History Main / AdaptationalSkimpiness

* While Birdy Cephon Altera, the title character of ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty'', always wore revealing uniforms, her uniforms in the original manga and subsequently [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTVnUIQRh9HYa9dUu2qY_ziO35x35S6nWbbtw&usqp=CAU the OVA]] tend to look more like backless swimsuits. 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.

* As any UsefulNotes/AncientGreece historian will tell you, the Spartans fought their wars in full armour. In ''ComicBook/300'' however Creator/FrankMiller had Leonidas and his men completely nude except for capes and sandals, this was reflect Greek pottery which usually depicted its figures naked. The film adaptation for sake of modesty and minor protection gives the Spartans leather underpants.

* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' episode [[Recap/TeenTitansGoS5E9TheRealOrangins "The Real Orangins"]] had an {{Art Shift}}ed segement based on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', complete with Creator/KevinConroy as Batman -- only it modified the Robin design, based on [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake's Robin]] for the sake of [[AdaptationalModesty the inverse of this trope]], so it'd have the classic shorts.

* ''Fanfic/UnbreakableRedSilkenThread'': Scarlett'ss outfits she wears when dancing compared to her regular outfit. Mainly, her skirt is much much shorter, barely
covering her thighs, her top is much tighter and pushes up her bust a bit more, she lacks her glasses and her stockings are swapped out for a pare of knee-high socks.

* ''Fanfic/UnbreakableRedSilkenThread'': Scarlett outfits she wears when dancing compared to her regular outfit.

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'' does this to Claire’s “classic” outfit which is a alternative costume. In the original game, Claire wore [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRGUuYK_Q-N6WiPjmbVCpc4kdQw7z9aFWkGyg&usqp=CAU lycra underneath her vest and short shorts]]. ''[=RE2make=]'' keeps the leggings but changes Claire’s top changing the lycra undershirt [[https://i.imgur.com/8KsmzUy_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium to a skimpy tank top that bares her arms and her cleavage]]. To lesser extent, Leon after getting shot, removes his sleeves and bares his arms, unlike in the original game.

* While Birdy Cephon Altera, the title character of ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty'', always wore revealing uniforms, her uniforms in the original manga and subsequently [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/84/Birdy_The_Mighty_cover2.jpg the OVA]] tend to look more like backless swimsuits. 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.

** [[Characters/WonderWomanAres Ares]] occasionally is a rare male example of this trope that crosses over with TruerToTheText. He's traditionally depicted covered in layers of armor that obscure all but his eyes but recent comics ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' and ''ComicBook/WonderWomanHistoriaTheAmazons'' have him opt for little clothing as his preferred dressing style, closer to how the Ancient Greeks depicted Ares as not a big believer in clothes.

** Misty in the original games wears a pretty tomboyish bikini. ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu'' 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.

* A peculiar example in ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTheLostDimension'', in which Bill is for no apparent reason put into an outfit that is massively more sexualized than anything she wore on TV or in other Titan comics (an elaborately strappy bra top, completely transparent mesh T-shirt, and really tiny denim shorts). At the beginning of the story, she seems to be just having a normal study period in the library, without any intent to seduce anyone.

** The original Zara wore a A-line dress or long loose pants and a strapless crop top in all of her appearances, while the version that shows up in ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' wears a loincloth and a low cut crop top.
** While ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie Sandsmark had a number of midriff revealing outfits prior to Flashpoint and a few artists drew her tank top outfit with a very low cleavage revealing collar what she's wearing in ''ComicBook/New52'' ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' appears to be painted on, especially as her breasts are popping out of the top and the lack of any straps or sleeves means there's no way they'd remain contained at all in any clothing material known to man while she's jumping around fighting.
** [[Characters/WonderWomanAres Ares]] occasionally is a rare male example of this trope that crosses over with TruerToTheText. He's traditionally depicted covered in layers of armor that obscure all but his eyes but recent comics ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' and ''ComicBook/WonderWomanHistoriaTheAmazons'' have him opt for very little clothing as his preferred dressing style, closer to how the Ancient Greeks depicted Ares as not a big believer in clothes.

* In ''Fanfic/BoopTheSnootForCriticalDamage'', [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Blake Belladonna's]] main outfit is a bikini with a sarong, as well as a multitude of belt pouches. In canon, she was mostly modest, with BareYourMidriff being the most {{fanservice}}y she ever got. In fairness, she lost most of her clothes when she was trapped on an island full of killer animals and plants and it was either the bikini or the somehow more revealing outfit Adam got her. She mostly wears the swim suit out of sentimentality since Ilia got it for her.

* The folktales that ''Animation/SonOfTheWhiteHorse'' took inspiration from don't describe the characters' clothes but they presumably wear standard garments befitting their status, which is how they appear in most book illustrations. The movie changes things up:

** The Goblin doesn't have any clothes, only his immense beard that coils around him, though since he's made out of shape-shifting clouds, he doesn't have much to hide.

* An inadvertent case (and definitely one ''not'' played for fanservice) is the loincloth-clad Gollum in ''Film/TheHobbit'' and ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' (and in the cartoon adaptations - ''and'' in the majority of illustrations and fanart, come to mention it). The original books only once mention that he has a "ragged garment," while Tolkien's notes to illustrators indicating that he wears a significant amount of clothing[[note]]either stolen or, later, given to him by the Wood Elves during his period of captivity just prior to ''The Lord of the Rings''. His dark clothing is part of the reason that other characters describe him as "black," despite his pale skin, which means it covers more of him than a mere loincloth would.[[/note]] aren't widely known. Given how impoverished he is and how much time he spends in or around water, if you have no other guidelines, it makes sense to put him in something very scanty.

