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9->''"You have a '''bullet proof''' fabric and you want to cut a '''hole''' in it right over your '''heart???''' Are you '''insane?'''"''
10-->-- '''Sahira''', ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}''
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12A cut in a woman's top that shows her breast cleavage, whether it's on the top or front side. It doesn't matter the shape or the size, as long as the window is completely enclosed and clearly shows breast cleavage. It also doesn't matter about the rest of the outfit, as this can be on a bathing suit, a [[SexySweaterGirl sweater]], a LeotardOfPower, a MinidressOfPower, or a grand PimpedOutDress.
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14If the cleavage window creates a gap in the protection of a character's chest armor, that armor is a ChainmailBikini. This can be egregrious the moment one starts to think about it being part of one's battle armor, as it [[TooDumbToLive leaves the heart entirely uncovered]].
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16Obviously a form of {{Fanservice}}, and likely AuthorAppeal.
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18Compare MostCommonSuperpower, NavelDeepNeckline (which can overlap if the window drops far enough), ImpossiblyLowNeckline, NakedInMink, MaleGaze. SisterTrope to NavelWindow, which applies the same general idea of exposure to the character's belly button without fully baring the midriff.
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20See also FormFittingWardrobe, ChestInsignia.
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26[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
27* ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'': Belldandy. Yes, ''Belldandy''. It's the only skin showing in that outfit besides her face.
28* Zessica Wong from ''Anime/AquarionEvol'' wears a short halterneck crop with a very large opening exposing her cleavage.
29* MsFanservice Haruka Gracia from ''Anime/{{Basquash}}'' wears dress with a large cleavage cutout.
30* Isabella from ''Manga/{{Beelzebub}}'' has a small opening in the chest area of her maid uniform.
31* The title heroine's outfit in ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' is a sleeveless unitard with a huge diamond-shaped cutout that even shows off a bit of stomach. In ''Anime/ReCutieHoney'' she wears a halterneck crop top with a heart-shaped hole over her cleavage.
32* Yin of the ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' franchise costume contains a mild version of this. She's far from well-endowed but, the combination of her dress and throw create a patch of visible skin.
33* In one instance of ''Manga/DeathNote'', model/actress Misa Amane attempts to get Matsuda out of a jam with a roomful of shady businessmen by pretending to want to be a model/spokesperson for them. She is seen with a tank top with a heart-shaped cut that revealed her cleavage.
34* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'': Mitsuri's top is almost completely unbuttoned to accommodate her breasts, which results in a diamond-shaped window that shows off her cleavage. Despite how much she moves around when fighting, nothing indecent is ever shown. It's even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Muichiro, who rather bluntly points out that her breasts could spill out of her uniform at any moment.
35* The ''Literature/DirtyPair'' had these in some of their appearances, when the character design included collars that buttoned up but a large diamond-shaped opening exposing their cleavages.
36* In the first season of ''Anime/GalaxyAngel'', Forte wears a dress with an opening showing off most of her chest (barely held up by thin straps) and Ranpha wears a Chinese-inspired dress with a diamond-shaped cutout above her cleavage. They were covered up in the second season onward due to the show being picked up by [[Creator/TVTokyo a network]] with strict content rules.
37* Princess Piña Co Lada in ''Literature/{{Gate}}'' has a window exposing her cleavage in just about all of her outfits, including the armor she wears in battle.
38* Some characters in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'', notably Giorno Giovanna, Bruno Bucciarati, and Vinegar Doppio, are amongst the [[GenderInvertedTrope Rare Male Example]] of cleavage windows.
39** Rikiel from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean'' has this too. The English dub even has Ermes lampshade this, calling him "that bastard with the boob window."
40* ''Manga/KaijuGirlCaramelise'': When [[CloudCuckoolander Manatsu]] confronts Arata in his apartment building lobby, she is dressed in a [[PeopleInRubberSuits rubber replica]] of [[{{Notzilla}} Harugon]] with a heart-shaped gap just above her bust.
41* In the anime ''Anime/KillLaKill'', Satsuki's Kamui [[LightIsNotGood Junketsu]] in its armor form has an opening that shows off her cleavage.
42* Millie's default outfit in ''Literature/LostUniverse'' fits this trope. The swimsuit she wears in [[{{BeachEpisode}} episode four]] has an interesting variation on the idea, in that the window is just below her breasts.
43* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''
44** Arf's Barrier Jacket has a crop top with a diamond-shaped keyhole. It's implied that the design was inspired by Linith, Fate's ParentalSubstitute before the series started, who wore an outfit that comprised an outer-coat with buttoned collar and buttoned below her chest and dress with a diamond-shaped cutout above her cleavage.
45** Iris from the ''Reflection''/''Detonation'' duology also has a diamond shaped one in her powered-up state (in contrast to her usual outfit, which has a diamond shaped piece of black fabric in the same spot). In this case, it actually ties into the series' love for VehicularThemeNaming, since Iris was the name of a defunct British car company that gave all of their products diamond shaped grilles.
46* Medaka's student council outfit in ''Manga/MedakaBox'' has a huge opening on the chest area that shows off a lot of cleavage. Amusingly, it becomes a major plot point because it violates the dress code.
47* ''Literature/TheMisfitOfDemonKingAcademy'': When the reincarnated Emila Lud(o)well returns in episode five of the second season, the rags she found herself dressing up in show off a fair amount of her cleavage.
