History Main / BareYourMidriff

* {{Stripperific}}: A fantasy character wears a highly revealing outfit, which can include a bared midriff.

* BellyDancer: A female character who wears revealing clothing for belly dancing, often including a belly-baring top.

* BellyButtonless: A clone or artificial being may wear a crop top to draw attention to their lack of belly button.

* TankTopTomboy: A female character wears a (possibly midriff-baring) tank top to indicate she is boyish or masculine in some way (such as an ActionGirl, TheLadEtte or a {{Tomboy}}).

The midriff being exposed is usually [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs not a trope on its own]]. One of the following tropes may fit instead:

The midriff being exposed is [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs not a trope on its own]]. One of the following tropes may fit instead:

* SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: A villain or antagonist wears a midriff-exposing outfit for fanservice

* SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: Ever notice villainesses tends to have midriff-baring outfits? Because EvilIsSexy, naturally.

* ClothingDamage: Ripping open a shirt, which may result to baring the midsection.

* SeashellBra: A mermaid or other aquatic-themed character wears a top made from seashells.

* WorkoutFanservice: Tank top + Yoga pants = Exposed midriffs

* BellyDancer: A female character who wears revealing clothing for belly dancing, often including a belly-revealing top.

* BellyDancer: A female character who wears revealing clothing for belly dancing, often including a shortened top.

* ExposedToTheElements: A character wears an outfit inappropriate for the weather, which can include a crop top in the winter.

* LingerieScene: A female character is shown in underwear, typically bra and panties, for fanservice purposes.

The midriff being exposed is not a trope on its own. One of the following tropes may fit instead:

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->''"Now a lot of you might be wondering, why didn't I put [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]] on there? Well, it's not that she wasn't beautiful, smart, and a well-developed character. It's just that, well... she didn't show her navel, and on this countdown that earns you, like, 20 more points."''
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''', ''[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/nostalgia-critic/34-nostalgia-critic/910-top-11-hottest-animated-women Top 11 Hottest Animated Women]]'' (referring to why just [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jasmine]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel]] were second)

[[TruthInTelevision Midriff-baring outfits are popular]] in RealLife, and have been for centuries, although for a while, it was just in certain cultures and, within those cultures, certain occasions. It's more like 60 years that it's been widely considered acceptable. Even [[BellyDancer belly-dancing]] outfits weren't midriff-baring before the "cabaret style" began with the most famous [[http://www.berkshirefinearts.com/uploadedImages/articles/349_Hesperion-XXI-led-by313091.jpg "Little Egypt,"]] a belly dancer who performed at the UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} World's Fair in 1893.

But since then, they've been a hit, with outfits ranging from tube tops to two-piece bikinis. (Also commonly called a crop top, cropped top, belly shirt, half shirt, midriff shirt, midriff halter top, tummy top, short shirt, or cutoff shirt; also sometime seen with some halter tops, and dozens of non-American styles.) So this is a trope about costumes showing the curvy area around a woman's waist.

Note that simply showing the stomach and a little skin around it, like a slightly open shirt, does not count. But a dress with a large section around the belly cut out does. Nor do completely naked characters count — although their midriff is bare, so is the rest of their body.

Starting in the late 90s and into the 2000s, the belly shirt seems to have become some kind of [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics visual shorthand]] for "teenage girl" or, in some cases, just "girl". If someone does this in HighSchool (actually ''in'' school), it's a case of NoDressCode.

[[AlwaysFemale This is mostly a female trope]], most likely because {{hunk}}y MrFanservice can [[ShirtlessScene show off his]] ''[[ShirtlessScene entire]]'' [[ShirtlessScene torso]] without [[NippleAndDimed instantly getting the work slapped with an R rating]], [[WalkingShirtlessScene so he might as well just do that instead]]. A bare midriff on a male character is usually (though not always) a sign that he's CampGay and/or a {{Crossdresser}}, and a form of FanDisservice, especially when ugly and/or old. It has become more common in stage outfits [[IdolGenre in anime male idol shows (particularly if the group is youthful and enegetic) though the female counterpart is still a lot more common]].

This seems to be the only other form of {{Fanservice}} in UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} besides WetSariScene, due to it being a traditional form of dress for young women.

Can come with a MinidressOfPower, ChainmailBikini, LingerieScene, BlackBraAndPanties, {{Loincloth}}, SexySantaDress, or WalkingSwimsuitScene as long as it is either a skimpy two-piece bikini or a [[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/monokini topless monokini.]]

The FatSlob sometimes employs this trope for FanDisservice, always wearing a (typically food-stained) shirt that's a couple sizes too small to fully cover up his huge gut. This is most often seen in kids' cartoons.

SuperTrope to FurBikini and SeashellBra. NoShirtLongJacket has a similar effect.

Compare NavelDeepNeckline, {{Underboobs}}, ShowgirlSkirt, ZettaiRyouiki (has a similar effect, but lower on the body), and SexyBacklessOutfit. Compare and contrast NavelWindow, where the character's outfit only exposes their navel and a little bit of skin around it, and NavelOutline, where their clothing is tight enough to make the outline of their navel visible.

JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith ContemplateOurNavels, which means an act of deep philosophical thinking and has nothing to do with actual navels.

