History Main / CostumeEvolution

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Ichigo originally possessed a standard Soul Reaper uniform with a belt strapping his Zanpakutou sheath to his back. His Shikai transformed the belt to a red strap and his Bankai turned the ''kosode'' into a tattered longcoat. Awakening his Fullbring gave him a uniform made of black flame that eventually transformed into a black bodysuit with white skeletal armour. The restoration of his Soul Reaper powers merged with the remnants of his Fullbring to add neck armour and X-shaped straps to his Shikai and Bankai uniforms. After training with Squad Zero, he obtains a tattered, black-streaked, white waistcloth and shoulder armour that crosses his chest in an X-shape.

** Luke Skywalker's primary outfits reflect his character growth across the Original Trilogy. He starts out wearing awhite tunic and tan pants in [[Film/StarWarsANewHope Episode IV]], reflecting his naiviete and inexperiance. In [[Film/StarWarsTheEmpireStrikesBack Episode V]] he shifts to a dingy gray jumpsuit invoking how he's no longer the innocent he was. In [[Film/StarWarsReturnOfTheJedi Episode VI]], he dons and all black emsemble with a charcoal Jedi cloak and tabard channeling his growth as a Jedi Knight and mirroring his father's colors.
** Darth Vader's iconic look undergoes some notable changes between his intial introduction in [[Film/StarWarsANewHope Episode IV]] and his return in [[Film/StarWarsTheEmpireStrikesBack Episode V]]. His mask design is tweaked with black lenses replacing the original red, his robes are now under his shoulder armor, his chest panel was redesigned and his outfit is much more polished. His suit in [[Film/StarWarsRevengeOfTheSith Episode III]] is a hybrid of his Episode IV and V designs.

** Princess Leia Organa intially wears her white ambassador dress and hair buns for most of [[Film/StarWarsANewHope Episode IV]] before shifting to a more formal gown for the victory celebration. In [[Film/StarWarsTheEmpireStrikesBack Episode V]] she wears her white Hoth garb for most of the film, briefly switching to a red and gray dress in Cloud City before donning a white jumpsuit. In [[Film/StarWarsReturnOfTheJedi Episode VI]], Leia starts out disguised in bounty hunter armor. After being captured by Jabba, she's forced into a gold metalic bikini with a red loincloth. Post escape on the Rebel fleet, she wears a gray tunic over a tan shirt with gray pants. On Endor she wears a green camo poncho and helmet over her outfit and later changes into a brown dress with white sleeves gifted to her by the Ewoks. For the final battle she changes back to her fleet outfit.

** Much like his ancestor from ''[[SoulSeries Soulcalibur]]'', Yoshimitsu is a prime example of this trope. He undergoes this in ''every single game'' in the series, and it's become a long-standing tradition of Creator/BandaiNamco to give the character in both entries a new look in every new entry in the respective series. In ''1'' he was a traditional ninja with a hannya mask. In ''2'' he switched to an oni mask and gained a farmer's hat. ''3'' and ''Tag 1'' started the legacy of him having a more futuristic, cyber-ninja look, and is considered to be by far his most iconic design as a whole, sporting a lightsaber katana and what appears to be a cross between a Xenomortph and a mushroom for a mask. In ''4'', he became a cyborg skeleton with beetle armor and dragonfly wings. ''5'' returns him to a more traditional samurai look but sporting futuristic elements still, serving as a reference to his ancestors from ''Soulcalibur''. ''6'' is by far his most nightmarish look, resembling a skeletal demon with exposed muscle tissue and a demonic sword. As of ''7'' he sports his oddest look yet, wearing a sort-of bio-organic alien armor with octopus tentacles around his head.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' sees many of its story characters change outfits over the course of the game's ongoing story, often gaining new clothes with each expansion. One of the most noteworthy examples is Alisae, who is introduced wearing an outfit identical to that of her twin brother Alphinaud, but eventually starts wearing a tan and red outfit in contrast to Alphinaud's blue and white. Another is Y'shtola, who first wears a white shirt with blue tights before gaining a new outfit in ''Heavensward'' consisting of a long white coat, a short black skirt, and long boots.

* Lightning [=McQueen=] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' starts out having headlights and taillights made out of sticker decals, but from ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'' and onward, he’s replaced them with actual working lights (though that didn't stop Sally from calling him "Stickers").

