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{{trope}}
'''Skinny Dipping''' is swimming, but without the swimsuit. In the nude.
Usually, this is used in fiction for several reasons:
* [[Fan Service]], of course. Because nothing turns people on more than water! Sometimes it's a way to get away with a nude scene without being too erotic.
* [[Naked People Are Funny]] and [[Gone Swimming, Clothes Stolen]], of which the latter is a sub-trope. Together, they can make a humorous situation.
* Sometimes a common element in [[Slasher Flick
* [[Samus Is a Girl]]. A great way to reveal her [[Viewer Gender Confusion|secret]], right?
* To be [[Truth in Television]].
As mentioned above, Skinny Dipping is Truth in Television. It was a common practice back before the 1950s or so, when swimsuits were impractical. It is still done today, though.
Related to [[Naked People Are Funny]]. Often the prelude to a [[Two-Person Pool Party]]. Can result to [[Outdoor Bath Peeping]] or [[Naked People Trapped Outside]]. Super-trope to [[Gone Swimming, Clothes Stolen]]. Contrast [[Non-Nude Bathing]]. For anime, see also [[Furo Scene]] (which is not ''always'' naked, only ''often'').
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== [[Anime]]
* ''[[Gundam]]''
** In the first episode of ''[[Turn
** In ''[[After War Gundam X|Gundam X]]'', [[Barrier Maiden|Tiffa]] [[Yamato Nadeshiko|Adill]] goes skinny dipping with some dolphins. [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Super intelligent Newtype Dolphins]].
** A ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|
* ''[[Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho]]'' is all about this.
* Kagome from ''[[Inuyasha]]'' has pulled this more than once, too. Usually, [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* In ''[[El-Hazard: The Magnificent World|El Hazard the Magnificent World]]'', the lesbian couple Alielle and Fatora go skinny-dipping for [[Fan Service]].
* In ''[[Genesis Climber Mospeada]]'' (part of ''[[Robotech]]''), Marlene at one point dives nude into the lake. This is unexpected since she is normally very shy.
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
* ''[[Elf Quest]]'' has had one or two scenes where the elves swim and sunbathe in various states of undress, including total of course.
▲== Comic Books ==
▲* ''[[Elf Quest]]'' has had one or two scenes where the elves swim and sunbathe in various states of undress, including total of course.
* Happens a couple of times in ''[[Bone]]'', once off-screen with Fone Bone and Thorn, and once on-screen with Smiley Bone. Humorously, Thorn doesn't care if Fone Bone sees her naked (telling him that he never wears clothes anyway), but when Fone walks in on Smiley skinny dipping, Smiley embarrassedly tells him to turn around [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal|until he's put his vest on.]]
* In an issue of ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'', [[Action Girl|Ravager]] goes skinny dipping in the pool in Titans Tower. In ''Teen Titans'' #50 (4th or 5th volume) [[Ms. Fanservice|Ravager]] invites [[Dogged Nice Guy|Kid]] [[Butt Monkey|Devil]] to come in with her.
* An issue of ''[[The Simpsons (Comic Book)|The Simpsons]]'' comicbook ends with the townspeople getting drenched in mud and going skinny dipping to wash off
* In Brazilian comic ''[[Monica's Gang|Chuck Billy]]'', a bunch of hillbilly boys have this habit. A particular comic has the protagonist and his girlfriend swimming naked... and later, he gets blushed at her dress, saying it's too revealing.
* ''[[Mulan]]'' has the title character taking a bath in the middle of the night [[Sweet Polly Oliver|so as not to reveal her identity]]. [[Hilarity Ensues]] when she discovers that some of the other Chinese soldiers had the same idea.
* A frequent occurrence in ''[[Modesty Blaise (comic strip)|Modesty Blaise]]''.▼
* In ''[[1941|Nineteen Forty One]]'', a woman goes swimming naked off the California coast during [[World War II]] and winds up in a close encounter with a Japanese submarine. She's played by the same actress who was eaten while Skinny Dipping in ''Jaws''.
== Films -- Animation ==▼
▲* ''[[Mulan]]'' has the title character taking a bath in the middle of the night [[Sweet Polly Oliver|so as not to reveal her identity]]. [[Hilarity Ensues]] when she discovers that some of the other Chinese soldiers had the same idea.
== Films -- Live-Action ==▼
▲* The first victim of the Shark in ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' is a woman skinny dipping.