48* A number of Robes in ''Anime/MyOtome'' cover their wearers from head-to-toe but leave opening to show off cleavage, mainly Maria's, Fiar's, Chie's [[spoiler:second]] Robe, and Mai's. Akane's Robe ''just'' has it: only a little bit of fabric keeps it from ImpossiblyLowNeckline. Oddly, Haruka's (for lack of a better term) off-duty uniform has a diamond-shaped cleavage cutout, but not her Robe, as is the case with Una Shamrock in ''Anime/MyOtome0Sifr''.
49* [[http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Ran Ran]] in ''Manga/OnePiece'' wears a crop top with a window hole in the middle.
50* ''Anime/PhotonTheIdiotAdventures'': Keyne Aqua's outfit combines a Bolero jacket with an exercise leotard that leaves a rhombus-shaped space which frames her breastbone. Otherwise, Keyne goes bopping about in her birthday suit.
51* Mizuho in ''Anime/PleaseTeacher'' could, in her alien outfit, open up a cleavage cutout by will, and did so in her attempt to seduce Kei.
52* Madoka Kaname from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' sports one on the dress she wears as Ultimate Madoka. Kyoko also has one where her Soul Gem rests.
53** Kazumi, on both her outfits in ''Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica''. Mirai also sports one of these.
54** Haruka Kanade and Arisa Narumi in ''Manga/PuellaMagiSuzuneMagica''.
55* Apple from ''Anime/RedPhotonZillion'' wears a blouse with a neckline that plunges at least three inches, with a tiny ''strap'' for a collar. The result is [[http://blog.hardcoregaming101.net/2009/11/hg101-digital-archive-project-zillion.html a teardrop-shaped window that shows a small amount of cleavage.]]
56* Melissa's cleric dress in ''Anime/RuneSoldierLouie'' has a diamond-shaped opening show off her cleavage. Genie's halterneck crop top has two opening, one on top of her cleavage and one on top of her {{Underboobs}}.
57* In ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'' Diane has one of these on her LeotardOfPower, while Jericho wears an armor with a hole on the front that shows part of her breasts and bra.
58* Tiara of ''Anime/ShamanicPrincess'', when she's not in her SuperMode sports a heart-shaped cleavage cutout.
59* Fittingly, her {{Expy}}, Golden Darkness (Yami) of ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' also has one, though in a diamond pattern and a single piece of cloth.
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63* [[Characters/MarvelComicsEmmaFrost Emma Frost]]'s Phoenix Five costume in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' has an enclosed opening on the top portion right above her cleavage.
64* Ra's Al-Ghul's daughter [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al-Ghul]] often wears a gown with a cleavage window in the ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' comics.
65* Invisible Woman of ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' had one, shaped like the figure 4, in her {{Stripperiffic}} 1990s outfit. On more than one occasion has it been pointed out the physical ''improbability'' of maintaining the appearance of a number 4 in such a manner.
66* In ''ComicBook/{{Grendel}}'', Christine Spar's street clothing often has cleavage windows, although her costume as Grendel doesn't.
67* One of the several forms taken by the Franchise/MarvelUniverse version of Death is a grey-skinned, tattooed woman wearing a corset with a cleavage opening. Yes, TheGrimReaper herself has the MostCommonSuperpower.
68* ''ComicBook/{{Icon}}'': Rocket's first costume is a full bodysuit and a jacket covered her from head-to-toe but the bodysuit had a cleavage cutout, to Icon's vague disapproval. Her second costume, which Icon designed, eschewed this.
69* ''ComicBook/PhantomLady'' in 1946 had one of the first ones with her costume which was a mini dress with a plunging neckline and cape wrapped around her neck. Most of the other costumes merely had an ImpossiblyLowNeckline.
70* Many of Characters/PowerGirl's costumes have openings that exposes her cleavage (one of which is the trope picture). There are a number of issues where Power Girl explains the rationale behind it but the reason seems to change every time. It serves as {{distract|edByTheSexy}}ion, it shows that she's proud of her body, and she can't decide on a ChestInsignia. As for making her more vulnerable, Power Girl at least has the excuse of being Kryptonian, meaning that she's ImmuneToBullets (unless they happen to be magic projectiles or kryptonite projectiles, which then would make this point completely moot, especially since KryptoniteIsEverywhere).
71** Averted with the ComicBook/New52 relaunch. Power Girl wore a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_powergirlnew52_6447.jpg bodysuit that fully covers her]]. However, in one issue where her costume gets tears after a fight, [[MythologyGag one of those tears is a hole above her cleavage.]] She eventually gets her iconic, plays-this-trope-straight, costume back after about a year.
72** One popular fan theory is that the window actually ''is'' a sort of ChestInsignia. If you look at it the right way it resembles an IEC [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_symbol POWER symbol.]]
73** Like many other heroes, Power Girl eventually got a [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]] in the form of Power Boy -- [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Power_Boy_(New_Earth)?file=Power_Boy.jpg and yes,]] he was a [[GenderInvertedTrope Rare Male Example]] of this trope.
74** The 2023 ''Power Girl'' run gives her yet another costume that is [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F-QoZd4XQAAfLha?format=jpg&name=large something of a mix between the classic version and the New 52 one]]: a sleeveless white suit with a cleavage window and a red jacket. The window appears to be the one part of her appearance (other than her BoyishShortHair) that ''cannot'' be changed.
75* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'':
76** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Supergirl Vol. 5]]'' issue #34, Catherine Grant wears a red dress which has an enclosed opening on the top portion right above her cleavage.
