History Main / RightOutOfMyClothes

* The CandidCamera show ''Just for Laughs Gags'' and its spinoff ''Just Kidding'' have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLu_OO5BHY8 numerous]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha1UsXVpHH0 gags]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YL6j9aPQ5I in]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIDpzbOAc3M which]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LQNzYNbGUw victims]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CgTh1oUvcE are]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5eiicq9GhE tricked]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U5NZtZmXDg into]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX2YylLeiT0 thinking]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JVo8CgmI0w they]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8WUOgtE6Kc have]] caused this to happen to the pranksters.

[[folder:Real Life]]
* The specific case of "Knock your socks off" (encompassed in this trope) was tested by Series/MythBusters. Their conclusion: Busted. The kinetic energy from a ''battering ram'', let alone a punch, could not knock the socks off of Buster by pure force alone. The team WAS able to remove socks off of dummy legs with a shockwave generated by high explosives, but the explosion would be fatal even at the maximum distance required for them to be blown off.
** Note that one shot of the vertical pneumatic cannon did knock his shoes off and the shoes pulled the socks halfway off. Unfortunately the socks were not completely off and the cannon was far stronger than any boxer.
** In a revisit of the myth, the team even redid the same tests, including a new set of tests using the best set of variables possible (smooth, shaven legs wearing loose-fitting woolen socks) to see whether they would get knocked off and were still unsuccessful with the original tests. ''However,'' while they ultimately ''were'' able to knock the socks off Buster (as well as his ''hands'' and his ''entire left leg''), it required hitting him with a vehicle-mounted battering ram at 65 MPH, roughly 10,000 times the kinetic force of a human boxer.
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* In the [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Pixar short]] ''For the Birds'', after the large bird is pecked off of the telephone wire, all the little birds lose their feathers as they are shot up into the air by the recoiling line.

* The first opening for ''Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket'' features the main character leaping out of his clothes to get into bed with a naked Fujiko.

* The CandidCamera show ''Just for Laughs Gags'' and its spinoff ''Just Kidding'' have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLu_OO5BHY8 numerous]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha1UsXVpHH0 gags]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YL6j9aPQ5I in]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIDpzbOAc3M which]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LQNzYNbGUw victims]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CgTh1oUvcE are]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5eiicq9GhE tricked]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U5NZtZmXDg into]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX2YylLeiT0 thinking]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JVo8CgmI0w they]] have caused this to happen to the pranksters.

This can also be ''self'' inflicted by the effects of a PainPoweredLeap, {{Wild Take}}s, a SlipperySkid, or other equally acrobatic clumsiness. Off Like a Shot, can can leave a character's own clothes behind, if the character dashes off fast enough.

* The CandidCamera show ''Just for Laughs Gags'' and its spinoff ''Just Kidding'' have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLu_OO5BHY8 numerous]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha1UsXVpHH0 gags]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YL6j9aPQ5I in]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIDpzbOAc3M which]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LQNzYNbGUw victims]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CgTh1oUvcE are]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5eiicq9GhE tricked]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U5NZtZmXDg into]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX2YylLeiT0 thinking]] they have caused this to happen to the pranksters.

-->'''Hobbes:''' *walking towards Calvin with his discarded clothing in hand* I can only find one of your socks.

* The 1935 Disney Silly Symphony ''Disney/TheTortoiseAndTheHare'' uses variants of this several times as the lighting fast rabbit zips past spectators...a smartly dressed owl and stork lose their snappy outfits AND feathers; a tree is stripped of its leaves in what passes for arboreal nudity.

** ''Bellboy Donald'' (1942), oweng to one of Mickey's mischievous nephews snagging Donald's bellboy outfit in an elevator door.

* ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'': In an homage to ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', when [[BearsAreBadNews Doc]] gets hit with a giant snowball launched from a catapult, he's blown off-panel with a "POW!", and Charlie Brown's clothes (which he wasn't even wearing) sent flying into view in the last panel.