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!!Example subpages:

[[index]]
* BareYourMidriff/AnimeAndManga
* BareYourMidriff/ComicBooks
* BareYourMidriff/LiveActionTV
* BareYourMidriff/VideoGames
* BareYourMidriff/{{Webcomics}}
* BareYourMidriff/WesternAnimation
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!!Other examples:

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[[folder:Advertising]]
%%* The Fantanas in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F614uU3DsqM several]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEb0cYq6dvI commercials.]]
* In a commercial for Washington Sports Clubs: A young woman is being peeped in on by her neighbor. Noticing the man's attention, she opens her shirt, revealing her sexy lingerie-clad body, and gyrates enticingly.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJL4yQn_7qQ This]] iconic Tab commercial from 1982.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih10TA7YzFo This]] Sea and Sky commercial.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZebNc5ncr1w 1970s Australian RC Cola commercial.]]
%%* "A Thousand Quivers" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57kX_8gTdM0 Coty Wild Musk.]]
* Alexandra Morgan runs strapless in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76k9v8FdP2s this]] commercial for Tom Tom Runner Cardio.
* An ad for Intuos digital drawing tablets has a cartoon redhead with this.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf4mjXTEPnE Mandalay Bay]] commercial.
%%* The woman who's [[EroticEating suggestively eating]] a sub in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCLnBydigpA this]] Jerry's Subs & Pizza commercial.
* Holly wears a midriff-baring shirt in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwKnE7eRAlI this]] Checkers commercial.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDeUjQcgl1A A]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFyilL2p9sA few]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcYRl5E5D1s comedic]] ''Chicken of the Sea'' ads have men ogling a sexy woman who's wearing a skimpy, belly-baring outfit as she's walking towards an elevator. Once she gets into the elevator however, she's revealed to be sucking in a fat gut and is left exhausted after finally being able to let it hang out.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBPWUijk4M This]] Thai tuna commercial has a beautiful woman with an exposed stomach try not to eat too much at a buffet, only for her stomach to rebel by trying to eat huge amounts of food itself. When she stops it, her belly button actually ''cries''.
* One [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8WAXXzsFk0 Lifesavers]] ad has a woman wearing a shirt that shows off her chubby belly. It's attracted a lot of catty remarks about "muffin tops" from her peers, and her boyfriend is forced to lie about it being a compliment when she asks him about it.
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[[folder:Asian Animation]]
%%* Abby from ''Animation/Cubix: Robots for Everyone''.
* Lisa from ''Animation/HappyHeroes and the City of Mystery'' wears a shirt that has her midriff showing through it.
* ''Animation/{{Urduja}}'': Urduja spends the majority of the movie in midriff-baring clothing.
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%%[[folder:Audio Plays]]
%%* Hinata Mitsutsuka from ''AudioPlay/ExitTunesPresentsACTORS'', in a costume he wears for a [[https://twitter.com/ACTORS_info/status/657183210170781696 special illustration.]]
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[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* Miss Buxley in ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'' does this regularly. Usually, she's wearing a [[WalkingSwimsuitScene bikini]] when she shows her midriff, although she wears a matching mini skirt and cropped top to the office in one strip and wears just her [[LingerieScene bra and panties]] in another.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
%%* [[spoiler: Acia Rose]] in ''Fanfic/ClashOfTheElements'' does this, as stated by the narrator.
* ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'': When Asuka becomes [[spoiler:the next Franchise/WonderWoman]] she rips parts of her plugsuit off, leaving her arms, legs and belly bare.
* ''Fanfic/SOE2LoneHeirOfKrypton'': Asuka's Supergirl costume is based on one of the outfits of ''[[Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Zor-El]]''. When Shinji sees her costume for first time he notices very acutely that her very tight blue shirt "left her toned midriff bare".
* In ''Fanfic/ForumOfThrones'', Alysanne's clothes typically have this. It is decidedly not for {{Fanservice}} though, but rather out of the practical reason that it allows her to move more freely and also to give more room to the bandages that cover up the burn scars on her lower torso.
* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/danielbenner214/art/Hamato-Family-Portrait-redo-again-666174709 this]] fanart for the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012 TMNT]] series, Karai bares her midriff.
* In this Equestria Girls fanart [[https://www.deviantart.com/danielbenner214/art/Equestria-Girls-Summer-time-840942375]] Sunset wears a shirt that bares her midriff, so does Twilight "Sci-Twi" Sparkle. Rarity has a sleeveless button-up top that she has tied in a knot to bare her midriff as well.
* In ''Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters'', the new summer hoodie that Jade eventually buys does this, [[AmazonianBeauty showing off her developing abs]]. [[CovertPervert Irma]] very much [[LesYay appreciates the view]].
* Fu in ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'' considers baring her midriff an important part of herself, likening it to Naruto's choice of wearing orange clothes. So much that when [[spoiler:she tames her Tailed Beast and gains a chakra armor, she has Chomei retract it around said area to leave it exposed.]]
* In ''Fanfic/CadetScrap'', Sophie wears a sports bra and boxing trunks for her sparring bout with Kate. Kate, her girlfriend, appreciates it.
* ''Webcomic/FateGamersOnly'': Rikku wears the top from the male version of the True Ether Mystic Code as opposed to its midriff-showing female version during Orleans to avoid this, much to Da Vinci's disappointment. When entering Septem, Rikku finds that Da Vinci swapped the male top out for another version in eye-searing bright colors to encourage her to wear an outfit with a midriff, which doesn't work until Nero forces her into the alternate outfit after being convinced by Da Vinci that Rikku lacks confidence to want to wear it.
* ''Fanfic/TheSecretReturnOfAlexMack'':
