History HalfDressedCartoonAnimal / VideoGames

** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', all 3 main characters in the ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' world wear shirts without any pants nor shoes, which fits the fact that nobody in the ''Monsters'' universe ever wears the latter 2.

* In Nintendo's social simulator video game ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'', nearly all villagers wear shirts[[note]]sheep wore scarves until ''New Horizons'', where they wear shirts like all other species[[/note]], but go without pants[[note]]Some villagers, like Snake, Knox, and superhero villagers appear to be wearing pants, but are a part of their character design rather than them being able to wear pants[[/note]] Even when ''New Leaf'' and the installments after did introduce the ability to change pants and footwear, villagers are still unable to wear them. Somewhat hilariously and scarily {{lampshaded}} in one eavesdropping conversation in ''Wild World'', where a Jock villager comments to a Normal villager that he split his pants doing squats. The Normal villager begins to find this hilarious just before realizing and commenting on the fact they ''don't wear pants.'' (Weirdly enough, both Kid Cat and Snake can say this conversation, despite both of them wearing pants.). Dr. Shrunk also lampshades this in the same game, where he says he finds weird that humans wear pants all the time. Lampshaded again in ''[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons New Horizons]]'' by Cranky villagers in the Museum, commenting on the [[Art/{{David}} Gallant Statue]] and its uncensored MaleFrontalNudity.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Armello}}'' none of the Heroes wear pants. And only about half of them of either gender have skirts (mostly armored).

* The Mimigas from ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' generally don't wear pants. This even includes Sue and Itoh, two humans who were magically transformed into Mimigas. [[spoiler:[[MagicPants And who magically regain pants upon being transformed back]].]]

* [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay Conker the Squirrel]] wears a blue jacket, gloves, and shoes, but no pants. This is made extremely weird in the mission where Conker must piss on fiery demons trying to burn him up: You can hear a zipping sound as if he is unzipping his pants, ''but he has no pants!'' So what the hell is he unzipping? His fur? (However, in the Xbox remake, ''Live and Reloaded'', Conker is given pants, so the zipping sound in the pissing mission makes sense now)
* [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot Crash and Crunch Bandicoot]], and Dingodile all have shoes, gloves and pants, but lack a shirt. Ripper Roo wears a straightjacket, but no pants.
* In ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing'', Diddy Kong, Conker, Krunch, and Taj all wear some kind of shirt or vest without any pants. Additionally, Banjo and Drumstick wear shorts and overalls respectively without a shirt.
* From the ''Franchise/DonkeyKong'' series, Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, Cranky Kong, and Chunky Kong all wear shirts, but no pants. Swanky Kong was also this in ''VideoGame/{{Donkey Kong Country 2|DiddysKongQuest}}'', but he later switched to FullyDressedCartoonAnimal in ''VideoGame/{{Donkey Kong Country 3|DixieKongsDoubleTrouble}}''. The Kritters in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' and the ''VideoGame/MarioStrikers'' games wear some form of top-wear, but no pants. Some of the Kremlings (most noticably the Kritters ever since their redesign) that Donkey Kong fights wear pants and no shirt (possibly to tie into the pirate motif that K. Rool's empire inconsistently follows).
* Some of the beast tribes in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' wear some form of clothing that covers up their genitals, but they are naked for the most part; the lizardmen Amalj'aa wear a large metal codpiece on their crotch and wear various forms of jewelry on their necks and arms. The Ixal, a bird-man race, wear what is basically a jockstrap and sometimes straps on their chest. The Sahagin are fish-like creatures that wear a mixture of a codpiece and loincloth while wearing various jewelry elsewhere. The Vanu Vanu are a tubby are a gryphon-like race that only wear a tribal loincloth and/or a sash across their chest. The Gnath are a race of insects and only wear a scarf/cape. The Kobolds are the only beast tribe that are fully clothed with a helmet, a shirt, and pants, but no shoes.

* Not necessarily an animal example, but when Sol Badguy turns into his 'Dragon Install' form in ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Guilty Gear Xrd]]'', he wears a really short jacket, but no pants.
* In the ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' series, Daxter is transformed into a TalkingAnimal as the first game opens, and spends [[RunningGag three out of four games complaining about how much he misses pants]]. He does get some by the end of the third game, [[spoiler:choosing them over returning to a humanoid form. Justified, as he's taken on the form of a god.]]

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'':

* The characters in the ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' series are a pastiche of cartoon {{Talking Animal}}s. Most of the male characters are habitually pantsless; however, almost all the female characters have pants or a skirt with an appropriate tail-hole as needed. Two exceptions are Mz. Ruby from [[VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus the first game]] and the Contessa from ''[[VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves Band of Thieves]]''. The former wears a pink tank top with no pants ([[FatBastard not that she'd find a pair in her size anyway]]) and latter is a spider-centaur-thing with no humanoid legs.

** Incineroar from ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' is supposed to be designed like this, with a wrestler mask-like head, a gray torso that resembles a wrestler tank top, and a (literally) flaming champion's belt, but its lower body is the same color as its head and arms, making it look pantsless. Given it's masculine appearance, this also makes [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Pokémon X & Y's]] Delphox a DistaffCounterpart to it, which is a feminine-looking Pokémon with a [[FullyDressedCartoonAnimal Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal-like design]], seemingly playing with the PantslessMalesFullyDressedFemales trope.[[note]]Though it is worth noting that both Delphox and Incineroar can be both genders. Even more noteworthy is that male Delphox are a lot more common than female ones.[[/note]]

** King Dedede's early design has him wearing a red coat, a crown, and a waistband. His current design since ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' is debatable, as his entire body is now cream-colored instead of blue, but his design in the early games, ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'', and the official artwork for ''VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad'' clearly shows he's not wearing pants.

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* In Nintendo's social simulator video game ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'', nearly all villagers wear shirts[[note]]sheep wore scarves until ''New Horizons'', where they wear shirts like all other species[[/note]], but go without pants[[note]]Some villagers, like Snake, Knox, and superhero villagers appear to be wearing pants, but are a part of their character design rather than them being able to wear pants[[/note]] Even when ''New Leaf'' and the installments after did introduce pants and footwear, villagers are still unable to wear them. Somewhat hilariously and scarily {{lampshaded}} in one eavesdropping conversation in ''Wild World'', where a Jock villager comments to a Normal villager that he split his pants doing squats. The Normal villager begins to find this hilarious just before realizing and commenting on the fact they ''don't wear pants.'' (Weirdly enough, both Kid Cat and Snake can say this conversation, despite both of them wearing pants.) Lampshaded again in ''[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons New Horizons]]'' by Cranky villagers in the Museum, commenting on the [[Art/{{David}} Gallant Statue]] and its uncensored MaleFrontalNudity.

* ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'': This trope is averted by most of the humanoid sea creatures, who go fully dressed, but a notable exception are the jellyfish, who wear shirts but no pants. ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' added the Salmonids, who go around wearing nothing but a set of yellow-green suspenders. Big Man in ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'' is completely naked except for his headgear.

* ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'': This trope is averted by most of the humanoid sea creatures, who go fully dressed, but a notable exception are the jellyfish, who wear shirts but no pants. ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' added the Salmonids, who go around wearing nothing but a set of yellow-green suspenders.

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'': This trope is averted by most of the humanoid sea creatures, who go fully dressed, but a notable exception are the jellyfish, who wear shirts but no pants. ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' adds the Salmonids, who go around wearing nothing but a set of yellow-green suspenders.