* The CandidCamera show ''Just for Laughs Gags'' and its spinoff ''Just Kidding'' have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLu_OO5BHY8 numerous]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha1UsXVpHH0 gags]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YL6j9aPQ5I in]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIDpzbOAc3M which]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LQNzYNbGUw victims]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CgTh1oUvcE are]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5eiicq9GhE tricked]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U5NZtZmXDg into]] thinking they have caused this to happen to the pranksters.

* The CandidCamera show ''Just for Laughs Gags'' and its spinoff ''Just Kidding'' have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLu_OO5BHY8 numerous]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha1UsXVpHH0 gags]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YL6j9aPQ5I in]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIDpzbOAc3M which]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LQNzYNbGUw victims]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CgTh1oUvcE are]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5eiicq9GhE tricked]] into thinking they have caused this to happen to the pranksters.

* The CandidCamera show ''Just for Laughs Gags'' and its spinoff ''Just Kidding'' have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLu_OO5BHY8 numerous]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha1UsXVpHH0 gags]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YL6j9aPQ5I in]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIDpzbOAc3M which]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LQNzYNbGUw victims]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CgTh1oUvcE are]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5eiicq9GhE tricked]] into thinking they have caused this to happen to pranksters.

* The CandidCamera show ''Just for Laughs Gags'' and its spinoff ''Just Kidding'' have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLu_OO5BHY8 numerous]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha1UsXVpHH0 gags]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YL6j9aPQ5I in]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIDpzbOAc3M which]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LQNzYNbGUw victims]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CgTh1oUvcE are]] tricked into thinking they have caused the actors' clothes to come off.

* The CandidCamera show ''Just for Laughs Gags'' and its spinoff ''Just Kidding'' have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLu_OO5BHY8 numerous]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha1UsXVpHH0 gags]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YL6j9aPQ5I in]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIDpzbOAc3M which]] victims are tricked into thinking they have caused the actors' clothes to come off.

One moment a character is wandering through life, oblivious. In the next, some or all of his clothing is drifting to the ground like fallen leaves.

** In one short, Porky scares Daffy with a monster costume. When Porky sees himself in the mirror, he jumps out of the costume in terror.
** In the short "Case of the Missing Hare", when Ala Bahma notices the "boy" is really Bugs Bunny in disguise, Bugs flees leaving the disguise behind.

* In one ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short, Porky scares Daffy with a monster costume. When Porky sees himself in the mirror, he jumps out of the costume in terror.

** ''On Ice'' (1935) sees Donald [[AllClothUnravels losing his sweater]] as it doubles as a makeshift kitestring.

This can also be ''self'' inflicted by the effects of {{Flip Take}}s, {{Wild Take}}s, a SlipperySkid, or other equally acrobatic clumsiness. If the character is Off Like a Shot, he may exit his clothes as well as the current scene, if he dashes off fast enough.

One moment a character is wandering through life, oblivious. In the next, some or all of their clothing is drifting to the ground like fallen leaves.

Gags that often set this trope into motion include an impact strong enough to literally smack the victim's clothes off (as in {{Getting The Boot}}, or the {{Plank Gag}}), or said outfit getting snagged whole by an obstacle along the way, like a tree or briar bush. If a nearby object or character is {{OffLikeAShot}}, its field of effect may carry the victim's ''outfit'' along even if the character is not.

This can also be ''self'' inflicted by the effects of {{FlipTake}}s, {{WildTake}}s, a {{SlipperySkid}}, or other equally acrobatic clumsiness. If the character is {{OffLikeAShot}}, they may exit their clothes as well as the current scene, if they dash off fast enough.

A variation where clothing a character wears doubles as a costume and is lost in this manner can lead to {{The Reveal}}, or a {{Dramatic Unmask}}.

* ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'', in a scene on Pleasure Island, [[spoiler: in which bad boys turn into donkeys after misbehaving.]] The Coachman interrogates a boy [[spoiler: turned donkey wearing only a blue hat, shirt, and shoes as to his name. When the boy can only answer with "Haw!", the Coachman [[ShamefulStrip rips off the boy's shirt]], then kicks the donkey into a crate, knocking the ill-fitting shoes and his hat clean off him.]]
* In ''AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest'', Cat R. Waul does a PainPoweredLeap out of his suit.

