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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'' has Nikki ripping apart two boring dresses and sewing them into two "cool" dresses.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' season 1 episode 22, Sadlygrove rips off his tabard and leaves behind his shoes, as they sport the symbol of the Shushus Guardian Order, which he no longer deems himself worthy of. At the end of the episode, he gets them back, turning the tunic into a BadassCape.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'' has ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'': Nikki ripping rips apart two boring dresses and sewing sews them into two "cool" dresses.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': In ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' season 1 episode 22, Sadlygrove rips off his tabard and leaves behind his shoes, as they sport the symbol of the Shushus Guardian Order, which he no longer deems himself worthy of. At the end of the episode, he gets them back, turning the tunic into a BadassCape.BadassCape.
* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': In [[Recap/WinxClubS1E3AlfeaCollegeForFairies "Alfea: College for Fairies"]], Bloom is the only girl without a dress (nor the money to buy one) to attend the Alfea Gala. As a result, she scrounges up her meager savings and spends all day looking for a cheap dress in retail sales. She finds a grey and light blue one that's decent but dull. So, Bloom decides to make some minor modifications, such as making better use of the blue laces and making the sleeves more figure-fitting. This process is a PlotPoint, as she can't find scissors and is forced to use her yet poorly controlled fire powers. In the PC, she quests for a pair of scissors so Looma, the resident fairy seamstress, can fix her up a dress.
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* In ''Film/{{Toothless}}'', Dr. Katherine Lewis tears off the puff sleeves and outskirt of her ornate pink tooth fairy dress as she heads to the real world to reveal herself to disbelieving parents — hell be damned.
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Got an ugly, matronly, or just uninspired-looking item of clothing or dress? [[IncrediblyLamePun Rip it good]]. In fiction, using your own resourcefulness and a pair of scissors (or not even the latter), you can make that old rag into something fashionable (and/or {{Stripperiffic}}).

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Got an ugly, matronly, or just uninspired-looking item of clothing or dress? [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} Rip it good]]. In fiction, using your own resourcefulness and a pair of scissors (or not even the latter), you can make that old rag into something fashionable (and/or {{Stripperiffic}}).
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Has absolutely nothing to do with Rip Taylor, or Creator/RipTorn for that matter.

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Has absolutely nothing to do with Rip Taylor, Creator/RipTaylor, or Creator/RipTorn for that matter.matter.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie:'' The genesis of Robin's underpants. He'd borrowed one of Batman's many outfits, the Reggae Batman outfit, but finds the pants too tight. Solution? Rip the pants.
-->'''Robin:''' ''(dancing)'' Now I'm free, now I'm grovin'! C'mon, Batman, let's get moving!\\
'''Batman:''' I can only look you in the eyes right now.
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* In ''The Growing Pains of'' ''Literature/AdrianMole'', Adrian sets about a black, a white and a grey T-shirt with scissors, to wear as rags, deciding that this is now fashionable.
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Basically, a deliberate application of ClothingDamage. The ActionDressRip is a more practical and action-oriented version of the trope. FromDressToDressing is the one where you rip your dress to make a bandage.

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Basically, a deliberate application of ClothingDamage. ClothingDamage in the service of style and/or sexiness. The ActionDressRip is a more practical and action-oriented version of the trope. trope, while FromDressToDressing is the one where you rip your dress to make a bandage.
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-> ''[=JoJo=] characters dress on the'' cutting edge ''of fashion -- which is to say the clothing has all been chopped up with a straight razor.''

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-> ''[=JoJo=] ''"[=JoJo=] characters dress on the'' cutting edge ''of fashion -- which is to say the clothing has all been chopped up with a straight razor.''"''
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-->-- ''WebAnimation/SoThisIsBasically Anime/JoJosBizarreAdventure''

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* Done accidentally in ''Film/TheNakedGun 2 1/2'', when Frank and Jane are dancing in the middle of the movie.

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* Done accidentally in ''Film/TheNakedGun 2 1/2'', ''Film/TheNakedGunTwoAndAHalf'', when Frank and Jane are dancing in the middle of the movie.



* In Film/TheThreeStooges short ''All Gummed Up'', when the landlord's elderly wife turns into a beautiful young woman, she rips her Victorian-style clothes into a lighter and more modern dress.

