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[[File:smallerlulu.png|link=Final Fantasy X (Video Game)|frame|Lulu doesn't just wear belts ''with'' her dress. She wears belts ''as'' [[Pimped-Out Dress|her dress]].]]
 
{{quote|''Ladies, I hope you're wearin' two belts, 'cause I just charmed the pants off y'all!''|'''[[Homestar Runner]]'''}}
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You're done! Well... maybe just ONE more...
 
Many characters in [[Fantasy]], [[Steampunk]], [[Anime]] and even a few [[Science Fiction|sci-fi]] settings will sport more belts than they really need. Either they were having a clearance sale at JCPenney or they have [[Why Don't You Marry It?|some weird obsession with belts that borders on the fetishistic]], especially when they don't even NEED a belt where it is, or even use it to carry things, and wear one anyway. One of the last places you will often see these people wearing a belt is tight around their waist.
 
This also goes well for [[Zipperiffic|zippers]] - zippers on your shirt, on your sleeves, on your pants, on your coat, on your ''[[Kingdom Hearts|hat]]''...
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This is ''extremely'' common in Japan in [[Real Life]], hence its appearance in so many works of fiction that come out of there. This is also a trend in certain fashion subcultures in the West, though not as prominent.
 
Compare [[Goggles Do Nothing]], [[Rummage Sale Reject]], and [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]. Contrast [[Chained Byby Fashion]]. If the belts are shown to serve an actual purpose besides holding up the wearer's trousers and/or looking cool, see [[Utility Belt]]. A subtrope of [[Useless Accessory]].
 
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** Some of them don't wear anything else... and not always as clothes...
* Under his overcoat, ''[[Trigun]]'''s Vash the Stampede's outfit is 100% belts. There actually might be a decent reason for it though, considering how torn up Vash tends to get in fights, if it helps keep wounds closed...
* Yugi from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' wore a multi-belted shirt during Duelist Kingdom. After that arc, he changed and a black sleeveless shirt, but he kept the two belts around the cuffs of his jacket and the one around his neck, while adding another belt around his waist. Kaiba donned eight belts, two on each of his arms and legs, from the second season on, in addition to the normal belt on his pants.
* Liru the werewolf in ''[[Magical Pokaan]]'' has but a single belt across her chest that services as a top.
* Maka from ''[[Soul Eater]]'' wears belts quite often. On her shoes.
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** Those are garter belts, which are intended to hold stockings up. What makes them count is that mizore doesn't actually attach them to the stockings, they just sort of hang there.
* [[Gundam Seed|Kira Yamato]] always was partial to a snappy outfit, so even his SEED suit had some gratuitous belts, but when the things moved to [[Gundam Seed Destiny]]...
* Lady Emmaniel's outfit in ''[[My Balls (Manga)|My Balls]]'' is all belts, including one big one with a hook clasp occasionally managing to stay fastened across her chest. Strategically placed shadows manage to provide whatever modesty she feels she needs to keep; [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]] and censorship take care of the rest.
* Golden Darkness from ''[[To Love Ru]]'' has five belts wrapped around each leg that do not seem to serve any actual purpose beyond... well, making you stare at her legs. Yeah, it's that kind of series.
* [[Naruto|Sasuke]] came back from his training for the Chunin Exam finals wearing a black outfit with belts around his left arm and both legs. This trope was actually [[Lampshade Hanging|cited as a reason]] for him returning to the blue outfit he started with at the beginning of the series - the belts were difficult to draw and animate on a regular basis.
* In ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'', Ace wears two belts.
* Kurei wears quite a few in [[Flame of Recca]].
* When the [[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle|Tsubasa]] gang visit [[Clover|Infinity]], it seems like this is the general fashion.
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* [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/ghostrider20997.jpg Ghost Rider 2099].
* DC's The Huntress has a lot of belts.
* A number of [[Batman|The Scarecrow's]] costumes across media have featured a large amount of belts. Sometimes this is because a costume will be made out of a [http://www.brokenfrontier.com/img/2005/mar/DC/BatmanScarecrowYearOneCv2.jpg strait] [http://nerdapproved.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/scarecrow-3.jpg jacket] which actually ''needs'' a lot of belts in its intended use, but in examples such as his ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' design, [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zzfgs8VTa74/TRDo1ITD6oI/AAAAAAAAIi4/3hWDQ8numRw/s1600/Scarecrow_concept_by_Chuckdee.jpg it's just for the hell of it.]
 
