History Main / ExposedToTheElements

* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': Beau's outfits all leave her midriff exposed in order to show off her impressive abs, including the outfit she wore to explore the arctic region of Eisselcross.

* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': Especially in the first season finale, which takes place ''in the Arctic Circle''. They ''did'' acknowledge the cold though. Usagi whined and complained about being too cold but Mars scolded her for being a baby and pointed out that everyone else was focused on their mission. Given their miniskirts and body stockings in sub-zero temps, the rest of the team must have been *very* focused. Justified, though: in the previous episode, the characters walked around on the surface of the Moon without spacesuits or ill effects. If their superpowers include that degree of invulnerability to the environment, they were likely justified in saying only Usagi's lack of concentration caused the cold to affect her.

* ''VideoGame/BrownDustII'': When Eclipse leads the Levatein Resistance, she travels outdoors in her highly revealing PlayboyBunny outfit which lacks an upper half and all she had for covering her massive breasts was a thin strip of fabric that barely covers them with no bridge over her cleavage.

** In the miniseries ''Phoenix: Endsong,'' [[Characters/MarvelComicsEmmaFrost Emma Frost]] doesn't seem the least bit bothered traipsing around the Arctic half-naked. [[Characters/MarvelComicsBeast Beast]] and Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}} are too, but the former has fur and the latter is ''Wolverine''. Well, she IS Emma ''[[{{Pun}} Frost]]''.

* [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]] sometimes notes that while his costume fully covers him, it's got basically no insulation value when he's stuck outside in a New York winter. Despite that, he never bothers coming up with a winter variant.

* Karen from ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' doesn't wear any snow pants nor stockings when playing outside in the snow, though she does get cold when she and Frosty are in the freezer storage compartment on the train and later when it snows heavily.

* In the climax of ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'', Belle rides and runs through the castle's perpetually snow-covered grounds wearing only her sleeveless ballgown at first, then only her underclothes after an ActionDressRip, but shows no sign of feeling the cold.

* The climax of ''Film/KingKong2005'', unlike the 1933 original, is set during winter, and it's so cold that the waters in Central Park Lake are frozen enough to support Kong's weight. Somehow, Ann Darrow can walk around in a thin, sleeveless dress without the cold affecting her - and taken to the extreme in the climax when Kong carries Ann to the top of the Empire State Building, thin dress and all.

-->"...And, need I remind you, I ''am'' naked in the snow. I can't feel any of my extremities, and I mean ''any'' of them."

* In Creator/RobertEHoward's ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' story "Gods of the North" aka "Literature/TheFrostGiantsDaughter", the woman Atali wears nothing but a light veil of gossamer. On a snowfield. Conan is bleeding to death from a head wound when he sees her and is convinced that she's an illusion brought on by massive blood loss and the cold killing him.

** In ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'' by Nijel the Destroyer, who apparently wears long woolen underwear under his straps and loincloth.

** Using the Ways often leads to this - the climate where you start, where you end, and where you travel through are often distinctly different. When Harry gets a MacGuffin that gives him vast knowledge of the Ways, he intentionally averts this.

* ''Series/Lucifer2016'': [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when Maze goes on a bounty hunting trip to Canada. She assumes that because she's a demon she won't need to change her usual {{Stripperiffic}} wardrobe even though Chloe warns her that it's going to be a ''lot'' colder up north. When Maze arrives she struts out of the hotel and immediately starts shivering. She ends up stealing a parka from a man who laughs at her when a pile of snow falls off the roof onto her head.

* ''Series/{{Daredevil2015}}'': Nobu stands on a freezing New York rooftop in a lightweight business suit, completely unaffected by the weather. An associate, much more heavily attired, even complains about it.

** By specific rulings in ''Frostburn'' and ''Sandstorm'', in 3rd Edition or ''Pathfinder'', if you have cold resistance or fire resistance 5 you're completely immune to any natural cold or heat, respectively. Barbarians automatically gain damage reduction as they level up. The interplay of the damage reduction rules and the cold weather rules require some handwaving, but it is very common for players take advantage of this to have barbarians walking around the arctic in a loincloth.

** ''VideoGame/Shantae2002'': {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d after Rottytops advises Shantae to go to Mount Pointy.
--->'''Rotty''': Er... you don't have any warmer clothes, do you?\\

* ''VideoGame/XenaWarriorPrincess'' have the player in control of Xena, who spends every single stage in her iconic ChainmailBikini-esque armor. Including four levels set in a FireAndBrimstoneHell, and three in Tir'Na, a snow-covered village, where the heat or cold doesn't affect Xena at all.

-->"OK, I'm about to commit a felony by breaking and entering... I have no moral qualms about that... and the fact that I'm dangling from a rope 200 feet above the ground doesn't bother me... but wearing [[SpyCatsuit this outfit]] while working outside in November... whoever thought that this was a good idea needs to [[DopeSlap have his frickin' head smacked]]."

* In the ''VideoGame/PipeworksGodzillaTrilogy'' spinoff, ''Godzilla: Domination!'', the human character of Connie Matsu - a news reporter who serves to explain the story, introduce the battles and wrap up the game's multiple endings for the player - is shown in some locations wearing a belly-baring outfit. Once of these instances in when she is reporting from a military base located in the Arctic, yet is wearing a hooded coat that shows off her midriff ''in the middle of a blizzard!''.