▲* In ''[[1941|Nineteen Forty One]]'', a woman goes swimming naked off the California coast during [[World War II]] and winds up in a close encounter with a Japanese submarine. She's played by the same actress who was eaten while Skinny Dipping in ''Jaws''.
* ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'': Commander Adams visits Altaira while she's swimming by herself.
{{quote|'''Altaira:''' Come on in!
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* ''[[Tommy Boy]]'' features a woman skinny dipping in a hotel pool while David Spade has [[A Date with Rosie Palms]].
* ''[[National Lampoon's Vacation|National Lampoon's Family Vacation]]'' has Clark swimming naked with another woman in a hotel swimming pool, only to be caught by his family.
* In ''[[Wild Hogs]]'', the four main characters do this but then are interrupted by a family with young children who don't realize this, and then things turn awkward really fast until the [[
* In ''[[Dragonslayer]]'', there is a skinny-dipping scene between Valerian and Galen, which also has a nice helping of [[Samus Is a Girl]] for good measure.
* Tanya Roberts in the title role in ''[[Sheena]]'', who has [[No Nudity Taboo]].
* The infamous skinny dipping scene in ''Child Bride''.
* Indulged in by the hero and heroine of ''Sssssss'', leading the heroine's father to turn the hero into a snake. Yeah, you read that right.
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* In ''[[City of Angels (film)|City of Angels]]'', Nathaniel Messinger (an old, fat guy) does this. Seth follows him into the water, but keeps his clothes on.
== [[Literature]] ==▼
* In ''[[The Great Brain]]'', all the boys go skinny dipping in the local pond on a regular basis. One summer it was so hot even the grown men went, crowding the boys out. (Girls and women had to stay at home in their large heavy period dresses and sweat the summer out.)
▲== Literature ==
▲* In ''[[The Great Brain]]'', all the boys go skinny dipping in the local pond on a regular basis. One summer it was so hot even the grown men went, crowding the boys out. (Girls and women had to stay at home in their large heavy period dresses and sweat the summer out.)
* In [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[Time Enough for Love]]'', Lazarus Long, 2,000 years in the future, has to explain to his daughters / sisters / clones that people in the 20th century actually wore clothes while swimming. They don't understand why anyone would.
* Another Heinlein: Jubal's pool in ''[[Stranger in
* The book series ''Soup'': the narrator and the title character skinny dips in the book ''Soup and Me''. However, [[Gone Swimming, Clothes Stolen|their clothes are stolen]] and they are forced to "borrow" dresses to cover themselves up.
* In the Newbery book ''[[On My Honor]]'', this is an important plot point, because the hero, Joel, loses his friend Tony, who drowns [[Death by Newbery Medal|(since this is a Newbery book)]].
* In the book ''Echo'' by J. Nagibin, a major plot point is that the girl the protagonist befriended does this. The protagonist is forced into a [[Sadistic Choice]] when {{spoiler|a group of bullies he fears (while trying to be accepted by them) starts harassing the girl.}}
* In ''[[Trial By Journal]]'', one character does this in the hotel pool at night.
* Bella and Edward in ''[[Twilight (novel)|Breaking Dawn]]''. Justified as they were 1) alone on a private island and 2) on their wedding night preparing to consumate their marriage.
* ''[[The Fountainhead]]'' starts with this.
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* Happens very poignantly in ''Pictures of Adam'', where Lisa (a girl fromn a rich family) challenges Adam (a boy from a poor family) to skinny dip in the nearby lake. When they do, she explains to him that "I am not my clothes, or my house... I am what is now in the pool... and so are You", bringing the point across that class differences aren't unsurmountable. Being [[Genre Savvy]], Lisa ''is'' aware of dangers (stranger-related or otherwise) in such undertaking, so as soon as they get out, she puts her clothes back on.
▲* ''[[Veronica Mars]]'': Veronica does it in one episode.
* ''[[White Collar]]'' has Alex making Neal skinny dip with her to prove that he wasn't wearing a wire. It should be noted, Neal is played by [[Fan Service|Matt Bomer]].
* On ''[[Smallville]]'', Clark has a fantasy about Lana and him skinny dipping in the epsiode "Slumber".
* The opening of ''[[Petticoat Junction]]'' shows the girls skinny dipping in the water tank. In fact that's how that particular location gets its (unofficial) name, from the girls' petticoats draped over the side of the tank.
* In ''[[Modern Family]]'', we learn that when she was a teenager, Claire was caught by the police skinny-dipping in a neighbor's pool.
