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[[File:limitedwardrobe1.jpg|frame|That one gray shirt must be for special occasions.]]
{{quote|''"I feel like I've been wearing this same red dress forever!"''
The character always wears the same outfit, regardless of the setting or season. Winter (or at least a [[Christmas Episode]]) may sometimes see the addition of a heavy coat, but circumstances will conspire to put the character in a situation where they must shed the coat, at which point it is never seen again. (A more likely choice is a hat, scarf, and perhaps mittens, which imply colder weather without obscuring the character's trademark wardrobe).
Even characters whose very nature should prevent them from having such a
Sometimes [[Justified Trope|there is good reason for this]], such as the following cases which are generally considered exempt from this trope:
* Characters who are habitually required to wear a uniform: [[School Uniforms Are the New Black|schoolkids]], military personnel,
* Animals, robots, or similar characters who don't actually wear clothing in the first place.
* Characters who are [[Trapped in Another World]] or [[Walking the Earth]], who may not have had time to pack additional clothes, or need to travel light. (Though this doesn't explain why the [[It
* Stories set in a limited time-frame, i.e. close to [[Real Time]], and there is no reason for a character to change clothes and sometimes doing so is just wasted time.
* Supernatural characters, like ghosts or possessed humans who can't or just don't feel the need to change clothes.
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One benefit to this trope is that characters are [[Hollywood Dress Code|recognized by their clothing]]. [[Clothes Make the Legend|Their clothing]] becomes just as much [[Distinctive Appearances|identified with them]] as their hairstyle and personality. Always wearing a plain T-shirt, shorts and sneakers can indicate a relaxed personality; an expensive business suit is the hallmark of any [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]. A more logistical reason is that whether something is filmed or animated it is rarely done in a sequential order. Even though character models are rather simple to produce and alter and in live action rather easy to change clothing, making such changes on a regular basis requires a great deal more effort to maintain [[Continuity]] from scene to scene. This is kind of the same reason main characters have a [[Dirt Forcefield]] and have little [[Clothing Damage]] unless dramatically necessary.
This trope is especially prevalent in shows with [[Merchandise
This is also not seen as odd if the person is attending a school with a dress code. In many Asian countries, conformity is ''enforced'' and all the schools have uniforms. And in most Catholic schools, they're all required to wear uniforms anyway. For characters who always wear their school uniforms no matter what the occasion (in or out of school), see [[School Uniforms Are the New Black]].
This trope is ''extremely'' common in video games, RPG's especially, to the point of having its own sub-trope, [[Informed Equipment]]. Often, characters will wear only one primary outfit throughout the entire course of the game, sometimes with one or two secondary outfits that serve the purpose of giving the player some sort of special ability when they're worn. Some games instead offer one or more [[Palette Swap
A variation in Live Action is to have variations on the same outfit ''scheme,'' such as Hawaiian shirts, polo shirts, the color mauve, etc.
Compare [[Same Clothes, Different Year]]. See [[Clingy Costume]] if the character actually ''cannot'' change their clothes. Also see [[Memetic Outfit]]. Compare [[Plot Pants]], [[Hairstyle Inertia]].
Contrast [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]. Compare [[
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=== Advertising ===
* [[Billy Mays]], who seemed to don his blue shirt/tan pants ensemble for everything he was in. When he died in June 2009, He [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09184/981595-100.stm was buried in this outfit] and all of his pallbearers wore it as well.
* Lampshaded in a 1990s [[
=== Anime
* All the main characters of ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' have signature outfits that they always wear. Perhaps explained by their being dirt poor.
* In ''[[Durarara!!]]'' Shizuo Heiwajima is always seen in his bartender uniforms even though he no longer works as a bartender
** Justified: His brother Kasuka gave him boxes and boxes and ''boxes'' of uniforms when he did work as a bartender. And Shizuo pretty much adores his kid brother.
* Unless he has to disguise himself, ''[[Lupin III]]'' always wears that suit of his, though the color of the jacket changes from work to work. It's common for fans to refer to certain arcs and remakes of the show simply by the color of the jacket Lupin wore in them (green, red,
** Knowing Lupin this is on purpose, [[Clothes Make the Legend]] and all.
** It is in fact the case that Lupin has several copies of each suit. Also, there are two different colour schemes for the suit, sans the jacket. Yellow tie with black shirt and black or navy blue pants, or pink tie with blue shirt and white pants. In some of the films he wears a blue jacket. As for Fujiko, she not only dyes or undyes her hair, but also evidently makes use of [[Breast Expansion|breast implants]] on occasion and has them removed later.
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** Ritsuko is usually seen with a few combinations of the same articles of clothing, plus or minus her labcoat (of which she has several). She does have a few formal dresses for weddings, though.
** Gendo and Fuyutsuki are pretty much always seen in their uniforms. Same goes for the command crew at NERV HQ, although at least they have a few different items of clothing.
* The anime ''[[Noir]]'' is sort of halfway
** Especially noticeable when they're doing a hit in a Muslim country, where wearing a face-concealing veil (or at least not wearing an attention-grabbing Western miniskirt) would make sense.
** They do sometimes wear more practical outfits for an assassination-job, along with occasional disguises, but this is done very inconsistently. Sometimes Mireille does her work in top, miniskirt and high heels, even though she would have had plenty of time for switching to a better outfit.
** [[Stalker
* ''[[
* Similarly, Maia in the anime ''[[Daphne in
* In the same vein, Ishida Uryuu in ''[[Bleach]]'': after his mantle is destroyed, he pulls out an identical spare. Other than this, however, the anime is known for providing its characters with a very wide variety of unique casual wear when not in their school uniforms.
* ''[[
** Note that it's the same ''kind'' of outfit, but not the same outfit throughout. ''DBZ'' characters change clothes very frequently, often because of [[Clothing Damage]].
** ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' hung a lampshade on this in one episode, where Goku opens up a closet on his spaceship to find... nothing but the orange ''gi'' that he wears every day.
*** Averted in the case of Bulma, who usually not only had a different outfit whenever possible, but usually changed her ''hair'' just as often.
* ''[[Inuyasha]]'''s Kagome is almost constantly in her school uniform, and in one of the movie serials is actually presented with the outfit by her mother so she can change ''into'' it before going to the past. This made sense initially as she fell into the well on the way to school and was stuck in the feudal era without a change of clothes (and was initially averted as on the second trip there she had different clothes). Afterward this was entirely for the sake of recognition as while she wears casual clothes when she is in the present outside of school, she wears the uniform exclusively when in the past despite the impracticality of hiking for miles in a skirt and school shoes.
** [[Word of God]] states that Kagome prefers to wear her school uniform when she travels to the past because it's durable and ''it's easy to wash the blood out of it''. Think about that. (One assumes she bleaches that white blouse a lot.)
* [[Playing
* Lampshaded in ''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children]]''. When Rude, a powerful bruiser sort wearing a suit-and-tie uniform and known for always wearing sunglasses, has his sunglasses broken, he looks outraged, produces another identical pair from his pocket, straightens his tie, and seems to be reinvigorated, despite just having had a billboard dropped on his head.
* Each of the ''[[Kanon]]'' girls has her own signature outfit, even those who don't go to school. In the Toei version, they seemed to ''only'' wear these outfits, except when the plot called for something else. {{spoiler|Ayu has an excuse; the others do not.}} However, see below.
** Yuuichi and Kitagawa lampshade the trope by pointing out that while their clothes always look exactly the same, they're not! Really! They don't believe each other.
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** ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' and ''Digimon Frontier'' can be excused. The creators said in the Digital World, your appearance is based on your picture of yourself. That's why the Digidestined's clothes automatically changed when they entered the Digital World and why the Chosen Children's clothes revert back to normal after demorphing.
** ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'' is on middle ground: outside of the Digital World, all of the characters have their own clothing, and what they wear changes as the seasons do. If you pay attention, each character has at least three or four distinct outfits.
* ''[[Tsukihime
** To be fair, it's much the same case in the games, and the clothes themselves are magically formed. Not to mention she has at least one other outfit (the "vampire princess" dress).
* Misaki in ''[[Welcome to The NHK]]'' almost always wears the same sweater and miniskirt, even under freezing conditions.
* The creators of ''[[Samurai
** That doesn't explain Ukyo's outfit, though. As the son of a wealthy magistrate {{spoiler|and later as the Emperor}}, he should have more than that one outfit. And no, throwing on a coat ''doesn't count''.
* The undines and their apprentices from ''[[
* Part 3 of ''[[
** All the characters in ''Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean''
* Most of the characters in ''[[Naruto]]'': Naruto's [[Highly
** Sasuke wears a different, black outfit for a short period of time, before quickly reverting back to the old outfit.
*** [[Word of God]] said the change was due to the outfit being hard to draw. He has a few different versions of his ''Shippuden'' outfit.
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*** And despite appearing less than any of the other teams they have all have new outfits by their second appearance post-[[Time Skip]]. And as a side note Kankuro's [[Facial Markings]] change pretty much ''every'' time he reappears.
*** Likewise, Sasuke's outfit undergoes various changes in wardrobe after fighting {{spoiler|Deidara}} and later {{spoiler|Itachi}}, which seem to result from both a change of attitude and [[Clothing Damage]].
** Many of the Leaf Ninja who lost in the preliminaries of the Chunin
*** In the manga, pre-timeskip, Hinata and Ino have a different outfit every time they appear, even in flashbacks.
* Played straight with the first arc of ''[[Initial D]]'', averted from ''Initial D Second Stage'' onwards.
** Arguably, this was more of a budgetary concern than a stylistic one (at least as far as the anime was concerned). While the First Stage's characters wore uniforms of sorts, they did reflect the kind of clothing that was popular with Japanese youth in the early to mid 90s. Although Ryouske's Miami Vice-esque white structured sports coat and white loafers always seemed a bit exaggerated. From the Second Stage onwards, all the characters, even secondary characters in rival teams, have a changing wardrobe which also reflects Japanese fashion amongst tuners and auto enthusiasts. The anime production teams apparently put quite a bit of effort into making the people in the galleries as well as the racers look authentic.
* While his friends varied things up a little bit, [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Yugi]] almost always wore his school uniform.
** Yugi had just two things to wear in the show, his school uniform and an outfit that made it look like he was heading for an S&M club.
** For the couple of episodes with Yugi playing Dungeon Dice Monsters, he wore a unique outfit that consisted of jeans, a black shirt and a gray vest-jacket. ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
** It's an unwritten rule that the lead character of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' franchise would have the least amount of clothing variety amongst the characters, and the rival usually has the most. To point, Yugi had around three distinctly different outfits, whilst Kaiba had the Domino high school uniform, a white variant with gold trim, the three variants of Trenchcoat, and a white business suit. In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' it's a [[Justified Trope]] since it's a boarding school, but Judai only had to change jackets and pants. Jun/Chazz wore blue Obelisk coat, a black coat, the Society of Light coat, and in a daydream a fancy white tuxedo. Even Sho/Syrus had more since he's the only character seen wearing all three uniforms. Likewise its successor ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!
** Edo Phoenix of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' is specifically shown to have a vast closet full of identical white suits.
* One of the ''[[Blue Seed]]'''s [[Omake]] has Matsudaira [[Lampshade Hanging|wondering]] why Kusanagi always wears the same clothes and if he ever takes them to be cleaned. This is even more amusing when you consider that Kusanagi's trademark red coat tends to get literally torn into small pieces during his transformations, yet in the next episode it is usually seen again, undamaged.
* In the earlier part of ''[[Detective Conan]]'', Conan nearly exclusively wear a blue suit, a white shirt, and a red bow tie. Later he was seen with a better variety of clothes.
** Then again, since Conan was originally Shinichi, it could be that his old school uniform was the only outfit he still owned from back the, and some parts of them {{spoiler|are actually devices to help him as a detective.}}
* Nearly all the characters of ''[[Witch Hunter Robin]]'', with the exception of the [[Rich Bitch]] [[Faux Action Girl]].
* The anime of ''[[Ranma
** In both canons, Ukyo wears either her business uniform or her previous boy's uniform (the latter mainly in the manga) almost all the time. The only times she doesn't are when it's related to the plot or otherwise
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', many characters wear almost exactly the same outfit (Luffy's red vest and blue shorts, or Zoro's white shirt, green haramaki and black pants), or a similar outfit with variations (Sanji typically wears suits, Usopp often wears overalls and Franky typically has a Hawaiian shirt and speedo). These often change on certain conditions, such as the climate, or other plot related circumstances (for example, Zoro changes his shirt after his underwater fight with the Sky Sharks). After entering the Grand Line, the characters begin to change outfits more frequently, usually adopting a new outfit for each arc or island, and wearing their Limited Wardrobe or variation thereof in between. Subverted with Nami and Robin, who change clothes quite frequently and have a variety of outfits; Nami has four different outfits during the main part of the Thriller Bark arc.
** Although while Luffy's outfit does change from time to time, it's only as far as colours go. They did add to his wardrobe however with the addition of an armband, which proves to help him out later on.
*** Semi-justified in that his vest/shorts/sandals ensemble provides him with maximum freedom of movement for his stretching powers, and anything that covers his arms and legs would end up totally destroyed whenever he used Gear Third.
** Also possibly explained by Nami being the money-hoarding crew treasurer, supposedly holding the purse strings to the entire crew's spending budget. It would make sense for her to be much stingier when allotting the men's personal spending/clothesshopping money (depending how often they even shop for new clothes), while spending to her pleasure shopping with Robin.
* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', while the clothes of the characters change between seasons, they will wear the same casual outfits until then. Heck, in the first season, you could practically predict which episodes Nanoha would perform her [[Stock Footage]] [[Transformation Sequence]] based on whether or not she's wearing her orange long-sleeve shirt and brown skirt combo when the [[Monster of the Week|Jewel Seed Monster]] attacks.
** By ''StrikerS'', where they didn't use the [[Transformation Sequence
* In ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'', [[Unlimited Wardrobe|unlike the other]] characters, [[The Stoic|Yuki Nagato]] constantly wears her North High uniform, even on weekends when the Brigade searches the city for mysterious events. The [[Beach Episode]] "Remote Island Syndrome" is the only time she's seen in casual clothing.
* The various ''[[Zoids]]'' anime are particularly grievous examples. In all four seasons, most of the characters have one or two outfits each, their "day" wear and what they wear when driving their Zoid - and even then, the latter seems optional. The only time a character will wear something else is if the plot needs it.
* The [[Royal Blood|royalty]] and [[Blue Blood|nobility]] of ''[[Le Chevalier
* Maru and Moro of ''[[
** Justified in that they're {{spoiler|just animated dolls}}.
* Just about every character in ''[[Soul Eater]]'' has a trademark outfit, and with recent chapters, sometimes even two or more.
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* The entire family March in the ''[[Little Women]]'' adaption from Nippon Animation.
