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A completely nude character's "naughty bits" are blocked from the camera by a convenient prop or oddity of architecture, yet every other character in the scene gets an eyeful, usually resulting in either ogling and [[Nosebleed|nosebleedsnosebleed]]s, or [[Squick|Squicks]]s and grabs for the [[Brain Bleach]]. Usually this is used just out of cultural necessity, and/or to hide the fact that the cast members involved weren't really nude in the filming of the scene, but it can be turned into [[Naked People Are Funny|a gag]] due to the increasing absurdity of the covering elements, as seen in the ''[[Austin Powers]]'' films. Even when technically played straight, overuse of this trope tends to break the audience's [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]] and effectively ''become'' a gag.

Another common example is when a female character takes a bath. The bubbles will generally cover her "naughty bits" --— somehow like a Modesty Bubble Bath or Modesty Foam Bath. See [[Censor Suds]] for more on this form of scenery censorship.

For hidden faces, see [[The Faceless]]. For bedtime '''Scenery Censor''' techniques, see [[Modesty Bedsheet]]. Related to [[Godiva Hair]] and [[Hand or Object Underwear]]. TV shows and movies (be they animated or live action) that use [[Shower Scene|bathing scenes]] usually rely on [[Censor Steam]] or [[Censor Suds]]. For cases in which an actress is pregnant but her character isn't, see [[Hide Your Pregnancy]].

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** Shinji, panicked and shocked by discovering a [[Everything Is's Better Withwith Penguins|penguin]] in the bathtub, confronts his new roommate Misato while he is still undressed. As he rants, his "naughty bits" are hidden by a beer can on the table in the foreground. During the conversation that ensues, Misato picks up the can, revealing that Shinji's modesty is still defended --— by [[Crowning Moment of Funny|a much smaller container clearly labeled "toothpicks"]]. {{[[media|kerai/:1139987684110.jpg| Click here}}]] for image.

** Episode 5 has Shinji walk in on Rei just after she got out of the shower. After Shinji knocks her down and she drops her towel, a desk lamp in the foreground keeps her breasts obscured until she gets dressed. In the ''Rebuild'' version of this scene, Rei's nipples are clearly visible just before she gets up off the floor. Then there are there are all of the times when Rei gets in her cloning tube. Naked.

* In addition to [[Censor Steam]], [[Hot Springs Episode|episode 20]] of ''[[Persona 4 (Anime)|Persona 4: The Animation]]'' uses this to hide the girls' lady bits from the audience. There are many, many conveniently positioned arms. At one point, a washtub held at a funny angle is used to hide {{spoiler|Naoto's}} entire upper half.

** And ... [https://web.archive.org/web/20120521013928/http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100409154612/naruto/images/b/bb/The_Three_Elements_of_Sage_Chakra.PNG this].

** And when Suigetsu recovers from injuries in a tank of water [https://web.archive.org/web/20141023120356/http://read.mangashare.com/Naruto/chapter-417/page007.html what appear to be bubbles in the tank] cover his lower half.

* The American broadcast dub of ''[[DragonballDragon Ball]]'' and ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' would sometimes censor the random nudity that wouldn't fly on cable TV. Sometimes it worked okay, such as putting in an additional tree in a forest scene or fluffing up an area of the flying nimbus. Other times it was just too painfully obvious, digital underwear usually sticking out the most (especially if the character moves around a lot in them).

*** ''[[DragonballDragon Ball]] Kai'' had Gohan's tail in place, including the Japanese version.

** To be fair, that was a group effort between [[FU NimationFUNimation]] and Saban. Though [[FU NimationFUNimation]] did continue a little bit with editing, it wasn't nearly as noticeable or ridiculous-looking (other than the one instance of airbrushed-in pants on Vegeta, but that was one time).

* ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]''

* Creed from ''[[Black Cat (Mangamanga)|Black Cat]]'' has one of these. One is when he's in a rose bath [[Stalker Withwith a Crush|daydreaming about Train]], and his privates are covered by strategically placed rose petals.

