Stocking Filler: Difference between revisions

For works prior to the 1950s, this was something of an [[Enforced Trope]], as American and European women simply wore stockings every day as part of their regular underwear.<ref>In fact, stockings were such an expected part of woman's dress that when they became unavailable due to shortages of silk and nylon during [[World War II]], women simply drew a line up the back of their calves (imitating stocking seams), and occasionally even wore special makeup on their legs, to mimic their appearance.</ref> However, due to [[Values Dissonance|the strict moral standards of the day]] (of which the [[Hays Code]] is exemplar), scenes depicting the full ensemble with garters and all were uncommon in American movies (though more frequent in European films). These days, they're considered [[Awesome but Impractical|inconvenient for daily wear]] (much like the corset was decades before) but still frequently encountered for [[Fan Service]] purposes or as a throwback to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

* Female Ranma in the [[Martial Arts and Crafts|Martial Arts Dining]] arc of ''[[Ranma ½|Ranma One Half]]''. She had been forced into wearing antique French clothing (and, for some reason, a [[Of Corsets Sexy|steel corset]]) by her opponent's instructor. So, for training, she usually doffed the dress and wore just the corset, [[Panty Shot|women's panties]], and a garter belt with stockings.

* ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'' gives us Stocking, who can turn her stockings into ''[[Katanas Are Just Better|katanas]]''.

=== [[Comic Books]] ===

* In ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'', Envy Adams puts on stockingstockings onin the last volume of the series.

=== [[Film]] ===

* Both Silk Spectres get variations of this in the ''[[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]]'' movie, although in Sally's case it's justified by the fact that pantyhose weren't yet common in the 1950s.

* Needless to say, the ''[[Carry On]]'' franchise [http://dc162.4shared.com/img/TGl1hrjp/s7/COR.jpg made frequent use] of the stocking filler during the early 60s, although the trope fell out of fashion as the miniskirt grew in popularity.

=== [[Literature]] ===

=== [[Live Action TV]] ===

* Original [[The Avengers (TV series)|Avenger''Avengers'' girl]] Cathy Gale carried her gun in a garter holster. Her successor Purdy (Joanna Lumley) of ''The New Avengers'' was a '"stocking and suspender girl'" despite the invention of pantyhose.

=== [[Video Games]] ===

=== [[Western Animation]] ===

* ''[[Re BootReBoot]]'': Hexadecimal, after Season 2, has garters added to her outfit. (In her Virus form, the garters appear to be attached to her [[Of Corsets Sexy|corset]], while in her {{spoiler|her Sprite}} form}}, she wears a separate garter belt with a [[Showgirl Skirt]] attached.)

** Speaking of which, [http://dc192.4shared.com/img/-o2qd79P/s7/0.5159157300528386/nostrings.jpg the can-can]{{broken link}} was always [http://dc192.4shared.com/img/M5dsypoV/s7/0.4173987088192246/tomato.jpg a popular subject]{{broken link}} in old-school animation, even during the Code era. Many cartoons of the period [http://dc192.4shared.com/img/XVGYLwwI/s7/0.6927729029425926/sdc2.jpg featured risque gags] which never would have made it past the censors otherwise.

=== [[Comic Books]] ===

* Both [[Zatanna]] [[The DCU|and]] [[Black Canary]] have fishnets as part of their regular uniform (though Canary has changed a bit, going back and forth to having regular stockings/spandex and back to fishnets).

=== [[Film]] ===

=== [[Western Animation]] ===

{{quote|Note: Fishnets are rarely seen in cartoons because they're difficult to animate without the [[Unmoving PlaidPattern]] problem, though a few examples do exist.}}

* ''[[Re BootReBoot]]'': Hexadecimal, again; with fishnets peeking out from above her boots in her post-Season 2 Virus form.

* In ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', Green Arrow is convinced to join the team when he sees Black Canary put on her fishnet stockings.

=== [[Music]] ===

* "Thigh High Nylons", by Mustard Plug, is all about this.

* "Stockings", by Suzanne Vega

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