Uniform Stealing Board

This topic has always interested me. I mean in reality attacking someone to steal his/her clothes (or uniform) and maybe his/her identity would obviously be a very serious crime, severely punished by law.
But in the movies? Or any other work of fiction? Often those attacked are either servants of the enemy or innocent extras who are, however, precisely extras and nobody cares about their fate.
When I watched movies with my ex, she laughed out loud when a hero (or a good guy in general) take out someone by stealing their clothes. And I often see this reaction when maybe I look at the reactions of some youtuber's films. So why do you think uniform theft has this effect? Simple identification?
Or is uniform theft just fun to watch on screen?

I'm guessing.....

- Convenience
- For laughs
- Sometimes the writer likes the scenario (yes it does happen)
- Filler sections in video games or to slow the pace down for a bit
- Plot twist to hide a characters fate (off screen muggings usually)
- Or just because the person making it might be a USB fan as a whole (again, it does genuinely happen)

.............That's all I got.

It's a good comedy beat, especially if we see the victim in underwear. Spaceballs has a famous bit like that.

There's also often comedic slapstick in the act of getting the uniforms that can be fun to watch.

In a lot of movies and TV shows, uniform stealing is played as a comedic bit. I imagine this is why a lot of uniform stealing scenes happen offscreen - it utilizes the comedic aspect of the action (stealing and wearing the clothes of another person) without showing the more brutal aspect (the knockout) that could detract from the comedy.

Disguises and subterfuge have been a part of comedy for a long time, presumably because audiences find it funny when a character pretends to be someone or something they're not. Uniform stealing just takes it a step further by detailing how the character gets her disguise and who she replaces.

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Hi everyone

Speaking as both a writer and as someone who loves the art of female/female disguise, I don't like it when something serious and badass as uniform stealing and the act of disguise is played for giggles by mainstream media. When it is in fact a serious business. I generally prefer it when a scene is played for realism in mind, rather than for comedy.


For me uniform/clothes stealing( for F/F only. We can leave men out of the picture) is a sexy but serious business. I don't derive humour from it, that's not the point. The point is deriving pleasure from the act of disguise and respecting the skills of the stealer. The idea of a woman taking out another woman (Lethal or otherwise) and stealing her clothes for covert or otherwise purposes is very sexy and arousing to me. As is the thought of seeing the victim either in her undies or naked.


I reflect this belief in my writing as much as I can. Of course, everyone is entitled to their opinions.

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tirepanted3 wrote: Thu Jul 13, 2023 6:30 pm In a lot of movies and TV shows, uniform stealing is played as a comedic bit. I imagine this is why a lot of uniform stealing scenes happen offscreen - it utilizes the comedic aspect of the action (stealing and wearing the clothes of another person) without showing the more brutal aspect (the knockout) that could detract from the comedy.

Disguises and subterfuge have been a part of comedy for a long time, presumably because audiences find it funny when a character pretends to be someone or something they're not. Uniform stealing just takes it a step further by detailing how the character gets her disguise and who she replaces.

Couldn't have said it better myself. The trope of a character tying up or otherwise subduing someone in order to take their place or steal an opportunity meant for them is also a comedy staple, so there's often a natural intersection of the two.

In all honesty you can make comedic takes out of many things that in reality would not be funny at all. Especially violence.

I mean take a look at this scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLvS_w9gy8g

For uniform stealing though I generally prefer a more serious tone...maybe the odd humorous quip that the female criminal might make as she puts on the victims clothes...but definitely not the whole scene done in a humorous manner.

Going onto something Stormtrooper has spoken about, The idea of males not being in such scenarios ....I'm pretty sure he is talking about the actual act of the takedown and clothes theft scene in itself as opposed to the entire movie, TV show or story being totally devoid of males.

I think male characters are absolutely vital in building up the world and universe as an overall collective ....and in a way they can help to temporarily take the focus off the hot female characters....so when we do finally get down to the nitty gritty of the scene now focused on the female/female uniform steal scene....the experience is heightened.

One issue I have often spoken of, that Saker touches on in his original post is the victim pretty much always being a "red-shirt" ...a random extra that has only been inserted into the story to be a brief one-time victim and then never seen or heard of again.

I find it so MUCH hotter if the victim is a well developed mainstay character. 3 examples of great potential victims

Would loved to have seen these characters get KO'd and stripped or forced to undress at gunpoint and have another female character don their clothes.

In a lot of movies and TV shows, uniform stealing is played as a comedic bit. I imagine this is why a lot of uniform stealing scenes happen offscreen - it utilizes the comedic aspect of the action (stealing and wearing the clothes of another person) without showing the more brutal aspect (the knockout) that could detract from the comedy.

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