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{{quote|''"Hell, stop making every character look like their clothes were chosen by blind clowns. That would HAVE to save some time."''|'''[GM]Dave''', [https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25324432&postID=3504847340618960362 Bannable Offenses]}}
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== Anime and Manga ==
* This is the ''default'' mode of clothing for the cast of ''[[Fist of the North Star]]''.
* Most of the ''[[Digimon]]'' cast's
** ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'' provides some [[Justified Trope|justification]] in that the strange clothing, excluding Takeru and Hikari, is automatically applied to the Chosen Children upon arriving in the Digital World; their outfits in the real world, again excluding Takeru and Hikari, are much more normal. Said Digital World clothing is said to be a manifestation of how they see themselves and, well, they're all eleven or less. Some individual cases and situations are also justified, such as [[Digimon Tamers|Ryo]].
* The cast of ''[[Naruto]]'' alternate between [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]] and
** Naruto's safety-orange hued jacket and pants certainly [[Highly-Visible Ninja|stands out]]. On the few occasions where Naruto isn't wearing his jacket you can see he has some sort of layer of chainmail under it, which explains having something so loose if not the color. By the time of the second series he abandons the goofy looking orange jumpsuit in favor for a less goofy looking orange jumpsuit.
** Although every ninja wears a village headband, ''where'' they do so varies: it's usually on the forehead, but it can be on the neck, on the arm, on the head, the waist...
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* Haruko from ''[[FLCL]]'' is a big example. Naota isn't; cosplayers are only recognizable as such due to [[Limited Wardrobe]].
* Handwaved in ''[[Saber Marionette J]]'', where Lime originally shows up in a fairly standard android jumpsuit and, because of Otaru's poorness, really does get her newer outfit from a rummage sale.
* ''[[Solty Rei]]'' plays with this when, during a shopping trip, the main character goes through a series of fairly reasonable outfits. Without looking, her guardian assures her to just pick the current one, and she does out of
* The Bount in ''[[Bleach]]'' had strange accessories like headphones and chains to make them look less normal.
* The school uniforms in ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' are distinctive enough (and odd enough) that they don't fit under this...but what the characters like to wear outside of their uniforms are just normal enough to make you scratch your head. Ahiru wears big poofy yellow shorts and a midriff-baring sweater that is appropriately bird-like, while Fakir seems to be wearing one of the standard boy's dance outfits...except that he has inexplicably torn up the top and haphazardly sewn it back together.
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* Sadamitsu in the Tokyo Arc of ''[[Otogi Zoshi]]'' looks particularly ridiculous. His jacket - an orange and yellow thing with Cupid-style cherubs on the chest and a large red heart in back - is bad enough, but he supplements this with a [[Bare Your Midriff|midriff-baring]] black shirt, shiny leather pants, studded leather wristbands, a silver medallion necklace, and some skull jewelry on his hands.
* [[DOGS Bullets and Carnage|Badou Nails]] is almost a living embodiment of this trope, in all of his outfits. See [http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y210/badou/diary/top-12.jpg this cover] from Ultra JUMP for evidence. Granted, he's half blind and most of his clothes might have been literally rummaged for, but still.... Most of ''DOGS''' characters are this way to some extent - some stylishly, and some.. less so.
* Raikou Shimizu of ''[[Nabari no Ou]]'' is a triumphant example, sporting a sleeveless... jean-jacket... thing in combination with black hakama and colorful bracelets (plus pink hair and a huge number of talismans...) And it gets [[media:
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== Literature ==
* In David Eddings' ''[[Belgariad]]'' series of novels, Belgarath developed his trademark vagrant's outfit on purpose in order to pass mostly unnoticed. While everyone thinks that his ragged tunic and mismatched shoes are remnants of rubbish heaps, the entire outfit was custom tailored, including a tunic that has patches over intact cloth, and his mismatched boots were custom-made by a master cobbler and fit
* Most of the time, when characters in the [[X Wing Series]] have their clothing mentioned at all, they're in pilot's jumpsuits. But in ''Wraith Squadron'', when three Wraiths doing [[The Infiltration]] are passing as [[Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist|wild-shirted tourists]], well - better just to quote.
{{quote|Wedge shook his [pile of clothes] out. A short-sleeved tunic in orange and yellow tropical fruit patterns and short pants in lavendar. "I'm going to throw up."
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** The Seventh Doctor's question-mark sweater (with question mark-handled umbrella) which ''might'' just have gone too far.
** Subverted by the Eighth Doctor, who stole his outfit from the locker of someone who was going to a costume party. After rummaging through and apparently giving a certain amount of consideration to [[Buffy-Speak|some really costume-y things]], he settled on a rather peculiar but elegant Edwardian suit.
** The Ninth Doctor averts this: his dark pants, dark-colored v-neck t-shirt, and a black leather coat coordinate
** The Tenth Doctor wears a brown pinstripe or blue suit (it varies) with an open collar shirt, a tie and... Converse trainers. Not to mention the [[Badass Longcoat|duster]]. Believe it or not, the whole thing works.
*** The trainers-with-suit looked odder when Ten's stint started than it does now, since while it hasn't exactly become a trend, it definitely has its imitators.
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* Admit it, you know someone like this.
** If you don't know a person like this, then you are that person.
* [[Super Junior]]'s 5th album concept ended up looking a lot like this. [http://static.allkpop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110721_leeteuk.jpg Hilarity] ensued.
* Most Russian soldiers during [[The Nineties]]. They even had an ironic rhyme: Форма номер восемь, что спиздим, то и носим (Uniform #8, we wear what we steal).
* "Wacky Tacky Day", found at High Schools across the U.S.
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