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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|Slasher Flicks]], where a female skinny dipper is usually killed by the murderer.
* [[Samus Is a Girl]]. A great way to reveal her [[Viewer Gender Confusion|secret]], right?
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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
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* 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 A Strange Land]]'' is swimsuit-free.
* 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 (Literature)|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.}}
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* ''[[The Young Riders (TV)|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. (TV)|Doogie Howser, M.D.]]'' ep. “Look Ma, No Pants” has Doogie skinny dipping in the family pool with his mother’s new boss…until he gets caught by, guess who?
* ''[[That 70s Show (TV)|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 (TV)|CSI]]'' 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 (TV)|Community]]''.
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== Real Life ==
* Before the 1960s, it was a common practice for boys in the YMCA to swim naked in the pools, [
* 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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{{quote| Stop whining, [[Troper]]! Just take off your clothes already! Wee!!!<br />
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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