Shameless Fanservice Girl
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The "other half" of how Nudism is portrayed in the media, used less often than the Innocent Fanservice Girl variation -- ironic, due to this being technically speaking a more realistic approximation of nudist beliefs.
The key difference between a Shameless Fanservice Girl and an Innocent Fanservice Girl is that while the Innocent Fanservice Girl's lack of a nudity taboo is based on the fact that she never knew of its existence -- i.e., she's too innocent to know better -- the Shameless Fanservice Girl knows ... she just doesn't care. She ignores nudity taboos by choice and couldn't care less who's disturbed by it.
This doesn't necessarily mean she prances around the streets in the nude 7. Perhaps she's just the type who spends all of her private time in her house without clothing, or only goes nude when she feels safe doing so, such as at the beach. But whatever the reasoning and specifics, the key factor is that she does understand that nudity is typically frowned upon by people... just not by her.
Her amount of consideration to people who are uncomfortable around her nudity can vary. Sometimes she will get dressed just for the sake of her house guests; other times she'll have a "screw you" attitude and not let the disturbed countenance of her house guests persuade her to stop being naked if she wants to be. It pretty much depends on what kind of person she is.
Satirical or comedic versions frequently have her facing no repercussions at all (much like her innocent sister-trope), or only comedic ones. Sometimes for extra comedic effect, her nudity will only be noticed by one person whilst being ignored by everyone else for no apparent reason. More serious portrayals will tend towards the discreet -- characters that reject the taboo but otherwise do not make it an issue, or only in semi-private situations where they are within their rights to decide what to wear -- or rather, what not to.
One specific caveat -- while this trope can overlap with Attention Whores, it is not a subtrope. That is to say, this is not "the exhibitionism trope", but rather, "the knowingly unashamed trope." This does not preclude a rare Attention Whore who is also a Shameless Fanservice Girl, but it is not a requirement. The polar opposite of Reluctant Fanservice Girl.
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[edit] Examples
[edit] Anime & Manga
- Mitsuka-sensei (page picture) from DearS is this in spades, and even the horny male teenagers in her class are turned off by her (despite being very attractive aesthetically) because of how far she takes this trope.
- Haruhi Suzumiya: The main female character, Haruhi, doesn't have a problem with changing in public and doesn't care who sees her naked, and if they are bothered by it.
- As time goes on she reaches a point where she refuses to change with Kyon in the room and screams at him to get out when he won't take a hint.
- Yoshinoya-sensei from Hidamari Sketch she always tells her students that she can model nude if they wanted.
- Erza Scarlet from Fairy Tail mentions in one episode that maybe she should walk around the guild naked.
- Not to mention her often Impossibly Cool and Fanservicy clothes, and she had no problem fighting half-naked with people that are her enemies and may or may not hate. It didn't help that she's been basically Raised By Wolves.
- Rachel Stanley from Kenichi The Mightiest Disciple has no problem exposing herself more in order to gain more attention.
- Blair from Soul Eater.
- Template:Ranma is a bit of a downplayed version of this. He doesn't hate clothes; he just really doesn't care about whether he's naked or not. He's been known to go topless in front of men without batting an eyelid and has used his female form's good looks to tease men into giving him what he wants or needs. It's usually through Akane covering him up with clothes or a towel that he preserves any modesty.
- Then again, he could dislike clothes. We do see him at home in nothing but boxers quite a bit.
- Shampoo acts this way when she's trying to seduce Ranma. She simply doesn't have any problem with showing up in his bathroom naked.
- Yoruichi Shihouin of Bleach. She claims this is because she spends so much time in cat form that she forgets to wear clothes, but chances are she just does it to fluster Ichigo.
- Both. At the very first, it was because she spent so much time in cat form, but she finds Ichigo's flusteration funny. She was wearing only a shirt at one point and flipped the bottom up to make him blush shortly thereafter.
- Then of course there is that wonderful hot spring scene, where Yoruichi strips, Ichigo protests, and when he looks she's a cat. After a few moments of conversing he looks back and she's still naked, but now human. This was specifically meant to make Ichigo flustered.
- She also seems to just find it far more comfortable to not wear clothes.
- There's also Matsumoto acting like a shameless hussy around her Shota-looking captain, wearing revealing clothes/costumes and flirting with Anything That Moves.
- Mio in Natsu De Matteru is a deconstruction of this trope -- having been raised as a nudist her whole life she was never raised with a nudity taboo. However, instead of having the standard effect on her personality it actually causes her a lot of self confidence problems -- she's convinced that she's a weirdo in comparison to everyone else. She still doesn't wear clothing around the house, can't sleep with clothes on (even in group situations), and can't remember to wear underwear, but altogether she's humiliated by the fact that she's a "weird nudist" more than anything else. Ironically, or perhaps part of the deconstruction, she wears fairly conservative outfits for the most part (even going so far as to wear a hooded sweatshirt to the pool), and is the first anime and manga character on this list to actually call themselves a nudist, instead of just randomly deciding not to wear clothes when Fanservice calls for it.