** Harley Quinn's live-action film debut has her in some glittery hotpants, fishnets, stiletto-sneakers and a form fitted T-shirt, giving her a neon-colored punk rocker look. It is shown that she wore her jester outfit in the past, though, and she's had more skimpy alternative costumes in the comics themselves.

** Clary gets an AgeLift to become a confident young adult instead of an awkward teenager. She's also much better endowed than her book counterpart, and gets several outfits that pay attention to that.

** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'': As seen in the page image, 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/JoJosBizarreAdventureHeritageForTheFuture'': Midler (or at least what we saw of her) in the [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/6/65/Midler_Original.png/revision/latest?cb=20140912171459 manga]] and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/d/d4/Midler_Anime.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/270?cb=20140913142029 anime]] is overall tame, wearing a dress that, at most, only shows off a bit of cleavage. Her [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/e/e4/MidlerFull.png/revision/latest?cb=20161010052900 redesign]] for the game ditches this in favor of a much more attractive and skimpy BellyDancer based design.

* In ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'', Harley starts off with her classic suit before moving to one similar to her ''Suicide Squad'' and ''New 52'' designs. However, she drops the fishnets and [[GoingCommando underwear]]. [[spoiler:She stumbles into the Batcave and gets snagged on the seat of her pants, leaving her butt exposed and having to avoid falling out of them.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/MagiNation'' the villain Chur lost an entire pant leg when the show [[GenderFlip made him a dude]].

* A downplayed example with Daphne in ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo''. In most other adaptations of ''Scooby-Doo'', Daphne's trademark purple dress has long sleeves and she wears pink tights to cover her legs. In ''Be Cool'', her dress has short sleeves and she doesn't wear the tights, leaving her legs bare.

* ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'': In the light novel and manga versions of the story, while her dress does get damaged in the centipede transformation, it remained mostly intact. In the anime move, the dress gets destroyed, leaving her with several scales covering her [[AdaptationalCurves larger breasts]] in the form of a halter top and goes up another level in skimpiness in her next transformation with each of her breasts being just covered by one scale, in addition to them being further [[BreastExpansion increased in size]].

* ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'': In the light novel and manga versions of the story, while her dress does get damaged in the centipede transformation, it remained mostly intact. In the anime move, the dress gets destroyed, leaving her with several scales covering her [[Adaptational larger breasts]] in the form of a halter top and goes up another level in skimpiness in her next transformation with each of her breasts being just covered by one scale, in addition to them being further [[BreastExpansion increased in size]].

* ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'': In the light novel and manga versions of the story, while her dress does get damaged in the centipede transformation, it remained mostly intact. In the anime move, the dress gets destroyed, leaving her with several scales covering her breasts in the form of a halter top and goes up another level in skimpiness in her next transformation with each of her breasts being just covered by one scale.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Misty in the original games wears a pretty tomboyish bikini. ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu'' 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.
** In the [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries anime]], [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Sabrina]] wears a miniskirt with thigh-high boots, whereas her original sprite had her with a t-shirt and pants.
* ''Manga/BungoStrayDogs'' kept Yosano in her regular clothes while treating her patients. The anime had her strip her blouse off before treating Atsushi and Tanizaki, with a {{Sexophone}} playing in the background.

* Raynare in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' only wore normal clothing in the original light novel (and the manga adaptation), but in the anime she switches to an incredibly skimpy dominatrix-style outfit when she reveals her true nature as a Fallen Angel.

* Esmerelda in ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' goes from being TheIngenue to a HotGypsyWoman who at one point does a sexy dance to entertain the crowd. Of course this is just one scene and her regular clothes are less skimpy.

* While ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie Sandsmark had a number of midriff revealing outfits prior to Flashpoint and a few artists drew her tank top outfit with a very low cleavage revealing collar what she's wearing in ''ComicBook/New52'' ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' appears to be painted on, especially as her breasts are popping out of the top and the lack of any straps or sleeves means there's no way they'd remain contained at all in any clothing material known to man while she's jumping around fighting.

** In the [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} anime]], [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Sabrina]] now wears a miniskirt with thigh-high boots, whereas her original sprite had her with a t-shirt and pants.

* ComicBook/{{Starfire}}'s debut in the ComicBook/New52 has her wearing even ''less'' than she already did. She only has some pieces of what appears to be latex covering her nipples and acting as a sort of underwear. They managed to make an already skimpy character even skimpier.

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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... [[{{Stripperiffic}} 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.

* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' episode [[Recap/TeenTitansGoS5E9TheRealOrangins "The Real Orangins"]] had an {{Art Shift}}ed segement based on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', complete with Creator/KevinConroy as Batman -- only it modified the Robin design, based on [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake's Robin]] for the sake of [[AdaptationalModesty the inverse of this trope]] -- so it'd have the classic shorts.

* Downplayed InUniverse in ''Film/IvanVassilievichChangesProfession''. Zina [[spoiler:in Shurik's hallucination]] wears bright makeup and bright clothes and is rather flirtatious. Zina [[spoiler:in Shurik's real life]] wears little makeup, dresses modestly and is a quiet, serious housewife.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', the superheroine Ice wears a MinidressOfPower that ''barely'' goes below the waistline, [[ShesGotLegs showing off her long legs]]. In most of her other comic book appearance, she usually wears a full bodysuit.