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== Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[Angelic Layer]]'', Sai's angel Shirahime once shed her coat during a key battle.
* ''[[Bleach]]''
** When [[Badass Grandpa|Captain-Commander Yamamoto]] fights he loses his haori to reveal his incredibly muscled chest and arms.
** In the fight against Yoruichi, Second Squad Captain Soi Fon takes off her captain's coat, revealing her Special Forces uniform. Said uniform exposes the shoulders and back due to the fact that Shunkou, causing high spiritual pressure to accumulate at the shoulders and back, would blast away the fabric at said places.
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* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'''s Edward Elric (pictured above) takes off his coat when getting into serious battles, but he also inverted this at one point. After some downtime while hiding from the enemy, he made himself a new coat, even though it would allow him to be identified easily. Putting the coat on was his way of saying he was done running.
* Similar to ([[Older Than They Think|and perhaps the inspiration for]]) the ''[[Gurren Lagann]]'' example below is one from ''[[G Gundam]]''. {{spoiler|After Domon tells her that he loves her, Rain breaks free from the Devil Gundam. As she's naked, Domon swiftly covers her with his cloak. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|They then destroy the Devil Gundam once and for all in a CrazyAwesome manner.]]}}
* ''[[Hellsing]]''
** Alucard gets stronger as he loses his coat; as the various pieces of clothing he wears act as a means to restrict his vast and considerable power, it's a [[Justified Trope]].
** Integra dramatically rips hers off in response to the Major's "Come, let us make war!" It would be a [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]] moment, except that it's awesome.
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* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'''s Fate Testarossa does this with her [[Fragile Speedster|Sonic Form]], and later Sonic Drive.
* There's a running joke among the ''[[Naruto]]'' fandom that any Akatsuki member who takes off or loses their cloak in a fight will be dead by the end of that battle.<ref>So far, this has been the case every single time.</ref> However, that also means that whoever they're fighting is tough enough for them to play for keeps.
:It should be noted that only three of them ({{spoiler|Sasori, Kisame, and Kakuzu}}<ref>Four if you count Asura Pain.</ref>) took off their cloaks intentionally. The rest lost theirs as a result of [[Clothing Damage]], except for {{spoiler|Hidan and Deva Pain}} who just had theirs ripped open. However, when Konan fights {{spoiler|Tobi}}, {{spoiler|Konan dies with her cloak still on (although it opens a little after she dies)}}, while {{spoiler|Madara survives despite losing his cloak}}.▼
▲It should be noted that only three of them ({{spoiler|Sasori, Kisame, and Kakuzu}}<ref>Four if you count Asura Pain.</ref>) took off their cloaks intentionally. The rest lost theirs as a result of [[Clothing Damage]], except for {{spoiler|Hidan and Deva Pain}} who just had theirs ripped open. However, when Konan fights {{spoiler|Tobi}}, {{spoiler|Konan dies with her cloak still on (although it opens a little after she dies)}}, while {{spoiler|Madara survives despite losing his cloak}}.
▲* ''[[One Piece]]''--
** Weirdly zig-zagged with Luffy; he takes off his iconic hat when things look rough... then puts it ''back on'' when things get serious.
** The Strawhat crew tends to wear environment-specific clothing over their normal getups, perhaps specifically so they can invoke this trope and take them off (as in the final set of fights in the Alabasta arc).
** In the movie tie-in Chapter 0, [[Badass Grandpa|Garp]] and [[Authority Equals Asskicking|Sengoku]] use the [[Badass in a Nice Suit|nice suit variant]], flinging off their coats before fighting [[Power Floats|Shiki]].
* ''[[Pokémon Special]]''
** At one point, Crystal takes off her coat that she always wears while going off to save a boat belonging to Bill the Pokemaniac by capturing a Flaafy and a Dunsparce that were attacking the boat. She leaves the coat off until she goes to rescue him from a cluster of Staryu at an amusement park. At that point, it is revealed that the shirt she wears underneath her coat is sleeveless and that she wears wristbands underneath its sleeves.
** And in a more traditional example, Giovanni and Red both do this before the climactic battle in the FRLG arc.
* ''[[Ranma ½
** After arriving [[Big Damn Heroes|in the nick of time]] to <s>interfere</s> help out with Akane's match against the [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Dojo Destroyer]], Ranma smiles smugly and takes off her Chinese jacket, then pulverizes the foe in a single panel. One wonders why she even bothered taking it off.
** A more reasonable occurrence during the first duel with Mousse. After having his [[Hyperspace Arsenal|Hidden Weapons]] style mocked mercilessly, [[Shirtless Scene|he sheds his long robes]] (where most of his weapons were hidden), assumes a firm combat stance, and [[Let's Get Dangerous|declares that he will fight Ranma]] [[Blatant Lies|hand-to-hand]].
* In ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', Seijuro Hiko is Kenshin's master. He's the thirteenth Seijuro Hiko: every master of Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu has to [[Klingon Promotion|''slay'' his predecessor to achieve the full mastery of the style]] and inherit their supreme techniques, [[Legacy Character|the name]] and the [[Badass Longcoat]], a loaded one that compresses his back, chest and upper arms muscles, developing them but also acting as a power limiter. It's also hinted that, [[Justified Trope|without it, you wouldn't be able to use the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu for too long, as it hurts the body due to the extreme effort that is needed to use it]]. So, for the final test, Hiko throws his coat... and shows his terrific muscles, while Kenshin's face claim "[[Oh Crap]]".
* In ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'', Yukimura dons a cloak bearing the Takeda emblem for most of the second season. However, faced with a humongous mechanical fortress, he throws it away to reveal the emblem of the Sanada on his back, signifying how he has finally become his own man. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|He then proceeds to stop the fortress' advance single-handed, with a pair of spears]].
** Similarly, in the movie he rips off his [[Badass Longcoat]] {{spoiler|that represents his status as the commander of the Takeda army}} before he and Masamune go at each other, signaling that his desire to fight Masamune is personal and unrelated to the Takeda and the Date being enemies.▼
▲Similarly, in the movie he rips off his [[Badass Longcoat]] {{spoiler|that represents his status as the commander of the Takeda army}} before he and Masamune go at each other, signaling that his desire to fight Masamune is personal and unrelated to the Takeda and the Date being enemies.
* In ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', Simon takes off his coat to cover the naked Nia, freed from the Anti-Spiral. Keep in mind here that [[Fan Service|without his coat, Simon is shirtless save for a man-corset.]]
** ''[[The Movie|Lagann-hen]]'' has Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann take off his [[Rule of Cool|cape made out of red Spiral flames]] to unleash its [[Finishing Move|Giga Drill Break]].
* Thorkell literally tears his coat off when fighting Thorfinn for the last time in ''[[Vinland Saga]]''.
* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'': If the character is male and wearing a coat, vest or other article of clothing on his torso, it will be discarded as soon as things get serious. Especially if that character is [[Walking Shirtless Scene|Gray]].
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