 
== [[Fan Fiction]] ==
* [[media:Misfiled_Dreams_Cast.jpg|This]] title picture for ''[[Misfiled Dreams (Fanfic)|Misfiled Dreams]]''
([[Captain Obvious|Hint]]: Check out the girl in front).
 
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'': Cameron likes her belts and her [[Everythings Better With Zippers|zippers]] - not to mention [[Hell-Bent for Leather|leather]].
* Too many belts is the [[In -Universe]] design style of a mark that [[Leverage]] runs into.
* Every season of ''Super Sentai'' and [[Power Rangers]] have belts on their spandex suits (which obviously aren't going anywhere). While the single waist belt is justified as holding a sidearm holster, sometimes they keep going with it, like in Engine Sentai Go-Onger/Power Rangers RPM, where the costumes (fitting into a racing theme) have [http://www.freewebs.com/rpm-pr/go-onger-ranger-11.jpg seatbelts] on them.
* A bit of fashion exists for two belts, shown in teen shows like [[Wizards of Waverly Place]] and [[Degrassi]]. The girl wears one belt on her pants in the usual manner, and a second belt over the midriff to adjust the flow of your shirt.
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== [[Music]] ==
* [[Michael Jackson]]'s suit for the cover of the ''Bad'' album, also worn in the video for the song. Poked fun of by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] at the start of "Fat" (and [http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2009/6/30/128908278001717180.jpg the cover of the album it comes from]), as his fattening form breaks every last belt on the suit.
* [[Doctor Steel]] has a three-belted garment that he wears atop his waistcoat, in his [[Steampunk]] attire.
 
