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[[File:fem_trooper_7953.jpg|link=Star Wars|right|There are [[Attack Its Weak Point|so many reasons]] [[Bare Your Midriff|this uniform]] [[Chainmail Bikini|doesn't work]], and [[Sexy Whatever Outfit|one reason]] why it exists.]] |
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{{quote|'''General Ironicus:''' Why is she sticking her ass out like that?<br /> |
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'''[[Chip Cheezum]]: ''IT'S SEXY!!!'''''<br /> |
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'''General Ironicus:''' And what can make her stop?|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q2Ep9lz5Ao I'm Going to Make My Own Girl]''}} |
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''The limit of the [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]] for a given element is directly proportional to its degree of sexiness.'' |
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In other words, when things are sufficiently sexy, viewers will accept them, even when they are outright impossible, or just astronomically improbable. |
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Compare the [[Rule of Funny]] and the [[Rule of Cool]]. |
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Related: |
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* [[Improbable Appearance Tropes]] |
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* [[Nudity Tropes]] |
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* [[Keep Abreast of This Index]] |
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* [[Nothing Butt an Index]] |
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* [[Partial Nudity Tropes]] |
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* [[Rule of Glamorous]] |
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* [[Rule of Romantic]] |
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* [[Sex Tropes]] |
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* [[Unmentionables]] |
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=== Tropes whose examples run on Rule of Sexy: === |
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* [[Breast Expansion]] - In reality, breasts can't suddenly expand. |
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* [[Clothing Damage]] - In reality, clothing does not degrade in a conveniently alluring fashion. |
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* [[Custom Uniform of Sexy]] - In reality, each uniform is standard. |
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* [[Deus Sex Machina]] - In reality, sex is not magical. |
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* [[Form Fitting Wardrobe]] - In reality, a limit exists on how tight some clothing can be. |
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* [[Gainaxing]] - In reality, breasts do not bounce individually. |
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* [[Gendered Outfit]] - In reality, uniforms created for both genders consider practicality, rather than just showing as much skin as possible. |
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* [[Green Skinned Space Babe]] - In reality, were aliens to exist, we (most likely) could not have sex with them. |
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* [[Hospital Hottie]] - In reality, hospital personnel dress for practicality. |
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* [[Hot Wind]] - Why would wind appear just to make someone's hair and clothes move around seductively? |
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* [[Impossible Hourglass Figure]] - In reality, the human figure forms only a slight hourglass. |
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* [[Most Common Superpower]] - In reality, were superheroes to exist, they would not all have large breasts. |
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* [[Naughty Nuns]] - In reality, nuns are more chaste than most people. |
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* [[Orgasmic Combat]] - In reality, fighting does not sound like sex. |
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* [[Suggestive Collision]] - In reality, when people collide, their body parts will not wind up under one another's clothes. |
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* [[Stripperiffic]] - In reality, people cannot carry out jobs while wearing clothing unsuitable for the application. |
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** [[Chainmail Bikini]] - In reality, you cannot fight in a bikini because it does not protect you. |
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** [[Combat Stilettos]] - In reality, you cannot run and fight in stiletto heels. |
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** [[Exposed to The Elements]] - In reality, clothing inappropriate to the elements will kill you. |
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** [[Latex Space Suit]] - In reality, space suits are bulky to protect the wearer. <ref>And even the form-fitting mechanical counterpressure suits currently under development require the wearer to pack putty or fluid-filled sacs around anything that would otherwise stick out, like chest protuberances and trouser snakes.</ref> |
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** [[Spy Catsuit]] - In reality, people cannot wear tight zippered clothing while remaining mobile and stealthy. |
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* [[Waif Fu]] - In reality, svelte women fight poorly. |
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...but in fiction, we accept the alternative, because it's sexy. |
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{{reflist}} |
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[[Category:Rule of Index]] |
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[[Category:Laws and Formulas]] |
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[[Category:index]] |
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