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* In Film/TheThreeStooges ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' short ''All "All Gummed Up'', Up", when the landlord's elderly wife turns into a beautiful young woman, she rips her Victorian-style clothes into a lighter and more modern dress.
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-->--''WebAnimation/SoThisIsBasically Anime/JoJosBizarreAdventure''

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* ''Film/TwoGirlsOnBroadway'': Pat shows up at a fancy New York nightclub with a dress she brought from back home, only for the women in the ladies' room to sneer at it as old-fashioned. She gets a pair of scissors and cuts it into something more revealing.
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-> ''[=JoJo=] characters dress on the'' cutting edge ''of fashion -- which is to say the clothing has all been chopped up with a straight razor.''
-->--''WebAnimation/SoThisIsBasically Anime/JoJosBizarreAdventure''
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* ''Film/NewYorkMinute'': Poor Jane. She has to do this to her skirt and then after she breaks a heel, Roxy breaks the other to match them.
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* Sigrit does this to a particularly unwieldy costume made by Lars in ''Film/EurovisionSongContestTheStoryOfFireSaga''. This leads to the costume [[ShowSomeLeg showing off a lot more than was intended]].
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* ''Film/{{Hunk}}'': After O'Brien tells him "true hunks don't follow tends, they start them", Hunk rips the sleeves off all his shirts: [[YouAreTheNewTrend starting a look that is immediately copied by all of the other yuppies]].

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* Kate Bishop turns her bridesmaid's dress into a superhero costume this way the night she joins the ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers''.

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* In ''ComicBook/HexWives'' #6, after taking their revenge on the Architects, the witches change up their outfits. Isadora decides to take a pair of scissors to most of her clothing, most noticeably her coat.
* Kate Bishop turns her bridesmaid's dress into a makeshift superhero costume this way the night she joins the ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers''.



* ''Film/{{Cruella}}'': When the Baroness sees Estella's first design for her, she pulls out a straight razor and slices off what she conisders to be extraneous fabric: giving the gown a sleeker profile, but also nicking Estella in the process. Despite the injury, Estella is secretly overjoyed as hers was the only design the Baroness considered worh modifying.

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* ''Film/{{Cruella}}'': When the Baroness sees Estella's first design for her, she pulls out a straight razor and slices off what she conisders considers to be extraneous fabric: giving the gown a sleeker profile, but also nicking Estella in the process. Despite the injury, Estella is secretly overjoyed as hers was the only design the Baroness considered worh worth modifying.
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* Done to achieve the opposite effect of its usual intent in the ''Series/{{Whiplash}}'' episode "The Actress". The actress in questions tears all the frills and bows off her elegant gown in order to turn it into something a farmer's wife might wear.

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* Done to achieve the opposite effect of its usual intent in the ''Series/{{Whiplash}}'' episode "The Actress". The actress in questions question tears all the frills and bows off her elegant gown in order to turn it into something a farmer's wife might wear.
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* Done to achieve the opposite effect of its usual intent in the ''Series/{{Whiplash}}'' episode "The Actress". The actress in questions tears all the frills and bows off her elegant gown in order to turn it into something a farmer's wife might wear.

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* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': At Angela's wedding, Cam delicately adjusts the more ridiculous aspects of her ugly dress, and then helps Bones do the same.
* In Creator/RussellTDavies's version of ''Series/{{Casanova}}'', Casanova and [[SweetPollyOliver Bellino]] do this to their clothes for their first public appearance as a couple, because she's worried that she can't pull off entering high society as a typical member when everyone knows her past.



* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': Much the same as the example above. At Angela's wedding, Cam delicately adjusts the more ridiculous aspects of her ugly dress, and then helps Bones do the same.
* In Creator/RussellTDavies's version of ''Series/{{Casanova}}'', Casanova and [[SweetPollyOliver Bellino]] do this to their clothes for their first public appearance as a couple, because she's worried that she can't pull off entering high society as a typical member when everyone knows her past.



* London Tipton from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' does this to a woman's nurse outfit at an amazing speed to make it into a pure white sequene tango dress.

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* London Tipton from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' does this to a woman's nurse outfit at an amazing speed to make it into a pure white sequene sequined tango dress.
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* A sight gag at the MTV VMA Award Show had Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey showing up in the same dress. After a Stare Down, Mariah rips off the bottom of her dress. Whitney then follows suit, causing the dresses to have two different hemlines.

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* A sight gag at the MTV VMA Award Show 1998 UsefulNotes/MTVVideoMusicAward show had Whitney Houston Music/WhitneyHouston and Mariah Carey Music/MariahCarey showing up in the same dress. After a Stare Down, mutual DeathGlare, Mariah rips off the bottom of her dress. Whitney then follows suit, causing the dresses to have two different hemlines.

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