History Main / PajamaCladHero

* ''VideoGame/ShantaeHalfGenieHero'': The update-added Jammies Mode has Shantae go through levels in her jammies.

* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'': When his trap goes off in ''Temple Crashers 2'', Keene Milton is teleported out of his bed and into the middle of a battle while still wearing his nightcap. This actually works to his advantage; The Temple grants powers to those inside based on their clothing. With the power of the nightcap, he's able to induce 'waking up', which teleports him back to bed.

* A bathrobe-clad Wendy is chased by her AxeCrazy husband while dressed in a bathrobe in the climax of ''Film/TheShining''.

* [[CheerfulChild Boo]] from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' appears to be wearing a pink nightshirt, lavender stockings, and white socks throught the entire film (except when she is wearing a makeshift costume Sulley and Mike made to hide her identity).

* Bilbo, from ''Literature/TheHobbit'' by Creator/JRRTolkien, forgets his handkerchief and money in addition to starting his adventure in his dressing-gown. Subverted when Dwalin lets Bilbo use his hood and cloak.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSnowman'', James is dressed in the daytime scenes at the beginning, but spends most of the story in his pajamas and bathrobe, since all his time with the Snowman takes place after midnight.
* In the episode "The Good, The Bad, and the Eggly" of the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' spinoff series, ''WesternAnimation/LarryBoyTheCartoonAdventures'', [=LarryBoy=] and Dark Crow end up wearing footie pajamas and [[BrownBagMask paper bags]] as costumes after their real ones get turned into over-easy eggs. The book adaptation of the episode gives extra details to the pajamas, turning them even ''more'' embarrassing, with patterns that prove they were meant for children.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' episode "Adventures in Troll-Sitting", Jake wears his pajamas from morning to evening as he was trying to hide the troll and get rid of the living troll furballs. He's also barefoot.

* On ''Literature/LlamaLlama'', the story "Lucky Pajamas" is specifically about him being in his pajamas all day because he believes them to have become lucky after Mama Llama sewed them. The original book ''Llama Llama Red Pajama'', of course, has Llama Llama in his pajamas and is set at bedtime. The story was adapted for the animated series as well, but he's only clad towards the end of the story because most of it is actually set during daytime.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Chaotic}}'', the main character Tom had his first battle in Perim in his pajamas. His opponent remarked that being in pajamas is a typical sign of a newcomer.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': In the episode "[[Recap/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS2E34CrystalClear Crystal Clear]]", Star is dragged off by Rhombulus to his lair in the middle of the night while in her nightgown. She also [[LosingAShoeInTheStruggle loses her socks at one point]].
** In "[[Recap/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS3E28TotalEclipsaTheMoon Total Eclipsa the Moon]]", Eclipsa doesn't bother to get dressed before going to the Royal Archives with Moon to [[spoiler: find out what happened to her half-monster daughter, Meteora]].
* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'': Some of XANA's attack happens at night, and the heroes don't always have the time to get dressed before dealing with the emergency. Notably in the episode "Is Anybody Out There?", where they have to trek to the factory in their nighties. It doesn't matter so much once they reach the scanners, though, since their Lyoko avatars are always fully equipped.
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': In [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS02E11Gorizilla "Gorizilla"]], Marinette spends so much time swooning over Adrien's new ad that she misses her appointment with Alya and her other friends to hang out at the pool. She runs out, forgetting her new swimsuit and the fact that she's still in her pajamas. Before she can go back to change, she runs into Adrien who is currently on the run from his fans and his bodyguard, having snuck out to see an old movie [[spoiler:which his MissingMom starred in]]. The end result is that she spends most of the day with him, still in her pajamas. She is understandably embarassed once this sinks in at the end of the episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': The episode "[[Recap/AmphibiaS2E18TheSleepoverToEndAllSleepovers The Sleepover to End All Sleepovers]]" has Anne, Marcy and Sprig in their pajamas throughout the whole episode. The only exception is Polly, since she doesn't wear clothes.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Dipper]] and [[GenkiGirl Mabel]] spend the entirely of the first Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained short (Candy Monster) in their sleeping outfits.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaijudo}}'': In the episode "Night Moves", Allie hosts a SlumberParty with Portia, Maribel and Lucy, hoping that they former two can get along with the latter. Unfortunately, things go from bad to worse when they are attacked by Gorgeon, Shadow of Gluttony, and the girls are forced to escape it while still in their pajamas and barefoot. Lucy is the only one in her regular clothes, [[LosingAShoeInTheStruggle although she does lose her shoes later]].
* On ''WesternAnimation/BluesCluesAndYou'', both host Josh and Blue are in their pajamas throughout "Pajama Party with Blue", naturally.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': At the beginning of "[[Recap/SouthParkS4E17AVeryCrappyChristmas A Very Crappy Christmas]]", Kyle is worried for Mr. Hankey because the latter didn't show up at his house. The former calls his friends and they all go into the sewers to look for Mr. Hankey, their coats and jackets thrown haphazardly over pajamas. Noticeably, Kenny is wearing his trademark face-covering parka--but [[SleepsInTheNude no trousers]]. [[{{Squick}} Wading through rivers of hip-deep rancid feces, no less]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E6HuntingPalismen Hunting Palismen]]", Luz spends the majority of the episode in her new pajamas. She does wear her Hexside uniform in a few scenes, though.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', there are two episodes where Gumball and Darwin spend the entirety of the runtime in their sleepwear. "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS2E33TheCastle The Castle]]" has the two realize that it's Saturday and that Richard is in charge of the house, where there are no rules and are allowed to spend the day in their pajamas along with their little sister Anais. "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS6E4TheVegging The Vegging]]" has Gumball and Darwin spend an entire day doing nothing but slacking off on the couch in their pajamas. A lot of things happen around them, but they were too lazy to simply care or notice.
* The ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' short "WesternAnimation/RedHotMamma" has Betty wandering through [[FireAndBrimstoneHell hell]] in her night gown.