* In the "VideoGame/PipeworksGodzillaTrilogy" spinoff, "Godzilla: Domination!", the human character of Connie Matsu - a news reporter who serves to explain the story, introduce the battles and wrap up the game's multiple endings for the player - is shown in some locations wearing a midriff-baring outfit. Once of these instances in when she is reporting in the Arctic in the middle of a blizzard, yet is wearing a hooded coat that shows off her midriff.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': This is [[InvisibleStreaker Toru Hagakure]]'s LogicalWeakness. To take full advantage of her powers, she has to be entirely naked, which can get her in trouble.
** During the combat exercise, she is frozen in place by Shoto Todoroki's ice powers and finds herself shivering and her unprotected feet completely frozen to the floor. When Shoto melts the ice with his fire side's heat, Toru yelps in pain as she hotfoots about in the scalding water created from thawing it.
** Her hero costume (a set of boots and gloves) is the same in the winter as in the summer, prompting Jiro to ask if she's cold.

It should be noted that this trope was born and is still used to show how ''badass'' and/or "hardcore" a character was, not necessarily about {{fanservice}} as you might gather from the picture. It started with the [[WalkingShirtlessScene Shirtless]] {{Barbarian|Hero}} figure popularized by ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian''; it was a simple shorthand to demonstrate how savage, deadly and probably superhuman the individual is. It's through the abuse of writers to show a little skin -- often by {{Stripperiffic}} or ChainmailBikini -- that this has come to the trope of today.

This trope also applies to other times the clothing is grossly inappropriate to the environment. To be expected in video games, especially free-roaming ones, unless finding appropriate clothing becomes a BrokenBridge.

* ''Manga/SevenSeeds'' subverts this, as the characters will feel hot and cold if they aren't dressed appropriately. When Arashi was floating in the ocean with nothing on but shorts and shoes, he kept himself wrapped in seaweed to keep warm. Vice-versa, he kept himself covered with it during the day to avoid being in direct sunlight too long.

** Othinus is a goddess, and because of this wears very little out of arrogance since almost nothing can harm her. When she and Touma teleport to Denmark, he immediately starts freezing his ass off, and gets annoyed when she doesn't react to the snowy conditions. When he hugs her, he remarks that she feels warm. However, when she loses her powers, she begins to suffer from the cold.

* Chrono in ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' wears a coat, leggings and gloves constantly, no matter what the weather is like. He rarely comments on the weather at all or even takes off his coat to cool down. Of course, he is a demon.

* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' movies usually justifies this trope when it happens, because Doraemon's gadgets are involved.
** Mostly averted in the various manga shorts, TV episodes and movies, but an unintentional moment occurs in ''The Genius Nobita's Airship Amusement Park'' (a 2005 TV special). The gang visits the titular amusement park, located atop a futuristic CoolAirship, only for a hostile takeover to break out when the villain Jester and his RobotClown army captures everyone. Shizuka, being the BathingBeauty she is, was abducted in the ''middle'' of her bath and spends a big chunk of the special in a two-piece bathing suit (in contrast, Nobita and the boys are fully clothed) - including the climax, atop the airship's upper deck when it is ''flying through clouds, in the middle of a storm''. No, there isn't a forcefield on the deck, there is a RainAura on everyone. Somehow it doesn't seem to affect Shizuka in any way.
** Riruru's first scene in ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSteelTroops'' has her walking around in the Arctic cold, in a ''one piece''. But later on the audience finds out she's a RobotGirl.
** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheBirthOfJapan'' have the gang traveling to prehistoric times and wearing Doraemon's Artificial Life Furs (basically, cavemen clothing sans shoes) for most of the adventure, including the third act where they're crossing snow-covered mountains and through a blizzard. Semi-justified because the furs are made from Doraemon's gadgets and have a built-in temperature adjuster.
** In ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheWingedBraves'' Nobita and friends visits Birdopia, a world populated by BirdPeople, and to blend in they put on Doraemon's Avian Caps, which turns them into similar bird-folk. The climax have them racing up a WorldTree that extends into the stratosphere, which somehow doesn't affect them despite the high altitude; while initially that could be written off as an effect of Doraemon's gadgets, at one point Nobita lose his cap and reverts to human form while stuck somewhere in the clouds, and doesn't suffer from any side-effects.

** Played straight in ''Anime/DragonBallZTheWorldsStrongest'', most of which takes place in the icy Tsumisumbri Mountains. Except for Oolong, none of the characters wear anything that really protect them from the cold. Goku ends up getting chills at first when he arrives, but it's quickly forget about after he's forced into battle and by the end much of his clothing is destroyed but he doesn't seem bothered by the temperature.

* Kohaku of ''Manga/DrStone'' [[LimitedWardrobe always wears]] a MinidressOfPower that only reaches her mid-thighs, though the slits in the side go up even further. Even in winter it's the same hem length, just [[PrettyInMink lined with fur]]. Most of the men also have their arms exposed, though their tunics are generally longer.

** Eijiro Kirishima's hero suits leave [[WalkingShirtlessScene his torso bare]] and he doesn't upgrade his costume even in the winters.