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Anything [[Tetsuya Nomura]] has worked on is likely to invoke this. His work on ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' has the most belts, particularly [[Final Fantasy X (Video Game)|Lulu]] who has a skirt composed ''entirely'' of them as you can see in the above picture. The outer dress is lovely and creative by itself, so it didn't really need the belt-dress. In an interview, Nomura explained Lulu's design by saying that he wanted to provide "a challenge" to the character model and CG departments: namely, having to reproduce the exact layer order of every belt worn. [[Author Appeal|Of course, there's probably more to it than that, but who can really say?]] (Or maybe he really hated someone in the CG dept). Oh, and the animators got around the problem by showing Lulu from the waist-up in most of the CG scenes.
** Meanwhile, ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' [[Everythings Better With Zippers|has a disturbing number of zippers]].
*** And some insane belts. Just as an example, DiZ wears belts on his ''head''; one as a headband, and one as an eyepatch.
** Also [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded and parodied]] beautifully in ''[[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|The World Ends With You]]'', another Tetsuya Nomura-designed game. The modern setting of ''[[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|The World Ends With You]]'' was partially an attempt to satirize the youth culture that generated this in the first place.
** The non-Nomura made [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Image:FFTA-MarcheRitz.jpg Marche Radiuju] of ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (Video Game)|Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'' has what appears to be two belts in perfect orbit around his thighs without actually coming into contact with his pants.
** In an EGM interview, Nomura stated that even he doesn't know how [[Final Fantasy X 2 (Video Game)|Paine]] keeps all her buckles on.
** [http://finalfantasyversusxiii.net/finalfantasyxiii/screenshots/famitsu/final-fantasy-xiii-lightning-render.jpg Lightning] wears a lot of belts as [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/c/c6/FFXIII-Lightning_CG.png accessories] in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XIII]]''.
** Squall, in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VIII]]'', deserves special notice. Because while he already had a few excess belts around the time of ''[[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VIII]]'', when he was the star, every subsequent game that features him seems to add more. Compare his [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/5/5d/Squall_Sketch.jpg first] design, to his later re-design in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' as [http://www.joystiq.com/media/2007/09/squall225.jpg Leon], and finally his ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy (Video Game)|Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:Dissidia_Squall.png update], which goes back to his original design and ''still'' finds room to throw some more belts on. One can only wonder how many more belts he could get if they do a sequel...
** Nomura's touch is out in force in the characters of ''[[Final Fantasy Type-0 (Video Game)|Final Fantasy Type-0]]'', who seem to need 6 belt buckles to keep their shirts fashioned. The male uniform takes this a step further, with an actual belt and shoulder strap added.
** According to [http://www.kh2.co.uk/?page=NI/OPM this OPM article], Nomura has a tendency to dress like this in ''real life''.
* Haseo from ''[[.hack|.hack//GU]]'' has ''[[Beyond the Impossible|52]]'' belts spread across his body. Of course, this is the self-created [[Player Character]] in a MMORPG of a standard Japanese teenage male who wanted it to look "cool", so it might be (relatively) [[Justified Trope|justified]].
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* The Hero Rosalyn from ''Okage: Shadow King'' has only two belts... but one is on her ''head''.
* [[wikipedia:Mike Haggar|Mike Haggar]] of ''[[Final Fight]]'' does not seem to understand that belts go around one's waist. He wear but a single belt, its gigantic, and its slung over his chest like a suspender. He even wears pants to accommodate this.
* Lloyd from ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'' wears two, although it's justified in that he carries two swords . In a truer example, Kratos wears [http://media.animegalleries.net/albums/userpics/19874/con_kratos.jpg?=123 six] (and even more in his [http://lh3.ggpht.com/_aAqDVzo2Cmg/SYsptoud13I/AAAAAAAAB0w/GQt0GvFHmIU/m-Kratos_28.png alternate outfit]).
** In fact, Kratos' alternate outfit has ''so many'' that it became a fandom in-joke that he has [[Why Don't You Marry It?|a belt fetish]]. Since Kratos' belts in that outfit are quite clearly patterned after a basic Japanese bondage harness, that's probably ''canon''.
** Forcystus's undershirt is pretty much just a mass of belts (or belt-like straps, anyway).
* [http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/2499/ogsaga.png Folka Albark] from ''[[Super Robot Wars Compact 3]]'' sports a lot of belts, and still does a lot of ass kicking... inside his [[Motion Capture Mecha|Kung Fu Mecha]].
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* ''[[The King of Fighters]]'': Iori Yagami only has one belt...but its placement is what makes it so bizarre. It links together his two pant legs, which would be a concern considering how often he fights.
** [[Word of God]] says he does it [[With My Hands Tied|as a personal challenge]].
* The Big Sister in ''[[Bio ShockBioshock]] 2'' wears a suit that possesses no less than [http://i44.tinypic.com/25ov4ig.png thirteen belts.]
* Dante from ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' is has several belts on his vest and pants. The latter would ''appear'' to be a holster for his guns, but there's only the belts...
** Trish has only one belt, but it does have ''two'' buckles. "Too many buckles"?
* ''[[Castlevania]]: Judgment'' features characters from all across the Castlevania series. Unfortunately, they've all been given makeovers by [[Death Note (Manga)|Takeshi Obata]], who decided that Dracula had two columns of golden nipples down his torso, Death was constructed out of discarded orthopedic braces, and the Belmonts were great big fans of belts. Oddly, the redesigned Alucard wears ''fewer'' belt buckles than he used to have.
* Virginia of ''[[Wild Arms 3 (Video Game)|Wild Arms 3]]'' may be wearing [http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/wildarms3/art-char-04.jpg too many belts] for a western setting. For that matter, Clive's [http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/wildarms3/art-char-03.jpg jacket] pushes overkill with the belts in place nobody would ever want to buckle, and Janus seems to have that problem and also the problem of [http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/wildarms3/art-char-05.jpg trying to use a belt in place of a holster].
* Many of the class designs in ''[[Trickster Online]]'', although the [http://www.mytrickster.net/wiki/index.php/Image:Warrior.jpg Warrior] and [http://www.mytrickster.net/wiki/index.php/Image:Thief_Master.jpg Thief Master] may take the cake.
* ''[[Skies of Arcadia (Video Game)|Skies of Arcadia]]'''s lead character Vyse uses belts to hold his sleeves together. He's also got belts on his cuffs. Combined with the ''necessary'' belt on his waist, that brings him up to five. He also has two belts on his shoes, as does his friend Aika. Aika's evil doppelganger, Anita, has extra belts, one on each shoe and one on her thigh. Interestingly, Vyze's doppelganger Vize has ''less'' belts.
* Hwoarang from Tekken games wears a lot of belts on his trouser legs in the primary outfit.
* Jack from ''[[Mass Effect]] 2'' uses belts to make a bra. [http://screenshots.teamxbox.com/screen/92374/Mass-Effect-2/ It looks about as comfortable as it sounds]. Her unlockable and purchasable alternate outfits gives her slightly more normal clothes.
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** The Architect seems to wear pauldrons made entirely out of belts.
* While the characters in ''[[Spellforce]]'' generally don't do this, the woman on the loading screen is wearing several belts on her Stripperiffic battle bikini. Including a belt that could only be holding up ''her bikini bottom''.
* ''[[Trinity Universe (Videovideo Gamegame)|Trinity Universe]]'''s Recit invokes this, wearing several including one as a headband. His character trait does seem to be collecting things though.
* In ''[[The Force Unleashed]]'', Starkiller's starting outfit has about five belts, maybe more.
* The Prince from ''[[Prince of Persia]]'' seems to have picked up [http://www.gogaminggiant.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/wallpaper_prince_of_persia_warrior_within_10_1600.jpg quite a few belts] between Sands of Time and Warrior Within.
* ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'''s NCR Ranger Combat Armor has five, as well as some bandaging/etc. being used to tie down a medical kit, the leather armor (Go figure) having 8 for men, and 3 for women.
 
