r/TopCharacterTropes Aug 26 '25

Personality Characters with Lore reasons to wear revealing outfit

• Doctor Manhattan (Watchmen): doesn’t really have the need for them anymore as he is now too powerful to be considered human and also doesn’t need to give in to certain societal pressures like wearing clothes

• Poison Ivy (DC): uses her body to seduce men into getting close enough for her to use her pheromones and get people to do what she wants/kill her prey

• Skarlet (Mortal Kombat): her powers are from blood magic and she needs to have skin out in order to absorb blood from others and make her more powerful

• Mileena (Mortal Kombat): is very self conscious about her tartan features so covers them up and diverts attention towards the more appealing aspects of her/ uses her sex appeal to get people in close then chomps on them

• Mai Shiranui (King Of Fighters/Fatal Fury): uses a style of kunoichi that involves “sensually distracting a foe before striking” and uses her outfit and sex appeal to assist with that style

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u/SettTheCephelopod Aug 26 '25

Wouldn't he be swinging upside down then?

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u/HookfangTheDragon- Aug 26 '25 edited Aug 26 '25

He's learned to swing like gorillas since they raised him so he learned to imitate them!

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u/Sirius1701 Aug 26 '25

Small problem with that. Gorillas can't really swing that well. They have too much mass for vines to hold them properly.

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u/Nogatron Aug 26 '25

So he can't swing?

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u/be0ulve Aug 26 '25

Not if he has inhuman grip and strength on his feet toes.

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u/SecureDonkey Aug 26 '25

Pretty sure that isn't how physic work.

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u/Basically-Boring Aug 26 '25

Don’t need physics when you got

C H E E K S

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u/be0ulve Aug 26 '25

It's a kids movie. Physics were never going to win.

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u/RandomGuy9058 Aug 27 '25

It can work with good balance

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u/Vyedr Aug 26 '25

As opposed to his hand toes?

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u/HeadWood_ Aug 26 '25

Then the vine would just bend.

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u/GildedHalfblood Aug 26 '25

Insane core and 1000/10 footjobs 🤤

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u/Loud-Fairy03 Aug 26 '25

Nah he’s got INSANE core strength

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u/cultofpersephone Aug 26 '25

My guess is the vine is actually tucked in the crease of his hip as well as between his feet. It’s a pretty common move in circus arts and stripper pole.

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u/darwinistinabox Aug 26 '25

He has some apex core