** When she was introduced in ''Warcraft III'' Jaina originally wore a purple cloak over a white and purple outfit that [[BareYourMidriff exposed her midriff]]. In ''World of Warcraft'' proper, she wore a gown instead of pants and ditched her cape, which remained mostly unchanged (barring her hair [[PrematurelyGreyHaired turning mostly white]] in the aftermath of [[spoiler: Theramore's destruction]] during ''Mists of Pandaria'') until ''Battle for Azeroth'', where her outfit got a complete overhaul to accommodate a blue cloak, armor over her right arm, and a more nautical feel in general to reflect her eventual reconciliation with her former homeland of Kul Tiras during the events of the expansion.

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has Elan swap his bard armor and tunic for a blue swashbuckling ensemble when he takes up the dashing swordsman class, and Haley switches her brown BareYourMidriff outfit for some leather armor to spruce up her look after her TraumaticHaircut.

* WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants started out by just wearing his underwear and shoes to bed. In the more recent seasons, there are times he now goes to bed barefoot, and beginning with "Night Light" in Season 5, he begins wearing traditional sleepwear.

*** In early episodes, the Green Lantern Corps are shown using the same uniform throughout their ranks. During the episode [[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS1E8TheReturn "The Return"]], they're shown wearing custom uniforms (WordOfGod on the commentary is that they wanted to give Kyle Rayner his then-current costume in the comics and the rest fell suit). In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTheFatalFive'', it's shown that Kyle Rayner will at some point don his '90s costume and Kilowog appears, sporting a version of his ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'' costume.

* WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse:

* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse: Superhero costumes tend to get brighter in [[Film/WonderWoman2017 the films]] [[Film/Aquaman2018 not]] [[Film/WonderWoman1984 directed]] by Creator/ZackSnyder that feature characters he cinematically introduced (Creator/GalGadot's Wonder Woman and Creator/JasonMomoa's Aquaman, most prominently), also as a result of them not using Snyder's trademark ColorWash.

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* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' Taylor starts her cape career with a mask, body armor, and black bodysuit. She later substitutes a skirt when her legs are burned and keeps it alongside the leggings once healed. Later still she adds a shawl rather than going for a full cape.
* Nick Klein, the narrator of ''Literature/{{Legion of Nothing}}'' inherits powered armor from his grandfather along with the identity of the Rocket. He keeps on tinkering and improving the armor throughout the series, with stuff from [[spoiler:weaponised lasers and nanotechnology to futuristic alien tech]].
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*** Supergirl made her debut in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' wearing an original costume that, while [[RetCanon later used by]] [[ComicBook/Supergirl1996 Linda Danvers]], featured a white tank top and blue skirt. While she kept that at first for ''Unlimited'', she sported a version of [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 the Michael Turner look]] for the final season.

* ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfMareDoWell'': [[spoiler: After Pinkie's friends saved her from certain death, Twilight and Rarity created a new costume for Pinkie since the old one was shredded by Pinkie out of grief of failing to save Gummy. The new costume they presented to her has, among other things, padding, an invnear invisible covering for Pinkie's head, and most of all, a voice modification spell that changes any wearer's voice into that of a confident mare of justice. What is partiularly fitting was that the voice was based on that of Pinkie's Confidence.]]
* ''Fanfic/UnityFinmonster'': Now that she's branching out as an independent hero separate from the rest of her family, Violet has upgraded her costume. It's now purple instead of red, with a V insignia instead of an I, and is covered with a coat.
* ''Fanfic/ZimTheWarlordIrkenReversion'':
** Gaz's canonical switch from a black dress (as in the show) to a blue shirt and black skirt (in the movie) occurs during the time skip. According to her, it's because she got tired of people thinking she was Goth or emo.
** Due to outgrowing his old uniform during his Reversion, Zim gets a new outfit after waking from his coma. While he keeps the black pants and red shirt, he adds a white Irken symbol on the front of the shirt, an open black vest, and green shoes.

** Darth Vader's iconic look undergoes some notable changes between his intial introduction in [[Film/StarWarsANewHope Episode IV]] and his return in [[Film/StarWarsTheEmpireStrikesBack Episode V]]. His mask design is tweaked with black lenses replacing the original red, his robes are now under his shoulder armor, his chest panel was redesigned and his outfit is much more polished. His suit in [[Film/StarWarsRevengeOfTheSith]] is a hybrid of his Episode IV and V designs.