** Bizarrely played with in the anime's "Ice Hunter" filler arc. Most of the Straw Hat crew wears weather appropriate clothes, except for Luffy and Franky. They both wear a parka and gloves but continue to wear shorts and a speedo (respectively), Luffy retains his sandals and Franky continues going barefoot. Don Achino, the villain of that arc, also wears next to no clothing but he's justified thanks to his ultra-high temperature-inducing [[AppliedPhlebotinum Devil Fruit powers]].
** In one of the episodes about [[spoiler: the rest of the crew after their defeat by Kuma]] we see Franky, who is in a winter country. The locals are naturally horrified to see him in his speedo in the middle of a blizzard, to which he replies, "Ew! No!" (seriously.) He then tries to warm himself up with his patented 'SUPAAA!' dance, but it doesn't work and he freezes solid in a block of ice. Yup.

** Characters occasionally dress for the weather, but usually walk around in their standard, summer-y outfits no matter what. For Misty, this involves a couple walks in snowy mountains wearing micro-shorts and a really short, sleeveless T-shirt. When "dressing for the weather", half the time she just puts on a jacket and continues walking around in shorts, too. Like all other ''Pokémon'' media, neither Dawn nor Candice spent a second of their time in snowy areas not wearing a short skirt, either.

** Lampshaded in ''Sun and Moon'' when Ash's Pokémon School class and Kahuna Hala visit Mt. Lanakila. Kiawe, Professor Kukui and Hala (a WalkingShirtlessScene, a guy who wears NoShirtLongJacket so often the one time he doesn't is evidence that something is wrong, and an old man dressed for tropical climate, respectively) initially refuse jackets on the basis that their fiery spirits will keep them warm. They quickly change their minds when a cold breeze blows by, but even then Kukui leaves his winter coat open to expose his chest. Also a bit of a MythologyGag reference to the games, where Kukui appears on Mt. Lanakila in his normal outfit and the player character wonders if he's cold.

* This is played with in many ways in ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''. Platinum faints due to the freezing cold, but Candice is just fine because she simply claims that nothing should get in the way of fashion. Maylene is also alright in her sleeveless shirt and bare feet, because running around keeps her warm. Later Platinum gets a coat, but takes it off when running also warms her up. When the three of them meet together, Candice dubs them as the "Thin-Clothed Trio".

* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': Especially in the first season finale, which takes place ''in the Arctic Circle''. They ''did'' acknowledge the cold though. Usagi whined and complained about being too cold but Mars scolded her for being a baby and pointed out that everyone else was focused on their mission. Given their miniskirts and body stockings in sub-zero temps the rest of the team must have been *very* focused. Justified, though: in the previous episode, the characters walked around on the surface of the Moon without spacesuits or ill effects. If their superpowers include that degree of invulnerability to the environment, they were likely justified in saying only Usagi's lack of concentration caused the cold to affect her.

* ''ComicBook/{{Arawn}}'': JustifiedTrope. This gets lampshaded by the decapitated head of his former friend that Arawn is recounting his life story to. His mother Siahm was an amazonian warrior, the [[LastOfHisKind Last of Her Kind]], who always walked around in a ChainmailBikini, even in the middle of winter. This was because of a magic spell that she used to prolong her life and protect her body from the elements.
* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': In ''Recap/AsterixAndTheGriffin'', the Sarmatians are clearly very used to the harsh winter conditions of their homeland. Many of the men and children have bared torsos; the shaman isn't even wearing protective footwear in the snow. The women too, most of them having bared arms, shoulders and backs, some having bare legs, and in one case even a bared midriff.
* Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}}, [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Red Robin]], Characters/{{Nightwing|DickGrayson}}, [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Black Bat]] and ComicBook/{{Robin}} generally appear to wear the same costumes regardless of weather but they make a point to mention their winter costumes are more insulated and have built-in heaters, though they do sometimes mention that the heat can be miserable in their costumes. Spoiler once commented how nice it was to be able to cling to ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}} in the cold since his heated suit made him like her personal heater, since her suit was emphatically ''not'' suited for the weather they found themselves in.
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' villain Mr. Freeze has the reverse problem. He ''needs'' to be at sub-zero temperatures to survive. When he's forced to spend time at the North Pole, he enjoys the opportunity to walk around without his bulky armor, and is dressed like he's at the beach.

* A ''ComicBook/ConanTheBarbarian'' comic from the 1970's had the woman Conan was rescuing going about in a snowy wasteland clad in little more than a gossamer loincloth and bra, and some [[spoiler:magic]] slave chains. Averted the trope, as she [[spoiler:turned out to be a sort of synthetic life form made of ice and snow, with the magical slave chains being pretty much all that held her together, and she melted away when they were removed]].

* [[http://clzimages.com/comic/backdrop/large/4c/4c_17336_3_XMenDieByTheSword.jpg This cover]] for ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur|MarvelComics}}'' shows ComicBook/CaptainBritain and a group of female heroes on a roof in London. It's winter, and there is an inch of snow on the ground. All of the women are wearing midriff-baring crop-tops except for one, and her outfit is more like a one-piece swimsuit.

** They also go to Siberia in the ''Terror Incognita'' storyline, but are wearing costumes designed for the cold (except for ComicBook/GreenLantern who just wills a force field).

* This is played straight and then averted in the Furry parody, ''Red Shetland'', where the title character dresses in that exact way through a wintry forest, until she stays in a farm house where the elderly matron makes an appropriate suit for the weather, which Red accepts with grace and her Stag lover agrees that it looks great on her.

