History Main / FrenchMaidOutfit

* [[FanDisservice Luckily]], we're only ''told'' that Hettie of ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' has a French maid outfit.

* Worn [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext mostly inexplicably]] by SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} in issue 20 of Way's run. He was on an assassin's hitlist at the time, [[CloudCuckoolander so maybe he thought he needed a disguise?]]

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** In an episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', Bulldog has one of his girlfriends wear this outfit to prepare for her role as a maid-on a radio show.

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'':
** The Main Character's ever-original classmates decide to do a MaidCafe for their SchoolFestival. [[TheChick Yukari]] dreads it from the depths of her spirit because [[AllMenArePerverts it means wearing a maid uniform]]; [[IdiotHero Junpei]] and the rest of the male schoolmates look forward to this cherished event. Alas, a typhoon rips through Iwatodai and the SchoolFestival is canceled, to the endless grief of said schoolmates (and the Main Character is also asked if he mourns the loss.) In the ''[[UpdatedRerelease Persona 3 FES]]'' release, the surveillance camera skits show Yukari in her dorm room; she had indeed procured an authentic maid uniform, not a costume, and gripes loudly about how everyone wanted to see her in it. [[spoiler: Eventually, she gives in to curiosity and wears it, and pantomimes serving a costumer. When [[ShrinkingViolet Fuuka]] catches her, Yukari cheerfully ropes her into the game and dresses her in a spare uniform.]]
** There's also a series of "Maid Uniform" costumes [[{{Fanservice}} for the female members of the party to wear during the Dark Hour]], as rewards for Elizabeth's requests. [[RobotGirl Aigis]] will find it odd if you ask her to wear one, but Yukari and [[{{Ojou}} Mitsuru]] will chew you out considerably for it. And of course, you can get [[RuleOfFunny all three of them in the party at the same time, wearing those outfits]]. In the portable remake the female main character can wear one as well, so you can defeat the forces of evil with a party of maids. Additionally, if she wears the costume while dating Akihiko or Shinjiro, they have...interesting reactions.
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': The servers at the [[CosplayCafe maid cafe]] you can visit in Akihabara all wear the standard frilly black and white maid outfits, as does NPC Sadayo Kawakami in her second job as a "[[PlatonicProstitution health delivery girl]]."

* In ''Manga/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', Roxas disguised himself in this type of outfit while trespassing the White Rabbit's home in search of food to restore Luxord's original size. However, the Rabbit saw through the disguise and puts him on trial.

* In an episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', Bulldog has one of his girlfriends wear this outfit to prepare for her role as a maid-on a radoio show

* In ''Film/ScavengerHunt1979'', Babbette is an actual FrenchMaid who wears the outfit as her uniform. This is not too suprising given that the little we see of her late employer Mr. Parker indicates that he was something of a DirtyOldMan.

* In an episode of ''Series/Fraser'' Bulldog has one of his girlfriends wear this outfit to prepare for her role as a maid-on a radoio show

* HelloNurse wore this costume in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' in order to teach the Warner siblings table manners. Given that she's the TropeNamer for the Trope she's named after, she really didn't need any other reason.

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* According to at least one [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] ''Comicbook/{{Superman}}'' story, the Daily Planet requires its top female reporters to dress like this and act as waitresses at staff parties.
* During the ''ComicBook/SpiderMan[=/=]Human Torch'' miniseries, the Torch and ComicBook/SheHulk meet at his apartment to go to a costume party. Johnny dresses up as Spidey, while Jennifer shows up in a trenchcoat concealing one of these outfits. "Johnny-sense tingling..."
* Mentioned as a gag during a ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' arc. Peter's looking for the kids from ''Sins Past'' in France. His thought process is basically, "This table is spotless" → "I've got to get one of those French maids...or maybe just Mary Jane in a French maid outfit. Why is that outfit so popular with guys? Must be the feather duster."

* The ''FanFic/NewLookSeries'' has both Shikamaru and Fuyuki in this costume while in their respective predicaments.