** There's an arc that [[FridgeLogic implies he's doing this on purpose]]. He gets hit by a ball and is actually injured by it, forcing the team to find another pitcher (who is actually much better) and causing Charlie Brown to worry that he's losing his reflexes. He's nervous during his first game back, but on his very first pitch he's bowled over with his socks, shoes, etc. flying like normal. When people come over to see whether he's okay, he smiles up from the ground. "See? I've got my old reflexes back!"

** In a revisit of the myth, the team even redid the same tests including a new set of tests using the best set of variables possible (smooth, shaven legs wearing loose-fitting woolen socks) to see if they would get knocked off and were still unsuccessful with the original tests. ''However,'' while they ultimately ''were'' able to knock the socks off of Buster (as well as his ''hands'' and his ''entire left leg''), it required hitting him with a vehicle-mounted battering ram at 65 MPH, roughly 10,000 times the kinetic force of a human boxer.

* When an Inkling is defeated in ''{{Splatoon}}'', his/her clothes and weapons fall to the ground while the ghostly squid flies away. They quickly respawn with their clothes back on, however.

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* In ''WebComic/HeroOhHero'', Burk ([[WalkingShirtlessScene already underdressed]]) mysteriously loses his trousers (''exactly'' how it happened occurs off-panel, but it's made clear it has something to do with the [[FullBoarAction acid spewing pig that's chasing him]]).

* ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'': In an homage to ''Comicstrip/{{Peanuts}}'', when [[BearsAreBadNews Doc]] gets hit with a giant snowball launched from a catapult, he's blown off-panel with a "POW!", and Charlie Brown's clothes (which he wasn't even wearing) sent flying into view in the last panel.

* DonaldDuck has been on the receiving end of this several times in golden age Disney shorts.

Basically EmptyPilesOfClothing played for laughs. The character will leave behind his or her clothes, but first, some sort of hilarious incident has to happen. Some good ideas are punching that character hard enough, scaring him or her right out of his or her wits, catching his or her clothes in a branch, etc. Sometimes the clothes will float for a few seconds before falling to the ground or [[MagicPants snapping back to the character in their original position]]. Expect the character to be [[NakedPeopleAreFunny naked]], in GoofyPrintUnderwear, in his or her original outfit, or missing one part of his or her usual outfit if the clothes don't snap back. In WesternAnimation with {{Funny Animal}}s, this is often combined with FurIsClothing.

Not to be confused with GivingThemTheStrip, in which a character sheds clothing as a deliberate escape maneuver. As noted above, EmptyPilesOfClothing is the [[PlayedForDrama serious version]], implying that something weird and possibly fatal happened to the original wearer. See also MagicPants for situations where the character gets ''into'' an outfit in a bizarre and implausible manner.

Nothing to do with RightThroughHisPants.

* ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' has a serious version of this. When Superman hears [[spoiler:the nuclear missile headed toward Corto Maltese]], he takes to the air so fast that he leaves his civilian clothes and ''glasses'' hanging exactly where he left them--''while sitting in a Jeep''.
* This is a RunningGag in {{ComicBook/Asterix}}, where Roman soldiers will often be punched right out of their armor, ending up in underwear.

* A RunningGag in ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' is that whenever Charlie Brown pitches for his baseball team, the opposing batter hits the ball back at him so hard it knocks him right out of his clothes.

* Also happens on occasion in ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' when Hobbes pounces Calvin when he comes back from school.

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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian'' episode "Beauty and the Zit", Dave encounters the monster zit for the first time. Dave asks for the monster's hat before being roared at and landing in a large pile of hats. The clothes and Lula the sword float for a few seconds before falling to the ground.
** In another episode, "The Cow Goes Moon", Princess Irmaplotz disappears for the second time, leaving behind only her dress. She takes it back.
* In one ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short, Porky scares Daffy with a monster costume. When Porky sees himself in the mirror, he jumps out of the costume.
* In ''Disney/TheThreeCaballeros'', Donald is chasing some bathing beauties when the others drag him out of his bathing suit, which continues the pursuit.

* Literally OnceAnEpisode with ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' as it happens during the ''title sequence'' (not to mention being a frequent gag during the show itself).