* [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]] sometimes notes that while his costume fully covers him, it's got basically no insulation value when he's stuck outside in a New York winter. Despite that he never bothers coming up with a winter variant.

* In the ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' fanfic ''Fanfic/BuildYourWingsOnTheWayDown'', Gabbie is described wearing very skimpy clothes in a early spring night and is completely unbothered by the cold. Which weirds out Edward since he's fully dressed with a jacket but is shivering from the cold.

* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'': Krysta is able to walk around the extremely cold Icefall Cave with no problems despite wearing nothing but a sports bra, gym shorts and running shoes. Justified, as she's [[AnIcePerson an Ice Heart Bloodliner]] whose abilities give her extremely high cold tolerance, enough that she can hold Nevermelt Ice with her bare hands, while ordinary humans can't touch it without protective gear.

* PlayedForDrama in ''Fanfic/SunsetsRecoveryArc'' when Sunset Shimmer wears her skirt on a winter day where there's several inches of snow on the ground. She's having a manic episode and doesn't feel the cold.
* Averted in ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'', Haara must go to extreme measures to keep from freezing to death while stranded naked in the snowy mountains, from keeping fire spells constantly active to mystically controlling her breathing and heartrate, to killing a boar and covering herself in its fat.

* ''Anime/{{Trigun}}'' and ''Anime/{{Gungrave}}'' crossover fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11588935/1/Wintertime-Business Wintertime Business]]'': Brandon does not shiver even a bit when exposed to the winter weather despite wearing just a loose t-shirt and pants all the time. Justified, because he's a corpse. The cold weather preserves his body; he learns this fact from watching the discovery show about Ötzi the Iceman. Vash frequently lampshades Brandon's cold resistance and suggests him to get a coat, because Vash on the other hand, is still sneezing despite wearing his trademark BadassLongcoat.

** By ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'', it's a good thing Elsa's immunity to cold is already well-established, as she's seen leaving her coat and boots behind, keeping only skimpy clothing to affront a stormy, chilly sea (which she partially freezes) and later threading through a glacier barefoot. Lethal hypothermia would be a more than a guaranteed thing for anybody else.

* The climax of ''Film/KingKong2005'', unlike the 1933 original, is set during winter, and it's so cold that the waters in Central Park Lake is frozen enough to support Kong's weight. Somehow, Ann Darrow can walk around in a thin, sleeveless dress without the cold affecting her - and taken to the extreme in the climax when Kong carries Ann to the top of the Empire State Building, thin dress and all.

* In ''Film/ResidentEvilExtinction'', Alice's clothes don't seem to be very suitable for the desert. nIn the desert you have to cover your face at the very least.

* ''Film/SantaClausConquersTheMartians'' has Billy and Betty wandering through the Arctic in woefully inadequate winter clothes. Especially Betty, who's wearing a skirt with no leg covering at all. Notably for a kids movie, however, the two are shown [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids freezing to death before their rescue.]]

* In ''Film/{{Thor}}'' we meet the not-so friendly [[OurGiantsAreDifferent Frost Giants]], literal ice people who can extend the frost layer on their arms at will, shaping it like [[ShapeshifterWeapon swords or daggers]]. {{Justified|Trope}}, for they're beings ''native'' of the ice planet of Jotunheim. And let's not forget their local version of our lions, the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Frost Beasts]].

** Played with in ''Literature/TheLastHero''. The Silver Horde never talk about it, but they have all supplemented their loincloths with a variety of leather, rubber, and woolen garments that serve a variety of support and warming purposes. They are a group of octogenarians climbing up a 10 mile tall mountain in the middle of the equivalent of the Arctic.

* ScienceHero ''Literature/DocSavage'' gets round this with another miraculous invention, a substance covering his body that prevents it from freezing (and somehow prevents his body from overheating as well) and makes a trek through Antarctica just a walk through the park. The [[Film/DocSavageTheManOfBronze movie adaptation]] has Doc meditating outside his Fortress of Solitude in the Arctic, wearing just a loincloth. We're not meant to take this seriously though, as the whole movie is deliberately camp.

** While Maeve has the benefit of being one of the Winter Queens (albeit the weakest and youngest one), she has at least one fey girl in her lair swimming in a pool completely naked, despite the freezing temperature. Harry notices that the cold has . . . some effect on her body when Maeve offers him information for his fathering a child with the girl.
* The MageSpecies in ''[[Literature/HisDarkMaterials The Golden Compass]]'' live in cold climates and wear relatively little. Although they feel the cold, they know it won't harm them, so they put up with it in order to better commune with nature.

* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': As the Fellowship struggles down the pass of Caradhras through deep snow, Legolas wears light shoes instead of boots and scouts the path ahead by walking on top of the snow drift.

* The children's book ''[[Literature/NuddyNed Nuddy Ned's Christmas]]'' has Ned spend the story streaking in the snow. His parents and Santa Claus plead him to get dressed out of concern that he'll get cold, but Ned insists that he likes the feeling of being naked in the snow.

** In two early back-to-back serials, Jamie finds himself wearing his kilt in both Tibet and on a glacier. In the former, he is told to put on warmer clothing, but claims that as a Highlander he is unaffected by the cold. He later regrets the decision. In the latter, no one seems to care.

* ''Series/{{Daredevil2015}}'': Nobu stands on a freezing New York rooftop in a light-weight business suit, completely unaffected by the weather. An associate, much more heavily attired, even complains about it.