* Every single character in ''[[Genesis of Aquarion]]''. They have one outfit for piloting the Vectors, and one for day-to-day use. Possibly justifiable for Apollo, being a street urchin, but [[Fridge Logic|you'd think Silvia and Sirius at least could afford a more varied wardrobe, being royalty and all...]]
* ''[[Kenichi:
* Ash and Brock from ''[[Pokémon (
** The characters from ''[[Pokémon Special
*** It can be argued that they can't change clothes because they're out [[Walking the Earth]]. Which is great and all, until we see Ruby's closet, which is full of the exact same outfit he always wears.
* Played straight with Banjō, Toppo and Garrison in ''[[Daitarn 3]]''; averted for the two <s>bond girls</s> female sidekicks. Also, [[Defied Trope]] in episode 20: {{spoiler|[[Evil Redhead|Koros]] captures both Beauty and Reika, turns them into Meganoids and sics them on Banjō. Banjō kills them both, then explains that he noticed "Beauty" and "Reika" are wearing different clothes than the ones they left home with, and therefore are two female Meganoids disguised as Beauty and Reika, who indeed are still being held captive by Koros.}})
* The characters of ''[[Eureka 7]]'' have one favorite outfit each, and almost never change out of them. Possibly justified with Renton, because joining Gekko State was sort of a spur-of-the-moment decision and he might actually only own that one set of clothes, plus a too-small sweat suit he gets later on. It's particularly glaring with Eureka, because her character design changes a bit throughout the series, but she's almost always seen in her blue mini dress, sometimes plus a hat. Even when it gets ruined or torn up, she produces a new one out of nowhere. Anemone we see in three outfits: her signature ridiculously-shaped red dress, the skin-tight suit she wears to pilot [[Humongous Mecha|theEND]], and a fancier dress she wears to a ball. Talho upgrades to a new wardrobe about half way in, but otherwise plays it straight. The only one who really seems to avoid this is Dominic, who wears different outfits according to what his rank is at the time. It gets particularly weird when characters are shown doing laundry.
** This Troper is pretty sure Renton got a new, if similar, outfit in the last few episodes.
** Eureka does have a bit of variance. She wears a hat for a while after her scarring, plus white pants and a dark blue blouse when she goes looking for Renton. She also wears a sleeveless variant of her typical outfit on one occasion, as well as sandals instead of her usual boots. Though it could be that the sleeves are just detachable and she rarely makes use of that.
* In ''[[Code Geass]]'' Lelouch is almost always seen wearing his Ashford Academy school uniform even when it makes him stick out like a sore thumb like in a war torn ghetto or the Britannia royal court. This has lead to him being nicknamed the schoolboy by solders that see him enter and exit the area when he is not dressed as Zero.
** Subverted though by Suzaku who has several outfits like a military uniform, battle suit, formal wear, street clothing and of course his own school uniform.
* Used several different ways in ''[[Fairy Tail]]'': Natsu generally wears the same outfit all the time unless his clothes get [[Clothing Damage|ruined]], probably because he can't be bothered to change clothes; Erza has both this ''and'' [[Unlimited Wardrobe]], given her penchant for wearing the same [[Knight in Shining Armor|suit of armor]] all the time until she gets in a fight, at which point she can [[Transformation Sequence|switch outfits at will]]; many background characters are always depicted wearing the same outfit; and Visitor Echo is said to have [[Lampshaded|100 different copies of the same suit]].
* A lot of characters in ''[[
** Touma in particular has three or four outfits he wears.
** Averted for Uiharu and Saten of ''Railgun'' who have many different outfits that they wear over the series.
* ''[[
* With the exceptions of gym clothes, work outfits, etc., the main cast of ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* The ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' movie had taken this to a weird point when the Old Man Owl is attacked by Metal Sonic. Rather than kill him, Metal dresses him in Sonic's clothing, a pink and yellow shirt with blue jean shorts and a baseball cap. Tails shortly remarks those are Sonic's favorite clothes, [[Half
** There is official artwork with them in clothing, but in-series they don't wear clothing.
* In ''[[Future Boy Conan]]'' this is dealt with in a realistic manner: Conan and Jimsy lived in very poor areas cut off from the rest of the world, so it's the only set of clothes they have. Lana was abducted, hence she has only one outfit. Once they get to Lana's hometown however, the kids get their clothes washed and change into different outfits. Conan still prefers his old clothes though.
* A weird example in ''[[Sengoku Basara]]''. The cast seem to spend all their time wearing their combat outfits; in other words [[
* ''[[Midori Days]]'' for the most part has Seiji wearing his high school outfit during school and several different kinds of clothes outside school, with other characters having various sets of clothing to wear as well excluding Midori who, for practical purposes, wears a series of handmade dresses out of white fabric. In one instance during the anime during an episode not portrayed in the manga, Midori wakes up to find her and Seiji have switched places, her being the body and him being the hand, and she is seen wearing the same outfit and pajamas several days in a row despite her noticing Seiji's dresser had gained a large size of her wardrobe. This of course could be subverted however, as {{spoiler|it turned out to be a dream sequence}}.
* Holo and Lawrence from ''[[Spice and Wolf]]''. Holo changes outfits after her original one is destroyed in the first arc; there is in fact an entire episode about them buying new clothes for her. From then on, she always wears a the dark pants/violet blouse combo underneath. On top of it, she wears a [[In the Hood|hooded]] [[Bad Habits|cloak]] while traveling, but ties the cloak around her waist and puts on a hat and a shoulder cape when in towns. Lawrence has only one outfit, though he takes off his jacket indoors.
* Semi-Averted in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]''. While the central cast tend to have many different outfits that they wear depending on both the situation and historical era, they always retain some distinguishing features/pieces of clothing. However, played straight with the supporting characters who tend to wear the same outfits all the time.
* The cast of ''[[Madoka Magica]]'' has, at very best, three outfits apiece: Their [[Magical Girl]] outfit, their [[School Uniforms Are the New Black|school uniform]] (casual clothes in Kyouko's case), and pajamas or hospital clothing for a lucky few (well, not really lucky for those that ended up in the hospital).
* ''[[Super Atragon]]'': All the main characters wear the same clothes for ''everything''; Go flies a [[
* While most of the characters have something of a limited wardrobe, ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' lampshades Barnaby's by noting that it is yet another one of his numerous
* Father Garai from ''[[
* While most of the characters in ''[[
* ''[[Kodomo no Jikan]]'' uses both this and [[Unlimited Wardrobe]], depending on the character.
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* In the ''[[X Wing Series]]'' comics, Wedge Antilles basically wears only three outfits: orange Republic flightsuit when flying, white-and-black formal uniform in formal occasions, and his civilian clothes, which consist of black boots, blue pants, brown jacket, and a vertically-striped turtlenecked shirt. Anything else, and he needs a plot reason to wear it.
* While most supervillains have actual costumes and can thus be a little justified in this, Ox of [[Marvel Comics]]' Enforcers just wears a distinctive set of normal clothes that serves the same function but without the justification. Apparently he just likes turtlenecks, vests, and khaki slacks. The other Enforcers have a similar deal going on but tend to mix it up a little more often.
* A similar case is [[Spider-Man]]'s foe the Sandman, who is iconically associated with his brown slacks and green horizontally striped shirt; an early attempt to give him a more traditional supervillain costume never caught on. In this case, it really ''is'' justified - that's part of his body after the accident that gave him his powers.
* The [[The Sandman
* [[The Tick (comic)|The Tick]]. Sometimes he wears clothes over his blue (outfit? body?), such as a tuxedo at Dot and Neil's wedding, but he never takes it off. Possibly a [[Clingy Costume]].
** He seems to think it is. He's said at least once that it's not a costume, and he is "simply The Tick."
* From the ''[[Shazam]]'' comics Billy Batson, the original Captain Marvel, is one of the few mainstream superheroes who embodies this trope in his secret identity. From the Golden Age through to the 21st century, Billy is almost always depicted as wearing the same blue jeans and red sweater with a yellow collar. (At least he stopped wearing the saddle shoes after a while!)
* In issue 85 of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' comic, a pair of marketing experts decide that the Simpsons are the perfect indicator of popular culture, and model all of their company's products- including clothes- after their lifestyle. Cut to everyone in Springfield dressed like the Simpsons. After everything returns to normal, Marge reveals that she bought all of the duplicates of their normal wear. in the final panel, a small box with a Matt Groening pops up and Groening says, "And ''that's'' why the Simpsons always wear the same clothes!"
* [[Steelgrip Starkey
* In ''[[The Beano]]'' pretty much every character wears the same clothes all the times however their clothes have
=== Fan Works ===
* Lampshaded in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series]]''. When Yugi appears in a different outfit, he remarks, "Isn't anyone going to notice I'm not in my school uniform?"
* Both John and Ringo in ''[[With Strings Attached]]''. Not by choice, though. John's [[Winged Humanoid|physiognomy]] is such that he really can't wear too much. And because they do a lot of universe shifting with little time to prepare, Ringo gets stuck in the same all-green outfit throughout the third part of the Third Movement and the entire Fourth Movement (he had a chance to buy a new outfit briefly but spent all his money on [[Healing Potion|healing potions]] and gifts instead because he thought he was going home). His outfit ends up pretty grimy and smelly.
* In The ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]'' fic ''[https://www.wattpad.com/story/173566505-final-stand-of-death Final Stand of Stand]'', Redd in her mecha-form, except her head and tail, she's mainly wears the colors of her beloved Liverpool F.C., hence her mecha-name. When seen without it, i.e. [[Robot Girl]], she wears a tank-top, track pants, and trainers, which ones she had as a human named {{spoiler| Melanie}} when she was on "Deathbowl 98". The differences is the color had changed from aqua to white.
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* Abe and Aaron spend the majority of ''[[Primer]]'' in black slacks, white oxfords, and neckties. In fact, the color of their ties is the only difference both their outfits.
* All of the main cast of ''[[The Royal Tenenbaums]]'' wear the same clothes throughout the entire movie, regardless of time shifts. In flashback sequences, you see that most of the characters even [[Same Clothes, Different Year|dressed this way in childhood]].
* The entire cast of ''[[Mary Poppins]]'', including the presumably well-off Banks family.
* Most of the Hogwarts faculty in the ''[[Harry Potter (
** In both the books and the films, Snape pretty much never wears anything other than black, billowing robes. Professor McGonagall sometimes changes her regular outfit between films, although the basic form and color scheme remain constant.
** Apparently, whenever Harry outgrows a pair of glasses, he sees fit to replace them with a slightly larger duplicate. [[A Wizard Did It|Either that or Hermione charmed his glasses to grow with him.]]
* Malcolm in ''[[The Sixth Sense]]'' wears the same shirt and pants in every scene, with the only difference being whether he wears a jacket or sweater over it. There is one exception to the rule, {{spoiler|but only to the full (spoileriffic) version of the rule: until [[The Reveal]], he always wears the jacket in scenes where camera angles alone can't hide his [[Dead All Along|mortal]] [[Jacob Marley Apparel|wound]]}}.
** In the [[DVD Commentary]], director [[M. Night Shyamalan]] says that Malcolm's limited wardrobe is a clue to his ghostly nature. After the shooting (and Malcolm's death) in the beginning, the only clothing he is seen wearing are the clothes he wore or interacted with in the scenes just ''before'' the shooting.
* The ''[[Mystery Team]]'' seems to have a complete color-coded wardrobe.
* In ''[[The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus]]'', [[Louis Cypher|Mr. Nick]] always wears the same outfit (black suit, overcoat, and bowler, grey waistcoat, red bow tie), even in a flashback to his first meeting with Doctor Parnassus a thousand years in the past.
* ''[[Up in
=== Literature ===
* Harry Dresden, of ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' is almost never seen in anything other than a [[Badass Longcoat|black duster]], black jeans, and a grey T-shirt unless the plot call for a change in wardrobe.
** Considering that someone is usually trying to kill Harry and that the duster is essentially magicproof and weaponproof enchanted leather armor, wearing the duster makes a LOT of sense.
*** [[Hand Wave|Handwaved]] in that he's very set in his ways and doesn't like changing what he considers a working formula.
* In ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', Ian Malcolm only owns black and gray clothing, claiming that the only thing which bores him more than fashion is professional sports, and he prefers not having to think about what he has to wear every day.
* ''[[Where's Wally?]]'''s Wally/Waldo is contractually bound to enforce this trope.
* Similar to the ''Jurassic Park'' example, Cayce Pollard in [[Cyberpunk|William Gibson's]] ''Pattern Recognition'' is allergic to brands (no, really, [[Televisually
* In the ''[[Seekers of Truth]]'', the Wizard always wears the same suit and hat ([[Master of Illusion|or appears to]]), and Specter and Shade have consistent outfits mainly because their abilities help protect them from temperature extremes.
* In ''[[The Destroyer]]'' series Remo always wears a black t-shirt and black chinos, regardless of climate.
* In ''[[
{{quote|"Honestly, Butler, the second we return to the hotel, I am disposing of this outfit. I miss my suits." |The Opal Deception}}
** Although in the graphic novel of the second book, he is shown to be wearing a fur coat. But that's just because it's -30 degrees Fahrenheit outside. Did I mention they were in the Arctic?
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* Mrs. Carillon in ''The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel)'' has been wearing a purple flowered-dress with purple high heels ever since the day she first met Leon/Noel as an adult, so he could recognize her if he ever saw her again. And instead of underwear, she always wears a purple-flowered bathing suit (she owns twenty-four identical ones), which is what she wore when she last saw him being swept overboard a boat. She wore purple flowers in the first place because that was what she had worn when they last saw each other, the occasion of their childhood [[Arranged Marriage]].
* In the Second and Third Books of [[The Saga of Darren Shan]] Darren Shan only ever wears an old suit {{spoiler|the one in which he was buried in}} and a pirate outfit which he gains during the middle of the second book. The fact that he never changes his clothes is often lampshaded and the book gives no explanation as to why he doesn't change his clothes.
* ''[[The
* A central plot point in the children's story "[[Milly-Molly-Mandy]] has a New Dress" by Joyce Lankester Brisley. Milly-Molly-Mandy wants to exchange her pink-and-white striped dress for a new dress with flowers on it, but meets a girl named Bunchy who only wears flowery dresses and decides Bunchy should have it instead. Lampshaded by little-friend-Susan: "If Milly-Molly-Mandy didn't wear her pink-and-white stripes people might not know her at once. And that would be a pity!"
* In Patrick Senecal's ''Aliss,'' a [[Bloodier and Gorier]] twist on ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'', Bone ([[The Mad Hatter]] [[Expy]]) is wearing the same [[Awesome Anachronistic Apparel|Victorian suit and top hat]] every time Aliss sees him. After a while, Aliss begins to wonder if he has an entire closet filled with identical clothes.
