History Main / ModestyShorts

* Wrestling/DaizeeHaze's most common ring gear basically is modesty shorts with a [[DangerouslyShortSkirt really tiny skirt.]] Ditto her protege Wrestling/VedaScott.

* ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'': Lexine in ''Extraction'' is an unusual case of wearing a DangerouslyShortSkirt over a skin-tight bodysuit. The MaleGaze moments with her make it clear just how short the skirt is and still imply fan service.

** ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'' initially didn't have their girls wearing these in its Live 3D streams, but as more and more of them got into trouble with [=YouTube=]'s content policies, all of the girls that wear dresses and skirts for the Live 3D streams now have black shorts under them just to be safe.

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* Called "activity shorts" by Cat Davis from Cat on the Prowl.

Compare ProperTightsWithASkirt. Also compare SkirtOverSlacks, which are visible when a woman walks normally and tend to be used more as a fashion statement, though sometimes they can serve the same practical purpose. May be combined with ZettaiRyouiki.

** In all ''Pokémon X and Y''-related media, Korrina, the Shalour City Gym Leader, is a lot more free to show off on her rollerblades knowing she has a pair of these.

* Some Catholic and Christian schools make girls wear modesty shorts under their skirts as part of their regular uniform, though usually just in the primary grades.

Compare ProperTightsWithASkirt. Also compare SkirtOverSlacks, which are visible when a woman walks normally and tend to be used more as a fashion statement, though sometimes they can serve the same practical purpose. They usually are [[WhoWearsShortShorts short shorts]]. May be combined with ZettaiRyouiki.

Compare ProperTightsWithASkirt. Also compare SkirtOverSlacks, which are visible when a woman walks normally and tend to be used more as a fashion statement, though sometimes they can serve the same practical purpose. May be combined with ZettaiRyouiki.

** An episode of [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]] where we see May changing into a swimsuit confirms that that strip of white cloth over her shorts is indeed a skirt, rather than an extension of her undershirt.

Short skirts are feminine, sexy, and cool in the summertime. But, as any female will tell you if you move too much, it's very hard to avoid creating {{Panty Shot}}s while wearing one.

* In the first ''Film/ResidentEvil'' film, Alice wears black shorts underneath her red dress.

* ''Manga/TeasingMasterTakagiSan'': In one scene where Nishikata challenges Takagi to do a flip over the bars at the playground, she asks him to turn around while she does it because she's wearing a skirt. He peeks at her anyway to make sure she isn't cheating, and, naturally, she's wearing shorts underneath.

Compare SkirtOverSlacks, which are visible when a woman walks normally and tend to be used more as a fashion statement, though sometimes they can serve the same practical purpose. May be combined with ZettaiRyouiki.

* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': In [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/qa-time Q&A Time!]], some of the cast members are asked questions. When {{Transgender}} Magical Girl Zoe is asked how she's adjusting, she notes that she had never worn skirts, like those in her school uniform, before being out as a girl. As a result, she's unused to them and wears shorts under hers. At that admission, Heartful Punch and Outrageous Apple, a pair of more {{Tomboy}}ish Magical Girls appear. HP is surprised to learn other girls ''don't'' wear shorts under their skirts, while Apple dismisses those girls as fools, as one's clothing should always be prepared to do sick skateboard tricks.

* {{Transgender}} Aoi Futaba of ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'' wears biking shorts under her skirt.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'':

* Suzuna of ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' wears biker shorts under her cheer uniform. This is partially because she's the TokenMiniMoe of the cheerleading team and partially to reflect her ShortTank personality.

* Natsuki Kuga from Anime/MyHime, after the skirt-blowing, panty-less incident.

* Added to ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s costume [[Comicbook/{{Supergirl 2005}} from late 2009]] until her [[LeotardOfPower costume change]] for the ''ComicBook/{{New 52}}'' [[Comicbook/{{Supergirl 2011}} reboot]]. According to the artist Jamal Igle, “At the first meeting I had with [Matt Idleson, the editor] after I got the book, he said, ‘I never want to see Supergirl’s panties again'."

* Lampshaded in ''FanFic/SOSPrettyCure'' after Haruhi takes down some bullies. They express disappointment at not seeing her underwear, and she flips her skirt deliberately to show them her bike shorts just to add insult to injury as she remarks, "Sorry to disappoint."
* Cure Dragon wears this in ''FanFic/FutariWaPrettyCureDragon''; Rica Watson also wears this with her school uniform.
* In the semi-genderbent Sword Art Online story, ''FanFic/TheKiritaChronicles'', Kirigaya Kazuta wears shorts underneath her skirt in the real world prior to the beginning of the Death Game.
* The over-the-knee bloomers make frequent appearances in SFW ''{{VideoGame/Touhou}}'' doujins, particularly action-oriented ones with lots of movement. They fit right in with the outfits most characters wear.

* Bloomers are prevalent in ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' fanart due to the [[ElegantGothicLolita Lolita]]-style outfits and highly-acrobatic depiction of the game's BulletHell fighting. Also canonical for at least some of the characters in the spin-off fighting games.
* ''Franchise/StreetFighter''

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}''

* Ajna of ''{{VideoGame/Indivisible}}'' has a skirt that she can hike up to allow her to move easier and black shorts under it.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'': Fiora wears a white pair of these under her original miniskirt. Unequipping the latter will also remove the former, as they come bundled together.

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* A WebComic/DumbingOfAge story has Joyce go on a date with Joe and wear a [[SheCleansUpNicely rather fetching]] yellow dress. After the date goes south, Joyce goes home and changes, revealing [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/03-men-are-from-beck-women-are-from-clark/impressed/ that she had pajama shorts underneath]] the whole time.

* In later chapters of ''Manga/Horimiya'', the artist Daisuke Hagiwara gave female characters shorts under their short skirts so that they can sit in a feminine pose freely without being immodest.

* Natsuki Kuga from Anime/MaiHime, after the skirt-blowing, panty-less incident.

* ''Manga/KodomoNoOmocha''[='=]s Sana Kurata is revealed to be wearing a pair when her school's gang of bullies shred her skirt with box cutters.

* The title character in ''Manga/KamikazeKaitouJeanne'' wears these with her MagicalGirl outfit in the second season. In the first season, her outfit had no shorts underneath and was more following the MagicSkirt example.