** Azure Crush considers a sports bra and short shorts to be a combat uniform, due to a combination of NighInvulnerability and developing newfound confidence when she received superpowers.
** Alex doesn't flaunt bare skin in public, but she works out in a sports bra and shorts at home. Between her enhanced metabolism and a year of an intense fitness regimen, her older sister sees her and feels a bit inadequate.
* Violet Parr during the GirlsNightOutEpisode in ''Fanfic/UnityFinmonster'' wore a top that was described as leaving her stomach exposed.
* Kara Zor-El briefly does this when subjected to ClothingDamage in ''The Girl Who Could Knock Out the Hulk'' (part of the ''Fanfic/ThereWasOnceAnAvengerFromKrypton'' series). It's mainly done as a MythologyGag since it caused her outfit to resemble her Post-Crisis incarnation, but it's also played for fanservice since Skye spends quite a bit of time oogling her exposed and well-defined abs.
* ''Fanfic/BlazBlueAlternativeRemnant'': A few characters wear outfits that are described as being midriff baring. Makoto's default outfit is the same as her ''Chronophantasma'' pre-battle attire and is described as leaving her toned midsection exposed, Noel's standard attire is stated to stop just above her belly button, and even Nora wears a pink crop top in Chapter 39 that exposes her stomach.
* There are enough individual examples in ''Fanfic/Earth27'' it has its [[BareYourMidriff/Earth27 own page]].
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* ''Animation/{{Ainbo}}'': Ainbo wears a crop top and skirt that exposes her midriff. Also Zumi, though to a lesser extent.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanSoulOfTheDragon'': Lady Eve wears a green SpyCatsuit that leaves her midriff exposed, also including [[SexyBacklessOutfit her back]].
* Creator/{{Disney}}:
** Gideon the cat in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' wears a purple shirt with loose sleeves that is too short to cover his belly.
** Mr. Smee in ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''. However, he's an elderly, plump man, so it's not played for {{Fanservice}}.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'': Ariel in her mermaid form wears a SeashellBra. Although technically this is "bra only" -- she doesn't wear anything on her fish half. Her sisters (and in fact almost all mermaids) also wear {{Seashell Bra}}s.
*** Melody in ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea'' to a lesser extent. Her full clothes ''do'' cover her midriff, but after she becomes a mermaid her shirt turns out to be to short to conceal it without her pants.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'': Jasmine's outfit, which codified the BedlahBabe trope for modern audiences, consists of low-waisted harem pants and a bra-like top. Aladdin's street rat outfit is similarly revealing, wearing a small vest with no shirt under it (his prince outfit covers more).
** Nakoma in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}''. She has a crop top and skirt that shows only her abs.
** Some secondary characters in ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie''. Lisa that has a black bikini top and ripped blue jeans and the Powerline dancers. These are justified for their work, but Lisa is the only female student with this look.
** Kida from ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', except at the end of the film when she switches to a less revealing royal outfit.
** Jane Porter at the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' switches from her usual Victorian dress to a FurBikini.
** Nani from ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' wears clothes like this. Justified, as she lives in Hawaii where the climate is very warm.
** Dr. Facilier in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' wears a purple vest that exposes his belly.
** Shanti from ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook2'', who is depicted here with a ponytail, a yellow choli, and a purple skirt (in the first film, she wore pigtails and a strapless purple dress with a pink sash at the waist).
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'':
*** Gazelle, being an InkSuitActor version of Music/{{Shakira}}, wears a midriff-baring outfit similar to her.
*** [[WickedWeasel Duke Weaselton]] also wears a shirt that's several pieces too small for his long, slinky weasel body.
** The title character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' wears a midriff-baring top, but a high-waisted skirt that covers her navel, effectively baring her abs rather than her midriff.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'': Terpsichore, one of the Muses, wears a midriff baring toga.
** Penny Proud in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Proud Family Movie}}'' started wearing different midriff-baring outfits.
* Daphne in ''WesternAnimation/AlohaScoobyDoo''. It is believed she is wearing a bikini underneath her crop shirt and skirt. She goes for this trope in more movies, and the cartoons as well, whether she's wearing a bikini, a crop top, or a costume.
** Velma does as well in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooPiratesAhoy'' dressed as a belly dancer.
* Crysta from ''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest'' wears a red FairySexy dress that reveals her midriff.
* Teegra from ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce'' wears, practically, nothing but a [[WalkingSwimsuitScene bikini]].
%%* Dolly Gnome from ''WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet''.
* ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer'': [[EvilIsSexy Cousin Mel]] bared her midriff while singing her VillainSong.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsForgottenFriendship'': This being a BeachEpisode for the series, the swimwear worn by Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Sunset Shimmer and Trixie include bared midriffs.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', Tzipporah is first introduced in an outfit with a midriff-baring top. She wears a different outfit that averts the trope for the rest of the movie.
* ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'': In a comedic example after the climax, when Ralph sits up wearing Snow White's dress, it breaks around the waist due to being too small for Ralph. Ralph then "adjusts" it by breaking it further, exposing his large belly.
* Linda from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'' in her Brazllian carnival costume. It's very out-of-character for her and she visibly feels uncomfortable in it, but Tulio finds her very attractive in it.
* Chel in ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'' has a midriff baring top that hardly covers her breasts.
* Lola Bunny from ''Film/SpaceJam'' has the crop top and shorts combo both as her on-court uniform, and as her tryout apparel.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'': The mermaid, Princess Mindy.