=== Live Action TV ===
* ''[[Bonanza]]'': The members of the Cartwright family (the series' main protagonists) and the other featured/main recurring characters wore the same outfit from Season 3 onward. This allowed the production staff to reuse stock footage of the characters riding, etc. The costumes were as follows:
** Ben: Sandy shirt, tawny leather vest, gray pants, cream-colored hat, occasional green scarf.
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** Boss Hogg was rarely seen without his white continental suit and cowboy hat.
** The sheriff's department – Rosco, Enos and Cletus – were almost always seen in their sheriff's uniforms.
* Much like the animated programs that aired on Saturday mornings, live action programs – usually of the fantasy and/or action/adventure genre, often produced by [[Sid and Marty Krofft Productions]] – featured the main
* ''[[Fantasy Island]]'': In the original 1978 series, Mr.
* In ''[[Dennis the Menace (TV series)|Dennis the Menace]]'', Jay North always wore a striped shirt and overalls like comic strip Dennis for the first three seasons. For the fourth he was allowed to wear regular pants, but they were the same color as the overalls and he still wore the striped shirts.
* Averted in ''[[The Nanny]]''.
* Steve from preschool show ''[[
** Although all of Joe's outfits were the same design just with a different color.
** It is understandable that they wear the same type of clothes because its a kids show and they want them to get familiar with the people
** Their closets have been seen, showing multiple copies of the same shirt.
* In the kids' science show ''[[
* ''[[Dollhouse]]'' may be unique in using the Limited Wardrobe ''and'' [[Unlimited Wardrobe]] tropes at the same time. The Actives, while in the Dollhouse with their minds erased, wear the same few uniform designs in the same few colors... only to slip into a bottomless supply of fashions, appropriate to the innumerable personalities that are imprinted on them.
** A visual sign of the dolls' eventual liberation is the abandonment of their Active uniforms. On receiving their original personalities late in season two, Echo, Victor and Sierra dress individually again (probably by drawing upon the Dollhouse's huge wardrobe).
* Same for most of the humans in ''[[Pee
* ''[[
** First Doctor: Old-fashioned Edwardian ensemble; typically white-and-black-checked or grey trousers, white wing-collar shirt, waistcoat, black frock coat, and occasionally an Astrakhan hat and a black cloak.
** Second Doctor: Typical Cosmic Hobo apparel. Most often a rumpled frock coat, baggy checked trousers and bowtie.
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** Ninth Doctor: Utilitarian garb with black shoes, black trousers, a brown/black leather jacket and a jumper (again, a pullover sweater for you Yanks out there) of varying colours. This trope was [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] when his companion complained about having to change into an elaborate dress for the time period while the Doctor only changed into another nearly identical jumper while wearing the same leather jacket.
** Tenth Doctor: Converse trainers in various colours, a brown suit with blue pinstripes, and some combination of various shirts and ties or, less frequently, no tie and a T-shirt underneath. Often complemented with a long brown wool trench coat he claims to have been a present from Janis Joplin. In his second and third seasons, he gains a new suit with a reversed colour scheme - blue with brown pinstripes. During these seasons he regularly switches back and forth between the two suits.
*** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Donna when she meets the Doctor for the second time :
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** Eleventh Doctor: Tweed jacket with a dickie bow tie, braces, rolled up black trousers and black boots.
*** He tends to swap his bow-tie and braces for either a red or blue herringbone set.
*** After alternating two differently-coloured but otherwise identical designer herringbone shirts for his first season, he switched to an assortment of white shirts with different patterns for his second.
** Companions sometimes got this as well, most notably the Fifth's triumvirate of Tegan (purple stewardess uniform), Nyssa (burgundy ensemble) and Adric (yellow pajamas).
* ''[[
** Ianto's wardrobe seems to entirely consist of impossibly well styled three-piece suits.
* ''[[Kolchak the Night Stalker
* The various ''[[Power Rangers]]'' series' have a variation of this: while the actual outfits of the characters may change, the outfit is always predominantly, if not entirely, of that character's color as a Ranger. In ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]'', Tommy Oliver, who has been a [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Green, White]], and [[Power Rangers
** In ''Mighty Morphin'', the background cast also didn't vary their dress much.
** Some of the middle seasons though have teams that wear the same ''street clothes'' outfit for virtually every episode (unless the plot explicitly calls for a change of costume). Later seasons mix the two: varying street clothes in a color scheme that matches the ranger color and a uniform that they wear constantly.
** Some seasons justify it by having some sort of team uniform they wear when not morphed anyway.
** To mention Tommy again, he wasn't immune to this from the start, especially when he was in his "evil" phase. Apparently being mind-controlled makes you want to keep to a select wardrobe. Even afterwards, that one green flannel shirt showed up in a ''lot'' of his outfits.
* While all of the characters of ''[[
** At least Robbie has pajamas. Sportacus ''only'' ever wears his blue-and-white superhero outfit... even to bed!
* On ''[[Lizzie
* Clark in ''[[Smallville]]'' wears a red jacket over a blue shirt 95% of the time, as an homage to his [[Superman|future superhero identity's colors.]] In fact, one of the dead giveaways to the viewer that an evil alien clone was masquerading as him was that the clone was wearing those colors inverted.
** It used to be one of many outfits he wore (he always did favor a blue shirt) but as the series went on he started wearing it more and more (perhaps a homage to him growing into his super hero role). Quite possibly the most extreme case was in the return of the shapeshifter episode where he was wearing a brown jacket when said shapeshifter paralyzed him with kryptonite, but apparently switched to his red one before confronting her (thus making it easy for us to tell them apart).
* Thelma Harper wears the same dress on most episodes of ''[[
** Even the male characters weren't exempt from the trope: Vint was always seen wearing tan or beige, and Bubba always wore green. It's also worth mentioning that in the ''Mama's Family'' reunion episode of Vicki Lawrence's talk show, Beverly Archer (who played Iola) said she never wanted to see pink again as long as she lived.
* It's an incredibly rare event when one of the ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' boys gets a new piece of clothing. Sometimes they have to wear the same clothes for episodes at a
** Castiel has been wearing the same outfit since his introduction in Season 4.
** All the angels are like this. But then it's doubtful angels care much about fashion trends.
** ''All'' hunters tend to favor a somewhat "blue-collar" style of dress. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130715075000/http://www.beyondhollywood.com/tv/alona-tal-to-guest-star-in-this-weeks-supernatural/ It involves lots of jeans and cotton], presumably because they're cheap, generic, and don't stand out in most settings. Crowley even refers to our heroes as "denim-wrapped nightmares".
* ''[[Trailer Park Boys]]'': Julian never wears anything other than a black t-shirt, black jeans, and an earring and choker. Ricky changes clothes literally once per series.
** Lahey and Randy usually wear the same uniform in every episode, and Barb usually wears her denim-and-cowboy boots outfit.
* Justified on ''[[
** Further justified by the fact that multiple ''Lost'' episodes routinely took place over the course of a single day. For example the framing portions of "Dr. Linus", "Recon", "Ab Aeterno", and "The Package" all took place on the same day.
** The most notable example is Ana Lucia, who wore the ''exact'' same clothes her entire time on the Island... even after they reunited with the main group. The only difference was that sometimes she had the jacket, and sometimes she didn't.
** While most characters would change the wardrobe every few episodes, Frank Lapidus only got to change his clothes once over the course of ''three full seasons''.
* Contrajustified on ''[[Star Trek
** A slightly less extreme example of the straight version is Deanna Troi who (as one humorist put it) went from cheerleader to aerobics instructor after the first season typically wearing one of only two or three full body unitards throughout most of the series.
* Horatio Caine of ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' regularly wears a black or dark blue suit with a tieless blue shirt.
** Don't forget "The Sunglasses of Justice".
* Mike from ''[[Burn Notice]]'' seems to pull something similar, except he prefers a wider range of colours. His favorite suit is pretty much a khaki version of Horatio's, which has been established to be Armani. He will generally wear whatever's appropriate to the job, otherwise. In season two, he started wearing thermal shirts. [[Fan Service|A lot.]]
** Sam Axe uses the "theme" example. When his dress code isn't being dictated by a job or social function, he is reliably clothed in some kind of loose Hawaiian-style shirt and light colored pants. The outfit suits him for two reasons: One, it fits his laid-back, Mojito-sipping, rich-older-woman-seducing personality, and two, the loose shirt is good for concealing a handgun. This is possibly deliberate, as Sam is never shown making specific arrangements to arm himself, yet is always able to produce a weapon from somewhere on his person.
* Played with in the ''[[
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* In ''[[Knight Rider]]'' (1982), Michael Knight always wore a polo shirt (often red, sometimes blue or pink... don't ask about the pink) underneath a leather jacket, with jeans. It helps a lot with [[Stock Footage]].
** The 2008 series has Michael Knight (Jr.) with a gray t-shirt and khakis. For cold weather, Michael wears a red long sleeved shirt underneath the gray t-shirt. Word of God says that the iconic leather jacket will come into play later in the season.
* On ''[[
* Justified in ''[[
* Justified for Annie in ''[[Being Human (
* Jamie Hyneman on ''[[
** Even if the white shirt is taken off for whatever reason, Jamie tends to stick to the black/gray/white color scheme. It was almost shocking to see him in bright red Nomex for one test.
*** Grant is very rarely seen in anything other than blue jeans and a black t-shirt.
* Kotaro Minami from ''[[Kamen Rider Black]]'' and ''[[Kamen Rider Black RX]]''. {{spoiler|In a recent press conference to promote the upcoming crossover movie in ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'' his actor is seen wearing an updated version of one of his old jackets.}}
* [[
* ''[[Get a Life]]'' had a particularly odd version of this: Chris's parents wore pajamas and robes at all times, in and out of the house.
* Patrick Jane, ''[[The Mentalist]]'', only seems to own the one set of clothes (brown shoes, dark blue suit, light blue shirt, no tie, blue waistcoat).
* Understandable on ''[[
* Ben Matlock on ''[[Matlock]]'' always wore the same light colored suit in court. One episode even made fun of this when his daughter tried to get him to wear more modern custom suits for an episode.
* Justified in ''[[Battlestar Galactica
*
** There are some inconsistencies, including both Chloe and Rush getting new outfits. From a production perspective this makes sense as the alternative would be them wandering around in alien jumpsuits for the rest of the series.
* Justified in the reality shows ''[[Survivor]]'' and ''[[The Amazing Race]]''. On the former, teams are dumped in a remote location with only the clothes on their back, while in the later teams have to carry their entire wardrobes on their back.
** This was best exemplified with Richard Hatch from the very first iteration of ''Survivor'', who at one point [[Naked People Are Funny|just stopped wearing clothes pretty much altogether]], much to the annoyance of the other characters. {{spoiler|He won, by the way.}}
* Played completely straight in ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' and ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]''. One assumes the costume designers didn't want to create any alternate outfits.
** It's justified, though, in that the main characters of both series [[Walk the Earth]]. It's not like they'd have a place to store alternate outfits.
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* Ryan on ''[[The OC]]'' wore either a wifebeater or a black t-shirt most of the time, although he did get a more varied wardrobe as the show went on. Possibly justified to show that he's poor and basically has nothing, and the first thing Kirsten says they need to do after adopting him is buy him some clothes. It's also lampshaded several times by Seth.
* In Series 3 of ''[[The Thick of It]]'' Malcolm Tucker wears a light grey suit in every episode, sometimes even with a grey tie. When we see him in casual clothes we discover that practically every other item of clothing he owns is also grey. As well as matching his hair colour, [[Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance|this is very fitting for a press officer who likes to hide in the background]], never becoming the story.
* Quinn, Santana, and Brittany on ''[[
** Except as of the season 2 episode The Sue Sylvester Shuffle the girls have quit cheerleading and are now seen in normal outfits
* In ''[[Shit My Dad Says]]'', Edison Milford "Ed" Goodson III (played by [[William Shatner]]) can be seen wearing a rifle green fishing vest almost all the time.
** In one episode he said he was going out and wanted to dress nice, [[Lampshade Hanging|so he just put on a different color fishing vest]].
* Jason Morgan, the resident brain-damaged hitman of ''[[General Hospital]]'' wears a black t-shirt and black leather jacket exclusively. Possibly [[Lampshaded]] in a moment where a closet door was left open and the only things hanging up were leather jackets.
* Hank Moody on ''[[Californication]]'' appears to have two outfits: jeans and a black t-shirt for everyday wear, and jeans with a black button down shirt (with or without a blazer) for more formal occasions. [[Lampshaded]] in one scene when his daughter comments on his lack of fashion sense and he explains that he has a uniform that works for him. He does occasionally have a different color t-shirt on, and has been seen in work-out clothes a couple times.
* Merlin on the BBC's ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' has only one red shirt, one blue shirt, and a brown jacket that he wears through all three seasons.
** [[Fridge Brilliance|This may be deliberate]]: Merlin is a servant, and probably doesn't have a lot of money. Gwen, also a servant, has only a few dresses (a yellow one and a pink one in the first series, and a lilac one in the second series), and Gaius, court physician, always wears the same outfit. Arthur and Morgana, on the other hand, both get lots of outfits, being royalty. Although it should be noted that they do reuse oufits: Morgana has that one blue dress that appears multiple times and that Gwen gets to wear at one point, and Arthur has a long brown coat and a short black jacket that both make multiple appearances, as well as his armour - but they both get a lot more outfit changes than any of the lower-class characters.
* ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'': The fraggles almost NEVER change their cloths and usually when wearing costumes, have their normal outfits under them.
* The comedy mystery show ''[[Monk]]'' starred Adrian Monk, who wore the same suit in every episode. This is explained by his obsessive-compulsive nature, causing him to keep everything perfectly consistent, including his wardrobe. He even made sure every shirt he bought was inspected by the same person before it left the factory, and the stitching on his buttons had to remain perfectly aligned.
* The sitcom ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' has [[The Casanova|Barney Stinson]] wearing a suit every episode. Only two episodes have had him not wear a suit voluntarily, the first he stopped wearing suits after {{spoiler|he found out the woman he lost his virginity to only did it because his gay brother slept with her}} The second was when he wanted to sleep with the new hot female bartender, even {{spoiler|having a fantasy sequence where he sings about having to chose between women and his beloved suits}} ultimately having his cake and eating it too.
** There is actually a third example: He refuses to [[Catch Phrase|suit up]] for funerals.
** Also the [[Self
* ''[[The Amanda Show]]'' always featured crazed fan Penelope Taynt wearing the same outfit. A closet gag in one episode revealed that she had many copies of the same outfit.
* On ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', Al always wears flannel shirts, and apparently does so because his father always did.
