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{{quote|''"I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt
''So sexy it hurts"''
If your favorite show happens to include an attractive [[Mr. Fanservice|male]] in its main cast, the chances are high that he's going to wind up [[Shirtless Scene|losing his shirt]] <ref>Probably not in a gambling parlor</ref> sooner or later. It may be gratuitous, and it will almost certainly bring the [[Squee]], but it will also be temporary. Eventually, Mr. Fanservice will replace his shirt, and you'll have to resort to rewinds and freeze-frames if you haven't gotten your fill.
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Unless, of course, the object of your [[Perverse Sexual Lust]] is ''this guy''.
The
As you might guess, [[Estrogen Brigade|fangirls love him]]. [[Even the Guys Want Him|And sometimes guys, as well]].
For non-[[Fan Service]]-y examples of shirtless [[Funny Animal
For [[Nipple-and-Dimed|obvious reasons]], [[Values Dissonance|at least in many Western cultures]], this is a [[Always Male|male-exclusive]] form of [[Stripperiffic]]-ness. The closest you can hope [[Distaff Counterpart|from someone without a Y chromosome]] (unless they're an [[Funny Animal]] or [[Civilized Animal]]) is some [[Absolute Cleavage]], [[Godiva Hair]] or a [[Walking Swimsuit Scene]].
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== Advertising ==
* The Bod body spray commercials.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGKpqH8j31w The guy in this Jordache commercial.]
* [[The Man Your Man Could Smell Like]]
** And Terry Crews. We need to be able to see his [http://youtu.be/3tI4CbCniBI abs talking]{{broken link}} and his [http://youtu.be/PvYP_d2S1Pg pecs making drill noises]{{broken link}}, after all.
*** What's that? OK, fine, we don't ''[[Nightmare Fuel|need]]'' to see his abs talking or his pecs making drill noises. But Old Spice (and, I suspect, [[Tim and Eric|the ads' creative team]]) ''wants'' us to.
* For Sketchers, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQWG__N9so0 Kim Kardashian and her trainer].
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etIRRErJunY This] Zoosk commercial
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2YkR145h4A Coty Wild Musk]
* [http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Hollister-Models-a-26e-and-hollister-21-261078_639_371.jpg ALL] [http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Hollister-Models-hollister-co--67518_363_453.jpg MALE] [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78wgd5ujqrc/SmwzW54ichI/AAAAAAAAH6E/lysFlxU5O_I/s400/JohnTurner4Hollister.jpg HOLLISTER] [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_78wgd5ujqrc/Smwxc8fIa5I/AAAAAAAAH5s/iKz2GtF_ewg/s400/johnTuner4HollisterWeber4.jpg MODELS.] [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiFdg_LMhh0/SHP3PeDey-I/AAAAAAAAP7s/hcEeBBVjX1o/s400/Alex%2BJack%2B%40%2BB1.jpg EVER.]{{Dead link}}
== Anime
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''
** Kamina. As one of our own has put it: "Kamina has no shirt. Kamina NEEDS no shirt." The one time he did doesn't count due to the local [[Lotus Eater Machine]] {{spoiler|-- also the Kamina with a shirt was a blatant fake.}}
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* The anime-exclusive villain Valgaav from the third season of ''[[Slayers]]'': first half of series: flimsy top that exposes most of his chest and all of his midriff. Second half: no shirt. And in a flashback of him in his past: [[Overly Long Gag|no shirt.]] Seriously, he's allergic to shirts.
* Bear from ''[[.hack//Sign]]''.
* Ryota Kajiki/Mako Tsunami from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', which [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|The Abridged Series]] naturally lampshaded ("I like that he doesn't wear a shirt"). Back when Yami/The Pharaoh was... well, ''alive'', he also was
** [[Truth in Television]]; the fact that it was so sunny was precisely why shirts would be impractical (you would overheat to quickly in them, and robes weren't always practical or acceptable). Sunburn wouldn't be a problem.
* ''[[One Piece]]''
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* ''[[Fairy Tail]]''
** Natsu's shirtless vest isn't exactly concealing.
** Gray, who is prone to unconsciously stripping down to his underwear, is an even better example. Leon does the same.
* The eponymous Chrono of ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' is this whenever he's in his [[One-Winged Angel|true form]].
