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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"I'm too sexy for my shirt,''
''Too sexy for my shirt,''
''So sexy, it hurts!"''
|'''Right Said Fred'''|"I'm Too Sexy"}}
The most common form of [[Fan Service]] for women and gay men. A [[
A less fleshy version of this is giving the man a button-up shirt with the top buttons undone, the rest of them available for unbuttoning at the call of his love interest or his leaving the shirt totally unbuttoned. Also a practice of slender [[Bishonen]] in [[Japanese Media Tropes|Japanese media]], especially [[Yaoi Guys]]. Western shows may play around with this by having the female characters ogle the "pool boy".
Despite applying mostly to young, hairless types such as [[Bishonen
"Beefcake" poses for male performers probably date as far back in human history as skimpy outfits for female performers. One of the standard props of certain kinds of "Strongman" performers in circuses and such is a "tear-away" shirt that can be pulled off during a performance and then easily sewn back together in between shows.
This type of gratuitous semi-nudity is also called a Shirtless Jackman Scene, named after muscular Australian actor [[Hugh Jackman]] whose film contracts allegedly contain a clause that demands the presence of at least one shirtless scene, even when the plot does not require it. It's not proven, but the majority of the films he has appeared in are strong evidence. Legend has it that some people are not able to recognize him with his shirt on, and ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' (2000) established him as the pioneer of the
This trope is among the [[Always Male]] tropes because... [[Nipple-and-Dimed|well, you know.]]
See also [[Shower of Angst]], [[Slipknot Ponytail]], [[Man in a Kilt]], [[Wet Sari Scene]], [[Forging Scene]], [[After-Action Patchup]], and [[Lingerie Scene]]. If the character's [[Limited Wardrobe|everyday attire]] is conspicuously lacking a shirt, he would be a [[Walking Shirtless Scene]].
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'''MOD NOTE:''' We have [[:Category:Nudity Tropes|an entire category filled with tropes about complete nudity]]. There's no reason to [[All The Tropes:Square Peg, Round Trope|try to brute-force cram]] those examples onto this page, which is ''not'' about complete nudity. Please put examples on the correct pages to begin with.
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== Advertising ==
* The Diet Coke Hunk (from the infamous commercial featuring an office-full of women leering at a shirtless construction worker) is pretty much the epitome of this trope.
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== Anime
* Of course, the ultimate example of this trope has to be Kenshiro from ''[[Hokuto no Ken]]'', who manages to [[Clothing Damage|burn off his shirt]] by the power of [[Badass|sheer]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesomeness]] almost every episode, conveniently right before handing that episode's main villain [[Finishing Move|the beating of his life]], yet mysteriously always [[Magic Pants|re-acquires it]] in the following episode.
* Kouji Kabuto from ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' pulled this sometimes, specially late in the series (the episode where Erika showed up comes to mind). [[Mad Scientist|Dr. Hell]] also pulled this at the end of ''[[Mazinkaiser]]'' for seemingly no reason, and despite being a very old man.
* Dante of the [[Devil May Cry: The Animated Series|animated]] ''[[Devil May Cry: The Animated Series|Devil May Cry]]'' series gets this too every so often, but the first example is in the ''first episode''
* Jin near the climax of ''[[Samurai Champloo]]''. Complete with [[Slipknot Ponytail|his unwoven hair blowing gently in the wind]]. Cue fangirls fainting.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'': A favorite coveted screenshot among fangirls is of Kaiser waist up in the shower.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]!'': Malik Ishtar has several scenes where he strips off his shirt in front of everyone (though it's actually a plot
* ''[[Shaman King]]'' villain Hao wears a poncho but he is shirtless.
** Faust goes through his introductory fight mostly shirtless, but bar [[Fetish Fuel|certain]] [[Creepy Sexy|demographics]], it's much more [[Squick]].
* Kaito from ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120509043155/http://www.boukenshin.net/pitch/featshirt.php This site] has a whole section on his increasingly improbable shirtless scenes in the manga.
* The Captain from ''[[Hellsing]]'' has [[No Shirt, Long Jacket|no shirt on under his coat]], as revealed in the 82nd chapter.
* At one point in the later arcs of ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'', this particular trope becomes obsessive, affecting every [[Bishonen]] on the series and possibly merging with [[Yaoi Guys]] and getting to the point of [[Fan Disservice]] in some cases.
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* In ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'', [[Winged Humanoid|Van Fanel]] can grow [[Perpetual Molt|wings]] from his back, destroying his entire shirt every single time they're used.
** See also: [[But Your Wings Are Beautiful]], [[Fetish Fuel]], and [[Power Floats]].
* ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'': Almost all of the main characters (and many of the [[Big Bad
** No, instead he gets to [[It Makes Sense in Context|rip open his shirt during a fight and rub blood all over his chest...]]
** Gets [[Lampshade
** At one point while summoning the [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Dragon of the Darkness Flame]], Hiei's shirt explodes for no reason.
* Hisoka, the [[Enigmatic Minion|Enigmatic]] [[Lovable Traitor]] of ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'', gets ''two'' completely naked scenes: first a shower scene, then later a scene in which the protagonists find him bathing in a lake (with some conveniently placed speech bubbles). These are also the only times we get to see him without his [[Facial Markings]] (okay, [[Monster Clown|face paint]]) and [[Improbable Hairstyle]].
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* Both Setsuna and Allelujah in the second ED of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]''.
* Whether it be a result of the massive [[Clothing Damage]] that afflicts the men of ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' (maybe if Videl and Android 18 channeled their ki/energy into their bodies instead of making their clothing [[Nigh Invulnerable]], they would be able to hang with the guys in combat?), good old fashioned shower/bath scenes, shirtless training, when someone gets serious, or the [[Ho Yay|odd homoerotic nude visualization]] of a deceased comrade speaking from beyond the grave, the ratio of shirtless scenes to scenes in which any given character wears a shirt are around 50-50.
** 18 had [[Clothing Damage]] at one point early on,
** And yet, to the dismay of fangirls everywhere, never once did Future Trunks go without. I think this may be the first instance of a vagooblock in anime.
* Occurs twice in the second anime season of ''[[Slayers]]''; the first when Gourry and Zelgadis are healing from an attack from a pair of demons raiding Princess Amelia's castle, and the second when said pair's covers are blown during the [[Once a Season]] [[Dragged Into Drag|cross-dressing episode.]] {{spoiler|It turns out that the [[Lady Land]] kingdom they had infiltrated (hence the disguises) is full of men that had ''also'' hidden their genders, and increased the shirtless count, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|including the princess Zelgadis had been falling for.]] Ouch.}} Gourry is also seen shirtless in an early scene of the ''Slayers Premium'' movie.
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* Almost as soon as he shows up on screen for the first time in episode 24 of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', Kaworu Nagisa ends up stripped butt-naked along with Shinji Ikari in a shower scene. {{spoiler|He was only around for one episode so he had to make up for lost time somehow, right?}}
** ''Rebuild'' took this even further: until he donned his plugsuit for the first time when Zeruel was attacking, he was a [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]. In fact, only one of them qualifies for this trope since in the other, he's [[Naked on Arrival|completely naked]].
* Abel Nightroad of ''[[Trinity Blood]]'' certainly gets his share of shirtlessness. Also, Brother Petros spends the ''entire fifth volume'' of the manga without a shirt. Is he ripped? ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20161027062954/http://www.onemanga.com/Trinity_Blood/17/16/ Oh my, yes.]''
** Hugue has also been sans shirt more than once, revealing a LOT of scars (said scars haven't deterred the fangirls in the slightest).
** Lampshaded early on in the manga, when Tres' clothes get turned into swiss cheese by machine-gun fire ([[Made of Iron|of course it doesn't affect him at all]]) and Abel goes into [[Say It with Hearts|fanboy mode]] at the sight of him, complete with [[Luminescent Blush]].