77** In the ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2011 New 52]]'' book, Supergirl and Power Girl argue the latter's cleavage-displaying costume.
78--->'''Characters/PowerGirl:''' Uh... '''Old'''?\
79'''Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}}:''' No, not '''old'''. Just old...'''er'''... Older than me, anyway. And maybe a little too old for that outfit, too.\
80'''Power Girl:''' What's wrong with this outfit?\
81'''Supergirl:''' C'mon, Kara. It's a bit... much, don't you think?\
82'''Power Girl:''' It came from '''your''' wardrobe, Supergirl!\
83'''Supergirl:''' Yeah, but I never actually '''wore''' it.
84* Taken to its extreme in ''Comicbook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' #24. Channon Yarrow (an ex-stripper) wears a backless, strapless dress with an ImpossiblyLowNeckline, sides slit to the hips, thigh-to-knee diagonal hemlines (opposing angles front and back), armpit length gloves, and no less than ''ten'' triangular windows; three on the outside of each glove, one on each side of her waist, one exposing her bellybutton, and one ''fully exposing her left nipple.'' She wears the triangle of fabric as a necklace.
85* Kimura, [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]]'s ArchEnemy, often wears bodysuits with cutouts above her breasts.
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89* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': As mentioned in [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/dungeon-keeper-ami-sailor-moon-dungeon-keeper-story-only-thread.30066/post-6355710 "Fairy Attack"]]: The fairy sisters' uniforms:
90--> The smaller gap in the front, strategically positioned to reveal a good amount of cleavage, had to be for vanity purposes.
91* ''Manga/Evangelion303'': In chapter 16 [[EmotionlessGirl Rei]] slowly starts to emerge out of her shell and tries different things, including to wear a dress with a circle-shaped cut above her breasts. [[http://grummancat.deviantart.com/art/Rei-s-Vegas-Hair-502203839 Here's a preview]].
92* In ''Fanfic/ImaginarySeas'', Percy is baffled by his father's armor, which has a gaping hole to expose his chest. It doesn't matter much given his NighInvulnerability, but he feels indecent because of it and quickly looks for a shirt to cover himself up.
93-->'''Percy:''' [[LampshadeHanging Dad, why is there a boob window?]]
94* ''Fanfic/SOE2LoneHeirOfKrypton'': During her ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' phase, Asuka's costume had a very large cleavage and a cord stretching across her neck, shaping a triangular cutout above her breasts.
95* In "Christmas in Kansas", part of the ''Fanfic/SorrowfulAndImmaculateHearts'' series, there's a conversation about superhero costume design, and Diana jokingly suggests that what Batman's suit is lacking is a bat-shaped cleavage window.
96* Played for laughs in ''[[Fanfic/SkyholdAcademyYearbook Skyhold Academy Seasons]]'', when the staff are designing costumes for the school play. [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Varric has a conversation with Bethany]] in which he reminds her that he needs to wear something which will show off his chest hair.
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100* Queen Tara from ''WesternAnimation/Epic2013'' wears a green dress with a huge opening in the chest area.
101* Power Girl got to keep her real costume -- complete with this feature -- in her first true animated appearance, ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanPublicEnemies''. (Probably because the movie was direct-to-DVD.)
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105* ''Film/BloodPi'': In her first girl's night in with Agnis, Amber wears a black dress with a little cleavage window.
106* In ''Film/DragonballEvolution'', Lord Piccolo's henchwoman Mai wears a red jumpsuit with an opening above her chest.
107* Attorney General "Fun Bags" in ''Film/{{Idiocracy}}'' wears a dress with a teardrop-shaped opening showing off her cleavage.
108* ''Film/SpiritsOfTheDead'': One of the actresses at the awards show is clad in a tight dress with a prominent Cleavage Window to show off her large breasts. And if that wasn't enough, director Creator/FedericoFellini zooms in for a tight closeup of said breasts as the actress gets up to accept an award.
109* Psylocke has a unique two-pane Cleavage Window in ''Film/XMenApocalypse''.
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113* For the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' novel ''Azure Bonds'', the protagonist Alias is depicted in [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5d/AzureBondsReprintCover.jpg Clyde Caldwell's cover art]] wearing chain mail armour with a large gap between her breasts. In the novel she is described as wearing this outfit unwillingly and only in the closing chapters, with the narrator calling it "showy, but impractical".
114** This has been {{handwave}}d as either ceremonial armour, or to allow those controlling her through the eponymous [[MindControlDevice azure bonds]] to [[FridgeLogic kill her easily if she showed signs of rebellion]]. The image has been used throughout ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' media and the spin-off computer game, ''Curse of the Azure Bonds''.
115** In the game modules, the armor is enchanted and either extends mystic protection to the open area, or the armor protecting her chest is invisible.
116*** A later novel in the series finally offered an explanation, saying that the armor was made by a vain sorceress who wanted to [[ProudBeauty show off the goods]], and did add a protection spell covering the "window" to keep it from being a liability.
117** The entire thing was {{lampshade|Hanging}}d when Alias guest-starred in the ''Forgotten Realms'' comic book in 1989, and the [[{{Hobbits}} halfling]] Foxilon Cardluck had the following exchange with her:
118-->'''Foxy:''' Uhh... Doesn't that armor get ''drafty'' sometimes?\
119'''Alias:''' It's enchanted.\
120'''Foxy:''' ''(under his breath)'' Oh, I'll just ''bet'' it is.
121* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' Ebou Dari dresses are described as having an oval cutout exposing the inner slopes of the wearer's bosom. On married local women, this is to frame the marriage knife, whose hilt nestles between the breasts.
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125* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSlimGoodbody'': How exactly they got a puppet with one of these past the radar, we'll never know, but a princess-puppet named Flora Follicle was wearing a dress with one of these, and yes, she had a noticeable crease in the middle of her chest.
126* In season 2 of ''Series/BabylonFive'', Delenn experiments by exchanging her usual robes for a slinky black dress with a diamond-shaped opening over her cleavage. Everyone who sees her is stunned speechless.
127** The window is a not-uncommon part of Earth women's fashion -- usually a high closed collar over a low neckline, creating the window. "Number One" (the head of the Mars Resistance) is one of the most notable bearers of such, wearing it in all her appearances.
128* ''Series/TheBoys2019''. Starflight isn't happy when her corporate managers force her to wear a HotterAndSexier superhero costume with this trope. At one point she has to cover her cleavage with her hand while bending down for a selfie with a little girl wearing her old costume, only to get {{Wolf Whistle}}s and catcalls from the watching male fans. She tells the girl not to waste her money upgrading to the new version.
129* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': At least one of Daenerys' Meereenese gowns.
130* ''Series/MetalHurlantChronicles'': Creator/KellyBrook's character Scarr in "Master of Destiny" is a space mercenary dressed in a leather catsuit with a boob window.
131* [[WinterRoyalLady Ingrid the Snow Queen]] in ''Series/OnceUponATime'' sports a big window in her sparkly white dress that doesn't leave much to the imagination.
132* Alexia from ''Series/{{Pixelface}}'' has a bodysuit with a pentagon-shaped cleavage cutout.
133* ''Series/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2017'': Esmé Squalor features this while wearing a [[NaughtyNurseOutfit nurse's outfit]] in ''The Hostile Hospital.''
134* ''Series/Space1999'' : In the two-part story "Bringers Of Wonder", hostile aliens visit the Moon masquerading as old friends of the Alphans. One of them has the appearance of an attractive woman wearing a tight white SexySlitDress that also features a cleavage window. Given that her image has been lifted from Koenig's memory, this helps to explain the friction between 'her' and Dr Russell.
135* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
136** From ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' onward, the female Klingons are wearing outfits similar to their male counterparts, except with a cleavage-baring opening on the chest armor. Probably has something to do with the whole Space Viking motif. This is particularly silly, considering that Klingons attack each other with bladed weapons all the time. Even considering that Klingons have not one but '''two''' hearts.
137* Captain Liberty of ''Series/TheTick2001'' has a star-shaped cutout on the chest of her leotard. (As this shape produces unsupported upwards-pointing "spikes" of fabric, and spraying them with glue isn't sufficient to guarantee they won't come loose, the costumer opted to sew them to flesh-colored foam cleavage. The same is recommended for cosplayers.)
138* Pam from ''Series/TrueBlood'' frequently boosts her cleavage with a corset, but only when she's in action mode do we not see this vampire bartender presenting a cleavage window.
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142* Music/CathyDennis wears several different colored catsuits in the video for "Touch Me (All Night Long)", each one with a circular-shaped cleavage window.
143* The [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cristina_scabbia_reckless.jpg top worn by Cristina Scabbia]] in the video for "Reckless" by Music/LacunaCoil is an extreme example: its entire front consists of a series of wide windows, separated by narrow strips of cloth. In the video Cristina wears it with just a bra underneath, showing not just plenty of cleavage but her entire stomach as well.
144* Music/NickiMinaj in her "Turn Me On" music video wears a black Victorian-style dress with a diamond-shaped cleavage cutout.
145* [[http://www.allkpop.com/2012/01/secrets-hyosung-impresses-with-her-glamorous-figure Hyosung]] from {{Korean|PopMusic}} girl group Secret wore a white mini dress with a large cleavage cutout.
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149* The female warriors of ''Pinball/LaserWar'' wear breast-separating jumpsuits that leave their centers exposed.
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153* Sargas from ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'' is a [[GenderInvertedTrope Rare Male Example]], having a circular patch cut out of his outfit to show his pecs.
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157* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/psm_holiday_cover.jpg The picture]] for FanserviceCover shows Kiera of ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' in a SexySantaDress with a crop top that has an opening [[PrettyInMink trimmed with fur]] that shows off her cleavage.
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161* Wrestling/{{WCW}} wrestler [[Wrestling/MollyHolly Mona]] used to wrestle in a [[MiniDressOfPower mini dress]] with a triangle-shaped window.
162* {{Subverted| trope}} by Wrestling/DaffneyUnger, who had screens over her cleavage window outfits. ''Tinted'' screens.[[note]][[https://web.archive.org/web/20030709124425/http://www.glorywrestling.com/index.php Glory]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20100114005656/http://www.glorywrestling.com/gg/Daffney/102.jpg provides]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20100114005728/http://www.glorywrestling.com/gg/Daffney/105.jpg a]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20100114005900/http://www.glorywrestling.com/gg/Daffney/104.jpg few]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20100113212108/http://www.glorywrestling.com/gg/Daffney/4.jpg photos]] and [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190831112759/https://www.glorywrestling.com/gg/Daffney/1.jpg straight example]][[/note]].
163* Wrestling/SuYung has worn a shirt with slits in it. Depending on how she moves and or the camera angle, her belly or her boobs become visible.
