History Main / OneSizeFitsAll

* Averted in ''Literature/{{Thinks}}'' by Creator/DavidLodge. When Helen visits the Messengers' rural retreat, she borrows Wellington boots to go for a walk; and being wealthy and hospitable, they have several sizes for visitors to choose from, rather than them ''happening'' to be a good fit.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' provides extreme examples:
** It's possible for [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/one-size-fits-all a Tauren]] (an 8-foot-tall bipedal quasi-bovine) to wear gear looted from a leper gnome.
** When worn by a female, gear instantly becomes not just smaller, but also [[ChainmailBikini more revealing/form fitting]].
** When worn by draenei or tauren, pants and robes magically sport tailholes.
** Shoes lose the shoe part, and become something like legwarmers. Note that you can later give the shoes to someone without hooves and have the shoe part reappear.
** The ''Cataclysm'' expansion brought [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Worgen]] to the table. In human form, shoes are just normal shoes, but in worgen form, they become leg warmers. Your shoes will magically switch between shoes and leg-warmers depending on what form you're in.
** Also, any robes, pants or shoes that a [[TheUndead Forsaken]] puts on will immediately have large holes ripped in the elbows, knees, and toes, all the better to show off their decaying skin and exposed bone.

* Largely averted in ''VideoGame/PuzzlePirates''. All females are exactly the same size, so one size truly does fit all females. Ditto with males. However, cross-dressing is never allowed, leading to oddities such as bandannas that can never be worn by males.
* Played completely straight in ''[[VideoGame/NexusWar Nexus Clash]]'', in which all clothes fit you no matter what [[GrandTheftMe body]] you happen to be possessing at the moment. Since players usually respawn in a random body, this can lead to a situation where (for instance) someone dies in the body of a male bodybuilder and respawns in the body of a little girl -- who comes back wearing the previous body's clothes, which still fit perfectly. Justified by the same random respawns -- it wouldn't be fun to have to carry around a set of clothes for every possible body you could respawn in.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' plays it straight 98% of the time:
** Since gear doesn't bind on equip, but only when you actually do something with it, as long as they ''just'' equip the item, a max-size Roegadyn and a min-size Lalafell can pass the same plate armor back and forth all they like, and it'll fit them both perfectly. The "try on" command that lets you preview gear has similar results.
** Most hats will change shape when equipped by Miqo'te, to accommodate their [[LittleBitBeastly ears]]. Oddly, pants tend not to gain proper tail holes, but the tail will just clip straight through the model.
** Averted in one story quest that has you DressingAsTheEnemy -- Yugiri has ''three'' Garlean soldiers that she MuggedForDisguise, and you have to pick the one that broadly matches your size. Not that this is ''hard'' -- you're either tiny (Lalafell), giant (Roegadyn, male Au Ra, Hrothgar), or medium-sized (anything else) -- but there's hilarious FlavorText for trying to take the wrong ones.
--->If there were three of you standing on each other's shoulders, you could perhaps fit into this uniform. Walking, however, would present a challenge.
** Weapons also change size based on the size of the player, which averts the GiantsKnifeHumansGreatsword problem. One scene plays it straight where Rauhban gives his adopted son, Pipin, his sword and the lalafell has to hold the sword with both hands to wield it properly.
* Averted in ''VideoGame/EverQuest''. Most armor came in three sizes- small (e.g. halflings, dwarves, gnomes), medium (e.g. humans, elves) and large (e.g. ogres, trolls) sizes, and players aren't allowed to use any size that doesn't fit them. Played straight with some unique equipment, which usually doesn't have sizes, as well as with weapons; there's nothing stopping a dwarf warrior from picking up and using a sword looted off a giant.

* The game of ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' abstracts this issue into size categories, so that clothing and armor is only usable by races of the same size category as the one that produced the item. Previously, there were also 'stout' and 'narrow' categories, which kept goblins, dwarves, and elves from wearing the same armor even though they were the same size.
* Averted for some items in the {{Roguelike}} ''Incursion'': many weapons which can be wielded one-handed by normal sized beings must be wielded two-handed by small beings, and small beings can't wear normal sized backpacks.
* A common complaint in ''VideoGame/{{Angband}}'' was that a gnome could wield a weapon that was heavier than him with strength-boosting equipment.
* ''Videogame/DungeonCrawl'' averts this completely. Characters of large or small sizes either have lowered AC gains from armour, or can't use some (or all) armour slots at all. The same goes for weapons - only Ogres and Trolls can use giant (spiked) clubs, and small races like Kobolds and Spriggans can only use normally-one-handed weapons as two-handed, no matter the character's Strength.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' you can buy Work Pants that will fit any character, even though Bowser clearly wears no pants. In fact, the Work Pants are actually the best armor for Bowser until very late in the game.
* Many ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games will have armor or clothes that can be passed around relatively universally, even if the sizes of your teammembers range from "7-foot-tall muscle-bound dude" to "8-year-old girl."
** Especially odd in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', when many people on your team aren't even the same ''species'', with all the differences in physical build that would imply. However, they at least make an attempt to address this trope with some male/female specific equipment.
** Partly averted in ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI VI]]'', which has armor only females can wear. However, considering they mean Terra, Celes, ''or Relm''...

