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** [[Series/{{Arrow}} Oliver]] started out wearing grease-paint makeup and a relatively simple green leather outfit (befitting someone assembling a costume on their own in a quasi-realistic setting) as the killer Vigilante/Hood, then as he gains more allies and changes his attitude to be the less-lethal Arrow the costume acquires a slightly more sophisticated look, culminating in trading in the makeup for the standard superhero domino mask. When he finally becomes the Green Arrow in Season 4, and the show's setting having firmly moved out of the "realistic" area with superpowered humans, superscience, magic and time travel, the costume looks much more like one befitting a superhero.
** [[Series/TheFlash2014 Barry's]] Season One costume was more muted with some differences from the standard comics version of the Flash costume. Come Season 2, when he's firmly established as a respected and beloved superhero with much of the traditional Flash elements now in place, his costume acquires some minor touches that make it look much closer to the traditional version.
** [[Series/TheFlash2014 Barry's]] Season One costume was more muted with some differences from the standard comics version of the Flash costume. Come Season 2, when he's firmly established as a respected and beloved superhero with much of the traditional Flash elements now in place, his costume acquires some minor touches that make it look much closer to the traditional version.
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** [[Series/{{Arrow}} Oliver]] ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': Oliver started out wearing grease-paint makeup and a relatively simple green leather outfit (befitting someone assembling a costume on their own in a quasi-realistic setting) as the killer Vigilante/Hood, then as he gains more allies and changes his attitude to be the less-lethal Arrow the costume acquires a slightly more sophisticated look, culminating in trading in the makeup for the standard superhero domino mask. When he finally becomes the Green Arrow in Season 4, and the show's setting having firmly moved out of the "realistic" area with superpowered humans, superscience, magic and time travel, the costume looks much more like one befitting a superhero.
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* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' before it, Clark Kent initially had no costume at all as a high-school student in Smallville. Later after he becomes "the Blur" in Metropolis, he adopts a black BadassLongcoat with the House of El insignia in white on a black T-shirt. Early in season 10 he shifts to a red and blue jacket and trousers as the Blur gradually morphs into Superman, and he finally receives the classic Superman outfit in the GrandFinale.
* In ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' John Crichton spends much of the first season wearing parts of his IASA flight suit, but shifts over to darker-colored native clothing similar to Aeryn Sun's as he gets used to being part of Moya's crew and loses some of his innocence.
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* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' before it, Clark Kent initially had no costume at all as a high-school student in Smallville. Later after he becomes "the Blur" in Metropolis, he adopts a black BadassLongcoat with the House of El insignia in white on a black T-shirt. Early in season 10 he shifts to a red and blue jacket and trousers as the Blur gradually morphs into Superman, and he finally receives the classic Superman outfit in the GrandFinale.
* In ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' John Crichton spends much of the first season wearing parts of his IASA flight suit, but shifts over to darker-colored native clothing similar to Aeryn Sun's as he gets used to being part of Moya's crew and loses some of his innocence.
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* Shows up optionally in ''Franchise/MassEffect''. In [[Franchise/MassEffect1 the first game]], when Shepard divides his/her time between serving the Systems Alliance and the Citadel Council, s/he wears a fairly conservative [[http://speakgeekytome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mass-effect-shepard.jpg blue crewman's uniform]] as a default casual outfit when walking the decks of the ''Normandy'' between missions. In [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 the sequel]], after Shepard is resurrected by Cerberus, the player can choose between several different casual outfits; though some of them are official Cerberus uniforms, one option is a working-class [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120312181308/masseffect/images/3/33/Casual_Spacer_Outfit.png spacer's garb]]. Donning this outfit can give the impression that Shepard is taking a more independent path after being freed from his/her duties as a soldier--which fits very well with many choices that the player can make.
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* Angel Dynamite does this in Season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', along with [[ImportantHaircut losing her distinctive afro]]. In Season 1, when the team still just knows her as a sassy jive-talking radio DJ, she wears [[http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjIzNTU2ODcwOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODMzOTgyNQ@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg a skimpy bright green crop top with matching bellbottoms]]. In Season 2, when [[TookALevelInBadass she resolves to help the team take down Professor Pericles]] after TheReveal that [[spoiler:she's actually Cassidy Williams, the TokenGoodTeammate of the original Mystery Incorporated]], she wears a much more practical [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc2ijoXvCr1qjcpmx.png black turtleneck sweater with a maroon trench coat]].
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* Angel Dynamite does this in Season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', along with [[ImportantHaircut losing her distinctive afro]]. In Season 1, when the team still just knows her as a sassy jive-talking radio DJ, she wears [[http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjIzNTU2ODcwOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODMzOTgyNQ@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/scoobydoo/images/e/ec/Angel_dynamite.png/revision/latest?cb=20110416191827 a skimpy bright green crop top with matching bellbottoms]]. In Season 2, when [[TookALevelInBadass she resolves to help the team take down Professor Pericles]] after TheReveal that [[spoiler:she's actually Cassidy Williams, the TokenGoodTeammate of the original Mystery Incorporated]], she wears a much more practical [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc2ijoXvCr1qjcpmx.png black turtleneck sweater with a maroon trench coat]].
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* ''Webcomic/{{Guardian}}'' shows Lulu's ingame outfit in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' as an example of this--she tailors and resews her more comfortable (but still dark) dress into the corset-and-belts ensemble in order to symbolize the bonds of her vow to protect Yuna and determination to keep her own doubts locked inside.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}}'': In the middle of her song "Let It Go", Elsa magically changes her clothes from stately royal robes to a slinky gown, symbolizing her decision to stop hiding her powers and letting others determine how she will live her life.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}}'': ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'': In the middle of her song "Let It Go", Elsa magically changes her clothes from stately royal robes to a slinky gown, symbolizing her decision to stop hiding her powers and letting others determine how she will live her life.
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** [[{{Arrow}} Oliver]] started out wearing grease-paint makeup and a relatively simple green leather outfit (befitting someone assembling a costume on their own in a quasi-realistic setting) as the killer Vigilante/Hood, then as he gains more allies and changes his attitude to be the less-lethal Arrow the costume acquires a slightly more sophisticated look, culminating in trading in the makeup for the standard superhero domino mask. When he finally becomes the Green Arrow in Season 4, and the show's setting having firmly moved out of the "realistic" area with superpowered humans, superscience, magic and time travel, the costume looks much more like one befitting a superhero.
** [[TheFlash2014 Barry's]] Season One costume was more muted with some differences from the standard comics version of the Flash costume. Come Season 2, when he's firmly established as a respected and beloved superhero with much of the traditional Flash elements now in place, his costume acquires some minor touches that make it look much closer to the traditional version.
** [[TheFlash2014 Barry's]] Season One costume was more muted with some differences from the standard comics version of the Flash costume. Come Season 2, when he's firmly established as a respected and beloved superhero with much of the traditional Flash elements now in place, his costume acquires some minor touches that make it look much closer to the traditional version.
