History Main / AdaptationalSkimpiness

* [[NubileSavage Krystal]] from ''Videogame/StarfoxAdventures'' wears a [[{{Stripperific}} skimpy tribal outfit]] that mostly consists of a [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/starfox/images/9/9f/KrystalAssistTrophyFront.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20180708110504 bra and a loincloth]]. Said loincloth is also [[DangerouslyShortSkirt very short]], which leads to her [[https://youtu.be/NE0WxFDckhc?t=443 flashing towards the camera pretty much constantly]], [[UpToEleven even in normal movement]]. Originally, it was [[AmbiguousSituation unclear]] whether the white patch between her legs was meant to represent [[ThongOfShielding tight panties]] or [[VapourWear white fur]]... both the lack of visible strings and the way it reacts when she moves her legs [[ImpliedTrope strongly imply]] that [[GoingCommando it's fur]]... her later appearance in ''Videogame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' confirmed that she doesn't wear underwear: the white patch was recolored match her blue fur, and her groin is modeled with subtle, but [[https://i.imgur.com//OffoMLh.jpg completely]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DuDzYdAVsAEHAK-.jpg uncensored]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1NEb5AXcAATaog.jpg vulva]].

* While Birdy Cephon Altera, the title character of ''Anime/BirdyTheMighty'', always wore revealing uniforms, her uniforms in the original manga and subsuqently [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/84/Birdy_The_Mighty_cover2.jpg the OVA]] tends to look more like backless swimsuit. In the remake manga, its sequel ''Evolution'' and ''[[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Birdy_the_Mighty_Decode_DVD.jpg Decode]]'', the torso section of her uniforms don't even cover the sides of her torso.

While the trope is usually done for {{Fanservice}}, there are examples where fanservice isn't a factor. However, these are rather rare.

Compare HotterAndSexier and AdaptationalAttractiveness. Contrast AdaptationalModesty and TamerAndChaster.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MagiNation'' the villain Chur lost an entire pant leg when the show [[GenderFlip made him a dude]]

* Harley's "Insurgency" attire in ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' has a tiny strip of cloth covering her breasts underneath a leather jacket and tight pants. Her main universe attire isn't much better, being a sleeveless corset with several bits of skin exposed along the midsection and no pants with ZettaiRyouki.

* Harley's "Insurgency" attire in ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' has a tiny strip of cloth covering her breasts underneath a leather jacket and tight pants.

* Compare While Birdy Cephon Altera, the title character of ''Anime/BirdyTheMighty'' always wore revealing uniforms, her uniforms in the original manga and subsuqently [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/84/Birdy_The_Mighty_cover2.jpg the OVA]] tends to look more like backless swimsuit. In the remake manga, its sequel ''Evolution'' and ''[[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Birdy_the_Mighty_Decode_DVD.jpg Decode]]'', the torso section of her uniforms don't even cover the sides of her cover.

* In ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'', the Snow Queen has a long, elegant white dress. As a part of her CharacterDevelopment, Elsa of ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' ditches her conservative coronation attire for a shorter, looser gown made of ice.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"How do you like my NaughtyNurseOutfit new uniform? Pretty hot, huh?"''[[note]]Left: ''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn''; right:''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum''[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"How do you like [[ComicBook/HarleyQuinn my]] [[NaughtyNurseOutfit new uniform]]? Pretty hot, huh?"'']]

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* ComicBook/HarleyQuinn has been hit with this a lot in TheNewTens. It started with the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' having her in skimpy outfits, such as a "sexy nurse", and evolved from there. In the comics specifically in the ComicBook/New52, Harley goes from a conservative jester suit to wearing a corset that barely holds her breasts and [[BareYourMidriff bares midriff]], some hotpants, and {{stocking|filler}}s with combat boots. Her solo series sees her wearing some more conservative outfits, but they'll usually be showing off her legs, midriff, cleavage, or some combination of the three. See the film section below for ''Film/{{Suicide Squad| 2016}}'' and the video game section for the Arkham games. The in-universe reason for this outfit change is that Harley is no longer attached to the Joker and she's trying to assert herself as an individual by ditching the matching jester outfit.
** Justified with her ''ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells'' look since the whole work's style is inspired by 1940s pin-up art. She only wears a Bomber jacket, some shorts, combat boots and a bra that matches her color scheme.

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[[AC:Film -- Animation]]

* In ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'', the Snow Queen has a long, elegant white dress. As a part of her CharacterDevelopment, Elsa of ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' ditches her conservative coronation attire for a shorter, looser gown made of ice

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** In the fourth film when Harry takes a bath in the Prefects' Bathroom, he's described as having foam up to his chin in the book. In the film, it's only to his waist - allowing Daniel Radcliffe to turn it into a ShirtlessScene. Moaning Myrtle is also far more obviously flirting with him in the film than she is in the book.
* ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'':

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Amazing Alice finally gets her big-screen debut. She's always been know as a heroine with a rather conservative dress-style. However, when the trailer for ''[[TheMovie Amazing Alice]]'' comes out, she's wearing... a lot less. Her pants are replaced with [[WhoWearsShortShorts shorts stopping just below her butt]], and her jacket and shirt are replaced with a [[BareYourMidriff midriff-baring]] tanktop. What happened? Well, it looks like Alice has been hit with a case of Adaptational Skimpiness.

