Stocking Filler: Difference between revisions

Well, that's where [['''Stocking Filler]]''' comes in. We have [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishnet |fishnet stockings]], [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knee-Highs |knee high stockings]], and, of course, the ever popular [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garter_Garter (stockings) |garter]].

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.

Most often revealed in a [[Lingerie Scene]]. Part of [[Stock Underwear]]. Not to be confused with ''Silk Stalkings'', an early '90s TV show (though there were several [['''Stocking Filler]]''' scenes in that show), nor [[Filler]], [[Fan Service|which may or may not include stockings]].

See also: [[Zettai Ryouiki]] - this is when [['''Stocking Filler]]''' goes higher than the knee, and worn with a shorter skirt. See also also: [[Playboy Bunny]], for whom stockings or hose are an essential element of the outfit. Compare [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]] for another use of underwear to conceal objects.

* Female Ranma in the [[Martial Arts and Crafts|Martial Arts Dining]] arc of ''[[Ranma One Half (Manga)|Ranma One Half½]]''. 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 and& Stocking With Garterbelt (Anime)|Panty and Stocking Withwith Garterbelt]]'' gives us Stocking, who can turn her stockings into ''[[Katanas Are Just Better|katanas]]''.

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

* Orgasm Lass from ''[[XX XenophileXXXenophile]]''.

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

=== [[Film]] ===

* [[Angelina Jolie]] in ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Smith]]'' hid knives in her garters.

* Lori's introductory scene in ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Little (Film)|The Man Who Knew Too Little]]''.

* Worn by Pushkin's mistress in ''[[The Living Daylights (Film)|The Living Daylights]]''. [[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]] rips her dress off [[Distracted Byby the Sexy|to provide a distraction]] when Pushkin's bodyguard crashes into the room and it does the job quite nicely.

* Another [[James Bond]] example: Paris Carver in ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies (Film)|Tomorrow Never Dies]]''.

* [[James Bond]] film ''[[Never Say Never Again (Film)|Never Say Never Again]]''. [[The Vamp]] Fatima Blush has a victim hooked on heroin to force him to obey her. She carries a hypo filled with the drug in a garter belt (under a [[Naughty Nurse Outfit|nurse's uniform]] no less), and exposes it while taking out the hypo. On [[YouTube]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VuMprbYzyY starting at 1:05].

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

* Daniela Bianchi, in ''[[From Russia With Love (Film)|From Russia Withwith Love]]'' (to be precise, she wasn't wearing garters, but black silk stockings rolled above the knees; this isn't clearly seen in the scene as released, but an alternate version was shot - there are several promotional photos from that version - which clearly show her exposed, stockinged legs).

* [[Jennifer Connelly]] in ''[[The Rocketeer (Filmfilm)|The Rocketeer]]''.

* Many of the low-budget "erotic thrillers" of the early 1990's; actresses such as Shannon Whirry and Shannon Tweed often had [[Stocking Filler]] scenes in those movies.

* While actual [[Stocking Filler]] scenes were few and far between in the Production Code era, there were numerous "cheesecake" pinup photographs of starlets wearing garters.

* The 1958 film version of ''[[Cat Onon a Hot Tin Roof]]'' shows Maggie Pollitt ([[Elizabeth Taylor]]) changing her stockings at the beginning.

* 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.

* Lily ([[Mila Kunis]]) in ''[[Black Swan (Film)|Black Swan]]'' is shown wearing black garters in her sex scene with Nina ([[Natalie Portman]]).

=== [[Literature]] ===

* Clare in ''[[The Time TravelersTraveler's Wife]]''.

{{quote| '''Henry:''' Stockings and garters. My kind of girl.}}

=== [[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).

* Orgasm Lass from ''[[XX XenophileXXXenophile]]''.

=== [[Film]] ===

* [[Alicia Witt]], in one scene in ''[[Cecil B. Demented]]'', wears torn fishnets, and has "[[Andy Warhol]]" tattooed on her thigh.

=== [[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.

=== [[Anime]] and [[MangaMusic]] ===

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