* Lampshaded and parodied in a ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' skit. David Spade, Adam Sandler, and Chris Farley are playing three teenage girls at the mall. It briefly cuts to "Four Days Later", and they're in the exact same place wearing the same clothes. Spade's character mentions "I can't believe we're all wearing the same thing we did four days ago."
* If you're a regular viewer of ''[[Raising Hope]]'', you're likely to become familiar with the recurring pieces of clothing in the Chances' wardrobe, such as Jimmy's "[
* Japanese comedian Toshiaki Kasuga wears the exact same outfit for nearly every appearance he makes (both in ''and out of character''): White pants and a pink sweater vest over a white shirt and an orange tie.
* Both Sheriff Carter and Deputy Lupo only ever wear their uniforms on [[Eureka]], so, justified. In the pilot, though, Carter has a different justification, as he's not yet Sheriff. He spends several days only wearing one suit. He's stranded in a small town by a car wreck and only ''has'' the one suit.
* ''[[Happy Days]]'' actually dodged [[Executive Meddling]] to apply this to Fonzie. ABC's Standards and Practices declared that Fonzie could only wear his distinctive black leather jacket when he was engaged in activities involving his motorcycle, because then it was "safety gear"; at all other times it made him look like too much a thug for their liking. The producers decided that if that were the case, then Fonzie would bring his motorcycle ''everywhere'', so he would always be wearing the trademark look they wanted him to have. (One could argue that the motorcycle became part of his outfit.) Later, when Fonzie became ''Happy Days''{{'}} [[Breakout Character]], his "looking like a thug" suddenly became ''far'' less offensive to Standards and Practices, he no longer had to bring his motorcycle everywhere, and the show engaged in some gentle [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading]] about his wardrobe (see below).
=== Newspaper Comics ===
* ''[[FoxTrot]]'' oddly plays this straight with some characters, but averts it with others. Peter Fox almost always wears jeans, the same sweatshirt and a baseball cap with the letter "A" on it. Likewise, Eileen Jacobson always seems to wear the same shirt and skirt.
** [[Lampshaded]] in a strip where Jason got hand-me-downs from Peter. In the final frame, Jason is wearing a miniature version of Peter's regular outfit.
{{quote|'''Jason''': It's high time someone asked you a question...
'''Peter''': Lookin' good! }}
:* Paige's friend Nicole often appears in a white shirt with a black vest, although this is averted about as frequently as it's played straight. In the comic's early days in the '80s, Paige usually appeared wearing pearls.
* ''[[Doonesbury]]'': B.D. always wore his football helmet 24/7. Then when he was in the First Gulf War he switched to a "Fritz" helmet. He wore the helmet until he was wounded and discharged from the army. [[Lampshaded]] when they had to have a special operation to remove his helmet.
** B.D.'s helmet was a slowly-changing icon throughout ''[[Doonesbury]]''. He switched to an army helmet for the first time when he went to Vietnam. Since then, he's also sported an NFL helmet, a CHP helmet, and a riotgear helmet (following the Rodney King verdict), among others.
* Pretty much all the characters in ''[[Peanuts]]''.
** There's a discussion on the [[Depending on the Artist]] page where someone listed Charlie Brown's shirt sometimes being red instead of yellow; someone brought up the possibility that good old Chuck might actually have two zigzag-striped shirts of different colors.
** In a very early strip (1960s vintage), Lucy shows off one of Charlie Brown's shirts, which he apparently left at her house after a pool party, then puts it on and pretends to be him. The real Charlie Brown then walks by, wearing an identical shirt (and continuing the gag, insults Lucy-as-Charlie-Brown the same way Lucy normally insults him, to the amusement of the onlookers).
* Calvin, of ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'', has his trademark ensemble of red striped t-shirt, black pants, and white-and-red sneakers.
* In ''[[Dilbert]]'', everyone wears the same clothes every day.
** In some cases, even for casual day:
{{quote|'''Wally:''' Well, well. It wouldn't be casual day without Alice wearing her one pair of tan pants.}}
* [[Dick Tracy]]. Whether it's the comic, animated adaptations or live movie adaptations, his outfit is always the same, black suit, white shirt, red tie, [[Badass Longcoat| yellow overcoat]], and [[Nice Hat|matching yellow hat]].
* In ''[[Beetle Bailey]]'', Sarge has stated that one thing he likes about being in the army is that the clothes are always the same and he never has to put any effort into deciding how to dress. Indeed, when he does have to wear civvies, he tends to end up a [[Rummage Sale Reject]].
=== Video Games ===
* If there ''is'' any sort of outfit change, it'll likely be no more than a [[Palette Swap]]. The few times it doesn't apply is with the female lead's wardrobe, each outfit more [[Fan Service|titillating]] than the last. Oh, and whenever the male lead has to [[Dressing
* Hero John R. Blade from ''[[Sin]]'' wears the exact same gear throughout the game, but can don a worker suit when infiltrating a chemical plant. He goes [[Magic Pants|loincloth]] when mutated, but magically regrows his uniform again when de-mutated.
* Most specific video game examples would be redundant, but there are a few specifically obnoxious examples. One such is in ''[[
** Ironically, the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series also partially subverts this; several worlds give you specific outfits based on their own theme. For example, [[The Nightmare Before Christmas|Halloween Town]] gives the party Halloween-costume-mash-up outfits, while [[Tron|Space Paranoids]] changes the characters' outfits to ''Tron''-inspired [[Tron Lines|"program" outfits]].
** Possibly [[Lampshade Hanging]] in the start of the second game, when Sora is wearing the outfit he was wearing in the first game... except there was a year-long [[Time Skip]] between the two games and now they're quite small on him.
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** There's actually a [http://ts3.tscexchange.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=d4a7331972fdfdae9f1ee1db20d9fa78&topic=4199.0 mod] now, which allows sims in ''The Sims 3'' with multiple outfits to switch between them at random, giving a surprising amount of life to their homes. Averted by way of user interference?
** In the first ''Sims'' game, however, Sims only had one outfit that they could wear.
* In ''[[
* ''[[Thousand Arms]]'' had quite a bit of [[Lampshade Hanging]] of this trope. For example, one question in the [[Dating Sim]] portion of the game had an answer of "I've been wearing the same clothes the whole game!"
* Humorously lampshaded in the first ''[[
* Characters in ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' keep one outfit throughout the game (with the exception of lord class changes), this is justified with characters who are wearing armor and other uniforms (and the Greil mercenaries are implied not to be able to afford any more), but defectors still wear the colors of the enemy after they join you, but there is really no reason for Ilyana to change only a cape over a [https://web.archive.org/web/20111109005446/http://serenesforest.net/media/fe9illust/s/Ilyana.jpg four-year] [https://web.archive.org/web/20111109005602/http://serenesforest.net/media/fe10illust/e/ilyana_en.png period].
** Even worse with Sothe, who after growing a foot and a half and becoming lead [[Mr. Fanservice]] over that time period, is ''still'' wearing that tattered [[Scarf of Asskicking|ascot,]] and for some reason still wears the same size shirt he did three years ago.
* Most of the playable characters in the ''[[Sly Cooper]]'' games have this; having outfits that change very little between games.
** Sly wears the same blue cap, black mask, and blue shirt during all three games (he's even seen wearing it as a kid when growing up in an orphanage), the only difference being a red backpack worn in the first game. About the only time he changes clothes is when in disguise and even then it's usually only for one mission or so per level.
** Carmelita Fox often wears a blue halter top & pants, boots, and a leather jacket and gloves. About the only variation to this is when she adds a knit cap during one of the Canadian levels in the second game. She does have a [[Little Black Dress]] she wears during formal occasions, but it's rarely seen.
* [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario and crew]] all wear the same outfit all the
* The enormous cast of characters in ''[[Touhou]]'' are almost universally portrayed with their own unique
** Out of all the characters that appear in two or more games, the only ones that ever change their dress in Windows series are Marisa (color changes, the more recent apron change), Reisen (removed the overcoat), and Yukari (wears a completely different dress from her second appearance onward), barring the slight changes required of the heroines in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'' for the winter environment (e.g. a scarf for Marisa). All of the returning PC-98 characters (Reimu, Marisa, Yuuka, and Alice) also get a new one for their Windows debut.
* ''[[Street Fighter]]'' does this a bit. Ryu is only ever seen in a karate gi (apparently, it's all he ''has'' to wear), Sakura still wears a schoolgirl uniform even when she's supposed to be ''20'', Dan only ever wears a pink gi, and even when M. Bison [[Grand Theft Me|changes bodies]], he's always got the same getup. Not to mention Zangief running around in a Speedo... in the cold Russian north... at playgrounds full of children...
** Averted with two characters in ''[[The King of Fighters]]'' games: Athena and Benimaru receive new costumes with every sequel. This also holds true to the [[Capcom vs. Whatever|crossover games.]] Kyo, Terry, and Kensou also have gotten new duds in the series, but not at the frequency the former two have.
*
** Mostly averted since the game's resurrection in 2019. About half a dozen or so of the ten possible costume slots start off unlocked in the revived game, and the remainder are (still) rewards for completing missions or returning certain salvage items to special NPCs.
* [[Justified Trope]] in ''[[Devil Survivor]]'', as the characters are caught in a lockdown a good distance from their homes for the course of the game.
* ''[[Disgaea]]''. Most of the female characters have more than one outfit, but for the guys, it's to the point where Laharl ''[[Fridge Logic|sleeps with shoes on]].''
* The protagonist of ''[[Phantasmagoria:
** Ditto the first ''[[Phantasmagoria]]''.
* The ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' games are particularly egregious examples of this trope. In every game to date, the player characters wear the exact same farm outfit for the course of the game... and several of the games' storylines span for many years.
** In ''A Wonderful Life'', Takakura wears the exact same pants with the holes in the knees for ''thirty years''... heh.
** In newer games you can change clothing, which started around ANWL with outfits that had different designs.
** In HM:DS Cute, the different outfits are a [[Palette Swap]].
* The [[Backyard Sports|Backyard Kids]] wear the same clothes every game (except when their design is changed), so they wear the same clothes when they are ''playing football'' as they do when they are ''skateboarding''. And even then, over ''multiple seasons''.
* Subverted in ''[[Prototype (
** Almost double subverted, as lot of these variations are merely [[Palette Swap|palette swaps]].
* In ''[[
* In contrast to [[Dragon Age
** Most party members get at least a minor accessory (usually including a [[Red String of Fate|red scarf]]) if you complete their [[Romance Sidequest]].
** Merrill switches entirely to an odd white-and-silver construction after her [[Romance Sidequest]].
** Anders gets a [[Palette Swap]] from greys to black after his personal quest in chapter 3, symbolizing his {{spoiler|final decision to go through with [[Knight Templar|his]] [[Well
** Bethany or Carver {{spoiler|each get some sort of costume switch if they don't die in the Deep Roads, either Circle mage robes or a Grey Warden uniform for Bethany, and either Templar plate or a Grey Warden uniform for Carver}}.
** Aveline goes from [[Boobs of Steel|her]] [[Absolute Cleavage|odd]]...[[Stripperific|thing]] in the prologue to a Guardswoman's plate armor in chapter 1 and {{spoiler|the Captain's uniform in chapter 2}}.
* Slightly lampshaded in ''[[Crisis Core]]''. A [[Beach Episode|Costa Del Sol Vacation]] has both Zack and Cissnei in new swim wear costumes. But Tseng comes in the same full Turk suit he has for the entire game. A DMW memory has Zack asking Cissnei later why Tseng wears the full suit in the tropical weather.
* ''[[Deadly Premonition]]'': Nearly all the NPCs wear only one outfit for the entire game regardless of time, location, or weather; the ones that do have different outfits change them only for plot reasons (Emily changing into a slinky black dress for dinner, the "goddesses of the forest" changing into red dresses, etc...). Averted with York, as you can have him wear any of a number of suits and have it reflected in the cutscenes; {{spoiler|but played straight with Zach, who cannot change suits}}.
* Arle Nadja from ''[[Puyo Puyo]]''. She always wears the same outfit, and in ''Puyo Puyo 2'', when meeting the Banshee Trio in easy mode in their new outfits, she tells them that she "just wears the same clothes 365 days a year".
* Daisuke Nagase in ''[[Persona 4]]'' always wears his soccer uniform, even if he's not in school. He even wears it while {{spoiler|playing a basketball game to try and cheer up Kou.}}
* ''Nier'': The title character will wear the same outfit the entire game, the only difference being a jockstrap eyepatch after the time skip. Kaine will eventually call him out on this. Then gets subverted when he tries using the same attack on her. She reveals she has an outfit for every day of the week, and that she washes them every night.
* In the whole ''[[Hitman]]'' series, 47 seens to have only a black suit with pants, black shoes, white shirt and a red tie. When he does changes his outfit to disguise himself, he doesn't take those clothes back home and is seen in the next mission with the same default black suit over and over. On one occassion in the game where he actually doesn't wear it is in Hitman 2 when he's working for a church as a janitor/gardener and starts the game with a worker overall and a white shirt underneath.
* ''Zelda'' is notable for having all the various Links ending up in the traditional green tunic and hat for some reason, if he doesn't already wear it from the start. The 3D games have mixed it up a bit, such as having different colors tunics or being able to change back into what Link was wearing before.
** In the ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
* In [[Katawa Shoujo]], the girls typically have one casual outfit each, which they often wear for days on end. Lilly is possibly the best example, as she changes into her casual outfit of a peach off-the-shoulder sweater and a long tan skirt the most often, and {{spoiler|the outfit is the first thing he notices about her when she visits him in the hospital in the Good Ending}}. Hisao himself seems to only have one outfit- of a blue argyle sweater vest, a button down shirt and khaki pants.
* Regardless of the version, [[Carmen Sandiego]] almost always wears the same red overcoat and fedora; kind of odd that the world's most wanted thief is so easy to recognize.
* [[Donkey Kong]]'s sole article of clothing is always a big, red tie with the letters DK on it.
=== Web Animation ===
* In ''[[Homestar Runner]]'''s [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail199.html Strong Bad Email 199], Strong Bad compliments Homestar's same-shirt-he-always-wears.
* In its early volumes, the most anyone in ''[[RWBY]]'' seems to own is three outfits: battledress, school uniform, and sleepwear. This is slowly subverted for some characters as the show progresses and the action moves away from Beacon Academy; and over the years even the limited items change.
** Professor Ozpin and Glynda Goodwitch always appear in the same clothing.
** Justified for Team RNJR in Volume 4, as they're on the road with little more than what they can carry on their backs.
** As the show progresses, the characters' wardrobes and even hairstyles change, but they are still rarely shown wearing different clothing day to day.
=== Web Comics ===
* ''[[Adventurers!]]'' makes fun of the fact that [[Fight in The Nude|changing a video game character's equipment doesn't change that character's appearance.]]
* The main characters of ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'', it being a sprite comic, have so far only changed clothes to represent their class change.