* DJ Suki from ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'' wears a top that shows off her navel area, which contains a gem.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Robaire falls into this trope as he wears an outfit that does reveal a bit of his belly. His navel gets more noticeable when he jumps or anything similar. It's more noticeable in the ''Turning Red'' Manga artwork by Viz Media.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/{{Ajnabee}}'': Both Priya and Sonia wear a lot of clothes that expose their stomachs.
%%* In ''Film/AlmostFamous'' almost all of Penny's outfits.
* ''Film/AxeMurderingWithHackley'': When a [=PR=] guy is brought in to try and update Hackley, he brings in a guy wearing a green shirt with the bottom ripped off to show off his abs.
* RareMaleExample: In ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', Bill S. Preston wears a sweatshirt cut to expose his midriff.
* ''Film/Daredevil2003''. Elektra's HellBentForLeather outfit leaves her midriff exposed, and [[SubvertedTrope Bullseye exploits this]] by stabbing her there with one of her own sai's. [[AesopAmnesia She doesn't learn her lesson]] after being brought BackFromTheDead for the [[Film/{{Elektra}} spin-off]], as the only thing she changes is the color of her outfit.
* ''Film/DaylightsEnd'': Earnesta wears a tied-off shirt, although her navel is usually covered by the tails of it.
%%* In ''Film/MeanGirls'', most of Gretchen's outfits qualify.
* In ''Film/MenInBlack2'', Serleena has this at the very beginning, since she assumes the form of a Victoria's Secret model and is therefore is in little more than a bra and panties. This doesn't last however, as she later [[MuggedForDisguise takes the clothes of a man she ate after he tried to mug her.]]
* In ''Film/ComingToAmerica'', Akeem's intended wife Imani bares her midriff towards the beginning of the movie as well as Patrice when she enters Semmi's apartment in the climax.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** Princess Leia's [[GoGoEnslavement metal bikini]] in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' is an iconic example.
** Padmé Amidala due to convenient ClothingDamage when it isn't simply a part of her outfits in ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeIIAttackOfTheClones''.
** Aayla Secura was pretty famous for this because Jedi are usually known for wearing concealing robes. Her choice of clothing is a balance between Jedi convention and traditional attire for female Twi'leks, which is even more revealing (although Aayla is more modest in personality than most Twi'leks anyway).
* In ''Film/IHeartHuckabees'', Creator/NaomiWatts spends the majority of her screen time wearing clothes that reveal her midriff, [[FanService among other things]].
* Near the end of ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'', we briefly see Creator/LorraineBracco's stomach as she [[VictoriasSecretCompartment hides a gun in her panties]].
* Creator/MillaJovovich:
** In ''Film/Ultraviolet2006'' her midriff is the star of almost every other scene.
** ''Film/TheFifthElement''.
** It took until ''Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse'' for this trope to kick in (for the covers, at least).
* ''Film/JasonX'':
** Janessa's NavelDeepNeckline shirt comes to a stop just past her belly button.
** Kinsa's shirt comes to a stop a few inches below her chest, showing most of her stomach.
* In ''Film/TheLadyEve'' Barbara Stanwyck wears a dress like this as she seduces the leading man.
* ''Film/TheMoreTheMerrier'': Jean Arthur's character wears a two piece which were very popular during the '40s.
* ''Film/MysteryRoad:'' Shirley, the hotel desk clerk, has the bottom buttons of her shirt undone to expose her navel. Unusually for the trope, this is only visible for the first few seconds she's onscreen. The rest of the time, only her upper body is on-camera.
* Pharaoh Ahkmenrah from ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'' wears a rather minor version by not showing his midriff.
* ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise'': Visual symbolism of Thelma's line into crime involves her starting to wear a midriff-baring shirt.
* ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie''
** Kimberly Hart got stuck wearing a midriff-baring pink skating outfit when Zordon called her and the rest of the Rangers on a mission and she never had time to change out of it.
** Also Dulcea wears a bikini-like piece of clothing too. Pretty good looking for a gal that's as old as Zordon.
* In ''Film/SpyKids2IslandOfLostDreams'', Carmen wears a midriff-baring top at the beginning to and during the OSS Banquet scenes, and also singing " during the end credits.
* In the flashback sequence halfway through ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'', Jen briefly changes into an outfit that does this after her first bathing scene. It's not immediately apparent in the film, but appears in promotional material such as [[https://i.imgur.com/kVM1ZsH.jpg this movie poster]] and [[https://i.imgur.com/Z8QUBcO.png this movie poster]].
* In ''Film/YesterdayWasALie'', Creator/ChaseMasterson's character exposes her midriff through the middle-to-late portions of the film.
* In ''Film/MightyAphrodite'', Mira Sorvino, as prostitute Linda Ash, bares her midriff in the scene where she and Creator/WoodyAllen, as Lenny, the adoptive father of her child, first meet in the film. In that scene Linda has made Lenny comfortable at her apartment, thinking that he is just another client of hers.
* In the ''Film/BringItOn'' series, the cheerleaders do this often, in uniform and out of uniform.
* Creator/DoloresDelRio wore a two-piece bikini in ''Film/FlyingDownToRio'' (1933), making the two-piece perhaps OlderThanTheyThink.
* In the 4-year anniversary movie for Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'', due to the plot hole, Jesuotaku is changed into Radical Edward from ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' and sports Ed's loose crop top from part 3 onward.
* ''Film/ManOfTheHouse'' (2005) lampshades this during Ranger Roland Sharp's dress code negotiation with the college cheerleaders under his protection, whom he hopes to make dress more modestly. The girls flatly refuse to compromise when he specifies no bare midriffs, insisting that, "...we'll cave on the first two, but we absolutely must maintain navel visibility."
%%* Creator/HalleBerry:
%%** Done a lot as Jinx for ''Film/DieAnotherDay''
%%** ''Film/Catwoman2004'': Pretty much during the whole movie.
** Also as "Sharon Stone" in ''Film/TheFlintstones''
%%* Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen: Pretty much during the whole movie of ''Our Lips Are Sealed''.
* A good half of Creator/NoomiRapace's outfits in ''Dead Man Down'' features midriff-baring shirts and sweaters.
* Julianne in ''Film/MyBestFriendsWedding'' -- during what was supposed to be the wedding scene.
