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* One ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' strip had Calvin's clothes jump him and put themselves on him in odd combinations. His mother then scolds him for dressing improperly, to which he responds, "You think I ''wanted'' to dress this way?"
* [[Iron Man]] has had at least one suit of his [[Powered Armor]] [[Instant AI, Just Add Water|become sentient]] (and start acting disturbingly like an [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|abusive boyfriend]]).
* The first issue of the ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|Roger Rabbit]]'' comic books featured as a villain a sentient set of "fancy pants," which talked like a gangster most of the time but got eloquent when wishing it would meet a pair of "female pants" to end its loneliness. [[Planet Eris|This was pretty much par for the course]].
* Azzarello and Chiang's [[Doctor Thirteen]] backup in Tales of the Unexpected featured a pile of superhero costumes attacking the obscure band of characters as a [[Take That|statement]] about how the company ignores the stranger heroes in favor of big-name heroes that are ultimately nothing but sales icons.
{{quote| '''Doctor Thirteen''': No father wants to see his daughter become [[Incredibly Lame Pun|a fashion victim.]]}}
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== [[Film]] ==
* The classic visual version comes from the Universal version of ''[[The Invisible Man (
* One of Mike Jittlov's demo reels in ''[[The Wizard Of Speed And Time]]''.
* There's a full magic ''suit'' in [[The Movie]] of ''[[My Favorite Martian]]''.
* Plenty of clothes, including pants, danced in the [[Walt Disney]] movie ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'', thanks to the Substitutiary Locomotion spell.
* The movie ''[[Legend (
== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Trope Namer|Named for]] a [[Shel Silverstein]] poem in ''Where The Sidewalk Ends''.
* The Pale Green Pants With Nobody Inside Them from the Dr. Seuss story ''What Was I Afraid Of?'' Scary-looking, but quite harmless.
* In ''[[Discworld
{{quote| "If it comes round again, trip it up. I want to see the label."}}
* There is a Japanese children's picture book about a little boy who dawdles getting dressed, so his pants run off without him and he has to chase them. Basically, a silly story about not being late.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[
** A broken washing machine would be pretty terrifying to a bra.
* Willow does this with magic to one of Tara's shirts on [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]], to try and cope with being lonely.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[
* In one ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' storyline, Gwynn enchants a pile of laundry and clutter to become a Clutter Monster which would force Torg to clean up their apartment. It died when they put away some of the clothes that it was using for vital organs.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* This happened in the pilot episode of ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]'', "When Pants Attack".
* One of the ''[[Arthur (
* ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' had an alien planet of mind-controlling hats (a literal [[Planet of Hats]], if you will).
* One ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short involves [[Porky Pig]] getting sentenced by the Leprechauns to "The Wearin' o' the Green Shoes"!
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** "Summer Belongs to You" features the Klimpaloon, an animated "old-timey bathing suit" that lives in the Himalayas." "[[Memetic Mutation|NANG NANG NANG NANG NANG NANG NANG NANG NANG NANG NANG]]"
* [[Eek the Cat]] has a character named Clutter, a living pile of laundry.
* Greenbeard's gloves in ''[[
* An episode of [[Johnny Test]] had Johnny's genius sisters create a pair of pants that increased his intellect called Super Smarty Pants. It developed sentience as well as [[Yandere]] traits towards Johnny, including trying to kill a love interest (whom he repeatedly denied he did have feelings for).
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