** Except when they are in disguise, which happened occasionally.
* Acknowledged in ''[[Suicide for Hire]],'' with Arc's Steely Dan shirt:
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"Yeah, I gave you number twelve. This is number forty-two." }}
* ''[[
* This also happens in ''[[
* [[Walkyverse]] examples: Danny has his Indiana University sweatshirt, Sal has her mother's jacket, Mike has his black shirt with the SEMME yellow stripe, Jason has his suit, Walky has his sweatshirt...in fact, for most of ''It's Walky!'' all SEMME members qualify. It's somewhat justified in ''[[
** Willis consciously averts this in ''[[Dumbing of Age]]'', instead giving his characters color motifs and recurring types of clothing, though as a [[Mythology Gag]] some things are remarkably similar to the original '
* Lampshaded in this ''[[Two Guys and Guy]]'' [http://www.twogag.com/comics/2012-04-13-TGAG_134_Makeover.jpg strip].
=== Web Original ===
* Lampshaded in the web fiction serial ''[[Dimension Heroes]]'' when Brittany and Tami go clothes shopping. Brittany is excited about a neat shirt she found on sale, only for Tami to point out that it was remarkably similar to the one she was currently wearing.
* At Whateley Academy in the ''[[Whateley Universe]]'', the only thing Bladedancer ever wears is a mandarin top with yoga pants. She's not very comfortable with her body. Generator also has a
** Mega-Girl. The only thing Marty ever wears is her super-suit. Phase found out she studies in it. Not only does she have very few clothes, but the more she wears her suit (it's a psychokinetic construct), the more it gives her the [[Most Common Superpower]].
* Can often show up in [[Journal Roleplay]] even for characters that don't normally fall under this trope, if the game only brings characters with the clothes on their back and doesn't provide a way to get more.
* In his television appearances, [[David Mitchell]] has a wardrobe as variable as anyone else. But in his weekly ''David Mitchell's Soap Box'' webcasts, he always wears the same red button-up shirt and black slacks. Justified since they record five episodes at a time and switching shirts for each one would waste time. However, when viewers commented on it, he changed to a blue shirt and explained that he'd be perfectly happy to wear the same thing every
* [[
** Fellow [[That Guy With
* Except for very occasional color changes (and armor updates every time the show starts being filmed in a new game), all characters in ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' appear in the exact same armor every single time. Understandable, though, as it's a machinima recorded in ''[[Halo]]'', and there isn't exactly anything else to visually differentiate characters from one another other than armor color!
* Firearms instructor Paul Harrell virtually always wears the same style of cargo pants and tan shooting jacket in his videos, except when the demonstration calls for something else. Using the term "Gillian's Island Philosophy" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf-4mGdXi7U he explains] that it makes him easy to remember even if his name/face isn't.
=== Western Animation ===
* Many of the western animation examples that follow below are of programs that originally aired on Saturday mornings, where children are the primary audience. The reasons vary, but one example can be what's stated in the explanation: children find it easier to identify a character by keeping what the character's wardrobe identical from episode to episode (along with hairstyle and other identifying characteristics remaining consistent). The trope is typically broken only when it relates to the plot, such as the characters going to a formal party (for instance, a pretty college-age girl who always wears a green T-shirt with her high school's name printed across the upper chest and blue jeans would not be acceptable, so she wears an evening gown to the party).
* The cast of ''[[Scooby
** Shaggy and (obviously) Scooby didn't actually change notably. Velma's outfit is identical, what's changed is that now she's got a figure (compared to the original series, when her body could be described as "boxy" at best, although I prefer "Hazmat drum on legs".) The change probably had something to do with the fact that Linda Cardellini (who played Velma in the live-action movies) is hot and looks really good in a bikini.
** In some of the newer animated movies, all of the human characters but Shaggy wear a variety of updated clothes, although Daphne still always wears something violet and Velma still looks nerdier then Fred and Daphne. They lampshade their previous consistency when they get sucked into a video game a friend of theirs made of their adventures. The computer version of them are all wearing traditional outfits. Daphne says that they must not have seen their friend often enough because he hasn't noticed their fashion changes. Then everybody stares at the two Shaggys who are identical except for the color of their T-shirts and the real Shaggy says "why mess with a classic?"
** Funnily enough present-day Shaggy's outfit was identical to his original one, the virtual version was wearing a version from the 80's movies. You know, the ones with Scrappy.
*** ''[[Scooby
** Used humorously in a [[Cartoon Network]] promo, where Mystery Inc. is waiting for someone in the van. It's Velma, barefoot, shuffling through drawers of socks trying to find orange colored ones.
** Subverted in ''Scooby Doo: The Mystery Begins'', the newest version of the [[Origin Story]], where everyone wears things that would be consistent with their role in a modern-day high school. [http://www.scoobyaddicts.com/Images/SDMysteryBegins.jpg See] [http://www.comicbooknews.us/IMGs/dccomics/Mystery%20Inc-green.jpg for]{{Dead link}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20140902110826/http://www.dianechristiansen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/gang2.jpg your][http://tvmedia.ign.com/tv/image/article/102/1021013/scooby-doo-the-mystery-begins-20090902014732070_640w.jpg self.]
* ''[[Star Trek:
** They also created force-field belts for this purpose, so that they could only slightly modify stock footage for those scenes, instead of having to animate the crew in the full spacesuits (which themselves only appeared in live-action once before [[Star Trek:
* In ''[[Daria]]'', nobody changes clothes, not even the Fashion Club members.
** Not entirely true. While most of the characters DID wear the same set of clothes throughout the entire series, all the Fashion Club members did actually get new outfits between the 3rd and 4th seasons. They still wore those same outfits all the time after the change, though, with the rare exception when the plot makes them wearing something different a necessity.
** Lampshaded in "Life in the Past Lane", where Jane dates a guy who is practically obsessed with vintage 1940's clothing and culture. When she's having trouble picking out clothes for a date, she says "It was so much easier when I had one outfit."
* ''[[The Simpsons (
** Also, when Bart has trouble talking to a girl he likes, he asks if it's because he's "worn the same outfit day in and day out for the past six years."
** When Marge was away, no-one was doing the washing. Lisa complains "I feel like I've been wearing these clothes for years!"
** When her coral necklace is stolen, Marge claims it was a family heirloom. Homer comments that she likely has a drawer full of them, which she does. Later parodied when the burglar returns the lock of [[MacGyver]]'s hair to Selma, and she adds it back to the rest.
** Another episode shows Marge doing Bart's laundry, which is several pairs of blue shorts and orange tees. She then shuffles them together like a stack of cards.
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** Bart finds a rack full of the same dress Marge wears at the 33¢ store. She buys several more, though one dress she pulls off the rack she rejects immediately.
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* In ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'', Jon Arbuckle almost invariably wears the same outfit except for special occasions, interestingly enough, since his comic counterpart wears a number of differently colored shirts.
* ''[[The Life and Times of Juniper Lee]]'' parodies this in "Take My Life, Please": Ashley compliments Ray Ray on his shirt (a red shirt with a picture of a fist on it).
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* The boys of ''[[South Park]]'' are defined almost entirely by their clothes, and this is parodied in "How To Eat With Your Butt", which features the boys without their caps on Picture Day. In another episode, Kenny is unrecognizable without his orange coat. In the episode "Super Best Friends", all of the people of South Park had shaved their heads and were wearing the same clothes, which made it impossible to tell them apart (Stan had to find Kyle by using their [[Catch Phrase]]). Kenny also removed his coat in the SP movie, revealing he has blond hair. Cartman is probably the major exception because he's visibly fatter regardless of clothes.
** Exploited for an [[Un Reveal]] in "The Coon": when Mysterion takes off his mask, everyone gasps and comments on how they never thought it would be ''him''
*** It's {{spoiler|Kenny}}.
* Elisa Maza from ''[[
** In the same series, ''multi-billionaire executive'' David Xanatos wears his black Armani business suit in almost every appearance where he's not sporting the Steel Clan body armor.
*** Or his wedding. Or practicing martial arts.
* ''[[American Dragon
* ''[[
* Yet another [[Lampshade Hanging]]: in ''[[
* Spoofed in ''[[
* The characters on ''[[O
* ''[[
** Although the lampshade hanging implies he only has one white shirt with black vertical stripe, but other episodes show him with lots of identical ones.
** For more on Ben's clothes, see [[Magic Pants]].
** For Ben at least, its eventually [[Justified Trope]]. Apparently, whatever he's wearing gets deconstructed every time he transforms, and when he transforms back, it gets reconstructed as clothing he was wearing when the transformation doohickey last booted up. He acknowledges that he could probably figure out how to upload new outfits into it eventually, but the one time it seemed prudent to do so he was rather busy with more pressing matters.
*** In other words, even if he had a complete and varied wardrobe, after a week or two of hero-ing, all his clothes would have been transformed into what we see anyway.
* In ''[[
** ... Which reverts back to her usual ponytail when in "combat mode".
*** [[Lampshade Hanging|Gets a bit of cover]] when the team goes to meet Kimiko's father: she tells them to dress nicely, and Omi appears to be wearing the exact same robes. But, as he points out, "they have a slightly higher thread count!"
* The main characters of ''[[Teen Titans (
** In fairness, Cyborg technically doesn't wear clothes.
** Robin did wear a tux to prom and Starfire wore a hot pink dress, but Robin's tux was custom made to be instantly removable, and Starfire was wearing her uniform underneath it and not wearing her dress at the end of the episode.
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** Lampshaded in episode "Ghost Channel", when a "bug" in the ''Matrix''-like simulation makes Sissi wear a yellow shirt.
* Apart from seasonal changes (winter, summer), nightwear, disguises, and other special occasions, the characters in ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' always wear the same. Chip always wears an aviator jacket and a fedora hat (with the exception of ''To the Rescue'' part 1 and half of part 2 before he finds the hat), Dale always wears a red Hawaiian shirt with yellow "flower" prints, Monterey Jack always wears a coat, a green turtleneck, an aviator cap, and a pair of matching goggles upon said cap (in one episode, he actually wears a ''second'' [[The Goggles Do Nothing|pair of goggles over his eyes]] in addition to the ones on his cap), Zipper always wears the red sweater, and Gadget always wears her trademark lavender coveralls with a purple belt, a pair of blue lab goggles, and a white shirt (which keeps disappearing, though). Apparently, Gadget also owns only one dress, specifically the red one from ''Double 'O Dale'' and ''Mind Your Cheese & Q's''.
* Kevin in ''[[Captain N
* In ''The Transformers'', Spike and his father, Sparkplug, wear construction worker style clothing theoughout the series, and Spike's girlfriend, Carly, wears the same blue outfit and white collared shirt until the post-movie era. Spike and Carly's son, Daniel, typically wears an outfit with a monogramed 'D', a la Laverne [[De Fazio]].
* In ''[[G.I. Joe]]'', Cobra Commander either has a metal face-guard helmet or a cloth mask, with no particular pattern to when he changes them. I've seen him flicker between the two in the space of a single CCTV transmission.
* Parodied in the ''[[
** Inverted by Roger, one of whose defining character traits is his vast wardrobe of costumes and wigs.
** The cast of [[Seth
* Goldie Gold of ''[[Goldie Gold and Action Jack]]'' is supposed to be the world's richest girl, and her outfits can be counted on one hand. Perhaps she's just really attached to her gold lame pants and [[Pretty in Mink|white fur coat]].
* ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'': Rocko always wears the same blue shirt with purple triangles, Heffer always wears the same red overalls, Mr. Bighead always wear the same suit, etc.
** The episode "Unbalanced Load" centered around Rocko doing his laundry (a pile of identical shirts) while wearing his "lucky shirt" (another identical shirt.)
* Doug of [[Nickelodeon]]'s ''[[Doug]]'' always wears the same outfit: white t-shirt, green vest, khaki shorts, and sneakers. In one episode, a character in a popular [[Show Within a Show]] started wearing the same outfit, and Doug had to convince everyone that he wasn't following a trend since he'd ''always'' dressed that way.
* Most [[Disney Animated Canon]] characters have an iconic outfit that they wear for most if not all of the movie. A main character will get a costume change with a change in circumstances, but rarely for any minor reason. A secondary character will never change clothes. Strangely, this applies both to [[Aladdin (Disney film)|poor characters]] and [[Disney Princess|royalty]].
* Characteristic of ''[[Arthur (
** In an episode where D.W. is imitating Arthur she gets an outfit that looks exactly like his, leading Arthur to ask if she already has clothes like that because they "look familiar".
* Justified in ''[[Barbie and
* Lampshaded in ''[[The
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'''Muriel:''' Oh my goodness so many things but mostly pink sweatshirts that say Paris.
'''Sharique:''' Hmmm... oh I know just the site!
'''Muriel:''' Ahh... "Pink sweatshirts that says Paris dot com"! }}
* The titular character of ''[[Lucy, the Daughter of
* In ''[[Dilbert (
** This was also lampshaded when Dilbert was testing to see if his male coworkers could remember what they were
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]].'' [[Lampshaded]] in one episode, when their mother tells them to pick out new clothes for the coming school year, and they enter and exit the store in less than two seconds because, as Phineas notes, "We have a pretty standard look." Then they each pull out the other brother's outfit from their bag, look at each other for a beat and switch them.
* ''[[The Fairly
* Richie Foley in ''[[Static Shock]]'' especially, but probably many if not all of the characters. Richie is always wearing a green shirt with an orange stripe across it. He wears it so often I didn't notice that it changes to a hoodie eventually. What's incredible is that we're shown the inside of his closet once and see some other colored shirts, ''and he still picks the green-and-orange one''. Even when he becomes a superhero, he's still wearing green. Virgil/Static at least wears an outfit in the first episode that's never seen again; when he's not wearing his Static uniform, he's usually wearing the same T-shirt and jeans unless he's dressed for church or visiting a grave. The villains always wear the same thing, though Ebon and Rubberband Man have the excuse that it looks like their clothes have become part of them. Especially since Rubberband Man can morph his purple jumpsuit to look like any kind of clothing and Ebon could be naked and the audience probably wouldn't notice, he's so much of a black and purple morphing blob.
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' is an interesting case in that it played this trope straight for the first two seasons and later on subverted it. Everyone wore the same outfits. As the quotes page shows this was lampshaded at times. But in the later seasons Kim started wearing different outfits, although other characters still wore the same thing.
* In ''[[Superman:
*
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene|Just a hat and pants for most of the male Smurfs]] in ''[[The Smurfs]]''.
* The cast of ''[[Fanboy and Chum Chum]]'', the titular duo being the guiltiest. They never take their superhero costumes off, even for bathing.
* [[Beavis and Butthead]] only have two outfits each: the [[MTV]] look (Metallica and AC/DC t-shirts) and the merchandising look (Skull and Death Rock t-shirts).
