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** The various quest reward gear items obtained between levels 60 to 65 are the most blatant example of this trope as well as the inspiration for the [[Penny Arcade]] comic. Mismatched in the most extreme case of garish color clash that could only occur if a clown car exploded in a Skittles factory, the stats on the pieces are still head and shoulders above the most powerful endgame raid gear obtained prior to [[The Burning Crusade]] expansion. Many players refer to this phase of a character's life as ''the pimp suit.''

* From Software's [[Evergrace]] duology: the jokey or downright strange looking (calling someone from this series pants-on-head retarded could be disturbingly accurate) weapons and armor, ranging from a frying pan '''''WITH''''' the bacon and eggs still in it, to a bird's nest with the bird still in it (worn as a helmet), to a downed tree (the 'sacred pole', which is about 20 feet long and when not in use is off the edge of the screen), to a random globe you find on someone's desk, to a fanservice-y bit of armor which is just two straps with gigantic pauldrons all megaboost one or more stats. (keep also in mind they can be upgraded and utilized like normal equipment too. The shopkeeper even calls you out on it. "YOU want to upgrade THAT? You're weird.") However, the best all-round builds with an even increase in stats are all plain and generic armor of sorts. And the best full set in the game only looks out of place because this is a medieval fantasy game. (It's a suit of futuristic armor that resembles one of the ''[[Armored Core]]'' hover leg mechas). Since a good amount of enemies have an immunity to one form of attack or another, using a ridiculous-looking build to [[Min Max]] just a couple stats leads to a lot of 0 damage hits on some areas. (An interesting gameplay quirk is that armor that boosts attack doesn't just boost attack, but one of the three kinds of melee attacks too, piercing, chopping, slashing. Whatever is the highest becomes your 'main physical attribute' and determines what is immune to you)

* Many male ''[[Pokémon]]'' characters wear very strange clothing combinations, like pieces of clothing designed for wildly different climates/temperatures mixed together (Gold's heavy sweatshirt and shorts, Lucas' winter scarf and skintight T-shirt in his original design) or highly unfashionable or ridiculous items thrown in an otherwise somewhat sensible outfit (Ethan's knickerbockers that would have been appropriate for a boy his age around eighty years ago but worn without stockings or even socks, Lucas' infamous beret, the ''thing'' on Brendan's head). Female characters, on the other hand, tend more towards [[Stripperific]], [[Age-Inappropriate Dress|on girls]] [[Age-Inappropriate Dress|''far'']] [[Age-Inappropriate Dress|too young to be wearing such things.]] Player characters aren't limited to this, however; Brycen wears what looks like half of a kimono, a mask, and slip-on shoes.

** In the case of Gold, his outfit is a real fashion native to the [[The Other Rainforest|Pacific Northwest]] where late spring and fall is warm enough for shorts but too rainy for T-shirts, so people usually go in shorts and sweatshirts. So [[Averted]] for Gold and Red (who just wears jeans and a T-shirt with a short-sleeved coat).

** In-universe, the Soldier's 2011 Halloween costume comes across as this, consisting of a coat hanger, cardboard box, plastic cups, dryer hoses, and shoeboxes to dress up as a plausible yet hilariously poor-quality 'robot.' This is in stark contrast to the other classes' costumes, which are all quite clearly well designed in-universe. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that the Soldier is a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] in a state of [[Perpetual Poverty]], so the cheap, unconvincing robot costume suits him. He also makes up for it with unique and priceless vocal responses.

* ''[[Dragon Age Origins]]'': [[Hot Witch|Morrigan]]'s initial outfit consists of rags, polished stones, feathers and bits of armor. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] given she lives in a swamp, so every piece of clothing she owned was salvaged or found.

 

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