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The [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]] won't understand why everyone's freaking out, while the [[Shameless Fanservice Girl]] won't care. [[Ms. Fanservice]] and [[The Vamp]] will understand, but... that's probably the idea.
It's tempting to suppose that nudity is funny precisely because it's so unusual in the "civilized" world, and weird things are naturally funny. However, this logic goes out the window when you learn that nudity has been a prominent ingredient in humor for [[Older Than They Think|at least 3,000 years]]. Even the ancient Egyptians found naked people funny, and they weren't themselves shy about baring their arms or legs, or even their chests. So maybe the humor lies primarily with [[Gag Boobs|boobs]] and [[Gag Penis|penises]], which have been shameful to expose since Neolithic times.
Special mention goes to nudism. Nudism is a philosophy that basically boils down to "There's nothing wrong with being naked in certain situations, including some group situations". [[The Theme Park Version]] of this is "Hey, look, naked people," and is a great way to throw some [[Fan Service]] into your show. Nudists tend to be shoehorned into a few specific roles, depending on their role in the plot:
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* ''[[Ranma ½]]'' has several episodes using this with Ranma changing from male to female and back again in places like the public baths.
* In ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', we have Grey Fullbuster, Reitei Lyon, and their teacher Ur. While technically they don't get completely naked in frame, it's heavily implied that the three spent the majority of their training that way.
** When Grey first meets Lucy, he's already in his boxers, which mysteriously disappear... and he asks Lucy for her panties...
** Accidentally stripping seems to be limited to Gray though; Ur was horrified when it became habit for him and he started doing it in public.
** It looked like Lyon picked it up in the Nirvana arc.
* Also from a manga of Hiro Mashima's, Julius of ''[[Rave Master]]''. At first he was just a pretty boy. Once he became a [[Good Is Dumb|good guy]] he took his narcissism to the next level by insisting that not only should everyone be able to see his beautiful face, but also his beautiful... '''everything'''. His explanation for why he'd strip usually didn't include the actual reason for why he stripped.
* The one of the many charms of ''[[Angel Blade]]'', is how dramatic and serious characters can be, even with all their naughty bits on display. It's even funnier whenever the main character actually becomes aware of it.
* Hamaya from the manga ''[[Girl Got Game]]'' has on three occasions suddenly appeared in front of his friend, stripped down to his birthday suit. Two times were because one thing or another tore all his clothes off; the second time he had just eaten halluciongenic mushrooms when he took his clothes off.
* In ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'', before the seriousness of the Athens arc takes over it's averted. The group goes to a nudist beach. The girls understandably wear bikinis (and [[Those Two Guys|those three girls]] try to seduce Hayate, while there); A game of beach volleyball is played, with the participating female being told she needs to be wearing a bikini by the rules; and not one character is ever implied to attempt to be nude and there are no background characters ever. You would almost think it was a mistranslation of some sort, except that it's referenced several times ''as'' a Nude Beach.
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* Marvel's [[She Hulk]] always seems to end up naked one way or another. Like the time her Skrull <s>girlfriend</s> partner tried teleporting her to their ship, but only teleporting her clothes, leaving She-Hulk naked in the middle of a crowd.
* During [[Peter David]]'s run on ''[[Incredible Hulk]],'' the Leader shoots the Hulk with a BFG, seriously injuring him and incinerating his clothes. The Hulk regenerates almost immediately, but his clothes don't. The Leader requests, (more or less) "Dr. Banner, please! There are ladies present... And you're making some of us men feel inadequate."
* Marvel's Susan Storm-Richards, AKA: The Invisible Woman of the ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]'', has sometimes been a victim of unwanted public nudity, usually just narrowly avoiding complete and utter humiliation by turning invisible.
* In ''[[Catwoman (comics)|Catwoman]]: When In Rome'', DC anti-heroine Selina Kyle is forced to jump out the window completely naked when her hotel room is bombed and survives by landing in the pool in broad daylight, with the Riddler and Italian hitman known as the Blonde landing in the pool with her. The naked and very wet Selina manages to stay in control despite her sexual humiliation being played for laughs.
* At least once in the stories of [[Wilhelm Busch]]. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
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** ''[[Rugrats in Paris]]'': In the end, where Angelica rips Coco LaBouche's dress to expose her underpants.
* ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]''
* In a combination of both this and [[Fan Service]], ''[[The Proposal]]'' has the scene where Sandra Bullock takes a bath, but the towel is in the adjacent bedroom - with an angry dog! And to make things worse, after removing the dog from her way (with [[Hand or Object Underwear|arms strategically positioned]]), she collides with an equally naked Ryan Reynolds...