* ''[[The Young Riders]]'': The Kid discovered that Lou was really Louise, when he decided to join her in the pond she was bathing in, over "his" objections.
* ''[[Doogie Howser, M.D.]]'' ep. “Look Ma, No Pants” has Doogie skinny dipping in the family pool with his mother’s new
* ''[[That '70s Show]]'' ep "Hyde Moves In" had the gang skinny dipping in the [[Cold Open]] and lead to [[Gone Swimming, Clothes Stolen]] situation. In "Graduation", Eric and Donna went skinny dipping, only to get lost and Eric seeing his sister naked and Fez to walk in on Donna.
* The ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' episode "Fracked" opens with three teenagers skinny dipping in a hot spring. They discover a dead body floating in it.
* Crazy old man Leonard does this in "Advanced Criminal Law" of ''[[Community]]''.
* Canadian [[Ms. Fanservice|Eve Kelly]] made a six part miniseries, ''Skinny Dipping'', were she got people to go skinny dipping in far off locations.
== [[Music]] ==
▲== Music ==
* "Skinny Dipping" by Ramona Brooks and covered by Cheryl Ladd.
* "Nightswimming" by [[REM]].
▲* A frequent occurrence in ''[[Modesty Blaise (comic strip)|Modesty Blaise]]''.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (animation)|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' Ed. 3.5 has the homebrewed flaw "[https://web.archive.org/web/20121210235302/http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Compulsive_Skinny_Dipper_(3.5e_Flaw) Compulsive Skinny Dipper]", which gives a character the compulsion to swim nude when encountering large enough bodies of water. Some circumstances (like cold, the likeness of monsters in the water, or onlookers) make it less likely to happen, though.
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
▲== Video Games ==
* One of the possible things to do as a teenager in the life simulation game ''[[Alter Ego (video game)|Alter Ego]]'' is go skinny dipping. Depending on your choice, you either throw off your clothes and jump straight in (only to discover you're the only person who actually did it, and are thus naked in front of everyone), or, after taking your sweet time getting in, end up being the last person to get out, and are thus naked in front of everyone.
* As of Late Night, ''[[The Sims]] 3'' has a skinny dip interaction with pools and hot tubs.
▲== Web Comics ==
* ''[[School Bites]]'' has a skinny dipping scene. Ironically, it only leads to an awkward moment for the one girl who is not done undressing.
* In ''[[Fite!]]'', Lucco and Guz go skinny dipping in a river together.
* In ''[http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=139039 Flaws]'', a fan webcomic in the style of ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', a female barbarian has the aforementioned flaw "Compulsive Skinny Dipper" (as seen [http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/7677/kumo14.png in this strip]). Naturally, the party's [[Halfling]] has the flaw "Pervert".
== [[Web Original]] ==
▲== Web Original ==
* From the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'', aquatic superheroine Calypso, being from the undersea kingdom of Atlantis (a society with [[No Nudity Taboo]]), has a hard time figuring out why the surface dwellers insist on wearing clothing when above the water, much less when they are in it. Her default mode of dress when swimming is total nudity. This is her default mode of dress while out of the water 70% of the time, as well.
* On ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'', Stimpy invites Ren to go skinny dipping while camping. Since they were already naked, this involves taking off their furs. They are then joined (to their great horror) by a whithered old man who just ''loves'' skinny dipping. And then by the man's wife, to their even greater horror. The old man later appears through the episode, practicing such activities as skinny stomping and skinny slapping.
* One episode of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has Katara taking a bath in the nude [[Fan Service|for really no important reason.]] She overhears a conversation held by Sokka and Toph, which, in theory, she could have done while doing some other, fully-clothed activity...
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* This is the main plot of the ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' episode "A Bacon Strip", where Plucky dares Hampton into skinny dipping in Montana Max's pool, only for Hampton's clothes to be stolen.
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
▲== Real Life ==
* Before the 1960s, it was a common practice for boys in the YMCA to swim naked in the pools, [[wikipedia:Skinny dipping|because swimsuits were impractical back then]].
* Similar to the above, it was a common practice for high school swimmers to swim nude during swimming practice, including Roman Catholic high schoolers.
* Even some U.S. presidents were avid skinny dippers
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Nudity Tropes]]
[[Category:Bathing Tropes]]
[[Category:Fan Service]]
▲[[Category:Skinny Dipping]]
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