* Omar Little from ''Series/TheWire'' goes for a walk to get Cheerios in his turquoise pyjamas. Everyone who sees him flees.

* The Darling children in ''Literature/PeterPan'' are possibly the {{Trope Codifier}}s. However, given that they spent several days if not weeks in Neverland, it's left vague as to whether or not they did continue wearing their pajamas. Some text and illustrations suggest that Wendy made [[GardenGarment new clothes made from the forests of Neverland]] for herself and her siblings to wear, only to return back into their pajamas when they finally return home to London.

* As mentioned above, the Darling children in ''Literature/PeterPan''. Possibly the {{Trope Codifier}}s.

* The Darling children in ''Theatre/{{Peter Pan|1904}}'' are almost always shown in their pajamas.

* The kids in ''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress''.

->''"Not bad for a man in his jimjams! Very [[Literature/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy Arthur Dent]]. Now ''there's'' a nice man."''

->''"Not bad for a man in his jim-jams. Very [[Literature/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy Arthur Dent]]. Now'' there's ''a nice man."''

* ''VideoGame/TheSandMan'': Since Sophie was just trying to get some rest before the whole mess unfolded, she sets off to find out what happened while dressed in her pink sleepwear.

* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', after leaving Betel's Forest, Yokoka is given starry pajamas by Yin, which she wears from chapters 2-6, until she's starts training in the underground village and is given a MartialArtsUniform to [[SignificantWardrobeShift wear instead]].

** [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion "The Christmas Invasion"]]: The Tenth Doctor spends a good deal of time running around in his jim-jams after regenerating, even engaging in a swordfight before changing into his dayclothes. [[PopCulturedBadass He even references his Arthur Dent look.]] Given that Douglas Adams was a scriptwriter for ''Doctor Who'', this is either a ShoutOut, a MythologyGag or both.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'''s "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS6E23ThePajamaWar Pajama Wars]]" episode, [[Characters/AdventureTimeFinn Finn]] and [[Characters/AdventureTimePrincessBubblegum Princess Bubblegum]] both walk around in their pajamas the entire time, and on top of that, the latter is also [[DoesNotLikeShoes barefoot]] throughout the episode.

If there's one thing worse than the advancing hordes of evil turning up on your doorstep and forcing you onto a [[TheHerosJourney long quest to save the world]], it's when it happens [[MustHaveCaffeine before you've even had your coffee]]. You [[TripleShifter finally got a chance to catch some sleep]], and got rudely awoken by TheCall in the middle of the night, telling you to rush out of the house without so much as a chance to get dressed. Or even put on your shoes ([[DoesNotLikeShoes though maybe you prefer it]]).

* ''VideoGame/EarthBound'': Ness wears pajamas at the start of the game, and during his [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind trip to Magicant]] in the American version. In the Japanese release, when Ness woke up in Magicant, [[OutOfClothesExperience he was in the buff and stayed that way save for his]] SignatureHeadgear.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'''s "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS6E23ThePajamaWar Pajama Wars]]" episode, [[TheHero Finn]] and [[EmperorScientist Princess Bubblegum]] both walk around in their pajamas the entire time, and on top of that, the latter is also [[DoesNotLikeShoes barefoot]] throughout the episode.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'''s "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS6E23ThePajamaWar Pajama Wars]]" episode, [[TheHero Finn]] and [[EmperorSciemtist Princess Bubblegum]] both walk around in their pajamas the entire time, and on top of that, the latter is also [[DoesNotLikeShoes barefoot]] throughout the episode.