* The final match in ''[[Shaolin Soccer]]'' ends with a kick so [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|powerful]] that the ensuing [[Razor Wind]] shreds the opposing goalie's clothes clean off his body.
* Mr Chow in ''[[The Hangover]]'', or as he's more commonly known: "the naked Asian dude."
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* ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'' uses the trope. After Wolverine's initial rampage in the buff, which is naturally done seriously, he ends up running to the nearest barn, to the surprise of the old couple who own it.
* The [[Crowning Moment of Funny|funniest scene]] in ''[[Sideways]]'' happened to use this trope.
* The opening credits of ''[[Austin Powers|Austin Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me]]'' play over a scene wherein Austin decides to celebrate his newfound singleness by taking a stroll through the hotel in the buff, his naughty parts [[Scenery Censor|concealed by various objects]].
* In ''[[The Maiden Heist]]'', George is obsessed with a nude male statue called "The Bronze Warrior", and strips completely naked in order to fully appreciate the piece-and compare the statue's physique to his own. [[Hilarity Ensues]] when George is in the middle of admiring the statue naked, when a guard comes 12 minutes ahead of schedule. George ends up hiding in a crate, still naked. Major [[Fan Disservice]], unless you have always wanted to see William H Macy's bare backside.
* In ''[[Mystery Men]]'', Invisible Boy can only become invisible when no one is looking. After using his power during the [[Plot Tailored to the Party]], he asks if his teammates can see him. [[Invisible Streaker|It turns out they can]].
{{quote|'''The Blue Raja''': Two hands there, son.
'''The Bowler''': Maybe you should put some shorts on or something, if you want to keep fighting evil today. }}
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* Though he's not really a nudist, per se, when Zedd shows up in ''[[Sword of Truth|Wizard's First Rule]]'', he's on his Wizard's Rock stark naked; Kahlan reacts with shock, and Richard makes it clear this is a normal thing for him. He later suggests to a sorceress that she try it some time, though this is less about comedy and more about Zedd being a horny old man.
* Werewolf Sergeant Angua of [[Discworld|the Watch]] often goes "plainclothes" in the course of the investigation, and when she needs the use of hands or a non-wolf mind, she usually doesn't have her clothes on hand. While usually alone or with a fellow officer who's polite enough to close his eyes while she's naked, twice in ''[[Discworld/Jingo|Jingo]]'' she's forced into a situation where she appears naked in front of strangers. Both times, she tells off the gawker while turning nearby curtains or a tent into makeshift clothing.
** Similarly, female vampires are unable to do that whole "turn into a swarm of bats then re-form in full clothing" thing that male vampires are able to do, [[Double Standard|for some reason]]. Sally, the Watch's first vampire, and Angua end up having to steal clothes from a strip club in ''[[Discworld/Thud|Thud!]]'' when they both end up naked during an investigation. As both have issues with each other, Terry Pratchett uses the scene to subvert various tropes - they are the classic ill-matched pair of patrol partners, as werewolves and vampires normally do ''not'' get on. Sally has been flirting with Angua's man, and wolves are territorial. finally Sally defuses the fight by noting that they are both naked and about to do something extreme while knee-deep in mud; people would pay good money to see that. This perhaps Pratchett's [[Shout-Out]] and author comment on all those slash [[Fan Fictions]] in which his characters get it on together, in unlikely homo pairings, in contrived situations.
** While not actual nudity, but in one illustration in ''[[Discworld/The Last Hero|The Last Hero]]'' Rincewind is strapped into a three-axis rotation device, stripped down to a loincloth for not clear reason other than this.
* When [[Codex Alera|Invidia Aquitaine]] is supremely [[Out-Gambitted]] by Amara, the latter leaves the former tied up naked in a forest, because: "The poisonous bitch deserved it." And she really does.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* There is actually a show from the Ukraine called "Naked and Funny", which is a hidden camera show in the style of ''[[Candid Camera]]'', but often featuring public nudity played for laughs. It's also one of the many reasons to love Europe.
* ''[[Baywatch]]'' did this once, with the requisite random Baywatch girl who suddenly remembered she was really interested in this kind of stuff, even defending their rights against another, suitably offended Baywatch girl. Also had the crazy old naked man subtype, as well.