164* Subverted by Alexis Rose, who has a leotard with a stained glass window-type pattern cut out around her chest. But the snob wears a shirt underneath it, to deprive viewers of her cleavage.
165* Shazza [=McKenzie=]'s "Supergirl" ring gear {{parodie|dtrope}}s Power Girl with a heart-shaped chest window that shows off pretty much everything ''except'' [=McKenzie=]'s cleavage.
166* Lady Frost's [[FurAndLoathing white fur gear]] has a cleavage window obscured by white paint, [[VisualPun simulating]]...[[PaintingTheFrostOnWindows frost]].
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170* Leslie's crop top in ''VideoGame/ArcRiseFantasia'' has multiple openings in the center, two of which show off her cleavage and {{Underboobs}}.
171* VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'s default outfit has a large circular boob window. This is also where she wears her umbran watch.
172* Maya in ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' has a small one. It's less noticeable than most on this list, partly because of her proportions and partly because of her default color scheme.
173** Fiona from ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands'' has an opening in her shirt in the shape of a tie.
174* ''VideoGame/ChoAniki'' : The first time Benten showed her cleavage was in Ai Cho Aniki when she donned a leotard. She later gets a strapless leotard in ''Zero'' that shows off more of the cleavage on her [[BreastExpansion larger breasts]] as of that game.
175* Orlha in ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' has mini dress with large diamond cutout in the center that shows off cleavage and some stomach.
176* In ''VideoGame/Conduit2'', Andromeda's full-body armor covers everything except her face and the tops of her breasts.
177* Hsien-Ko from ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' wears an overtunic with a large oval-shaped chest opening.
178* Both the Vampire Armor and Royal Vampire Armor from ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Dawnguard]]'' have cleavage windows that conveniently only exist when worn by female characters. The Royal Vampire Armor is a curious case, however; it ''doesn't'' actually have a window. However, the suit includes a hooded cape which is secured at the throat, and this combined with the low-cut armor creates the impression of this trope.
179* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
180** Morrigan's purple top combined with her thick layered necklace, in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins,'' creates the image of a cleavage window.
181*** Some of the armor sets also provide these, especially the Chasind robes when worn by a female.
182*** A similar design is found in the ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening Awakening]]'' expansion, particularly on Velanna's starting outfit and the mage robes worn by TheBaroness.
183** The only thing that comes close to a cleavage window in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', on the other hand, is Varric's shirt. Varric is a male dwarf whose silk shirt has a plunging neckline to show off his CarpetOfVirility. It's a minor RunningGag.
184** Varric's neckline makes a return in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''. Meanwhile, Vivienne's non-combat outfit features a more traditional cleavage window, diamond-shaped.
185* ''VideoGame/{{Echocalypse}}'': A handful of the girls wear attires that possess an opening that shows off each one's cleavage such includes Shiyu, Nightingale, Vivi, Iori, ect. Kiki, who is hardly dressed herself, takes a step further by possessing a NavelDeepNeckline as shown in an artwork that also had Pan Pan and Raeon.
186* Along with too many female characters to list, ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' has a [[GenderInvertedTrope Rare Male Example]] from Odysseus.
187* With some exceptions, almost every "Harness"-type body armor in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' will have enclosing chest opening for both females ''and'' males. The defensive value of a Cleavage Window is hotly contested.
188* Jihl Nabaat from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' and ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 XIII-2]]'' has an impressive cleavage window to go with her [[TheBaroness Baroness]] and HotLibrarian look. It's also where adornments such as dolls get placed when she is recruited as a {{Mon}} in ''XIII-2''. In the sequels, there's also Paddra Nsu-Yeul, who has an open slit on the front of her top running from her chest down to her stomach.
189* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', some of the ''male'' characters' default outfits have this, especially the ninjas.
190* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII'' with Aphrodite. The dress she wears has an opening on the chest that exposes the entirety of both breasts.
191* In the character art and battle models for ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'', Chalis's dress has a heart cutout over her navel. In her [[GraphicsInducedSuperDeformed super-deformed noncombat model]], the cutout is a [[{{Underboobs}} little higher up]].
192* In ''VideoGame/GoodbyeVolcanoHigh'', two optional outfits Fang can wear will feature cleavage windows:
193** If the player chooses to [[spoiler:go on a date with Naomi]], Fang's dress for it will include a black top with a see-through cleavage window.
194** Fang's default outfit for [[spoiler:the final concert]] includes a black top has a cleavage window cut in the shape of a shooting star. This is seen if [[spoiler:the player chooses not to date Naomi, or turns down the outfit she made for Fang]].
195* Two Rare Male Examples in ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'':
196** Lum's shirt that has a low neckline and his metal collar that completely covers his neck and shoulders form a triangular hole that exposes his [[CarpetOfVirility hairy pecs.]]
197** Rex wears a shirt with a hole in the chest area as a teen.
198* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', Iza's small halter top like shirt has two fastened buttons that still leave a huge hole between buttons, revealing her cleavage. Her brother Coro also wears the same kind of shirt that also shows off a hole in his chest.
199* [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]]'s Phoenix Five costume in ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance''.
200* One of the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/ultimatepopculture/images/d/df/EmilyWong1.png/revision/latest?cb=20210510151126 default NPC outfits]] in ''Franchise/MassEffect'' is a long dress with an enclosed oval-shaped chest area.