%%* It happened once to Kurt and Kitty in ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution''.

* ''Manga/SleepyPrincessInTheDemonCastle'': Since most every chapter either ends with her falling asleep or starts with her waking up, the Princess spends most of her time in her (admitedlly extra-fancy) pajamas.

* ''ComicBook/ReidFlemingWorldsToughestMilkman'', who is decidedly NotAMorningPerson, decides one Monday morning that he simply doesn't care, and is going to go to work in his [=PJs=]. This also turns out to be the morning when he meets future love interest Lena.

* In 'Tom's Midnight Garden' by Philippa Pearce, Tom spends most of his visits to the garden in pyjamas, and one slipper (he used the other slipper to prop open a door, before travelling to the garden).

* ''Series/BananasInPyjamas'': The bananas always wear their pyjamas, hence their name. As they themselves admit, this is entirely by choice, since they love wearing their pyjamas which they say are really comfortable. The only time they had to take them off was because they needed to wash the pyjamas and they wasted no time putting their pyjamas back on the first chance they got.

* In ''VideoGame/LittleNemoTheDreamMaster'', the titular hero is a little boy journeying to Slumberland in his onesie PJs.
* As a consequence of being awoken in the middle of the night, the titular protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Lumen}}'' adventures around in her [=PJs=]. One benefit of this is that it's decorated with blueish stars that become red when a hostile entity is nearby.

* ''VideoGame/NightmareNed'' spends the duration of his adventure through the Nightmare World in his [=PJs=].

** In the first game, you play as Ruby in her pyjamas who goes looking for her parents at night, all while trying to evade her demonic stuffed rabbit.

* Hero in ''Webcomic/ThePropertyOfHate'' spends her adventure in her yellow pyjamas and wellies. She does intially have a coat [[spoiler: but then ends up discarding it after an incident involving doubts, causing her coat to be somewhat... gelatinous.]]

* An odd example, but an early episode of ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' had Tsubomi, who had stayed home ill after [[UnsettlingGenderReveal learning the cute]] StudentCouncilPresident [[UnsettlingGenderReveal was actually a girl]], race to save her in her pajamas. After saving the day, she doesn't realize she was still in these clothes until said President questions why she was in school in her [=PJs=].
* Episode 4 of ''Anime/KillLaKill'' had the heroine Ryuko Matoi in Bunny [=PJs=] because she's forced to go to school at 4 in the morning while Senketsu's being washed.

* The second time Stanley Ipkiss dons ''Film/TheMask'', he does so while wearing his [=PJs=]. This leads to the police suspecting him of being involved with a bank heist committed by his alter-ego, after part of The Mask's zoot suit is shot off and morphs back into a scrap of Stanley's [[GoofyPrintUnderwear nautical-themed jammies]] for the cops to find.

* James Herriot from the ''Literature/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall'' books was a country vet. This meant that he (as well as Seigfried and Tristan) spent a few stories in his [=PJs=] being called out for a late night calving. This once caused poor James to try and purchase some coffee on the way home only to realize his wallet and his pants were not with him...

* At the beginning of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', Link starts out in his crayfish pajamas, until his grandmother gives him his clothes and [[SignatureHeadgear signature hat]]. In a NewGamePlus, the clothes are invisible, as only the honest can see them. Thus, he has nothing but his [=PJs=] to go adventuring in.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', Numbuh Three's Rainbow Monkey toys mysteriously went missing in the night, so the team decided on the spot to search for them, not stopping to change out of their pjs.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': The episode "[[Recap/AmphibiaS2E18TheSleepoverToEndAllSleepovers The Sleepover to End All Sleepovers]]" has Anne, Marcy and Sprig in their pjs throughout the whole episode. The only exception is Polly, since she doesn't wear clothes.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', there are two episodes where Gumball and Darwin spend the entirety of the runtime in their sleepwear. "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS2E33TheCastle The Castle]]" has the two realize that it's Saturday and that Richard is in charge of the house, where there are no rules and are allowed to spend the day in their [=PJs=] along with their little sister Anais. "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS6E4TheVegging The Vegging]]" has Gumball and Darwin spend an entire day doing nothing but slacking off on the couch in their pajamas. A lot of things happen around them, but they were too lazy to simply care or notice.

* In ''Nekomew's Potty Trouble'' and ''VideoGame/NekomewsNightmares'', you play as the titular character himself; a 4-year-old kitten who is dressed in a dark blue nightcap and nightshirt and trying to face off against the many monsters he encounters along the way.

* The ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' short "WesternAnimation/RedHotMamma" has Betty in her night gown and ends up wandering through [[FireAndBrimstoneHell hell.]]