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A common variant is when a character defiantly strips only to become embarrassed and have a NakedFreakOut when someone new enters the scene. Maybe they're doing it in defiance of one specific person and didn't want to be seen by others, or maybe the newcomers are the few people they didn't want to be caught by (friends, family, [[LoveInterests love interest]], etc.). Most often PlayedForLaughs but, but can also be PlayedForDrama.

* Combined with BetterToDieThanBeKilled in ''Film/JohnWickChapter2''. When she realizes John is here to assassinate her, [[spoiler:Gianna D'Antonio]] accepts her fate, removes her dress in front of him and steps into a bath, where she proceeds to slit her own wrists so she can die on her own terms.

* A variation of this trope plays a major role in the climax of ''Film/StickIt.'' At the National Gymnastics Championships, Mina performs an incredibly complicated routine on the vault without making a single mistake, but doesn't get a perfect score because one of her bra straps inadvertently started showing, which makes her lose points. Protagonist Haley is the next to go, but instead steps up to the horse used for the vault, pulls down her leotard to show her bra strap, and taps the equipment. This action, known as a "scratch," [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight immediately disqualifies her.]] The other contestants realize what Haley is doing and join the cause, with each woman stepping up, showing her bra strap, and touching the horse, forcing the judges to award Mina the gold medal by default. The gymnasts then team up to deliberately subvert the judges' archaic rules by unanimously deciding the best athlete in each contest and then disqualifying themselves to ensure that she wins the top prize.

* ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'': In the seventh-season episode "Hungry Eyes", where, after initially taking a job as a [[SexSells spokesmodel]] for "[[LawyerFriendlyCameo Purple Dragon]]" energy drink in order to defuse criticism that she was too "predictable", Emma takes a stand against, no, ''not'' the sexual objectification of the models (although she did have some criticism of that, too), but with the company's ideals. She does this by [[FanService ripping off her]] SensualSpandex Purple Dragon outfit on stage in front of the whole school.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. The episode "Throne for a Loss" shows a two-for-one. When Zhaan offering clothes to a reptilian prisoner, he tries to shake her by opening his robe. She responds by complimenting him on his body, before [[NoNudityTaboo dropping her own robes entirely and allowing him a long look at her naked body]]. The prisoner seems equally discomfited and aroused.

* ''Series/YesMinister'': Invoked in "The Right to Know". Jim Hacker's daughter Lucy gets upset at her father's decision to remove the special protective status from Hayward's Spinney, which will place a local badger colony under threat. She plans to stage a protest, which Jim thinks will be a StormInATeacup, until he finds out the type of protest she intends: a 24 hour "Save the badger" nude protest vigil at Hayward's Spinney.

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In "Beefsquatch", Bob gets a cooking segment on a local TV show, but Gene keeps interrupting while wearing a Sasquatch mask. The producers think this makes for good television and encourages their rivalry, which devolves to the point where Bob and Gene fight on camera. Upset at what the TV show is doing to her family, Linda tries to stop the broadcast, first by swearing (which fails because [[GoshDarnItToHeck the words she thinks are swears aren't as strong as she thought]]) then by flashing her breasts on air, which gets them cancelled.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'' episode, "[[Recap/RugratsS3E15NakedTommyTommyAndTheSecretClub Naked Tommy]]", Tommy [[NakedPeopleAreFunny decides to take off his clothes]] when he sees how much fun his dog Spike has being naked. Every time Stu tries to put his diaper back on him, he takes it off again. When Phil and Lil come over, Tommy convinces them to strip by telling them that clothes are only good for getting dirty or wet, and make them feel hot and itchy. When Betty sees the twins naked, she is not happy with this and blames Didi for allowing it to happen (because she and Chaz's crackpot idol says it's a natural phase). This also forces Stu to make a last-minute invention to keep Tommy from taking his clothes off during Grandpa Lou's award ceremony at the Wombat Lodge, but Tommy is able to get the invention off when he uses a fork to pull its mechanism apart. At the end of the episode, Tommy learns how important clothing is and decides not to take his clothes off again, [[ALessonLearnedTooWell not even when he takes a bath]].

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Troi's mother is getting married to a man she doesn't love (and barely seems to like) mostly because it's her last chance to be married. Throughout the episode, she's reminded of all the compromises she'll be making, but she doesn't want to call off the marriage. In the end, she decides not to compromise and shows up for the ceremony in the traditional Betazoid wedding attire: nothing. The groom is scandalized and ends the relationship.

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' shows a two-for-one. When Zhaan offering clothes to a reptilian prisoner, he tries to shake her by opening his robe. She responds by complimenting him on his body, before dropping her own robes entirely and allowing him a long look at her naked body. The prisoner seems equally discomfited and aroused.

* In ''Film/YoungGunsII'', the madame who sheltered the Regulators is run out of town. She strips her clothes and rides off in defiance.

* The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femen Femen]]: This UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian feminist group very often stages their protests topless, writing their messages on their chests, knowing full well that these will get [[MaleGaze a lot of attention]] in the photographs of the event.

* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', Caterina Sforza defiantly flashes the Orsi Brothers (who have kidnapped her children) by lifting her dress to them and telling them she "has the instruments to make more [babies]".

* A deleted scene from ''Film/WeWereYoung'' features a 2nd Lieutenant fresh out of ROTC trying to boss around a seasoned veteran sergeant. Said sergeant manages to put the LT back in his place...by coming out just wearing his boots and two Medals of Honor on a sash across his chest. The LT salutes him immediately.

* ''Series/{{Grantchester}}'': In Episode #8.3, a groups of female students protesting the treatment of women in art and academia strip down to their underwear during a garden party at a college. One of them then strips of completely while making an impassioned speech and is arrested by Geordie. She refuses to get dressed even at the police station, leading to several awkward moments.