* In ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' Chapter 158: "Reassembling Companions," [https://web.archive.org/web/20090204071931/http://www.onemanga.com/Hunter_X_Hunter/158/09/ page 09] does this with a shout bubble over [[Fan Nickname|Pedoclown]] Hisoka's naughty bits; a panel cut-off on [https://web.archive.org/web/20090204152912/http://www.onemanga.com/Hunter_X_Hunter/158/10/ page 10], and ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20090131101740/http://www.onemanga.com/Hunter_X_Hunter/158/11/ page 11]'', which is probably '''[[NSFW]]''', actually uses two frames with strategically placed speech bubbles to indicate that he just got an ''erection''. Understandably, the two [[Cute Shotaro Boy|Cute Shotaro Boys]]s who are our heroes are probably wishing that they'd stumbled upon Hisoka when he ''wasn't'' bathing. Luckily for them, they're the main protagonists of a [[Shounen]] action series, and the scene proceeds with Hisoka getting dressed and them working out an [[Enemy Mine]] situation because Gon and Killua [[Serious Business|desperately need to fill the membership quota]] [[It Makes Sense in Context|for their dodgeball team]].

* ''[[Ghost in Thethe Shell|GITS:SAC 2nd Gig]]'': The Major shows more than her usual skin when she's staying overnight in a Taiwanese hotel with a kid from the [[Gang -Bangers|refugee gangs]]. She enters the room naked, covering her breasts with a towel draped over her shoulders, then when she slips into bed a ceiling cam view is obscured by the overhead lighting fixture.

* ''[[Kenichi: theThe Mightiest Disciple]]'' does this sometimes, usually involving [[Ms. Fanservice|Shigure]].

* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Mangamanga)|Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'':

* When a yaoi title doesn't want the awkwardness of invisible penises or censoring bars, it often adopts a Scenery Censor approach to genitals -- evengenitals—even during randy sex scenes. What covers the critical bits is most often another character or their body part.

* ''[[Hanaukyo Maid Tai (Anime)|Hanaukyo Maid Tai]]'':

* Subverted in ''[[Gun BusterGunbuster]]''. The girls are having a bath, and while you'd think foam or water or ''something'' would cover their naughty bits... it doesn't.

* ''[[To Love LOVE-Ru]]'' is a ''master'' of this, with a girl's naughty bits being covered from view at one point by ''droplets of water streaming down from a showerhead''.

* In ''[[Toradora (Light Novel)|Toradora!]]'', when Kitamura drops his [[Modesty Towel]], the only thing remaining between his naughty bits and the audience is the cell phone Minori is using to take pictures of him. It... [[Makes Just Asas Much Sense in Context]].

* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' has a very good example when Gray gets naked on the boat to Tenrou Island. His naughty bits are cleverly censored by a glass on a table in front of him, by Happy's deliberately getting in the way while [[Leaning Onon the Fourth Wall|smiling to the readers]], by Loke's face and lastly by Cana's hand before finally being told to wear some clothes.

** In in a [[Filler]] episode, when [[Stalker Withwith a Crush|Mizuho]] walks into the bathroom, Ikkaku's so shocked he drops his towel. No matter what panicked position he moves into, there's always a conveniently located item blocking the audience from seeing too much.

== Comics --[[Comic Books]] ==

* This trope is used quite often in the ''[[Ultimate Spider -Man]]'' comics, much in thanks to the more realistic depictions of certain supervillains. It is almost always very well done and almost never distracting -- itdistracting—it can take two read-throughs to realize that the Hobgoblin is naked during his entire first appearance.

** For example, read through volume 4 (''Legacy''). Norman Osborn reveals himself -- inhimself—in many ways -- toways—to Peter Parker. A desk obscures his naughty bits. Peter Parker's backside is also obscured, in volume 6 (''Venom'') by the remnants of the Venom symbiote.

{{quote| '''Spider-Man:''' Oh dude, pants! No-one wants to see your junk!}}

* Between the sex scenes, bondage, and titular heroine's [[Weaksauce Weakness|catastrophically delicate]] [[Clothes Make the Superman|super-suit]], ''[[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]]'' gives this trope a massive workout. We ''twice'' see Ninjette take off her top to reveal shuriken pasties on her ([[Pettanko|admittedly almost indistinguishable from a boy's]]) chest.