** Darth Vader's iconic look undergoes some notable changes between his intial introduction in [[Film/StarWarsANewHope Episode IV]] and his return in [[Film/StarWarsTheEmpireStrikesBack Episode V]]. His mask design is tweaked with black lenses replacing the original red, his robes are now under his shoulder armor, and his outfit is much more polished. Oddly he's wearing this look in [[Film/StarWarsRevengeOfTheSith Episode III]], when he's first created meaning in-universe he goes to the Episode IV design before shifting back to his original look.

** Anakin Skywalker's costume changes reflect his character arc much like his son. In [[Film/StarWarsThePhantomMenace Episode I]] a young Anakin wears tan slave attire for most of the film before changing to tan Jedi garb with a padawan braid. In [[Film/StarWarsAttackOfTheClones Episode II]], an older Anakin wears a brown and tan Jedi tunic, dark leather tabards, and a dark Jedi robe. In [[Firlm/StarWarsRevengeOfTheSith Episode III]] his outfit has gotten darker the colors shifting to black and brown, his hair has grown out, and he wears a black glove over his robotic arm. After his climatic battle with Obi-Wan on Mustafar, his mutilated and burned body is encased in Darth Vader's Episode V suit.

** With Gray the one consistent detail about his outfits is that he's [[RunningGag constantly losing them.]]
** Not counting her arsenal of armors, Erza's main outfit goes through four major overhauls over the manga(three in the anime which used her second outfit from the start.) Although the details change her general look remains much the same for her first three armors, a steel gray breastplate with pauldrons, gauntlets, and tassets, over a blue skirt and boots. Her final design notably gives her a more formfitting breastplate with a CleavageWindow adding a cape and greaves with leg pieces. The cross emblem on her breastplate likewise shifts from a cross with the Heart Kruez logo to an asymmetrical gold cross centered on the left side of her breastplate over a Fairy Tail guild emblem, to a plain gray cross in her post-timeskip design to ditching it entirely for her final design.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': and special "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS3E1ThanksToThem Thanks to Them]]" The Hexsquad undergo various changes, both subtle and overt.

A SisterTrope to BetaOutfit (where a different costume is depicted as an early short-lived experiment), FanservicePack (where a character's look becomes increasingly sexualised), EarnedStripes (when it's directly tied to rankings and tiers) and EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference (where a character's costume changes early on in a work's history, but then stays stable).

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Over the TimeSkip, some characters (mainly the Konoha 12) start wearing new clothes. The title character went from wearing a complex-looking jacket and pants with some accessories added to a simpler, black and orange jacket and pants with little to no add-ons. Sasuke's went from a simple collared shirt, arm warmers, headband, simple pants, and boots to looking more like a samurai without the headband. Sasuke would later change his clothes again, but Naruto kept the same design until ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'' set a few years later.

* Lina Inverse in ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' goes through three similar, but slightly different outfits (one in the prequel OVA and movies, one in Season 1 and one in later seasons). The main changes are the accessories such as boots, gloves, and pauldrons; the basic silhouette (form-fitting tunic and pants, and a large cape with ShouldersOfDoom) remains constant.

** Goku's gi constantly changes over the course of the series. It changes from blue to red/orange after he starts training under Master Roshi, then he adds blue weighted clothing underneath. He adds Master Roshi's "Turtle" and King Kai's "Kai" symbols to it when he starts training under then, then replaces them with "Go" symbols when he surpasses them before finally removing the symbols entirely. In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', he changes to a different orange gi for the Resurrection F and Tournament arcs, then changes back to the gi he wore in the Buu saga.
** Vegeta's outfit also changes, gradually becoming less complex as his character arc and ''very'' slow HeelFaceTurn presses on. He's introduced wearing a full set of Saiyan armor with large shoulderpads and skirt flaps, but during the Freeza Saga necessity forces him to change to an older model chestplate without the frills. In the Android and Cell Sagas he wears a suit designed by Bulma that features a refined version of the previous chestplate, and by the Buu Saga he ditches the armor entirely and replaces the full bodysuit with a tanktop-styled version. The early parts of ''Super'' have him using a new Bulma-designed chestplate on a black bodysuit, but after the Tournament of Destroyers he reverts to the Android-era suit, which is generally seen as his IconicOutfit.

