History Main / GivingThemTheStrip

* ''ComicBook/{{Lucifer}}'': In volume one, issue eleven, Michael Demiurgos escapes one of the cops trying to restrain him by slipping out of his coat.

* In ''Film/TheDoor'', Jess gets grabbed by a man but she manages to get out, but her shirt falls off in the process, while she does get it back, [[ClothingDamage she discards it after seeing it got torn]].

* ''AscendanceOfABookworm'': {{Exploited}}. In late Part 5, one of the assets of Georgine is access to AntiMagic clothing. Because of this, some of the counter-plans against her include means of forcing her out of the clothing, one of which is making her fall on a glue-covered floor that can only be escaped by slipping out of any clothing stuck to it.

* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooFrankencreepy: Fred pins the Baron's cape to a tunnel wall with thrown tools, so the villain leaves it there and runs off. [[spoiler: The cape, itself, provides Daphne with evidence that the "Baron"'s costume was recently made]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheDeep'': In "Beware the Sentinels", Ant is attempting to escape the tomb. He reaches the exit to the chasm when the stonefish spear through his flippers. He manages to ditch the stonefish by taking off his flippers.

* In ''Film/{{Fantastic Four|2005}}'' (2005), Sue Storm is hounded by {{Paparazzi}} shortly after she gains her powers and is forced to strip [[InvisibleStreaker so she can use her powers]] to shake them off.

-->'''Pikachu:''' I think they're attracted to your increasing nudity!

* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E12WhatYouNeed What You Need]]", a man's scarf gets caught in an elevator's doors. He is nearly strangled, but cuts the scarf with scissors just in time.

* On ''Series/{{MASH}}'', Klinger got his skirt caught under a fallen school-bell when he and Father Mulcahy were retrieving some stolen medication hidden underneath it. One of the thieves started taking potshots at them, so he let the skirt tear away from him and ran for their jeep in his undershorts.

* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'': [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Speed of Sound Sonic]] escape the grip of the Sea King this way, discording his InstitutionalApparel (he'd just escaped from prison) and leaving him completely naked.

** Similarly, [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E44 an episode]] of the [[Anime/LupinIIIPartII "Red Jacket" series]] features Lupin using this technique to rid himself of a different SympatheticInspectorAntagonist when he grabs on to the thief's legs while he's escaping; Lupin pushes the buckle on his belt, causing his pants to loosen and fall away with the the inspector. In the English dub, he even calls them "ejector pants."

* [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Speed of Sound Sonic]] does this to the Sea King in ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'', leaving him completely naked.

** During Akane's battle with Mariko, the former is encumbered by a full suit of Kendo armor (sans faceguard). When Kuno embraces her, inadvertently pinning her arms, Mariko takes the chance to dive in to smash her in the head with a baton --but Akane slips out of the armor at the last second, leaving Mariko to strike the empty suit.

* In ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', Hicks must quickly shed his acid-blood-spattered body armor before the corrosive stuff can penetrate to his skin.

* In ''Film/TheBlob1988'', a fleeing kid gets the hood of his jacket caught in a heavy door which he and two others just slammed on the pursuing Blob. His companions have to struggle with a stuck zipper to get him out of the jacket before the Blob seeps under the door.
* In ''Film/BrokenArrow1996'', park ranger Terry removes her jacket and shirt after they become soaking wet, then put them back on, and finally ditches her jacket, when it is set on fire.

* In ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', Sue Storm is hounded by {{Paparazzi}} shortly after she gains her powers and is forced to strip [[InvisibleStreaker so she can use her powers]] to shake them off.

* ''Film/InspectorGadget1999'' has Gadget himself almost fall off the upper-reaches of the Golden Gate Bridge, but saves himself by grabbing [[EvilTwin Robo-Gadget]]'s tie. Then Robo threatens this and sure enough, the tie does come off a few seconds later.

* In ''Film/TheOldDarkHouse1963'', the killer throws a meat cleaver at the hero and flees. The cleaver pins the hero to the wall by his jacket, which he removes so he can escape and rescue the remaining characters.

* ''Film/PromNight2008'': When Lisa is being chased by Fenton on the construction level, he steps on the hem of her dress to prevent her from running. Lisa escapes by just running, tearing off the lower part of her skirt in the process.