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** [[{{Arrow}} [[Series/{{Arrow}} Oliver]] started out wearing grease-paint makeup and a relatively simple green leather outfit (befitting someone assembling a costume on their own in a quasi-realistic setting) as the killer Vigilante/Hood, then as he gains more allies and changes his attitude to be the less-lethal Arrow the costume acquires a slightly more sophisticated look, culminating in trading in the makeup for the standard superhero domino mask. When he finally becomes the Green Arrow in Season 4, and the show's setting having firmly moved out of the "realistic" area with superpowered humans, superscience, magic and time travel, the costume looks much more like one befitting a superhero.
**[[TheFlash2014 [[Series/TheFlash2014 Barry's]] Season One costume was more muted with some differences from the standard comics version of the Flash costume. Come Season 2, when he's firmly established as a respected and beloved superhero with much of the traditional Flash elements now in place, his costume acquires some minor touches that make it look much closer to the traditional version.
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** [[{{Arrow}}]] Oliver [[{{Arrow}} Oliver]] started out wearing grease-paint makeup and a relatively simple green leather outfit (befitting someone assembling a costume on their own in a quasi-realistic setting) as the killer Vigilante/Hood, then as he gains more allies and changes his attitude to be the less-lethal Arrow the costume acquires a slightly more sophisticated look, culminating in trading in the makeup for the standard superhero domino mask. When he finally becomes the Green Arrow in Season 4, and the show's setting having firmly moved out of the "realistic" area with superpowered humans, superscience, magic and time travel, the costume looks much more like one befitting a superhero.
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** [[{{Arrow}}]] Oliver started wearing grease-paint makeup and a relatively simple green leather outfit (befitting someone assembling a costume on their own in a quasi-realistic setting) as the killer Vigilante/Hood, then as he gains more allies and changes his attitude to be the less-lethal Arrow the costume acquires a slightly more sophisticated look, culminating in trading in the makeup for the standard superhero domino mask. When he finally becomes the Green Arrow in Season 4, and the show's setting having firmly moved out of the "realistic" area with superpowered humans, superscience, magic and time travel, the costume looks much more like one befitting a superhero.
** [[TheFlash2014 Barry's]] Season One costume was more muted with some differences from the standard comics version of the Flash costume. Come Season 2, when he's firmly established as a respected and beloved superhero with much of the traditional Flash elements now in place, his costume acquires some minor touches that make it look much closer to the traditional version.
** [[{{Arrow}}]] Oliver started wearing grease-paint makeup and a relatively simple green leather outfit (befitting someone assembling a costume on their own in a quasi-realistic setting) as the killer Vigilante/Hood, then as he gains more allies and changes his attitude to be the less-lethal Arrow the costume acquires a slightly more sophisticated look, culminating in trading in the makeup for the standard superhero domino mask. When he finally becomes the Green Arrow in Season 4, and the show's setting having firmly moved out of the "realistic" area with superpowered humans, superscience, magic and time travel, the costume looks much more like one befitting a superhero.
** [[TheFlash2014 Barry's]] Season One costume was more muted with some differences from the standard comics version of the Flash costume. Come Season 2, when he's firmly established as a respected and beloved superhero with much of the traditional Flash elements now in place, his costume acquires some minor touches that make it look much closer to the traditional version.
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* In ''Film/TheodoraGoesWild'', Theodora's outfits are extravagant and stylish, showing her new found personality. Compare this to her modest suits from the beginning before her transition into "wild" Theodora.
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* At the end of ''Film/{{Grease}}'', Sandy gives up her bobby-sox outfits to dress in leather, to show her love for Danny. Some modern critics feel this has the UnfortunateImplication of implying that she gave up her identity for him.
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* At the end of ''Film/{{Grease}}'', Sandy gives up her bobby-sox outfits to dress in leather, to show her love for Danny. Some modern critics feel this has the UnfortunateImplication UnfortunateImplications of implying that she gave up her identity for him.
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* In the sixtieth episode of the ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon X & Y series]]'', [[spoiler: not only Serena [[ImportantHaircut cuts her hair short]], but also begins to wear a different outfit to signal CharacterDevelopment after losing in her first Showcase]].
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* In the sixtieth episode of the ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon Pokemon X & Y series]]'', [[spoiler: not only Serena [[ImportantHaircut cuts her hair short]], but also begins to wear a different outfit to signal CharacterDevelopment after losing in her first Showcase]].
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* In ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'', [[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} Clint "Hawkeye" Barton]] exclusively wears [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/7/7b/Hawkeye_falls.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130928094052 black tactical military clothes]] that fall squarely under MovieSuperheroesWearBlack. In the sequel, ''Film/TheAvengersAgeOfUltron'', he wears a more personalized [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/4/46/Hawkeye_AOU_textless.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20141109232157 trench coat with purple notes]]. There's a reason for this: Clint spends most of the first ''Avengers'' movie as a garden-variety SHIELD operative, while the Avengers start out as a glorified SHIELD task force; by the end of the movie, Clint has been wholeheartedly accepted as an Avenger, and the Avengers themselves have grown into TrueCompanions. Clint's individualized dress is a sign that he's officially become part of the family.
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* In ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'', ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', [[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} Clint "Hawkeye" Barton]] exclusively wears [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/7/7b/Hawkeye_falls.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130928094052 black tactical military clothes]] that fall squarely under MovieSuperheroesWearBlack. In the sequel, ''Film/TheAvengersAgeOfUltron'', ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', he wears a more personalized [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/4/46/Hawkeye_AOU_textless.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20141109232157 trench coat with purple notes]]. There's a reason for this: Clint spends most of the first ''Avengers'' movie as a garden-variety SHIELD S.H.I.E.L.D. operative, while the Avengers start out as a glorified SHIELD S.H.I.E.L.D. task force; by the end of the movie, Clint has been wholeheartedly accepted as an Avenger, and the Avengers themselves have grown into TrueCompanions. Clint's individualized dress is a sign that he's officially become part of the family.
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* In ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'', [[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} Clint "Hawkeye" Barton]] exclusively wears [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/7/7b/Hawkeye_falls.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130928094052 black tactical military clothes]] that fall squarely under MovieSuperheroesWearBlack. In the sequel, ''Film/TheAvengersAgeOfUltron'', he wears a more personalized [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/4/46/Hawkeye_AOU_textless.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20141109232157 trench coat with purple notes]]. There's a reason for this: Clint spends most of the first ''Avengers'' movie as a garden-variety SHIELD operative, while the Avengers start out as a glorified SHIELD task force; by the end of the movie, Clint has been wholeheartedly accepted as an Avenger, and the Avengers themselves have grown into TrueCompanions. Clint's individualized dress is a sign that he's officially become part of the family.