* Van Fanel from the ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'' TV series is not a case of this, despite a certain [[Wing Pull|race-related ability]] that [[Clothing Damage|renders shirts unusable]]. ''[[The Movie|Movie]]'' Van, on the other hand, sees the futility of such clothing and instead chooses to [http://media.animegalleries.net/albums/Escaflowne/hitomi-van/esca_hito-van042.jpg parade] [http://media.animegalleries.net/albums/Escaflowne/hitomi-van/esca_hito-van047.jpg around] [http://media.animegalleries.net/albums/Escaflowne/van/esca_van027.jpg half] [http://media.animegalleries.net/albums/Escaflowne/van/esca_van042.jpg naked]
* ''[[Naruto]]''
** Both Sasuke in Part II (who is lean, but moderately muscular) and the Raikage (who is ''utterly freaking ripped'') have very open shirts, and the latter takes his off completely when fighting.
*** Sasuke actually has a functional reason for his not-shirt; it's so his Cursed Seal form's wings don't rip his clothes every time he uses them as they erupt from his back. {{spoiler|When Itachi removes this ability, Sasuke reverts to more standard clothing.}}
** On the other hand, Zabuza doesn't wear anything on his upper body but the strap of his sword holster and some arm-warmers (except for some flashbacks to when he was still with the Mist Village and he wears a standard flak jacket).
** Utakata, the container of the Six-Tailed Slug (believe it or not he's a [[Bishounen]]) wears his kimono half open, revealing his chest and, if it weren't for his strategically placed soap-container, much more.
** We see in a flashback that Hanzo use to fight shirtless because [[Poisonous Person|he can release poison]] from a venom sac he implanted in his abdomen and clothes apparently make it hard to release it.
** And let's not get started on Hidan, who can't be troubled to wear a shirt or button up his cloak all the way.
* Sanosuke Sagara from ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' is a lean, mean, shirtless fighting machine!
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''
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* Jack Rakan of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' generally wears his shirts open, if he wears one at all.
* Several ''[[Digimon]]'' characters. Technically, nearly all the Digimon, but this actually becomes relevant with the more human-shaped ones like [[Badass|Leomon]], Weregarurumon, etc.
* Creed from ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]'' has his chest constantly exposed due to the <s>ridiculously gay</s> [[media:
* In the manga ''[[Shaman King]]'', HoroHoro's battle outfit is just shorts and a long, sleeveless, unbuttonable coat, but he tends to spend a lot of time sporting only bandages and his boxers. When he's not having a bath with all the other guys wearing only a towel. On another hand, Ren is a repeat offender (bathes completely naked even with other people), Hao is shirtless under his poncho and Yoh's uniform shirt is always unbuttoned, but they're not as bad.
* Johnny Rayflo of ''[[Vassalord]]''. Also seems physically incapable of buttoning up his PANTS.
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* Deville of Huckebein from ''[[Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force]]'', whose outfit consists of boots, pants, a strip of cloth hanging off from his shoulders, and nothing else.
* Shichika from ''[[Katanagatari]]''. Upon removing him from his secluded island home, Togame took him to a clothing store in hopes to do away with his ragged, half-naked state. He somehow left the store with an outfit that covers even ''less''.
* Takamatsu at the end of episode five in ''[[Angel Beats!]]''. He never puts it back on. He continues to serve this purpose for the rest of the season; sometimes it's commented on, sometimes this trope is just accepted and he is ignored.
* Meryem the humanoid chimera ant king in ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]''. And Uvogin.
* Bertuccio and Baptistin in ''[[Gankutsuou]]''.
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* In ''[[Wild Rock]]'', the young men of both clans never wear shirts. Emphasized further by wearing necklaces, arm warmers, [[Loin Cloth|loincloths]] and leg warmers, all which just serve to frame their bare torsos.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Marco Owen]] in ''[[King of Thorn]]''. He loses his shirt fairly early on and never bothers to replace it, thus giving us a good view of all the [[Tattooed Crook|tattoos he got whilst in prison]]. {{spoiler|And later, all the scars he's gotten as a result of his fight with one of the Zeus Race/dying/being resurrected.}}
* ''[[Gunnm]]'': Zekka's outfit consists entirely of boots, pants and a vest that he is physically unable to button, [[Hell-Bent for Leather|all leather]]. [[Shotoclone|Toji]]'s ''gi'' is also always much too loose on his chest. Largely justified in that not only are both [[The Ace|epic level]] [[Martial Arts and Crafts|martial artists]], but in that settings about 90% of population are [[Hollywood Cyborg
* The lack of Brock from the ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' manga is preposterous. He's shirtless just like the original sprite of the game.
