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[[File:NakedApron1.jpg|frame|link=Love Hina|Well, that's a view of Mutsume we haven't seen before...]]
'''Taiyo & Robots:''' ''Hadaka Apu-ron!!''
|''[[Spaceship Agga Ruter]]''}}
A trope in comedy, pornography and nearly any source of [[Fan Service]], Naked Apron, frequently called "[[Gratuitous Japanese|Hadaka]] Apron" due to its popularity in Japan, is the [[Exactly What It Says
▲{{quote|'''Key:''' Taiyo, this is what we call "The Naked Apron". It makes men crazy.<br />
▲'''Taiyo:''' Naked Apron?<br />
▲'''Key:''' Say louder! Ready!<br />
▲'''Taiyo & Robots:''' ''Hadaka Apu-ron!!''|''[[Spaceship Agga Ruter (Anime)|Spaceship Agga Ruter]]''}}
▲A trope in comedy, pornography and nearly any source of [[Fan Service]], Naked Apron, frequently called "[[Gratuitous Japanese|Hadaka]] Apron" due to its popularity in Japan, is the [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|practice of wearing an apron over]] [[Shaped Like Itself|a scantily clad or outright nude body.]]
The trope's popularity comes originally from the pin-ups American soldiers brought with them during [[World War II]]; a common motif were titillating shots of women in otherwise normal domestic situations, such as cooking or cleaning. These pinups were emulated by Japanese artists around the same time [[Manga]] began to develop as an art form in the years after the occupation of Japan (1945-1960).
The appeal of the trope (outside of the obvious) is due to it allowing for the character to appear [[Scenery Censor|with modesty preserved from the front]], but with a [[Sexy Backless Outfit|risqué surprise awaiting the viewer.]] In a somewhat meta sense, it is just as frequently used as a surprise for the audience as the characters viewing. Examples can be split between a [[Achievements in Ignorance|character holding a perfectly casual conversation]] with another character who, upon turning around, reveals that they were in fact, nude; and the character being fully aware of it but the audience not seeing it until a certain
Frequently mixed with other such risqué Japanese tropes, such as bloomers and [[School Swimsuit|school swimsuits]], or more generally, lingerie or a bikini (for when the character wants to pull this off, but is too modest). This trope is extremely popular amongst couples in Japan, as it is considered a traditional form of foreplay between newlyweds. As such, it comes up extremely often in [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] for [[Fan Service]], especially in [[Harem Anime]] and [[Magical Girlfriend]] shows.
A traditional outfit of [[Ms. Fanservice]] and [[The Vamp]] when attempting to attract a more innocent target, or when attempting a more long term relationship. The [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]] also might end up dressed like this, because she doesn't understand you're supposed to wear something under an
All in all, a frequent source of [[Naked People Are Funny|nudity as comedy]]
Very similar in theory and practice to [[Theiss Titillation Theory]]; whereas Theiss's Titillation Theory states that the higher chance of a [[Wardrobe Malfunction]] causes an outfit to be sexier, a large portion of Hadaka Apron's appeal is the fact that it's a nude body that's "covered, but only technically", and any number of poses or gusts of wind would cause a [[Wardrobe Malfunction]]. The fact that almost all shots of
Can also be worn by men, in which case it's usually played up either for laughs or for [[Ho Yay]]
Compare and contrast [[Theiss Titillation Theory]], [[Body Paint]], [[Godiva Hair]], [[Scenery Censor]], [[
{{noreallife|All The Tropes is not an eroge site.}}
{{examples|Examples}}▼
=== Females ===▼
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* Ren from ''[[Dear S (Manga)|Dear S]]'' is an [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]] who ends up in this early on.▼
=== Anime and Manga ===
* Ditto for a character from ''[[Nagasarete Airantou (Manga)|Nagasarete Airantou]]''. Having lived on an island her entire life without ever having met a male, everything she's learned about inter-gender relationships was from<ref>''pornographic''</ref> books and magazines that washed up on shore.▼
▲* Ren from ''[[
{{quote| "But it says in this magazine that you don't wear anything under the apron when serving dinner..."<br />▼
▲* Ditto for a character from ''[[
"Don't listen to that kind of magazine!" }}▼
▲{{quote|
* ''[[Ranma ½]]''
** In one chapter of the manga, a mirror image of girl-type Ranma come-to-life tries to seduce the original Ranma wearing this outfit. Nabiki hangs a lampshade on the trope and its popularity in Japan at this occasion.
