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"A big sword and a skimpy leather skirt? Must be adventurin' time!"
—Kat, Sequential Art
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"Her dress, it's just like my insurance plan: hardly covers anything."
—Nazareth
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Kid Devil: He has a point. A belly shirt is hardly a uniform. |
"And before anyone cries out that these kind of outfits, "distract the enemy," allow me to point out the fact that any villain worth his money isn't going to give a rat's ass if they're in body armor, much less these outfits — they're going to be running like hell and shooting back at whoever's pursuing them because they don't want to get CAUGHT. They'll shoot at a superhero whether she's starkers or fully-covered because they know what'll happen if they don't."
—Linkara, Sultry Teenage Super Foxes review
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Motoko: Why is it that women who fight in sci-fi and fantasy stories are always half-clothed? |
"And her special ability is somehow not dying while only wearing half the armour of the other guys."
—Unskippable, on Huxley
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"It may not look it, but this is actually our battle uniform. It affords little protection, but it does provide mobility — and it's fashionable!"
—A female guard, Final Fantasy IV
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"Lesson One: Don't mistake concealment for cover."
—Andrea Dalton, Code Geass Lelouch of Brittania
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Durkon: Tha's na leather armor! Leather armor be stiff an' boiled ta deflect blows. |
"It’s becoming really depressing that things actual strippers wear would be more functional that what comic book protagonists have on their bodies."
—Aaron Diaz, in a blog post about superhero redesigns
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"And you have to wear these dreary uniforms. I mean who could look good in this?"
—Guest Star Rachel Welsh explaining the downside of being a silver metal cat suited space commander to Mindy on Mork and Mindy
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Kokonoe: "No advice for you until you explain yourself... or rather, your shelf..." —Makoto's Help Me!! Professor Kokonoe!! segment, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend
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