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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]]s, or [[Squick]]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.

 

 

In comics, [[Speech Bubble Censoring|speech bubbles are very serviceable too]].

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' plays with this trope in a few episodes.

** In ''Rebuild 2.0.'', the above scene is repeated with Asuka instead of Shinji, and when Misato picks up the can this time, a smaller cup with a straw sits, blocking her. That still doesn't stop Shinji from seeing Asuka naked, whose reaction was... well, [[Megaton Punch|not good]].

** 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.

== [[Fan Works]] ==

* Hanyuu and Yuki's linked hands [[Discussed Trope|would have prevented anyone watching from the doorway]] from seeing Kyon's "most interesting areas" in ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]''.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[Last Res0rt]]'': 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—talk about a waste!

* ''[[Goodbye Chains]]'' loves to do this. At one point, they used a word bubble. ''A very tiny one.''

* In ''[[The Order of the Stick|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.

* Angora of ''[[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 Mab's Furry Adventures]]'' has had numerous examples of this trope:

* 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 Original]] ==

 

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