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* In ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''/''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' crossover ''Fanfic/TheManyWorldsInterpretation'', visiting Discworld assassin Johanna Smith-Rhodes is trying to blend into California as an "alien". [[note]]A South African in California, that is. She reckons this neatly explains any observed strangeness, and in any case she speaks the language.[[/note]] Sheldon Cooper haughtily demands she takes her clothes off. Fortunately for Sheldon, she understands his motivation -- his sense of correctness has been offended by the fact the sports clothing she has bought, reproduction South African team strip, is incorrect. (Johanna's research had been faulty. Her athletics tracksuit relates to pre-1994 and UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra.) Johanna obliges him and takes it off. Howard Wolowitz is rendered near-speechless.

* In ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Solo Command]]'', Wedge orders his [[NumberTwo 2IC]] Wes to strip while doing so himself. It's part of an elaborate prank.

* ''Series/TheNewAvengers'': In "To Catch a Rat", Purdey tells Cromwell to take of his trousers, to his obvious surprise. It turns out she had ripped his trousers during the struggle and intends to sew up the rip.

-->'''Vegeta:''' Now, both of you, ''[close up to his mouth, slow motion] strip''.\\

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* In ''Film/Tremors'' Rhonda gets tangled up in barbed wire while fleeing a graboid, and Val tell
s her to strip her jeans off to escape.

* ''Film/NoTimeToDie''. When Bond makes contact with CIA agent Paloma, she immediately hauls him into a room and starts unbuttoning his shirt. When Bond suggests they might want to get to know each other a bit first, she looks flustered and produces the [[BlackTieInfiltration tuxedo she wants him to change into]].

* ''Film/NoTimeToDie''. When Bond makes contact with CIA agent Paloma, she immediately hauls him into a room and starts unbuttoning his shirt. When Bond suggest they might want to get to know each other a bit first, she looks flustered and produces the [[BlackTieInfiltration tuxedo she wants him to change into]].

* ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' has this subverted when Dwight is trying to get information from Kevin.

** In another episode, Kagome, wanting to apply treatment to Inuyasha's wounds, orders him to undress, much to his protests. [[NotWhatItLooksLike Kaede and a group of village kids walks up a minute later]].

* ''Series/DadsArmy'': In "Things That Go Bump In The Night", Pike is ordered to remove his uniform, because it is covered in aniseed and attracting attack dogs. He does, distracting the dogs long enough for the platoon to escape, albeit with Pike now fully naked, covering himself with just two small bags.

* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' (a.k.a. ''Case Closed''): After Kazuha is attacked by a mysterious assailant in one case, Conan and Heiji find evidence that she may have been tased. Cue the two men storming into the room where she's resting up and demanding that she take off her clothes (with Conan going as far as doing it ''for'' her). One panel later, Heiji has a slap mark on his face (Conan is spared because he's "just a kid"), and a very red-faced Ran confirms that Kazuha does indeed have taser burns.

''Series/RobinHood'': In "[[Recap/RobinHoodS03E07TooHotToHandle Too Hot to Handle]]", Robin instructs Isabella to take off her dress whilst they're floating in a water tank. He combines it with his arrow to make a rope.

* ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' The episode "See Here, Private Partridge" has 10-year-old Danny receiving a draft notice as the result of a computer error. Unable to convince the Army of their error, his mother Shirley sends Danny to the induction center. Danny and the grown inductees are ordered to take off their clothes for their group physical. Danny undresses to his underpants and goes through each stage of the assembly line physical without being spotted.

* ''Series/RobinHood'': In "[[Recap/RobinHoodS03E07TooHotToHandle Too Hot to Handle]]", Robin instructs Isabella to take off her dress whilst they're floating in a water tank. He combines it with his arrow to make a rope.

** Played for horror with Guild Master Ziemma, [[StrawMisogynist who specifically invokes this trope to humiliate women in his guild]]. Naturally, Natsu and his granddaughter [[TalkToTheFist respond negatively]].

* During episode 2 of ''VisualNovel/DaCapoIII'', while in the school hallway, Charles tells Kiyotaka to "take it off" a couple of times, each time getting progressively louder. Every guy within earshot seems to get a bit jealous at the attention as well as the command she's telling him. Then it turns out she wanted him to take his jacket off because it had a loose button on it which she sews back on for him in the next scene.

* Kougami asks Tsunemori's friend Yuki to take off her clothes in Episode 10 of ''Anime/PsychoPass''. She initially thinks he's some sort of pervert, but he has in fact realized that what he needs to escape the dungeon they're trapped in is in her clothing.

* This occurs in ''Film/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow1980'' when Thelma tells Ichabod to take off his clothes. He's taken aback, but she just wants to mend them.

* ''Manga/InuYasha'':
** Happens early on: when he sees Kagome dressed as a {{miko}}, Inu-Yasha soon asks her to take off the outfit. To which Kagome respond with a rock to the head and calling him a pervert. But Inu-Yasha doesn't want to see her naked (yet); it's just that with the priestess garb, she looks too much like Kikyo, and that makes him uncomfortable.
** In another episode, Kagome, wanting to apply treatment to Inu-Yasha's wounds, orders him to undress, much to his protests. [[NotWhatItLooksLike Kaede and a group of village kids walks up a minute later]].

* A non-verbal example can be found in [[http://www.gameoverforever.com/gags_en/go_g_072.html one strip]] of the French comic ''ComicBook/GameOver'' (a spin-off to ''ComicBook/KidPaddle'').

* In ''Webvideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' episode 24, Vegeta takes Goku, Gohan and Krillin to Freeza's ship to recover after the battle with the Ginryu Force. Goku is put in a healing tank while Krillin and Gohan...
-->'''Vegeta:''' Now, both of you, ''[close up to his mouth, slow motion] strip''.\\
'''Krillin:''' ...Ah...\\
'''Vegeta:''' I got body armors for you two.\\
'''Krillin:''' Less awkward.

* In ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' episode 15, Tristan practically yells this to Mai and Tea when they were dueling.

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* HoYay example: In ''Manga/FromEroicaWithLove'', flamboyantly gay hero Dorian ends up wearing a pair of underpants that has a top-secret microfilm hidden in the trim (he doesn't know about this). Major Klaus (the antagonist/LoveInterest) hunts him down and demands he strip and hand over the undies, leading to a "why Klaus, I didn't know you cared" scene before Klaus puts him straight.