* In ''[[Batman (Comic Book)|Batman]] and the Outsiders #3'', Batgirl [[No Social Skills|casually]] walks into the kitchen nude in front of two lesbians. The orange juice she takes out of the refrigerator prevents the reader from seeing anything except her butt, which is kept partially in shadow but still quite visible.

* ''[[Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose]]'' has full-frontal nudity for almost all of its female characters, but Jon (the one male comic character who gets [[Black Comedy Rape|molested more often than Kon-El]]) gets increasingly strange and improbable means of hiding his penis, topping off with having a lilypad laid over it, and a frog sitting on top of it. The [[Double Standard]] is not lost on the readers.

* ''[[Batman (Comic Book)|Batman]] Confidential'' #18 may set some kind of record for this trope as it features an issue long fight between Batgirl and Catwoman in a nudist club with masks being the only item of clothing either of them is wearing. The artist, Kevin Maguire, continually manages to cover up everyone's naughty bits, with a raised hand here, a well positioned turn, and my favorite, a bowl of fruit -- infruit—in particular, a pear -- topear—to cover Barbara's butt.

* In an early issue of ''[[The Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|The Incredible Hulk]]'', Betty Ross is transformed into the Harpy ''sans culottes'', with shadows hiding her breasts and genitals; when she changes back into human form--inform—in midair, high above the ground--theground—the subsequent splash page shows her wearing a brown bath towel. (This ignited a discussion on the letters page as to whether the [[Comics Code]] ban on nudity was necessary or appropriate).

* Cloud, a [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|sentient cloud]] that could assume [[Gender Bender|either male or female human form]], used little cloud puffs to cover the genital and (in female form) breast areas, although it wasn't clear as to whether those parts of his/her anatomy were actually formed or just left nebulous.

* When [[Mercy Thompson]] shifts from coyote back to human, she ends up naked. The ''Mercy Thompson: Homecoming'' comic uses anythinganything—even -- even shadows -- toshadows—to cover up Mercy's breasts and genitals.

* In one old issue of ''[[The Creeper]]'', Ryder had to [[It Makes Sense in Context|remove his "fake" Creeper suit to see if his real Creeper suit still worked]], and gets fully naked, having a shoe on the corner of a desk cover his bits.

== Films -- Animation[[Film]] ==

* The title character of 2007's CG-animated ''[[Beowulf (Filmfilm)|Beowulf]]'' fights the monster Grendel in the altogether, with his goods blocked from view by his leg, a sword, smoke and a table, among other things. Grendel's mother (voice, face and rendered body of [[Angelina Jolie]]) is "clothed" in weird gold water... ''stuff''.

* ''[[The Simpsons Movie (Animation)|The Simpsons Movie]]'', Bart, skateboarding in the nude, passes by several dozen conveniently placed objects... and then they subvert it when he passes a fence with a hole in the middle, resulting in a lengthy, uncensored shot of his animated genitalia, while the ''rest'' of him is covered up -- atup—at least in the uncut version that was shown in the movies and is on DVD and Blu-Ray. The TV version plasters a censor box that reads, "European Version Only" over the hedge with the long hole in it.

{{quote| "[[Lampshade Hanging|DON'T LOOK WHERE I'M POINTING!]]"}}

* Played straight in Daniel Craig's nude scene in ''[[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (Film)|Lara Croft Tomb Raider]]'', in which he paces back and forth behind a table that ''just'' covers up his modesty.

* Subverted in ''[[A Clockwork Orange (Filmfilm)|A Clockwork Orange]]''. When Alex is being checked in to the prison, he is stark naked with a box in front of the camera at groin level... {{spoiler|then they remove the box.}}

* One of the ''[[Scary Movie|Scary Movies]]s'' has the president naked in front of the UN. [[It Makes Sense in Context|Long story]]. He is censored by several heads and a man's arm. However, it turns disturbing when he stands in front of a flagpole, bends over (still in front of the flagpole) to look at a machine, and very suggestively starts to go lower (with his ass still ''right'' in front of the flagpole) all while talking about "loose flabby pink things."