* The [=AVByte=] behind the scenes for their "Disney Princess Leia" music video showed that it was shot in fall in New York during a cold snap, and several of the actresses were freezing in their princess outfits, most especially the one playing Ariel, who was wearing a summer skirt and bikini top.

* Storm Blackfire (a character in the ''Jade Regent'' Actual Play podcast series from ''Podcast/{{RPGMP3}}'') is a half-elf {{barbarian|Hero}} and combat expert. She's [[ChildhoodFriendRomance on very good terms]] with her childhood friend, Sandru. At one point, she [[PowerUp acquired]] a magical [[EmbarrassingTattoo glow-in-the-dark butterfly tattoo on a certain part of her body]], which is difficult for her to conceal under her... [[ChainmailBikini usual attire]]. Luckily, her magical sword imbues her with cold-resistance.

* Wrestlers often compete in their UnderwearOfPower or otherwise skimpy outfits even in matches held outside. When it rained on IWA Puerto Rico's ballpark shows almost everyone still wrestled in tights and trunks, with even the more heavily dressed wrestlers just being in t shirts, or in one involving Chicano and Homicide, mud as their fight spilled into the dugout.

* Track and field athletes always wear relatively short clothing, and are always subject to the climate (except on indoors tournaments) -- so much that strong winds both invalidate new world records that might be set and hinder certain performances ([[FanDumb not that the audience cares]] -- when Brazilian pole vaulter Fabiana Murer gave up her last attempt on the 2012 UsefulNotes/OlympicGames blaming on the wind, [[MemeticMutation jokes]] and complaints ensued as they felt it was a lame excuse). However, running full speed increases your metabolism to ten times its normal rate, mitigating the heat loss from wearing so little in the cold.

* ''VideoGame/AtelierFirisTheAlchemistAndTheMysteriousJourney'': In the snowy village of Flocke, Firis will complain about the cold, and a kindly old woman will offer to make her a warmer outfit after a sidequest. The Snow Bright suit you get from this does have a coat, mittens, and a wool hat... but it also has ZettaiRyouiki which leaves part of her thighs exposed. It still gives enough protection to slow down your stamina drain in snowy areas. And of course, outside of this one scene, Firis doesn't seem to have much of an issue wearing the lighter outfits in her wardrobe.

** Her boss, Laharl, is worse. He's frequently depicted as wearing a scarf, shoes and shorts, yet shows no problem in walking through either extreme cold or heat. In one scene he dives into an active ''lava flow'' to retrieve Flonne's pendant, and when he later surfaces with it, states that it's burning his hand (albeit this is due to the pendant burning anyone with evil in their heart), but makes no mention of the lava being an issue at all.

** Morrigan doesn't seem to mind wandering around on top of a mountain through caves carved into a glacier while wearing an {{Stripperiffic}} outfit with a NavelDeepNeckline. Though in the CGI Sacred Ashes trailer she does grumble about having to "freeze to death while digging for the bones of a [[CrystalDragonJesus madwoman]]!" during said wandering-around-on-top-of-a-mountain quest. Ironically, her personal gear gives a bonus to cold damage.

** Servants often wear very skimpy outfits, and can have swimsuits as alternate outfits. In the ''Anime/FateGrandOrderFirstOrder'' anime, Ritsuka asks Shielder if she is cold in her revealing armor. She remarks that she is unaffected by the temperature. [[spoiler:Later in the game, when Sir Galahad's spirit abandons Shielder, taking away the lion's share of her powers, she is no longer protected from the elements and has to bundle up.]]

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' provides a number of examples (such as walking blithely through a sandstorm without their faces covered), but has one aversion where Zidane walks through an icy cavern and into a blizzard in just his usual vest, and his posture changes to show that he's freezing. In fact, as a whole the game provides a subversion of the usually horrendously impractical clothing of Final Fantasy games. Out of the main cast, only Zidane and Amarant are badly dressed; all the other characters are completely covered up.

** Balthier is the only one who could even remotely be considered to be dressing for the weather. Vaan and Basch both have open vests, Penelo's outfit leaves her arms and thighs bare, and Fran wears a metal bikini. Larsa is covered up, and even wears gloves, but he's only in the party temporarily.
** Even worse: many of the characters are from a desert nation. It may seem reasonable to wear less clothing in a hot environment, but desert-dwellers know that what you really need is to cover up with loose robes. Tight clothing, like Balthier's, holds in the heat, and exposed skin risks severe sunburn; you'll loose more moisture to the sunburn than you would sweating in robes.

* In ''Videogame/GodOfWarPS4'', while Kratos does at least wear some pants compared to just a toga draped around his waist, he still wears little more than a leather shoulder-strap by default despite living in [[GrimUpNorth Northern Europe]]. The various armors he can equip various from mere pauldrons to actual chestplates that cover his torso.

** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', Sora climbs to the top of a mountain in [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} The Land of Dragons]] wearing nothing but his drive clothing: A short-sleeved shirt, jacket and shorts. Taken to extremes in Donald's case, where all he wears is his hat and robe, but, notably, with no shoes.

* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has several champions from the frozen northern regions, and very few of them are actually dressed sensibly for that cliimate. Ashe has a cloak, leather armor, exposed skin, and tights; Tryndamere and Udyr fight shirtless; Olaf doesn't wear any leggings or sleeves; Braum only wears pants and a few pieces of armor, though he's also meant to be seen as a legendary FolkHero who can withstand the harsh cold; Sejuani wears metal shoulderpads, a metal thong, and a bra, something explained as a form of MachoMasochism. Both Ashe and Sejuani are iceborn who are justified as having resistance to the cold and some control over ice magic, which might make this less suicidal. Ashe and Tryndamere are explained away as being from more Southern regions of the Northern areas, while Sejuani has since been visually updated to wear full armor. Her designer went on to explain her art was finalized and passed to the devs before he was given the memo about being from Freljord, or she would have been more covered in the first place.

* The majority of the second game of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'' takes place in December, with regular visits to a snow-covered mountain village. Despite this, all of the girl's outfits stop at the knees or higher. Fie's outfit is the most extreme example, consisting of a midriff-baring tank top, low hanging short shorts, and an open jacket.

* In ''VideoGame/LightningLegendDaigoNoDaibouken'', Yuki Shirogane, a [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Snow Girl]] from the [[SlippySlideyIceWorld icy Zehgo Village]], has clothes that doesn't cover her legs. Another character, Forelock, {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this when meeting her in his storyline. She answers him it's not a problem, [[JustifiedTrope giving the justification]] that Snow People like her have a biology fit for cold weathers and thus don't need a lot of clothes.

** In [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 the first game]], all party members wear covering armor that cannot be taken off, complete with sealed headgear for hostile environments. Come ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', all the party members have two costumes at best, and they are comfortable wearing nothing above the waist except for a mouthpiece to help them breathe... in near vacuum. Actually somewhat averted there too, since the only things you have to worry about in space are the radiation, micrometeorites and breathing. The first two can be fixed with shielding, which everyone has.

** In ''Perfect Dark Zero'' Joanna Dark's outfit in a freezing cold snow covered mountain is torn jeans, a half jacket, and a half sweater that exposes her midriff.

** ''VideoGame/Persona3'' has the fashion conscious Yukari Takeba donning a fur lined dress for her winter casual clothes, one that leaves both her shoulders and legs completely exposed. Made oddly egregious as her summer outfit actually seems to cover more.
** ''VideoGame/Persona4'' gives us the sporty Chie Satonaka well known for wearing a short skirted school uniform and shorts, even in the portion of the game where it starts snowing. She does upgrade to leg coverings when the group goes skiing/snowboarding however.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'' Has Futaba Sakura's casual clothes include ZettaiRyouiki leaving her thighs exposed in the dead of winter. Similar to the Yukari case above this is oddly contrasted by her summer clothes appearing to cover more despite the commented on extreme heat.

* Annah of ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' justifies her outfit by finding even room temperature to be uncomfortable (when she gets excited, her leather -- let's face it -- [[{{Stripperiffic}} swimsuit]] starts to sizzle). At the same time she is very resistant to cold damage.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'': The female PlayerCharacter wears a sleeveless top and short-shorts, and seems perfectly fine during the winter season. Further driving the point home is how Cheren and Zinzolin, both much better dressed than she is for ''Cold Storage'' (which is exactly what it sounds like), won't stop complaining about how the environs are ''freezing their nuts off''. Clearly, she's twice as tough they are, or her PlotArmor keeps her warm. Not to mention all the Cold Storage workers are wearing thick protective clothing, and at least one or two of them complain about the cold, too.

** The SpinOff series ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' explains in one of them that Ranger Uniforms are made with a super-insulating material, in an attempt to handwave how Rangers can explore snowy mountain peaks without discomfort. This is flimsy at best, as not only are the uniforms still short-sleeve, but anything that traps enough heat to let you survive in such cold environments would probably broil you alive in the volcano areas each game also has.

** ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndThePiratesCurse'': Lampshaded when Shantae and Risky reaches the game's SlippySlideyIceWorld.

* ''VideoGame/SigmaStarSaga'' is one of the "ignoring temperatures for {{Fanservice}}" examples. Scarlet is introduced on a planet that's covered in ice, but there [[LimitedWardrobe and everywhere else]] she wears significantly less than would be expected of any normal human female. This also applies to [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Psyme]], but for her it's semi-justified--most members of her species don't wear clothes in the normal sense.
* Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog seems comfortable in zones ranging from the [[LethalLavaLand lava filled depths of the Marble Zone]] to the [[SlippySlideyIceWorld snowy peaks of the Ice Cap Zone]] wearing nothing but his fur, WhiteGloves, and a pair of red shoes. Justified as his SuperSpeed is bound to produce a fair amount of heat.

** The last two stages from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'' are explicitly in the Antarctic (one in a speeding vehicle with an open rear hatch, the other out in the snow). None of the characters bother with a coat ([[WalkingShirtlessScene to]] [[{{Stripperiffic}} say]] [[SleevesAreForWimps the]] ''least''), and roughly a fourth are not even wearing shoes. A cutscene for the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Vita}} version plays with it: the vast majority of the characters play it straight, except for Blanka. Following behind Sakura (in her usual uniform), Blanka is wrapped up in several scarves like a mummy, and is freezing his ''ass'' off.

** {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'': Attempting to enter a frozen river dungeon without the appropriate fur coats means you [[NonStandardGameOver instantly freeze to death]]. Like Eternia, there is no physical change to the characters regardless of if their coats are on or not.

