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== [[Advertising]] ==

** That sounds very much like a commercial in which the girl says "Do you want to see what's under my kilt?" The ad was for tartan patterned sanitary napkins.

 

* Kalifa in ''[[One Piece]]''.

** 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.

* The girls of ''[[Ultimate Girls]]'' may fit this trope -- seconds after expanding to 100 foot tall, their skintight spandex uniforms [[Clothing Damage|begin to disintegrate]]. This wouldn't be so bad, except said skintight spandex uniforms are [[Vapor Wear|all they are wearing.]] Not to worry, however, they use the feeling of humiliation at being seen naked by millions as a [[Moe]] power source.

* 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 [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.

* Yuuma from ''[[Magical Pokaan]]'' accidentally defeats K-ko in episode 1 when this, along with the [[Chunky Updraft]] from her spellcasting effect, causes a [[Refuge in Audacity|rocket-powered]] [[Nosebleed]]. The [[Call Back|same thing happens]] in episode 11, but this time on live television.

* Urabe Mikoto, from the ''[[Mysterious Girlfriend X]]'' manga, shares a sort of psychic "bond" with the male protagonist that lets them share emotions (and memories, to some extent) with one another {{spoiler|by tasting each other's drool. For real.}} When some other guy asked her out, she tried to test it on him, but nothing happens. Then, she went with the protagonist (worried at the moment that she might actually switch to the other, "cooler" guy) and uses their bond, whereupon he immediately [[The Nose Bleed|gets aroused]] without knowing why. Then, she pulls a pair of panties from her schoolbag, revealing that these were the ones she was going to use that day, and she was, in fact, wearing nothing under her uniform skirt. And it's not the weirdest thing she has done, either.

* Mizuki from ''[[No Bra]]''. Despite what the title may suggest, she seems to be the only one.

** When Silcardo Jenezad obtains his disciple Bulu, it appears as if she wears ''nothing'' from the waist down except for the bottom section of a tunic. Once the inevitable [[Clothing Damage]] starts to pile up, we [http://www.mangareader.net/historys-strongest-disciple-kenichi/464/16 see] her rear end is indeed completely bare.

* Honey Kisaragi is often revealed, via [[Clothing Damage]] and [[Wardrobe Malfunction|Wardrobe Malfunctions]], to not wear a bra (though she definitely wears [[Panty Shot|panties]], at least most of the time). As of ''[[Cutey Honey]]'', her [[Absolute Cleavage]] makes this obvious all the time.

* In ''[[Shuffle]]!'' (both the anime and the VN), [[Deadpan Loli|Primula]] at first has no idea she's supposed to wear something under her shirt. Rin finds this out [[Wet Sari Scene|the hard way]].

* Yuka from ''[[Kemonozume]]'' never seems to wear a bra, but her breasts are small enough for her to get away with it.

* ''[[Maicchingu Machiko Sensei]]'' has almost every [[Fan Service]] you can name. Whether or not she is wearing a bra varies from episode to episode. We can usually tell by the time her clothes are torn away.

* Kureha from ''[[Tokko]]'' walks around bra-less and shirtless with only an [[No Shirt, Long Jacket|unzipped leather jacket]] covering her. Sakura also doesn't appear to wear a bra under her tank-top.

* Eriko from ''[[Dragon Crisis]]'' goes bra-less sometimes - in particular, her dress from episode 6.

* ''[[Ranma One Half]]'': 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.

* ''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].

 

 

== [[Film]] ==

* Sharon Stone in an oft-parodied scene from ''[[Basic Instinct]]''.

* Rene Russo in ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair]]'' goes to a ball wearing a very see-through black dress.

* In the [[Alternate Universe]] of ''[[Black Mama White Mama]]'', bras were never introduced to the Philippines.

** She also confirmed that the gold bikini wasn't exactly good at covering anything. (In one interview, she said that Jabba's puppeteers were perverts and liked standing above and behind her for some reason).