* In the ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'' original series, [[The Lancer|Joe Asakura]] wore a rather skin-tight shirt. In the OAV, however, he wore [[Hell-Bent for Leather|leather pants and jacket]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV8XUkgMrpQ but no shirt.]
* Galo Thymos from ''[[Promare]]'' spents half the movie shirtless, fittingly as he is a Kamina [[Expy]].
▲== Comics -- Books ==
* Gary / Wolf-Man in ''[[The Astounding Wolf Man]]'' has an exceptional number of these scenes. Certainly a source of [[Fan Service]] for some. I guess one of the side effects of lycanthropy is [[Clothing Damage]].
* Mike Grell's [http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=33361 costume] for the ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (
* Any number of [[Loin Cloth]]-wearing barbarian heroes, most notable of whom is [[Conan the Barbarian]]. Averted in the original ''Conan'' stories, where he usually wears armour or clothing appropriate to the environment.
* [[DC Comics]]' [[Hawkman]], most of whose costumes leave his whole chest bare except for a logo and some bondage-y leather straps to attach his wings.
* Like Hawkman, [[Martian Manhunter]] usually wears nothing on his chest except crisscrossing red straps.
* Navis from ''[[Sillage]]'' spends the entire first album wearing nothing but a loincloth, making her a female example, at least temporary.
* Namor McKenzie a.k.a. ''[[Sub-Mariner]]''. Always almost naked unless we count his iconic green speedo. And in ''[[Marvels]]'', he wears ''nothing''. [[Even the Guys Want Him|Fanboys AND fangirls love him]].
* Rogue, and for that matter all [[Super Soldier|GIs]], in ''[[Rogue Trooper]]'' aren't even given shirts when sent into battle. [[Justified]] in that the Norts have scanners specifically designed to detect Souther armour, so going shirtless gives them a stealth advantage. Still, you'd think some sort of breastplate would increase their ability to kill enemies.
* [[Incredible Hulk
* In the graphic novels, [[Hellboy (comics)|Hellboy]] rarely wears a shirt under his [[Badass Longcoat]]. The animated films and [[Hellboy (film)|live-action movies]] give him one more often.
* Sally Frickin Acorn from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''. It is most notable when she is drawn by Spaz or Steven Butler.
* Sgt. [[Nick Fury]], in his days with the Howling Commandos, almost never had a uniform shirt that made it through an adventure intact.
* Seems quite natural, albeit not universal, among the aquatic Wavedancers of ''[[Elf Quest]]''. In the first book of the Original Quest, ''all'' grown male Wolfriders wear what amounts to open-to-the-belt, sleeveless shirts, apart from Cutter and Redlance, who wear open, short vests instead. Rayek of the Sun Folk has it down to an elaborate collar. The fashion has become less ubiquitous with later costume changes, but remains popular.
== Fan Works ==
* Voldemort in ''[[A Very Potter Musical]]''. Once he's reborn you can understand why he wanted to get his body back so much.
* [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] is this in a lot of fanart. Technically, he's this in canon, but it's a lot less noticeable or sexy.
== Films -- Animation ==
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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* The ironically-named "Shirts" in ''The Sasquatch Gang'' is always bare-chested. His brothers and father are also bare-
* The male cast of ''[[300]]''.
* Achilles from ''[[Troy]]''. [[Even the Guys Want Him|Pantsless]], too.
* ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]''
** How many stills are there out there of Jacob Black/Taylor Lautner with a shirt on? Or any of the other male actors playing werewolves in that movie, for that matter?
** According to [[Bum Reviews|Chester A. Bum]], they all suffer from The Curse of the Missing Shirt.
** Lampshaded in ''Eclipse'', where Edward asks: "Doesn't he own a shirt?"
** Lampshaded as in ''Valentine's Day'', where the character played by Taylor Lautner is offered a new shirt, starts changing shirts but stops less than halfway through saying that he doesn't want to take his shirt off in public.
*** Originally, the film was going to have a scene where his character simply walked into school and took his shirt off. Lautner rejected that for being overly blatant [[Fan Service]].
