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{{trope}}
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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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{{examples}}
== [[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]].
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* 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.
* Aqua from ''[[KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!]]'' visibly doesn't wear panties. Or as one fan theory states, she does, but made them invisible so people don't peak at them.
* Kotoko-01 in ''[[Divergence Eve]]'', in both seasons, she ''definately'' dosen't wear panties underneath her piloting suits.
* Lust in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''.
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* 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.
*
** Kalifa. [[Boobs of Steel|Boa Hancock]] too.
** 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]]''.
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* Precia Testarossa in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' goes with this and [[Absolute Cleavage]].
* In her mindscape battle with [[Our Vampires Are Different|Evangeline]] during the Mahora Festival [[Tournament Arc]] of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', Setsuna is shown wearing the [[Sexy Backless Outfit|clothes of the]] [[Winged Humanoid|bird tribe]] which doesn't come with a bra.
* Some shots in ''[[Code Geass]]'', especially the [https://web.archive.org/web/20121214063259/http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo283/CG-LOVER2/CG%20R2%20Turns/AnimePaperscans_Code-Geass_meimi-2.jpg first R2 ED], strongly suggest that [[Action Girl|Kallen]] [[Going Commando|goes commando]], though we do see that she does occasionally wear panties. Not a bra, though (at least, not all the time).
* This is the entire basis for ''[[Hatsukoi Limited]]'''s side story. Soako, a [[Dojikko]], was in such a hurry getting dressed that she forgot to put on her underwear. Hilarity ensues.
* Yumiko in ''[[Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou]]'' has gone running around without panties twice. The first time was some unspecified number of years in the past where she threw them at a group of boys who were teasing her about it and then found herself on the run without them later. The second time, they were stolen by a daemon and she went running around without them.
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* 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.
* ''[[Bleach]]'': Riruka [http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1k0thWsYN1rriybno1_500.jpg was either panty-less or only wearing a g-string] in this shot.
* ''[[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]] ==
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* 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.
▲== [[Fanfic]] ==
* Almost any ''[[Firefly]]'' fic with sex and River involved will have her at least go bra-less.
== [[Film]] ==
* Elektra King from the [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] movie ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]''.
** Mention must be made of [https://web.archive.org/web/20160624024847/http://jamesbond007.net/
** [[Diamonds Are Forever|Plenty O'Toole]] didn't wear a bra 'til some [[Moral Guardians]] made them paint one on.
* Sharon Stone in an oft-parodied scene from ''[[Basic Instinct]]''.
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* 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]] ==
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* 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'.
▲== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* 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.
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* 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]] ==
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* 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]] ==
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*** 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]] ==
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* 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 ''[[
* 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.
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* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', the [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] "Years of Yarncraft" has all female Rose Elves start out wearing [http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=080812 a see-through top with no bra]. You have to complete a quest in order to earn underwear.
* In ''[[Misfile]]'', Cassiel's wardrobe is this trope incarnate, to the point it seems that she only wears panties in order to do [[Panty Shot]]s. [[Gender Bender|Ash]] initially refuses to wear a bra, but comes around to the idea. S/he refuses to wear a thong, though.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140902181308/http://www.cheercomic.com/?date=2006-11-04 Guest comic] in ''[[Cheer]]''
** Upgraded from guest-only to [https://web.archive.org/web/20140902183032/http://www.cheercomic.com/?date=2007-05-01 artist's own] [[filler]]s. Maybe soon, we'll get some in the canon!
* ''[[Order of the Stick]]'''s Celia is pretty obviously not wearing a bra most of the time, although you can only tell when she turns her back to the "camera": her clothes are all backless on account of her giant fairy wings.
** Sabine does likewise; unsurprisingly, as she is a [[Horny Devils|succubus]].
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** On the male side, a couple of Artie's appearances imply he doesn't wear underwear.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* "Virtual Youtuber" [[Kizuna AI]] notes that because she's all data she technically isn't wearing any clothes and has no underwear.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* The animators of ''[[Kim Possible]]'' probably did not foresee the unintended implications of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-kTV8mVk1o this clip.]
** This is also implied by the fact that her top is pointy in the spot of her breasts...
* 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.
* ''[[Futurama]]''{{'}}s Zapp Brannigan isn't wearing any pants below his jacket, as can be judged from Kif's reaction upon having a view up there.
* Sandy Cheeks from ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' has done it. Twice. In [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/c05efd12-a17d-4d72-ba6e-303a53a045a4 "Squirrel Jelly"] and [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/7e40e71f-930d-4cde-8efb-6f68b185201f "Sandy's Nutmare"].
== [[Real Life]] ==
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* A famous photograph of '30s/'40s actress Carmen Miranda, taken as she danced with Cesar Romero, revealed that she was not wearing underwear at the time.
* [[Jean Harlow]], film star and sex symbol in the thirties, never wore any underwear. Some even say that she put ice on her nipples before shooting a scene. This practice contributed to the introduction of the [[Hays Code]].
* While watching the 1994 Carnaval in Rio, Brazilian President Itamar Franco invited a parade dancer named Lilian Ramos to join him in the Presidential box. She was wearing an oversized T-shirt, and each time she raised her arms it rose a few inches, revealing to the press assembled below that she wasn't wearing anything underneath. Various newspapers and magazines ran [https://web.archive.org/web/20141008045836/http://veja.abril.com.br/arquivo_veja/capa_23021994.shtml major articles] about it [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://veja.abril.com.br/arquivo_veja/capa_23021994.shtml&ei=dEruS5q7ApLAsQOdlbCtDw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBcQ7gEwAg&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522carnaval%2Bdo%2Bbarulho%2522%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official (translation)], creating a bit of a scandal. Some time later, Ms. Ramos did a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVkmZPUayGk reenactment] of the incident for some sort of documentary.
* Many Black Dresses look normal under normal lighting conditions but become see-through when blasted with several photo-flashes at once. When an unlucky actress wears one onto the red carpet without realizing it, [[The Internet Is for Porn|certain websites start making money.]]
** This is why one female celebrity states she takes a camera with her when trying out dresses.
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[[Category:Clothing Reflects Personality]]
[[Category:Stripperiffic]]▼
[[Category:Unmentionables]]▼
[[Category:Just for Pun]]▼
[[Category:Fanservice Costumes]]▼
[[Category:Costume Tropes]]
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▲[[Category:Just for Pun]]
[[Category:Partial Nudity Tropes]]
▲[[Category:Stripperiffic]]
[[Category:Turn-On Tropes]]
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