# Cartoon characters who don't wear same clothes all the time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945 "2015-03-01T18:51:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/1 "2015-03-01T18:51:18Z")
I know dressing cartoon characters in the same clothes makes sense–makes them easier to recognize, designing new outfits/getting approved can take time, etc. But are there any examples of shows or comic strips where characters do dress differently? The only one that comes to mind is a minor example: on Daria, after a few seasons, Quinn wore a long sleeved top that covered her belly, but she still wore it every day. (Plus, the fashion club was seen wearing different clothes on occasion–parties, etc.) Are there any other examples? ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/2 "2015-03-01T19:05:24Z")
The characters in _King of the Hill_ dressed the same most of the time, but not always. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/3 "2015-03-01T19:17:53Z")
Well, if you’re gonna include the occasional change you’d be better off listing those that never do. Even Mickey Mouse has zoot suits, and Bugs has drag. And any long-running show will stick their characters in tuxes and dresses, and holiday-relevant apparel. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/4 "2015-03-01T19:26:46Z")
Popeye usually wears blue trousers and a black jumper with a red collar, but sometimes he wears summer whites. He usually wears a combination cover, but occasionally wears a dixie cup cap. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/5 "2015-03-01T19:34:46Z")
Main characters on _The Venture Bros_. mostly (but not always) stuck to the convention of ‘iconic looks’ for the first season, but in subsequent seasons they’ve all mixed it up quite a bit. (Of course that’s in line with the creators’ subversive, meta-aware approach.) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/6 "2015-03-01T19:50:54Z")
The people on Archer usually wear the same clothes, but they have the same stuff in different colors. (And they have casual versus tactical outfits.) ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/7 "2015-03-01T21:17:33Z")
I can think of lots of little exceptions. For instance, the Quest team in Jonny Quest put on winter clothing when they went to Tibet/Nepal/Himalayas somewhere high and snowy. And Scuba suits underwater. And sometimes stripped down to swimsuits and went splashing. But mostly, they wore their “uniform” clothing. (One delightful sequence where Hadji’s shirt changed colors as he snuck past various barrels in a warehouse. The kid has so much magic, it just oozes out even when he doesn’t intend it!) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/8 "2015-03-01T21:35:05Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Popeye usually wears blue trousers and a black jumper with a red collar, but sometimes he wears summer whites. He usually wears a combination cover, but occasionally wears a dixie cup cap. Popeye’s character design changed in 1941. Up until that point he usually wore a dark shirt with a collar and a sea captain’s hat. Starting with the cartoon The Mighty Navy he wore the uniform of a sailor in the U.S. Navy. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/9 "2015-03-01T22:48:34Z")
Wile E Coyote had his regular fur suit, a singed suit, a charred suit and a completely burnt suit. Then there was his slinky suit, when he had that problem with the big Acme spring. ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/10 "2015-03-02T02:56:53Z")
In **X-men: Evolution** (which was occasionally very decent) the main characters each had two or three different outfits that they appeared in, not including their superhero costumes. ---
**Author:** ![EPoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f6c823/32.png) [@EPoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EPoch)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/11 "2015-03-02T03:16:38Z")
If we’re counting anime, then _Bleach_, not counting school or “work” uniforms, the main and some minor characters tend to wear different clothes each day. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/12 "2015-03-02T04:26:52Z")
How about animated cereal mascots? Quake (of [Quisp and Quake](http://images.sodahead.com/profiles/0/0/1/7/4/2/3/4/5/qqc-13205518323.jpeg) fame) had a prominent makeover circa 1969. [He’d been a miner with a flashlight hardhat, but they remade him into a kind of cowboy character.](http://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal/quakes_two.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/13 "2015-03-02T04:30:42Z")
Also, google “batman animated bruce wayne images” and “superman animated lois lane images”. Bruce Timm gave these two in particular varied wardrobes. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/14 "2015-03-02T04:44:05Z")
Dirty Pair. Kei and Yuri’s costumes changed a little bit over the years. Not a lot, but they changed. Sometimes their skimpy, revealing halter tops buttoned at the top leaving a [diamond-shaped cleavage display](http://animationaficionados.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dirty_pair.jpg), whereas other times they were [completely open except for one button at the bottom](http://www.projectharuhi.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/vlcsnap-2010-09-01-03h26m18s214.jpg). Sometimes, [one wore skimpy liquid silver and the other wore skimpy liquid gold](http://www.rightstuf.com/rsstatic/nozomiEntertainment/seriesSites/dirtyPair/screenshots/dirty-pair-TV-1-screenshot08.jpg), while other times they both wore [skimpy liquid silver with red or blue accents](http://outgoing.rightstuf.com/sleeves/rsdvd1262.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/15 "2015-03-02T05:07:21Z")
Doesn’t the guy (Rob?) in _Get Fuzzy_ go through regular clothing changes? ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/16 "2015-03-02T05:10:19Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Doesn’t the guy (Rob?) in _Get Fuzzy_ go through regular clothing changes? Are they animated? (Not trying to be a dick here; A: They might be, I don’t know B: The OP didn’t specify animation, but that’s what we’ve been sticking to. Otherwise, Brenda Starr ALONE…) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/17 "2015-03-02T05:19:30Z")
Not a cartoon, but Gilligan, Skipper and The Professor always wore the same thing, but none of the other castaways did. It only follows, then, that on wash days, those three got into the drawers of the others. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/18 "2015-03-02T05:29:49Z")
> [@SecretaryofEvil](#): > > In **X-men: Evolution** (which was occasionally very decent) the main characters each had two or three different outfits that they appeared in, not including their superhero costumes. The whole “super” genre tends to do that; in the case of teen heroes, there is often some sort of school uniform, plus the super suit, plus some sort of non-uniform. And at least one episode where everybody is going to a fancy party. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/19 "2015-03-02T13:00:23Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > Are they animated? (Not trying to be a dick here; A: They might be, I don’t know B: The OP didn’t specify animation, but that’s what we’ve been sticking to. Otherwise, Brenda Starr ALONE…) The OP specifically included comic strips in the question. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945/20 "2015-03-02T13:04:42Z")
On Sophia the First, the characters usually wear the same clothes (purple gown for Sophia, yellow for her stepsister Amber) but as the series has been on for a while, and Disney sells dolls based on them, it’s unsurprising that more and more they have extra clothing. Sophia’s is often purple, though. She has a purple riding outfit, a purple exercise outfit, etc. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-characters-who-dont-wear-same-clothes-all-the-time/713945.md?page=2)