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When a female character's costume doesn't include a bra—or, for that matter, any underclothes at all. It may be made from a translucent material (with strategically placed lace or tape for modesty), feature a [[Cleavage Window|window]] to show off some [[Absolute Cleavage]] or [[Underboobs]], or may be something [[Sexy Backless Outfit|backless]], but whatever the case, the outside costume is ''all'' that the person is wearing. If she's wearing any underclothes at all, they must be made of air—or, should we say, '''Vapor Wear'''.

 

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== [[Advertising]] ==

* There was a commercial once showing a pretty girl standing on a busy street wearing a tartan skirt. She turns to the camera and says cheerfully: "No, I'm not wearing any." Referring, of course, to the famous vapor wear of [[Man in a Kilt|the Scottish people]].

* Mostly good guy version: Anko Mitarashi of ''[[Naruto]]'' wears only a jacket over a combination of fish net stocking and chain mail. (And a skirt.)

** Ouch. Mail tends to hurt when worn on skin.

* Kotoko-01 in ''[[Divergence Eve]]'', in both seasons, she ''definately'' dosen't wear panties underneath her piloting suits.

* Lust in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''.

* Yura of the Hair from ''[[Inuyasha]]''. Of course, bras didn't ''exist'' back then, but they didn't dress like that either.

* Princess Kraehe from ''[[Princess Tutu]]''. There's also Mytho, who has this quirky little habit of not only forgetting to wear pants, but apparently also underwear.

** Nico Robin is probably most guilty of this among the Straw Hat Pirates. Though the true masters of this trope are the [[Hot Amazon|Kuja Pirates]]. One in particular, Rindo, has the same unzipped leather jacket mentioned in the ''Tokko'' example below.

* Miss Deep of ''[[Read or Die]]''.

* The Yuurei Shoujo from ''[[Gate Keepers 21]]'' wears a transparent dress, scarf, and nothing else.

* ''[[Ranma ½]]'': Ranma Saotome, being a guy [[Incredibly Lame Pun|half the time]], never wears bras when he's in his female form. All the male students at his high school love it, I assure you.

* ''[[Saki Achiga-hen]]'': Shizuno wears a (zipped) jacket, shoes, and ''nothing else''. She's flat enough not to need a bra at least...

* ''Question Fairy'', a Japanese animation created by the Japanese government to teach kindergarten children what they needed to bring to their first day of school. Some .... fans pointed out she can't possibly be wearing underwear. This is one of the reasons the Japanese government abandoned the project. See it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5XRaWul1fA here].

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Mostly a male example in [[The Smurfs]], as the male Smurfs just don't have any underwear when they put on or take off their pants. Averted in the cartoon show, as one male Smurf does show his bloomers when his britches come falling down.

 

* Almost any ''[[Firefly]]'' fic with sex and River involved will have her at least go bra-less.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* In ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy 1999]]'', Imhotep's lover appears to be wearing a long gown when she secretly meets him - but then he touches her shoulder, smearing the body paint which is all she has on.

* In ''The Little Devil'', Nina doesn't wear panties under her dress. Not only that, she lifts it up, due to the summer heat as she says. The viewer doesn't see anything, though, as they only see her either from behind or from the waist up, but little devil Giuditta (and everyone else around him) does. In fact, Nina was {{spoiler|sent from Hell to seduce Giuditta and take him back home}}.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* Conversed in the book ''Dork Diaries'' by Nikki in her diary. She points out about the habit of some celebutante/actresses of 'continuously forgetting to wear their underwears'.

 

* Sue Ellen Mishke, the Braless Wonder from the ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episode "The Caddy", is a subversion of sorts. When she was introduced, Elaine complained that she never wore a bra under her office attire; this was supposed to be apparent to the viewer. When Elaine gave Sue Ellen a bra as a gift, she started wearing it in place of actual clothing, [[Distracted by the Sexy|causing whiplash and car crashes]] on the streets of New York.

* Played for laughs in an episode of the prison-based [[Britcom]] ''[[Porridge]]''. When Fletcher's daughter, Ingrid, pays him a visit (in the open-plan visiting room), he is outraged that she's not wearing a bra and all the other prisoners can see it. Next time she visits, she puts a bra on, and just to make sure he knows it, she lifts up her t-shirt to demonstrate.

* Susan Sullivan in the pilot movie of [[The Incredible Hulk]] was wearing a see-through black shirt with twin breast pockets. While it would be difficult to say for certain while watching, the DVD commentary specifically states she was braless and the pockets were the only reason they got away with it.

* Fiona Glenanne in [[Burn Notice]] is rarely seen with a bra and at times it's blatantly noticeable.

 

== [[Music]] ==

* Lynn Mabry and Edna Holt of Brides Of Funkenstein, appearing in the [[Stop Making Sense]] concert video.

* The [http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=329599 front cover] of Stacey Q's ''Boomerang'' album; only her hands are covering her unmentionable parts.

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

*** Some tabletop games [[Lampshade Hanging|acknowledge and actually provide statistics]] for the improbable amounts of protection offered by [[Stripperiffic]] "armor" (such as ''[[GURPS]]'', which calls it "Bulletproof Nudity").

* The swedish RPG ''Playelf'' has "clothing penalties" - anything above the base necessities will obstruct your movements and give penalties to everything. Armor is useless because any advantage gained is negated by all the penalties. There are some options, but for the most part, you're encouraged to dress like a Boris Valejo painting.

 

== [[Theatre]] ==

* The infamous black lace bodystocking worn by the late, great Anita Morris as "Carla" in the 1982 Broadway musical ''[[Nine (theatre)|Nine]]''.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* The Oracle in the first ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]'' has a see-through top and no bra (unlike most examples of Vapor Wear, her breasts are fully visible).

** For a (probably unintentional) male example from the same series, in ''III'', Hercules's [[Loin Cloth]] sometimes clips through his legs, revealing that [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|yes, they did render buttocks on his character model]].

* In ''Gladiator'', in the Japanese release (and the initial USA release), it becomes evident that Irene is not wearing a bra under her armor after her [[Clothing Damage|breastplate is broken]].

* Janna's clothing in ''[[League of Legends]]'' is so skimpy that HOT PANTS AND A BUSTIER are considered decent.

** On the male side, a couple of Artie's appearances imply he doesn't wear underwear.

 

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Similarly, Suki from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' doesn't wear anything beneath her Fire Nation outfit in the finale. Check out the [http://iroh.org/screencaps/ep60/ep60-78.png top]{{Dead link}} and [http://iroh.org/screencaps/ep60/ep60-749.png waistline]{{Dead link}}. She does have pants on, though. They're just low-cut.

** Which is odd, because, earlier in the finale, she is shown in what [http://iroh.org/screencaps/ep58/ep58-109.png must be her underwear]{{Dead link}}. There is the possibility that it could be a separate bathing suit, but since everyone else was in their skivvies in that scene, then logically, Suki was too.

 

== [[Real Life]] ==

 

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