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Lampshaded [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_549.php here] in ''[[Dan and MabsMab's Furry Adventures]]''. "When you have to take off seventeen belts to tinkle..."
* [http://chugworth.com/archive/?strip_id=286 This MMRPG character] in Chugworth Academy.
** Although it could be argued that that character (two belts, both around the waist-to-hip area) has 2/3 of a belt less than she needs (since she [[Sticks to Thethe Back|probably]] uses half a belt apiece for each swords, and just over [[Stripperific|a third of a belt total to keep her skirt up]]).
* Parodied in [http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20020228.html this] ''[[Adventurers (Webcomic)|Adventurers]]'' strip.
* Favored by [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-12-08 Diane and her posse] in [[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]].
* [http://samandfuzzy.com/464 This] outfit of Candice's from [[Sam and Fuzzy]].
* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081119 Von Pinn] from ''[[Girl Genius (Webcomic)|Girl Genius]]''. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040503 She teaches restraint.]
* Naal'suul Val'Beldrobbaen of [[Drow TalesDrowtales]] likes belts. They help her feel secure.
* [[Four-Star Badass|Balthazar]] from ''[[BIBLE (Webcomic)|BIBLE]]'' wears four belts, plus a [[Badass Bandolier]] for his sword.
* In ''[[Ears for Elves (Webcomic)|Ears for Elves]]'', Tanna's pphttp://www.earsforelves.com/archives/459 concept art]] has two functional belts and three decorative ones, along with numerous other buckles on her boots.
 
 
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