* In ''Surfer, Dude'' Matthew McConaughey chose to be shirtless throughout. He doesn't wear much on top in ''[[Reign of Fire]]'', either.
** His penchant for shirtlessness is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuYD2cwMbpw mocked] by [[Matt Damon]].
** And has made him a ''byword'' for shirtlessness amongst the [[Riff Trax]] crew.
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* Holbrooke ([[Mark Wahlberg]]) in ''[[Date Night]]''. Might be an [[Actor Allusion]], as in his rapper days, Mark Wahlberg often performed shirtless and appeared in Calvin Klein ads.
* In many [[Bruce Lee]] movies, the only times his torso was fully covered was when he was in one of his disguises. This suggests that ''his chest is more distinctive identification than his face''.
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* Judging from the pilot, Max's cheating boyfriend Robbie on ''2 Broke Girls'' is this, earning the nickname "[[Jersey Shore]]" from Caroline.
* Rocky of ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130604033311/http://www.hellhorror.com/video/1263/Beach-Babes-2-Cave-Girl-Island.html Beach Babes 2: Cave Girl Island]''
* The title character of ''[[John Carter (film)|John Carter]]''. Throughout the whole Mars experience, he's almost always shirtless for no particular reason.
** No ''in universe'' reason. In the books, he was bare-ass naked. Anything more and the fangirls would have revolted.
* Drax the Destroyer from the ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy]]'' movies (and a few other [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] films) almost always goes shirtless, showing off his muscular torso covered with scarification tattoos. {{spoiler|The only time he wears a shirt is at the end of ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'' where he wears a suit and tie to attend Tony Stark's funeral.}}
== Live-Action TV ==
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* The '''entire male cast''' of ''[[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]]'' (except John Hannah), but especially the title character. When it comes to this TV series, being a Starz series and all, there's even a female version of this as some brief scenes in Batiatus' Household show some servant girls whose attire has obviously them being topless in a non-erotic context i.e. as they go about their duties. This TV series '''LIVES''' on [[Up to Eleven|this trope]].
* Captain Awesome on ''[[Chuck]]''.
* Played for laughs in the 1986 soap opera parody mini-series ''[[Fresno]]'', where one character was literally named in the credits as "The Man With No Shirt". The IMDB lists him as "Torch", and he was played by Gregory Harrison. At one point, Torch goes back to his room to get a fresh white T-shirt; he doesn't put the new one on, just carries it in one hand, as he did the previous one. At a costume ball, he is a bare-chested centurion, and is surprised that one of the female
* Angel, all throughout the first three seasons of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. There are very few episodes where we don't see any of his bare torso at all. Likewise, the presence of clothes, much less a shirt, is questionable for Spike throughout season 6.
* Pretty much all the male characters in ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'' and ''[[Xena]]'' count because those vests don't cover anything... and the fangirls are grateful.
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* Jack and Sawyer in ''Lost'', almost [[Seen It a Million Times|every episode]] in [[Up to Eleven|ALL]] seasons.
* Khal Drogo on ''[[Game of Thrones]]''. Never seen without his admirable pectorals on display.
* Vaughn on ''[[Community]]''.
* Leto II from the miniseries ''[[Dune|Children of Dune]]'' is always either shirtless or wearing his shirt half open.
* [[Mr. Fanservice|Axl]] from ''[[The Middle]]'' is [[Fan Service|too lazy to wear anything]] but his boxers most of the time.
* One guy in the ''[[Psych]]'' episode "Shawn and the Real Girl" never wore a shirt, though he did once partly cover up with a tuxedo jacket.
* Vladimir Putin in ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' pretty much never wears a shirt.
* ''Hawaii News Now'': Beginning at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOr5q8boXUk#t=0m55s the 55 second mark], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOr5q8boXUk this segment] about the Spartan Race becomes one.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDH2Me1tHjc Ryan Lochte] while being interviewed on ''Extra''.
== Sports ==
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* Robert Plant, quite often in his [[Led Zeppelin]] days.
* Pete Doherty of the Libertines and Babyshambles.
* Dave Navarro, guitarist of [[
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMul1ZBdRmc The video for "What Made You Say That"] by [[Shania Twain]].
* Gerardo in the videos for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeX9zoWSut8 "Rico Suave"] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcjHEbALkAc "Latin Till I Die (Oye Como Va)"].