** Similarly, Leia's mother has a scene in [[Attack of the Clones]] that confirms that 1) [[Nipple-and-Dimed|Amidala didn't wear a bra either]], and 2) [[Single Biome Planet|Tatooine]] can be surprisingly cold.

* Comes up in ''[[Shock Treatment]]'', when Janet's parents are upset by her new outfit.

{{quote| ''Mr. Weis:'' She's practically naked in that thing! <br />

''Janet:'' Well I can't wear anything under it, Daddy, it would spoil the lines. }}

* The Mike Myers's vehicle ''[[The Love Guru]]'' parodies the [[Real Life]] examples below with the titular Guru caught by the paparazzi getting out of a limo without underoos.

* The actress playing Jabba the Hutt's dancing girl, Oola, in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'' is wearing a costume that basically amounts to black fishnet and body paint. This is exceptionally visible when she is struggling against her chains, and visibly "falls out" for a split second.

* Pretty much everything Milla Jovovich wears in ''[[The Fifth Element]],'' much to her protector and acolytes' collective chagrin.

* The very silly 1960's beach party movie ''The Girl in the Invisible Bikini''. Yes, the bikini ''was'' invisible, but everything the bikini covered was invisible too.

* The alternate title of the 1968 British-French film ''The Girl on a Motorcycle'' is ''[[Hell-Bent for Leather|Naked Under Leather]]''.

* Alisa's red dress in the ''[[Night Watch]]''.

* Faith's chain-link concert dress in ''[[Strange Days]]''. Very clearly not wearing a bra. Barely wearing a dress.

* 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]] ==

* The female [[Big Bad|Big Bads]] in ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' are partial to wearing gowns of "streith", which is basically mood cloth. Under certain conditions, it becomes transparent or smoky, showing that they don't bother with underwear, and making this "vapor wear" of the most literal variety.

* Done by Craye Sawtelle, the [[Evil Sorcerer|Evil Sorceress]] of ''The Spring'', one of the Silver John stories by [[Manly Wade Wellman]]:

* In ''[[Incarnations of Immortality|On A Pale Horse]]'', when Death meets Nature, she is wearing a dress literally made out of fog. In every other book in the series, she wears a dress made of leaves.

** [[Piers Anthony]] [[Author Appeal|is in a polygamous marriage]] with this trope and [[Panty Shot]], and they recur regularly, separately or in the same paragraph, throughout all his series.

* ''Kiss Me, Deadly'' opens with [[Private Detective]] [[Mike Hammer]] picking up a female hitchhiker in a belted trenchcoat. He doesn't realise she's got nothing else on until she slips his hand underneath it to encourage him to get her past a police roadblock.

* 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]] ==

* 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.

** [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] much? (IRL Christina Applegate had her breasts removed and rebuilt when she tested positive for a mutant BRCA1 gene...according to her, ''never needing a bra ever again'' doesn't exactly make up for the loss of function.)

* In the ''Dollhouse'' episode of ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'', when Alex hugs Justin, she is noticeably not wearing a bra.

* [[media:servie_2408.jpg|Servalan]] from ''[[Blake's Seven|Blakes Seven]]''. It's more obvious in motion, but still...''damn''.

* Professor Amelia Rumford in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S16 E3 The Stones of Blood|The Stones of Blood]]" wore a silk blouse without a bra when the air was a bit chilly.

* In an episode of ''[[Friends]]'', Monica's decision not to wear a bra results in embarassing consequences when she chooses to sing at Mike's piano bar and the stage lighting causes her breasts to become very visible to the cheering male audience. She thinks they like her singing.

* When Parker of ''[[Leverage]]'' [[Toplessness From the Back|changes clothes in an elevator]], she is notably not wearing a bra. Kind of weird if you think about it - she's on a job and must have known she'd have to change - but nobody's complaining.

