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== Tabletop Games ==▼
* ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'': Jarlaxle is this trope exactly, possibly due to living in a world that is also a ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' setting. Everything he wears is highly magical and very, very... unique. He almost fits this trope literally, as he wears a color-changing rainbow cloak (it also cycles through ultraviolet!) and a large be-plumed hat that could best be described as pimptastic. Of course, he's probably doing this on purpose, as he's quite flamboyant and is happy with his look. It also makes him quite memorable, which is what he's going for. Jarlaxle's reputation is "He dresses like a goofball, but ''don't screw with him''." It also helps that everything he wears has a perfectly practical use. Even the ridiculous plume on his hat can be used to summon a monster in a pinch.▼
** /tg/ on Jarlaxle:▼
{{quote|His hat in that game... I didn't think he could have one more outrageous than usual. [[Beyond the Impossible|I was wrong.]] [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/13958009/#13959754]▼
His outfit... I was watching a [[Let's Play]]. I'd heard of Jarlaxle. The LPer hadn't. His reaction to going around the corner to see this would have been worth the ENTIRE LP even if it had sucked. [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/13958009/#13959880] }}▼
== Video Games ==
=== Action Game ===
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** It should be mentioned that the equipped items have no bearing on a character's appearance and outfits are instead chosen in a menu. That being said, some player's tastes can be questionable.
* ''[[Dofus]]'' only has three visible pieces of equipment (with the weapon also showing, but only when it's used). Hat, cloak, and pet / mount. A character is also allowed to customize their own colors (but only at character creation or for a small real money fee). These colors, combined with armor that stands out very starkly and tends to be rather absurd (A popular early hat is basically a severed sheeps head with the tongue still hanging out), means that the odds of your character looking not stupid is very low. Of course, anyone going into Dofus intending to look badass is playing the wrong game.
* Averted by ''[[Wizard 101]]''. Yes, when you first get an item it may clash, but you can go to a shop in the main shopping district and dye it to match whatever else you have on, if you have the gold (by the second world, you always will). This is good because it's almost always better to use drops instead of buying shop items (except in the case of decks and sometimes wands).
** Though some hat and robe combos might look a bit odd regardless.
* Neatly averted by
=== Role Playing Game ===
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* ''[[The Last Story]]'' allows the player to dye the characters's clothing, item by item, as well as partially undress them and so on. The colours you are given at the start of the game include orange and hot pink. The uniforms include one with assless chaps. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* ''[[Half Minute Hero]]'', since most of the items are deliberately mismatched and stupid, and since you can't take equipment you gain in later levels with you. You will probably be wearing a long brown wig for most of the early game due to its big critical hit ratio.
* The 3D games in the ''[[Might and Magic]]'' franchise are notorious for it. Somewhat lampshaded in-game, as some item descriptions for a lot of the uglier equipment tends how awful it looks.
=== [[Stealth Based Game]] ===
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** In the Creature phase, it can happen with '''body parts''', particularly for a "social" species. It doesn't help that they're acquired randomly.
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'': You can make some pretty outlandish things to CJ with the various clothing accessories. A chainsaw-wielding loony with a hockey mask, wearing what could only be considered a "diaper", and cowboy boots. Where's my respect, man?
▲== Tabletop Games ==
▲* ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'': Jarlaxle is this trope exactly, possibly due to living in a world that is also a ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' setting. Everything he wears is highly magical and very, very... unique. He almost fits this trope literally, as he wears a color-changing rainbow cloak (it also cycles through ultraviolet!) and a large be-plumed hat that could best be described as pimptastic. Of course, he's probably doing this on purpose, as he's quite flamboyant and is happy with his look. It also makes him quite memorable, which is what he's going for. Jarlaxle's reputation is "He dresses like a goofball, but ''don't screw with him''." It also helps that everything he wears has a perfectly practical use. Even the ridiculous plume on his hat can be used to summon a monster in a pinch.
▲** /tg/ on Jarlaxle:
▲{{quote|His hat in that game... I didn't think he could have one more outrageous than usual. [[Beyond the Impossible|I was wrong.]] [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/13958009/#13959754]
▲His outfit... I was watching a [[Let's Play]]. I'd heard of Jarlaxle. The LPer hadn't. His reaction to going around the corner to see this would have been worth the ENTIRE LP even if it had sucked. [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/13958009/#13959880] }}
== Web Original ==▼
* [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_204_if-real-life-worked-like-role-playing-game_p25/#20 This image] from a ''[[Cracked.com|Cracked]]'' slideshow titled "If Real Life Worked Like a Role-Playing Game".▼
== Web Comics ==
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'''Vaarsuvius:''' Indeed. A most grave conundrum you faced. }}
* [http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=5 Sir Bob] in ''[[The Noob]]'' is an example of this.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130510063616/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/stolen-pixels/6879-Stolen-Pixels-150-2-Shoes-of-Floppiness Parodied] by ''Stolen Pixels'' in regards to ''[[Dragon Age Origins]]''. ''[[Dragon Age]]'' actually tends to [[Averted Trope|avert this]] by giving stat bonuses to characters who wear a full set of armor (e.g. chainmail breastplate + gloves + boots.) At that point in the game, though... yeah, most characters fit the trope.
* In ''[[8-Bit Theater]]'', [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/08/09/episode-066-is-it-possible-to-be-a-fourth-wheel/ Red Mage states he would wear his underwear over his armour if it granted +3 Endurance.] An obvious jab at this trope and super hero suits that really look like they wear briefs on top of spandex.
* While not as colorful as the example above, [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/2/13/ this strip of] ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'' also makes fun of the trope.
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* In ''[[Goblins]]'', Minmax finds a suit of armor in the Maze of Many while in dire need of it (having lost most of his clothes). To his great dismay, however, the whole armor is ''pink''. Although it might be [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02032012/ more pracical than he thought], subverting the trope.
* In one ''[[xkcd]]'' comic, the protagonist gets a shoe that grants immortality. Too bad it has [http://xkcd.com/1065/ creepy individual toes].
▲== Web Original ==
▲* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130923031421/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_204_if-real-life-worked-like-role-playing-game_p25/#20 This image] from a ''[[Cracked.com|Cracked]]'' slideshow titled "If Real Life Worked Like a Role-Playing Game".
== Real Life ==
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