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Contrast [[Virtual Paper Doll]], where the items usually look better, even though they are superficial. Also contrast [[Full Set Bonus]], where the items are meant to be used together and this is encouraged by giving a [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|full set bonus.]]
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** The Helm of Neitiznot, one of the best helmets in the game, is white with gold trim and wings. It tends to go badly with one's (probably brown) armor.
* In ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online (Video Game)|The Lord of the Rings Online]]'' you can make things like hats, cloaks, and even boots invisible, you can dye all of your equipment in a wide variety of colors, and you can even equip to alternative sets of equipment that replace the visuals of your actual equipment without having any effect on the stats. So nobody has to look like a clown. Except those [[Princesses Prefer Pink|people who want to]].
* ''[[Maple Story]]'' has this, especially once you get to a level where armour is no longer purchasable, and you have to take whatever colour armour you can get. Luckily, you can fix this with cash shop equipment, which masks over whatever you're actually wearing. (Its rather expensive, however.) If you don't want to be wearing something in a specific equipment slot at all, there's even invisible item masks, which just hides specific equipped items.<br /><br />Like-colored equipments for classes tend to have like stat boosts. Translation? People who want the most out of a stat will tend to wear only one color -- and if they're obsessive enough they'll just hunt down the gear . . . which, given the fact that the resident search engine for [[Heroes -R -Us|the]] [[Inn Between the Worlds|Free]] [[Bazaar of the Bizarre|Market]], known as the [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|Owl of Minerva]], [[Bribing Your Way to Victory|costs about 600 NX]] as opposed to the thousands that any given shirt or pair of pants in the Cash Shop would cost, a high-level player who bothers with NX (and getting all the different sets of equipment) could just bother with saving up their money (both kinds), buying a few, and jumping into the infamous sea of spam to find their armor or spending hours looking for it in the overpriced player stores. This was not actually too bad until Nexon constantly began to release special equipment which outshined standard equipment in stats so much that wearing standard equipment will [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys|automatically brand you as someone who isn't playing the game correctly]]. At least their outfits will match.<br /><br />Many players have the weird habit of mixing ''cash items'', which has no benefit whatsoever since almost all are purely cosmetic. Particular standouts are the clown faces, animal heads (''heads'', not ''hats'') and multicolored hair. [http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j46/Edmania/untitled-1.jpg From left to right,] the first player of Maple Story wears standard equipment (worst statistics), a player who wears special equipment (mindlessly overpowered in statistics), a player who has a sensible sense of fashion from using cash items to cover their somewhat not-so-great appearance while at the same time reasonably using their money, and the last one is someone who you can't even tell what they are because they drown themselves in absurd combinations which they believe is stylish.<br /><br />Then you run into people who practice in [[Min Maxing]]. Let's just say that in any other game, you would not normally be allowed to run around wearing a glowing stone relic for a helmet, a paintbrush as their weapon, green shoes... and your only real ''armor'' consisting of nothing but a [[Modesty Towel]].<br /><br />At as low a level as 18 (out of 200), a fairly simple quest gives out a terribly tacky full-head hat with defense and stat bonuses leagues ahead of any other hat. This, however, renders your head completely invisible, and the only way you can see your face again is to a) wear a less powerful hat or b) [[Allegedly Free Game|buy a NX hat]]. Ahhh Freemium.
* Another Nexon game, ''[[Mabinogi (Video Game)|Mabinogi]]'' makes it possible to completely avert this. There are many different styles of equipment with identical stats, grouped into three categories -- clothing, light armour, heavy armour -- with weapons and shields being a bit more varied. Combine this with [[Crack Isis Cheaper|cash shop]] dyes (which can be used to dye pretty much anything, including weapons), and it's fairly easy to customize colour and style combinations to create any look you want. However, since all gear, whether dropped, crafted, or purchased from [[NPC|NPCs]], comes in completely random colour combinations (some of them fairly hideous on their own), and there are many items which exist solely to look silly (such as the "bald wig" and "tree costume") it is also possible to play this trope straight to [[Up to Eleven|truly epic levels]].
