This is actually my first time using a discussions page, sorry if I'm doing it wrong. Anyway, I feel like there are too many aversions listed. Since that already has its own trope, would anyone mind if I just go and delete most of them?
I can't help but feel there's two different tropes in here, one where clothes manage to fit a shapeshifter's form no matter what and one where their clothes disappear when transformed and reappear when they revert.
This page might at minimum, need a Soft Split.
Some people say I'm lazy. It's hard to disagree.
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The current image doesn't illustrate the trope at all. I suggest The Incredible Hulk as the page image provider instead.
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Soupdragon: What!? No real life examples? How can this be?
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There are no real life examples because people generally don't undergo massive transformations that would destroy their clothes.
Feather
It almost seems as if there should be two different tropes here. One for Magic Pants (where the clothes survive the transformation, or are strangely changed) and one for the aversion of this trope (where the clothes DO get torn/destroyed). People seem to be listing both here, often without mentioning that the torn clothes are an aversion.
Also, wouldn't the examples listed in the discription box (conjuring new clothes, super-speed dressing, and superclothes) be "justifications" of the trope, not "aversions"?
Edited by FeatherWriter
For me, Magic Pants that count are the clothing that must be damaged, but the clothes remain. They must me tattered and ripped at the edges while keeping the naughty bits safe from view. So like it looks like ripped shorts and a ripped tank top with the sleeves missing . The clothes must still be ripped after reformation.
Example Images:
https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=553878957&rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS1058US1058&hl=en-US&sxsrf=AB5stBiLtZXRotVO0HDixClIkDAOz6QBGA:1691179925644&q=cheetah+dc+comics&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwijnuCV6MOAAxUKVTABHdAXAaYQ0pQJegQIBhAB&biw=1080&bih=691&dpr=2#imgrc=MOvlPJa3qpPo8M
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/7/74/AA_TitanJoker_Render.png/revision/latest?cb=20230715120430
https://www.deviantart.com/jakeyfrollogothel/art/Giantess-Poison-Ivy-PNG-947746346
https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=553853001&rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS1058US1058&hl=en-US&sxsrf=AB5stBjDYWm1CPLZ4e3JJhgRXO9QnCGsTQ:1691178453026&q=once+upon+an+ed+fancaps&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwid3sbX4sOAAxWoTDABHYddCgAQ0pQJegQIEBAB&biw=1080&bih=691&dpr=2#imgrc=AO2G5ouP-I_0CM