style [[Little Black Dress]] in ''[[Mass Effect]] 2'' for an infiltration mission (part of the ''Kasumi's Stolen Memories'' DLC). After the mission, she can still wear it as her "casual" outfit on board the Normandy. Being Shepard, she still looks very [[Badass]] in it.
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* ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' has had more than a few opportunities to dress your characters like this; [[Dragon Quest IX]] is the most noticeable since your equipment decisions actually show up on your character in 3D, giving you an ample view of your female party members' bikinis and bustiers. (They actually do make really good armor choices much of the time, since they often take this trope literally by increasing your spell power.)
* Caitlyn, the Sherrif of Piltover from ''[[League of Legends]]'', with the addition of [[Too Many Belts]].
* Kairi from ''[[
* Cecille of ''[[Arc Rise Fantasia]]'' goes after enemies with her fists.
* All of the female party members in ''[[Legend of Dragoon]]'' (Shana's a completly straight example, Rose has a sort of petal skirt and Miranda has a skirt of the same length as Shana, but her boots make it [[Zettai Ryouiki]]).
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[Kid Radd]]'', Sheena has a minidress, and does get more active when she's out of the game. Plus her counterpart in the second game has a [[Super Mode]] in a [[French Maid]] outfit.
* Tip from [[Skin Horse]] wears these on occasion, among '''his''' ever-shifting (but always made-for-women) wardrobe. His last job was in the Army; he isn't there anymore for obvious reasons relating to unit cohesion.
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* The [[Gender Bender]] heroine of ''[[Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki]]''
* [[Wonderella]]'s mother wears one.
* Alex of ''[[
* ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==
* The only actual example of this trope in the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' is the costume worn by Heart Girl. She's a [[Kid Hero|nine-year-old]] [[Flying Brick]] and just cute as a button.
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
* [[She-Ra: Princess of Power]]'': She-Ra
▲== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Everything's Better
* The ''[[Superman
▲* [[Everything's Better With Princesses|Princess Goleeta]] of ''[[Galtar and The Golden Lance]]''
* American Maid of ''[[The Tick (animation)|The Tick]]'' wore a dress [[Wearing a Flag
▲* The ''[[Superman]]: [[The Animated Series]]'' version of Supergirl had the top and skirt version up until her final appearance on Justice League.
▲* American Maid of ''[[The Tick]]'' wore a dress [[Wearing a Flag On Your Head|looking like the US flag]].
* Every one of the ''[[Winx Club]]'' girls - the fairies in their transformation outfits and the Trix witches when they aren't wearing their battle uniforms.
* The Fireside Girls from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''.
* ''[[The Venture Brothers
* Starfire from ''[[Teen Titans (
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[[Category:Standard Superhero Suits]]
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