* ''Film/TheTenCommandments1923'': At the beginning of the story, when Mary is a starving waif, Dan catches her stealing his hot dog. She escapes by letting him have her cloak.

* In ''Film/Transformers2007'', Sam has his pants taken off while trying to escape from the Decepticon Frenzy; he later is able to grab another pair.

* ''Film/Underworld2003'': In ''Underworld: Blood Wars'', when Marius grabs Selene in the final battle, she escapes with a FlashStep, leaving him holding her jacket. He stares at the jacket in his hands in disbelief for a few seconds before angrily throwing it to the floor.
* In ''Film/WarCraft2016'', after Lothar climbs onto and attacks the clay golem, it attempts to crush him against a wall. Lothar's boots have sunken deep into the clay by this point, requiring him to unfasten them before he jumps off.

* ''Series/ScreamQueens2015'': In "Pilot", after Chanel knocks down the Red Devil, he grabs her from the floor. She escapes by taking off her housecoat and fleeing.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E12WhatYouNeed What You Need]]", a man's scarf gets caught in an elevator's doors. He is nearly strangled, but cuts the scarf with scissors just in time.

* The ''WesternAnimation/ActionMan1995'' episode "Fountain of Youth" had Knuck accidentally step on a pressure mine and remove his boot before outrunning the ensuing explosion.

** Subverted in the "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E4TreehouseOfHorrorX Treehouse Of Horror X]]" segment "Desperately Xeeking Xena". When the Collector (Comic Book Guy) uses a magnet crane to kidnap Creator/LucyLawless at a comic book convention by snagging the top of her ChainmailBikini, she at first starts to undo it to escape; then she realizes [[NerdsArePervs everyone is watching and are about to take pictures]], and changes her mind.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'': In "Mandora the Evil Chaser", Mandora sheds her jacket to escape the Living Ooze's grip.

* ''Literature/DragonFall'': Gabe escapes the dragons by sacrificing his jacket.

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
** Mr Stone, one half of a B-List merc team, tried to slow down the wall-crawler by using his SwissArmyWeapon to coat the entire floor in glue so as to give his life-draining partner Mr. Styx a chance to use his touch of death. Spider-man easily leaps out of his boots onto the ceiling.

* In ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', 'Eyes' Eisenstein gets tied up to a fence by Jack-In-The-Box's entangling confetti. He manages to escape by twisting out of his jacket; leaving it still tied to the fence.

** During the ''ComicBook/JokersLastLaugh'' crossover event, [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Robin]] left behind his cape and tunic in order to get away from Croc. Tim Drake's Robin suit has been extensively designed for his safety in mind. Detaching his cape is actually a normal tactic for Tim, he even modified it so he can send a current through it that will cause the detached cape to wrap itself around whomever is holding it.

* ''Literature/TheMurderbotDiaries'': In ''Rogue Protocol'' an AttackOfTheMonsterAppendage has grabbed hold of a woman wearing an environmental suit by the head and is trying to drag her through a hatchway, until Murderbot hits the emergency release on her space helmet (the atmosphere is breathable; she's just wearing it against possible contamination).

** Subverted in "WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror X"'s "Desperately Xeeking Xena". When the Collector (Comic Book Guy) uses a magnet crane to kidnap Creator/LucyLawless at a comic book convention by snagging the top of her ChainmailBikini, she at first starts to undo it to escape; then she realizes [[NerdsArePervs everyone is watching and are about to take pictures]], and changes her mind.

** Subverted in "WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror X". When the Comic Book Guy uses a magnet crane to kidnap Creator/LucyLawless at a comic book convention by snagging the top of her ChainmailBikini, she at first starts to undo it to escape; then she realizes everyone is watching, and changes her mind.

* In ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', Sam has his pants taken off while trying to escape from the Decepticon Frenzy; he manages to get them back later on, however.

** Also, Phil Urich, the only lucid man to take the identity of the Green Goblin, did this the first time he encountered Spider-Man, simply discarding his glove when Spidey snagged it with his webbing. (Clearly, SanityHasAdvantages, even when taking on the identity of a villain who's usually AxeCrazy.)