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== Theater ==
* When it's played by a male performer, the Firebird/Red Bird's costume in ''[[Cirque Du Soleil|Mystere]]'' leaves the chest exposed. And from there it is spoofed within the show when the clown Brian Le Petit encounters
== Tabletop Games ==
* Hennet, ''[[Dungeons
* [[Bald of Awesome|Sajan Gadadvara]], ''[[Pathfinder]]'''s iconic monk, wears [[Detached Sleeves|sleeves]] but no shirt.
* ''[[Exalted]]'''s canon "priest", Panther, is this trope. He only wears a pair of pants, and has a massive stylized sun tattoo on his chest.
* Catachan Jungle Fighters in ''[[Warhammer
* Koth in ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]''. Possibly justified in that he has metal protruding from his torso, making it impossible.
** Some leonin like [http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=73569 Raksha] and [http://magiccards.info/ddh/en/1.html Ajani Vengeant]. MTG has its quote of [[Mr. Fanservice]] too.
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== Video Games ==
* Almost every [[Fighting Game]] has at least one of these.
* Thor from ''[[Gauntlet (1985 video game)|Gauntlet]]''. Oddly enough, despite wearing little except a loincloth, he resists 30% damage.
* ''[[Sengoku Basara]]''
** Sanada Yukimura is far too [[Hot-Blooded]] for any shirt to handle.
** Also Chousokabe Motochika. Because as we know, [[
** Maeda Toshiie from the same series wears only a [[Fundoshi]].
* ''[[Tekken]]''
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** For any huge-guy lovers there's Astaroth!
** Not choosing Rock over his monster clone? Tsk tsk!
** Don't forget Maxi, either.
* A number of characters (both story and generic) in the ''[[Disgaea]]'' (and other [[Nippon Ichi]] games) series. To be fair, it gets very hot in [[Fire and Brimstone Hell|Hell]].
** [[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness|Mid-Boss]] and [[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories|Axel]].
** Great Overlord Laharl!
** And now ''[[Disgaea 4:
* Vaan from ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''. In his guest appearance in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics
* The Demi-Fiend from ''[[Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne]]'' (although a lot of his demon body is covered in runic tattoos)
* The Glutton bloodline of ''[[Bloodline Champions]]'' never wears a shirt on their outfits. [[Fan Disservice|They are also fat and ugly.]]
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** Illidan Stormrage is always without a shirt. Even more so after he absorbed the powers of the skull of Gul'dan, which made him grow wings on his back, which means he cannot wear shirts anymore. (As [http://www.darklegacycomics.com/126.html this] [[Dark Legacy Comics]] strip mentions in the second panel.)
** The other Demon Hunters throughout ''WC3'' and ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' seem to have adopted his sensibilities as well. Except, for the obvious reasons mentioned above, for the one female Huntress in [[WoW]], not that she wears ''much''.
** Same thing for Blademasters in ''WC3'' and ''WoW'', Grom Hellscream included. Ironically, in terms of gameplay, the Demon Hunter and Blademaster had the highest armor scores out of all the [[Hero Unit
** Ogres not only rarely wear shirts but also wear [[Loin Cloth|loincloths]]. However most [[Fan Disservice|wouldn't consider this fanservice]], although to a certain portion of the furry fanbase, this is indeed fanservice!
** Liam Greymane, the son of the racial leader of the Worgen, walks around without a shirt in the Worgen starting zone.
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* ''[[Fire Emblem]]''
** Volug from ''[[Fire Emblem Tellius|Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn]]''. Of course, he spends a lot of time [[Petting Zoo People|as a wolf]], but when he's in his human form...
** Another character who goes completely shirtless is Hawkeye from ''[[Fire Emblem Elibe|Rekka no Ken]]'' (released in the US and Europe as simply ''Fire Emblem''. And that's just his character art: all barbarian-class sprite art is shirtless.
** Also Dieck in ''[[Fire Emblem Elibe|FE6]]''.
* Bang Shishigami from ''[[
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''
** Liquid Snake. In Alaska, no less.
** Vulcan Raven for those who like Huge Guys.
** [[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater|Naked Snake]], abiding by his codename, had [[Fan Service|an option of having him run around shirtless.]] Playing on the easiest settings, you could have him fanservice you the whole game through, as you really didn't have to care for either camo or stamina.
** ''[[Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker|Peace Walker]]'' takes it a step further: Naked Snake can run around in nothing but a pair of swimming trunks.
