Seashell Bra: Difference between revisions

Since, by definition, a mermaid is a fish from the waist down, it's only her top half that must be covered, and often [[Godiva Hair]] just won't do. Thus, the seashell bra was invented to preserve the modesty of female merfolk everywhere. You probably think this originated with Disney's ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'', but Disney was using it all the way back in 1953 to depict the mermaids in ''Peter Pan'' (although they looked distinctly less bra-like in those days). Expect bras to also be made out of other marine trappings, such as starfish (though glomping a living creature to one's own body doesn't sound like a good idea in hindsight -- especially if it [[Nightmare Fuel|ejects its stomach and starts digesting your nipples]]) or perhaps seaweed or other vague underwater flora, though the shells are often depicted as somehow clinging magically without any accompanying harnesses or straps, seaweed or otherwise. Also, the bra will almost always be made from scallop shells rather than clam, oyster, conch, or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:NautilusCutawayLogarithmicSpiral.jpg nautilus shells] (not unless they are hollowed out).

 

 

Provides additional proof (if any were necessary) that [[Most Writers Are Male|most writers are either male]] or sufficiently unimaginative to be unable to envision just how uncomfortable such attire would be. Or both.

 

Compare [[Fur Bikini]], [[Bare Your Midriff]].

 

== Anime & Manga ==

* Seria from ''[[Rave Master (Anime)|Rave Master]]'' has an interesting variation: she wears a bikini top... with a [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/rave_master/v13/c103/7.html shell motif].

* ''[[Galaxy Angel Rune (Anime)|Galaxy Angel 3rd]]'' (manga) has the girls turned into mermaids at one point, complete with Seashell Bra.

* Guu from ''[[Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu (Anime)|Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu]]'' wears one during the [[Beach Episode]].

* There is an episode of ''[[Maicchingu Machiko Sensei (Manga)|Maicchingu Machiko Sensei]]'' in which a male teacher imagines the main character as a mermaid with the obligatory seashell bikini.

== Comic Books ==

* Issues drawn be Adam Hughes (and some other artists about the same time) of the ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' and ''Legionnaires'' comics have had seashell bras (and bottoms) indicating nudity (simply assume they aren't there, then the characters' reactions make sense).

* The Blue, a fictional underwater race from the ''[[Fathom]]'' comics, make all clothing up to full body armor using bits of underwater flora and fauna. Despite them also having [[Schizo Tech|far more advanced technology than surface dwellers]].

* When Namorita, [[Distaff Counterpart]] of the [[Sub Mariner]], turned blue and changed her name to Kymera, she added a net skirt and one seashell "cup" to her bikinilike outfit.

 

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