* ''[[Caroline in The City]]'' had a scene when Caroline decided to allow her nude body to be seen by her fiancé for the first time. Unable to bear the embarrassment, she covered her eyes, disrobed and walked out to her fiancé... and two friends, who had just arrived.
* ''[[The Kids in The Hall]]'': The heart of a few skits, like one where an employee at a meeting won't stop giggling while going over his report, leading to the revelation that he wrote the whole thing while naked, much to the disgust of everyone else there.
* ''[[Monk]]'' had a nudist episode, wherein Monk had a meltdown about there being naked people on the beach, trying to accuse the nudist he met of being the villain, despite his airtight alibi. Said nudist was a new-age hippie, of course. Monk's fear of nudists turns out to come from a memory he had when he was young in which he was seen naked and then being hit by someone and being held upside down. He gets over it when he realizes he was just remembering his birth. Toward the end, Monk's female partner revealed she used to hang out on nude beaches in Europe during college.
** Another example is when Monk used this to prove a woman was lying about being blind by bailing out a known streaker and setting up a meeting with her in the park where he would usually run and watching her reaction. Her own laughter and notice of the streaker sealed the deal.
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* Used on ''<nowiki>[[M*A*S*H]]</nowiki>'', almost always involving the showers, often entailing stealing someone's clothing, usually including Radar, and occasionally presenting actual danger in the form of snipers or homicidal patients.
** Not to mention the episode where Hawkeye goes to dinner in the mess hall wearing nothing but his boots, just to see if he could get a rise from the [[Empty Shell|other war-weary members of the camp]].
** In one memorable episode, after Hawkeye has fallen victim to one too many of BJ's pranks, he convinces Winchester, also a victim of BJ's joking, to aid him in stripping BJ of his clothes while sleeping, nailing his blanket and pillows to his cot so that he can't use them as cover, and then relocating him to the nurse's tent. Then they make the P.A. announcer call for all surgeons to report to the E.R., forcing a naked BJ to run out naked in front of the whole camp.
* As above, the first the audience sees of Zedd in ''[[Legend of the Seeker]]'' is the old wizard naked talking to the clouds. Well, talking to a rooster about the clouds, anyway. Which is to say that Kahlan catches him naked, and holding his [[Curse Cut Short|c--]]
** [[Animaniacs|Goodnight everybody!]]
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* Works two out of three times* }}
** The "inventor" says that it's a "Hail Mary" play. As in, the date's not going so good, you know there won't be a second one, so you may as well give it a try since you've got nothing to lose.
* In one episode of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', the Slayer gets turned into a rat. When she's turned back to human, she is (obviously) naked but retains her modesty with some conveniently placed furniture.
** Luckily for her, this happens in the presence of Oz, who is cool about it, because...
** Oz ends up naked all the time. Commented upon in various DVD commentaries
* In the ''[[Freaks and Geeks]]'' episode "I'm with the Band", Sam is confronted by a bully while showering after gym class and shoved out in the school hallway naked.
* In an episode of the 80s detective show ''[[Simon and Simon]]'', Rick and A.J. go undercover at a nudist resort. Standard hijinks for this trope ensue, with A.J. considerably more at ease than his brother. At one point they end up at a dinner party only to find everyone dressed but themselves. Apparently it was resort practice to always dress for dinner. Even A.J. is cowed, and after donning their [[Hand or Object Underwear]], they beat a hasty retreat.
* ''[[Jackass]]''. Nuff' said.
** Not to mention Wild Boyz
* There was one episode of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' where Daniel Jackson came back from the dead naked. (It's implied that it's some sort of Ancient practical joke that Oma was playing on him.) He wound up landing in Jack's office while the General was trying to have a briefing with the rest of SG-1 (Sam and Teal'c, at the time). [[Hilarity Ensues|It was awkward.]]
** The other time he came back from the dead naked (yes, this happens to him more than once) was played less humorously... except when we find out that his nickname translates to "The Naked One."
* In a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode Captain Jack Harkness is hit by a defabricator ray and therefore loses all his clothing. He doesn't mind at all. [[Mr. Fanservice|And neither do the viewers.]]
** In "Gridlock", as the Doctor tries to track down the carjackers who took Martha, one of the couples occupying the cars he climbs through is a pair of nudists. He doesn't hang around long enough to bother giving them an alibi.
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Doctor Double (just as emphatically): Oh yes! }}
* Hal Sparks once did an entire episode of ''[[Talk Soup]]'' in the buff.