* Similarly in ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'' VI and on, where the same suit of leather, plate or chain is equally form-fitting and functional as it is passed from dwarf to elf to goblin to human to half-orc and from male to female and right back again. It does have limits, though -- in ''VIII'', helmets and boots can't be used by minotaurs (who have hooves and horns), and dragons can ''only'' use rings and amulets.

* Averted in ''Franchise/MassEffect''. All species use different types of armour, save for the asari, who are close enough to human (female) shape that they can wear human armour without hitch. On the other hand, all species use same type of weapons, even though it's a bit hard to see how the massive krogan even fit their fingers on human-sized triggers.
** And still played straight, as human armour fits all sizes of humans and asari and has a form-fitting breast plate only when worn by a woman.
* Averted in ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'' where torso clothing comes in three sizes: small, medium and large, and Ogres can't use pistols and other small firearms due to their large hands. Of course everything else is one size fits all.

* Averted in ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'', where each character has their own set of weapons and armor exclusive to them.
* In ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', clothing plays a major part in the gameplay. As long as you have a high enough Bravery level, any character can wear any outfit. This includes the guys wearing gothic lolita dresses. However, they're InvisibleToNormals, and [[InformedEquipment you don't actually see the outfits]].

* Muppy, a slug-like alien from ''VideoGame/ManaKhemiaAlchemistsOfAlRevis'' roughly around a fourth of the size of the other playable characters, can still equip armor that comfortably fits his otherwise human allies.
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', any suit of armor will fit anyone, be they a stocky dwarf, a slender elven girl, or a towering human male. To say nothing of your giant Qunari. Fortunately, averted with Shale, who uses a separate line of equipment.
* Averted in ''Venetica'': any armor found by the player has to be taken to the blacksmith to be tailored.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Dubloon}}'', you can even have your ''TeamPet Ricky'' wear armour if you wish so.
* Played mostly straight in ''VideoGame/{{Drakensang}}'', who comines this trope with FormFittingWardrobe too. Is sometimes averted by certain clothes and armor pieces who can only be worn by dwarves or can't be worn by dwarves at all. Plus, the Amazonian Armor set and dresses can only be worn by female characters.

* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi''
** The items you buy will always fit both Mario and Luigi, despite their size and body structure differences. Amusingly, the official artwork of the first three games featured Luigi wearing overalls that were a bit too short for him, exposing a pair of striped socks, so perhaps one size didn't actually fit all?
** Averted in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'', ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'' and ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPaperJam'', where the baby bros, Bowser and Paper Mario have different types of clothing.

* Averted in ''VideoGame/RakenzarnTales'', as armor types are restricted by the character's class. The exceptions are Kyros and Kyuu, whose Arxus classes allow them to wear all types of armor.
* The ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'' series uses both this and GenderRestrictedGear. Anna and Natalie can wear the same outfits despite Natalie being considerably curvier. In game 5 [=NoLegs=] can wear the same male-specific armors as Matt or Lance despite being a cat who stands waist-high to either of them.

* In ''VideoGame/ShiningForceII'', rings, bracelets and similar generic accessories can be worn by characters who don't have ''hands''.

* In ''Literature/RebuildWorld'', [[PoweredArmor augmented suits]] are made of a special elastic metal weave that starts at a default size, but it can stretch or shrink based on data input to fit anyone.

* Parodied in the first ''Film/AustinPowers'' like so many other things are. Austin and Vanessa follow two uniformed security guards who very obviously are completely different sizes and body types than either of them, brief sounds of scuffle ensue out of sight, and they come out wearing perfectly fitting uniforms.

* In ''Literature/DragonBones'', Ward inherits his fathers ring, that gives him ownership over the family ghost/slave Oreg. After Ward has put the ring on, Oreg tells him that he can only take it off in the hour of his death. Apparently the ring has never been too small for any owner, and shrinks after you put it on.
* In the official {{novelization}} of ''Film/IronMan'', Colonel Rhodes doesn't just look at Tony Stark's Mk. II armor and decide "Next time, baby"; he decides Tony might need his help out there; he goes for it; he... physically can't get the helmet more than halfway down before he risks getting himself hurt. ("Damn.")

