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Always [[Played for Laughs|Played For Laughs]], but if the corset wearer is attractive it can loop back around to [[Fan Service|Fanservice.]] Similarly, if the owner of the corset is not attractive or very overweight it can become [[Fan Disservice]].
Unlike [[Of Corsets Sexy]], this trope is fairly unisex, probably because the idea of a male wearing a girdle is [[Rule of Funny|funnier,]] and more indicative that the wearer is vain, pathetic and ridiculous. The exposure of a girdle is often used as part of a [[Humiliation Conga]], especially if the character is unsympathetic. Most likely to happen to a [[Fat Bastard]], a Narcissist, a [[Small Name, Big Ego]], [[The Prima Donna]], an [[Alpha Bitch]] and a [[Nice Character, Mean Actor]]. If the character is sympathetic, it's often a device to show the character as [[I Just Want to Be Beautiful|insecure]] while picking up a cheap laugh along the way.
A subtrope of [[I See London]]. Compare [[Dodgy Toupee]] and [[Hairstyle Malfunction]] for a non-clothing equivalent. Sister to [[Of Corsets Sexy]] and [[Of Corset Hurts]].
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* A skit from ''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'' has a woman who can't get through the metal detector without it beeping. She finally goes behind a screen, takes off a METAL corset, and goes through the metal detector a last time, getting stuck.
* Lister on ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'' tranfers his body to Rimmer so he can exercise and get it into shape. He ends up going on a huge binge, having forgotten how good food tastes, and tries to hide the fact he made the body much fatter with a heavy duty girdle.
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* Andy wears one in the ''[[Extras]]'' Christmas special, and of course it bursts during his audition.
* Nikki in an episode of ''[[Spin City (TV)|Spin City]]'' proves Carter is vainer than she is by tearing his shirt open, exposing his "Mr Tummy-Tucker".
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* In the [[Bugs Bunny]] cartoon "The Wacky Wabbit", Bugs pulls down Elmer's pants, exposing a girdle. (This was at the time when Elmer was drawn fat.) Elmer [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|turns to the audience]] and says, "Don't waugh. I bet many of you men wear one of these."
* A [[Warner Bros]] [[Wartime Cartoon]] has a gag about how citizens are giving up their corsets to help the war effort. The before shows a couple walking down the street; in the after, the woman looks the same, but her husband has a noticeable paunch.
* ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'' has a few examples: When a shop specialising in whalebone corsets opens in Springfield, the Comic Book Guy buys himself a ridiculously tight one: "Behold, I am Captain Kirk from [[Star Trek:
** Homer tries to wear a very tight girdle to fit into his Pie Man superhero costume. The poor girdle pops seconds after he puts it on.
*** In an earlier episode, Krusty walks off an award show due to a terrible script fulled with [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Incredibly Lame Puns]]. He accidentally [[Is This Thing Still On?|leaves his mic on]] and broadcasts himself on live TV saying "At least I can take off this girdle." *sound of large gut spilling out*
* An old ''[[Mickey Mouse]]'' short "The Dognapper" shows [[Fat Bastard|Peg-Leg Pete]] receieving his comeuppance by being frog-marched through the streets with a feminine corset binding his arms to his sides.
* This happens to [[Futurama|Zapp Brannigan]] on an extremely high gravity planet.
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