** The closest the game has to temperature affecting the player character is an aesthetic discomfort added in 1.4 if they are out in the Tundra biome during a Blizzard, and the Expert/Master-exclusive Chilled debuff being applied when entering water in the same biome. Other than that, the player is free to go through the upper edge of the atmosphere to the freezing Tundra to the depths of Hell with no ill-effects, regardless of armor or vanity costume.

** And again in the [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 2013 reboot]]. It's averted in the early part of the game where Lara must find shelter to make camp and wait out a storm, but later in the game she wanders around in a snowy area without a coat. Then the climax of the game takes place on a snow-capped mountain under ''gale force winds'', while dressed only in her tank top and pants from the beginning (which by that point have suffered heavy ClothingDamage). Arguably justified, however, as Lara ''immediately'' notes that weather patterns on the [[EldritchLocation island]] are not at ''all'' normal and something's seriously bizarre about the local climate. Also, the rest of her wardrobe is still in her cabin on the Endurance (Assuming it didn't go overboard), which she doesn't get back to until three-quarters of the way through the game -- at which point she has more pressing concerns than seeing if any of her other outfits are more intact than the one she's wearing -- so she doesn't have the option of wearing more environmentally practical outfits.

* In ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'', Altena is located in a very cold, snowy area. However, its female mages wear dresses not designed for warmth. The game states that the queen of Altena keeps their home warm with magic. On the other hand, when their princess Angela escapes the castle wearing what looks like an orange leotard, she collapses from the cold. Lucky for her, some [=NPCs=] show up to help. Due to GameplayAndStorySegregation, nothing prevents Angela from going back later. The one thing that changes in the remake is the characters' propensity to complain about the cold; even Charlotte, the most sensibly dressed character, can only put up with for so long before she whines about it. The same can be said of Nevarlan heat, except for regional native Hawkeye.

* ''VideoGame/Uncharted2AmongThieves'': After almost freezing to death in Tibet, Nate gets some winter apparel. Though he is still remarkably comfortable climbing icy, snowy walls and ledges without any gloves. His winter clothes are quite light and he doesn't wear any sort of head protection. Plus he keeps getting his pants wet in icy water and trodging through snow, causing snow to collect in huge amounts on his legs. Apparently Nate can wisecrack his way out of frostbite and gangrene.

** This is played straight by Crymaria. While she does technically wears a coat, the manner which she wears it seems to be for purely aesthetics purpose and not really for keeping herself warm. Given her [[AnIcePerson powers]], however, this is justified.

* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'', some members of the party complain about how cold it is upon entering Valak Mountain, but won't suffer any ill effects from it. One might think there would be some warmer looking armor sets to be found there, but it's actually the complete opposite, as you can loot ''swimsuits'' that are said to be designed for cold weather use(according to the flavor text, the person wearing them is covered in a clear, insulating gel).

* Oran in ''WebAnimation/BrokenSaints'' [[ShirtlessScene takes off his shirt]] in the desert at night. While many believe that [[TheCoconutEffect deserts are hot]], at nighttime the temperature in drops significantly.
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Huntsmen wear iconic outfits that project their personalities in a world where the right to express one's individual identity is taken very seriously. As a result, many combat outfits rarely take weather into account. Even in the icy tundra of Solitas or the harsh deserts of Vacuo, skin will be exposed through cleavage windows, bared midriffs, arms or legs, rolled up sleeves, thin shirts, and so on. It's confirmed in Volume 7 that [[LifeEnergy Aura]], which Huntsmen are trained to amplify and use, will protect from harsh weather conditions. When Ren, Yang and Jaune are stranded in the tundra in Volume 8, Yang begins [[ManaMeter monitoring]] their low Aura levels as they seek shelter, which are steadily dropping due to sustained exposure to the cold. Ordinary citizens of Mantle wrap up much more warmly because only Huntsmen are Aura-trained; when the heating grid is sabotaged, this means they're much more vulnerable to freezing to death than the Huntsmen trying to protect them are.

* Spectacularly mocked (in conjunction with {{stripperiffic}} female outfits) in ''Webcomic/RPGWorld''. Cherry and Diane complain about the cold as they cross a snowy mountain. Hero sympathizes, because he's wearing short sleeves. Close-up of Cherry (in her shorts and sleeveless shirt) and Diane (in her quipao/cocktail dress thing) shivering. Cherry further {{lampshade|Hanging}}s the trope by [[FourthWallObserver complaining about]] [[MaleGaze the male, 13-25 target demographic]]

* A one-time character in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' is a cheerleader in a midriff-baring outfit asking Steve why he stopped rummaging her trash. Note how the rest of characters are dressed for winter but not [[http://americandad.wikia.com/wiki/Lacey her]].

* Karen from ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' doesn't wear any snow pants nor stockings when playing outside in the snow, though she does get cold when she and Frosty are in the freezer storage compartment in the train and later when it snows heavily.

** Amy is so committed wearing midriff-baring clothes that when the characters go ice fishing in the episode "Cold Warriors", she wears a belly ''parka''.

** The Gargoyles wander around in all climates in those handsome barbarian shorts. Goliath actually says that cold does not bother them early in the series, although in a later episode a different one complains about the cold. Maybe he just can't get as many updrafts.