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* The relative security of [[Literature/{{Deryni}} Deryni]] in Gwynedd (as well as his status as a {{Badass}}) is [[ClothingReflectsPersonality reflected in Alaric Morgan's clothing]]. During his twenties and early thirties as reactionary forces hold sway in the Church and government, [[LimitedWardrobe he generally wears "sable" (black) riding leathers, with a chain mail shirt that "gleamed openly at wrists and throat, boldly belligerent and just a little too ready for trouble".]] By the time Kelson had ruled for several years (in ''The Bishop's Heir''), he's described as having transitioned through muted grey with a deep burgundy cloak, followed by deep blues, then greens and golds and particolours--"the rich jewel tones rather than bright shades". For Kelson's accolade in ''The Quest for Saint Camber'', Morgan was "[c]lad in forest green velvet...ducally crowned with gold and with Kelson's sword in his hands, he looked like some elemental godling--sunlight on forest leaves and pine boughs, puissant and vital". Secure at last?
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** The relative security of Deryni in Gwynedd (as well as his status as a {{Badass}}) is [[ClothingReflectsPersonality reflected in Alaric Morgan's clothing]]. During his twenties and early thirties as reactionary forces hold sway in the Church and government, [[LimitedWardrobe he generally wears "sable" (black) riding leathers, with a chain mail shirt that "gleamed openly at wrists and throat, boldly belligerent and just a little too ready for trouble".]] By the time Kelson had ruled for several years (in ''The Bishop's Heir''), he's described as having transitioned through muted grey with a deep burgundy cloak, followed by deep blues, then greens and golds and particolours--"the rich jewel tones rather than bright shades". For Kelson's accolade in ''The Quest for Saint Camber'', Morgan was "[c]lad in forest green velvet...ducally crowned with gold and with Kelson's sword in his hands, he looked like some elemental godling--sunlight on forest leaves and pine boughs, puissant and vital". Secure atlast?last?
** Duncan's tenuous position within the Church is reflected in his swapping between secular and sacred garb. Aside from [[DisguiseTropes the need for discretion]], Duncan reverts to mostly secular dress when his vocation is in doubt or when it's prudent to emphasize his secular role. Even then, there are usually subtle clues to his priesthood: he left to lead the northern army on the Mearan campaign with the sword and crozier crossed ''en saltire'' behind the embroidered crest on his clothing and the cross-shaped nose piece on his helm, and he entered Laas with Kelson in ducal coronet and armor with a scarlet bishop's cope.
** The relative security of Deryni in Gwynedd (as well as his status as a {{Badass}}) is [[ClothingReflectsPersonality reflected in Alaric Morgan's clothing]]. During his twenties and early thirties as reactionary forces hold sway in the Church and government, [[LimitedWardrobe he generally wears "sable" (black) riding leathers, with a chain mail shirt that "gleamed openly at wrists and throat, boldly belligerent and just a little too ready for trouble".]] By the time Kelson had ruled for several years (in ''The Bishop's Heir''), he's described as having transitioned through muted grey with a deep burgundy cloak, followed by deep blues, then greens and golds and particolours--"the rich jewel tones rather than bright shades". For Kelson's accolade in ''The Quest for Saint Camber'', Morgan was "[c]lad in forest green velvet...ducally crowned with gold and with Kelson's sword in his hands, he looked like some elemental godling--sunlight on forest leaves and pine boughs, puissant and vital". Secure at
** Duncan's tenuous position within the Church is reflected in his swapping between secular and sacred garb. Aside from [[DisguiseTropes the need for discretion]], Duncan reverts to mostly secular dress when his vocation is in doubt or when it's prudent to emphasize his secular role. Even then, there are usually subtle clues to his priesthood: he left to lead the northern army on the Mearan campaign with the sword and crozier crossed ''en saltire'' behind the embroidered crest on his clothing and the cross-shaped nose piece on his helm, and he entered Laas with Kelson in ducal coronet and armor with a scarlet bishop's cope.
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* The relative security of [[Literature/Deryni Deryni]] in Gwynedd (as well as his status as a {{Badass}}) is [[ClothingReflectsPersonality reflected in Alaric Morgan's clothing]]. During his twenties and early thirties as reactionary forces hold sway in the Church and government, [[LimitedWardrobe he generally wears "sable" (black) riding leathers, with a chain mail shirt that "gleamed openly at wrists and throat, boldly belligerent and just a little too ready for trouble".]] By the time Kelson had ruled for several years (in ''The Bishop's Heir''), he's described as having transitioned through muted grey with a deep burgundy cloak, followed by deep blues, then greens and golds and particolours--"the rich jewel tones rather than bright shades". For Kelson's accolade in ''The Quest for Saint Camber'', Morgan was "[c]lad in forest green velvet...ducally crowned with gold and with Kelson's sword in his hands, he looked like some elemental godling--sunlight on forest leaves and pine boughs, puissant and vital". Secure at last?
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* ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'': Riley starts out wearing bright colorful clothes while her family's still in Minnesota. After they move to San Francisco, however, her wardrobe starts getting darker and darker as her mood deteriorates.
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** Following his [[MeaningfulRename name change]] from Every during the aftermath of the Orre arc, Ever dyes his hair and starts wearing all blue.
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** Psyche starts wearing Gardevoir skirts in lieu of her normal Gothitelle skirts in an attempt to distance herself from her DarkAndTroubledPast. Once she discovers that some of that past was FakeMemories, however, she starts flipping between the two as she reconciles her past and present.
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* Angel Dynamite does this in Season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', along with [[ImportantHaircut losing her distinctive afro]]. In Season 1, when the team still just knows her as a sassy jive-talking radio DJ, she wears a skimpy bright green crop top with matching bellbottoms. In Season 2, when [[TookALevelInBadass she resolves to help the team take down Professor Pericles]] after TheReveal that [[spoiler:she's actually Cassidy Williams, the TokenGoodTeammate of the original Mystery Incorporated]], she wears a much more practical [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc2ijoXvCr1qjcpmx.png black turtleneck sweater with a maroon trench coat]].
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* Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka get this in Season 3 of StarWarsTheCloneWars. Albeit, Anakin and Obi-Wan's wardrobes start to resemble what they wore in Revenge of the Sith, while Ahsoka adopted a more modest outfit.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Series/BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]] in Season 1 (left) and Season 5 (right). Apparently, four years of CharacterDevelopment and [[TraumaCongaLine psychological trauma]] can leave a mark on a person's taste in clothing.]]
In the visual media, it's common to give important characters some kind of a cool IconicOutfit or a LimitedWardrobe that lets the audience identify them immediately. Sometimes it's just there to look cool, or sometimes it can speak volumes about said character's personality.
If it's particularly well-entrenched, though, a gradual change in the character's wardrobe can be a convenient way of showing the audience how they're gradually evolving as a character. It's not quite as overt as an EvilCostumeSwitch or a GoodCostumeSwitch, and it may not even involve a character who wears a costume.
Maybe an extroverted teenage character gradually goes from wearing flamboyant, brightly-colored clothing to more conservative dress with muted colors as he starts to mature and calm down. Maybe TheHero gradually starts to wear darker clothing as he goes from optimistic to cynical, or starts to get more in touch with the harsh realities of life as a world-saving {{Badass}}.