* In an episode of ''SeriesFraser'' Bulldog has one of his girlfriends wear this outfit to prepare for her role as a maid-on a radoio show

* In an episode of ''Series/Fraser'' Bulldog has one of his girlfriends wear this outfit to prepare for her role as a maid-on a radoio show

* During the ''SpiderMan/Human Torch'' miniseries, the Torch and ComicBook/SheHulk meet at his apartment to go to a costume party. Johnny dresses up as Spidey, while Jennifer shows up in a trenchcoat concealing one of these outfits. "Johnny-sense tingling..."

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* [[FanDisservice Luckily]], we're only ''told'' that Hettie of ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' has a French maid outfit.
* In the season eight premiere of ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Lois uses one as a [[{{Fanservice}} disguise]].
* In the episode "Gold Fever" of ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'', Boss Hogg has Daisy dress up as a French maid (even though she's a waitress) in order to impress a rich Texan.
* Definite [[ParentService Dad Service]] in the British Saturday morning kids' show ''MinistryOfMayhem'', with Holly Willoughby, a maid's outfit, and cream cakes being splattered about.

* When we first meet her in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The Eleventh Hour", Amy Pond is dressed as a FairCop. When the Doctor questions her disguise, Amy tells him it was "this or a French maid".

* In Japanese drama ''Series/ShokojoSeira'', Seira is forced to wear one of these. It serves the purpose to increase her {{moe}}ness.
* For a school event, the students in the Japanese version of ''Manga/HanaKimi'' decide to have a MaidCafe. With all the guys dressing up in maid costumes to gain more female customers.

[[folder:Literature]]
* David Wingrove's ''Literature/ChungKuo'' has many of these; in every case a Chinese maid to one of the T'ang lords or the princes.
* In Sarah Caudwell's ''[[Literature/HilaryTamar The Shortest Way to Hades]]'', Selena and Julia are invited to a party by a grateful client, who has utterly misunderstood the nature of their relationship - as has his, uh, friend, who answers the door in "a black dress, black stockings and a little white pinafore."
-->"In brief, an old-fashioned parlour maid."\\
"Your 'in brief' is appropriate; your 'old-fashioned' less so. When I say that she wore stockings rather than tights, I do not speak from surmise."
* In ''[[Literature/GhostFinders Ghost of a Dream]]'', Melody comes on to Happy by reminding him of the French Maid Outfit she'd spotted in a shop window the other day. Happy adamantly objects, as he's already told her he won't wear the thing.
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* Lindsay Funke of ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''.

* Mentioned as a gag during a ''{{Spider-Man}}'' arc. Peter's looking for the kids from ''Sins Past'' in France. His thought process is basically, "This table is spotless" → "I've got to get one of those French maids...or maybe just Mary Jane in a French maid outfit. Why is that outfit so popular with guys? Must be the feather duster."

-->"In brief, an old-fashioned parlour maid."
-->"Your 'in brief' is appropriate; your 'old-fashioned' less so. When I say that she wore stockings rather than tights, I do not speak from surmise."

The French Maid Outfit is a form of FetishFuel, a type of {{Fanservice}} or both, made ([[JustForPun or perhaps maid?]]) to call to mind the FrenchMaid character type (or, if in Japanese media such as {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}, the {{Meido}} character type). They are a favorite Halloween costume and often appear in sexual roleplaying. [[NiceShoes High-heeled shoes or boots]] and [[StockingFiller fishnet or black, back-seamed stockings]] are standard parts of this outfit, which may sometimes include [[HighClassGloves fancy leather or lace gloves]] as well. As the page image shows, the dress always has a short skirt to [[ShesGotLegs show off the wearer's legs]].

* ''WebOriginal/{{CHAINSAW MAID}}'', animated by Takena Nagao, is a StopMotion short featuring an attractive maid saving her family from horrible zombies. One part FetishFuel, one part horror, but 100% awesome.