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** Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, the general of the Gotei 13, invariably strips to the waist before using his shikai. For dramatic purpose this reveals an ungodly amount of scars, plus a more muscular figure than the protagonist has, despite being older than the latter's country of origin.
*** In the third movie, he literally jumps out of his shirt before delivering an attack.
** Ichigo often has such moments during fights, due to [[Clothing Damage]].
** Zaraki gets to show off his chest when he {{spoiler|gives Ichigo one free attack before they fight. He's also stripped to the waist in the Hueco Mundo arc after fighting Nnoitora, or however his name is spelt.}}
*** He also shows up shirtless when he {{spoiler|Shows up to help fight Yammy.}}
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** In an omake, a few members of the Shinigami Women's Association went to great lengths to get one of these out of Ukitake. Yay!
** Not to mention in Ichigo vs. Ulquiorra, Round 2, when {{spoiler|Ichigo got his ass kicked so hard that his [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] took over.}} Almost ''all'' his clothes got blasted off, leaving him with only a little more than half his pants.
** Resident [[Bishounen|bishie]] Grimmjow is pretty much a [https://web.archive.org/web/20120410044719/http://www.cosplayisland.co.uk/files/costumes/168/760/GrimmRef3.jpg walking Shirtless Scene].
** Indeed, pretty much every male in [[Bleach]] [http://all-colour.skols.net/index.php?album=%2Fℑ=all_colour_088089.jpg has a well sculpted chest]{{Dead link}} that will be revealed when his shirt is removed.
* ''[[Outlaw Star]]'''s Gene Starwind nearly matches [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]] Melfina in the number of times they've gone topless. Considering that the latter pilots the ship naked...
* Subverted in ''[[Trigun]]''. Vash the Stampede is [[Bishonen|fairly good looking]] in his [[Badass Longcoat]], but when he gets his first shirtless scene, it turns out he's so cut up, [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|scarred]], and shot to pieces that he looks like Frankenstein's monster underneath.
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** Let's not forget the bath episode, with everyone staying naked for a good 6 or 7 minutes, leading Viral to call the gang "naked monkeys" for the first half the series.
* ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' has several moments, although most notable is probably the fact that Joshua almost never keeps his shirt fully buttoned (basically only when someone forces him to so he'll be presentable), and Chrono in his true form only wears a jacket that does not cover his chest.
* We get several shirtless scenes for Fakir in ''[[Princess Tutu]]''; somewhat [[Justified]] because he has a plot-relevant birthmark on his chest, but also usually with an obvious fanservice factor as well. Mytho also has one scene where he has his uniform shirt unbuttoned in the second
* ''[[Vampire Knight]]'' has quite a few of these. Then again, given the [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys|large quantity of vampire cuties]] it may not be all that surprising.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' fans disappointed in the lack of nekkid Erio [[Transformation Sequence]] in the anime worry not, [[Comic Book Adaptation|the supplementary manga]] gives him one (albeit, just one panel).
* Probably the only [[Fan Disservice|straight example of fanservice]] in the ''[[Black Jack]]'' OVAs is from the titular doctor himself, in an entirely gratuitous [[Pool Scene]] in the fourth episode... Oh, and the [[Shower Scene]] in the first. And a [[Hot Springs Episode]] (which, incidentally, takes place near a [[Beach Episode|beach]]). Kind of a pattern there.
* Since most of the cursed men in ''[[Ranma ½
** In the manga, what's funny is that Ranma's girl side gets far more Shirtless Scenes than his male side ever does.
* Dragon Saint Shiryu from ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' seems to enjoy stripping off the upper half of his armor when [[Let's Get Dangerous|getting serious]] with an enemy. The better to show off his ''huge''... [[Power Tattoo]].
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** This happens a few times in the second season of the manga, mostly in the Sun arc but he is first shirtless on the frontpage on the [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/rosario_vampire_season_ii/v05/c018/ 18th chapter] probably just to show how badass he has become and well it worked
* [[Naruto]] spends a good few chapters shirtless and ''covered in oil'' in ''Naruto Shippuuden''. Sasuke has a brief shot in a movie trailer drenching himself under a waterfall. It was rumored that the fangirls could be [[Squee|heard for miles around]].
** Even long before that, Naruto spent a good part of his Wind Chakra training shirtless [https://web.archive.org/web/20131202141416/http://read.mangashare.com/Naruto/chapter-320/page001.html which was even well featured on a chapter cover]!
** Hidan, after a fight, has his Akatsuki uniform half ripped up, making all his appearances later on be half-Shirtless Scenes. Apparently Kakuzu was [[Miser Advisor|too much of a tightwad]] to give Hidan money to get another one.
** Not just Hidan. Deidara, Sasori, Kakuzu and Pain go shirtless at one point in time as well.
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** Yes, there was a naked [[Furo Scene]] involving all four of them. The fangirls peeping in on them didn't stand a chance.
* Many of the characters in ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' have shirtless scenes after practices and times like that. Mizumachi just likes stripping down to his shorts and waving his shirt around (he used to be a swimmer, which might explain it). Ootawara on the other hand turns it into [[Fan Disservice]] by often losing his pants (and sometimes everything else) and farting a lot.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' occasionally gives Negi shirtless scenes. It's less [[Squick
** Like, for example, teenage Negi vs. Jack Rakan in a shirtless battle worthy of the [[Dragonball Z|Tenkaichi Budokai]].
* One episode of ''[[Soul Eater]]'' featured Soul trying to cheat on a test by hiding cheat sheets in his clothes, and then being strip-searched by the teacher when he caught him. Soul spent the rest of the test in only his boxers, much to the glee of the fangirls.
** Soul actually gets
** Later, Stein of all people gets one. He's unfairly ripped, in case you're wondering.
*** [http://media.photobucket.com/image/stein%20soul%20eater/Animebex/Soul%20Eater/stein-067-animestockscom.jpg?o=59 Courtesy link]. In case you were, y'know, curious or anything.
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** In perhaps the most gratuitous example, Free is shirtless for his {{spoiler|illusionary}} fight with Death the Kid. He's wearing a shirt in the scene immediately before and puts it back on immediately after, and there's no obvious reason why he took it off just to fight. (By the way, he's in his [[Wolf Man]] form most of the time, which may detract from or enhance the effect, depending on your [[Furry Fandom|preferences]].)
* Gateau Mocha from ''Bakuretsu Hunters''.
* Sōsuke from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' gets a few of these. Once near the beginning, when he [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|tackles the teacher down the stairs thinking she was a terrorist]] and ends up having to have his back bandaged up due to the wounds from it. Another time is when he gets so tired and lacks sleep to the point where he passes
** In addition, the dust jackets of the manga include pictures of the cast in skimpy bathing suits. Not wanting to isolate the female audience, these bits of fanservice include [https://web.archive.org/web/20061202110406/http://fmp.abstratica.org/images/manga/covers/r2/fmp-mag-vol7i.jpg Kurz] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20061202110418/http://fmp.abstratica.org/images/manga/covers/r2/fmp-mag-vol8i.jpg
* Ryo from ''Ronin Warriors'' goes shirtless for a good two or three minutes at the beginning of episode 20, after he awakens from a [[Catapult Nightmare]].
* Until a significant way in Tsuna from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' ripped his shirt and pants off every time he activated his attack, leaving him in just his boxers while he fought. Also, near the beginning of the TYL arc, both him and Gokudera are shirtless in the middle of a forest at night. Brrr.
** And then there's Tsuna, naked save his boxers, handcuffed in [[Memetic Molester|Spanner's]] bed, [https://web.archive.org/web/20161027062950/http://www.onemanga.com/Katekyo_Hitman_Reborn/187/05/ alone with him]... [[Fetish Fuel]] anyone?