* It's a fair bet that any "Literature/ArabianNights"[=/=][[Literature/SinbadTheSailor "Sinbad"]] movie may feature some "harem girls" -- possibly including the romantic lead -- in this style of costume, by way of semi-justified, family-friendly fanservice.
* ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'': The Pi Beta Pi sisters' uniform is a pair of matching blue running shorts with a matching blue cropped T-shirt during the Greek Games.
* ''The Bikini Car Wash Company'': ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin
* In ''Film/FreakyFriday2003'': Mom in Anna's body meets a girlfriend at school with a mildly midriff-baring shirt, and [[DefiedTrope yanks it down]].
* ''H.O.T.S.'': Both the H.O.T.S and PI sorority girls during the strip football game.
* ''Film/FashionsOf1934'': This film has a BusbyBerkeleyNumber in which the chorus girls were even more scantily clad than usual for Creator/BusbyBerkeley's work, prancing around in glorified bra and panties. What makes this unusual is that a matter of weeks after this movie was completed UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode came slamming down, and Hollywood films wouldn't show the female navel again for decades.
* Lauren Wando (Jamie Renée Smith) in ''Film/DantesPeak'' wears a midriff-baring outfit in the scene where they are playing dominoes, [[AgeInappropriateDress despite her actress being only nine years old]] at the time before the movie was even released.
* OlderThanTheyThink: The chorus girls in ''Film/TheJazzSinger'' bared their midriffs.
%%* Lena Horne (Georgia Brown) in ''Film/CabinInTheSky''.
* Creator/DanaDelany shows up [[WalkingSwimsuitScene wearing a bikini]] in ''Masquerade''.
* Pepper Potts wears only a black sports bra and sweatpants in the high point of ''Film/IronMan3'', although this is justified by the fact that the villains didn't want her to get too hot and spontaneously combust from the effects of the DeadlyUpgrade that they were trying to force on her.
* In ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'', Martha chooses the avatar of Ruby Roundhouse, Killer of Men. When she arrives in the game, Ruby is wearing "short shorts and a halter top ''in the jungle''," definitely ''not'' what Martha would wear anywhere.
* ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation'': When [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl Christie Brinkley]] gets undressed [[PoolScene at the pool]].
* Linda in ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh'' wears a [[WalkingSwimsuitScene red two-piece bikini]] during the PoolScene.
* ''Film/ScreamersTheHunting''. ActionGirl Bronte shows off her abs but otherwise provides little {{fanservice}}. [[spoiler:It's foreshadowing for the later RevealShot that she's pregnant.]]
* ''Film/NaturalBornKillers'': A couple of Mallory's costumes do this, in particular the red long-sleeved crop top and flared pants that appeared on all the posters.
* ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'''s Harley Quinn, in her IconicOutfit.
* In TheWestern film ''Film/GangOfRoses'', the BountyHunter Zhang Li wears a very [[AnachronismStew no-period]] midriff top.
* ''Film/Detonator2003'': FBI agent Jane Dryer sports an outfit that shows part of her midriff. This is a no-no for government agencies.
* ''Film/{{Jawbreaker}}'': The three main characters and most female characters have worn outfits that leave their midsection exposed.
%%* In ''Film/TheOddWayHome'', most of Maya's outfits do this.
* In ''Film/TuffTurf'', gang member Mickey exclusively wears half shirts.
%%* In ''Film/WrongTurn'', Carly does this throughout all of her screen time.
* Jolene from ''Film/ElectraGlideInBlue'' wears a shirt knotted to show her stomach in most scenes.
%%* In ''Film/AboutScout'', most of rebellious teen Scout's shirts do this.
* ''Film/Bones2001:'' Several of Tia's shirts show off most of her stomach.
* ''Film/CarmenYLola'': Carmen often wears tops which show her taut stomach.
* ''Film/{{Pistolera}}'''s most common outfit for her RoaringRampageOfRevenge is a leather tank top and PaintedOnPants; leaving her midriff bare.
* ''Film/{{SWAT}}'':
** Chris is introduced with the camera showing a close-up of her belly button while she's stripped down to her bra so a doctor can treat scratches on her upper torso.
** Boxer's sister wears a shirt that doesn't cover her midriff, although the camera pays more attention to a tattoo on her lower back than to her stomach.
* ''Film/SweetSweetLonelyGirl'': Beth is introduced wearing a crop top which shows her toned stomach. She's also shown a couple times later in [[WorkoutFanservice sports bras and shorts after going on runs]] which also leave it bare.
* ''Film/BloodRayne'': Rayne and Katarin both wear tops which show off their bare stomachs all throughout the film.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* A [[http://web.archive.org/web/20190904061140/http://www.scifiguy.ca/2008/10/urban-fantasy-paranormal-book-cover.html notorious cliché]] of the covers of UrbanFantasy novels featuring ActionGirl protagonists.
%%* Queen from María Pascual's character group "The Pack".
* Ellie Sattler in the original Jurassic Park novel. In the film she wears a top that covers her midriff under her pink knot-up shirt.
* In ''Literature/TalesOfTheAstonishingBlackSpark'' it is discussed with the superhero, GRAVI-Tina. She is shown, at times, to be more powerful than resident Superman expy The Almighty Asper, she takes down the world’s greatest villain herself, all while using her powers over gravity to fit into her absurdly tiny costume.
* Masha from Robert Asprin's ''Literature/MythAdventures'' books aims to prove that one doesn't need a slim figure to wear a bare midriff outfit. Many other characters really wish she wouldn't.
* In the first ''Literature/TheKingdomKeepers'' book, Amanda is noted to dress this way. [[TheBigGuy Charlene's]] Virtual Magic Kingdom avatar dresses this way as well.
* In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' 'In The Time Of Dinosaurs' Rachel discusses the 'bare midriff look.'
* ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'': Jarlaxle, for his first couple of appearances at least. It helps that the Underdark has a fairly constant temperature.
* Part of Bree Pym's "youthful take on funeral attire" in ''[[Literature/AuntDimity Aunt Dimity Down Under]]'' was a black miniskirt paired with "a clinging black sweater that covered her tattoos but didn't quite cover her tummy."
* Kajiya in ''Literature/DestinedToLead'', even depicted on the cover art. However, she gets a non-midriff bearing outfit in book two, according to WordOfGod.
* Many fairies in the ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' series do this on the covers of their books. Since they look very young, however, it's not very fanservicey.
* The front cover of ''Literature/Thirsty Mermaids'' by Kat Leyh does this with one of three mermaids from the book.