* Lampshaded in ''[[Futurama]]'', when Fry initially moved into Bender's apartment, which an area of roughly three square feet, not counting the closet. He asks where can he hang his clothes, and Bender responds, "Listen, you've only got one set of clothes, and you're not taking them off while I'm around." This is actually justified, since Fry is from the past/present, all he'd have coming out of the cryotube was the clothes currently on him.
* Almost every recurring character in ''[[Freakazoid!]]
* Billy Batson in ''[[Superman/Shazam!: The Return
* Almost everyone in ''[[Huntik Secrets and Seekers]]''. The four
* The kids on ''[[Recess]]''- even the fashionable [[One Steve Limit|Ashleys]] - only change their clothes when it relates to the plot. Examples: picture day, Spinelli dressing up for the pageant, TJ and Vince dressing as boy detectives "The Barnaby Boys."
* Each and every character on ''[[Jimmy Two
* The three main characters of ''[[Dan Vs.]]
* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' characters rarely dress in anything but their standard sets, which is funny considering Rhonda is such a
* April O'Neil in the 1987 version of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''. The only time she didn't wear her trademark one-piece yellow jumpsuit was if the situation warranted something different, like if she was at the beach. Her friend Irma fits too, always wearing the same blue sweater, grey skirt, and brown shoes with yellow socks. And of course, Splinter always wears the same red kimono.
* ''[[Miraculous Ladybug]]''; despite Marinette and Adrien having career goals of fashion designing and modeling, respectively, each tends to stick to the same outfit in their civilian identities unless there's a reason for something else, like PE class. Marinette always wears a white shirt, black jacket, and pink slacks, while Adrien wears a black shirt, white jacket, jeans, and orange shoes. Most of the supporting cast is like this too.
=== Real Life ===
* [[Truth in Television]] for a great deal of history. Clothing becoming cheap enough that the average person could afford to own more than 2-3 outfits is a fairly recent event on a historical scale.
** To some extent it still is [[Truth in Television]]. Four or five identical plain t-shirts, either all white or no more than two solid colours per package, can be bought for the price of one or two more decorative individual ones from most superstores.
* [[Albert Einstein]] was rumored to have had a closet of 12 identical outfits so he wouldn't have to think about what he wore.
** He also refused to wear socks.
* Likewise, fellow physicist [[Richard Feynman]] kept a wardrobe of very similar shirts and slacks for a large part of his career so he wouldn't have to waste time choosing clothes.
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* Sir David Attenborough explained in an interview why he always wears the same light blue shirt and khaki chino trousers. Apparently it's to stop people focusing on what he is wearing and instead keep their attention on the animals themselves. It also allows his production team to mix footage of him from different series or combine separate shots filmed over a long period of time without major continuity issues.
* Project Runway judge Michael Kors wears a black blazer, black shirt, and jeans in every single episode, despite being an extremely successful fashion designer. At the Season 4 reunion, he explained that in his younger days he constantly fell victim to every new fashion trend; now he sticks with one classic outfit.
** He also mentioned that the reason why he wears the same thing is so that he doesn't have to think about what he's going to wear.
* [[Neil Gaiman]], if not actually on a red carpet, always wears black jeans (R. M. Williams black jeans, if you're interested), a black T-shirt with a black sweater if it's cold, and a black leather jacket. He claims he has very poor fashion sense and this makes it easier. In photos of him in the 80s, the T-shirt is sometimes grey.
* [[Apple Macintosh|Steve Jobs]] and his trademark St Croix black long-sleeved mock turtleneck sweaters, Levi 501 blue jeans, and white New Balance 991 sneakers.
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* Drew Carey often jokes that his entire wardrobe is made up of white shirts and ties.
* In one of the audio commentaries to ''[[Spaced]]'', [[Kevin Smith]] notes how this trope applies to the show (in the sense that they have a small number of outfits that they repeat) and proceeds to cite it as a point of the show's realism.
** [[Kevin Smith]] himself is known for having a
* Dean Kamen (inventor of the Segway, among other things) is almost always seen in jeans and a long-sleeved flannel shirt, no matter how fancy the occasion. In fact, people have trouble recognizing him when he's wearing something else.
* Steve Irwin seemed to wear his khaki shirt and shorts wherever he went. His entire family also dresses like this.
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* When not on ''[[The Daily Show]]'' and thus not in a suit, Jon Stewart almost universally wears a grey T-shirt and khakis, sometimes with a leather jacket if it's cold out. When named [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-january-10-2007/nyc-s-best-dressed one of NYC's Best Dressed], he protested with a slideshow of himself at various public appearances: "Same fucking shirt, every day -- that's not personal style, that's OCD!"
* [[The White Stripes]] dress exclusively in white, red and black. This does not extend to appearances and performances with their side projects, though.
* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] has almost always been seen in a loud Hawaiian shirt, black trousers, and brightly-patterned Vans shoes since the 1980s.
** His "limited" wardrobe is reportedly a large one; early in his career, Al had a note in his concert rider asking venues to supply him with one new garish Hawaiian shirt, and quickly accumulated several
** Until Al had his vision corrected with LASIK eye surgery in the 1990s, his distinctive large wire-rimmed eyeglasses were also part of his trademark look.
* Mwanzaa on [[
* Jay Leno. Lampshaded [http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/1996-dodge-viper-gts-coupe/1253617/ here].
* In general, people have favourite items of clothing that they like to wear often. Once you start to notice how that one girl at work always wears a plaid shirt, it [[Cannot Be Unseen]].
* From ''[[Cracked.com]]''':
** In "[http://www.cracked.com/article_22998_6-wardrobe-life-hacks-that-can-change-your-life.html 6 Wardrobe Life Hacks That Can Change Your Life]", Rachel P. explains how wearing the same clothes every day helps avoid decision fatigue.
** #3 of Maxwell Yezpitelok's [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-legendary-pranks-pulled-off-by-celebrities/ 4 Legendary Pranks Pulled Off by Celebrities] was when ''Harry Potter'' actor Daniel Radcliffe wore the same outfit for months. This way paparazzi bugged him less often because people buying pictures from paparazzi couldn't tell whether they were brand-new or days-old (and thus less valuable).
== Lampshaded Closet Gag Examples ==
=== Anime and Manga ===
* A character on ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'', having suffered the destruction of his hat by gunfire, discards it and pulls an identical hat out of his pocket; the same character is later seen keeping four identical white linen suits in his closet.
** Hanson actually has a large collection of identical outfits, though he claims they have "subtle differences".
* [[The Cape (trope)|Cain Blueriver]] from ''[[Lost Universe]]'' had a literal closet with dozens of those capes of his, which he frequented after [[Clothing Damage|his escapades]].
* L from ''[[
* In ''[[
** Also, Kazuma only owns one outfit.
* Ruby of ''[[
* Justified for one character in ''[[Durarara!!]]'': Shizuo Heiwajima really ''does'' have a closet full of identical [[Waistcoat of Style|bartender waistcoats]]. They were a gift.
* Gintoki has a whole rack of the exact same outfit in one episode of ''[[
* Poor [[Rurouni Kenshin]] doesn't even get a closet to
* Wilhelmina Carmel from ''[[
=== Comic Books ===
* In the 1990s ''Power of [[Shazam]]!'' comic, Billy Batson always wore a red shirt with a yellow collar (the same shirt he wore in the Filmation series mentioned above). In one issue, he explains he bought twelve identical shirts because they were cheap.
** Also Inverted in that series when Billy discovers that, by concentrating on what he wants to look like as he says the magic word, he can transform into Captain Marvel in just about any clothing he
* All the main characters in Brazilian comic ''[[Monica's Gang]]'' ([https://web.archive.org/web/20071016082847/http://www.monica.com.br/mauricio/cronicas/images/cron206.gif this image of the protagonist] sums it up).
* In classic ''[[Superman]]'' comics, Clark Kent always wears a blue suit, white shirt, and red tie.
** This was actually explained once: When he changes to Superman, Clark compresses his street clothes into a flat packet which he carries in a pouch in his cape. To prevent them becoming wrinkled, he has to treat them with a special chemical which has the side effect of dyeing everything red, white, or blue...
* The closet gag was explicitly used by Jughead Jones in the ''[[Archie]]'' comic book series, where he does the exact same thing as the cartoon up above: his closet has all clothes which are all the same.
** Katy Keene usually averts this trope, the main appeal of her comics is that her outfits are designed and sent in by readers, so she changes outfits very frequently.
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* ''[[Dykes to Watch Out For]]'': Only really afflicts the main character Mo, who constantly wears jeans and a black-and-white striped top. Repeatedly lampshaded ("just wear another striped T-shirt and indestructible jeans," "you could get management to pay you enough to buy another outfit," "here's a fetching striped one"). In one episode, she dresses up to look nice for another character she has a crush on: this involves wearing a black shirt with thinner white stripes.
* How much this trope applies varies from character to character in ''[[Luann]]'', but [[Hollywood Nerd|Gunther]] has admitted to owning seven identical shirts.
* Pointed out by [[The Flash|Wally]] in one of the comics based on the ''[[Young Justice (
=== Fan Works ===
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes: The Series]]'' does this with Calvin.
=== Films ===
* ''[[Last Action Hero]]''
* An oddly serious movie example: Seth Brundle in Cronenberg's ''[[The Fly]]''. When the love interest points out that he's been wearing the same clothes for the past few days, he shows her his wardrobe full of identical outfits. He doesn't like wasting time in the morning deciding what to wear, citing Einstein as an example.
* Lampshaded in the movie ''[[Spice World]]''. "The little Gucci dress, the little Gucci dress, or the little Gucci dress?"
* One of the ''Ernest'' movies has a scene where the title character opens his closet to specifically show the viewer two dozen copies of his iconic outfit.
* In the comedy/spoof ''[[Fatal Instinct]]'', Ned Ravine has an closet completely filled with identical blue suits. He asks his secretary which one he should wear. The secretary responds "The blue one".
* [[The Powerpuff Girls]] hilariously lampshaded this in their debut film.
{{quote|
'''Buttercup''': What to wear?
'''Bubbles''': What to wear?
''[[Answer Cut|(cut to Mojo Jojo looking at his own limited collection of clothes)]]''
'''Mojo Jojo''': Oh! That's nice. }}
=== Literature ===
* Not actually shown, but in one of the City Watch ''[[Discworld]]'' novels, Vimes wonders if Vetinari has an entire closet full of identical black robes, as he's never seen the Patrician dressed in any other way.
** He probably does. It's likely a family tradition. Look at the Vetinari family arms. Blazon: Sable—that is, black (and ''nothing else''). [[Word of God]] is that it's not only black, it's a slightly shabby black (though how you do that in Heraldry is anyone's guess), like that of a well-worn robe that you automatically pick up and put on in the morning so as not to waste time worrying about what to wear.
=== Live
* Used thematically in [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|the 2004 ''Battlestar Galactica'']]. Roslin laments that one of the suckier parts of surviving the genocide of your race is that you're stuck with the clothes on your back (snark emphasis ours). Played straight with Bio-Cylons, being essentially clones of each other, all wear the same type of clothes and outfits whenever we see them. Considering they were for much of the series run like a set of a thousand twins with little personality to distinguish individual members, it reinforced their conformity and lack of individuality. We the viewers can tell Boomer completely assimilated back into her Cylon side when she starts dressing like her "sisters".
* A live-action example/subversion: In the 1998 [[The Remake|remake]] of ''[[Fantasy Island]]'', we see a closet full of white suits, as worn by Ricardo Montalban's Mr. Roarke in the original. The "new" Mr. Roarke (Malcom MacDowell) chooses the only black suit, and orders the others burnt.
* Similarly, one episode of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' showed Steed with a closet full of identical suits, bowler hats, and umbrellas.
* In
* ''[[Monk]]'' uses this for its DVD covers, but this is also justified as it is very in character for Monk.
** This also becomes a plot point in one of the episodes, as Monk buys a new shirt identical to all his others, down to having been inspected by the same person. He stumbles onto the crime of the week by noticing the shirt's minor flaws, which never would have slipped by his preferred clothing inspector if she weren't distracted by her own problems. He solves the crime mainly so she'll get back to inspecting shirts.
** Incidentally, it's not ''all'' the same. On one end of the closet, he has his old police uniform from before he cracked up.
* In [[Jim Henson]]'s ''[[Dinosaurs]]'', this trope is Lampshaded by having the main character, Earl, be seen packing for a trip. Inside his closet and suitcase are the same red flannel shirt and undershirt he always wears.
* In an episode of ''[[Happy Days]]'', [[Breakout Character|Fonzie]], after examining his closet, announces "Number 53 is missing!"
* Considering their level of income, it's no surprise that the characters in ''[[Reaper]]'' have an extremely limited wardrobe. Sock seems to own maybe three shirts, one of which is heavily stained.
* Not necessarily a gag per se, but it's certainly notable on ''[[Fringe]]'' when Olivia Dunham opens her closet and her wardrobe consists entirely of black jackets, pantsuits, white shirts, and grey scarves. They're slightly different, but all the same color scheme. {{spoiler|It's actually a plot point, since wearing monochrome is a "uniform," conditioned into the Jacksonville test subjects.}}
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Angel]]'':
** Justified, [[Lampshaded]], and then parodied in the character of Spike. The leather coat he continuously wears through his time on Buffy is revealed through [[Flash Back]] to have been stolen from the body of the last Slayer he killed and as such is a trophy. In an episode of ''Angel'', he's caught in an explosion and his coat is destroyed. He complains that the coat had incredibly sentimental value to him and was "irreplaceable". [[Gilligan Cut]] to his new employers providing him with a new identical coat as well as a wardrobe full of them, which he seems quite pleased with and wears for the rest of the show's run.
** Of course, that happened in the third-to-last episode of ''Angel'', so "the rest of the show's run" constitutes two more episodes...
** Rather amusingly, when he was unhinged following his acquisition of {{spoiler|a soul}}, Spike tried to "disguise" himself so he wouldn't be identified with the old Spike. His disguise? Wearing a shirt that wasn't black.
** Parodied in the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' season 2 episode "What's My Line, Part 2": When Kendra (a slayer very dedicated to her call, with no personal ties whatsoever) has her shirt slashed in battle, she angrily comments on this by shouting (in her trademark accent) "That's me best shirt!", followed by the even more angry follow-up comment "That's me ''only'' shirt!" At the end of the episode, Buffy gives her one of her own shirts.
** Zigzagged with Giles who seemed to never wears anything except his tweed suit in earlier seasons. While he did have something of a variety - houndstooth, twill, and other classic mid-century patterns -
you'd have to be a fashion designer to find much difference. Jokes about this were frequently made, such as members of the Scoobies wondering if he wore tweed diapers as an infant.