** Xanxus has a 99% chance of being shirtless every time he appears in a non-plot related picture. [[Sarcasm Mode|This is obviously only done to show us the plot-related scars on his chest.]]
** During his battle with Belphegor, Gokudera wore his shirt completely unbuttoned and hanging open with nothing covering his torso save for a lot of bandages.
** Ryohei is embodiment of this trope, 'cause he gets more
** And don't forget about the latest Katekyo Hitman Reborn OAV where we get a veryyy veryyy looong extra bonus screentime focused on Hibari Kyoya's chest in an Onsen. The day it was released, many fangirls died from bloodloss.
* Few fans of ''[[Darker
** Li's partially unbuttoned shirt is [[Lampshaded]] in the OVA (and was then immortalized as a [[Memetic Mutation]]) in the form of two in-universe women fixating on his ''collarbone'', which is often noticeably visible because of this trope.
* Nono from ''[[Gunbuster]] 2'' gets one in the first episode when she gained [[Heroic Resolve]] by ripping her shirt off, [[Cloudcuckoolander|because she took the "Topless" part a bit too seriously.]]
** Actually, if you look carefully at that scene, her clothes were stuck to the barbs of the monster. [[Fan Service|Ripping them off was clearly the only option]]. Her dialogue after the battle does show that she took the term "Topless" literally, though, by claiming that she had become one.
* England from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' gets one when he takes a hot bath in Japan's house. The scene was amped up for [[Fan Service]] effects in the anime rendition, adding a bit of [[Ship Tease]] when his host is nonplussed at his
* When Yume from ''[[Somedays Dreamers]]'' meets her magic instructor Masami for the first time, he is completely shirtless, leading to a very flustered reaction for the poor girl. Of course, that Masami's best friend Kera opened the door being practically shirtless as well doesn't help matters.
* ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'''s [[Bishounen|hunks]] and some of their cousins in [[Ayashi no Ceres|other Yuu]] [[Absolute Boyfriend|Watase manga]].
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* During episode 20 of ''[[Black Butler]]'', Sebastian is arrested and chained up in some kind of torture room. And the first thing the creepy [[Torture Technician]] does is rip his shirt, giving us a nice shot of his abs. And many fangirl [[Squee]]'s were heard.
* Yoshimori from Kekkaishi gets a few shirtless scenes in the anime. His kekkai training was used as an excuse on both occasions in episodes 8 and 42. Episode 42 even included a scene in which he removed his kekkaishi robe with rapid fire precision.
* Kotetsu T. Kaburagi (aka [[Superhero|Wild Tiger]]) has a prolonged
* [[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'s Keiichi has a FULL EPISODE of wearing nothing but a speedo.
* Crim in ''.hack//SIGN'' gets a full shirtless scene later in the series.
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* In ''[[Saint Beast]]'', Judas has a few, usually with water keeping it from being more than just shirtless.
== Comic Books ==
== Comics ==▼
* ''[[The Sandman]]'''s title character, goth pretty-boy Morpheus, frequently went shirtless. Indeed, one of his most frequently seen items of clothing is an ankle length robe that nevertheless exposes his skinny but toned midsection, allowing him to present the image of the authoritative King of Dreams while still providing the expected fanservice. And people think Sandman's biggest selling point was its sophistication.
** Not to mention that he's buck-naked in his first appearance.
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* Neal Adams would draw [[Batman|Bruce Wayne]] shirtless in the cave, although he usually had a lot of bandages covering him. Additionally, Adams popularized the "pants and mask without a shirt, cape or belt" look.
** Neal Adams was also the first person to draw [[Batman]] villain Ra's Al Ghul, who is a [[Walking Shirtless Scene]] half the time. Naturally, the first Batman and Ra's fought, they were both shirtless.
== Films ==
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*** As some may not know Cam was taking his shirt off earlier in [[Never Back Down]]
** Also, Taylor Lautner in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyldfq0kQOc New Moon]. Notice the insane amount of squealing that comes from the female audience.
*** Ok, that video was taken down; but This Troper went to the opening of New Moon in her hometown, and the [[Squee
** As [[The Spoony Experiment|the Spoony One]] says in his review of the movie, its biggest draw was Native American muscle.
** Accidentally subverted in ''New Moon''. [[Fan Nickname|RPatz]] with his shirt off is hideous enough to make small children cry. Seven miles away from the theater.
** Seems that every guy in ''New Moon'' got a case of the missing shirts.
*** The ''curse''. You mean "the ''curse'' of the missing shirts." [https://web.archive.org/web/20141214045703/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/bum-reviews/13853-ep032
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''Eclipse'' when Edward and Bella meet Jacob, only to find that he had driven there shirtless, leading Edward to ask "Does that guy own a shirt?"
* Daniel Radcliffe in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter
** Though saying that, he doesn't seem to mind Myrtle looking at him when he's underwater with her.
** There was also an audible response from certain members of the audience when he strips to his underwear to retrieve a sword in a frozen pond in ''[[Harry Potter
** In ''[[Harry Potter and
** Related: Daniel Radcliffe played a mentally atypical boy in the play ''[[Equus]]''. One scene calls for him to <s>ride a horse naked</s> strip onstage and stay that way until the end of the play.
* Tobey Maguire has gotten quite a few of these in the ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]]'' films.
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* The ''[[Mortal Kombat (film)|Mortal Kombat]]'' movie featured a ''lot'' of shirtless men, most notably Liu Kang.
* ''[[Casino Royale]]'' gave us more than enough of [[Daniel Craig]]'s massive pectorals, massive shoulders, and complete lack of neck. He's also completely expressionless. [[Daniel Craig]] is often called "''Casino Royale'''s [[Bond Girl]]".
** Not to mention his instantly-legendary [https://web.archive.org/web/20070820222432/http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/mgm/casino_royale/daniel_craig/royale17.jpg walk out of the ocean] in those little blue swim trunks. Blatant, blatant [[Fan Service]].
** Craig is not the only [[James Bond]] to do it. All the others (except possibly Dalton) did too.
* During the climax of ''[[28 Days Later]]'', [[Cillian Murphy]] is topless and bloodstained. Of course, this is comparatively a blessing, because he also gets completely naked for no good reason in other scenes.
* ''[[Reign of Fire]]'' has a few of these. [[Matthew McConaughey]] willingly takes his shirt off twice-the second (and last) time being when he throws himself at a dragon, which eats him. Though the amount of protection provided by his shirt against the dragon's teeth is debatable, he nonetheless had little reason to take it off apart from showing off his tattoos.
** It's urban legend that Matthew McConaughey is contractually obligated to take off his shirt at least once during each movie.
** In ''Surfer, Dude'' he chose to be a [[Walking Shirtless Scene]].
* Speaking of ''Reign of Fire'', let's not forget [https://web.archive.org/web/20160207065917/http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/12/13/Reign_071213090513988_wideweb__300x375,1.jpg Christian Bale's shirtless scene]
* ''[[Help!]]'' has a scene in which [[The Beatles]], taking refuge in a bathroom, get attacked by a hand-dryer that conveniently sucks up most of their clothing, George's shirt in particular. And that's not even getting into the part where Paul shrinks and his clothes don't...
* Film and stage performers were doing the shirtless scene long before the invention of television. The ur-example of modern times has to be [[Clark Gable]] in the 1934 film ''[[It Happened One Night]]''. Gable's rugged good looks and rough charisma had already made him a star. Here, he is wearing the standard garb of an early 20th century middle-class male: white shirt, suit, tie, and fedora. When he "takes it off" in a motel room in front of Claudette Colbert, the audience learns that, beneath those mundane clothes, Gable is... not wearing an undershirt. Gable in an unbuttoned shirt with his buff, manly chest showing has been claimed to have caused sales of men's undershirts to crash in America. ([http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/gable1.asp Snopes] doubts it.) It allegedly took World War II and/or the acceptance of T-shirts as outerwear for the T-shirt industry to recover.