** With the exception of Edolas and the Celestial clothing he dons in a few arcs, Natsu consistently wears his white scarf, white pants tied off above the ankles with a orange trimmed black waist cloth, and sandals. His top goes from a open vest to asymmetrical jacket with that leaves his right arm uncovered post-timeskip, both colored black with orange trim. In the final arc after the second TimeSkip, he adds bandages and a black cuff to his exposed arm.
** Lucy varies her outfits quite a bit in the early seasons, but her primary outfit was a white top with a blue cross pattern and blue skirt. Post time skip, she dons a skimpy midriff baring white top with a blue heart pattern, a short blue jacket, detached blue and white sleeves, and a blue skirt. Her final look gave her a solid blue top with gold lacing that exposed her back and a white skirt.

** Not counting her arsenal of armors, Erza's main outfit goes through four major overhauls over the manga(three in the anime which used her second outfit from the start.) Although the details change her general look remains much the same for her first three armors, a steel gray breastplate with pauldrons, gauntlets, and tassets, over a blue skirt and boots. Her final design notably gives her more formfitting breastplate with a CleavageWindow adding a cape and greaves with leg pieces. The cross emblem on her breastplate likewise shifts from a cross with the Heart Kruez logo to a asymmetrical gold cross centered on the left side of her breastplate over a Fairy Tail guild emblem, to a plain gray cross in her post timeskip design to ditching it entirely for her final design.
** This is especially noticeable with the Fairy Tail members who stayed on during the Seven-Year timeskip thanks to aging. Macao keeps the white coat but grows a mustache and adopts a more dignified outfit to reflect his role as Guildmaster. Wakkaba loses the pompadour for a shorter hairstyle, switches to a cigar, and dons a yellow button up with a fur-collared green coat. Reedus loses weight, drops the artist's smock and pointed hat for a GentlemanAdventurer styled outfit. Laki goes from her collared white dress with chin length hair to a black dress with cleavage, a red cape, and long hair in a ponytail. Romeo goes from a wearing a dark t-shirt with an "S" to his Natsu inspired getup of a white trimmed maroon vest and white pants with a yellow scarf. Jet loses the fur-trimmed coat and hat and dons a ponytail with a purple and brown top. Droy is overweight and sports a green jacket over a white shirt. Bisca switches from her yellow hat and black dress to a more {{Stripperific}} getup that's basically a fringed swimsuit with a cowboy hat. Alzack dresses about the same with some minor changes but has a shorter spikier haircut. Max drops the bowlcut and blue suit for a brown vest and black pants with a black collared shirt and a shaggier hairstyle. Kinana loses her frilly white and green waitress outfit for a simpler green top with a long white skirt. Warren goes from a brown and orange getup to a vaguely Chinese green vest with yellow trim over a white shirt. Nab loses the green & black vest and pants, dons a red cape, and grows a beard. Vijeeter abandons the black bodysuit with white lines for a black and orange Indian style get up with a blue turban.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' uses this a lot, since the protagonists attend a SuperheroSchool and are constantly improving and adjusting their costumes over time. A prime example is the main character, Izuku "Deku" Midoriya: his original outfit was conceived largely out of his admiration of [[TheCape All Might]], so it has a cowl that resembles All Might's [[AnimeHair ludicrous bangs]] (which just looks like rabbit ears on Deku) and a facemask that has All Might's trademark grin across it. Over time his costume becomes more practical, including gaining armor and shock absorbers on his legs once he switches to a fighting style based on Shootfighting, gauntlets that help focus the air pressure of his "finger flick" attack, [[spoiler:and later has openings to allow him to use his newly-unlocked "Blackwhip" quirk]]. The All Might cowl and mask never really go away, mainly out of nostalgia,[[note]]Deku's mother made the original outfit as a present celebrating his first day at U.A., so he tends to stick close to the original design,[[/note]] but he stops wearing the cowl and the mask loses the grin, instead looking like an emergency gas mask.
* In ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', the team goes through this twice, particularly in the manga. At the end of the Infinity Arc and into the Dream Arc, the team upgrades their costumes into the "Super" styling. Moon and Chibi-Moon gain flared see-through shoulder guards, multi-colored skirts and rear bows with longer tails; the other Guardians gain the rear bows and the shoulder pads only have one flared see-through guard. They get more uniformed looks once they all hit Eternal.