* Lampshaded on ''[[The Nanny]]''. Niles the butler usually wears a suit and tie, which is always more or less then same from one episode to the next. So when Fran snuck a peek into Niles' closet, she discovered that Niles had several dozen duplicates of the same outfit.
* ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'' lampshades it in "Stranger And Stranger" where Hercules visits the show's [[Mirror Universe]] and finds his [[Evil Twin]]'s clothing rack, full of identical outfits.
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'''Alternate Iolaus''': "The fourth one in." }}
* On later seasons of ''[[Roseanne]]'', an oversized shirt with a picture of a chicken and a fried egg got passed around the entire female cast, and then, eventually, to the male cast as well. This is [[Parodied Trope]] when they make friends with a wealthy family and give them copies of that same shirt.
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]], [[Playing
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* When Angus Deayton presented ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'', one running gag in the 1990s - discussed also in the spin-off book - was his brown suits.
=== Newspaper Comics ===
* ''[[Little Orphan Annie]]'': The question of whether Annie had only one [https://www.skjam.com/2015/04/18/comic-strip-review-the-complete-little-orphan-annie-volume-ten-the-junior-commandos red dress] was lampshaded in a strip that showed Annie hanging a large number of nearly-identical dresses (some with short sleeves, some with long) out to dry. Possibly one of the earliest uses of the closet gag.
* ''[[Peanuts]]'' characters occasionally comment on their own unvarying clothing. How many yellow zigzag shirts does Charlie Brown own? And how would we know Rerun from Linus without the overalls?
* ''[[Zits]]'' takes this [[Up to Eleven]] by showing Jeremy and Connie shopping at a strip mall with a dedicated ''store'' for each item [http://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/zits/s-931162 in Jeremy's Limited Wardrobe].
=== Video Games ===
* Peach, in ''[[Paper Mario (
* Lampshaded in ''[[
* ''[[Persona 3]]'': A look into [[Artificial Human|Aegis's]] room reveals that contains little else besides innumerable boxes of ammo, her extraordinarily highly-advanced computerized "bed," and a closet with nothing but dozens of school uniforms in it. Justified in that she only goes out of the dorms for school and Tartarus (which happens at midnight), but considering they have only a six-day school week, you'd think there would be fewer uniforms.
* ''[[Leisure Suit Larry]]'' and his titular leisure suit. At least in the 7th installation ("Love for sale") he indeed has a whole wardrobe of such identical suits in his cabin.
* In ''[[Shenmue]]'', if you look in Ryo's wardrobe you'll find nothing but white T-shirts and blue jeans, just like the ones he's wearing. His jacket, however, is one of a kind. (Then again, nobody else ever changes their clothes either.)
* Lampshaded by Riannon in ''[[Tears to Tiara]]'', when she tells Arawn that, despite appearances, she changes clothes every day and all of her dresses are slightly different (we don't see the closet, though). When she finds out that Arawn has been wearing the same clothes day in and day out for the past ten days, she, Octavia, and Limwris force him into the bath and give him a good scrubbing.
* In the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series almost no character is ever seen in a new outfit unless [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?|they change jobs.]]
* In the first [[
* ''[[Catherine]]'': Protagonist Vincent has a hanger with drying laundry on it in his apartment. All pink-spotted boxers.
=== Web Comics ===
* No closet involved, but in [http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20080616 this] spoilery ''[[Ctrl+Alt+Del]]'' strip, Ethan bemoans that "It feels like been wearing these clothes forever."
* [[Lampshaded]] in [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20061102.html this strip] from ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]].''
* [[Lampshaded]] in ''[[Real Life Comics]]'' as part of a costume retrospective; when they get to the first costume change, Dave quips; "It's about time; that shirt was getting ripe."
* Having a wardrobe that never changes can make things difficult where things like changes in character design are concerned. That's why in ''[[Fletcher Apts]]'', when the characters underwent a change in appearance (most notably their clothing) they had to go purchase new clothes in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120227181058/http://www.fletcherapts.com/archive/20051128.html this strip] to explain the sudden change. The characters also permanently ditched shoes in the same strip.
* In ''[[Scary Go Round]]'', the male characters wear outfits that don't vary much (Ryan appeared in [[Lampshade Hanging|the same T-shirt]] for several years, until [http://www.scarygoround.com/index.php?date=20031001 the girls ganged up on him]). Female characters have more varied outfits (though each has an identifiable style of dress). The difference is probably because John Allison enjoys drawing pretty girls in nice clothes, but is also fairly realistic.
** In an interview, he said that women's fashion was always shifting and he liked drawing the female characters in different clothes, while menswear was really "a matter of covering five tube-shaped areas".
=== Western Animation ===
* ''[[As Told by Ginger]]'', with Hoodsey.
* ''[[Bee Movie]]'' has a very amusing scene in which main character Barry is picking his outfit for the day, and we're shown a rack of identical black-and-yellow sweaters. "Yellow-black, yellow-black, yellow-black, yellow-black... Oh, black and yellow. Yeah, let's shake it up a little."
* In ''[[Cats Don't Dance]]'', Darla Dimple's closet contains the same outfit; this may be [[Justified Trope]], though, in that it's her signature outfit.
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' is another show that only lampshades this once, but uses the trope consistently. Specifically, Danny has remarked on how Dash owns an entire closet full of leather jackets, despite the fact that Danny wears the same clothes every day as well (as do most characters.)
* ''[[
** Noticeably lampshaded in the "Average" episode, where Dexter's only non-scientist clothes were his old baby clothes.
* In an episode of ''[[Dilbert (animation)|Dilbert]]'', we can see Dilbert's wardrobe, which is all black pants, white shirts and ties. In the comic though, we can sometimes see him in track suits.
* While wearing his usual attire of white t-shirts, green vests, khaki shorts, and sneakers, some other kids accuse [[Doug]] of copying the style of Dylan Farnum on "Teen Heart Street." During a visit to Doug's house, one kid marvels, "You have the entire Farnum line!" and accuse him of "showing off" upon seeing Doug's closet—full of nothing but white t-shirts, green vests, khaki shorts, and sneakers.
* In the [[The Flintstones|Flintstones]] episode "Fred Strike Out", while taking a marriage test in a newspapaer, Betty asks Wilma if her husband notices if she buys new clothes. Wilma replies "What new clothes?".
* In one episode of ''[[Invader Zim]]'', Dib opens his closet to reveal a rack full of the same outfit.
* On ''[[KaBlam!]]'', we've seen clothing racks with multiple blue t-shirts with light blue smiley faces and red pants for Henry, and multiple red-orange sweaters, yellow t-shirts, and dark green shorts for June.
* The titular character of ''[[Kick Buttowski]]'' lampshaded this on several occasions, one of them was the standard closet reveal.
** In another episode he gets all the kids (and adults) on his street to dress up like him... he's of course able to provide everyone with his standard outfit.
* ''[[Lloyd in Space]]'', with Lloyd.
* In ''[[The Magic School Bus]]'', everybody except Ms. Frizzle wears the same outfit every day. Even when the bus magically makes them clothes appropriate to whatever situation it is the kids are in, the outfits are all color-coordinated to what the kid would ordinarily wear.
** One episode (where Arnold turns orange from eating too many carrots) has all the kids in formal wear for a fancy event. Their outfits are just dressier versions on their everyday clothes.
* In an episode of ''[[Mike Lu and Og]]'', Mike asks Lu which of two identical red shirts (in turn identical to the one Mike always wears) she prefers. She replies "The red one." The only other alternatives on the island being grass inspires Mike to create a fashion contest. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* In the ''[[Peg + Cat]]'' episode "The Messy Room Problem", while sorting things in her room by shape, Peg calls an outfit identical to what she's wearing something she likes to wear as opposed to a different outfit. Later the gag of identical outfits in her closet is seen.
* ''[[Pepper Ann]]'', with Pepper Ann in the opening sequence.
* All of the characters in ''[[The Replacements]]'' generally wear the same outfits; Dick at least has been shown to have a closet full of red-white-and-blue jumpsuits.
* Lampshaded once in the [[Phineas and Ferb]] episode "Monster from the Id". They go inside Candace's mind, and one of the self-doubts that can be heard at the Waterfalls of Anxiety are "Is it okay that I only where one dress?"
* Lampshaded in ''[[The Proud Family]]'' by Penny. In "Don't Leave Home Without it," she comes from a shopping trip with her mom and complains about not being allowed to choose her own clothes. She shows what her mom brought for her to her dad...and it's two copies of the same outfit she's always wears. Penny also makes a comment that no one wears that outfit but her.
* ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' does this with Rocko. In this case, it's only shirts.
* Another ''[[The Simpsons]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging]]: in "Tis The Fifteenth Season", Homer announces he's given his old clothes to the homeless. Cut to a group of homeless people, all wearing white shirts and blue pants.
* Smurfette from ''[[The Smurfs]]'' cartoon show had a closet gag... in the same episode as her origin story. To put things in perspective, she started out with ratty short black hair, a rather plain white dress, and standard Smurf shoes. But then Papa Smurf gives her a makeover into her current form, and after three scene fade transitions, the Smurfs are running out into the forest while Smurfette stays at home already having trouble choosing outfits completely identical to her own.
{{quote|'''Smurfette:''' No, this one's too long. I wore that this morning. Oh, this one's too plain. I've seen that for the night. This one? No. That one? Nah-uh.}}
** In Spain, this trope is known as "Smurfette's closet."
* Een ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog|Soneec Ze 'Edge'og]], "Ze Odd Coupling", it ees being discovered zat Antoine's wardrobe contains multiple copies of 'ees same outfit.
* ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'', when Peter Parker opens his wardrobe, and it contains nothing but multiples of the same shirt and pants.
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' has been revealed to have many copies of his standard clothing in several episodes, though he occasionally wears other things.
** Yes, lampshaded in the "Boating School" episode, when [[Ho Yay|Patrick was hiding in SpongeBob's closet]], SpongeBob opened it and inside were multiple pairs of his square pants.
* Similarly, everyone in ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''; one episode had the other cast members dressing up in Robin's spare uniforms while he was out. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAX7fZlJK4c Seen here.]
* In [[Venture Brothers]], when the Monarch kidnaps (and later invites to his wedding) Hank, Dean and Brock, Hank demands a change of clothes. Monarch calls out that he's always wearing the same clothes anyway. Hank points out that while it's true, he does wash them. The Monarch agrees and Hank spends the rest of the episode in a Monarch mook outfit, which is itself a straight example of the trope for the mooks.
* In ''[[Batman and Harley Quinn]]'', Harley lampshades the concept. She has quite a few spare costumes and all of them have the same basic red-and-black jester theme, but with a lot of variations, including Sucker Punch Harley, Arctic Harley, Street Luge Harley, Rollerbabe Harley, Steampunk Harley, and Goth Lolita Harley. Unfortunately, the viewers never get to see her actually wear any of them except the basic version.
=== Anime
* ''[[
** Technically, only the outfits were reanimated. There was underlying [[Stock Footage]] of Sakura sans clothing (with [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]], natch).
* In the first season of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' we quickly see that (outside of their Senshi outfits and school uniforms) these 14-year-old girls actually have their own wardrobes, and they're quirky and individual. (Who would have expected that the Shinto shrine maiden would wear pink overalls and baseball caps when not on duty at the temple?)
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** This is played straight with Mamoru in the anime, as for most of the first series, he's always seen in the same green jacket, black turtleneck, grey slacks combo. Later in the series, he gets some variations on his wardrobe, though it's still common to see him merely ditching his jacket and still wearing the turtlenecks and pants. You'll also frequently see him repeat his wardrobe choices for multiple episodes.
* ''[[Uta Kata]]'' had a different manga-ka/character designer/figurine maker design the protagonist's [[Magical Girl]] outfit for each episode.
* In ''[[
* Although the [[Toei Animation]] version of ''[[Kanon]]'' gave the girls very limited wardrobes, and the game wasn't much better, the [[Kyoto Animation]] version gave them plenty more
* Nami from ''[[One Piece]]'' originally starts off with wearing the same clothes, but after {{spoiler|defeating Arlong, and thus ending her financial limitations}} she buys a pile of new clothes, and changes very often. Sanji, while mostly wearing his usual black suit, can be seen occasionally in more casual clothes.
** After the Strawhats hit the Grand Line, they usually get a new outfit early in the arc for reasons that make sense, and then maintain that look whether it makes sense or not until after they beat that island's [[Big Bad]]. You can tell the arc is over because they all change back.
* Though Watanuki, Domeki, and Himawari generally wear their school uniforms day after day, Yuuko of ''[[
** And in its sister series ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' while the characters each have a set of default clothing, they generally adopt the clothing of whatever world they land in, and then change outfits as appropriate. This is partly a form of [[Fan Service]] for CLAMP's female fanbase. Note, however, that this is NOT [[Unlimited Wardrobe]] as they are shown bartering old clothes for new and they do not change clothes in situations where they would not realistically have had the opportunity. (Example: Kurogane remains in his outfit from the previous arc in Acid Tokyo, because their impoverished hosts don't have much clothing to spare.)
* ''[[
** Goku has 20 (or more) outfits total, not counting identical replacements for [[Clothing Damage]]. In order of appearance (roughly): 1. a blue ''gi'' with a white ''obi'', 2. a pair of overalls borrowed from Oolong, 3. a blue pair of pants with a white tank top and ''obi'', 4. his first Turtle School orange ''gi'', 5. the suit he wears to and from the 21st and 22nd World Tournaments, 6. the outfit he borrowed from Suno when he fought the Red Ribbon Army in the north, 7. the outfit he took from the ninja dog Shu after his ''gi'' was destroyed, 8. the outfit he wore before the 23rd World Tournament, with the turban, 9. his adult-sized orange ''gi'' with the weighted black T-shirt and Kami's emblem on the back,, 10. the suit he wore for his wedding, 11. the ''gi'' with the blue T-shirt that he started wearing before fighting Raditz, 12. the ''gi'' with King Kai's emblem on the back, 13. the closet full of ''gi'' that he gets for the trip to Namek which have his name on them, 14. the Yardrat battle armor he wears when he returns to Earth before the Android Saga, 15. the ''gi'' he wears from then on that has no emblem on either the front or the back and has a wider blue sash instead of the black ''obi'', 16. the Saiyan battle armor he wears for training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, 17. the slacks/button-front shirt/leather jacket combo he wears before the Cell Games, 18. the blue ''gi'' with a white ''obi'' and dark blue pants he wears before he leaves to train Uub. 19. the slacks/button-front shirt outfit he wears to visit Gohan's school in the first Broly movie, and 20. the plaid suit he wears with the bow tie in ''Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!''. Not counting the outfits he got when fused into Vegitto and Gogeta, or in [[Canon
** In one episode, Piccolo is forced to borrow some of Goku's clothes
* Although Tsuna from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn
** ''Reborn
* Becky
* Averted in ''[[
* Every episode of ''[[Michiko to Hatchin]]''
* In ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'', when not at school and thus in uniform all the characters are shown in casual outfits that change from episode to episode (and within an episode, if it spans more than a day).
