History Main / ChangedMyJumper

** One notable (and noticeable) instance of this trope played straight is [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl Port Royal]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', where Sora and co. are wearing their regular clothes during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy. It was seen as so jarring by the fanbase that when the Carribean was revisited in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', Team Sora got new, period-appropriate pirate outfits to go with it, which were [[AuthorsSavingThrow much better received.]]
* The ''Orion Agenda'', an UsefulNotes/IFComp text-adventure, requires players to adopt the appearance of the natives. You also need to use the UniversalTranslator in order to avoid being detected as well.

* Totally avoided in the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' series. Nothing dead (unless it's surrounded by living tissue, like the terminators) can be sent through a time machine, so time travelers arrive naked and have to steal contemporary clothing.
** Though the flashforwards ''also'' avoid this trope through the simple expedient of describing the future as a grim and endless theater of war, so that no matter what fashions might have appeared between, say, 1984 and 2004, the humans' clothes are all ripped to shreds, patched with whatever other fabrics and thread (and skill) were available, and covered with layers of dirt interspersed with sweat and cordite.

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*** However, a few episodes later in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature "Human Nature"]], this comes back to bite her ''hard'' when she's stuck in 1913 England and faces racial discrimination from ''everyone''.[[note]] Makes perfect sense, of course. Belief in "race" as a meaningful anthropological classification (with Africans being defined as inherently inferior, of course, given their enslaved/impoverished status) was only formulated in the 19th century and reached its height in the early 20th century.[[/note]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'' cartoon, Agents Jay and Kay are sent back in time to a Wild West town. Agent Kay's suit transforms into period-appropriate clothing. However, Jay is stuck with his normal suit and is mistaken for an undertaker. Kay scolds Jay for not [[CrazyPrepared having a suit that transforms like he did]].

* Subverted in a ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' episode where Danny's time travel to the 1980's reveals that his black jumpsuit is actually ''fitting'' for that time period.
-->'''Danny:''' Oh, great, I blend in.

* It's mostly played straight in ''Anime/FateGrandOrderAbsoluteDemonicFrontBabylonia'' as none of the local Sumerians particularly bat an eye at the time travelling Ritsuka Fujimaru from the 21st century or [[FishOutOfTemporalWater heroes from other eras]] being summoned by King Gilgamesh. In fact, the soldiers under Leonidas even start adopting anachronistic armor. However, Ritsuka's fellow time traveller Mash Kyrielight does adopt a skirt more in-line with the depiction of Sumerian fashion. Ritsuka's case is then subverted in a [[AudioAdaptation Drama CD]] where Gilgamesh gets annoyed that his subjects think Ritsuka's black shirts are trendy and cool so they start copying him. This will influence Mesopotamian culture if left unchecked and interfere with fashion history, so Gilgamesh orders Ritsuka to take off his clothes already for the rest of his time in Uruk, [[HilarityEnsues with much fuss made over this]]. Once Ritsuka acquiesces to be a brief WalkingShirtlessScene, the civilians lose interest in the fashion trend and he can go back to wearing his shirt.

** Humorously averted in "Future's End". When the crew of Voyager find themselves in Los Angeles in 1996, they dress to blend in, but one look at the odd outfits on the Venice boardwalk, and gang-banger Tuvok comments that they could've worn their Star Fleet uniforms and no one would've noticed. This gets validated when the Doctor (having just gotten his mobile emitter) walks around the city in his uniform and local girl Rain Robinson just thinks it's a bad leisure suit.

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-->-- '''Captain Jack Harkness''' critiques Rose and The Doctor's poor choice of outfits for visiting UsefulNotes/{{London}} during [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the Blitz]], ''Recap/DoctorWhoS27E9TheEmptyChild''

** Averted in the first ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', with people remarking on Marty's hazmat suit and vest throughout the film. ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'' also subverts this: Marty's cowboy outfit (assembled by 1950s Doc Brown, who assures Marty that it is, in fact, "authentic") is horrendously out-of-place in 1885 Hill Valley.

** In ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' story "[[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS2E9E10TheTemptationOfSarahJaneSmith The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]", teenage assistant from 2009 Rani Chandra time-travels back to 1951. Everyone is shocked to see her in such ridiculous clothes and wonder if it can really be the fashion in "the Punjab". She, hilariously, assumes at first all the strange looks she's getting are due to her race, when she's really getting the looks due to her clothes, and probably only getting away with it because she looks foreign. In the same episode, knowing that she's going back in time, Sarah Jane dresses appropriately for the time period. Apparently "the '50s came back in the '70s". Luke is suitably embarrassed.

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->''"Oh, should've known, the way you guys are blending in with the local colour. I mean, Flag Girl was bad enough, but '''U-Boat Captain?'''"''
-->-- '''Captain Jack Harkness''' (speaking in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII UsefulNotes/{{London}}), ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E9TheEmptyChild The Empty Child]]"

When people are engaged in TimeTravel, they will very frequently be wearing clothing that is inappropriate or out of fashion for the time period. After the obligatory initial comments about the time traveler being dressed "very strangely", the locals will all, in effect, [[WeirdnessCensor shrug and move on]], and however bizarre or inappropriate the clothing may be by their standards, they will rarely mention it again. An ImprobableHairstyle doesn't faze the peasants, either. Occasionally caused by LimitedWardrobe. Of course, in some cases, it's not a problem because FashionsNeverChange. (And, of course, if it's Halloween, expect at least one instance of YourCostumeNeedsWork.)

