History Main / PantyThief

* The image accompanying the Dexterity skill in ''VideoGame/{{Avernum}}'' shows an ImpossibleThief at work, swiping a woman's panties from ''under her full plate armor''.

* During a flashback sequence in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', Cloud can sneak into Tifa's room and swipe her "orthopedic underwear" (in the Japanese version, they were "slightly-used" instead). Though it's uncertain if this actually happened or not, since the dialogue options after that are "It's true" and "Just kidding". [[spoiler:Later on in the game, we discover that Cloud is an UnreliableNarrator. Assuming it actually happened, it's ambiguous as to whether this specific memory belongs to Cloud or Zack.]]

* In ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', [[RobotGirl Aigis]] foils an unusual airline hijacking, where the hijackers made no demands [[spoiler: and was in fact a cover to steal an old prototype anti-Shadow weapon being transported on that flight]]. When her superior Mitsuru deduces that her luggage was the true target, Aigis immediately thinks Mitsuru's underwear was the target.

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[[caption-width-right:252:The master at work.]]

* The title character from Music/PinkFloyd's single "Arnold Layne".

* The title character from Music/PinkFloyd's "Arnold Layne".

* "In the Middle of the Night" from the One Step Beyond album by Music/{{Madness}} is about a sixty-three year old newsagent who just so happens to be an underwear thief. He sees his own picture in the newspaper and books it.

Panty Thieves usually go about their business while wearing StealthClothes.

An individual -- almost always a pervert of some kind -- who steals and collects women's (or girls') underwear, usually worn/used. Almost always presented as a reprehensible individual and usually an enemy of the hero, and just as frequently played for laughs. They can be divided into the StalkerWithACrush who steals a specific person's underwear as part of a general stalking campaign, and the indiscriminate, compulsive underwear thief who usually doesn't engage in more serious sexual offenses and is more likely to be treated as a comic figure.

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* Booga in ''ComicBook/TankGirl'' first met the title character when he tried to steal her knickers as part of a gang initiation. They've been together ever since.
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* Any contemporary StageMagic act based around pickpocketing will inevitably culminate with this, a slightly {{Bowdlerized}} version using a man's boxers or a {{Squick}} version using a man's dirty briefs..

** Jack Rakan deserves special mention. In one manga chapter, he ends up having to fight two girls. He {{Flash Step}}s behind them, flips up their skirts, and ''steals the panties off one of them before they knew what happened''[[note]]and the only reason that he didn't steal the panties off both of them is because one was GoingCommando to begin with.[[/note]] Said panties end up ''being a crucial element in [[TheNoseKnows locating]] and [[DefeatByModesty defeating]] them''. Then he does it again later...[[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v29/c259/5.html to ALL of Fate's minions simultaneously]], [[DefeatByModesty then flips up their skirts repeatedly until they concede defeat]] ([[WouldntHitAGirl so he won't have to fight them]]).

* The Panty Raid in ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds''

* One of Sôsuke's classmates in ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' It's worth noting that he was put up to it by his classmates, who had taken an important item from him.

* In ''KissXSis'', both sisters partake in a rare GenderFlipped example.

* The M.U.G.E.N series, ''PantyThiefMysteries'', by [[http://http://www.wenoo.net/user/chimukun chimukun]] is built around a group that steals panties. Interestingly it does not even contain one male perverted villain, in an all female cast. A 1 episode sequel titled ''ASetsukoChristmasTale'' was later released, also with a case of a different panty thief.

* The M.U.G.E.N series, ''PantyThiefMysteries'', and 1 shot sequel ''A Setsuko Christmas Tale'' by [[http://http://www.wenoo.net/user/chimukun chimukun]] is built around a group that steals panties. Interestingly it does not even contain one male perverted villain, in an all female cast.

* The Mugen series, ''PantyThiefMysteries'', by [[http://http://www.wenoo.net/user/chimukun chimukun]] is built around a group that steals panties. Interestingly it does not even contain one male perverted villain, in an all female cast. Chimukun also made a 1 shot sequel, A Setsuko Christmas Tale. which focuses on Konoka and Setsuna from Negima.

* The mugen series Panty Thief Mysteries, by chimukun is built around a group that steals panties. Interestingly it does not even contain one male perverted villain, in an all female cast. [[http://http://www.wenoo.net/user/chimukun]]
* chimukun also made a 1 shot sequel, A Setsuko Christmas Tale. which focuses on Konoka and Setsuna from Negima, who also played a role in it's prequel 'Panty Thief Mysteries'. Konoka's panties and her gift for Setsuna were stolen in this story, which lead to another mysterious incident. also available at [[http://http://www.wenoo.net/user/chimukun]]

** Jack Rakan deserves special mention. In one manga chapter, he ends up having to fight two girls. He {{Flash Step}}s behind them, flips up their skirts, and ''steals the panties off one of them before they knew what happened''[[hottip:*:and the only reason that he didn't steal the panties off both of them is because one was GoingCommando to begin with.]] Said panties end up ''being a crucial element in [[TheNoseKnows locating]] and [[DefeatByModesty defeating]] them''. Then he does it again later...[[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v29/c259/5.html to ALL of Fate's minions simultaneously]], [[DefeatByModesty then flips up their skirts repeatedly until they concede defeat]] ([[WouldntHitAGirl so he won't have to fight them]]).

** Chamo's reputation as a PantyThief was subverted in ''[[Anime/NegimaSecondSeason Negima Neo]]'': One chapter involves Negi chasing a small PantyThief throughout Mahora academy, and many a reader expected it to be Chamo. [[spoiler:It was a cat.]]

* In the second case in ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'', one of the witnesses gets involved when it's discovered he steals panties. This leads to the odd situation of Apollo having to present multiple pairs of panties as evidence in court (not to mention Apollo can keep both of the panties afterwards for some hilarious commentary).
-->'''Judge:''' What!? More panties!?\\
'''Klavier:''' How many panties are you carrying in your pocket, Herr Forehead?\\
'''Apollo:''' These are the last!!! Honest!!!
** Notably, the thief doesn't steal them because he's a pervert. The panties he's seeking are used in Trucy's magic act, and the culprit, a "man of science", was desperate to find out how they worked... however, he didn't know where Trucy lived, so he just went around stealing all the panties he could get his hands on hoping to get lucky and find the right pair.

** Notably, the thief doesn't steal them because he's a pervert. The panties he's seeking are magic. He stole lots of panties because he didn't know where Trucy lived, to just take her pair. So he went around taking every pair of big panties he saw, hoping each time they'd be the right pair. It was just coincidence that he found the right pair, Trucy's, and another pair that night.