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== Literature ==
* Vetinari mentions this in Terry Pratchett's ''[[Discworld/Jingo|Jingo]]''. "Curiously, the purpose of the nautch girl or exotic dancer has always been less to reveal and more to suggest the ''imminence'' of revelation."
* All over the place in [[Piers Anthony]]
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* One of the best examples of it at work is Theiss' own creation in the ''Star Trek'' episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" In that episode, a female android named [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d9/Star_Trek_-_What_Are_Little_Girls_Made_Of.jpg Andrea] has a costume the upper portion of which is merely two crossing strips of material. Off the set, public modeled displays of this costume ''never'' failed to get a dramatically appreciative reception from at least the men.
** In William Shatner's ''Get A Life'', he tells a story about how Gene Roddenberry talked that same outfit into a fashion show at a Sci-Fi con. According to one of the people there, the model apparently had to spend the evening [[That Came Out Wrong|"beating men off with a stick"]]. Notable is the fact that Star Trek ''hadn't even aired yet''.
** According to Herb Solow and Robert Justman's book on ''Star Trek,'' William Shatner couldn't stop hitting on Sherry Jackson, the actress playing Andrea, once he saw her in the outfit. Further, the first public modeled display of the costume was in Desilu Studios' lunch room, where Ms. Jackson entered in said
** Similarly, the [http://bp2.blogger.com/_tBl_3BU6-1c/RZrYC6QnGFI/AAAAAAAAAME/n-3uZ-gdEiM/s1600-h/Carolyn+Palamas+3.jpg top part] of the Greco-Roman-style outfit worn by Leslie Parrish (playing Lieutenant Carolyn Palamas) in "Who Mourns For Adonais?" consisted of a single swath of cloth draped across her breasts and slung over her shoulder. Most people who were there believed that nothing held it in place except its own weight, and were absolutely certain it was going to fall off at any second. Parrish, on the other hand, knew that it was stuck to her skin via massive amounts of two-way tape which had torn off chunks of skin during the original fitting; this is why she instead wore a bathrobe during all rehearsals, even the dress rehearsal.
** In "Mudd's Women," Maggie Thrett, playing the character of [http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:Ruth_in_sickbay.jpg Ruth], suffered repeated wardrobe malfunctions during
* In a male example, one scene in an episode of ''[[White Collar]]'' had Neal Caffrey wearing nothing but some very low-riding sleep pants, with a waistband that looked ''very'' loose. You could practically hear the fangirls pleading for him to bend just a ''little further''...
* With the amount of bouncing and jumping around [[Elvira, Mistress of the Dark]] does, it's a wonder her boobs never fell out of her dress.
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== Video Games ==
* The entirety of the female cast of ''[[Soul Calibur]]''
* Yoshino "Haru" Harusawa of ''[[Devil Survivor|Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor]]'' wears an outfit that would do Theiss proud. Looking at her sprites, it's a wonder she isn't having a wardrobe malfunction every few seconds. Needless to say she's a popular character.
** Specifically, she wears what would normally be a form-fitting dress, except that it's at least two cup sizes too big for her. This makes the top half hang off dangerously low.
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