- In Battle Athletes (not to be confused with Battle Athletes Victory, the remake) Kris Christopher camly parades around the room she shares with her teammates completely naked as it's part of her religion. The other girls are not particularly thrilled about this.
- Saori Shikikagami from Ladies Versus Butlers! sees no problem with stripping on any given occasion. Even if it's by accident, she still treats it as no big deal. Her sister Sanae tries to keep her under control, but it doesn't work very well.
- In To Aru Majutsu No Index, Accelerator and Last Order's adoptive parents often go around nude in their apartment. Accelerator doesn't really care.
- Shigure of Kenichi The Mightiest Disciple. She does get pissed when Kensei Ma attempts to peek on her in the bath, but could care less about bathing with Kenichi, and doesn't even bother to lock the door to her room when she changes.
- Mami of Esper Mami is a strange variant -- her father's a painter, and she works for him as a nude model. As a result, she has no hang ups about being nude, especially at home.
[edit] Cartoos
- The nudist Campbell family from Family Guy somehow go nude in public without more serious repercussions than their son getting bullied. They either ignore or fail to notice how disconcerting Peter and Lois initially find their nudity, and since nobody asks them politely to get dressed, it's hard to tell which.
- The cast of Futurama tend to bounce around this. In some episodes, public nudity is completely normal, while in others, you can be arrested for streaking. Hilariously, the most common offender is Professor Farnsworth.
[edit] Comics
- Starfire is like this in the original Teen Titans comics. In the 2011 reboot, she's more of a Ms Fanservice with an unhealthy dose of Ethical Slut.
- So is Magical Native American Rainmaker in Gen 13, which is fitting seeing how she's an expy of Storm.
- Reka in The Secret History is frequently naked and knows exactly what effect she has on men.
- Titular character in Lady S has absolutely no problem escaping a house in her underwear. She once had to climb a roof, and removed her dress because it wasn't practical, rather than tearing it.
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[edit] Fan Works
- This perfectly describes the main characters of Hogwarts Exposed.
[edit] Movies
- Trash from Return Of The Living Dead likes hanging out at graveyards naked, and the idea of asking anybody for something to wear does not occur to her for the rest of the movie.
- Well, she does grab someone's vest when the Trioxin-tainted rain starts to fall, but in that case her concern is protection instead of modesty. She never does find any pants.
- Mystique from the X Men films does not give a damn about the implications of being naked all the time. It helps that her privates are naturally covered by blue scales and she probably doesn't feel the cold. It also helps that she can shapeshift the appearance of clothes onto herself when impersonating others, so actual clothing would be an impediment.
[edit] TV
- Olivia Munn shows the attitude of this trope in this video from Attack Of The Show.
- The infamous Australian soap opera Number 96 had Miss. Hemmingway, a compulsive nudist who was in therapy to try and cure her dysfunction. She often "appeared" in the lobby of the resident psychiatrist character's office.
- Zhaan from Farscape belongs to a species with no nudity taboo. She does wear clothes most of the time, though it's used for Fanservice at least once. She knows exactly how other life forms are likely to react to her nudity. Including Squick in case of the non-humanoid Rygel.
[edit] Webcomics
- Tales Of Gnosis College: Both Ashley Madder and Laura Sato-Bevilaqua seem to fit this trope.
- Grace progresses from Innocent Fanservice Girl to this after realizing her preference for nudity has sexual connotations to most people. She still doesn't agree with humankind's nudity taboo, but can fake it well enough to get along with people.
- Guenevere in Arthur King Of Time And Space. Her family are naturists, and she tends not to wear clothes if she doesn't have to (and Paul can keep the art worksafe).
- Zeetha in Girl Genius. After being accidentally stripped down to her very short leather bikini, she doesn't bother to search for clothes for dozens of pages.
- Lucrezia. She removed her dress, just because she's more interested in looking at her new body than she is in modesty. At this point, she wears quite modest underwear, but someone else would be ashamed of being in this clothes in front of a guy.
- Many of the girls in Fansadox, even before they're made to do it.
- The twins in Confiscated Twins shamelessly strip and kiss in front of the Basement Dweller Villain Protagonist just to tease him.
- Anna in Birthday Gift, arguably, is one of the few girls who is not forced to look and act like a complete whore, and actually gets off on it.
[edit] Web Original
- This is the whole idea behind the Naked Vlog trend on Template:You Tube.
- Faun Reinaka of Tasakeru. Her whole species tends to be like this.
- Some of the female characters of The Erotic Mind Control Story Archive, again, some of them even before they're forced to be this.
[edit] Notes
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