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* The beach-volleyball scene in ''[[Top Gun]]''. Bonus points as this scene was completely gratuitous.
** Or the [[Ho Yay|locker room scenes]].
* Both combatants of the climax fight of the martial arts movie ''Undefeatable'' suddenly turn the whole scene into a
* [[Robin Williams]] in ''[[The World According To Garp]]'', ''[[The Survivors]]'', ''[[Moscow on the Hudson]]'', ''[[The Best Of Times]]'', ''[[Club Paradise]]'', ''[[Hook]]'', ''[[Mrs. Doubtfire]]'' (in a case of [[Fan Disservice]]), ''[[Fathers Day]]'', and ''[[License To Wed]]'' (more disservice).
** And a full-frontal nude scene in ''[[The Fisher King]]''. [[Fan Disservice|Shame about the context]].
** He went full frontal again in ''[[World's Greatest Dad]]''. Despite him being older, it's not as [[Squick
** And also in ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZx78PakkSY Old Dogs]'', the context of which makes it [[Fan Disservice]] even for his most hardcore [[Fan Girl|fangirls]].
* In ''[[Way of the Dragon]]'' before their iconic showdown at the Colloseum, [[Bruce Lee]] and [[Chuck Norris]] both take off their shirts and then start pulling off martial arts stances. Not one to be outdone, Bruce Lee starts cracking his back and shoulders which also helpfully causes his pecs and delts to pop out.
** Actually every single Bruce Lee movie has at least one of these, and we would be sorely disappointed if there wasn't.
* In ''[[Working Girl]]'', [[Harrison Ford]] gives his stenopool an eyeful when he changes shirts without closing the blinds on the glass separating his office from theirs.
* Disney's ''[[Swiss Family Robinson]]'' has the four Robinson men - including [[Cute Shotaro Boy|the youngest son]] - shirtless several times throughout the film. Fritz and Ernst almost go into [[Walking Shirtless Scene]] territory during their time exploring the island.
* In the movie ''Picnic'' (1955) and the William Inge play it was based on, Hal's willingness to be shirtless, especially in mixed company, marks him as both more virile and lower-class than his college roommate.
* In ''[[The Long Hot Summer]]'', the director decided to take advantage of Paul Newman's impressive physique to make the in-story heroine visibly uncomfortable. [[Happily Married|Didn't make her too uncomfortable in real life, however.]]
* The Chosen One in ''[[Kung Pow]]: Enter The Fist'' rips off his shirt in one particularly odd arm-move at the start of the movie.
* In the end of ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'', Sing's use of his ultimate fighting move turns the shirt he was wearing into shreds.
* Obligatory in each installment of the ''[[The Transporter|Transporter]]'' franchise. In the second one, he fights [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4XPTBrWkDM shirtless and covered in oil]; in the third, he fights a group of [[Mooks]] while using first his jacket, then his tie, then his shirt as [[Improvised Weapon
* ''[[Lucky Number Slevin]]'' has [[Josh Hartnett]] spend a large portion of a day wearing nothing but a towel. Convenient that the gangsters had time to spare for a chat, but not enough time to let the poor guy get dressed.
** Not that anybody's complaining about that particular plot hole...
* [[The Monkees (band)|The Monkees]]' film ''[[Head]]'' features a long (and [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome]]) scene with Micky Dolenz shirtless in a desert; also a scene with Davy Jones as a boxer fighting Sonny Liston.
* ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'': Most of the boys are shirtless.
* The Drover in ''[[Australia (2008 film)|Australia]]'' apparently showers by taking off his shirt, soaping up, then dumping a bucket of water over his head.
* Shua gives us a nice one in ''[[Sky Blue]]''.
* In ''[[Mulan]]'', Shang takes his shirt off just before the [[Training Montage]] for apparently no reason other than [[Fan Service]]. The gratuitousness of this is [[Lampshaded]] by Yao: "I'll get your arrow, prettyboy. And I'll do it with my shirt ''on''."
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* Parodied in ''[[Walk Hard]]'' when Dewey and Darlene had sex for the first time. She didn't know he was so buff.
** This same gag was used in ''[[The Naked Gun]] 2''. No ''way'' was [[Leslie Nielsen]] really that ripped...
* ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]] Origins: Wolverine'' took this to an extreme, which was much to the delight of [[Hugh Jackman]] fangirls. During a dramatic escape scene, not only does he erupt from a tank of water completely shirtless (and indeed naked) ([[Wet Sari Scene|muscles + dripping water...]]) but he then proceeds to escape, running and fighting his way out of the building. Viewers get a lovable full-body shot (in which censorship is ''barely'' provided by his leg from a mostly-side-shot) when he jumps off a waterfall.
** [[Hugh Jackman]] again, in [[Christopher Nolan
* In ''[[Dead Poets Society]]'', Neil gets a
** In fairness, doesn't like nearly every student get one earlier in the film?
* The film adaptation of ''[[The Outsiders]]'' had two gratuitous shirtless scenes: One is {{spoiler|Dally}} in the hospital, laying in his bed after stating that "The nurse gave him a dress but he didn't want to wear it" and a strictly [[Fan Service]] moment of Sodapop getting out of the shower, just ''barely'' after he got a [[Modesty Towel]] on.
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* In ''[[Escape from New York]]'', Snake is stripped to the waist before engaging in a [[Blood Sport]] with a huge guy (you also briefly glimpse him shirtless in the [[Escape From L.A.|sequel]]), revealing the upper part of a large cobra tattoo on his stomach. Makes you wonder what the rest of the tattoo looks like...
* [[Yul Brynner]] in ''[[The King and I]]'' and ''[[The Ten Commandments]]''. A shirt can never contain his awesomeness.
* Will
* Used to great effect in ''[[American History X]]''. In the flashbacks showing Derek Vinyard during his stay in prison and his time as a gang leader he is often shirtless or in a tank top to show off his Nazi tattoos. During the scenes set in the present and after his {{spoiler|renouncing of his Nazi ways}} he's always wearing a shirt that hides the tattoos, which combined with the different haircut and the usage of black and white in the flashbacks disassociate him from his past. After he tells his story and officially {{spoiler|rejects his former gang}} he steps out of the shower, the audience sees his tattoos and the disassociation is shattered, driving home the point that no matter what he does in the future he will always have been a skinhead, will always be that man and will always carry the scars of his past.
* The entirety of ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]''. Good Lord.
* Tim Allen has a shirtless scene in ''[[Galaxy Quest]]''. Of course, like most of the film, this is meant to lampoon Star Trek (where Kirk frequently went topless). In case it wasn't totally obvious to everyone, [[Alan Rickman]] [[
* [[Will Smith]]'s character Del Spooner in ''[[I, Robot (film)|I Robot]]'' has two which were a blessing to fangirls (and some boys) since he was in probably the best shape of his career. And don't even get this troper started on the [[Shower Scene]]...
* If it stars [[The Hangover|Bradley Cooper]], there will always be a reason for him to take his shirt off.
* Only ''after'' Sendhil Ramamurthy had joined ''It's A Wonderful Afterlife'', Gurinder Chadha wrote a completely gratuitous shirtless scene for his character. "When I signed up for the movie, that scene was not in there. My mother was ''thrilled'': Can't you keep your clothes on in ''something''?"
* In ''[[Equilibrium]]'', Preston (played by [[Christian Bale]]) wakes up from [[Catapult Nightmare|a rather intense dream]] shirtless and sweaty, which [[Distracted by the Sexy|kinda detracts from the drama of the scene]].