* In the ''[[That 70s Show]]'' episode "The Third Wheel", Eric refers to Hyde's [[Girl of the Week]] as "Little Miss Can't Find a Bra".

* Brittany and Santana went on a date with Finn during the first season of ''[[Glee]]''. Brittany later informed Sue that they tried everything to seduce him--Brittany, for example, didn't wear a bra. And asked management to turn up the air conditioning. Ahem.

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' has the first Slayer, whose costume seems to be nothing but [[Bare Your Midriff|strategically-placed]] [[Fur Bikini|cheesecloth]].

** Let's not forget the slayer's own aversion to bras in the first few seasons.

* 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.

 

== [[Theatre]] ==

 

 

* The models for female characters in the original ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' are set up so that they are always wearing underwear unless you have an item equipped in their armor slot, in which case the underwear disappears. Curious, given the presence of backless/excessive cleavage torso options for most armors.

** [[A Dance With Rogues]] has dialogue options in which you can respond to Vico's insinuations about your panties with "What panties?"

* Taki in the ''[[Soul Series]]'' to a ''ridiculous'' degree, to the point where it looks like she [[Body Paint|paints her whole body red and fights naked.]]

* Maki in ''[[Final Fight]] 2''. No wonder she has an only-frontal magic skirt.

* Female characters in ''[[Age of Conan]]'' don't wear bras. This can be seen every time when using the "Hide" ability, as hiding makes your equipment turn transparent.

* Another [[Dragon Age|Morrigan]] fits this quite well, and the [[Tsundere]] attitude only helps.

* In ''[[Tsukihime]]'', apparently, Roa's favorite outfit when it was possessing {{spoiler|Ciel in a previous incarnation}} was a partially open cloak. And only that.

** Given how he (or would it be a she?) went around raping people (regardless of gender) before he killed them, his choice of clothing is really not all that shocking.

* ''[[Gaia Online]]'' has the Laceback Skirt, a miniskirt that amounts to two squares of black leather and lacing up the sides (the name references the Laceback Bootsnakes you get the materials from in ''zOMG!''). Admittedly, ''[[Gaia Online]]'' also has articles of clothing that amount to strategically-placed clouds, "Heart Pasties", and "Porn Stars", so this is nothing new.

** NPC Sasha used to wear a short sarong so low on her hips that any underpants she was wearing would have been apparent. After the [[Art Shift]], she's switched to jeans and a t-shirt. Post-[[Art Shift]] [[Christmas Cake|Ruby]], on the other hand, clearly isn't wearing a bra under her new dress (for obvious reasons, since she now has angelic wings). This is a bit more alarming than the other examples since Ruby is A) quite stacked and B) the single mother of a young boy.

* Numerous outfits for the female custom characters in ''[[Soul Calibur]] IV'' appear to be worn without underwear, complete with [[Absolute Cleavage]]. Of course, when [[Clothing Damage]] kicks in, a bra will spontaneously appear where there clearly wasn't one before.

* I-no in the ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' series goes braless, in a top that realistically would show the goods to anyone she was fighting.

** 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 ''[[Nie R]]'', Kaine falls under this trope. [[Male Gaze|And the cutscene camera will remind you of it every time.]]

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

* In the ''[[Saints Row]]'' series, [[Virtual Paper Doll|clothing customization]] includes underwear, and in ''[[Saints Row]] 2'', you may go without. Depending on the rest of your outfit, [[Pixellation]] may be applied as necessary.

* The heroine of Psychotoxic averts this in the actual game, but plays it straight in the box art. Her low-rider jeans clearly show she wears a thong in-game, but the identical outfit on the box shows no thong.

 

* Almost everyone in ''[[Curvy]]''.

* Literally (perhaps?), with Faye "boobs shaped like 70's Playboy model's" Whitaker in [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1817 this] ''[[Questionable Content]]'' strip.

** Angie's picture on the Cast Page has her in a miniskirt with no underwear.

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

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* 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...