Toplessness From the Back: Difference between revisions
Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.8.6
m (remove image pickin/quotes page inline comments) |
(Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.8.6) |
||
(17 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{trope}}
[[File:
A naked or topless woman is shown only by the camera showing her bare back (and nothing below her waist). This usually means someone is seeing her Sexy Front... but not us. Allows the ''suggestion'' of female nudity without actually showing the bare breasts. A form of [[Discretion Shot]].
Very [[Rare Male Example
This trope does not count if the character is also seen topless from the front. [[Dress Hits Floor]] is the below-the-waist equivalent.
For clothing that exposes the back but covers the front, see [[Sexy Backless Outfit]].
{{examples}}▼
▲{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Inuyasha]]'', Kagura has one of these in an episode when she's attacked from behind, showing off Naraku's mark on her back.
* Happens to Clare in ''[[Claymore]]'' a couple of times when Rubei tells her to turn around while naked. Of course, what he's seeing is a [[Take Our Word for It|really horrible-looking scar, or possibly something]] even more [[
* Riza Hawkeye in the manga version of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', in the manga and anime it also {{spoiler|has a giant tattoo, and burn scars covering it}}. Since it's [[Good
* In the ''[[Fate/stay
* The ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' anime has the twins putting a photoshopped picture of Haruhi's shirtless back on the club website,<ref>since Haruhi is actually a girl, but they want people to think she's a boy</ref>
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' does this on occasion, but it's usually overshadowed by the fact that most of the girls are naked all the time anyway, their modesty only preserved by [[Censor Steam]] and [[Barbie Doll Anatomy|lack of detail]].
** In an oddly justified use of the trope, Setsuna's tribal [[Ravens and Crows|crow]] garb comes with an exposed back purely for [[Half-Human Hybrid|half-demons]] and [[Youkai|full crows]] in humanoid form to release their [[Winged Humanoid|wings]]. Otherwise the new appendages would appear underneath the user's shirt uncomfortably.
Line 23 ⟶ 22:
** Later still, we have the backless dresses variant at a fancy ball. [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v31/c279/11.html Check out Chisame and Ku Fei here.] (Warning: Enormous Spoilers)
** Ako could also qualify. ''She'' may think that her back is ugly, but [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v14/c122/18.html if you're into chicks with scars...]
* Subverted in ''[[
* Averted in the OP sequence of ''[[Mnemosyne]]'', which shows Rin, in the buff, pressing against a stone pillar. Needless to say, her sexy back, legs, and rear end are visible for [[Fan Service|your viewing pleasure]].
* When Akane's body was [[Grand Theft Me|possessed by a vengeful spirit doll]] in ''[[Ranma
* [[Gintama
* ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'' gives us a view of Miaka's back as she's bathing to purify herself for the summoning ceremony (her butt's included though, poor girl). We don't see her when she turns around. Tamahome does.
* ''[[Spice and Wolf]]'': Holo [[Innocent Fanservice Girl|normally doesn't wear clothes]], but she ''does'' use the trope to justify why she's not going to remove her (ear- and tail- concealing) cloak for some strange merchant Holo and Lawrence met that day.
* In ''[[
* ''[[Soul Eater]]''. Tsubaki Natsukasa in the first opening and the various [[Furo Scene
* Weapons-grade [[Pettanko]] Isis Egret from ''[[Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force]]'' has another side that's gotten a lot of attention lately, with a certain racerback outfit.
* Mixed with the Japanese nape-of-neck thing in ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'' when Fuu poses for an artist. First she's asked to only loosen her kimono a bit and let the collar slide a little lower. OK, that's a bit naughty. The artist just keeps prompting her to lower the collar more and more. Scandalous!
* Marik Ishtar's tattooed back is lampshaded as such in [[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
* When [[Mr. Fanservice|Akune]] of ''[[Medaka Box]]'' first joins the student council, we get [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/medaka_box/v01/c006/16.html this shot.] [[Fan Service|Yum.]]
* This is often the most we get to see of Nami in ''[[One Piece]]'' during her shower scenes. In some cases, however, she is shown topless from the front, but with her breasts covered by [[Censor Steam]]. The trope was also used as an actual plot point for more than a half chapter, when Hancock had to show Luffy the mark on her back.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[X
{{quote|
* In a scene in the graphic novel ''Hooky'', Spindrifter uses a portal to save [[Spider-Man]] from plunging into an abyss, and he falls into a lavish palace full of harem girls, two of which are shown like this. Three others are also topless and [[Hand or Object Underwear| covering themselves with their arms.]]
* The Marvel Swimsuit Special occasionally depicted female heroes (and villains) this way, such as [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Cnyih_QEkqM/TjjsB3MDu_I/AAAAAAAAMGk/EZhagTWt8xk/s1600/8_Marvel_Swimsuit_Special_93_New_Warriors.jpg this artwork] with the [[New Warriors]], with Namorita applying sunscreen with her bikini top off; [[Distracted by the Sexy| only Nova and Speedball seem to notice]].
== [[Film]] ==
Line 48 ⟶ 47:
* Dina Meyer's character in the ''[[Johnny Mnemonic]]'' movie.
* Jennifer Coolidge does this in ''[[Seltzer and Friedberg|Epic Movie]].''
* The poster of ''[[
* [[Bai Ling]] has a serious moment of Toplessness From The Back in ''[[The Crow]]''.
* ''[[Jennifer's Body]]'': For a movie whose main marketing point was [[Megan Fox]], a sexy wet back is the most you'll get.
* [[Angelina Jolie]] after emerging from the tub in a scene from ''[[Wanted]]''.