* ''Literature/ThePosterchildren'': A JustifiedTrope with Jenny Chambers. Her powers open a portal over her abdomen so she can't wear anything over it if she needs to use it.
* Claire Redfield in the novelization of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica''. (Unsurprisingly. Since she is dressed this way in the game and comic.)
* In Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/SongOfSusannah'': The eponymous heroine Susannah, having last seen New York in 1964, time-travels to New York in 1999, where she is astonished that women are walking around with their bellies exposed.
* Some of the characters in ''Literature/SpectralShadows'' do this, such as Princess Tabby Tiger in Serial 2, some of the female brothel workers' outfits in Serial 11, and Saint Saffron's costume from the same serial.
%%* Jack Slash in ''{{Literature/Worm}}''.
* Carol from ''Literature/IThinkILoveYou'' knots her blouse to show her stomach, even though she gets in trouble with the teachers for it.
* ''Literature/VillainsDontDateHeroes'': Fialux's costume leaves her stomach bare, as Night Terror notes approvingly.
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[[folder:Music]]
* Many female singers, expecially since TheNineties, wear midriff-baring clothes in their ThreeMinutesOfWrithing music videos, including (but not limited to):
** Music/BritneySpears. Tieing up the schoolgirl outfit blouse to expose her midriff in the "Baby One More Time" music video was her idea.
** Canadian country singer Music/ShaniaTwain has this as one of her trademarks in almost every music video.
** Music/JanetJackson
** Music/VictoriaJustice
** Music/{{Madonna}}, as early as the '80s.
** Music/{{Shakira}}, being a trained belly-dancer, does this in the "Hips Don't Lie" music video to show off her amazingly toned abs.
** Music/SelenaGomez wears a crop top in her "Slow Down" music video.
** Music/{{Rihanna}}
** Music/ChristinaAguilera
** Music/JenniferLopez
** Music/LadyGaga
** Music/{{Beyonce}} does this a lot, both as the member of Music/DestinysChild and during her solo career.
** Music/SpiceGirls
** Music/NellyFurtado
** Music/GwenStefani
** Fergie of Music/BlackEyedPeas
** Music/MileyCyrus, after her HotterAndSexier image upgrade. For example, in the music video for "Wrecking Ball", in the scenes where she is not completely nude, she wears a white bra and panties.
** Music/{{Tinashe}}, mostly in her live performances
** Creator/{{Zendaya}}
** Creator/HaileeSteinfeld
** Music/PattyLoveless in the music video for "Hurt Me Bad (in a Real Good Way)''.
* Japanese guitarist [[http://i47.tinypic.com/24eyffc.jpg Teru]] of Music/{{Versailles}}.
* Chloe Drinkwater of Skarlett Riot.
* {{Music/Suede}}'s frontman Brett Anderson in his younger years, as seen, for example, [[http://payload291.cargocollective.com/1/13/430751/8130764/1076443.jpg in this]] classic magazine cover.
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[[folder:Pinballs]]
* The princess and the benevolent ''jinn'' in ''Pinball/TalesOfTheArabianNights'' do this, as they are both {{Bedlah Babe}}s.
* "Pinky" does this in the art for Bally's ''Pinball/EightBall''.
* Many of the cheering women in ''Pinball/CaptainFantastic'' do this, as part of the game's AllWomenAreLustful art motif.
* Both Janice Rand and the alternate-universe Lt. Uhura sport this in Creator/DataEast's ''[[Pinball/StarTrekDataEast Star Trek]]'' pinball.
%%* Melony and Ellen in [=WhizBang=] Pinball's ''[[Pinball/WhoaNellieBigJuicyMelons Whoa Nellie! Big Juicy Melons]]''.
* Creator/{{Bally}}'s ''Pinball/MataHari''. Justified in that she's an exotic dancer ''and'' a HoneyTrap spy.
* Done by the two women identified as "Love" and "Evil" on the backglass of ''Pinball/{{Wizard}}!''
* Proudly flaunted by the astrologer in ''Pinball/StarGazer''.
* Seen on the protagonist of the "Space Sister" table in ''VideoGame/SuperPinballIITheAmazingOdyssey''
* Bonita, one of the consorts in ''VideoGame/JinniZeala,'' wears pink harem pants and a bikini top.
* Sported by the waitresses in ''Pinball/TruckStop'' as part of their [[FanService sexy attendant]] attire.
* Princess Farah in ''Pinball/{{Sinbad}}'', who doubles as a BedlahBabe.
%%* The genie and the wizard's apprentice in ''Pinball/{{Genie}}''
* The protagonist of ''Pinball/MagicGirl'', the better to show off her magic rune tattoos.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Podcasts]]
* Summer from ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'' has this in her outfit. It's also present in Chell and Hannah's gym outfits (Syd mentions it looks like they're trying to have an ab contest).
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* Wrestling/StevieRichards often wore a midriff-baring tank top.
* Early in her career, Princesa Sujei cut a hole out of her singlet [[AmazonianBeauty to show off her six pack]].
* The All Night Express, Kenny King and Rhett Titus, wore hooded sweat shirts that had their torsos exposed on Wrestling/{{R|ingOfHonor}}OH TV.
* After Super Shenlong III lost his mask to Akira Tozawa at the conclusion of the Mad Blankey vs -akatsuki- conflict in Wrestling/DragonGate, this became his new look as Yosuke (loves) Santa Maria.
* Wrestling/KofiKingston in 2017 often wore a midriff-baring tank top.
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[[folder:Roleplay]]
* Shuichi Ueno from ''Roleplay/ASomnolentPenumbra'' wears a polo shirt that exposes his midriff.
* [[http://roleplay.wikia.com/wiki/Chris_Falcon Original Character]] [[DudeLooksLikeAlady Chris Falcon]] is also fond of this. Actually, he is a midriff fetishist.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Theater]]
* In the 1930's and '40's, Lily Pons portrayed the title role of Delibes' ''Lakmé'' in [[https://i.pinimg.com/236x/ac/a2/5f/aca25f52d29d74152797ec339bc34697.jpg this manner]]. Since she was both petite and slender, this made her the MsFanservice of the Metropolitan Opera of her time.
* ''Theatre/{{Tsukiuta}}'' likes to use this for fanservice, starting with You in Yumemigusa. His 2015-era stage costume also featured this - the one with the jacket with no shirt underneath. Both he and Iku have this in their stage costumes from the anime, and on the live actors, a lot more shows when they move. In the seventh play, ''Cyber-Dive Connection'' Hajime, who is usually the most covered up, had very revealing side cutouts on his costume - and, of course, You did too.
* ''Theatre/{{Tsukipro}}'''s SQS series, from episode 3 onward, features both units in their 2019-era stage costumes. Everyone has this area showing except for leaders Shiki and Shu, but Rikka and Tsubasa have so much showing, combined with the flowing, silky skirt-like parts in the back, that they look like bellydancers. And then Dai [[ShipTease reaches up Tsubasa's shirt...]]
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%%[[folder:Toys]]
%%* Mango Tiki Wiki of ''Toys/{{Lalaloopsy}}''.
%%[[/folder]]