201** Matriarch Benezia has an impressive one [[MaleGaze which the camera makes sure to give you a close-up of when she's first seen on screen]].
202* In the first ''VideoGame/MasterOfOrion'' game, the Mrrshan ambassador has an halterneck outfit with a large keyhole in the front.
203* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', Skarlet gets one of these as an alternate costume. Performing the gruesome Fatalities on her is the easiest way to notice that she was [[https://i.imgur.com/xCDfGcS.png given]] [[https://i.imgur.com/CJGK9ga.png a]] [[https://i.imgur.com/eQcurGU.png pretty]] [[https://i.imgur.com/UokajYu.png impressive]] [[https://i.imgur.com/IPwtC27.png set]] [[https://i.imgur.com/RFNpeYC.jpg of]] [[https://i.imgur.com/HGaH1gR.png boobs.]]
204* ''Franchise/{{Neptunia}}'' has Neptune and Noire in their HDD forms wearing leotards with openings in the chest area.
205** Cave from mk-2 has a Cleavage Window as well with her Deathsmiles-esque attire.
206* [[LadyOfWar Inphyy's]] armor in ''VideoGame/NinetyNineNights'' has a opening in the chest area that shows off her cleavage
207* In ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', the first form/clothing set of [[MsFanservice Wood Sprite Sakuya]], who is a peach tree spirit, has ''two'' Cleavage Windows. The first one is a diamond-shaped cutout showing off her cleavage. The second ones bares her buttocks, to go even further than the first one in using her figure to remind a viewer of her connection to peaches.
208* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Ann Takamaki's SpyCatsuit has its zipper open from her collar bones to partway down her breasts, leaving a section of her bare chest visible.
209* Fina's dress in ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' has a triangle-shaped cutout in the chest area. It also has the distinction of a purpose outside of fanservice: [[spoiler:the exposed skin is where Fina's shard of the Silver Moon Crystal appears]].
210* In ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', Rouge wears a bodysuit with an enclosed opening that shows off her cleavage.
211* Alicia Pris in ''VideoGame/TailConcerto'' wears a sleeveless crop-top shirt with a diamond-shaped hole in the middle, showing off her cleavage. ''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter'' was going to give Alicia a new outfit, one that would connect her boob-window ''to'' her exposed stomach, but that ended up getting scrapped for whatever reason.
212* Harold Berselius in ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2'' wears a jacket that sports a triangular one just over her corset.
213* Norma in ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'' wears mini dress with a diamond-shaped cutout at the center. She's also the least-endowed of the ''Legendia'' girls.
214* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', [[spoiler:''Martel'']] has a triangle-shaped cleavage cutout in the flashback scenes, although it's hard to catch. It's a lot more noticeable in TheAnimeOfTheGame.
215* Cumore from ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' is a [[GenderInvertedTrope Rare Male Example]], being a foppish nobleman with a heart-shaped in his clothes over his pecs.
216* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' features several chest armors for females with a Cleavage Window. One example is the [[http://wowimg.zamimg.com/images/transmogsets/big/1487.jpg Riverblade Armor set]].
217* Yisha Tarren of ''Videogame/XRebirth'' in a [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace gross violation of common sense]], has a boob window on what appears to be her LatexSpaceSuit. Amusingly, one of the ''very first'' {{Game Mod}}s to be released patched up the hole.
218* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' has several sets of armor, with various holes cut over the cleavage, for Sharla, Melia, and [[spoiler:Fiora]].
219* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'': Both [[MissFanservice Ethel and Eunie]] show quite a bit of cleavage for people from a society with [[InnocentFanserviceGirl no concept of sex or physical attraction]]. However, they both have their [[YourDaysAreNumbered life tattoos]] on their cleavage; it seems they picked their clothes simply to display their tattoos.
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224* There are two examples in ''VisualNovel/TheCradleOfRuin''. Megi’s top is a little revealing depending on the angle. Angelica’s dress has a far more revealing as the front portion shows her cleavage in full view. [[spoiler:Demonica’s dress is the same as Angelica’s except in black.]]
225* Saber's dress in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has opening in the chest area, though strictly speaking [[ACupAngst there's not really any cleavage to emphasize]].
226** Also it should be noted whenever she goes into battle, her window is covered up by a large chestplate. And her normal civilian dress has no window.
227* In ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'', all Alice wears above her waist is [[VaporWear an open jacket and a large Egyptian necklace]]. The [[NippleAndDimed important bits]] stay covered [[MagicSkirt no matter what]], but her cleavage remains on full display. [[spoiler:And in several routes, she ends up getting fatally stabbed through the heart.]]
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231* [[VirtualCelebrity Virtual YouTuber]] WebAnimation/KaguyaLuna sports this as part of her appeal. Humorously, she references this fact in one video where she [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTK82VLxyG8 states her distaste]] towards being called "Chestbutt".
232* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
233** Yang creates this effect by layering clothes. Her scarf and top expose the top half of her breasts while covering up the top half of her chest and neck.
234** Glynda Goodwitch has a centralized oval-shaped hole in her blouse that is enclosed by the very high collar that she wears.
235** Nora has a little heart-shaped hole just above her chest. After the TimeSkip, it appears to have gained rips.
236** All of the main girls have this post-TimeSkip: Ruby has a blouse with a hole that would be large enough to completely expose her breasts were it not covered by her corset, Weiss has a cardigan over a sweetheart neckline dress, Blake has a crop top with multiple diamond-shaped holes in a pattern over the chest, and Yang has a setup similar to her old outfit, but smaller and with her jacket's weird round collar instead of a scarf.