** Ukyō, one of Ranma's suitors, wears it at the beginning of the second ''Ranma ½'' [[Non
* In ''[[
* In chapter 53 of ''[[
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the [[Hentai]] anime ''[[
* ''[[Kashimashi
** [[Human Aliens|Sora-sensei]] wears this in the [[Beach Episode]], under the impression that it's supposed to be done that way. Everybody's [[Squick|squicked out]], of course.
** Also, [[Attractive Bent Gender|Hazumu]] and [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|Yasuna]] wear these in the "Curry Party" chapter; that was taken out of the anime, along with [[Adaptation Decay|other things]].
* In ''[[
* ''[[To
** One episode has Lala wearing this when preparing to make a meal for Rito. When Rito tells her she's supposed to wear the apron over clothes, she adds a bikini bottom. She also does in a recent chapter of the manga, saying her friends told her boys like it.
** And again in one of the OVAs, where Rito actually takes an interest. And for the manga, Rito accidently forces her into one a second time when he takes over Peke.
* In the ''Enishi'' [[Oddly
* ''[[
** In an episode of the anime, [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]] Miharu dresses this way to cook breakfast after [[Porn Stash|finding a magazine of Yukinari's]].
** In the manga, when [[Lovable Sex Maniac]] Fukuyama is giving cooking lessons, he does one of his trademark [[Instant Cosplay Surprise]] to put Kirie, Koyomi and Miharu in aprons, though he let them keep their underwear (at first). When [[Lethal Chef]] Kirie proves still resistant to his teaching, he strips her nude save for the apron, under the pretext she needs her full freedom of movement. This ends up as a [[Congruent Memory]] situation: Kirie learns to cook properly, but can do so only when otherwise naked. (Her Home Economics teacher is not amused.)
* Siesta, the [[Meido]] from ''[[
* Chi of ''[[
* Several of the gynoids in the ''[[Ghost in
* Samataro's [[Hot Mom|goddess mom]] in ''[[
* Tira has a dream involving her wearing this in the ''[[
* Yoshinoya-sensei, the [[Cosplay Otaku Girl]] of ''[[
* The eponymous Ai of ''[[
* ''[[
** Konoka Konoe, being one of the more maternal girls, does show in this.
** Invoked again later, as a part of {{spoiler|Setsuna's Cosmo Entelechia a.k.a. the world she wants the most.}}
** Haruna is definitely going for the look [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v15/c136/17.html here], although she's wearing a bikini underneath it.
* ''[[
* Lilika does this in ''[[
* ''[[
* Misako wears an apron and nothing else while [[Parental Incest|seducing her son]] Yuu in the [[Hentai]] manga ''Super Taboo''.
* In ''[[
* The three heroines of ''[[
* Senjougahara of ''[[
* When she appears in ''[[
* In the [[Too Hot for TV]] episode 26 of ''[[Excel Saga (
* In Chapter Two of the first volume of the manga version of ''[[
* The movie ''[[
* In ''[[
* ''[[
** When the heroes enter the Book of Ebion to rescue Kid; the first chapter they run across is titled "Lust", in which they run into [http://www.mangareader.net/157-48430-28/soul-eater/chapter-72.html a succubus with just an apron and little else underneath].
** In the very next chapter, "Gluttony", they meet another demon in the same outfit... except it's a [[Fan Disservice|morbidly obese, lumpy]] [[Pig Man]].
* In the ''[[
* Kazehana of ''[[
* Ikki once fantasizes this on Simca in ''[[
* In one episode of ''[[
* The Goddess of Victory from ''[[
* ''[[
* Happened to most of the female cast of ''[[
* The 3rd OAV of the [[Hentai]] anime ''15 Bishoujo Hyouryuuki'' (''15 Beautiful Girls Adrift'') manages to parody the trope, with a [[Hot Mom|mother]] and [[Lolicon|daughter]] both putting on the Naked Aprons, starting with [[Flung Clothing]] and then through a [[Transformation Sequence]] worthy of any [[Magical Girl]] show.