* Much like the above scene, in ''[[
* The original ''[[Tron]]'' gives us [[Jeff Bridges]] taking his shirt off when he walks into his office with his best friend and his best friend's girlfriend (who also happens to be his ex-girlfriend). Other than "Flynn was really working up a sweat from playing video games," no explanation for shirtlessness is given.
** And given a [[Fan Service]] [[Shout-Out]] in the sequel when Alan shows up to tell Sam about the page. Of course, Sam does explain it by saying he smells "like jail." There's a second where the Armory Sirens [[Go-Go Enslavement|strip Sam to his shorts]] before fitting him with a gridsuit.
* Most of the male cast of ''[[Exit to Eden]]''. Extra points to Paul Mercurio who's naked all throughout one scene.<ref>Which is [[:Category:Nudity Tropes|a completely different trope]].</ref><!-- Since it is a completely different trope, let's comment out the NSFW link on this page. [http://xhamster.com/videos/exit-to-eden-spanking-9474976 ].([[NSFW]]) -->
* ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]'' gets a wonderfully long and
{{quote|'''Darcy:''' You know, for a crazy homeless person, he's pretty cut.}}
* 1/3rd of ''[[Youth in Revolt]]'' has [[Michael Cera]] shirtless.
* The opening credits of the 1993 film adaptation of
* In ''Walk Like A Man'', there's a deleted (?) scene where Colleen Camp is in the backyard being pampered by two smooth chested, blonde and buff young men while three other smooth chested, blonde and buff guys next door look on.
▲* In ''[[Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows]]'' Part 2 after the trio escape from Gringotts and fall in a lake, Ron and Harry promptly strip off their shirts to change into drier clothes. Unfortunately for the straight males/lesbians in the audience, Hermione does not do the same.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_tR-KYWnGs Sabastien Guy] doesn't wear a shirt for longer than 10 seconds in ''Close Enough to Touch''.
* In the movie of ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' when Darcy has a bath. Areas below the waist are [[Censor Suds|conveniently hidden]].
* The film of ''[[Master and Commander (film)|Master and Commander]]'' has one midshipman going shirtless while in sickbay. And there's Dr. Maturin going shirtless as he operates on himself to remove a bullet.
* It seems that [[Salman Khan]] is contractually obligated to remove his shirt in every film he stars in, a trend that began with his very debut film ''Biwi Ho To Aisi''. While his shirtless moments in ''[[Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!]]'', ''[[Kuch Kuch Hota Hai]]'' and ''[[Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam]]'' (among many, ''many'' others) are fondly remembered, he achieved memetic infamy with his shirtless scenes in ''[[Dabangg]]'' (where he removes his shirt via a [["Growing Muscles" Sequence]] that could make The Hulk smile) and ''Bodyguard'' (where he gets his shirt removed by a watercurrence in a sequence that [https://youtu.be/OW6A8HcFZbw?t=5m27s has to be seen to be believed].)
== Live Action TV ==
* Pretty much the
* A classic TV example is [[William Shatner]] as Captain Kirk in ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''. This was so common an occurrence in the series that the spin-off trading card game actually included an official "Shirtless Kirk" card.
** Spock got one, too, in "Patterns of Force".
*** And he never, ever got one again.
** Sulu got one in "[[Star Trek/Recap/S1
** Poked fun of in ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'' when Jason, an obvious stand-in for Kirk, manages to lose his shirt during a battle, leading to a [[Lampshade Hanging]] where Alexander snidely tells him, "I see you managed to get your shirt off."
** Also parodied in the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Where No Fan Has Gone Before", where William Shatner ''specifically tears his shirt before getting into a fight'' due to the power of the trope in ''[[Star Trek]]'' fandom.
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** From the old series, Turlough in "Planet of Fire" ([[Ms. Fanservice|Peri]]'s first appearance).
*** {{spoiler|Though he's not so much shirtless as trouserless...}}
** [[Television Without Pity]] recapper Jacob lampshades Elton's
{{quote|''He stands, arms akimbo, a... ''hell'' of a lot easier to take with his shirt off.''}}
** Heck, the Third Doctor gets a shower scene in his first episode.
** The Fourth Doctor comes very close to getting a shirtless scene in 'The Deadly Assassin'. He spends the entirety of the episode wearing a loose, low-necked, partially see-through white shirt, which gets torn, dirt-stained, blood-stained, AND soaking wet while he's in the mind matrix world. Alas, he is never seen completely without it. Not even when he's being TORTURED for Pete's sake. Geez, they passed up a lot of good oppurtunities in that episode.
** Peter Davison sort of got one in 'Mawdryn Undead'. Although it turned out it wasn't actually Fivey. It was Mawdryn, who had somehow managed to take Fivey's form.
** Eleven gets [[Fan Service|another]] in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S31
*** It's actually a [[Shower Scene]]. There were many ways they could have done the scene. They opted for the sexiest option. [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|The Matt Smith fangirls (and pretty much everyone else) rejoiced.]]
** In the [[Made for TV Movie]], Eight has three scenes where you get to see his chest. [[Eating the Eye Candy|His smooth, pale, hairless, well-muscled chest...]] The second one is rather [[Fan Disservice]]-y, though, what with involving something on the possibly milder end of [[Body Horror]], though. Oh, and Seven has one too, but... eh, no thank you.
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** An excellent example from the ''Lost'' season 4 finale: {{spoiler|jumping out of the helicopter and swimming to shore apparently knocks Sawyer's shirt right off.}}
*** And don't forget Desmond being naked after the {{spoiler|hatch implodes}}... and who doesn't seem to know how to work his shirt buttons when he is wearing one, like Linc from ''[[Prison Break]]''.
*
** [[Fan Disservice|Subverted]] in the season 3 opener "Occupation". Though Fat Apollo does seem to have a [https://web.archive.org/web/20090522002557/http://t-shirts.cafepress.com/item/i-heart-fat-apollo-tshirt/80629039 few] [http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2007/01/bring_back_fat_.html fans].
** Apparently yet another favorite trope of actor [[Jamie Bamber]], who has a handful of these sprinkled across his TV appearances as well as in a print ad for PETA.
** Used dramatically in other as the elder Adama studies his surgical scar and (now healed) bullet wounds in the mirror.
* In one scene in ''[[The IT Crowd]]'', Jen tries to distract an office full of women by telling them that a builder outside the window has taken his shirt off, "just like in ads" (a reference to the Diet Coke Hunk). It's
* Chris Barrie went to the gym for his two shirtless scenes in ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' series 5. Craig Charles also gets a few, which are definitely [[Fan Disservice]].
* ''[[The Middleman]]'': When Sensei Ping prepares for battle, his shirt ''spontaneously flies away from his body'', apparently propelled by sheer badassery. The fact that the Middleman himself is in a bicep-baring tank top by that point just makes the scene all that more delightful.
* Dr. Daniel Jackson of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' winds up completely naked following de-[[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence|ascension from a higher plane of existence]]
** Teal'c is also seen shirtless in later seasons once Junior (his symbiote) is gone and the freaky symbiote pouch has disappeared.
** And there was that time when Colonel Mitchell was handcuffed to a bed wearing only his boxers...
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* Craig Horner gets into a lot of shirtless action (well, not like ''that'') as Richard Rahl on the ''[[Legend of the Seeker]]'' TV series. Probably for good reason.
* [[Rule of Funny|Gibby]] in ''[[iCarly]]''. He shows up without a shirt, or removes in his scenes more than he ends up with it still on. It does not matter where it is. School. A party. A restaurant. On a live webshow. The shirt comes off. Rawr. Played straight with some of the guys Carly dates, such as Griffin in one of the extended episodes, using a motorcycle accident as an excuse.
* Watch any episode of ''[[
* Many home improvement shows where the carpenter works without his shirt on.