[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* In ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'', Kay Faraday wears a T-shirt who shows her navel in case 4. (It's a flashback case, so she's a little bit younger than she was in the rest of the game.)
* In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', Tenko sports a midriff-baring uniform, and Angie takes it even further, with a yellow artist's smock open over a bikini top.
* Olivia from ''VisualNovel/DaughterForDessert'' wears a skimpy cowgirl outfit whenever she appears.
* Tamara from ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'' seems very fond of dark outfits that leave her belly bare.
* Alisa's NonUniformUniform in ''VisualNovel/EverlastingSummer''.
* Ivan's [[http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5092-593093599.png causal clothes]] from ''VisualNovel/LuckyDog1''.
* Both the title character and Sophia in ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'' wear midriff-bearing outfits sometimes, including the former when she is introduced.
* In ''VisualNovel/SablesGrimoire'', Drakan wears her shirt open with {{Sarashi}} to show off her chiseled abs.
* In ''VisualNovel/ShiningSongStarnova'', the uniforms worn by the titular idol group have star-shaped cutouts that expose a large chunk of the midriff. Their rivals, Quasar, also have uniforms that bare their midriffs.
%%* Ambrosia's outfit in ''VisualNovel/War13thDay''. She's the lady in red indeed.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''Creator/GlitchProductions'' seems to be fond of this trope. Saiko of ''WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'', Meggy as she appears in ''WebAnimation/SunsetParadise'', and both Belle and Bo in ''WebAnimation/MetaRunner'' all apply.
* This seems to be a popular look in the world of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''. Most of Yang and Blake's outfits, Emerald's standard outfit, Cinder's tournament outfit, Neopolitan's tournament outfit, and Neon's standard outfit are all designed with midriff display in mind. Blake's model actually didn't feature a visible belly button in Volumes 1-3 due to a program error, but after a change in animation software for Volume 4 and beyond, she has one now.
* ''WebAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSummertimeShorts'', "Leaping Off the Page": Rainbow Dash in her ImagineSpot, and Daring Do in the cover of the book.
* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Stephanie wears a gray one.
** Whitney wears a yellow one as of her ClothingSwitch in episode 7.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Soya is a rare non-flamboyant male example of this.
* ''WebAnimation/HanazukiFullOfTreasures'': The titular protagonist, Hanazuki, wears a black sleeveless top that goes down to her stomach but not her navel.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Original]]
* ''Website/GaiaOnline'':
** An interesting inversion after the ArtShift. Unpopular [[ValleyGirl Island Girl]] Sasha got a more modest look -- and suddenly she has fans.
** A subversion comes every year around Halloween these days, though, when little old lady Agatha dresses up as Medusa, including [[FanDisservice the world's saggiest metallic bra]]...
%%* The ''Rappelz online'' banner ads.
* In the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', one of the many problems with the new costume of [=THE CRIMSON COMET!!!=]. Granted, she just got the superpowers and the curves a couple weeks ago and she hasn't gotten over it yet.
* Katarina in ''Literature/EnterTheFarside'' wears crop tops that show off her midriff.
%%* Genoa Rivas in ''Literature/VoidDomain''.
* In ''Literature/JusticeWing'', ''Literature/InterviewingLeather'' and its sequels, most heroes and villains wear protective uniforms. Skimpier outfits -- especially midriff-baring ones -- are generally a tell that the character is much more durable than normal or otherwise can avoid injury or inconvenience. First tier villain Beguile, for example, is nigh indestructible, and wears midriff baring clothes by preference.
** In ''Motivation,'' one of the newer prequels to ''Interviewing Leather,'' the villainess Multiplette wears midriff baring outfits -- but since her duplicates are actually made of energy and can't be hurt, she's another example of that same tell.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Videos]]
* ''LetsPlay/MarikPlaysBloodlines'': "My midriff is like the Bermuda Triangle or something. People start going towards it and they're never heard from again!" Don't stare directly at it.
* ''WebVideo/TheAutobiographyOfJaneEyre'': Blanche Ingram's outfit for one party with purple top and black skirt allowed her to show off her sexy belly. See it [[http://youtu.be/WhBJISN2dKc?t=3m20s here]].
* ''WebVideo/FairyTaleFriday'': Literature/{{Thumbelina}} spends most of the story in sports bra, and Literature/{{Cinderella}} rocks a gay pride flag belly-shirt before her transformation.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQbLTxFk2GA Kathy Smith]] in ''Kathy Smith's Flex Appeal: A Belly Dance Workout''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Real Life]]
* Particularly common as athletic attire. Many people especially in hot weather go shirtless or wear something partially revealing for clear reasons. Of course, some women don't mind it if it's for [[MaleGaze other reasons]] either.
%%* Creator/ParisHilton. Paris Hilton. Dear God, PARIS HILTON!
* Before the [[TheEighties early-eighties]], which is when manufacturers began making half t-shirts, young women would bare their midriffs by tying the bottom front into a knot.
* Had its peak period in the West during the late 1990s and early 2000s, where a look for women involving cropped tops and extremely low-waisted trousers or skirts (for the really daring, below the top of the pelvis) became popular on the street and practically enforced for young female entertainment personalities. Died out because of how [[FanDisservice unflattering]] it was if you didn't have an absolutely flat stomach (the term "muffin top" was coined). It started to reappear slightly in the late 2010s, but without the exaggeratedly low waistlines of the turn of the century.
* Cheerleaders: Many [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDExZCJJBh4#t=0m17s high school]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgfYL10knnU college]] cheerleaders often do this by wearing bikinis and shorts and bikini tops during their car wash fundraisers.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW4ivB2Sx1A#t=0m13s Hooters Girls]].
* Wet T-shirt contests, though the midriff is obviously not the "main event".
%%* {{Creator/Jessica Nigri}} in most of her cosplay outfits.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn6HBD8obeM These]] Vietnamese [[SexyStewardess flight attendants]] perform a [[MatingDance sexy]] [[WalkingSwimsuitScene bikini tops dance]].
* Traditional Indian clothing tend to expose the midriff in women, since the navel was considered the birthplace of life and creativity. This varied with the time and place, though.
[[/folder]]