* In the ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' manga, Vash starts out with his original red coat that gets destroyed over the original run. At the beginning of ''Maximum'' he switches to a new one that has a new collar and some different straps on the front. That gets destroyed halfway through ''Maximum'', and two volumes later he switches to a third coat that's closer in style to his original one, though it has more buttons on the sleeves than the first one did, and keeps this look for the remainder of the series.

** Batman started out with gray tights and a [[SuperheroesWearCapes black cape with blue highlights]], that [[CapeWings was shaped like bat wings]]. The biggest change changes from this were swapping the cape for a standard cape with a jagged hem and swapping the purple gloves for spiked black gauntlets. Changes since then have been various coloring changes, such as adding yellow to the mix, mostly for his UtilityBelt and the outline of the bat symbol. This is also rather explicit in universe and in adaptations that he is [[PerpetualBeta constantly modifying his outfits]] with modern tech or unique mission profiles.
** ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} started out with black tights, dark-blue cape and yellow gloves, boots and utility belt (although she wore a grey costume in 90's flashback stories). ''[[ComicBook/Batgirl2011 Post-Flashpoint]]'' Barbara's costume was almost completely black in color, except by her cape's violet inner side and her pale yellow gauntlets and boots. During the Burnside Era she wore an indigo jumpsuit and a yellow cape, but after ''[[ComicBook/BatgirlRebirth Rebirth]] she changed back to her classic look, but replacing her cowl with a pointy-eared domino mask.

** ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} has worn dozens of different costumes, although she always reverts to her iconic blue shirt/red skirt combination. She started out with a red cape, blue long-sleeved shirt and a blue skirt which she sometimes swapped with a red one. At the onset of [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks the Bronze]] [[ComicBook/Supergirl1972 Age]] she tried a different costume every two issues until deciding on a puffy-sleeved deep-cleavage blue shirt and red cape, choker, short pants and boots that she wore until [[ComicBook/Supergirl1982 the early 80's]] when she changed back to her classic look plus a red hairband. In the [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Post-Crisis era]] she changed to midriff blue shirt with yellow-rimmed cuffs and long blue shirt, and [[ComicBook/Supergirl2011 Post-Flashpoint]] she changed to a high-collared blue leotard and boots with knee-holes. During ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' she wore a [[Franchise/GreenLantern Red Lantern]] variant before the [[ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth Rebirth relaunch]] when she returned to her classic look.

** His 2004 Secret War outfit was black with blue spider-leg like stripes, his 2006 Iron Spider costume was red and metallic gold with a large spider-emblem, and his 2010 Future Foundation outfit was white with black sides, eye-pieces, and spider-emblems.

** In 2015, he started wearing the Spider-Armor Mark IV, which is metallic red and blue with underarm webbing and a glowing outline around the spider-emblem.

* In ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'', Amy Rose starts out with a green plaid skirt and a white t-shirt (with its design changing every issue). After [[CharacterizationMarchesOn she becomes more action-oriented]], she changes to blue jeans and a grey sweatshirt (with designs which also almost never stay the same). In the final arc, which is based on ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', Amy stops wearing her quills up and puts them into a bob.

* ''ComicBook/TheRay'''s original pre-Flashpoint costume comprised a black and gold bandleader's jacket, a white and gold bodysuit, fingerless gloves, and a Cool Helmet. His Freedom Fighters costume keeps the Cool Helmet, but instead has a high-collared black and gold bodysuit. His DC Rebirth costume is based on his original costume, while his Arrowverse costume is based on his Freedom Fighters costume.

* ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfMareDoWell'': [[spoiler: After Pinkie's friends saved her from certain death, Twilight and Rarity created a new costume for Pinkie since the old one was shredded by Pinkie out of grief of failing to save Gummy. The new costume they presented to her has, among other things, padding, a invnear invisible covering for Pinkie's head, and most of all, a voice modification spell that changes ny wearer's voice into that of an confident mare of justice. What is partiularly fitting was that the voice was based on that of Pinkie's Confidence.]]

** In ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'', Elsa's main ice dress now includes a long coat with a sash around her midsection incorporating a snowflake emblem, has a double-cape that has a snowflake on the back and is just waist length instead of trailing on the floor, and has ice leggings underneath the main dress, which is in a lighter shade of blue and has a window showing her upper back. The outfit also includes boots instead of kitten heels.

* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' featured Batman updating costume from ''Film/BatmanBegins'' with slimmer design but with more segmented armor pieces, most notably separating the cowl from the neck, allowing Batman to finally turn his head.