* Anthony Ainley, better known as [[Doctor Who|The Master]], [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/80sFreakLurker/fanservice/Shirtless.jpg had a very brief one] in the BBC series ''Out Of The Unknown'' episode "Welcome Home".
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** Also Victor, courtesy of the [[Fan Service|community showers]] in the Dollhouse.
* In one episode of ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'', Ned is shown shirtless, with the justification being that he and Chuck are bringing Chuck's bees back to life and it's efficient to just [[Squick|pour the dead bees on him]].
* Both Demetri and Mark have gotten shirtless scenes in ''[[
* On ''Average Joe'' Shirts vs. Skins basketball and dodgeball were played. The Joes were always the Shirts team and the Hunks were the Skins team.
* On the local news during a heat wave, young lean and muscular shirtless men with smooth, hairless chests are sometimes among those asked how they deal with being outside during a heatwave. Case in point: during a heatwave in the summer of 1992 during the 5:00 broadcast, Washington D.C. general news reporter Wendy Rieger did a [[Vox Pops]] interview with a shirtless, twentysomething male who was playing soccer on the National Mall. He told her that the black shorts and T-shirt combo he was wearing matched perfectly but that the shirt was soaked through as he worked up a sweat, so it had to come off. Rieger
* The "Toni's Boys" episode of ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'' features a feminist commentary about shirtless scenes. [http://www.
* Eliot from ''[[Leverage]]'' goes shirtless in the boxing episode. TNT.com, while listing their top 10 Leverage episodes, includes the shirtlessness as a reason for "The Tap-Out Job" making it.
* Parodied in [[Just Shoot Me]]. Maya dated a guy who liked to take off his shirt a little too much. She finally breaks up with him when she found him shirtless in public. {{spoiler|Turns out he just saved a little girl who fell into the sewer.}}
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* In [[Skins]], at least in the first season every guys have shirtless scene. So Yeah...
* Justin Russo of ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' gets one in the ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place|Wizards]] [[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody|On Deck]] with [[Hannah Montana]]'' crossover.
* Very frequent on ''[[
{{quote|'''Grace''': Aren't you with that other one, now? The one that says "dude" and appears not to own a shirt?}}
* ''[[Flash Gordon (1954 TV series)|Flash Gordon]]'' (1950s TV series). Steve Holland (as the title character) always had a mandatory scene every episode where he'd enter the cabin of his rocketship while still changing his shirt, revealing a well-muscled chest.
* [[The Vampire Diaries]] must have a "one shirtless scene per episode" clause in, um, all of its male actor's contracts. Because the two male leads are played by the gorgeous, hunky, and ''ripped'' Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder, this is very much appreciated by the large female fanbase. Damon and Stefan aren't the only ones running around sans shirt on the show either; Elena's younger brother Jeremy (who is suspiciously ripped for a [[Dawson Casting|ostensible sixteen-year-old]]) is frequently shown shirtless, as is her good friend Matt. And most male characters run around in tank tops when not completely shirtless. This troper is grateful for the scenes, as they kept her watching until the show [[Growing the Beard|grew its beard]] and became more than just eye-candy and melodrama.
* Georgie gets one in the ''[[Davy Crockett]]'' mini-series, when [[Noble Savage|Indians]] capture him.
* ''[[So You Think You Can Dance]]'' began to embrace this trope with Season 3 contestant Pasha and it has since become a staple in subsequent seasons. [[Lampshade
* John appears shirtless a few times in ''[[Farscape]]'' to the delight of fangirls.
* ''[[Britain's Got Talent|Britains Got Talent]]'' featured a martial arts duo called Strike in its second series, who took their shirts off during their audition and went rippy in their semi-final and final performances. Amanda Holden got reduced to fangirl level.
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* Zack has a few in ''[[Accidentally on Purpose]]''
* In ''[[Californication]]'', it would be quicker to list the episodes where David Duchovny ''doesn't'' take his shirt off.
* [http://www.videosurf.com/video/vows-of-deception-cheryl-ladd-58469735 Michael Woolson]{{Dead link}} in the [[Made for TV Movie]] ''Vows of Deception''. Much to Cheryl Ladd's delight.
* Kwame Mensah from ''[[Tinsel]]'' showed us just what he'd been hiding all those scenes he spent in the wheelchair. Yum!
* ''[[10 Things I Hate About You]]'' is full of [https://web.archive.org/web/20111109044759/http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xak28y_gratuitous-shirtless-hunks-10-thing-gaylesbian gratuitous shirtless scenes].
* On ''[[Dancing With the Stars]]'', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPIwfU-O3xg Maskim Cherkovskiy] when dancing the samba with Erin Andrews.
* In the premiere episode of ''[[Melrose Place]]'', the first thing Billy does after moving in is to take his shirt off and Allison likes it.
* Jeff from ''[[Community]]'', and to a lesser extent the rest of the study group, have found themselves stipping down in some rather bizzare situations. Possibly the wierdest was being involved in a game of pool that to prove a point was being played naked.
* ''[[
* ''[[Lois and Clark]]'' had a few through the series. Clark once answered the door of his apartment wearing nothing but a [[Modesty Towel|towel]].
* On [[Soap Opera|soap operas]], male characters are [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkZeDYXyl2Y required to work out shirtless].
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** ''Sole Survivor'': [[Pretty Boy|Joe Hardy]] (aka [[Teen Idol|Shaun Cassidy]]) spends most of the episode in a sweat-jacket unzipped halfway down.
* Lou Diamond Phillips gets one of these at the end of an episode of ''[[Psych]]''. At first the scene is played as an [[Imagine Spot]] of O'Hara, who has been ogling the guy throughout the episode, fantasizing but then we see that the character is actually walking around with his shirt off.
* ''[[The Wild Wild West (TV series)|The Wild Wild West]]'' gave Robert Conrad so many shirtless scenes, they showed up [[Once Per Episode]] for a while in the second season.
* "Younger Men" by K.T. Oslin:
{{quote|Woah, look over here
We got a cute little ol' runner to the right
Blue shorts, no shirt
Whoo! You're looking good darling
That's right, stay in shape}}
==
* Most [[Boy Band
* [[Mark Wahlberg|Marky Mark]], shirtless, pants-dropping, [[The Nineties|early 90's]] white rapper extraordinaire. He was the face (er, torso) of Calvin Klein for a while, eventually became an Oscar nominated
* Usher.
* 50Cent.
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** Also, in the prequel ''[[Crisis Core]]'', a member of Sephiroth's fanclub mentions how much she'd like to see him "stripped to the waist."
*** And then there's Zack's shirtless beach scene in Crisis Core, complete with invisible armour and materia slots.
** On the other hand, if the [[
** Sephiroth goes shirtless in his alt costume in ''[[Dissidia]]''. Careful not to drool on your PSP.
*** Sephiroth also goes shirtless in his alt costume in ''Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring''. Rendered better than in ''FFVII'', but obviously not as good as ''[[Dissidia]]''.
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** Additionally, the bulk of ''The Two Thrones'' is just one long shirtless scene.
* Gage/Trak from ''[[Advance Wars]]: Days of Ruin'' ''constantly'' goes shirtless. [[Troubled but Cute|Under a leather jacket]]. He also has [[Anime Hair|blue hair]], [[The Stoic|is aloof and near-mute]], and is a [[Bishonen]].
* At the end of ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'',
** ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' gives the player the option to take Naked Snake's shirt off at any time for no reason at all (you're even penalised for doing it, since it increases Snake's stamina-drain rate and reduces his resistance to colds, parasites, and bullets). The player does get a funny line or two about it when Snake puts in a call on his radio while half-naked.
** Raiden in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' goes far beyond shirtless with his full on nude scene, [[Scenery Censor|SceneryCensored]] all the while, near the end off the game.
** Then there are the standard torture scenes of mandatory shirtlessness that occur at the rate of at least once per installment of MGS.