* ''[[Goshuushou
* In ''[[
* ''[[Waiting in the Summer]]'', episode 10. Not done in a sexual context, though; {{spoiler|what else would Mio, who was raised as a nudist, wear in the kitchen?}}
* ''[[
* Io of the Amazons makes armor for [[Wonder Woman]]. She wears a leather blacksmith's apron but not a shirt (or bra) under it. She still wears pants so it's not a literal example of
* ''[[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire]]''. A [https://web.archive.org/web/20120805212013/http://www.airshipentertainment.com/buckcomic.php?date=20071127 catgirl can be seen wearing one] while Buck Godot is hiding at The Velvet Fist.▼
===
* [http://cartoon.adultfanfiction.net/story.php?no=544198620 This]... erm... unique ''[[
▲* ''[[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]]'' features this, when the title character is cooking blueberry pancakes for ThugBoy. With a "Piyo Piyo"-imprinted apron [[Shout Out|straight out]] of ''[[Maison Ikkoku (Anime)|Maison Ikkoku]]''.
▲* Io of the Amazons makes armor for [[Wonder Woman]]. She wears a leather blacksmith's apron but not a shirt (or bra) under it. She still wears pants so it's not a literal example of [[Naked Apron]], but it's close.
▲* ''[[Buck Godot Zap Gun for Hire]]''. A [http://www.airshipentertainment.com/buckcomic.php?date=20071127 catgirl can be seen wearing one] while Buck Godot is hiding at The Velvet Fist.
===
* In a deleted scene of ''[[Anchorman:
▲* [http://cartoon.adultfanfiction.net/story.php?no=544198620 This]... erm... unique ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'' fanfic.
== Films -- Live-Action ==▼
▲* In a deleted scene of ''[[Anchorman the Legend of Ron Burgundy]]'', Ron fantasizes that Veronica is married to him, and works in an apron -- and nothing else.
* In ''[[Empire Records]]'', Gina puts on a MusicTown apron with nothing but stockings on underneath and dances around, saying "I think MusicTown is torn on the revealing garments issue".
* Happens in ''[[Harold
* In ''[[The Quiet Earth (
* In ''Gazon Maudit'' (released in Britain as ''French Twist''), Victoria Abril's character is seen wearing an apron while otherwise naked. It's a turn-on both for her husband and her butch lesbian girlfriend.
* Leah Cairns' character in ''[[
* Done in ''McVicar'', a mostly-true story of a prison escapee, by a woman who wants to make sure the on-the-run lead character doesn't leave the house.
* Jane March's character in ''Color of Night'' surprises [[Bruce Willis]]'s character by showing up unexpectedly at his home and is cooking him dinner while wearing only an apron. It becomes very apparent when she turns around to retrieve an item from the oven and then feigns modesty by covering her rear with a potholder after she exposes her backside to him.
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=== Literature ===
* In ''[[Bridget Jones|Bridget Jones's Diary]]'', Bridget has a nightmare where she has to take A-level French while wearing nothing but her Domestic Science apron. When she tells it to Daniel (her boyfriend) he asks her to "run over the bit" about the apron again.
* In ''[[The Otherworld]]'', Karl wants Hope to cook him breakfast naked for his birthday. She
{{quote|
* In one of Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's ''Alice'' books, on the the main character's older brother's birthday, his girlfriend cooks him dinner while wearing only panties.
* In ''[[
=== Live-Action TV ===
* An episode of ''[[
{{quote|
* The current popularity of this trope in Japan may be traced back to the aforementioned ''Gilgamesh Nights'', wherein a pornographic actress named Yuki Hitomi would do a cooking segment wearing nothing but an apron.
* In ''[[Highlander the Series]]'', Amanda once did this while crashing in Duncan's place. Duncan was not pleased by this. (The fans, on the other hand...)
* There was a [[Cooking Show]], ''Cooking Naked'', who featured this with their (rotating) hosts.
* The Canadian cooking show ''Barely Cooking'' did the same thing, hosted by a couple (a man and a woman) who wore nothing but an apron.
* In an episode of ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'', Joe and Helen, having kicked Brian and Casey out of the house, decide that they will celebrate their newfound privacy by being "all nude, all the time" while at home. This later leads to an argument when she comes out of the kitchen wearing an apron, but nothing else. (He's covered up by a newspaper he's conveniently reading ''at arm's length'' while walking down the stairs.)
{{quote|
'''Helen:''' I am ''not'' cooking bacon naked. }}
* Technically, it could be said that Chewbacca's wife wears one about [https://web.archive.org/web/20120505192042/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=323909610753051544&hl=en&emb=1 5 minutes] into ''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]'', but it's just
* ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]''
** Played sadistically in the episode "Authority". The manager of a fast-food joint recieves a phone call from a police officer, who tells him to bind, gag, and strip-search a female employee until police arrive, leaving only her apron on. He complies, then the police arrive... to arrest him for sexual assault. The call was a fake.
