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'''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
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
** In the first episode of ''[[Turn
** In ''[[After War Gundam X
** A ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
* Kagome from ''[[
* In ''[[El-Hazard: The Magnificent World
* In ''[[
==
* ''[[Elf Quest]]'' has had one or two scenes where the elves swim and sunbathe in various states of undress, including total of course.
▲* ''[[Gundam (Anime)|Gundam]]''
▲** In the first episode of ''[[Turn a Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'', Loran Cehak goes skinny dipping in a river and gets swept away by the current. He's rescued by the Heim sisters, Sochie and Kihel, who also happen to be skinny dipping downstream.
▲** In ''[[After War Gundam X (Anime)|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 (Anime)|GundamWing]]'' artbook has a picture of Relena waist-deep in a spring in the forest, with no clothes on.
▲* ''[[Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho (Manga)|Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho]]'' is all about this.
▲* Kagome from ''[[Inuyasha (Manga)|Inuyasha]]'' has pulled this more than once, too. Usually, [[Hilarity Ensues]].
▲* In ''[[El-Hazard: The Magnificent World (Anime)|El Hazard the Magnificent World]]'', the lesbian couple Alielle and Fatora go skinny-dipping for [[Fan Service]].
▲* In ''[[Genesis Climber Mospeada (Anime)|Genesis Climber Mospeada]]'' (part of ''[[Robotech (Anime)|Robotech]]''), Marlene at one point dives nude into the lake. This is unexpected since she is normally very shy.
▲* ''[[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.
* ''[[
* A frequent occurrence in ''[[Modesty Blaise (Comic Strip)|Modesty Blaise]]''.▼
* In ''[[
== Films -- Animation ==▼
▲* ''[[Mulan (Disney)|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 ''[[Nineteen Forty One (Film)|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|
'''Adams:''' Didn't bring my bathing suit.
'''Altaira:''' What's a bathing suit?
'''Adams:''' Oh, murder! }}
* ''[[
* ''[[Tommy Boy]]'' features a woman skinny dipping in a hotel pool while David Spade has [[A Date
* ''[[National Lampoon's Vacation
* 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.
* In Australian horror film ''Primal'', the first character to catch [[The Virus]] gets it from skinny dipping.
* ''[[
* Jenny Agutter (again) in the 1971 Australian film ''Walkabout''.
* A German Film, ''Die Wolke'' ("The Cloud"), based on a book by Gudrun Pausewang, features two girls doing this. This is presented as carefree time, contrasted with what happens later when {{spoiler|a nuclear plant explodes, making swimming in any natural water source extremely dangerous.}}
* In ''[[
* In ''[[City of Angels (
== [[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 ''[[
* 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 (
* ''[[The Fountainhead]]'' starts with this.
* ''Fiddleback'' by Elisabeth Honey has a chapter named "Skinny Dipping or [[Double Entendre|Free Willies II]]". The chapter is [[Exactly What It Says
* A minor plot point on ''When the Windman Comes'' by A. Michelis. The protagonist (an 11-year-old boy) discovers photos of a girl in a bathing suit and thinks the girl is Pareidolie, his friend (who is also 11 years old, just like on the photos). But Pareidolie replies that she doesn't even have a bathing suit. {{spoiler|Her mother doesn't want her to swim together with other kids as this would be "unsafe" and to enforce this, Pareidolie is [[Insane Troll Logic|obliged to always swim in the nude]]. At this moment Patrick realises that Pareidolie's mother is not completely sane.}}
* 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 ''[[
* The opening of ''[[
* In ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[That
* The ''[[CSI:
* Crazy old man Leonard does this in "Advanced Criminal Law" of ''[[
* 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 [[
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (
== [[Video Games]] ==
* One of the possible things to do as a teenager in the life simulation game ''[[Alter Ego (
* As of Late Night, ''[[
==
▲* 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 (Video Game)|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 ''[[
== [[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 ''[[
* One episode of ''[[
* In ''[[The Simpsons (
* This is the main plot of the ''[[
==
* Before the 1960s, it was a common practice for boys in the YMCA to swim naked in the pools, [
▲* On ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show (Animation)|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.
* Similar to the above, it was a common practice for high school swimmers to swim nude during swimming practice, including Roman Catholic high schoolers.
▲* One episode of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|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...
* Even some U.S. presidents were avid skinny dippers
▲* A right of privilege on Freedom Day in ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]''.
▲* In ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "500 Keys", Homer remembers going skinny dipping with Duff Man. This might be how he ended up with the key to the Duff brewery.
▲* This is the main plot of the ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures (Animation)|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.
▲* Before the 1960s, it was a common practice for boys in the YMCA to swim naked in the pools, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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. Some of them were [[John Quincy Adams]] and [[Theodore Roosevelt]].
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Oh no! [[Gone Swimming, Clothes Stolen|Someone has stolen my clothes!!!]] Good thing no-one could see you on the Internet. }}
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