* In ''[[Avatar (Filmfilm)|Avatar]]'', when Norm's Avatar is first shown, its pubic region is obscured by heads and pieces of equipment. In addition, all the female Na'vi could be considered as using this with their necklaces which (barely) cover their nipples.

* ''[[Sherlock Holmes (Filmfilm)|Sherlock Holmes]] 2'' has Stephen Fry using this. [[Fan Disservice|*shudder*]]

* In Tim Burton's ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Filmfilm)|Alice in Wonderland]]'', Alice loses her clothing when she grows into a [[Attack of the 50 -Foot Whatever|giant girl]]. Until the Red Queen gives her appropriately huge clothes, most of her below the shoulders is hidden behind various buildings and trees.

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

* This happened in an episode of ''[[HellsHell's Kitchen (TV)|Hells Kitchen]]''. Contestant Ed, who was hammered drunk after a reward session at a winery, was encouraged to get naked in the hot tub by other contestants. He did, and this trope happened instead of the usual censor blur.

* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]''

** Aversion: [[Doctor Who (TV)|The Third Doctor]] (Jon Pertwee) clearly had a snake tattoo on his arm which showed up from time to time. There was no way to defend the Third Doctor's having this, nor did the writers even try. (Although some rather desperate [[Fanon]] claims it's a Time Lord prison-brand, marking him as an exile).

** In the new ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', after a pair of (parody) robot TV show hosts hit Captain Jack Harkness with a defabricator ray, which does [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]], his naughty bits are concealed from the camera by a strategically placed... TV camera. When the robots confirm that he is, indeed, naked in front of millions of viewers, he announces, "Ladies, your viewing figures just went up."

{{quote| '''Lawrence Nightingale:''' Not sure, but really, really hoping. Pants? ''(points down)''<br />

* Ea, the main character of the Japanese made-for-TV drama ''[[Invisible Girl Ea]]'', is found nude by the main male character, and she stays that way pretty much the entire series. Partially justified as clothing (or anything touching her skin) causes her invisibility superpower to malfunction. Regardless, no effort is made to conceal her nudity, outside some clever camera work and the occasional lens flare blocking things that are too much even for late-night Japanese TV -- whichTV—which, apparently, isn't much.

* ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'' uses this quite a bit:

** For example, River's [[Girl in Aa Box|out-of-the-box]] scene in the pilot episode, Saffron showing up naked in Mal's bunk in "Our Mrs. Reynolds", and Mal himself strutting about in the cargo bay stark naked at the end of "Trash."

* ''[[Star Trek Voyager (TV)|Star Trek: Voyager]]'': When [[Ms. Fanservice]] Seven of Nine was posing nude for the holographic Doctor in [[Kiss Me, I'm Virtual|one of his fantasies]]. Argh!

* ''[[MASHM*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'':

* In the series premiere of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', a kidnapped USAF sergeant is stripped naked and evaluated as a Goa'uld host; she gets this treatment rather unsubtly as she's hauled all over the room. After she's rejected, {{spoiler|Daniel Jackson's wife}} is similarly appraised... and then this trope gets ''utterly averted''. Full frontal nudity is already extremely unusual in a scene filmed for American television, but the contrast with the first scene made it downright shocking in this case.<br />The production team have made it clear that they regret this scene (it was forced on them by [[Executive Meddling]]) -- it will be altered when they do a do-over of this episode, starting from scratch with the original footage. ''Stargate SG-1'' was originally aired on Showtime which allowed for the full-frontal nudity, which also appears in the DVD, but all airings of "Children of the Gods" on regular TV (mostly [[Sci Fi]] channel) have that bit (or those bits, if you prefer) edited out. Some broadcast in other countries don't, however.

* A [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'' was that Wilson's face was always half-obscured. This started out with only the top half of his face being seen over the fence to add a mysterious feel to the character, then it turned into a [[Running Gag]] as the show started putting other objects to obscure the bottom half of Wilson's face in increasingly silly manners. On one occasion this was [[Incredibly Lame Pun|inverted]], and the ''top'' half of his face was covered while showing the bottom half.

* In ''[[How I Met Your Mother (TV)|How I Met Your Mother]]'', we've seen all the main characters (except Robin) partially naked. Especially in the aptly-named episode "Naked Man."