** More specifically, Aquaman gets a more comic accurate orange-ish gold and green royal suit in his solo film's last act instead of a seemingly more common Atlantean suit in both versions of ''Justice League''.

** In the BadFuture scene of the aforementioned film, ComicBook/TheJoker (Creator/JaredLeto) has ditched his garish mob boss outfits from ''Suicide Squad'' for a white surgeon robes, orange gloves and a bulletproof vest adorned with police badges. He also let his hair grow long and erased the "Damaged" tatoo on his forefront.

*** ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'' finally introduced new costumes with black pants and torso, greyish purple shoulders and colored undershirt. This design remained for the rest of the TNG films and filtered into both [=DS9=] and Voyager later on.

*** In the Eleventh Doctor's final half-season following the departure of his long-term companion Amy, he switched his previous tweed jacket and shirt for a more elaborate and more serious-looking Victorian style three-piece suit and overcoat. Again, this marked a shift in characterisation.

** The first two pilots of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' were inconsistent with color schemes of the outfits but leaned into the entire crew wearing some version of khaki, smokey blue or tan uniforms. Once the series was established, the color scheme of gold for command (actually more of a lime green, the lighting and ColorWash made them look gold [[ThrowItIn and it stuck]]), blue for science/medicine and red for security/engineering took hold, which also gave us the infamous RedShirt trope to kill off security officers. The collars were also high, and didn't really fit right, before changing to a lower cut with a black undershirt. The miniskirts also weren't introduced until after the pilots. Kirk is later given a Captain variant costume with a green wraparound tunic.
** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' had black and primary colors tights and jumpsuits. Also, the red and gold [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience color coding]] was switched from the original series. The jumpsuits went through some changes between seasons, mostly for the comfort of the actors. The original one-piece jumpsuit was notoriously uncomfortable to wear, which lead to a new design nearly identical but was in two pieces, drops the shoulder piping and gave a cadet collar. Creator/PatrickStewart ended up suffering from back pain from the original outfits and was almost forced to leave the show; Picard was given a unique commanding officer uniform with a grey tunic and red jacket, which is even looser-fitting as a result.

** In ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' the original Starfleet uniforms were blue jumpsuits with department color trimmings. As a prequel they had a lot more modern touches than the other costumes, as the uniform looked more like a modern flightsuit (complete with pockets, a first for the franchise) and the admiral uniforms had a necktie.
** ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' introduces new blue uniforms but have more military-style stripings and an asymmetric collar. The department colors were changed to metallic styles of gold for command, silver for medical/science and bronze for engineering/security, largely under the premise that Discovery was not a standard multi-task Starfleet ship but an R&D testbed. Season two introduces a general Starfleet uniform that looks nearly identical to the colors and stylings of the Original Series, but with some Discovery style features like the asymmetric collar.
** ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'' seeks to emulate the overall look of the Original Series uniforms but with modern costuming textures and techniques. Department insignia patterns are woven into the shoulders, which are only really seen in close ups.

** During the course of the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' trilogy, Lightning, Serah, Snow, Hope, Vanille, and Noel undergo noticeable costumes changes that are closely tied to the respective game's plot and their character development. Some changes are minor such as Noel's darker color scheme and Vanille's new headdress in ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII''; while other changes are major such as Lightning and Snow, who get a new design for each game. Major changes also apply to Hope and Serah in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'', with the former becoming the [[spoiler:24-year-old leader of the Academy]] and the latter being upgraded from schoolgirl to [[TimeTravel time-travelling]] warrior.

* In the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' series, main character Guybrush Threepwood has undergone several costume changes throughout the games. In the second game Guybrush grew a beard and added a slightly oversized blue coat to his standard breeches and shirt ensemble, in his attempt to look more mature. In the third game, he lost the coat and the beard. In the fourth game, he changes to a red coat. ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'' returns to the blue coat, but he has a goatee instead of a full beard.

** Siegfried keeps his general European knight design but his armour is more detailed with blue and gold trimmings (to represent LightIsGood) and adds a ScarfOfAsskicking much like his P2 costume from ''III''. He's also been made bit taller and [[HeroicBuild heavier-built]] than previous games.

** Yoshimitsu is a character who wows players with RainbowPimpGear CostumePorn with every entry, and this doesn't disappoint either. He appears to wear some kind of exoskeleton under his clothing, and has skeletal boots along with a demonic mask that has glowing green eyes.

