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* Delirium from [[The Sandman]] comic's patchwork outfits are always an odd mixture of thrift store fixtures.
* In ''[[Elf Quest]]: Rogue's Curse'', Rayek literally assembles a new outfit by raiding boxes of leftover wares. [http://www.comicvine.com/winnowill/29-1888/all-images/108-212307/winnowill___rayek/105-1226508/ Some people rather liked the results.]
* Issue 79 of Marvel's ''[[Star Wars]]'' comic book features a gag comic showing assistant editor Eliot Brown demonstrating
* [[Johnny Turbo (Comic Book)|Johnny Turbo]]'s outfit. Just... the whole thing.
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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 perfectly--after Belgarath spent a full day patiently explaining to the craftsman *why* he didn't want them to match and wanted them to be scuffed up a little after they were made.
* 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
{{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."<br />
[...] Donos looked mournfully at his outfit: a shirt with thin red and green horizontal stripes and shorts with black and white vertical stripes. "Sir, permission to kill Face?" [...]<br />
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== Live-Action TV ==
* A [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] flashback shows us that back in '77, Spike was one of these. He's got dogtags, some other necklaces, an awful vest-shirt-thing with some strange pattern on it, a stupid looking belt with a few loops hanging off it, spiked up hair (which would take way more hair gel than Angel uses), two bracelets and ripped pants. Fortunately, he takes his first step to looking badass again by killing Nikki Wood and taking her leather jacket.
* Various incarnations of [[Doctor Who
** The Second Doctor had a many-pocketed, unkempt coat to go with his 'space hobo' look.
** The Third Doctor had a velvet smoking jacket and frilly shirt that the actor himself (Jon Pertwee) had worn precisely because it looked silly.
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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 (Video Game)|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
** 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).
* The [[Fable]] series opens the door to this trope by allowing the player to customize the Hero's appearance. Most of the clothes (and tattoos) are parts of sets that at least compliment each other if worn together. If the player chooses to mix and match, though, the results can range from badass to completely ridiculous. Fable II introduces dyes for clothing and hair, which just adds to the fun.
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