(Note: For those of us SeparatedByACommonLanguage, a jumper is a sweater, not a dress for little girls. Or a kind of conductor. Or [[DrivenToSuicide a guy on a bridge]]. Or a cable. And it's got nothing to do with that Creator/HaydenChristensen [[Film/{{Jumper}} movie]].)

* In ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'', the crew walk around 1980s San Francisco in their Star Fleet uniforms without anyone noticing at all. This was actually TruthInTelevision... They specifically tested it first by sending bit actors out in uniform, and got exactly that little comment. (A bit of the movie is even shot more-or-less guerilla style, showing actual bystander nonreactions.) Hey, it's San Francisco!

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E8MummyOnTheOrientExpress "Mummy in the Orient Express"]] has not only Clara dressing as TheFlapper in a TwentiesBobHaircut and a GorgeousPeriodDress, but the Doctor putting on a snazzy suit and bow tie. (The episode is set in the future, but on a '20s-themed space train.) This being a few episodes after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E6TheCaretaker "The Caretaker"]], where the Doctor thought going "deep cover" meant putting on a different coat. [[NotADate This rigmarole on what is supposed to be one final trip]] before Clara stops adventuring shows they're not really serious about breaking up.

* In ''LightNovel/TheAmbitionOfOdaNobuna'', Sagura Yoshiharu was transported from the present (late 2000s-early 2010s) Japan to [[JidaiGeki the Sengoku era]], some 450 years ago. The light novel and manga averted it by making him, eventually, wear period clothing. The anime plays this straight; he's ''always'' seen either in his [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_school_uniform#Gakuran school uniform]] or a yellow T-shirt, sometimes with period armour on them.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' has a half-hour special where Timmy travels to the 90s, 80s and 70s. The 90s avoids this trope (Which is fair as it was only a decade ago). The 80s plays this trope straight, with Timmy wishing for Cosmo and Wanda to give him the full makeover so "he doesn't stick out like a sore thumb". The 70s had him only with a smiley face on his shirt (The decade was portrayed as still being in the Hippie/free love era of the 60s)

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' has a half-hour special where Timmy travels to the 90s, 80s and 70s. The 90s avoids this trope (Which is fair as it was only a decade ago). The 80s plays this trope straight, wishing for Cosmo and Wanda to give him the full makeover. The 70s (Which was mostly portrayed as still in the hippie/free love era) had him only with a smiley face on his shirt.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents has a half-hour special where Timmy travels to the 90s, 80s and 70s. The 90s avoids this trope (Which is fair as it was only a decade ago). The 80s plays this trope straight, wishing for Cosmo and Wanda to give him the full makeover. The 70s (Which was mostly portrayed as still in the hippie/free love era) had him only with a smiley face on his shirt.

* It's mostly played straight in ''Anime/FateGrandOrderAbsoluteDemonicFrontBabylonia'' as none of the local Sumerians particularly bat an eye at the time travelling Ritsuka Fujimaru from the 21st century or [[FishOutOfTemporalWater heroes from other eras]] being summoned by King Gilgamesh. In fact, the soldiers under Leonidas even start adopting anachronistic armor. However, Ritsuka's fellow time traveller Mash Kyrielight does adopt a skirt more in-line with the depiction of Sumerian fashion. Ritsuka's case is then subverted in a [[AudioAdaptation Drama CD]] where Gilgamesh gets annoyed that his subjects think Ritsuka's black shirts are trendy and cool so they start copying him. This will influence Mesopotamian culture if left unchecked and interfere with fashion history, so Gilgamesh orders Ritsuka to take off his clothes already for the rest of his time in Uruk, [[HilarityEnsures with much fuss made over this]]. Once Ritsuka acquiesces to be a brief WalkingShirtlessScene, the civilians lose interest in the fashion trend and he can go back to wearing his shirt.

** One notable (and noticeable) instance of this trope played straight is [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl Port Royal]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', where Sora and co. are wearing their regular clothes during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy. It was seen as so [[UncannyValley jarring]] by the fanbase that when the Carribean was revisited in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', Team Sora got new, period-appropriate pirate outfits to go with it, which were [[AuthorsSavingThrow much better received.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', after being sent to the distant future, several people make fun of Jack's kimono, saying he is wearing a dress. Despite this, he continues wearing it.

* Subverted in ''Webcomic/DresdenCodak'', where the time travelers [[http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_035.htm try to blend in]], but fail, and are identified as time travelers on sight by Alina, who compares them to historical reenactors:

* ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'', while avoiding this trope, gave a good demonstration of why it can be necessary to move a story along. [[http://www.scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20040929 Amy]]: "If one more person shouts 'Whore' at me, I'm going to kill them."