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{{quote|''Not bad for a man in his jim-jams. Very [[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy|Arthur Dent]]. Now'' there's ''a nice man''.|'''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Tenth Doctor]]''', ''The Christmas Invasion''}}
 
If there's one thing worse than the advancing hordes of evil turning up on your doorstep and forcing you onto a [[The HerosHero's Journey|long quest to save the world]], it's when it happens [[Must Have Caffeine|before you've even had your coffee]]. You [[Triple Shifter|finally got a chance to catch some sleep]], and got rudely awoken by [[The Call]] in the middle of the night, telling you to rush out of the house without so much as a chance to get dressed.
 
Some heroes spend virtually their ''entire adventure'' wearing nothing but their jimmy-jams. On the plus side, they're comfy and warm, and a stylish dressing-gown can lend a touch of the [[Badass Longcoat]]. But you do tend to [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|look a tad ridiculous]], and a dressing-gown over a long nightshirt may be confused with [[Sword and Sandal]] wear, the Middle Eastern [[Culture Equals Costume|traditional costume]] descended from it, or [[Robe and Wizard Hat|wizard robes]].
{{examples|Examples}}
 
= Always pajama-clad =
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* As mentioned above, the Darling children in ''[[Peter Pan]].'' Possibly the [[Trope Codifier|Trope Codifiers]].
* Arthur Dent, who [[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy|hitchhikes the galaxy]] in his pajamas and bathrobe.
** He finally gets a change of clothes in ''[[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (Franchise)/So Long And Thanks For All The Fish|So Long And Thanks For All The Fish]]''. In the radio series and first two books, [[Douglas Adams]] wasn't entirely clear what Arthur was wearing; he wrote a scene for the TV series in which the ''Heart of Gold'' provides him with new clothes, but this was vetoed by the director, on the grounds that it was funnier for him to be in his pajamas. Since Adams then wrote Arthur as still in his (increasingly tattered) dressing gown in ''[[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (Franchise)/Life, The Universe And Everything|Life The Universe And Everything]]'', he presumably agreed.
* The eponymous character of Jodi Lynn Anderson's ''May Bird'' series spends the entire 3rd book in pajamas and a bathing suit.
* Georgina in ''[[The Magic Light]]'' by Gabrielle Alioth. She is transferred onto a magic island from her bedroom, pajama-clad and barefoot. At some point she lampshades this by saying that if she knew she would go on an adventure, she would be dressed more appropriately.
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* In the [[Commander Keen (Video Game)|Commander Keen]] game ''Keen Dreams'', Keen goes through the entire adventure in pajamas and pink bunny slippers.
* [[Earthbound|Ness]] wears pajamas during his [[Journey to The Center of The Mind|trip to Magicant]].
** In America. In the Japanese release, when Ness woke up in Magicant, [[Out -of -Clothes Experience|he was in the buff and stayed that way save for his]] [[Nice Hat]].
* At the beginning of ''[[The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]'', Link starts out in his crayfish pajamas, until his grandmother gives him his [[Nice Hat|signature hat]]. In a [[New Game Plus]], the clothes are invisible, as only the honest can see them. Thus, he has nothing but his pjs to go adventuring in.
* In ''[[Nightmare Before Christmas Oogies Revenge|Oogie's Revenge]]'', the easiest unlockable costume for Jack to get is Pajama Jack (and bonus: they're different and more colorful than the plain off-white ones from the movie, and they've even got little Jack 'O Lantern slippers).
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