** Justified with her ''ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells'' look since the whole work's style is inspired by 1940s pinup art. She only wears a Bomber jacket, some shorts, combat boots and a bra that matches her color scheme.

** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'': Harley decides to don a NaughtyNurseOutfit combined with a [[BareYourMidriff midriff-baring]] corset and a top that doesn't even cover her bra. Along with a DangerouslyShortSkirt (which is the cause of many {{Panty Shot}}s in that game), she also has some thigh-high boots.

** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'': This game downplays it the most. While she now has tights under her skirt and a covered stomach, she still has a large amount of cleavage showing.
* Harley's "Insugrency" attire in ''Videogame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' has a tiny strip of cloth covering her breasts underneath a leather jacket and tight pants.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'': Harley's outfit now consists of pants, combat boots, and a crop top that exposes her arms and a large amount of midriff.
* Harley in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters'' wears a tiny corset, some stockings and nothing but a pair of white panties as bottoms. Creator/BruceTimm [[WordOfGod admitted]] that this change was a [[TakeThat mean-spirited take]] on other uses of this trope on her in recent years, specifically the ComicBook/New52.

* In ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'' , both Wonder Woman and Poison Ivy wear their classic outfits with slight variations rather than the more conservative outfits they were in the [[WebAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls main series]] , with jeans for the former and skirt and stockings for the latter.

This trope occurs across mediums or across continuities. When this happens within a series, see FanservicePack (which isn't always about clothes).

At times when adapting certain characters to different mediums either due to more creative freedoms, less restriction on ratings, to show off AdaptationalCurves or just because SexSells, they'll be often given a makeover in the form of new clothes... well, ''less'' clothes. FanservicePack is when this happens within a series. This trope occurs across mediums or across continuities when talking about comic book examples.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', Raven wears a LeotardOfPower, instead of he dress she wore in the ''New Teen Titans'' comics.

[[quoteright:350:[[WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harley_assault_on_arkham.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The SexyJester is even sexier.]]

->''"How do you like my new uniform? Pretty hot, huh?"''
-->-- '''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn''' describing her NaughtyNurseOutfit in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum''

A subtrope of HotterAndSexier and an inversion of AdaptationalModesty.

* ComicBook/HarleyQuinn has been hit with this a lot in TheNewTens. It started with the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' having her in skimpy outfits, such as a "sexy nurse", and evolved from there. In the comics specifically in the ComicBook/New52, Harley goes from a conservative jester suit to wearing a corset that barely holds her breasts and [[BareYourMidriff bares midriff]], some hotpants, and {{stocking| filler}}s with combat boots. Her solo series sees her wearing some more conservative outfits, but they'll usually be showing off her legs, midriff, cleavage, or some combination of the three. See the film section below for ''Film/{{Suicide Squad| 2016}}'' and the video game section for the Arkham games. The in-universe reason for this outfit change is that Harley is no longer attached to the Joker and she's trying to assert herself as an individual by ditching the matching jester outfit.

** Misty in the original games wears a pretty tomboyish bikini. The ''Electrical Tale of Pikachu'' manga, however, had her wearing what can be charitably called a wetsuit sling bikini (she beans Ash with a Cloyster when he becomes DistractedByTheSexy, complete MaleGaze closeups). This design became somewhat infamous because when Viz released the manga in North America, they applied a DigitalBikini retouching to make it a full-body wetsuit.

* ComicBook/HarleyQuinn has been hit with this a lot in TheNewTens. Starting with the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries''. In the comics specifically in the ComicBook/New52, Harley goes from a conservative jester suit to wearing a corset that barely holds her breasts and [[BareYourMidriff bares midriff]], some hotpants, and {{stocking| filler}}s with combat boots. Her solo series sees her wearing some more conservative outfits, but they'll usually be showing off her legs, midriff, cleavage, or some combination of the three. See the film section below for ''Film/{{Suicide Squad| 2016}}'' and the video game section for the Arkham games.

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* Harley in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters'' wears a tiny corset, some stockings and nothing but a pair of white panties as bottoms. Creator/BruceTimm [[WordOfGod admitted]] that this change was a [[TakeThat mean-spirited take]] on other uses of this trope in recent years, specifically the ComicBook/New52.

Compare HotterAndSexier and AdaptationalAttractiveness.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'': Harley's outfit now consists of pants, combat boots, and a crop top that exposes her arms and a large amount of midriff.

** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'': Her outfit in this game is more conservative than her first with the inclusion of pants this time around, but she still bares a small amount of midriff and cleavage.
** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'': This game downplays it the most. While she now has tights under her skirt and a covered stomach, she still has a large amount of cleavage showing. The DLC prequel-expansion ''A Matter of Family'' includes her original jester outfit, and it was later made available as a skin for her PreOrderBonus playable counterpart.

** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'': Her outfit in this game is more conservative than her first with the inclusion of pants this time around, but she still bares midriff and cleavage.
** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'': This game downplays it the most. While she now has tights under her skirt and a covered stomach, she still has a large amount of cleavage showing.

** Justified with her ''ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells'' look since it inspired by pinups from older eras. She only wears a Bomber jacket, some shorts, combat boots and a bra that matches her color scheme.