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Spy Catsuit

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During any infiltration or stealth operation, the female lead will wear an impossibly tight catsuit. It's almost always black, may be shiny leather or latex. It's never a camo pattern, and it can't have pockets. There will often be a single zipper on the front, which will result in Absolute Cleavage when it's unzipped. The suit will frequently be accompanied by ridiculous high heels. If you see someone in one of these, there's little she can say to convince you she's not a spy or a fetishist (unless It's a Sci-Fi series).

The writers may try to justify it, saying it's a stealth garment with sensor defeating propertiesβ€”so she's seductively slathered herself in Applied Phlebotinum. It could be for freedom of movement (a Critical Research Failure if the outfit is leather). It could be that she just swam up to the facility and can't ditch the wetsuit. In reality, it's to make the inevitable climbing, shimmying, flipping and belly-crawling through a Laser Hallway look that much more like a lapdance. Shows up in most Spy Drama shows.

Shows up in most Spy Drama shows. Any action show that puts a female character through an infiltration scene will use it.

Mostly used with at least a wink these days. Often extremely shiny, with vertical lines that accentuate the lady's...assets, against all logic.

Examples

Black Widow (pictured above), originally an Iron Man/Daredevil/Avengers/SHIELD/Spider-Man nemesis and later a member of The Avengers and The Champions, wore catsuits as a constant, often working alongside SHIELD.

Catwoman almost always, but not always, wears these.

Jakita Wagner from Planetary wears one, likely in homage to Emma Peel.

Selene in Underworld wears one of these constantly. She's not actually a spy (she's closer to an assassin), but often has to be stealthy - she is a vampire, after all. The sequel explains her instantaneous Vampire Healing Powers but never mentions the fact that her suit seems to heal itself as well.

Trinity in The Matrix trilogy.

In Resident Evil 5, Jill Valentine sports a dark purple one while under Wesker's control. She has subsequently appeared in it in Resident Evil: Afterlife and Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Even after she's free from Wesker's control, she still wears it when aiding Josh Stone in the DLC, Desperate Escape.

The usual outfit of Kitty from T.U.F.F. Puppy. Bonus points since she's, y'know, a cat.

Quite a lot of the outfits for Nina Williams from Tekken are spy catsuits, given that she's an assassin.

In Lupin III, one of Fujiko Mine's outfits is a black leather spy catsuit which she frequently doesn't zip up all the way.
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ShonenJump4eva's avatar
Don't forget the stars of Totally Spies...sans the black.