* ''[[Forever Knight (TV)|Forever Knight]]''. In a point-of-view shot, vampire detective Nick Knight raises his badge just in time to block our view of a stripper's below-the-neck-area as she turns to face him. This scene was used in the opening title sequence for the series, [[Fan Service|for obvious reasons]].

* During the pilot episode of ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'', while [[Robot Girl|Cameron]] is [[Full -Frontal Assault|beating the crap out of a group of drunken guys while naked]], at one point she turns toward the camera at an angle that would have flashed her entire upper body, but any naughty bits are blocked by the arm of one of the men she's beating up on.

* In the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV)|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' episode "[[City Limits]]", Joel unexpectedly opens an umbrella in the theater to obscure some nudity in the movie.

* Used in ''[[That '70s Show]]'' when Hyde forces Fez to serve customers naked in the Photo Hut.

* This is almost ridiculous in the music video for AKB48's song "Ponytail and Scrunchy": the girls head into the locker room after some sports session, and they are constantly obscured by random towels, locker doors opening, shampoo bottles, etc. Only, there's some random chihuahua that ''just happened'' to wander in without them noticing, [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|panting heavily while he watches]]. [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Lucky dog...]] (You can see the video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwXtaahxjls&feature=related here]).

== [[Video Games]] ==

** Played with, possibly as a homage to the ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' toothpick scene. Raiden is stripped of his clothes towards the end, and has to run around preserving his modesty -- hemodesty—he can, however, press himself to the torture rack he was originally strapped to. He reverts to an arms-stretched out pose, and the camera changes view -- toview—to behind a drinks can, the {{[[media|:raidensoda.jpg| close-up protruding straw}}]] completely preserving Raiden's dignity. There's also a hilarious moment when, if he's seen by an enemy soldier, Raiden can retreat to the rack and press himself against it to fool the soldier, who looks on in ''envy'' and says, "I wish I had that..." before leaving.

* A ''[[Mortal Kombat: Deception]]'' promotional image shows Mileena in her second costume (where she is basically nude) or presumably naked holding her sai weapons. The thin blades manage to cover just enough to make it not explicit.

* ''[[DragonballDragon Ball]]: Origins'' has much of the original comics' dirty humor intact, including the part where Bulma flips her skirt at Master Roshi to make him hand over his dragonball, from his POV to boot and both without the knowledge that she's not wearing any underwear at the moment. Conviniently enough, this being a DS game, the offending part is blocked by the gap between the screens. On the other hand, the game also subverts it by being true to the original comic and making no effort to block any view of kid Goku's penis.

* In the not "Naughty" category, ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'' has this, in case 1-5. The Blue Badger, a mechanically dancing police mascot (shaped like a badge, not an animal), was moved into storage for a few hours to keep it from being damaged in the bustle of cleaning out evidence lockers. A man broke into this storage room and was supposedly killed there. There is video footage of the attack happening, however, when his identity becomes important, it's easy to note that at all times in the video, his face is constantly either out of shot, or covered by the Badger's batons, which move perfectly in time to his movements.

* ''[[Dragon Quest VIII (Video Game)|Dragon Quest VIII]]'' also uses this in a not-naughty fashion to prevent you from seeing King Trode and Princess Medea's faces in flashbacks from before they were cursed. This gets very contrived when the only thing blocking Trode's face is Medea's hand gestures.

* ''[[Chrono Cross (Video Game)|Chrono Cross]]'' gives you a good shot of Serge's naked body, including his butt, but with his arm covering his penis.

* ''[[Geist]]'' was given an "M" rating in the US for (among other things) a brief scene containing nudity -- butnudity—but anything objectionable was covered by strategically-placed soap bubbles.

* ''[[Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan|Ouendan 2]]'':

* At the start of the ending anime to ''[[Xenogears (Video Game)|Xenogears]]'' Fei and Elly are trapped naked in a sort of empty parallel dimension and must run towards the point of contact with their own world. The characters glow with a faint aura when standing around (as the camera strategically bounces around) but during their run, while the camera pans with them from the side, Fei in the lead somehow always manages to conceal himself with the leg nearest the camera whereas Elly a few steps behind has her entire torso glow with obscuring light. Then subverted in the next scene when their [[White -Haired Pretty Boy]] former friend appears to help them with a full frontal shot to display his lack of attributes (stylistic censorship, or maybe because said character is not exactly human anymore).