* In an episode of ''[[Roseanne]]'' the main characters discover that they can look from their window into their neighbours home and see the elderly neighbours walking around in the nude. Naturally they spend their every waking moment obsessed with this view. If only they'd had internet!
* ''[[Supernatural]]'' has Cupid, who caused some very awkward moments when he hugs people...
* In a rare case of this trope being invoked entirely though dialogue, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg_cwI1Xj4M this] classic scene from ''[[Extras]]'' in which Patrick Stewart recounts a plot which involves women's clothes falling off. This led to the [[Memetic Mutation|memetic]] line "I've seen '''everything.''' I've seen it all."
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[[Beat]]. }}
* Aside from being the first ever winner of ''[[Survivor]]'', this is what Richard Hatch is known for.
* In the Bitter Suite episode of ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'', Xena and Gabrielle wake up in Illusia completely naked. Gabrielle notices her own nudity when she is musing over whether or not she is in the Eluysian Fields before running away, hands over her chest protectively, to avoid being seen nude by Joxer, who later provides her with clothes. Xena is initially dressed in blue and beige robes by her nemesis Calisto, but when she confronts Ares, the God of War strips her completely naked with two quick sword slashes, exposing her firm, shapely body before his minions, much to her quiet yet humorous anger.
* In one ''[[Relic Hunter]]'' episode, our heroes are chasing a Viking artifact in a very much [[Hollywood Atlas]] version of Stockholm. Turns out an Important Clue is on a runestone... which nowadays sits in a park part of a nudist center. So Sydney and Nigel go, erh, undercover and steal the runestone. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|And during the whole scene, there just happens to be object censoring both their naughty parts and those of the center's guests...]]
* In ''[[Charmed]]'', Piper and Phoebe arrive to rescue Prue from a kidnapper who had dealings with demons, only to find that Prue and the kidnapper(who only wanted Prue's help against the demons) have just had sex;
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* ''Bones''; in the Season 7 premiere, Angela becomes very interested when she learns that {{spoiler|Brennan took a photo of Booth making an omelet while naked.}}
* [[Family Feud]]: "Name something that a burglar would not want to see when he breaks into a house." Contestant's answer? '''NEKKID GRANDMA!'''
* Richard Hatch from the first season of [[Survivor (TV series)|Survivor]] infamously went around naked when he celebrated his birthday on the island. [[Fridge Brilliance]] sets in when Sean notes that he is celebrating in his "birthday suit".
* In the ''[[Babylon 5]]'' episode "Sic Transit Vir", Ivanova has a [["Not Wearing Pants" Dream]] in which she's wearing, in fact, nothing at all. Claudia Christian was given the option of doing the scene in her nightclothes or completely starkers; citing this trope, she went for starkers. Now ''that's'' dedication.
== Music ==
* The [[Ray Stevens]] song "The Streak".
** "DON'T LOOK, ETHEL!!"
* The video for Blink182's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7l5ZeVVoCA "What's my age again?"]
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* Ran Yakumo of ''[[Touhou]]'', according to [[Fanon]], likes to randomly shed her clothes and become the "Suppa Tenko" (Naked Heaven Fox). In one particular fan comic, exposure to Chen's cuteness ''causes her to go Suppa Tenko via [[Clothing Damage]].''
** "[[Running Gag|... one particular fan comic]]"? There's an entire ''pool'' of Suppa Tenko jokes on Danbooru, many of them "[[Memetic Mutation|CHEEEEEEEEEN]]"-induced. Since Tenshi's name can be written as "Tenko", sometimes she joins the fun just for the hell of it.
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto:
{{quote|'''Yusuf Amir''': ...things went a bit crazy and, uh, I somehow lost my pants! Hahaha!
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* [[Loriot]]'s animated sketch ''Die Herren im Bad'' (''The Gentlemen in the Bath'').
* The episode "Over Exposed" in ''[[6teen]]'', where Jonesy ends up seeing Jen naked. They both ''freak out'' over it, swearing never to mention it again, but word gets out and awkwardness ensues. Eventually another girl shows Jen a picture of Jonesy naked in order to make her feel comfortable again.
* ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'': Dexter's nakedness including him in his underwear, is kind of funny in some episodes.
* ''[[I Am Weasel]]'': I.R. Baboon possesses a bright red butt that he never wears pants to cover, and therefore is ridiculed for it
** Theres also I.B. Red Guy who is a regular on the show, while still keeping his role on ''[[Cow and Chicken]]''. The Red Guy is truly butt naked, for a demon no doubt?
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