237** Emerald wears a white top with an entirely cut-out front over a green strapless top that prevents her breasts from being ''fully'' exposed.
238** Salem wears a black robe that exposes her cleavage.
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242* Lust from ''Webcomic/OneHundredAndEightyAngel'' has one of these in his shirt, in a Rare Male Example. Justified, as he is the personification of well, ''lust''.
243* Crossroads from ''Webcomic/AntiheroForHire'' wore a bodysuit that had as cross-shaped cutout in the chest area [[https://web.archive.org/web/20030815011206/http://antihero.keenspot.com/d/20030811.html early appearances.]] Luckily, she realized how ridiculous that costume looked, so she changed it.
244* {{Discussed|Trope}} but {{averted|Trope}} in ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' with self-appointed superheroine Amazi-Girl. To Daisy's displeasure.
245-->'''Daisy:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Did. She have. A]] '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis chest window?]]'''''
246* In ''Webcomic/EarsForElves'', one of [[https://web.archive.org/web/20111001024012/http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/278 the High Elves of Kenn'iraheal]] wears a long dress with a small keyhole in the front.
247* Done less than subtly with a [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/2016-07-20 generic superhero wearing Power Girl's outfit]] in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''. Hero, mind you, not heroine.
248* Both Golden Jane and Iron Jane of the [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/1990848/paul-janes/ Jane Gang]] from ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' wear leotards with teardrop-shaped cutouts above their cleavage.
249* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
250** Ferretina's, the Weasel Queen's outfit from [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080123 this]] non-canon comic. She wears a torn crop top that not only shows off her {{Underboobs}} but also has an oval-shaped cutout above her cleavage.
251** Zeetha was wearing an outfit with a cropped halterneck shirt that had a hole cut into the chest when she was selected as the [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041101 Skifander envoy.]]
252** Zeetha's dress at the party for the various sparks while in England is a long black dress with a circular cutout at her chest that shows a [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20180817 lacy transparent underlayer and her cleavage.]]
253* In ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'', [[http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1343 Halo warns Heavenly Sword]] that she'll be tagged as "Keyhole" if she doesn't introduce herself properly during her first appearance (even though it's a fight scene).
254* Taken to absurd extremes in one ''WebComic/HarkAVagrant'' comic in which it discusses the impracticality of [[Characters/CloakAndDaggerMarvelComics Dagger's]] costume (which falls more under NavelDeepNeckline), and culminates in Dagger asking Marvel if she could wear a sweater instead. They send her one....with front completely cut out so they could still see her breasts.
255* ''Webcomic/HeroineChic'' follows the adventures of Zoe Porter, who designs costumes for superheroes. Her best friend and roommate Laren has a part-time gig as a sidekick called "Liberteen" that sees her wearing a patriotic red-white-and-blue costume featuring a cleavage window. This is especially glaring because the rest of the costume is made of stab-proof, nigh-bulletproof material, and Laren doesn't even have superpowers to protect herself -- she's just a Pilates instructor who took a few martial arts classes and picked up the sidekick gig to make some extra cash. The first thing Zoe does when she redesigns the costume is to get rid of the cleavage.
256* ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'' has this with the strip ''Oriel'' where the window itself is an EldritchAbomination as even a Beholder is caught staring. Stare at your peril.
257--> "[[Creator/FriedrichNietzsche Know that when you stare into the boob window the boob window stares also back.]]"
258** The epilogue to ''Oriel'' sees the woman from that strip meet another woman who also as a chest window abomination. When the two stare at each other it forms a DrosteImage of windows that hypnotises both of them.
259* In a ''Webcomic/PixieTrixComix'' sequence set at a swimwear/pinup photo-shoot where everybody else seems to be wearing BarelyThereSwimwear, Zadie feels ''overdressed'' in a sundress with a cleavage window. As [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/pixie-trix-comix/a-lot-of-bikini this strip]] shows, the scene also features the voluptuous [=FiFi=] in a flashy bikini-and-top ensemble that creates a sort-of cleavage window effect.
260* ''Webcomic/SandraOnTheRocks'' is a comedy about the fashion business, so it's not surprising if this feature is present on some of the flashier outfits seen in the comic -- notably on [[http://www.sandraontherocks.com/strips-sotr/where_are_we_headed Zoé's clubbing outfit here.]] Which may be a little unwise of her, given that she usually opts for "stylish", and this dress reminds us that she's got quite a bit of cleavage to show.
261* ''WebComic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/genius "Genius"]]: A superheroine gets one after going to the tailor and saying, "I have to fight villains all day, but I remain interested in attracting uncomplicated casual encounters."
262* ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'':
263** Lampshaded when discussing the design of Spinnerette's new suit, [[https://www.spinnyverse.com/comic/12-03-2010 here]].
264--->'''Spinnerette:''' [...] If you could just give it a lower neckline with some cleavage[...]\
265'''Sahira:''' What?\
266'''Spinnerette:''' Y'know. To [[ShowSomeLeg distract the bad guys]].\
267'''Sahira:''' You have a bullet-proof fabric, and you want to cut a hole in it [[WrongGenreSavvy right over your heart]]?! Are you insane?
268** Super MILF used to have one as her previously costume was a rip off of Power Girl. She apparently justifies this in that her "venusian bust" generates so much heat that she requires air venting. At least, that's what she says, though she also openly makes her opinion clear that the majority of costumed vigilantes do what they do mostly for sexual thrills, so...