* At the beginning of the SNES version of ''[[Terminator]] 2: Judgment Day'', we see a demo of the main character walking around naked on his way to a house, with his private area being censored by fences, trucks, and even motorcycles (however, once the Start button is pressed, it bypasses the whole scene). [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]] even lampshades this.

* [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20070322.html2007-03-22 This] ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|Schlock Mercenary]]'' strip, which features the subtrope [[Godiva Hair]] as well, and even [[Lampshade Hanging|hangs a lampshade]] on it in the strip's commentary.

* In the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130606131425/http://friendlyhostility.com/d/20081205.html last panel] of this ''[[Friendly Hostility]]'' strip.

* In ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'', one of Dr. McNinja's old college buddies transforms into a monster -- rathermonster—rather like Hulk -- andHulk—and all his clothes rip off, hidden only by shadows, his arms, a tricky lobster person, and when he reverts back to normal an inexplicable stream of paper.

* ''[[Last ResortRes0rt]]'': Adharia's top rips open ''during a live broadcast'', and all we see are the [http://www.lastres0rt.com/?p=39 tattered bits of her shirt covering up anything interesting]. To top it off, the two men with the best probable view were reptiles -- talkreptiles—talk about a waste!

* [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20121019093440/http://scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20080902 This] ''[[Scary Go Round]]'' strip has a conveniently placed clock keeping us from seeing Desmond Fish-man's Fish-thing.

* In ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'', when V gets balefully polymorphed into a lizard; his... her ([[Ambiguous Gender|whatever]]) clothing falls to the ground. Later, after being returned to normal, he/she has to get dressed again. Fortunately, modesty was maintained (and any indication of V's sex obfuscated) with a handy Black Dragon's tail to stand behind.

* The sound effects [https://web.archive.org/web/20100215003326/http://www.exiern.com/comic/begining/the-tranformation/ protect the modesty] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100215012634/http://www.exiern.com/comic/begining/kzaatt/ of undressed characters] in ''[[Exiern]]'', especially when the costumes don't.

* Angora of ''[[The Meek (Webcomic)|The Meek]]'' spends the first chapter naked. Conveniently placed props and limbs cover her nether regions, but her nipples are often showing. Needless to say, this webcomic is [[NSFW]].

* ''[[Dan and MabsMab's Furry Adventures]]'' has had numerous examples of this trope:

* Done in ''[[Ansem Retort]]'': Axel is only shown from the waist up and declares that [https://web.archive.org/web/20141003124707/http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=96 "PANTS ARE FOR THE WEAK!"]

* Done a bit in ''[[The KA MicsKAMics]]'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20110402000727/http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/index.php?p=87338 some] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100930073704/http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/index.php?p=106283 examples] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100930071753/http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/index.php?p=383620 for] [http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/index.php?p=5112 you]{{Dead link}}.

* In [http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2010/03/04/0143-love-at-first-sight/ this] ''[[Sandra and Woo (Webcomic)|Sandra and Woo]]'' strip, Woo's naughty thoughts are (partially) censored with shrubbery.

* Used straight [http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autowb966.html several] [http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autowb970.html times] in ''[[The Whiteboard (Webcomic)|The Whiteboard]]''.

* In ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'', this is due to Grace's views on casual nudity, and a lack of [[Magic Pants]].

* ''[[Something *Positive]]'': Kharisma, in [https://web.archive.org/web/20140109055815/http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp04272011.shtml this strip].

* Early in ''[[Apple Geeks]]'', we have [https://web.archive.org/web/20081007033352/http://www.applegeeks.com/comics/viewcomic.php?issue=38 this]. Note [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|the label on the can.]]

* Syrys of ''[[The Cyantian Chronicles]]'' spends much of [http://cyantian.net/tales/ Genoworks Saga]{{Dead link}} taking advantage of this. To be fair, he wasn't wearing anything in [[Human Popsicle|cryo]] and I doubt a fox facility would have anything that could fit a [[Big Badass Wolf|seven-foot-tall wolf]]. And of course his fur and genetic enhancements keep him from freezing.

