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When a person, more often than not a woman, shown is behind a backlighted screen of some kind, usually during a conversation with a man. The person is often undressing while doing so.
When a person, more often than not a woman, shown is behind a backlighted screen of some kind, usually during a conversation with a man. The person is often undressing while doing so.


Expect her to have to bend down, a lot, slowly. Expect also that the screen -- which is apparently supposed to ensure some form of modesty -- will be as thin as paper and positioned right in front of a source of light, leaving absolutely nothing to the imagination and thus utterly defeating its supposed purpose.
Expect her to have to bend down, a lot, slowly. Expect also that the screen—which is apparently supposed to ensure some form of modesty—will be as thin as paper and positioned right in front of a source of light, leaving absolutely nothing to the imagination and thus utterly defeating its supposed purpose.
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** Also, the {{spoiler|temporarily un-chibified}} Yuki in ''[[Haruhi-chan]]''
** Also, the {{spoiler|temporarily un-chibified}} Yuki in ''[[Haruhi-chan]]''
* Reversed version in ''[[One Piece]]''. Califa's silhouette is shown while she is ''dressing'', after she takes a bath in front of Nami to humiliate her.
* Reversed version in ''[[One Piece]]''. Califa's silhouette is shown while she is ''dressing'', after she takes a bath in front of Nami to humiliate her.
* ''[[ROD the TV]]'' has [[Hot Librarian|Yomiko]]'s [[Sexy Silhouette|Sexy Silhouettes]] in its opening credits.
* ''[[ROD the TV]]'' has [[Hot Librarian|Yomiko]]'s Sexy Silhouettes in its opening credits.
* In ''[[Tantei Gakuen Q]]'', there is a scene involving Sakurako and Kyuu.
* In ''[[Tantei Gakuen Q]]'', there is a scene involving Sakurako and Kyuu.
* Done in some of the ''[[Lupin III]]'' movies - usually with Fujiko.
* Done in some of the ''[[Lupin III]]'' movies - usually with Fujiko.
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* The first ''[[Austin Powers]]'' movie.
* The first ''[[Austin Powers]]'' movie.
** Played with in the second ''Austin Powers'' movie, with the tent scene.
** Played with in the second ''Austin Powers'' movie, with the tent scene.
* Used in some [[Busby Berkeley Number|Busby Berkeley Numbers]].
* Used in some [[Busby Berkeley Number]]s.
* Subverted in ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'': The sexy silhouette turns out to be a weirdly bound guard.
* Subverted in ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'': The sexy silhouette turns out to be a weirdly bound guard.
* The second ''[[Cannonball Run]]'' movie had the girls changing in the back seat with a blanket hanging in front—when a track pulls up behind with high beams to highlight them perfectly. Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise (who think the ladies are ''nuns'') are practially biting their lips in the front seat.
* The second ''[[Cannonball Run]]'' movie had the girls changing in the back seat with a blanket hanging in front—when a track pulls up behind with high beams to highlight them perfectly. Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise (who think the ladies are ''nuns'') are practially biting their lips in the front seat.
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