** Since shop items change colours randomly, it's also possible to create stylish and coordinated ensembles simply by waiting until the desired colours are available. However, this can take a very long time and a lot of shop-watching; and some colour combinations are only available via boss drops, special event rewards, or [[Crack Isis Cheaper|cash shop versions]] (such as pink and white shields, or bright purple longbows).
* ''[[Vindictus]]'', prequel to ''Mabinogi'', plays this trope very straight. All equips drop or are crafted, and come in fairly random colours. Mix-and-match outfits are discouraged by the bonuses provided when wearing a complete set; but matching colours is a lot more challenging. Unlike most other MMORPGs, especially other Nexon games, there is no provision for choosing colours. There is a function to "dye" all equips, including weapons, but it is purely random; and costs a considerable amount of in-game currency for higher-level gear. Fortunately, the colour palette for each type of armour or weapon is very small, so there are limits on how clownish you can end up looking.
** With later updates, cash shop dyes were released that allow for more control over colour; and create much brighter colours. This means that along with players creating some very coordinated and flashy sets of gear, others deliberately go for the insanely clownish look.
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** And, while not as garish as most examples, both games have the Bloodworm Helm and the Helm of Oreyn Bearclaw. Both helmets resemble giant dinosaur skulls, which would be rather neat, had the jaws not been open and your character's face peeking out. The fact that they make your head look too big for your body doesn't help.
** The amber and madness armors as well as the golden saint and dark seducer armors from the Shivering Isle expansion are not much of an improvement either. You can avoid this by using the mage guild enchantment laboratory to give your armor a combined chameleon rating of slightly over 100%, so you do not have to look at it (not to mention the rather amusing reactions enemies seem to have when they are hit. Hooray for infinite sneak attacks.)
** On completion of a major quest, the city of Bruma will erect a statue of you in your honor. Your statue will wear the "best" armor and gear that you had in your inventory at that moment, not necessarily what you're wearing. The results can be interesting. In fact "Interesting" doesn't even begin to describe [http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Great_Gate#Notes the weird things that can go on with this statue.] On one hand, sometimes it equips magical equipment you no longer possess, due in part to a [[Good Bad Bugs|glitch that sometimes gives you magical bonuses for items forcibly taken from your character]]; on the other hand, if you carry out the insane task of completing the mission [[Self -Imposed Challenge|while carrying one-thousand torches, a one-handed weapon, and no shield,]] you're rewarded with the sight of your statue wielding [[Rule of Cool|a flaming weapon.]] So if you know how to manipulate the results of the statue, you can make it look like [[Refuge in Audacity|a big-headed dinosaur with a fiery sword.]] No matter what, though, the NPCs will comment, "You look just like your statue!" Why yes, I do have a dirty great staff implanted right through my arm, thank you for noticing. A particularly odd result can have the statue wearing the hood of the Grey Fox, leader of the Theives Guild and the most recognisable criminal in the entire province. And people still don't connect you with the Fox. Another effect is with a certain dagger you get from the brotherhood. The most powerful weapons in the game, but it's pretty small, and a statue heroically lifting a dagger to the sky does not have the intended effects.
* ''Morrowind'' gets in on the act as well, as all enchanted items look as if they've been covered in plastic wrap and placed under tinted lights.
** ''Morrowind'' takes this to new extremes with separate item slots for the glove on either hand, either pauldron, a cuirass, trousers, either boot, helm, and skirts or robes that can be worn over regular armor. Combine this with the [[Game Breaker|Enchanting System]] and...
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* [http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=5 Sir Bob] in ''[[The Noob]]'' is an example of this.
* [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 (Video Game)|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 ''[[Eight 8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight 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.
* Peganone's [http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0211.html adventuring outfit] in ''[[Our Little Adventure (Webcomic)|Our Little Adventure]]''. Randi even makes the comment that her outfit makes her look like [[Jem and The Holograms|one of the Holograms.]] She explains that her outfit gives her a lot of combat and stat bonuses.
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