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' plays this as an "is and isn't". Sayo (resident [[Cute Ghost Girl]]) wears the same old style school uniform, however as a ghost [[Jacob Marley Apparel|
** Before the start of the Magic World arc, the limited wardrobe aspect is commented on when both Negi and Kotaro are called out for not "getting in the mood" since neither was wearing an eccentric battle costume or casual outfit. Negi insists he's still a teacher and must dress as one, and Kotaro insists his school uniform
** Pactio cards have an outfit programmed into
* Averted by ''[[Kaleido Star]]''
* ''[[Yotsuba&!]]'' seems like a more severe case than she actually is; some people misremember her as only having one shirt, but it's actually a number of shirts with the same design scheme: an ''X'' body with ''Y'' sleeves and collar (and sometimes shoulders). Careful comparison reveals significant differences. That said, she does have other outfits that don't follow this pattern: her pajamas, her swimsuit, her ''yukata'', her poncho, her recycled shirt, her ''hapi'', her "flower cupid" outfit from episode 18, her triangle-like dress from chapter 27... umm... that's still not that much. Maybe others will surface.
* Averted in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]''. When the characters aren't wearing their school uniforms they have several casual outfits. In the anime we never see them wear the same outfit twice. In the manga Haruhi has one or two outfits that occasionally show up again, but she's from a lower middle class family so it makes sense she doesn't have a literal [[Unlimited Wardrobe]] like the rich Host Club members.
* Averted in ''[[Lucky Star]]'', where the cast, when not wearing their school uniforms, is seen with a large variety of outfits.
** Likewise with [[
* Averted in ''[[Girl Friends]]''. The main characters mainly wear the variants of their school uniforms, but whenever we see them outside of school they almost never wear the same thing twice. Indeed their frequent shopping trips amount to [[Costume Porn]].
* This trope is averted in several shoujo shows, which emphasize on fashion. These include ''[[Marmalade Boy]]'', ''[[
* Even minor characters in ''[[Loveless]]'' wear different outfits each time they appear.
* The characters in ''[[Wandering Son]]'' often change their outfits. Rarely are they seen in the same outfit, aside from school uniforms, and if they are it isn't for long.
=== Comic Books ===
* [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The original Wasp, Janet van Dyne]], was an important exception. [[Unlimited Wardrobe|She changed her costume all the time]].
** Eventually, anyway. When first introduced, she had a uniform that was always the same, but it began to evolve over the years. First she lost the pointy wimple, revealing her hair while everything remained as it was; then her costume changed occasionally, but with long periods between alterations; and then she went nuts and her costume became just one more outfit subject to the whims of fashion.
=== Fan Works ===
* [[My Immortal|Enoby]] has more sexxy oufitz tan you!! Yur just jealous, u stupid prepz!!
=== Films
* In ''[[Legally Blonde]]'', Elle Woods is such a fashionista that she wears not only different outfits (though all on the theme of pink) but different hairstyles in ''every single scene''.
* The animated movie ''[[Superman: Doomsday]]'' is an exception, as Lois Lane wears a different outfit every day. Other characters most likely do too (Supes' classic costume notwithstanding), but Lois is the most noticeable.
* In [[Tim Burton]]'s ''[[Batman]]'' (1989), Vicki Vale (Kim Basinger) is almost never seen wearing the same outfit twice, and varies her hairstyles a lot too. In fact, Basinger was assigned so many costume changes that Burton had to appoint a ''second'' designer to dress just her while the other designer was working on all the other performers!
* In earlier film adaptations of the [[Harry Potter]] series, the students of Hogwarts wore their wizard robes just about all the time, with the occasional exception of the [http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Weasley_jumper Weasley jumper]. Starting with the third adaptation, however, in which the director [[Alfonso Cuaron]] showed that having Hogwarts students wear Muggle clothes outside of class would make the characters more engaging to non-fans, the students have been depicted as wearing a more varied wardrobe when not in class or at formal events.
** Not quite. It seems the wizard's robes are for school and formal events. Ron and his siblings are seen to wear Muggle clothing in the first film while boarding the Hogwarts Express. They're also seen to wear Muggle clothes when Harry goes to stay with them in the second film; even in Diagon Alley, all are wearing sweaters and slacks, with the casual addition of a cloak. However, it is more realistic in the third film to say that the students spend their time outside of class in jeans and t-shirts, rather than the first two films, in which pretty much all the students were wearing the uniform all day long while in the school. This would be especially odd for Harry and Hermione, who were raised in the Muggle world. It would be more realistic for them especially to change out of wizard robes in favor of familiar clothing.
*** Not in the books, where ALL Hogwarts students wear their robes every day of the school year. The only exceptions are the Weasly jumpers, which get worn under the robes or over pyjamas, but even on weekends the students have to be in uniform.
* Padmé Amidala from the ''[[Star Wars]]'' Prequel Trilogy, particularly during her stint as Queen.
=== Live Action TV ===
* ''[[Pumuckl]]'', the kobold protagonist of a German children's series, always wears a yellow shirt and green trousers.
* ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'' plays peoples wardrobe pretty realistically, i.e. different outfits that keep a common theme- Earl prefers plaid shirts and has one for every day of the week, Randy wears slacks a t-shirt and a short sleeve button down shirt, usually brown, gray and/or tan( in one episode he explicitly states that he has 3 pairs of pants and 5 shirts), Joy usually wears tube tops and pink is her favorite color, Catalina is most often shown in her maid uniform or stripper outfit but is also shown in jeans and different shirts when she isn't working, even Darnell isn't shown to have a completely limited wardrobe and occasionally wears a long sleeve thermal white shirt as opposed to his customary white a-shirt.
=== Music Video ===
* One of the things that makes the fictional band [[Gorillaz]] seem so life-like is each of the band members' vast wardrobe.
** Murdoc wears black shirts and inverted cross necklaces quite a bit of the time. Everyone else is an exception, though.
=== Newspaper Comics ===
* Whilst everyone else in ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' changed clothes regularly, Calvin always wore the same red stripy T-shirt and black jeans, unless the plot required a change (e.g. bedtime, snow, etc.).
** Lampshaded by Hobbes, when at one point he asks Calvin why he doesn't wear shorts in the summer. Calvin yells back that short pants touch his feet, but that doesn't explain why they're always the same pants.
=== Video Games ===
* The RPG ''[[Rogue Galaxy]]'' has several different outfits, that you get though playing the game, to put the characters in.
** This feature was shared by its predecessor ''Dark Cloud 2''
* Subverted in ''[[
** Similarly subverted in ''[[
** Tales games in general have titles for the characters found either in-game or downloadable that allow them to have a variety of outfits to choose from, the more titles obtained the more options for clothes.
* ''[[Persona 3]]'' plays this one weird: while most characters (including some secondary ones) change outfits seasonally and wear different ones on weekends or holidays, they seem to only have four outfits each to choose from and always wear the same outfit(s) every weekend (not counting costumes for special occasions).
** It gets a bit weirder when, even though you can equip the different outfits as armor, they only appear during battles or wandering around the dungeon; when a cutscene happens in the middle of the dungeon, the characters are somehow able to switch back into their school uniform, then switch back to whatever they were wearing before in time to fight...
* In ''[[Escape
* ''[[Star Wars]]: [[The Force Unleashed]]'' had the main character constantly changing outfits for every mission. Some of the outfits are progressively added upon, with "Light Training Gear," "Training Gear" and "Heavy Training Gear." On a second runthrough, you can change into whatever outfit you have unlocked.
* Zanthia, the protagonist of the second ''[[The Legend of Kyrandia]]'' game, changes outfits frequently by means of a handy wardrobe gem on her belt. Some are just palette swaps of her normal outfit, but she also has a flower-print wrap dress, a casual hiking outfit, snow gear, and even a bathrobe/towel/fuzzy slippers combo. (It isn't a case of [[Unlimited Wardrobe]], though, since near the end of the game she mentions that the gem is almost empty.)
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* ''[[Alpha Protocol]]'' changes the appearance of each armor set depending on the region. So even if the protagonist is wearing the same set of stealth armor, it may appear yellow in Saudi Arabia and white in Moscow. Likewise, going without armor puts the protagonist in street clothes, which also updates to the region. The protagonist wears a sweater in Moscow, while he wears a buttoned shirt with a dragon pattern in Taipei.
* Another weird example is present in ''[[No More Heroes]]''. You are able to customise Travis Touchdown's attire, but you are limited to changing his jacket, his shirt, his sunglasses, his belt and his jeans. What's even weirder is that the style never changes. Travis is always wearing the same type of jacket, sunglasses, t-shirt, belt and jeans. The only difference is in the palette swaps and the decals on each item of clothing.
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' plays with this a bit; a major game mechanic is changing your outfit to better camouflage yourself based on your surroundings, but all the outfits (no matter where you find them or who you get them from) are basically the exact same combat outfit as you wore to the mission, just made of different fabric prints.
* In ''[[
* The ''[[Inazuma Eleven]]'' series usually depicts characters wearing either their team uniforms, team tracksuits, or school uniforms, but some of the story characters also have additional set(s) of sprites depicting them in casual outfits, and the anime adaptation also depicts them in casual clothes whenever appropriate. The one major exception is our protagonist Endou, who seems to wear his soccer uniform or tracksuit in casual settings, [[Fridge Brilliance|although]] that ''is'' rather fitting for "the universe's number one soccer freak."
=== Web Comics ===
* Averted in ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]''. The characters wear all sorts of clothes, appropriate to the situation: they wear school uniforms most of the time, but they're shown in casual clothes on the weekends and in pajamas late at night. (When Zimmy and Gamma are seen in their uniforms late at night, it's a hint that something is off about them.) They also wear coats while going out during a cold night, and Annie wears a formal suit when going to a diplomatic meeting.
** Also, Kat (and to a lesser degree, Annie) changes her hairstyle every few chapters.
* ''[[Real Life Comics]]'' not only repeats the wardrobe (though it ''does'' change... every few years or so), but has lampshaded it via the closet-full-of-spares Lampshade Hanging on at least one occasion.
* ''[[Questionable Content]]'' actually uses the characters' outfits to promote the merchandise sold by its author, Jeph Jaques.
* The characters of ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' are always dressed the same way; when [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/4/23/ Gabe put on a suit and changed his hairdo], some readers couldn't recognize him.
* Justified and Lampshaded in this "ask the characters" strip of [http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/ask-the-cast-4/ Girls With Slingshots].
* Commonly assumed by ''[[Cyanide & Happiness]]'' comment section regulars, based on the solid-color tunics in the most common art style and the early recurring character Purple Shirted Eye Stabber. Eventually averted in [https://web.archive.org/web/20160514141157/http://explosm.net/comics/2562 #2562] by Matt and [http://explosm.net/comics/3726 #3726 by Rob], where a character is choosing which color shirt to wear.
=== Web Original ===
* Chapter 4 of ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20170802124754/http://www.revenant-braves.schala.net/ Circumstances of the Revenant Braves]'' reveals that not only do the characters have variable wardrobes outside of their school uniforms, but also that their school uniforms have alternate possibilities for cooler weather (ie, long sleeves).
* Averted in ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]]''. Aside from Captain Hammer; Billy, Penny, and Moist all change outfits, with Penny having the most changes of clothes, Billy in second place with a grand total of seven casual outfits, two versions of his lab coat (white and red), and Moist shows up in four different outfits for each of his appearances. Captain Hammer just has his superhero outfit with a slight variation of him wearing a leather jacket in the autographed photo one of the groupies was holding. Then again, this is Captain Hammer we're talking about.
** [[Informed Ability|Four sweater vests!]]
=== Western Animation ===
* One of the biggest exceptions to this convention is ''[[Totally Spies!]]'', in which the three central characters have a variety of unique outfits (when out of their uniforms).
* On ''[[As Told
* To some extent, ''[[All Grown Up!]]!''
* As mentioned above, Kimiko from ''[[
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' is in the middle ground.
** Kim and Ron have several situational clothes changes (mission wear [black shirt, black gloves, cargo pants; Kim's shirt [[Bare Your Midriff|shows her midriff]]], winter gear, cheer/mascot uniforms, default school/casual clothes [Kim: green tummy-baring top, blue pants; Ron: red shirt, brown cargoes]).
** The villains almost never change clothes, except Shego into swimwear.
** Starting in roughly the middle of the second season and continuing through almost all of season 3, Kim wore one or two different "civilian" outfits per episode. Even Ron wore a few new outfits. By the time season 3 ended, Kim's original outfit of green top/blue cargos hadn't been seen for so long it was viewed with a slight nostalgia.
** In season 4, an entire episode is dedicated to Kim's search for a new mission outfit. (After her usual outfit gets damaged, and Shego says, in a [[Lampshade Hanging]], "you wear the same thing season after season after season.")
** KP did another [[Lampshade Hanging]] - in one episode, Kim is undecided about what outfit to wear for picture day.
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** In another episode, Bonnie notes "You wear that stupid outfit everyday!"
** Also of note was one episode where a fashion designer launched a new line called "Kim-Style", based on Kim's mission clothes. At the end of the episode, a "Ron-Style" line was launched, based on Ron's red shirt and cargos look).
* ''[[
** Zuko and Aang both had new clothes in the end, befitting an appearance of something custom made for their position ({{spoiler|Fire Lord and Air Nomad Avatar}}), after suffering massive [[Clothing Damage]] during the [[Final Battle]], and everyone had new clothes when they were in Iroh's tea shop.
** For some reason, Nickelodeon has a habit of using only the outfit the characters debuted in for promotional material.
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* In ''[[Jem]]'', the Holograms and the Misfits have a large number of outfits over the course of the series.
* ''[[The Weekenders]]'', where the main four characters change clothes often; not just from episode to episode, but day to day. Additionally, they seem to have a pre-determined wardrobe at home: if you pay attention, you can see them mix-and-match clothes from previous episodes. Neat.
* Partially avoided in ''[[My Life
* In the ''[[An American Tail]]'' series this trope is for the most part followed, the only exceptions are in ''Fievel Goes West'' when Fievel's iconic blue hat is turned inside out and made into a cowboy hat, plus he later dons an off-white trenchcoat. And Tanya averts the trope in every movie, though only in ''Fievel Goes West'' does she change wardrobes mid-movie.
* Although the ''[[Histeria
* ''Histeria!'''s predecessor, ''[[
** Not so, actually. Yakko is taller.
* On ''[[
** Princess Bubblegum was shown in three different dresses, but she mostly wears the hot pink one.
* ''[[
* Princess Ilana from ''[[Sym
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