* Perhaps the raciest shot of ''[[Cabin Fever (
{{quote|
'''Marcy:''' It's okay, I'm healthy.
'''Marcy:''' ''(Later)'' Damn, Paul, you really did a number on my back! }}
* In ''[[Harry Potter
* In ''[[
* ''[[Cowboys and Aliens (
* In ''[[Tommy Boy]]'', the female skinny-dipper bares only her back to the audience.
* ''[[Teen Wolf]]''; Pamela takes her top off to seduce Scott (who has full view) in her dressing room, applying this Trope to the viewers.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* This happens in an episode of ''[[
* In the season 2 finaleof ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', O'Neill wakes Carter from the cryotable and she only has a sheet on. When she sits up her entire back is revealed resulting in O'Neill giving her a through looking over before requesting they get her some clothes.
** [[The Reveal]] of RepliCarter in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' involves this.
* Saffron in the ''[[
** And Inara taking a sponge bath in the unaired pilot. Lucky sponge.
* Caprica-Six or Sharon Valerii [Athena] in ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* Zhaan ("[[Innocent Fanservice Girl|Is nudity a taboo in your culture?]]") and Chiana in ''[[
** And Sikozu in season 4.
* T'Pol showed her interest to Tucker in ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' this way.
** This popped up in [[Star Trek: Voyager]] as well, in an episode where Q's son uses his powers to take away Seven's clothes.
* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl|Parker]] from ''[[Leverage]]'' does this quite often. Usually in front of [[Unresolved Sexual Tension|Hardison]].
* The audience (and [[The Captain|Sheridan]]) get this treatment on ''[[
** In a fifth-season episode we see Lyta Alexander nude from the back in a scene with the irritating telepath Byron, showing how vulnerable she is to his manipulation.
* Rather surprisingly, this shows up in the pilot episode of ''[[The X-Files]]'' between Mulder and Scully. The case involved teenagers being returned from alien abduction with two small bumps on their lower back. While getting ready to take a shower, Scully finds two such marks on her own back, freaks out, and
** And how Chris Carter thought that this scene wouldn't escape romance-hungry viewers (Mulder and Scully were originally only supposed to be "platonic work partners") is insane.
* The British sitcom ''[[Coupling]]'' does this a couple of times - once with Sally (Kate Isitt) in series two and once with Jane (Gina Bellman) in series four. In each case the audience is treated to "the full backal", as the show puts it, but other characters see the front.
** Also once with Sarah Alexander's character.
* Abbey in [[NCIS]] had one of these scenes early in the series, and it is now part of her montage in the opening credits
* In the ''[[Married... with Children]]'' episode "Her Cups Runneth Over", a woman in the lingerie store asks Al's opinion of a sexy ensemble she's wearing, asking if he'd like it if she was her boyfriend. When he replies in the affirmative, she asks if he'd like it better without the bra, and removes it, invoking this trope (and causing Al, who has full view, to faint). Incidentally, this is the episode that started the famous letter-writing campaign in 1989, calling for a boycott of the show (that backfired).
== [[Magazines]] ==
* The ''Vanity Fair'' photo of [[Hannah Montana|Miley Cyrus]] that caused so much controversy in 2008.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160728101927/http://www.maxim.com/women-az/brooke-burns-profile This] ''Maxim'' photo of Brooke Burns in [[Walking Swimsuit Scene|a monokini]].
* ''[[Playboy|Playboy's Bathing Beauties 1994]]'': [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] and played straight in [http://www.imagebam.com/image/39d34f405704661# both of these] [[Walking Swimsuit Scene| monokini pics]] of Jacqueline Sheen. The one on left's subverted and the one on the right's played straight.([[NSFW]])
== [[Music]] ==
* The [[Pink Floyd]] poster "Back Catalog"; naked women, with Pink Floyd album covers painted on their back.
* The cover of Sade's newest album ''Soldier of Love''. Bam.
* [[
== [[New Media]] ==
* [[Lampshaded]] in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
** Might be counted as [[Fan Disservice]] in the original anime, once you see how exactly he received it, since in the ''original'' Japanese-language anime, it wasn't a tattoo at all; it was actually ''carved into the flesh of his back to the point of scarring.'' And look at how [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/File:Marik%27sBack.jpg intricate] this thing is!
* [http://silverwingfox.deviantart.com/ Silverwingfox's] series of [http://silverwingfox.deviantart.com/art/In-The-Black-209479645?q=gallery%3Asilverwingfox%2F8638920&qo=15 Disney girls] in black dresses had this for [[Tarzan (Disney film)|Jane Porter]]
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Miang from ''[[
* The Wii game ''Enjoy Your Massage!'' has this as the gameplay. You massage the bare backs of attractive [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|blue-haired]] women.
* In ''[[Fear Effect]]'' the player is awarded with Hana's bare back after she drops her towel to [[Distracted
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Used in ''[[
* ''[[Venus Envy]]'' [http://www.venusenvycomic.com/index.php?id=899 on this page].
* In ''[[Out There]]'', Miriam is seen like this occasionally [https://web.archive.org/web/20180319081628/http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20091111.html
* Used in ''[[
* ''[[
* In [[Shifters]], shown [http://shiftersonline.com/chapter-3-pg-1/ here] in [http://shiftersonline.com/chapter1-cover/ "Shifters - Redux"] {{spoiler|when Ferrah arrives in a [[Mental World]] quite naked.}}
* ''[[Last
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Leela and Amy have the need to de-top in ''several'' episodes of ''[[Futurama]]'', usually enacting this Trope, often when Fry has full view.
{{reflist}}
Line 119 ⟶ 121:
[[Category:Always Female]]
[[Category:Fan Service]]
[[Category:
[[Category:
|