No matter what form it takes, it's a quick, easy way to show the audience that nothing is the same anymore, and it adds some visual variety to a show that might not otherwise have it.
SuperTrope to GoodCostumeSwitch, EvilCostumeSwitch, ImportantHaircut, ExpositoryHairstyleChange, FanservicePack, and AdrenalineMakeover. Compare IconicOutfit and LimitedWardrobe.
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* In the second season of ''Anime/LoveLive'', Rin [[IAmNotPretty accepting that she can be]] a {{Tomboy}} ''and'' feminine is marked with her getting an entirely new training outfit, the most notable change being a switch from parachute pants to a skirt.
* In the first half of ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'', Ferio is dressed in a casual adventuring outfit with no frills and a single pauldron. In the second, he's a ManInWhite with more extensive and ornamented armor pieces and a huge billowing cape [[spoiler:to reflect that he's taken up his responsibilities as Prince in the wake of his sister Emeraude's death]].
* In the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', Kai Shiden is a one-note {{Jerkass}} who provides comic relief, hardly ever shows any concern for anyone else, and even briefly deserts the crew of ''White Base'' before getting cold feet and coming back. When we meet him again in the SequelSeries ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam''--as a far more mature [[IntrepidReporter investigative reporter]] with the courage to match--his snazzy [[ManInWhite white suit]] and [[BadassLongcoat black trench coat]] instantly tell us that he's grown up since his time on the ''White Base''.
* In the sixtieth episode of the ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon X & Y series]]'', [[spoiler: not only Serena [[ImportantHaircut cuts her hair short]], but also begins to wear a different outfit to signal CharacterDevelopment after losing in her first Showcase]].
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* The 2006 incarnation of ''ComicBook/XForce'' has the characters in the eponymous team (most of whom do double duty as X-Men ''and'' members of X-Force) donning black and grey versions of their regular X-threads, symbolizing their new roles as DarkerAndEdgier enforcers in the wake of M-Day. This is probably most obvious with Wolverine, who normally wears bright yellow and blue.
* Creator/GrantMorrison's ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' has the X-Men swapping out their traditional bright blue spandex for black and yellow leather and grey turtlenecks that could easily pass for civilian dress, just as the team moves in a new direction as a highly visible peacekeeping force that fights for mutant rights worldwide.
* A few times when Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk changed personality, his outfit changed too.
** In the 280s, when he has Banner's brain, he goes from shredded purple MagicPants to purple trunks made of unstable Molecules, which shift in size when he does.
** Around 350, when he becomes the gray Joe Fixit (a mob enforcer in Las Vegas), he wears three-piece suits tailored to his frame.
** In issue #377, when he becomes "Professor Hulk", he exchews purple altogether, going for black or dark blue slacks and a white or black tank tops.
* Everything about ComicBook/HarleyQuinn's alternate ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' costume seems carefully crafted to emphasize her newfound independence from SelfDemonstrating/{{the Joker}}. Her [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/dcanimated/images/3/3f/Harley_Quinn.png/revision/latest?cb=20081214151450 original duds]] stuck closely to the [[SexyJester court jester]] gimmick (matching the Joker's [[MonsterClown clown]] gimmick), and they were [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]] to emphasize her evil allegiance, and to match the Joker's [[PlayingCardMotifs playing card theme]]. Her [[http://media.insidepulse.com/zones/insidepulse/uploads/2011/07/DCR-Harley-Jim-Lee.jpg alternate costume]] ditches the jester hat, and it has a much more colorful red and blue color scheme that's all her own; it's also noticeably more revealing (with a [[OfCorsetsSexy tight corset]] and [[WhoWearsShortShorts hot pants]] in place of the original's full-body suit), emphasizing her newfound sexual independence.
* ''ComicBook/OneHundredBullets'':
** Through most of the series, Lono--an infamously sadistic thug and torturer without a scrap of empathy--stands out for his love of loud Hawaiian shirts in bold colors; though partly a mark of Lono's Hawaiian heritage, they also hint at his [[ItsAllAboutMe staunch individualism]], which is appropriate for a criminal who [[BloodKnight joined the Minutemen for thrills]]. Later on, after he accepts the position of Warlord of the Trust in the wake of [[spoiler: Mr. Shepherd's death]], he immediately begins wearing a brown trench coat on top of his Hawaiian shirts, hinting at [[CharacterDevelopment his willingness to take on greater responsibilities that require a modicum of cleverness]].
** When we first meet Louis "Loop" Hughes, he dresses exactly like you'd expect of an impoverished kid from the inner city of Philadelphia, typically wearing low-hanging jeans and baggy basketball jerseys. Later on, when he agrees to join Lono's faction after [[spoiler: Mr. Shepherd arranges his release from prison]], his wardrobe gets noticeably swankier (tailored jackets, gold jewelry, color-coordinated outfits, etc.), showing us that he's slowly being seduced by the Trust's massive wealth and power.
** Much like Loop, Isabel "Dizzy" Cordova starts off as an impoverished ex-gangbanger from the barrios of South Chicago, with the clothing to match (sweatpants, sneakers, tank tops, baggy jackets, etc.). After Mr. Shepherd takes her under his wing [[spoiler: to prepare her for joining the Minutemen]], her clothing gets noticeably more expensive (turtleneck sweaters, button-up shirts, leather purses, slacks, etc.), likely [[JustifiedTrope because Shepherd starts buying her clothes]].[[note]] Since her introductory story ends with Shepherd picking her up in a car and taking her away from Chicago, it's unlikely that she wasted any time grabbing clothes to take with her.[[/note]]
* In ''ComicBook/SinCity: A Dame to Kill For'', resident {{everyman}} Dwight [=McCarthy=] is introduced as a respectable (by Basin City standards) [[TheTeetotaler teetotaler]] who wears white button-up shirts tucked into simple slacks. After he comes back from a brush with death following a reunion with his old flame [[FemmeFatale Ava Lord]], he manages to completely revamp his appearance [[MagicPlasticSurgery with the help of a plastic surgeon]], and [[ImportantHaircut he lets his hair grow back]]. He also gets a new wardrobe to match [[TookALevelInBadass his new attitude]], swapping his old threads for tight black t-shirts and a black leather trench coat with Army-style epaulets.
* [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]]'s ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' event is kicked off by a tragic explosion caused by a villain that kills several heroes and dozens of schoolchildren. ComicBook/{{Speedball}}, the only hero to escape alive, becomes so guilt-ridden that he changes his name to "Penance" and switches from [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/5551/597340-picture_20189.gif his traditional colorful threads]] to [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/Penancetbolts.PNG a drastically different costume lined with metal spikes]], intentionally injuring himself to make up for his "failure".