** Not to mention the final boss battle of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' is {{spoiler|[[Squick|an old men's fistfight with a shirtless Liquid Ocelot]], although he ''is'' ripped}}.
** The start of ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' had a beautiful briefing scene with Snake perched on a bed, naked, genitals obscured only by [[Censor Steam|a convenient shadow]]. The [[Video Game Remake]] upped the ante
** In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'', Snake does a [[Fan Disservice]]
** ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops]]'' had Big Boss do like Raiden and get stripped completely naked by his captors. Unfortunately, thanks to the sketchy art style of the cutscenes, you can't make out much.
*** He also has shirtless scenes (with pants on) in the beginning and ending.
** The highlight of the trailer for ''[[Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker]]'' is Big Boss, taking off his shirt. [[Memetic Mutation|While training his men]]. On the beach. In the rain. WITH A SNAKE-SHAPED SCAR! ''IN SLOW-MO!''
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* Link in ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: [[Twilight Princess]]'' strips down to his skivvies during his sumo training. He's ''ripped'' under that tunic.
** His opponent, however, is '''''not'''''.
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]: [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|San Andreas]]'' gives players the option to dress CJ however they wish... that includes stripping him to his underpants for a nearly completely nude shootout with cops and rival gangsters! Is the block hot or is it just me?
** Similarly, Brucie in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' spends about half of his scenes with no shirt on.
* The players can dress characters of either gender in ''[[The Elder Scrolls]] 3: [[Morrowind]]'' in whatever they please or in as little as they please...and I do mean [[
** In fact, Dagoth Ur himself doesn't wear much other than a loincloth and an Aztec mask. Again, though, the low polygon count detracts from the [[Fan Service]].
** Don't forget everyone's favorite improbably ripped old bald guy, Caius Cosades.
* In ''[[Dreamfall]]: The Longest Journey'', the very first look the player gets of Kian the Apostle is in a
* Ramsus, a [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|white-haired]] villain from ''[[Xenogears]]'', apparently sleeps in speedos.
** With a nekkid Miang in the bed behind him. Wonder what they were up to...
* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' might be known for its [[Stripperiffic]] ladies, but there's plenty of [[Fan Service]] for those who prefer outies. Sub-Zero. [[Mortal Kombat 3|MK 3]]. Yum.
** For the furries, try Reptile's alternate costume in ''[[Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance]]'', called "Jungle Man". He wears little more than a loincloth and a skull-shaped chest plate.
* ''T'ai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger'' is a [[PS 1]] game where the main character is a shirtless male kung-fu tiger. Most of the characters in the game are shirtless males, some more built than others.
** Meanwhile, females are a rarity in this game, appearing only as a boss character or two.
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** {{spoiler|There is also a brief gratuitous shirtless Wesker scene in [[Resident Evil 5]] in the last boss battle against him, albeit his bare chest is overcome by the gross tendrils of the Uroburous virus a few seconds thereafter.}}
* ''[[No More Heroes]]'' gives you the option to have Travis shirtless, and you can [[And Your Reward Is Clothes|unlock shirtless with tattoo after beating the game]]. Strangely you don't have the option to go around with no jacket. The sequel allows you to [[And Your Reward Is Clothes|unlock the option]] to go jacketless, but the closest you get to shirtless is [[Department of Redundancy Department|a T-shirt with a shirtless chest printed on it]].
* ''[[Fire Emblem]]: [[Fire Emblem Tellius|Radiant Dawn]]'' has a nice, lengthy
** Not to mention Volug, who, due to the wonder of static portraits, is essentially shirtless throughout the entire game. The fact that he's a mysterious loner and a wolf-man makes it easy to see why the series' female fans swoon over him. [http://www.feplanet.net/media/gallery/8/orugh.jpg Just look at him.]
* [[Mass Effect|Romancing]] [[Nice Guy|Jacob]] [[Only Sane Man|Taylor]]? [[Memetic Mutation|Heavy risk.]]
* In ''[[Infinite Space]]'', Lord Roth first appears on-screen while wearing nothing but his underwear.
* The royalty of Ayuthay in ''[[Golden Sun: Dark Dawn]]'', justified since it's an oasis kingdom and [[Word of God|near the blistering-hot Lamakan Desert]]. Amiti puts on a shirt at the party's request when he joins the crew, and later takes offense when Eoleo [[Lampshade Hanging|makes a smart remark]] about someone from Ayuthay "actually wearing clothes".
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== Webcomics ==
* ''[[Twice Blessed]]'' gave us both Cade and Pella [http://www.twiceblessedcomic.com/?webcomic_post=25 shirtless-ness] for Christmas.
* ''[[Silent Hill: Promise]]'': We first meet {{spoiler|Borje}} right after he's come out of the shower. It's quite distracting, both for Vanessa and the readers.
* After Kit rips off the dress that was hampering her fighting, Nigel of ''[[Fey Winds]]'' also gets his first shirtless scene here... with [[Lampshade Hanging]], of course.
{{quote|'''Sid:''' Why did Nigel take off all HIS clothes, too?
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* Heck, even ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' has one! And that comic has almost no love/sexual references at all. It's right [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/5p11 here], in case you want to see it. And, ladies, you do. The [[Fan Service]] is even [[Lampshaded]] in the [[Alt Text]], which reads: "Lil' bit of fan service for you ladies out there." It's much-appreciated, Doc Hastings. ''Very much'' appreciated.
* [[Mac Hall|"Hey, what time is it?" "Shirtless O'Clock." "I thought so."]]
* ''[[Khaos Komix]]'' gives us [https://web.archive.org/web/20131111103927/http://www.khaoskomix.com/komix/marks-story-page-53 Steve wearing nothing but a towel and a blush].
** Also, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130602030058/http://www.khaoskomix.com/komix/toms-story-page-66 half-naked Alex doing chin-ups].
* All too frequently in ''[[Goodbye Chains]]'', much to the pleasure of fangirls.
* Very recently, ''[[The Phoenix Requiem]]'' had one from Robyn...while he was splashing around in a stream...covered with authentic battle damage. It was ''entirely'' justified (he needed it to scoop water with) and the female readers are ''not'' complaining.
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'''Robyn:''' It's not fanservice, it's LOGIC. ''(takes shirt off)'' SHIRTLESS O'CLOCK!
'''Sarah:''' * sigh* ;_; }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110404041613/http://www.drunkduck.com/Harkovast/index.php?p=487320 This scene] from ''[[Harkovast]]'', where Ki first appears. Mind you, the Ano-Chee and Junlocks never seem to wear shirts at all!
* In [[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures|DMFA]], Abel remains shirtless about 85% of the time.
** In Abel's Story, it's played for laughs:
{{quote|Mink: (grinning)...Oolong got your shirt again.
Abel: BUGGERING HELL! }}
* ''[[Juathuur]]'': a short but nice shirtless scene for Ratheel and Dejoru starts [https://web.archive.org/web/20130703094633/http://www.oneway.juathuur.com/?id=175 Here]. One for Thomil can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20130703154813/http://www.oneway.juathuur.com/?id=188 Here.](warning: spoilers!).
* The [[Show Within a Show|Manga In A Webcomic]] from ''[[Questionable Content]]'', ''[http://qcjeph.livejournal.com/107252.html Magical Love Gentleman]''.
* In ''Tiny Kitten Teeth'', Mewsli and Rapstallion get one starting [https://web.archive.org/web/20131017082524/http://www.tinykittenteeth.com/2009/03/13/more-regrets/ here.]
** Mewsli has another during the [[Beach Episode]], and is in fact the only one because everyone else is wearing [[Old-Timey Bathing Suit|Old Timey Bathing Suits]].