* The Fantanas in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F614uU3DsqM several]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEb0cYq6dvI commercials.]]
* In a commercial for Washington Sports Clubs: A young woman is being peeped in on by her neighbor. Noticing the man's attention, she opens her shirt, revealing her sexy lingerie-clad body, and gyrates enticingly.
* Quite a few advert leaflets and such in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England have a sexy woman in them. In many of those cases, their midriffs are bared.
* Most of the Bowflex commercials.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJL4yQn_7qQ This]] iconic Tab commercial from 1982.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih10TA7YzFo This]] Sea and Sky commercial.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZebNc5ncr1w 1970s Australian RC Cola commercial.]]
* "A Thousand Quivers" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57kX_8gTdM0 Coty Wild Musk.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf4mjXTEPnE Mandalay Bay]] commercial.
* The woman who's [[EroticEating suggestively eating]] a sub in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCLnBydigpA this]] Jerry's Subs & Pizza commercial.

* Abby from ''Animation/Cubix: Robots for Everyone''.

[[folder:Audio Plays]]
* Hinata Mitsutsuka from ''AudioPlay/ExitTunesPresentsACTORS'', in a costume he wears for a [[https://twitter.com/ACTORS_info/status/657183210170781696 special illustration.]]

[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* Miss Buxley in ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'' does this regularly. Usually, she's wearing a [[WalkingSwimsuitScene bikini]] when she shows her midriff, although she wears a matching mini skirt and cropped top to the office in one strip and wears just her [[LingerieScene bra and panties]] in another.
[[/folder]]

* [[spoiler: Acia Rose]] in ''Fanfic/ClashOfTheElements'' does this, as stated by the narrator.

* This is a common fashion among monsters in ''Fanfic/AnonymoosesMonsterGirlSaga''.

* Dolly Gnome from ''WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet''.

* In ''Film/AlmostFamous'' almost all of Penny's outfits.

* In ''Film/MeanGirls'', most of Gretchen's outfits qualify.

* Creator/HalleBerry:
** Done a lot as Jinx for ''Film/DieAnotherDay''
** ''Film/Catwoman2004'': Pretty much during the whole movie.

* Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen: Pretty much during the whole movie of ''Our Lips Are Sealed''.

* Lena Horne (Georgia Brown) in ''Film/CabinInTheSky''.

* In ''Film/TheOddWayHome'', most of Maya's outfits do this.

* In ''Film/WrongTurn'', Carly does this throughout all of her screen time.

* In ''Film/AboutScout'', most of rebellious teen Scout's shirts do this.

* Queen from María Pascual's character group "The Pack".

* Jack Slash in ''{{Literature/Worm}}''.

* A few characters in the ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'' series have that kind of outfit.
* Also, many female back up dancers on live stage performances and music videos wear outfits that show their belly.

* Melony and Ellen in [=WhizBang=] Pinball's ''[[Pinball/WhoaNellieBigJuicyMelons Whoa Nellie! Big Juicy Melons]]''.

* The genie and the wizard's apprentice in ''Pinball/{{Genie}}''

* Quite common for females in ProfessionalWrestling.

[[folder:Toys]]
* Mango Tiki Wiki of ''Toys/{{Lalaloopsy}}''.
[[/folder]]

* Ambrosia's outfit in ''VisualNovel/War13thDay''. She's the lady in red indeed.

** Most female ''Gaia'' characters still play the trope straight.

* Genoa Rivas in ''Literature/VoidDomain''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQbLTxFk2GA Kathy Smith]] in ''Kathy Smith's Flex Appeal: A Belly Dance Workout''.

* Creator/ParisHilton. Paris Hilton. Dear God, PARIS HILTON!

* {{Creator/Jessica Nigri}} in most of her cosplay outfits.

* The ''Rappelz online'' banner ads likely on this page feature plenty of nice tummy shots.

* Sportscaster Erin Andrews' [[ThePeepingTom peephole video]]: The video shows Ms. Andrews' ritual of ironing and curling her hair in the nude, along with her casual nudity lifestyle. Her [[StalkerWithACrush stalker]] secretly shot the video through peepholes in her hotel rooms at the Nashville Marriot at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN and the Radisson Hotel in Milwaukee, WI..