* In the very early days of ''ComicBook/XMen'', Professor Xavier's five original students [[note]]Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Angel and Iceman[[/note]] initially wore [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/uncanny-x-men/3-1.jpg identical black and yellow uniforms]] meant to show their shared allegiance to Xavier's School. Around 1968, as the kids gradually grew up and became more independent, Xavier eventually decided to give them all [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/uncanny-x-men/49-1.jpg their own unique costumes]] to acknowledge how far they had come since beginning their training [[note]]Cyclops got a full-body blue costume, Jean got a green MinidressOfPower, Beast got a blue and red costume, and Angel got a yellow costume with red suspenders[[/note]]. The individual costumes would come to be a mainstay of the X-books as time wore on, showing Xavier's movement away from the rigidity of boarding school life.
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* In Disney's ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' the titular Beast is introduced wearing [[http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130128230146/disney/images/c/c7/Beast_KH.png a rough pair of denim pants and an imposing violet cape]], with no shirt underneath. After CharacterDevelopment, as he gradually warms up to Belle and rediscovers his humanity, his austere dress is eventually substituted for a more relaxed [[http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120725060233/disney/images/d/d7/Beast_pose.jpg white ruffled shirt, dress jacket and formal blue trousers]].
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* Franchise/StarWars
** Luke Skywalker's clothes gradually become darker over the course of the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy as he grows into his role as the savior of the Jedi and takes on heavier burdens. In ''Film/ANewHope'', when he's a wide-eyed farm boy dreaming of adventure, he dresses completely in white. In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', he wears a grey military uniform. In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', when the revelation about Darth Vader's identity has fully set in, he wears black.
** Anakin Skywalker's clothes do the same in the prequel trilogy, climaxing with a full-on EvilCostumeSwitch when he becomes Darth Vader. In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', he wears light tan. In ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', when his [[FatalFlaw anger and arrogance]] start to become obvious, he wears dark brown. In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', he begins wearing black (even before he fully becomes a Sith lord).
* In ''Film/PitchPerfect'', the Trebles change from maroon hoodies to blazers under Jesse's leadership, suggesting that they have matured (which they certainly have).
* At the end of ''Film/{{Grease}}'', Sandy gives up her bobby-sox outfits to dress in leather, to show her love for Danny. Some modern critics feel this has the UnfortunateImplication of implying that she gave up her identity for him.
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* When Jesse Pinkman first appears ''Series/BreakingBad'', he's almost invariably seen wearing loud, eye-catching clothes, including a bright yellow hoodie that he wears in almost every scene. After Season 2, when he goes through a succession of traumatic events including [[spoiler: quitting heroin and coping with his girlfriend's death]], his personality mellows out considerably, and he begins dressing in a noticeably darker, more muted color palette.
* In ''Series/BabylonFive'' Londo Mollari, who started off as a loud, boisterous almost comic character, often wore a purple longcoat. In later seasons, after his [[DealWithTheDevil deals with Morden]] [[spoiler:and pretty much starting a war,]] he starts wearing a black one.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** The Seventh Doctor wore from a light blazer in his first two seasons, when he was mostly a goofy guy who clowned his way out of stuff as much as planned his way. In his third season, he wore a darker blazer to reflect the fact that he was now a stone-cold planner who would do whatever it took, no matter how dark.
** The Fourth Doctor's outfit gets progressively more Victorian and better coordinated as his character matures, while sticking to the same "coat, fedora and unreasonably long scarf" theme. He starts out a RummageSaleReject wearing a tacky argyle cardigan with a pocket watch, a clashing green neckerchief and a red safari jacket; switches to waistcoats, frock coats and a plain red neckerchief when he becomes a ReasonableAuthorityFigure; and shifts fully into ByronicHero with an all-red outfit based on Victorian military formal wear. He also spends most of "The Deadly Assassin" without his trademark scarf, indicating the darker tone his character is treated with in the serial.
* In one episode of ''Series/HappyDays'' Fonzie decides to give up his tough guy biker attitude to become a calm person. He switches from his trademark white t-shirt and brown leather jacket to a light blue t-shirt and no jacket.
* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' Penny wears low cut tops, booty shorts, and loud colors to reflect the fact that she's a very young woman optimistically dressing like what she thinks a hot young women in LA would wear. In season four, after she's done a little growing up and become a bit more of a cynic, she begins dressing a bit more conservatively and less like a teenager.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones''
** Sansa Stark starts off wearing dresses that are simple and practical, like everything else in [[GrimUpNorth the North]]. Once she becomes a hostage in King's Landing, she wears dresses made of more fragile pastel-colored fabric, reflecting her helplessness. The more she loses her innocence, the darker her wardrobe becomes, until she ends Season 4 wearing a pitch black feathered gown.
** In the beginning of Season 1, Daenerys wears dresses so sheer and delicate that you practically see through them, reflecting her frailty. Then she switches to more sturdy Dothraki garb as she grows more assertive. She wears elegant blue and white gowns from Season 3 onwards, as she grows into her queenship.
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* Elizabeth from ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' trades her original, school uniform-like clothes for a much darker blue dress with a [[OfCorsetsSexy corset]] (not unlike the one her late mother had worn) after [[spoiler:[[TheseHandsHaveKilled killing a person for the first time]]]]. She does so ostensibly for practical reasons, but it also underlines the [[BreakTheCutie rapid loss of her innocence]] throughout the game. And then she goes for a full-on FemmeFatale outfit in the ''BioShockInfinite/BurialAtSea'' expansion.
* In ''DynastyWarriors 7'', characters who change factions in-story have an alternate costume based on the faction's "Corporate Color". Like Guan Yu's purple Wei costume (he's from Shu) and Zhen Ji's Yellow Yuan Shao faction costume (her chronological original, she's mostly associated with Wei).
* Since all party members in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' are basically stuck with their default (upgradeable) armor sets for the entire game, changes in their attires are usually tied to CharacterDevelopment or important events in their lives instead:
** All of the [[RomanceSidequest love interests]], except Anders, change their default outfits after the RelationshipUpgrade to mark their new relationship with Hawke. Most striking is Merrill, who goes from tattered khaki rags of an elven hedge mage outcast to an intricate white-and-silver attire sending a clear message to everyone not to mess with the significant other of the Champion of Kirkwall.
** Anders, instead, trades his healer clothes for a much darker set upon completion of his Act 3 personal sidequest, [[spoiler:foreshadowing his self-inflicted martyrdom]].
** Aveline's armor grows more and more ornate with every Act, signifying her rise through the ranks of the Kirkwall Guard, all the way up to Captain.
* Shows up optionally in ''Franchise/MassEffect''. In [[Franchise/MassEffect1 the first game]], when Shepard divides his/her time between serving the Systems Alliance and the Citadel Council, s/he wears a fairly conservative [[http://speakgeekytome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mass-effect-shepard.jpg blue crewman's uniform]] as a default casual outfit when walking the decks of the ''Normandy'' between missions. In [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 the sequel]], after Shepard is resurrected by Cerberus, the player can choose between several different casual outfits; though some of them are official Cerberus uniforms, one option is a working-class [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120312181308/masseffect/images/3/33/Casual_Spacer_Outfit.png spacer's garb]]. Donning this outfit can give the impression that Shepard is taking a more independent path after being freed from his/her duties as a soldier--which fits very well with many choices that the player can make.
