Modesty Towel: Difference between revisions

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In film and television, characters that have just bathed or showered will often be wrapped in towels to preserve their modesty. Men will wear the towel wrapped around the waist, usually reaching to the knees, while women will wear it from under the arms to the hips <ref> or knees, depending on how long the towel is</ref>, covering themselves up even if there is no-one else around.

* Used [[Crowning Moment of Funny|hilariously]] in one episode of ''[[Sailor Moon]] Stars''. When Seiya is hanging out at Usagi's house while her parents are out (it's completely innocent, don't look at me like that...), Chibi-Chibi spills cake all over him, so he uses her shower to clean himself up while his clothes are being washed. Meanwhile, the other girls show up... just in time for him to come out of the shower in what appears to be the tiniest towel on the face of the earth, asking where his clothes are. Then Chibi-Chibi complains that he's using her towel and proceeds to do her best to get it away from him. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

** Used even earlier in the [[Hot Springs Episode]] of the first season. Shingo is embarrassed about wearing one, and when Usagi teases him about it, he retaliates by stealing hers and leaving Usagi naked.

* One gets applied in the Anime Adaption of ''[[Eiken]]'', but ''[[You Should Know This Already|Eiken]]'' [[Gag Boobs|being]] ''[[Up to Eleven|Eiken]]'', this barely covers the girl's front as opposed to wrap around..

* ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' has these for all the guys during the [[Hot Springs Episode|Hot Springs Epic Battle]] in the OAV. Much to the fangirls' disappointment.

== Fan Works ==

* The ''[[Wicked Lovely]]'' [[Slash Fic|Nirial]] fanfiction ''[http://sana-the-random.deviantart.com/art/WL-Wishes-161500825 Wishes]'' has Niall wishing he had one of these.

* One of the Figuretoons at OAFEnet showed [[X-Men|Wolverine]] wearing one of these towels [http://www.oafe.net/toons/0502/3.php on his way to the shower.]

 

** In another episode, Rachel is victim of an interesting case of malfunctioning modesty towel.

{{quote| '''Chandler:''' That's a relatively open weave and I can still see your... nipular areas.}}

** In one episode ("Home, Part II"), Number Six uses an interesting variant -- a Modesty ''Chair'' which she straddles backward -- when she talks with Baltar.

** In [[The Documentary]] episode, Lee uses a Modesty Towel, although he is apparently unable to properly fasten it around his waist.

* Chris Hansen has provided these on more than one occasion to "guests" on ''To Catch a Predator'' that stripped naked when entering the house.

* ''[[Greys Anatomy]]'': Dr. Sloan's first appearance. His very first appearance was actually hitting on Meredith in the hospital, although the scene with the towel is probably his most famous.

* Hilariously subverted in an episode of ''[[Lucky Louie]]'' where a male character enters the kitchen wearing a towel the way a woman would, the "hem" barely concealing his package. Then, standing with his crotch a foot in front of Louie's face he casually bends backward revealing what the towel was meant to conceal.

* In an episode of [[The Big Bang Theory]], one of the characters is crying out for help, and a male character hears her. She talks him into immediately coming to her rescue, as (we find out later) she slipped and fell while taking a shower, and has broken her shoulder. Despite the fact she was taking a shower at the time, ''and could not move'', she's lying in the tub wearing a towel covering her. I don't know about you, but typically a towel is located outside the shower on the rail, not worn while taking one, but...

 

* ''[[Persona 4]]'' uses this for its [[Hot Springs Episode|hot spring scene]] as well.

* [[Insufferable Genius|Kira's]] entrance in ''[[Arcana Heart (Video Game)|Arcana Heart]]'' starts with her wearing one that she dramatically [[Flung Clothing|flings away]] at the same time that she puts on her swimsuit.

* One of the people you must possess in ''[[Geist]]'' is a woman taking a shower. After you scare her out of the shower, she wraps a towel around herself. After scaring her a bit more and possessing her, you have to go get dressed before she'll leave the locker room.

* In ''[[The Sims 3]]'', if a character has their clothes stolen while skinny dipping, they immediately cover up in one of these on emerging from the pool.

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