* Averted with Bull Gator and Axl from ''WesternAnimation/TazMania''. Normally they wear a red bandanna and a hat, and in the case of Bull, a brown vest, but in the case of cold weather they wear jumpers under their bandannas.

** Averted in Season Four, when the Winx are given their Lovix forms specifically to keep them from freezing to death while inside Aurora's flying glacier fortress. Unfortunately, Roxy doesn't have access to that form, and almost freezes to death before one of the Earth fairies casts a spell that keeps her warm. [[spoiler: Which is weird, since Roxy is at the same power stage that the Winx were when they went to Domino/Sparx in the first season (the basic first form), as are all the generic Earth "warrior" fairies that seem to be perfectly fine walking around a giant chunk of ice.]]

* In any part of the world where the snow flies in the winter, you are guaranteed to find young women going to nightclubs in skimpy evening wear despite the cold. To be fair, in most cases the longest they spend outside is walking from their car to the club; hopefully they don't suffer a flat or breakdown.

* The old Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station had an even more extreme version of this, the "300 Club". When it reaches -100F, go to the sauna wearing only boots. Screw with the temperature control so it reaches 200F. When you can't stand the heat any longer, ''run outside completely naked'' into a 300 degree temperature change until you can't stand that, then go back inside. Best done with a buddy waiting to let you back in, so you don't freeze your fingers to the outside handle of the door.

* Averting this trope is the reason behind UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}'s annual indoor fair, the IX Indoor Amusement Park, held at the International Exposition Center ("The IX Center" is local shorthand for the fair, even though the Center holds various conventions and exhibitions throughout the year). The fair runs from late March to mid April, meaning it's technically spring, but in Cleveland it's still cold and possibly snowing until mid-April at the earliest.

* Claire in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'' is kidnapped and dumped in the Arctic with just a midriff-baring T-Shirt and jeans. You hear no complaints. Justified as she had no time to search for something warmer considering she had other things to worry about at the time. Lampshaded in the Battle Game. Claire's alternate mode features a {{stripperiffic}} outfit, and her idle animation involves rubbing her arms and jumping in place to get warm.

* Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog seems comfortable in zones ranging from the [[LethalLavaLand lava filled depths of the Marble Zone]] to the [[SlippySlideyIceWorld snowy peaks of the Ice Cap Zone]] wearing nothing but his fur, WhiteGloves, and a pair of red shoes.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': In volume 6, the main characters are on a train to Atlas passing through snowy wilderness when they are attacked by Grimm and team RWBY (plus Qrow, Oscar, and Maria) are eventually forced to leave their derailed section of the train in search of shelter. Nobody seems to have any cold-weather gear to throw over their relatively summery iconic outfits, except for Maria who's the only one who looks somewhat warmly dressed: all four heroines' clothes include some kind of CleavageWindow; Blake and Yang's show midriff; Ruby's leggings are ZettaiRyouiki; Qrow, Oscar, and Yang have rolled-up sleeves; and the two guys have V-neck shirts (Qrow more so). Nobody except Oscar and Maria have finger-covering gloves, and the only person with a hood — Ruby — doesn't put hers up or wrap her cape around herself. Yang and Maria also have metal prosthetics that look like they'd be a problem. Despite this they don't seem to suffer in the cold until a full-blown blizzard starts. After riding it out inside a farmhouse overnight, they resume their trek in the snow without any further shivering or teeth chattering. In volume 7, it's mentioned that [[SoulPower Aura]] (which all the named characters have) can easily protect against cold. While their new outfits cover up a ''bit'' more, Aura is still the only explanation for why they're not freezing to death.

** In the miniseries ''Phoenix: Endsong,'' Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}} doesn't seem the least bit bothered traipsing around the Arctic half-naked. [[Characters/MarvelComicsBeast Beast]] and Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}} are too, but the former has fur and the latter is ''Wolverine''. Well, she IS Emma ''[[{{Pun}} Frost]]''.

** In case 5 of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'', Phoenix, Maya and Pearl go to a temple high atop a mountain. Because of their inappropriate clothing (a simple blue suit for Phoenix, and a short-sleeved kimono and sandals for Maya and Pearl), the insanely cold weather becomes pretty harsh for Phoenix and Maya; in fact, it was the very reason why Phoenix originally ''didn't'' want to go there. They soon stop paying attention to it, though (or at least stop commenting on it), and Pearl doesn't even mention it at all, despite wearing just as little as Maya and only being nine. Of course, this is the same girl who ''ran'' from Kurain Village to Phoenix's office when she was only eight (a trip that takes two hours by train) without issue, so it's not too hard to believe she'd be unaffected by the cold as well. They're dressed more warmly in [[Anime/AceAttorney the anime]]; for example, Phoenix wears an overcoat over his suit.

* The old Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station had an even more extreme version of this, the "300 Club". When it reaches -100F, go to the sauna wearing only boots. Screw with the temperature control so it reaches 200F. When you can't stand the heat any longer, ''run outside completely naked'' into a 300 degree temperature change until you can't stand that, then go back inside.

* ''VideoGame/RabiRibi'': None of the characters seem to have a problem wearing very light clothing even in a tundra area (Ribbon complains about the cold exactly once and it's never brought up again). Especially notable with Rita, an ice mage who lives in the snowy area, who just wears a leotard with DetachedSleeves. Spoofed in one conversation, where Rita claims that it's common knowledge that the less clothing one wears, the higher their defense is.