** Also his nephew [http://cyantian.net/blog/2010/03/19/03192010/ Darius]{{Dead link}} during a dream.

== Web[[Western OriginalAnimation]] ==

** There was also an earlier episode where Zuko tells Iroh to get out of a hotspring, but when he comes out, a visibly [[Squick|Squicked]]ed Zuko cringes while our view is blocked by the same hand he's using and he tells Iroh to go back in.

{{quote| '''Iroh:''' Zuko, you shmuck, it's 5 o'clock. What happens at 5 o'clock?<br />

'''Zuko:''' Naked Iroh Time...<br />

'''Iroh:''' And what is the one rule about Naked Iroh Time?<br />

'''Zuko:''' "Don't interrupt Naked Iroh Time!"<br />

'''Iroh:''' You're damn right. Now get your tuchus out of here before I kick it!<br />

* [[Lampshaded]] in [[Tex Avery]]'s ''The Shooting of Dan McGoo'': the bartender, strategically positioned in front of a nude painting, announces, "I don't move from here all through the picture." When a fight breaks out, though, he ducks behind the bar -- revealingbar—revealing that the woman in the picture is ''missing'' everything from chest to mid-thigh. (In its place she [[Talking Withwith Signs|holds a sign]] reading "[[Worldwide PunomenonLampshaded|I ain't got no body.]]")

* ''[[The Spectacular Spider -Man]]'s'' Flint Marko is depicted as nude when he serves as an experimental subject. He is mostly shown from the waist up, but anything lower is obscured by someone standing in front of him, the glare of a pane of glass, or the process of his transformation. After he becomes the Sandman, his lower half initially remains a shapeless mass, until we cut to him maintaining human form, complete with manifested clothes.

* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (Animation)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'':

** In another episode, Squidward goes crazy while he's taking a bath and runs to the Krusty Krab with bubbles covering him. Eventually, he looks down and we see a close up shot of the area directly above his legs, and all the bubbles pop except one. SpongeBob gives him his pants to save him from being completely nude. However, the [[Fridge Logic]] comes in when you realize that Squidward [[Half -Dressed Cartoon Animal|never wears pants anyway]]...

** Again pulled off inconsistently in a late episode, this time with Sandy. Sandy sheds her pelt in order to take a shower and Plankton [[Gone Swimming, Clothes Stolen|takes it]] in order to [[Dressing Asas the Enemy|disguise himself]]. Sandy is very clearly wearing her regular bikini throughout, but the framing and object placement (and various characters) occasionally seem to think that she isn't.

* At the beginning of ''[[Justice League (Animationanimation)|Justice League]]'', when Diana (a.k.a. Wonder Woman) steals the Amazonian armor that becomes her costume, she takes off a cloak and judging from what is seen, appears to be wearing nothing as she proceeds to put the armor on.

** Which is a reference to the scene in ''[[Heavy Metal (Animationanimation)|Heavy Metal]]'' where the female warrior armors up in pretty much the same fashion.

* ''[[Superman: theThe Animated Series (Animation)|Superman the Animated Series]]'':

* One ''[[Danny Phantom (Animation)|Danny Phantom]]'' episode had Vlad hiding his nudity behind an armchair.

* ''[[Home Movies]]'': Mc Guirk is given a kilt, which brings out his suppressed passion for Highland dancing -- thendancing—then a leg cramp sprawls him out on the ground, to the horror of everyone getting a full view.

* Many wedding websites sell tattoo cover-up kits for those who want to permanently mark their bodies and express themselves... except for one day, when they are generally expected to look like [[Princess|princessesprincess]]es.

* Thanks to the [[Yakuza|unfortunate]] [[Unfortunate Implications|implications]] of having a tattoo in Japan, many public [[Hot Springs Episode]] and [[Furo Scene|bathhouses]] take this to an amusing extreme. Once you're in the right bathing area, you can strut around as [[Naked People Are Funny|naked as a jaybird]], without even worrying about a [[Modesty Towel]]... but there had better be a bandaid over [[Achilles' Heel|that tattoo]], or you'll be asked to leave.