* In ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'', Walker, Adams and Lugo's neat, form-fitting Delta Force uniforms become ever more mucky, grimy and tattered as the game wears on, mirroring their increasingly fractured psyches.
* When ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'' first introduces [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter Raiden]] as a new protagonist, he wears a [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091019140715/metalgear/images/9/9f/Model_Raiden.jpg "sneaking suit"]] that's noticeably similar--in design and color palette--to [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130102172428/metalgear/images/d/d2/MGS2_Solid_Snake.png the one that Solid Snake wore]] in the original ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''. This can't be a coincidence, considering [[spoiler: the Patriots' plan to psychologically condition Raiden into Snake's replacement]]. After Raiden's story arc takes a divergent turn from Snake's around the time of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'', he shows up again in an enhanced cyborg body, which comes with [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080620064342/metalgear/images/c/c0/Ninja_Raiden.jpg noticeably sleeker, tighter clothes in a much lighter color palette]], contrasting with [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090410042650/metalgear/images/7/76/Solid_Snake_(GOTP).JPG Snake's black battle gear]] in the same game. Even later, his {{spinoff}} game ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' has him donning [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140121084847/metalgear/images/1/1f/Metal_gear_rising_revengeance_raiden.png a black version of the same costume]] as he comes to embrace his new warrior status.
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* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', female lead Haley Starshine has undergone a number of wardrobe shifts to indicate CharacterDevelopment. She moves from a stereotypical fantasy outfit to a more covered one to indicate gained maturity, and then into a more practical one to indicate gained confidence.
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* Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka get this in Season 3 of StarWarsTheCloneWars. Albeit, Anakin and Obi-Wan's wardrobes start to resemble what they wore in Revenge of the Sith, while Ahsoka adopted a more modest outfit.
* In the fourth season of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Korra goes from the traditional Water Tribe look to an anonymous Earth Kingdom one, and cuts her hair--symbolically cutting her ties to her friends and family.
* Angel Dynamite does this in Season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', along with [[ImportantHaircut losing her distinctive afro]]. In Season 1, when the team still just knows her as a sassy jive-talking radio DJ, she wears [[http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjIzNTU2ODcwOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODMzOTgyNQ@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg a skimpy bright green crop top with matching bellbottoms]]. In Season 2, when [[TookALevelInBadass she resolves to help the team take down Professor Pericles]] after TheReveal that [[spoiler:she's actually Cassidy Williams, the TokenGoodTeammate of the original Mystery Incorporated]], she wears a much more practical [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc2ijoXvCr1qjcpmx.png black turtleneck sweater with a maroon trench coat]].
* ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'': Riley starts out wearing bright colorful clothes while her family's still in Minnesota. After they move to San Francisco, however, her wardrobe starts getting darker and darker as her mood deteriorates.
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In the visual media, it's common to give important characters some kind of a cool IconicOutfit or a LimitedWardrobe that lets the audience identify them immediately. Sometimes it's just there to look cool, or sometimes it can speak volumes about said character's personality.
If it's particularly well-entrenched, though, a gradual change in the character's wardrobe can be a convenient way of showing the audience how they're gradually evolving as a character. It's not quite as overt as an EvilCostumeSwitch or a GoodCostumeSwitch, and it may not even involve a character who wears a costume.
Maybe an extroverted teenage character gradually goes from wearing flamboyant, brightly-colored clothing to more conservative dress with muted colors as he starts to mature and calm down. Maybe TheHero gradually starts to wear darker clothing as he goes from optimistic to cynical, or starts to get more in touch with the harsh realities of life as a world-saving {{Badass}}.
No matter what form it takes, it's a quick, easy way to show the audience that nothing is the same anymore, and it adds some visual variety to a show that might not otherwise have it.
SuperTrope to GoodCostumeSwitch, EvilCostumeSwitch, ImportantHaircut, ExpositoryHairstyleChange, FanservicePack, and AdrenalineMakeover. Compare IconicOutfit and LimitedWardrobe.
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* In the second season of ''Anime/LoveLive'', Rin [[IAmNotPretty accepting that she can be]] a {{Tomboy}} ''and'' feminine is marked with her getting an entirely new training outfit, the most notable change being a switch from parachute pants to a skirt.
* In the first half of ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'', Ferio is dressed in a casual adventuring outfit with no frills and a single pauldron. In the second, he's a ManInWhite with more extensive and ornamented armor pieces and a huge billowing cape [[spoiler:to reflect that he's taken up his responsibilities as Prince in the wake of his sister Emeraude's death]].
* In the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', Kai Shiden is a one-note {{Jerkass}} who provides comic relief, hardly ever shows any concern for anyone else, and even briefly deserts the crew of ''White Base'' before getting cold feet and coming back. When we meet him again in the SequelSeries ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam''--as a far more mature [[IntrepidReporter investigative reporter]] with the courage to match--his snazzy [[ManInWhite white suit]] and [[BadassLongcoat black trench coat]] instantly tell us that he's grown up since his time on the ''White Base''.
* In the sixtieth episode of the ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon X & Y series]]'', [[spoiler: not only Serena [[ImportantHaircut cuts her hair short]], but also begins to wear a different outfit to signal CharacterDevelopment after losing in her first Showcase]].
[[AC:Comics]]
* The 2006 incarnation of ''ComicBook/XForce'' has the characters in the eponymous team (most of whom do double duty as X-Men ''and'' members of X-Force) donning black and grey versions of their regular X-threads, symbolizing their new roles as DarkerAndEdgier enforcers in the wake of M-Day. This is probably most obvious with Wolverine, who normally wears bright yellow and blue.
* Creator/GrantMorrison's ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' has the X-Men swapping out their traditional bright blue spandex for black and yellow leather and grey turtlenecks that could easily pass for civilian dress, just as the team moves in a new direction as a highly visible peacekeeping force that fights for mutant rights worldwide.
* A few times when Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk changed personality, his outfit changed too.
** In the 280s, when he has Banner's brain, he goes from shredded purple MagicPants to purple trunks made of unstable Molecules, which shift in size when he does.
** Around 350, when he becomes the gray Joe Fixit (a mob enforcer in Las Vegas), he wears three-piece suits tailored to his frame.
** In issue #377, when he becomes "Professor Hulk", he exchews purple altogether, going for black or dark blue slacks and a white or black tank tops.
