Basic Trope: A character wraps a towel around his or her self, for modesty's sake.
- Straight: Katelyn steps out of the shower and wraps a towel around herself before going back to her dorm room.
- Exaggerated: Katelyn has a towel that functions as a whole outfit, complete with makeshift shoes.
- Downplayed:
- Katelyn's holding a towel in a way that covers her front, but not her back.
- Katelyn's towel covers the waist, but not the chest.
- Justified:
- Katelyn didn't want to risk her clothes getting stolen, so she only brought a towel for modesty.
- Katelyn has to make a journey to the closet, but she would rather not be cold or have her naughty bits on display while doing it.
- Inverted: Katelyn puts on a towel that covers everything but her no-no zones.
- Subverted: Katelyn's towel gets caught on something, causing it to come off...
- Double Subverted: Only for another towel to be underneath it.
- Parodied: "I can't put on clothes right after my shower! I need to put a towel on, walk to my room, and then put clothes on!"
- Zig Zagged:
- Katelyn wears a towel initially, but it comes off. She covers herself with another towel, which also comes off. This goes on until Katelyn is back at her dorm room.
- While Katelyn dries herself on a towel, she wears a bathrobe for the rest of the evening. However, distracted by her own thoughts, she doesn't realize she forgot to tie up the robe, and starts wondering why most of the guys and some of the girls are staring at her.
- Averted:
- Katelyn walks around au naturel.
- She never showers onscreen, making this trope not needed.
- Enforced:
- The show is aimed at pre-teens, so Katelyn needs to preserve her modesty.
- Fanservice.
- Lampshaded: "At least I have a towel on, Alice! Do you want that or nothing at all?"
- Invoked: Katelyn does this to make herself stand out.
- Exploited: Jenny steals Katelyn's clothes and forces her to go back to her place wearing only a towel to embarrass her.
- Defied:
- Katelyn has her clothes on hand and puts them on after drying off.
- Katelyn doesn't even bother with a towel when she's done showering and casually goes around in the buff until she has an opportunity to put clothes on.
- Discussed: "We need to have Katelyn wearing a towel! Her actress's contract has a no nudity clause."
- Conversed: "There goes Katelyn in only her towel."
- Implied: "Katelyn, were you walking around in just a towel again?"
- Deconstructed: Katelyn is caught walking around in a towel by her RA, which gets her in trouble for being indecent.
- Reconstructed: But Katelyn gets off the hook and is allowed to keep doing what she's doing.
- Played For Laughs:
- Drew, the male gay character, wears a towel wrapped around the chest, like a woman usually would.
- Or Sammie, the female lesbian character, wears a towel wrapped around the waist like a man usually would.
- A Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal does this despite never wearing anything on their lower half anyway and having nothing to hide.
- Played For Drama: Katelyn has OCD and can only wear a towel right after showering as part of her routine, even if the shower is far away from where her clothes are.
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