269*** It has since been shown that it generates enough heat that people standing close to her can feel it. Dressing modestly would at the very least be highly uncomfortable. Of course, that doesn't mean that she has to use a Cleavage Window. She currently has an ImpossiblyLowNeckline instead.
270** Much later, when Spinnerettes based on different comic book eras start appearing in the main universe, 90's Spinnerette appears with this trope in full force, combining it with NavelDeepNeckline and LeotardOfPower.
271* In ''Webcomic/SwordCatPrincess'', Kathryn's [=SwordCat=] Princess costume, from her '90s Image Comics-y superheroing days, features [[http://swordcatprincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/139 a large cleavage window]] (made out of the same style of Omega she uses in her Artemis armor belt buckle).
272* ''Webcomic/WhatsShakin'': [[https://web.archive.org/web/20101220023142/http://whatsshakincomic.com/2010/12/13/page-15/ Ms. Apple's robe has an aptly cut shape above her chest]].
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276* Crimson, who is at the SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy in the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse''. She has a diamond-shaped window large enough that Phase thinks she's risking a wardrobe malfunction.
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280* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Francine ice dance dress in the episode "Of Ice and Men" has an heart-shaped opening in the chest area.
281* Ice in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' has a triangle-shaped cleavage cutout on her costume.
282* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' DVD commentaries mention that the animators liked putting Leela and Amy in dresses with these whenever the plot required them to dress up. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in one episode that had random time skips during a basketball game. Amy, wearing such an outfit, immediately brings attention to it as a possible explanation.
283** In "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings," Leela wears a long formal dress with a keyhole in the chest to Fry's opera.
284** [[GenderBender The female version of Bender]] in "Neutopia."
285* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'':
286** Galatea has an oval-shaped opening on her white leotard, as she's basically an evil {{Expy}} of Power Girl.
287** Ice sports a triangular one.
288** Volcana's new outfit included a tank top with one in it.
289* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' has a few examples, but between the art style and the intended audience they don’t technically show anything. Character designer Rae Geiger is in record as saying they can express someone’s character without having to be {{fanservice}}.
290** Sea Hawk is a male example, with a low-cut keyhole neckline befitting a dashing, swashbuckling sailor (according to himself, anyways).
291** WrenchWench Entrapta has one created by a combination of an undershirt worn under a set of one-piece arm covers. It’s such an integral part of her character design that the space suit she builds in Season 5 has a transparent section in the same spot.
292** After scheming and fighting her way into co-rulership of the Horde, Catra gets an [[EvilCostumeSwitch Evil(er) Costume Switch]] that features a diamond-shaped one. [[spoiler:She keeps the window along with most of the outfit after doing a HeelFaceTurn.]]
293** Double Trouble’s outfit has a bifurcated version, along with various other cutouts. In this case, it accentuates that they’re a mischievous, slinking shapeshifter with an amoral streak a mile wide.
294** "Kyle", an otherwise unnamed resident of the Crimson Waste who Catra briefly bullies into being a henchman (and named after a ButtMonkey she knows), also has one.
295* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', Ahsoka's outfit after the TimeSkip in the third season is a [[SexyBacklessOutfit backless]] mini dress with a small opening in the chest area. In the first 2.5 seasons it's an outright {{Age Inappropriate|Dress}} tube top, though.
296* On ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse,'' Sugilite [[NonHumansLackAttributes doesn't really have cleavage]], but has a hole in her outfit to show off Amethyst's Gem in her chest. Eventually, Amethyst herself switches from a tank top with a loose, low neck to one with a similar opening and higher neckline.
297* In Creator/StanLee's ''WesternAnimation/{{Stripperella}}'' the title character changes her costume midway through the series. It looks similar to her old costume, the difference being her long sleeved crop top has a huge enclosed diamond-shaped cutout.
298* Izzy from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' has one in her signature outfit. The top is a crop top with triangle-shaped keyhole. In the second aftermath of ''Action'', she uses hers to hold grapes, cheese and crackers, as well as the crumbs she spit out after realizing she was on the green room's TV.
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302* There are probably plenty of these at model shoots and show business events, but such an outfit can be very -- ''notable'' anywhere else. In May 2012, a model named Julia Orayén was hired to present some materials to the candidates at the start of a Mexican presidential debate. On camera for less than 30 seconds, her tight dress with a large keyhole was an instant Twitter sensation, and news reports worldwide declared how she had [[http://www.iol.co.za/news/back-page/playboy-model-upstages-politicians-1.1291116 upstaged]] -- or even [[http://www.inquisitr.com/232459/julia-orayen-the-real-mexican-presidential-debate-winner-video/ "won"]] -- the debate.
303* A more mundane version is usually achieved by wearing a cardigan with only the top button fastened over an outfit that shows cleavage.
304* The Japanese fashion company COMFILAX created a turtleneck with a cleavage window in late 2014. After famous Japanese cosplayer Myako took a picture of herself wearing one, [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/keyhole-turtleneck a meme started]] of drawing characters wearing that sweater due to the inherent sexiness of this trope, the SexySweaterGirl, and the impracticality of exposing your breasts to the cold.
305* Minoan [[note]]A Bronze Age civilization on the island of Crete and the Aegean islands[[/note]] feminine fashion, or at least either their priestesses or representations of their goddess(es), combined long, flaring, dresses with exposed breasts.
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