** The episode "Sacrifice" had the detectives crash the set of a porno that seemingly involved this.
=== Music ===
* The video for Genesis' song "Jesus He Knows Me" features a woman dressed just this way during the pool scene at the bridge. She's the one working the barbecue.
* The Garth Brooks song, "Somewhere other than the Night":
{{quote|
And in disbelief he stood and he stared a while;
When their eyes met, they both began to smile....'' }}
=== Print Media ===
* This Trope was used in the pictorial for Lindsey Vuolo,
* [[Mary Louise Parker]] in ''Esquire'' ([http://www.esquire.com/women/women-we-love/mary-louise-parker-naked-0809 NSFW])
=== Video Games ===
* ''Hadaka Apron Gakuen'' is a Japanese [[Renai Game|"Ero-Ren'ai" game]] (Erotic Dating Game, also known as a "Hentai Game" outside Japan) that takes this trope to its logical extreme. The hero passes out playing an Ero-Ren'ai game with a Hadaka Apron scene. When he awakes the next day, the world has changed so that every woman in the world is wearing nothing but an apron, and doesn't realize anything is wrong with this.
* Its sequel, ''Seiai Gakuen Fechi Ka'' (literal English title "''Sexual Love School: Fetish Department''"; released in English as ''Cosplay Fetish Academy''), introduces a new hero who traveled with two girls from his reality (so they're aware of the differences in the two worlds) as well as every other clothing fetish imaginable. This weird universe's strange clothing styles are explained as modesty being "inverted" in this
* In ''[http://www.aqworlds.com Adventure Quest Worlds]''' Harvest Festival Feast event, Oishii looks like she's wearing one of these. At the very least, she's wearing it over a [[Stripperiffic]] outfit of the same color.
* Equipping an apron but no other top on a female created character in ''[[Soul Calibur]] IV'' results in their usual bikini top disappearing. Oddly, if the apron is broken, their bikini top reappears.
* ''[[
* Tyria from ''[[Ar Tonelico 3]]'' wears one over a swimsuit in her true ending.
* In ''[[Smackdown vs. Raw]]'' 2011 equipping an apron results in female's characters bikini top disappearing.
=== Web Comics ===
* Seen briefly in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005153409/http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2903 this] ''[[
* Shown in this [http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7880/bangai04rd4.jpg strip] of the ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (
* Not actually used, but [[Imagine Spot|imagined]] by [https://web.archive.org/web/20150514124226/http://www.cheercomic.com/?date=2006-04-29 Robert] with Sam in ''[[The Wotch
* Used in the [http://www.thedevilbear.com/?p=2 first page] of ''[[
* Done in [http://twokindscomic.com/images/6thBirthday.jpg this] anniversary image from ''[[
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121104065001/http://www.springiette.net/strips/
* [[Hello, Nurse!|DiDi]] from ''[[
* ''[[Freefall]]'''s Florence decided to make breakfast for herself and Winston this way. He was appreciative -- although [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3100/fc03037.htm he'd been planning to do the same].
=== Web Original ===
* ''[[Gaia Online]]'' sells aprons that'll give you this appearance in its stores.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100921200401/http://verydemotivational.com/2010/03/26/demotivational-posters-aprons/ This Demotivational Poster].
=== Western Animation ===
* This outfit appears on Gerald's mother in the ''[[
=== Anime & Manga ===
* In a character special in the ''[[
* ''[[
** England's "Sexy Waiter" [[Memetic Outfit]] is basically the lower half of a [[Hadaka Apron]].
** Hong Kong ends up wearing a white one in the ''Hetalia Bloodbath'', after taking off his [[Meido]] outfit [[Please Put Some Clothes On|and getting scolded by China.]]
** In the 2011 Aprils Fools even, America and Spain end up wearing "Sexy Waiter" outfits, too. America is embarrassed, Spain is amused.
{{quote|
'''Spain:''' It feels great, with the weather and the breeze! }}
* This happens in episode 15 of ''[[
* ''[[
=== Arts ===
* The statue of Vulcan on Red Mountain in Birmingham, Alabama, was built to symbolize the city's thriving steelmaking industry. From most viewpoints, Vulcan looks majestic with a big blacksmith's apron and a raised hand. However, for decades the neighborhoods behind Red Mountain enjoyed the sight of a giant iron butt on top of the mountain, since Vulcan is ''only'' wearing the apron and it doesn't wrap around. Recently,{{when}} the statue was taken down, and repaired. The iron moon is still shining, but it's not aimed at a residential area now.
