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== [[Advertising]] ==
* This [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7jkygJ_QNo Pepsi Ad] featuring [[Britney Spears]], [[Beyonce]], [[Pink]], and [[Enrique Iglesias]] in
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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** In ''One Piece: Gold'', this Trope overlaps with [[Bling of War]] with [[The Dragon|Baccarat's]] golden bikini. Of course, given the [[Squishy Wizard| nature of her powers]], the outfit probably wasn't designed with fighting in mind.
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', Zeigfried's Valkyries have midriff-bearing armor. But then, for Duel Monsters, armor tends to be solely cosmetic.
* Subverted in ''[[Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?]]'' In one episode, Mamako tries on armor like this in an armor shop, only for [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents|Masato to scream in horror]] and convince her not to buy it.
* In ''[[Kill la Kill]]'' (a show with unapologetic fanservice and [[Ryona]] up the wazoo) , all the [[Action Girl]] characters wear [[Blood Magic]] powered armor of this type. The armor is, in fact, ''very'' useful in a variety of ways, but ''not'' in the way most armor is.
== Art ==
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== Fan Works ==
* In ''[[With Strings Attached]]'', John and Ringo encounter one of these while going through the Idris' attic, prompting the observation, “Christ, it'd rub your nipples right off.”
* [https://www.deviantart.com/nathanomir/art/Captain-Cancel-2-1023323969 Lampooned here], where the scantily clad heroine tells [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys|"Captain Cancel"]] (who seems to embody the conservative claim of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancel_culture "cancel culture"]) that insisting "fantasy armor" should be "practical" is a contradiction of terms.
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* ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'', of course, though Xena's own armor is not a particularly heavy offender. Xena's regular outfit isn't very skimpy (though it does wonders at enhancing Lucy Lawless' modest bust), but most of the alternate armors she would end up wearing in different locales (such as when she goes to Japan) definitely fall into this trope. It's played straight with the leather armor worn by the [[Took a Level in Badass|shorter-haired]], [[Sai Guy|sai-wielding]] Gabrielle later in the series, and with most secondary female characters, e.g. Callisto (someone who is that [[Ax Crazy]] might want a little more protection before going into battle...)
** Every amazon to ever appear on ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys|Hercules]]'' or ''Xena'' follows this trope, except for Chilapa in "Endgame".
* Female Klingon warriors in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' wear the same armor as the males, except with a noticeable
* The Valkyries in ''[[Charmed]]'' dress in revealing leather outfits. And of course, when the Charmed sisters have to rescue Leo from being captured by these Valkyries, naturally the plan they come up with involves [[Dressing as the Enemy]].
* Somewhat justified in ''[[Cleopatra 2525]]'', where the heroines had force fields for protection.
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* Sonya Blade's bulletproof vest in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]''. Seriously, she actually claimed [https://www.pinterest.com/pin/308707749429571086/ this getup] was a Kevlar vest.
* [[Hot Amazon|Tyris Flare]] from ''[[Golden Axe]]'', though to be fair, [[Barbarian Hero| Axe Battler]], the male lead, [[Walking Shirtless Scene| doesn't wear much either]].
* Standard [[Proud Warrior Race Girl|Garudo]] attire in ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' franchise, but then, seeing as they live in the hotter desert regions of Hyrule, they have an excuse.
== Web Original ==
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** One of the "[http://www.cracked.com/article_19922_5-prejudices-that-video-games-cant-seem-to-get-over.html 5 Prejudices That Video Games Can't Seem to Get Over]".
** One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ "31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games"] is that "the less it covers, the more it protects."
* ''[[Nodwick]]'' tends to avoid this, with female characters wearing practical armor, but in [https://comic.nodwick.com/?comic=2001-01-20 this early strip], Nodwick returns from "HenchCon" and is very upset that many hireling guilds are offering escort services with female escorts dressed like this.
== Web Comics ==
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