* Trigger from ''[[Far Out There]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20161001184700/http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1080536/page-278-a-little-somethin-for-the-ladies/ has] [https://web.archive.org/web/20161001185657/http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1090285/page-306-home-is-where-the-weirdness-is/ had] [https://web.archive.org/web/20161001185002/http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1090286/page-307-massive-shirt-failure/ several].
* ''[[Think Before You Think]]'' has one of these in Julia's [http://thinkbeforeyouthink.net/?comic=20090912-whipped-cream whipped cream fantasy], and again at later at [http://thinkbeforeyouthink.net/?comic=20100702 the beach].
* Walter and Izor whenever ''[[Dubious Company|the cast]]'' is on a beach. Walter even sings ''"I'm Too Sexy"'' at one point. ''[[British Stuffiness|Izor]]'', however, is less than amused.
* ''[[Hanna Is Not a Boy's Name]]'' had one that was actually plot-
* Danny from ''[[Zodiac Blues]]'' does this whenever he can.
*
** Delivery girl [//egscomics.com/comic/sister3-293 meets] Magus.
* In ''[[Boy Meets Boy]]'' and ''[[Friendly Hostility]]'', Fox Maharassa occasionally does this, including one strip where he plays a tabletop game naked in order to cheer Collin up.
* Elon of ''[[Ears for Elves]]'' has his moment [https://web.archive.org/web/20150121073523/http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/390 here], demonstrating that he's [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|in his prime despite being 77]]. Zalanna is shocked at his
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** Jonas then got a [[Spin-Off]] in the form of ''[[LG15: the resistance|LG 15 The Resistance]]''. He didn't manage to go four episodes without taking his shirt off.
* [[That Guy With The Glasses|Benzaie]] is prone to these. Also, there was that time that [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]] was on pain-meds for dental surgery...
** Then there was that time when [https://web.archive.org/web/20130925174301/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/sketches/64-how-i-quit-my-job Doug quit his job], as well as [[The Nostalgia Critic|Critic's]] [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130925045149/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/1743-surf-ninjas moment] in [[Surf Ninjas]].
* ''[[Cracked.com]]'' [http://www.cracked.com/article_18633_the-real-reason-shes-making-you-go-see-eclipse-5Bgraph5D.html explains why so many boyfriends were dragged unwilling to see] [[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]] 3.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsSQKspCPHg Shirtless Anonymous]
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* In ''[[Samurai Jack]]'', Jack gets the top part (and sometimes the bottom) ripped off his Kimono in a fair few episodes... this often coincides with [[Slipknot Ponytail|his hair coming out of its topknot]]. See: episode XXIV pithily titled, "Jack is Naked."
** Parodied in [http://thweatted.deviantart.com/art/Samurai-Comic-Strip-5223224 this] comic.
* [[The Simpsons (animation)|Groundskeeper Willie.]] [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|Ned Flanders.]] But mercifully, never at the same time.
* Caleb gets at least one of these in ''[[WITCH (animation)|WITCH]]'', much to Cornelia's unbridled glee.
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'': "Eye for an Eye". Vlad. Shower Scene. [[Evil Is Sexy|Fangirl squeals]].
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* ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]''. Bruce Wayne exercising in nothing but a pair of shorts. 'Nuff said?
** No, because you forgot Dick Grayson and the rest of the [[DCAU]]. Lex Luthor, for one, spends a surprising amount of time (at least) half-naked.
** Ra's al Ghul has [[Foe Yay|Batman's shirt ripped off in a strip search and then takes off his own shirt so they can sword fight as equals]]. He [[Large Ham|refuses to remove Batman's mask because it symbolizes honor]] but [[
*** ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' has to have special mention for not only more than a few shirtless Terry moments but a lovely five-second scene of him in the shower after escaping Stalker. There's some fanservice one can agree with.
**** Let's not forget "Out of the Past", which has a younger (or less old?) Bruce Wayne half-naked for the ''entire episode''. Somewhat justified, in that he hasn't gotten a chance to put a shirt on after getting out of the Lazarus Pit. But still.
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* In ''[[Code Lyoko]]'', the boys get a few such scenes, especially Ulrich. Most notable is the [[Getting Hot in Here]] moment in "New Order", or the opening of "Bad Connection" where Ulrich is wearing just a [[Modesty Towel]] in the hallway (Aelita and Yumi at least ''pretend'' to be looking away).
* [[Xiaolin Showdown|Raimundo]] is shirtless in exacactly three scenes but there are still dozens of forums dedicated to those couple seconds with some very creepy comments on the pictures.
* In ''[[Bravestarr]]'', according to commentary for the pilot movie, they specifically had a scene of Bravestarr shirtless for the ladies in the animation department. [[Filmation]] would have probably have done this a lot more, if so many of their heroes weren't already [[Walking Shirtless Scene
* Done for comedy rather than fanservice in ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', where Robotnik gets far and away the most Shirtless Scenes. He's been depicted nude a few times, too, and he was in a bikini for a brief instance in "Hero of the Year", to highlight his narcissism.
** (reads the "nude" part) ...''WHAT!!?!''
*** In "Sonic Gets Thrashed", "Zoobotnik" (although in that case he was at least in a bath), and a couple of others.
* Done for comedy ''and'' [[Fan Service]] in every episode of ''[[The Fairly
* ''[[Family Guy]]'': News anchor Tom Tucker in Meg's fantasy in "The Kiss Seen 'Round The World" (also a spoof of the infamous "pool scene" in ''Fast Times At Ridgemont High'').
* ''[[King of the Hill]]'': John Redcorn.
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* Bear Grylls from ''[[Man Vs]].Wild'' finds an excuse to take off his shirt, and sometimes his pants, in just about every single episode, sometimes multiple times per episode. Yes, even in arctic conditions.
** And, to keep it in the Discovery Channel family, Mike Rowe of ''Dirty Jobs''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C-Z-SSjYIw Here he takes a mudbath. Shirtless goodness starts at 4:30]
** ''[[
* DMX would remove his shirt towards the end of his concerts, to the delight of the female fans.
** Fat Joe's infamous MTV beach concert.
* [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/80sFreakLurker/Others/Shirtless.jpg This picture] of [[Robin Williams]] from [[The Seventies]]. Kinda a case of sexiness [[Values Dissonance]], at least for most people.
** And after his heart surgery in 2009, he
* In most college towns, you know it's spring when you see shirtless boys running about and if you're driving [[Distracted by the Sexy|being careful not the crash into something...]]
* The majority of modern gym classes in your average school will require students to change into a different uniform. While the uniform itself usually has a shirt, the boys will generally be shirtless for at least a little while changing.
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* [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]] did this a ''lot''.
* It's very common for gay bars and clubs to employ shirtless bartenders and to hold "go shirtless" nights.
* Some men consider going without a shirt to be a lifestyle and actually live it. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120527010847/http://shirtlessmenworld.net/index here] [http://www.zimbio.com/Bare+Chested+Shirtless+and+Free and here]{{Dead link}}
* [[Edward Norton]] seems to have a topless scene in most films he stars in... ''[[American History X]]'', ''Primal Fear'', ''[[The Incredible Hulk (film)|The Incredible Hulk]]''. Not that anyone is complaining...
* Andrew Martinez a.k.a The Naked Guy strolled around the campus on UC-Berkeley nude. Except for a pair of sandals.
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* [[Manly Gay|Gay Pride parades]]
* During the 18th and 19th centuries when duelling was popular among gentlemen, some of them noticed that your chances of surviving a fight were better if you didn't get shreds of dirty cloth in your sword cuts or bullet wounds, so they would duel shirtless (and in at least one case, ''nude'').
* When [[Make-Out Kids|they make out with guys]], [[Estrogen Brigade|girls and women]] prefer that guy have hhis shirt off. The reason for this is that they feel closer due to the skin on skin contact and the release of the "love hormone" oxytocin.
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