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* Evulz has a VillainousCrush on Bob, so Bob hopes he will be distracted by him shirtless.

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* ** Evulz has a VillainousCrush on Bob, so Bob hopes he will be distracted by him shirtless.
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* Evulz has a VillainousCrush on Bob, so Bob hopes he will be distracted by him shirtless.
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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Bob tries to take his shirt off, but Evuls kills him before he gets it off.
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** Bob is supposed to change into his OneWingedAngel form before battle, [[ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing which would most likely damage his clothing if he left it on in the process]].

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** Bob's clothing is meant for an hours-long recon mission in Antarctica, but when his fight with Emperor Evulz takes them both inside the latter's lair, he has to remove a lot of clothing because [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome it's simply too warm to keep fighting in full winter gear]].



* '''Parodied''': Bob takes his shirt off. A horde of fangirls ([[EvenTheGuysWantHim and a few fanboys]]) suddenly appear in Evulz's throne room and snap photos while Bob poses for them. Emperor Evulz crosses his arms and taps his foot impatiently.

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Bob takes his shirt off. A horde of fangirls ([[EvenTheGuysWantHim and a few fanboys]]) suddenly appear in Evulz's throne room and snap photos while Bob poses for them. Emperor Evulz crosses his arms and taps his foot impatiently.impatiently.
** Alice rips off her shirt, [[DidNotThinkThisThrough only to realize]] she's been wearing VaporWear recently. She [[HandOrObjectUnderwear quickly covers her chest]] and [[DefeatByModesty retreats in shame]].
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* '''Exploited''': Emperor Evulz knows that Bob tends to take his shirt off before major fights and is skilled at grappling his opponents, so Evulz ProperlyParanoid pre-emptively doused his imperial robes in contact poison (to which Evulz himself is immune, of course).

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* '''Exploited''': Emperor Evulz knows that Bob tends to take his shirt off before major fights and is skilled at grappling his opponents, so Evulz ProperlyParanoid pre-emptively doused his imperial robes in contact poison (to which Evulz himself is immune, of course).
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'''Basic Trope''': A character removes a piece of clothing before a fight.
* '''Straight''': Bob takes his shirt off before his climactic battle against [[BigBad Emperor Evulz.]]
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob [[FullFrontalAssault strips completely naked]] before the fight.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Bob [[TheGlassesComeOff takes his glasses off]] and rolls up his sleeves, but that's all.
** Bob dramatically [[TheCoatsAreOff whips his coat off]], but his shirt stays on.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob's wearing a very heavy shirt that restricts his movement.
** Bob's shirt was [[ClothingDamage damaged]] and would have fallen off entirely during the fight anyway.
** Bob's [[ShedArmorGainSpeed significantly faster]] without his clothes on.
* '''Inverted''': Bob the WalkingShirtlessScene puts on a shirt before he fights Evulz.
* '''Subverted''': Bob removes his shirt only to reveal that he's wearing another shirt beneath it.
* '''Double Subverted''': Then he removes that one as well.
* '''Parodied''': Bob takes his shirt off. A horde of fangirls ([[EvenTheGuysWantHim and a few fanboys]]) suddenly appear in Evulz's throne room and snap photos while Bob poses for them. Emperor Evulz crosses his arms and taps his foot impatiently.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob rips his shirt off, but only so that [[GorgeousGarmentGeneration he can summon]] the legendary [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman shirt that gives him his true power.]]
* '''Averted''': Bob does not remove any of his clothes before he fights Evulz.
* '''Enforced''': Bob's played by a very handsome actor and the creators want to show him off in a ShirtlessScene.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Oh, Bob took his shirt off. PassThePopcorn? This is going to be one heck of a fight."
* '''Invoked''': Princess Alice, who's being [[DamselInDistress held captive]] in Evulz's throne room, is a major Bob fangirl and reminds him that all the ''real'' heroes fight shirtless.
* '''Exploited''': Emperor Evulz knows that Bob tends to take his shirt off before major fights and is skilled at grappling his opponents, so Evulz ProperlyParanoid pre-emptively doused his imperial robes in contact poison (to which Evulz himself is immune, of course).
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': "And in any decent adventure story, this is where Bob would take his shirt off- Oh, there it goes."
* '''Conversed''': "Why does TheHero always take his shirt off before he fights the BigBad? What if he gets cold?"
* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob accidentally drops his pants as well, revealing his GoofyPrintUnderwear.
* '''Played for Drama''': Bob takes his shirt off to reveal the [[EveryScarHasAStory scars he acquired]] while he was a captive in one of Emperor Evulz's prison camps.
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%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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