* Played straight in ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', where those [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=220261 Swiftfoot Boots]] can be equipped to any creature card, ranging from humans to elves to snakes to fish to spiders to ''dragons''... Justified in the meta sense since printing rules on each card about what creature types can and can't use a piece of equipment would overwhelm a single card.

* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' generally averts this trope; size modifiers have been discussed in relation to large weapons, and the goblins sometimes reject human-sized gear if it's unusable to them. The Axe of Prissan and the suit of armor associated with it notably play this trope straight, justified by the fact that they're [[AWizardDidIt magical]] and designed to reshape themselves to suit the needs of whoever uses them.

* In ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' Annie made boots as a gift, so she [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=868 had to compensate]] for lack of bootmaking experience and lack of measures with excess of magical skill. It works.

* Dollar and Wolfe: [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/dollar-and-wolfe-trading-co/part-time-model/viewer?title_no=102392&episode_no=141 "it's magic, it fits everyone"]]

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': The high-tech Batsuit Bruce Wayne built to compensate for his declining physical prowess is used by Terry [=McGinnnis=] twenty years later, despite Terry's distinctly slimmer build. Given it's high-tech nature, self-refitting is a plausible function.

* Enforced in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'': When Jerin and his sisters have nothing suitable to wear at the royal court, a team of tailors solve the problem by altering clothes that other people commissioned, but then refused to paid for. It's easier than making new clothes from scratch.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': The high-tech Batsuit Bruce Wayne built to compensate for his declining physical prowess is used by Terry [=McGinnnis=] twenty years later, despite Terry's distinctly slimmer build. Possibly justified if its high-tech abilities include self-refitting.

* In ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'', [[PoweredArmor augmented suits]] are made of a special elastic metal weave that starts at a default size, but it can stretch or shrink based on data input to fit anyone.

** Weapons also change size based on the size of the player, which averts the GiantsKifeHumansGreatsword problem. One scene plays it straight where Rauhban gives his adopted son, Pipin, his sword and the lalafell has to hold the sword with both hands to wield it properly.

* The ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode "The Raincoats" has a button-up shirt originally owned by the short and stocky Frank fit the tall, slender Kramer perfectly.

* Averted in ''VideoGame/RakenzarnTales'', as armor types are restricted by the character's class. The exception is Kyuu, whose Arxus Rogue class allows him to wear all types of armor.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Overlord}}'', all enchanted equipment has this property. Enchanted weapons will resize themselves so they can be wielded properly by anyone. Enchanted armor will also resize itself to fit comfortably on someone no matter what. Some examples below:

* The tabletop ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' both uses and avoids this. Armor and clothing are treated realistically, as individual pieces can't be worn by someone the wrong size and/or shape (a halfling can't wear chain mail designed for an orc). However, many magical items are explicitly stated as resizing themselves based on the user, so a giant can wear a normally human-sized magical ring, and a tiefling with goat hooves could wear a pair of magical boots.

** Plate mail also only fits the character it was made for and has to be "fitted" to be worn by someone else.
*** This is actually unrealistic; with adjustable straps it's possible to make a plate armour that will accommodate a fairly wide variety of people, as long as they aren't very far off from the average size in height or weight. It won't fit as perfectly as armour made by your measures, but grand majority of the Medieval soldiers and knights had no trouble using such equipment.
*** Every [=LARPer=] or reenactment participant that has worn plate mail can attest to that, as the armors worn are just a little lighter than the real thing, and usually one tries a friend armor before buying ones own.

* The ''Series/Seinfeld'' episode "The Raincoats" has a button-up shirt originally owned by the short and stocky Frank fit the tall, slender Kramer perfectly.

* Similarly to the above, this is averted and lampshaded in ''Webcomic/CastlevaniaRPG'', and in addition [[http://www.cvrpg.com/archive/2009/11/19 Link spells out why this trope doesn't plausibly work.]]

** It's possible for [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic1-102907.php a Tauren]] (an 8-foot-tall bipedal quasi-bovine) to wear gear looted from a leper gnome.

* Averted and lampshaded in [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic1-102907.php this]] ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'' comic.

* ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' Photoplasty advertises one-size-fits-all armor in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#6 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games.]]

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* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' you can buy Work Pants that will fit any character, even though Bowser clearly wears no pants.