History Main / SleevesAreForWimps

** Another FunnyAnimal with flesh-coloured arms is Mighty the Armadillo, a character who cumulates SuperStrengh and SuperToughness.

* [[VideoGame/WarioLand Wario]] qualifies, showing his muscles while he gathers treasure and defeats enemies with next to no problems.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}}, both [[TheSmartOne Kris]] and [[TheBigGirl Susie]], who usually cover their arms with a sweater and a jacket, lose them for sleeveless knight and barbarian outfits: while Susie is the strong one, she and Kris an incredible determination to save light and {{dark world}}s, and unlike [[TheCutie Ralsei]] (the sensitive guy of the trio, who wears CuteOversizedSleeves), they don't mind using violence (while Susie mellows overtime, Kris can either be a BadassPacifist or corrupt someone to do more violence than Susie and the antagonists combine).

* Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog’s flesh-coloured arms that contrast with his blue fur gives him this effect, though he does have [[AdaptationDyeJob blue arms that give the effect of sleeves in other adaptations]] such as ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' and the ''[[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 Sonic]] [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022 Film Universe]]''.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}}, both [[TheSmartOne Kris]] and [[TheBigGirl Susie]], who usually cover their arms with a sweater and a jacket, lose them for knight and barbarian outfits: Susie is a straight example, as she is the powerhouse of the team. While Kris is not as powerful, you can make them another example if you follow all the conditions to reach [[spoiler:the Weird Route znd if you make them kill every enemy with their sword]].

* Percival, the largest othe Knights of the Round Table from ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'', has sleeveless ''armour''.

* Percival from ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'' has sleeveless ''armour''.

** [[Film/TheKarateKidPartII The sequel]] has Chozen, who is not associated to Cobra Kai in any way, also don a yellow martial arts outfit in the climax.

** ''Film/Deadpool'': Colossus again. His default outfit is a sleeveless tank top. In both this movie and the sequel.

* ''Film/Deadpool2'': [[spoiler:The Juggernaut]] rips off the sleeves of his prison garb before fighting Colossus.

Contrast with CuteOversizedSleeves, for when a character's shirt has overlength sleeves to convey the character's cuteness.

* Billy and Jimmy Lee from the ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' beat-em-ups both wore sleeveless vests and shirts. Curiously, in [[Film/DoubleDragon the movie]], where Billy wore a blue long-sleeve sweatshirt and Jimmy wore a red t-shirt, they spent most of the movie screaming and running away from the bad guys, making it a literal example of this trope.

* In ''HarryAndTheShipgirls'', this trope is {{Enforced}} by Johnston. Since her captain lost his sleeves in the Battle Off Samar, she believes that no badass should wear sleeves.

* [[Franchise/BlazBlue Ragna and Jin's]] default attire in ''Fanfic/BlazBlueAlternativeRemnant'' is the same as from when they were teenagers (In Jin's case, from the ''Spiral Shift'' novels), and as such, both of them lack sleeves.

* ComicBook/BettyRoss' costume as Red She-Hulk is also sleeveless.

%% (ZCE) * The ''VideoGame/BadDudes''

** This was famously used as an intimidation tactic in the 1981 AFC Championship game, known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freezer_Bowl the Freezer Bowl]], where the game time temperature was -8 degrees F, with the added bonus of a -37 F wind chill. Many players on the Cincinnati Bengals went sleeveless, including the entire offensive line, while the San Diego Chargers all were cold weather clothes. It certainly seemed to help, as they went on to beat San Diego 27-7.

* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' gives us The Todd.

* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Matsuri's exorcist ninja suit has a sleeveless vest and FingerlessGloves that go up past the elbow, emphasizing his biceps and shoulders. Humorously, he also rolls his shirt sleeves up in gym class.

* CJ from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' starts out wearing a white tank top.

* Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Edward Elric typically wears a black jacket, a long, red coat, and white gloves, but frequently invokes this trope either via AdrenalineMakeover or to lecture someone on why human alchemy is bad. His automail arm [[http://www.shonenwallpapers.com/images/wallpapers/effects_Edward_Elric_FMA_Full_Metal_Alchemist_Wallpaper800-375705.jpeg increases this trope's intended effect exponentially]].

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* [[Franchise/BlazBlue Ragna's]] default attire in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13701943/1/BlazBlue-Remnant-Alternative BlazBlue Alternative: Remnant]]'' is the same as what he wore during his training with Jubei, which completely lacks sleeves.