* The Monk classes of ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games tend to be shirtless.
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** Possibly averted in ''[[Castlevania Judgment]]''. He wears armor which includes an open vest, but due to the appearance of his chest, it's difficult for this troper to tell whether or not he is actually wearing chest armor.
* Dante ''became'' this trope in the third ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' title, to the point where his [[And Your Reward Is Clothes|unlockable outfit]] is, ironically, a complete lack of anything at all on his upper body. The [[Estrogen Brigade|fans]] [[Squee|took it quite well]]...
* Does it count if [[Gentle Giant|Brad]] [[Mighty Glacier|Evans]] from ''[[Wild
* Rei and Garr from ''[[Breath of Fire]] III''.
* ZOAH from ''[[Chrono Cross]]'', in an almost [[Leather Man]] way.
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* The Warrior from ''[[Diablo (series)|Diablo]]'', and Barbarian from its successor. (And probably the Barbarian from ''Diablo III'', in keeping with the pattern.)
* In ''[[World Heroes]]'', we have Mudman (a witch doctor) and Captain Kidd (pirate). The latter is notable for wearing a [[Badass Longcoat|long, sleeveless coat]] instead of a shirt.
* Try ''runnning shirtless scene'' with ''[[Contra]]'' dudes Bill Rizer and Lance Bean.
* The ''[[Street Fighter]]'' series has several. We'll exclude the more [[Fan Disservice
** ''[[Street Fighter (video game)|Street Fighter]]'' had Birdie, Joe, Adon, and Sagat.
** ''[[Street Fighter II]]'' had Blanka, Zangief, and Vega aka [[Fan Nickname|Claw]], while the [[Updated Rerelease]] added Fei Long, Dee Jay and T. Hawk.
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** And ''[[Street Fighter IV]]'' has El Fuerte, with Hakan debuting in the [[Updated Rerelease]].
** ''IV'' also has it as alternate outfits for Abel and Ryu.
* [[SNK]] is no stranger to shirtless manservice either, with [[Samurai Shodown|Genjuro]] [[media:
* The ''[[Punch
** Soda Popinski stands out for walking shirtless and pantless in the Russian winter.
* You in ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]''. The ability to put on a shirt [[You Have Researched Breathing|is a special skill available only to those who ascend under a Moxie Sign.]]
** Also in Bad Moon sign, after accidentally mutilating the torso stick figures would be oblivious to, the gnomes kindly teach you to identify it for free.
* ''[[Legacy of Kain]]'': Kain, at least in his adult form.
*
* [[Testosterone Poisoning|Saxton Hale]] from ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' refuses to wear clothing on his upper body for "obvious reasons." To be fair, if ''you'' had [[Carpet of Virility|chest hair]] [[Land Down Under|shaped like Australia]], would ''you'' hide it?
* ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]''
** Yang, the [[Badass]] [[Bare-Fisted Monk]], wears ''nothing'' on his torso for the entirety of the game.
** In the [[Final Fantasy IV:
* A rare female example is Jack, a.k.a. Subject Zero, from ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''. Her entire outfit waist-up is a leather strap covering her nipples. And tattoos. Lots and lots of tattoos.
** Also, [[Hitman with a Heart|Thane]]. Justified, because covering up his chest will worsen his illness
* ''[[Ratchet & Clank|Ratchet and Clank]]'': Ratchet in [[Ratchet & Clank (video game)|the first game]] and ''[[Ratchet and Clank Size Matters|Size Matters]]''.
* Nier from ''[[
* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' has Johnny Cage, Liu Kang, Jax, Sub-Zero ([[Mortal Kombat 3|MK3]] only), Nightwolf ([[Mortal Kombat 3|MK3]] only), Jarek, Kai, Reiko, and of course Goro, Kintaro, and Shao Khan. The furries get Motaro. Combine with the [[Stripperific]] likes of Li Mei, Kitana, Mileena, Jade, and Khameleon, and it's actually fairly balanced in its [[Fan Service]].
* The [[Prince of Persia]], in ''The Sands of Time'' and ''The Two Thrones'', starts out wearing a shirt, but as he acquires [[Clothing Damage]] loses it. In ''SoT'', he tears off his sleeves one after another as they're damaged, and after falling into a hole shucks the rest of his top. In ''TTT'', he skips the sleeves part, falls into a hole, and wakes up shirtless. From thereafter, in both games, he just runs around barechested.