* Everything about ComicBook/HarleyQuinn's alternate ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' costume seems carefully crafted to emphasize her newfound independence from SelfDemonstrating/{{the Joker}}. Her [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/dcanimated/images/3/3f/Harley_Quinn.png/revision/latest?cb=20081214151450 original duds]] stuck closely to the [[SexyJester court jester]] gimmick (matching the Joker's [[MonsterClown clown]] gimmick), and they were [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]] to emphasize her evil allegiance, and to match the Joker's [[PlayingCardMotifs playing card theme]]. Her [[http://media.insidepulse.com/zones/insidepulse/uploads/2011/07/DCR-Harley-Jim-Lee.jpg alternate costume]] ditches the jester hat, and it has a much more colorful red and blue color scheme that's all her own; it's also noticeably more revealing (with a [[OfCorsetsSexy tight corset]] and [[WhoWearsShortShorts hot pants]] in place of the original's full-body suit), emphasizing her newfound sexual independence.
* ''ComicBook/OneHundredBullets'':
** Through most of the series, Lono--an infamously sadistic thug and torturer without a scrap of empathy--stands out for his love of loud Hawaiian shirts in bold colors; though partly a mark of Lono's Hawaiian heritage, they also hint at his [[ItsAllAboutMe staunch individualism]], which is appropriate for a criminal who [[BloodKnight joined the Minutemen for thrills]]. Later on, after he accepts the position of Warlord of the Trust in the wake of [[spoiler: Mr. Shepherd's death]], he immediately begins wearing a brown trench coat on top of his Hawaiian shirts, hinting at [[CharacterDevelopment his willingness to take on greater responsibilities that require a modicum of cleverness]].
** When we first meet Louis "Loop" Hughes, he dresses exactly like you'd expect of an impoverished kid from the inner city of Philadelphia, typically wearing low-hanging jeans and baggy basketball jerseys. Later on, when he agrees to join Lono's faction after [[spoiler: Mr. Shepherd arranges his release from prison]], his wardrobe gets noticeably swankier (tailored jackets, gold jewelry, color-coordinated outfits, etc.), showing us that he's slowly being seduced by the Trust's massive wealth and power.
** Much like Loop, Isabel "Dizzy" Cordova starts off as an impoverished ex-gangbanger from the barrios of South Chicago, with the clothing to match (sweatpants, sneakers, tank tops, baggy jackets, etc.). After Mr. Shepherd takes her under his wing [[spoiler: to prepare her for joining the Minutemen]], her clothing gets noticeably more expensive (turtleneck sweaters, button-up shirts, leather purses, slacks, etc.), likely [[JustifiedTrope because Shepherd starts buying her clothes]].[[note]] Since her introductory story ends with Shepherd picking her up in a car and taking her away from Chicago, it's unlikely that she wasted any time grabbing clothes to take with her.[[/note]]
* In ''ComicBook/SinCity: A Dame to Kill For'', resident {{everyman}} Dwight [=McCarthy=] is introduced as a respectable (by Basin City standards) [[TheTeetotaler teetotaler]] who wears white button-up shirts tucked into simple slacks. After he comes back from a brush with death following a reunion with his old flame [[FemmeFatale Ava Lord]], he manages to completely revamp his appearance [[MagicPlasticSurgery with the help of a plastic surgeon]], and [[ImportantHaircut he lets his hair grow back]]. He also gets a new wardrobe to match [[TookALevelInBadass his new attitude]], swapping his old threads for tight black t-shirts and a black leather trench coat with Army-style epaulets.
* [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]]'s ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' event is kicked off by a tragic explosion caused by a villain that kills several heroes and dozens of schoolchildren. ComicBook/{{Speedball}}, the only hero to escape alive, becomes so guilt-ridden that he changes his name to "Penance" and switches from [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/5551/597340-picture_20189.gif his traditional colorful threads]] to [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/Penancetbolts.PNG a drastically different costume lined with metal spikes]], intentionally injuring himself to make up for his "failure".
* In the very early days of ''ComicBook/XMen'', Professor Xavier's five original students [[note]]Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Angel and Iceman[[/note]] initially wore [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/uncanny-x-men/3-1.jpg identical black and yellow uniforms]] meant to show their shared allegiance to Xavier's School. Around 1968, as the kids gradually grew up and became more independent, Xavier eventually decided to give them all [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/uncanny-x-men/49-1.jpg their own unique costumes]] to acknowledge how far they had come since beginning their training [[note]]Cyclops got a full-body blue costume, Jean got a green MinidressOfPower, Beast got a blue and red costume, and Angel got a yellow costume with red suspenders[[/note]]. The individual costumes would come to be a mainstay of the X-books as time wore on, showing Xavier's movement away from the rigidity of boarding school life.
[[AC:Films -- Animated]]
* In Disney's ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' the titular Beast is introduced wearing [[http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130128230146/disney/images/c/c7/Beast_KH.png a rough pair of denim pants and an imposing violet cape]], with no shirt underneath. After CharacterDevelopment, as he gradually warms up to Belle and rediscovers his humanity, his austere dress is eventually substituted for a more relaxed [[http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120725060233/disney/images/d/d7/Beast_pose.jpg white ruffled shirt, dress jacket and formal blue trousers]].
[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
* Franchise/StarWars
** Luke Skywalker's clothes gradually become darker over the course of the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy as he grows into his role as the savior of the Jedi and takes on heavier burdens. In ''Film/ANewHope'', when he's a wide-eyed farm boy dreaming of adventure, he dresses completely in white. In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', he wears a grey military uniform. In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', when the revelation about Darth Vader's identity has fully set in, he wears black.
** Anakin Skywalker's clothes do the same in the prequel trilogy, climaxing with a full-on EvilCostumeSwitch when he becomes Darth Vader. In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', he wears light tan. In ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', when his [[FatalFlaw anger and arrogance]] start to become obvious, he wears dark brown. In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', he begins wearing black (even before he fully becomes a Sith lord).
* In ''Film/PitchPerfect'', the Trebles change from maroon hoodies to blazers under Jesse's leadership, suggesting that they have matured (which they certainly have).
* At the end of ''Film/{{Grease}}'', Sandy gives up her bobby-sox outfits to dress in leather, to show her love for Danny. Some modern critics feel this has the UnfortunateImplication of implying that she gave up her identity for him.
[[AC:Live-Action Television]]
* When Jesse Pinkman first appears ''Series/BreakingBad'', he's almost invariably seen wearing loud, eye-catching clothes, including a bright yellow hoodie that he wears in almost every scene. After Season 2, when he goes through a succession of traumatic events including [[spoiler: quitting heroin and coping with his girlfriend's death]], his personality mellows out considerably, and he begins dressing in a noticeably darker, more muted color palette.
* In ''Series/BabylonFive'' Londo Mollari, who started off as a loud, boisterous almost comic character, often wore a purple longcoat. In later seasons, after his [[DealWithTheDevil deals with Morden]] [[spoiler:and pretty much starting a war,]] he starts wearing a black one.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** The Seventh Doctor wore from a light blazer in his first two seasons, when he was mostly a goofy guy who clowned his way out of stuff as much as planned his way. In his third season, he wore a darker blazer to reflect the fact that he was now a stone-cold planner who would do whatever it took, no matter how dark.