=== Comic Books ===▼
* Mister Mxyzptlk once made [[
▲== Comic Books ==
▲* Mister Mxyzptlk once made [[Superman (Comic Book)|Superman]] powerless and dressed up in only an apron so that a super-powered Lois Lane could rescue him.
▲=== Films -- Live-Action ===
* The male version happens in ''Free Enterprise''.
* Also in ''[[Mamma Mia!]]'', where it's not obvious until the character turns around and walks away. According to some commentary online, the actor did this on his own as a prank.
* [[Richard E. Grant]] does this in ''How to Get Ahead in Advertising'' as part of his nervous breakdown and disgust with his advertising career. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].
* Appears as a [[Funny Background Event]] in the second ''[[The Naked Gun
* In an infamous scene in the classic [[Woody Allen]] film ''[[Sleeper (
* Buzz Hauser (Jason Alexander) at one point in ''Love! Valour! Compassion!''
* In ''[[Monty Python]] at the Hollywood Bowl'', John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam perform "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKeQpeDkoGc Sit on My Face]" in waiter outfits and aprons. Once the song ends, they turn and walk offstage, revealing their naked buttocks.
=== Live-Action TV ===
* [[Fan Disservice|Rather alarmingly]], Blackadder's [[Bumbling Sidekick]] Baldrick does this in ''[[Blackadder
{{quote|
'''Baldrick:''' Do you want the long answer or the short answer?
'''Blackadder:''' Mm, the short answer.
'''Baldrick:''' Whim.
'''Blackadder:''' "Whim". And the long answer?
'''Baldrick:''' It was a whim, my lord. }}
* In an episode of ''[[3rd Rock
* Wally from ''The Brady Brides'' (a spinoff of ''[[
* Walt does this (well, except he keeps his underwear
* In the Bravo reality show ''Chef Academy'', contestant Emmanuel volunteered to serve a birthday cake to another contestant while wearing nothing but an apron (and a smile, and some body oil!). Since Emmanuel was very, very attractive (he'd had a previous career as a porn star), this was definitely ''[[Fan Service]]''.
* In an interesting inversion/twist, [[House (TV series)|House]] starts out an episode making breakfast while naked at his and Wilson's place (when he was supposed to be away on a business trip), where Wilson's latest girlfriend runs into him. This is combined with [[Naked First Impression]] and [[Please Put Some Clothes On]] when she hands House an apron. (Which he does.)
* ''[[
* Happens in the ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' episode "Destroying Angel". Barnaby arrives to question a middle-aged, male suspect only to find him doing a spot of baking wearing nothing but an apron.
* ''[[
=== Video Games ===
* Not done for fanservice, since he's a [[Funny Animal]] character in a cartoonish everyone-rated game, but Tom Nook from ''[[
=== Visual Novels ===
* Occurs in the [[Boys Love]] game ''[[Kichiku Megane (
=== Web Comics ===
* ''[[
** [[Pet Homosexual]] Dillon pulls this trope in [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090523.html this comic].
** One strip has [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090818.html Matt wearing one] for Sandra also, though the
* It shows up in ''[[Goodbye Chains]]''. We won't spoil ''how'', but fangirls will appreciate it in full.
* The Beauty Man Garden busboy (or at least dishwasher) uniforms from ''[[Strange Candy]]''.
* ''Offshorecomic'' has Der Compliance Offizer (his other worn gear are stylish classic [[Hockey Mask and Chainsaw]]). [[Fan Disservice|You'll probably wish the apron was wider]], and this says something in an art style one step more detailed than [[Stick Figure Comic]].
=== Western Animation ===▼
* ''[[
▲== Western Animation ==
* Timmy's dad went one episode of ''[[The Fairly
▲* ''[[Chowder (Animation)|Chowder]]'': Shnitzel sometimes wears pants under his apron, sometimes not. This being a children's cartoon, the trope is mostly [[Played for Laughs]] ([[Getting Crap Past the Radar|though given the show...]])
▲* Timmy's dad went one episode of ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents (Animation)|The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' set in a hospital dressed only in an open-backed patient's apron. This was played very much for laughs and [[Fan Disservice]], since Timmy did ''not'' appreciate having to see his father's naked ass.
* [[Goofy]] at the very beginning of the ''[[House of Mouse]]'' short "How to Be a Spy".
* The Larry 3000 on ''[[Time Squad]]'' sometimes wears a pink apron, a chef's hat, and nothing else.
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