* Monkey from ''[[Enslaved: Odyssey to the West]]''.
* ''[[Golden Sun: Dark Dawn]]'': Ayuthay seems to have "shirts omitted" in its male dress code. The guards may or may not wear armor, but neither the king nor his nephew wear anything on top. The latter, for protection's sake, dresses up before leaving the castle. Eoleo, another player character, comments that he never saw anyone from that place wear "real clothing" before.
** [[Word of God]] is that Ayuthay was in part of the Lamakan
* This would be filled out by the bounty hunter Xenetes in ''Trinity: Souls of Zill O'll''. Matter of fact, boldans are pretty much a walking shirtless RACE.
* Quite a few [[NPC
* Almost every male character in the obscure PSX beat-'em-up platformer ''Tai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger'' falls under this trope, both friend and foe, including the title character himself. And that's a LOT of bare chests, considering that every character except one or two of them is male.
* ''[[Dynasty Warriors]] 7''
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* [[The Adventures of Bayou Billy|Bayou Billy]] wears an open vest with no shirt.
* The title character of ''Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon'', spends the whole game in an open vest with no shirt (except for the Switzerland section, where he wears a coat, averting [[Exposed to the Elements]]). In one scene, he takes off the vest (for no apparent reason).
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** Dan also, ever since Abel turned his robe into more of an [[Buffy-Speak|open... vest... thing.]]
** Quoth Dark Pegasus: [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1146.php "Insolent fool! I shirt for no one!"]
* The characters Jake and (to a lesser extent) Tyrone from the gay [[Furry Comic|furry webcomic]] ''[[
* Muut from ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]''. Kat [[
* Minmax the Unstoppable Warrior from ''[[Goblins]]''. At least, he (reluctantly) started wearing pants.
* ''[[Fite!]]'' has ''three'':
** Gorgado only wears a [[Loin Cloth]], and never once appears with a shirt.
** Lucco only appears with a shirt in [http://home.comcast.net/~x8099/thomasblue/fite5to8.html#51 one strip.] He's a boxer, so most of the time he's [[Going Commando|only]] wearing his trunks. Bonus points for actually [http://home.comcast.net/~x8099/thomasblue/fite1to4.html#64 turning down an offered shirt] once.
** Ricci appears with a shirt in two strips, and an unzipped jacket with no shirt in one more. He still qualifies for having more access to shirts than the other two, but refusing to make use of it.
* In ''[[Impure Blood]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20140117091633/http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Issue3/ib061.html Roan, except when in disguise, which he finds frustrating.]
* A rare female example is pretty much the entire cast of ''Wind Spirits'', where both the men and women of the tribes wear only loincloths.
* [[Humanity Ensues|Human Artie]] in ''[[Narbonic]]''. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/narbonic_plus/series.php?view=archive&chapter=50293&name=narbonic_plus#strip4 when he first becomes human]:
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== Western Animation ==
* Sideshow Mel, of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', almost always wears his "stage"
** Mel is an unusual version because he's not particularly thought of as sexy.
* Barbados Slim, ''[[Futurama]]''.
* ''[[Gargoyles]]'': Other than [[Badass Grandpa|Hudson]], all of the males in the Manhattan Clan.
* ''[[Biker Mice From Mars]]''
* If ''Biker Mice'' can go here, so can ''[[Street Sharks]]'' and ''[[Extreme Dinosaurs]]''.
* [[Filmation]] had an [[Perverse Sexual Lust|enduring affection]] for [[Fetish Fuel|ripped]] muscle-men ([[Funny Animal|Thun]] the [[Furry Fandom|Lion-Man]], [[Tarzan]], [[Blackstar]], [[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe|He-Man]], [[She-Ra: Princess of Power|Bow]]), all in [[Stripperiffic|extremely]]
* Geoff on ''[[Total Drama Island]]'' always wears an open pink shirt.
** From the same show, Mike is often seen without a shirt on. Although he was first thought of as lanky, most female fans were surprised to see his secretly muscular torso.
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* A female example, mentioned above in the comics section: Princess Sally from ''[[Sonic Sat AM|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''.
* Honey, Bosko's girlfriend from ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' is a very rare non-[[Fan Service]]-y female human example of this trope.
* [[The Fairly
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