** Hwang has underseen some of the most dramatic change of any character in the series. Apart from a scarf from ''III'' and his signature headband, almost nothing of his classic costume has remained. Here, he wears primarily black with a longcoat, a massive hat and a mask to conceal his identity. Hwang looks all the world like a character from ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'', not medieval Korea.

*** In later seasons, Static trades in his white t-shirt with black ChestInsignia for a sleeveless black tee with a golden insignia, which he wears [[SleevesAreForWimps without the jacket]] in warm weather. He also ditches his yellow goggles for blue-tinted CoolShades. The overall changes make his costume look DarkerAndEdgier. Static also used to fly around on manhole covers and various round objects before Richie developed a retractable flight disc for him.In the first two seasons Virgil wears a yellow and red shirt with a blue collar, dark red pants and sneakers. In the third season he wears an orange and black shirt with a number five on the sleeves, blue jeans and brown boots. In the fourth season he wears a similiar outfit but the shirt is yellow and the jeans are white.

*** ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} debuted in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' in his classic orange shirt/green pants and gloves combo. In ''JL'', he sports a look somewhat inspired by his Peter David-era look, including becoming a WalkingShirtlessScene, and wearing a medallion and gold gauntlets.
*** In early episodes, the Green Lantern Corps are shown using the same uniform throughout their ranks. During the episode [[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS1E8TheReturn "The Return"]], they're shown wearing custom uniforms (WordOfGod on the commentary is that they wanted to give Kyle Rayner his then-current costume in the comics and the rest fell suit). In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTheFatalFive'', it's shown the Kyle Rayner will at some point don his '90s costume and Kilowog appears, sporting a version of his ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'' costume.

*** Crimson Avenger first appeared in ''JLU'' wearing a comic-accurate version of his comics costume. His appearances in the final season sees him dressed as a PaletteSwap version of Radio/TheGreenHornet.

** When she was introduced in ''Warcraft III'' Jaina originally wore a purple cloak over a white and purple outfit that [[BareYourMidriff exposed her midriff]]. In ''World of Warcraft'' proper, she wore a gown instead of pants and ditched her cape, which remained mostly unchanged (barring her hair [[PrematurelyGray turning mostly white]] in the aftermath of [[spoiler: Theramore's destruction]] during ''Mists of Pandaria'') until ''Battle for Azeroth'', where her outfit got a complete overhaul to accommodate a blue cloak, armor over her right arm, and a more nautical feel in general to reflect her coming to terms with her former homeland of Kul Tiras during the events of the expansion.

** When he came to maturity, Anduin Wrynn wore a set of white, blue, and gold clothing. In ''Legion'', his outfit featured epaulettes and a purple sash to reflect [[spoiler: his ascension as king following his father's death]].

** The two pilots of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' had operations crew wearing khaki rather than red, and the uniforms had a collar. Once the series was established, operations switched to the now iconic redshirts, while black undershirts replaced the collars. The miniskirts also weren't introduced until after the pilots. Kirk is later given a Captain variant costume with a green wraparound tunic.

** ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' keeps the blue uniforms, but they're now two-piece and have a gold or silver trim.

** The most significant example in is the Cybermen, who have had a succession of very different designs over the years. Major redesigns occurred in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E6TheMoonbase "The Moonbase"]] (replacement of the original BodyHorror-inflected look from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet "The Tenth Planet"]] with a cleaner robotic appearance), [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E3TheInvasion "The Invasion"]] (introduction of the "square-headed" or "earmuff" head design), [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock "Earthshock"]] (replacement of the skin-tight appearance of the outer suit of earlier designs with a baggier look reminiscent of military combat fatigues), [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E5RiseOfTheCybermen "Rise of the Cybermen"]] (the cloth-like outer suit of earlier designs replaced with a segmented, hard-shelled armor), [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver "Nightmare in Silver"]] (now looking almost like knock-offs of ''Iron Man''), and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E9AscensionOfTheCybermen "Ascension of the Cybermen"]] (now reminiscent of a hard-shelled version of the eighties silhouette, with a return to the "square-headed" look).

*** The Tenth Doctor wears a brown suit with a long overcoat for the duration of series 2. However, in series 3 and 4, he's shown to switch to a blue suit. On the suits field, he'll switch back and forth between the brown and blue from episode to episode.