** The Fourth Doctor's outfit gets progressively more Victorian and better coordinated as his character matures, while sticking to the same "coat, fedora and unreasonably long scarf" theme. He starts out a RummageSaleReject wearing a tacky argyle cardigan with a pocket watch, a clashing green neckerchief and a red safari jacket; switches to waistcoats, frock coats and a plain red neckerchief when he becomes a ReasonableAuthorityFigure; and shifts fully into ByronicHero with an all-red outfit based on Victorian military formal wear. He also spends most of "The Deadly Assassin" without his trademark scarf, indicating the darker tone his character is treated with in the serial.
* In one episode of ''Series/HappyDays'' Fonzie decides to give up his tough guy biker attitude to become a calm person. He switches from his trademark white t-shirt and brown leather jacket to a light blue t-shirt and no jacket.
* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' Penny wears low cut tops, booty shorts, and loud colors to reflect the fact that she's a very young woman optimistically dressing like what she thinks a hot young women in LA would wear. In season four, after she's done a little growing up and become a bit more of a cynic, she begins dressing a bit more conservatively and less like a teenager.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones''
** Sansa Stark starts off wearing dresses that are simple and practical, like everything else in [[GrimUpNorth the North]]. Once she becomes a hostage in King's Landing, she wears dresses made of more fragile pastel-colored fabric, reflecting her helplessness. The more she loses her innocence, the darker her wardrobe becomes, until she ends Season 4 wearing a pitch black feathered gown.
** In the beginning of Season 1, Daenerys wears dresses so sheer and delicate that you practically see through them, reflecting her frailty. Then she switches to more sturdy Dothraki garb as she grows more assertive. She wears elegant blue and white gowns from Season 3 onwards, as she grows into her queenship.
[[AC: Video Games]]
* Elizabeth from ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' trades her original, school uniform-like clothes for a much darker blue dress with a [[OfCorsetsSexy corset]] (not unlike the one her late mother had worn) after [[spoiler:[[TheseHandsHaveKilled killing a person for the first time]]]]. She does so ostensibly for practical reasons, but it also underlines the [[BreakTheCutie rapid loss of her innocence]] throughout the game. And then she goes for a full-on FemmeFatale outfit in the ''BioShockInfinite/BurialAtSea'' expansion.
* In ''DynastyWarriors 7'', characters who change factions in-story have an alternate costume based on the faction's "Corporate Color". Like Guan Yu's purple Wei costume (he's from Shu) and Zhen Ji's Yellow Yuan Shao faction costume (her chronological original, she's mostly associated with Wei).
* Since all party members in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' are basically stuck with their default (upgradeable) armor sets for the entire game, changes in their attires are usually tied to CharacterDevelopment or important events in their lives instead:
** All of the [[RomanceSidequest love interests]], except Anders, change their default outfits after the RelationshipUpgrade to mark their new relationship with Hawke. Most striking is Merrill, who goes from tattered khaki rags of an elven hedge mage outcast to an intricate white-and-silver attire sending a clear message to everyone not to mess with the significant other of the Champion of Kirkwall.
** Anders, instead, trades his healer clothes for a much darker set upon completion of his Act 3 personal sidequest, [[spoiler:foreshadowing his self-inflicted martyrdom]].
** Aveline's armor grows more and more ornate with every Act, signifying her rise through the ranks of the Kirkwall Guard, all the way up to Captain.
* Shows up optionally in ''Franchise/MassEffect''. In [[Franchise/MassEffect1 the first game]], when Shepard divides his/her time between serving the Systems Alliance and the Citadel Council, s/he wears a fairly conservative [[http://speakgeekytome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mass-effect-shepard.jpg blue crewman's uniform]] as a default casual outfit when walking the decks of the ''Normandy'' between missions. In [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 the sequel]], after Shepard is resurrected by Cerberus, the player can choose between several different casual outfits; though some of them are official Cerberus uniforms, one option is a working-class [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120312181308/masseffect/images/3/33/Casual_Spacer_Outfit.png spacer's garb]]. Donning this outfit can give the impression that Shepard is taking a more independent path after being freed from his/her duties as a soldier--which fits very well with many choices that the player can make.
* In ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'', Walker, Adams and Lugo's neat, form-fitting Delta Force uniforms become ever more mucky, grimy and tattered as the game wears on, mirroring their increasingly fractured psyches.
* When ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'' first introduces [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter Raiden]] as a new protagonist, he wears a [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091019140715/metalgear/images/9/9f/Model_Raiden.jpg "sneaking suit"]] that's noticeably similar--in design and color palette--to [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130102172428/metalgear/images/d/d2/MGS2_Solid_Snake.png the one that Solid Snake wore]] in the original ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''. This can't be a coincidence, considering [[spoiler: the Patriots' plan to psychologically condition Raiden into Snake's replacement]]. After Raiden's story arc takes a divergent turn from Snake's around the time of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'', he shows up again in an enhanced cyborg body, which comes with [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080620064342/metalgear/images/c/c0/Ninja_Raiden.jpg noticeably sleeker, tighter clothes in a much lighter color palette]], contrasting with [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090410042650/metalgear/images/7/76/Solid_Snake_(GOTP).JPG Snake's black battle gear]] in the same game. Even later, his {{spinoff}} game ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' has him donning [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140121084847/metalgear/images/1/1f/Metal_gear_rising_revengeance_raiden.png a black version of the same costume]] as he comes to embrace his new warrior status.
[[AC: Webcomics]]
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', female lead Haley Starshine has undergone a number of wardrobe shifts to indicate CharacterDevelopment. She moves from a stereotypical fantasy outfit to a more covered one to indicate gained maturity, and then into a more practical one to indicate gained confidence.
[[AC: Western Animation]]
* Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka get this in Season 3 of StarWarsTheCloneWars. Albeit, Anakin and Obi-Wan's wardrobes start to resemble what they wore in Revenge of the Sith, while Ahsoka adopted a more modest outfit.
* In the fourth season of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Korra goes from the traditional Water Tribe look to an anonymous Earth Kingdom one, and cuts her hair--symbolically cutting her ties to her friends and family.
* Angel Dynamite does this in Season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', along with [[ImportantHaircut losing her distinctive afro]]. In Season 1, when the team still just knows her as a sassy jive-talking radio DJ, she wears [[http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjIzNTU2ODcwOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODMzOTgyNQ@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg a skimpy bright green crop top with matching bellbottoms]]. In Season 2, when [[TookALevelInBadass she resolves to help the team take down Professor Pericles]] after TheReveal that [[spoiler:she's actually Cassidy Williams, the TokenGoodTeammate of the original Mystery Incorporated]], she wears a much more practical [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc2ijoXvCr1qjcpmx.png black turtleneck sweater with a maroon trench coat]].
* ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'': Riley starts out wearing bright colorful clothes while her family's still in Minnesota. After they move to San Francisco, however, her wardrobe starts getting darker and darker as her mood deteriorates.
