Underoos!

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[Dusty the Royal Janitor]

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[Estee]

For those who haven't seen it yet: context.

[FanOfMostEverything]

My excitement is slightly tempered by the concern that he'll end up selling that shield to the devil.

[Estee]

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"But you trade one marriage...!"

[FanOfMostEverything]

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Been catching up on Atop the Fourth Wall. Can you tell?

[MaveriKat]

3803668 LOL! Well said.

[Crack-Fic Casey]

I just wish I knew what Underoos were.

[WorldSmith]

Costume still reminds me of this
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[Jordanis]

Okay, Spiderman coming home is great, but couldn't they have gotten someone older than 15 to voice him?

[Bumblebee Tuner]

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I believe under-ruse are a skin tight, full body, leotard or kigurumi outfit designed by Tom Finland with inspiration from Abercrombie Fitch and Superman... Danger Dolan might assume the japanese call them zentai suits becasue they were popularized by the yellow ranger, who really liked his spandex.

[Estee]

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Underoos are a line of kids' underwear, generally known for being brightly-hued and featuring prints or costume simulations of whatever characters are currently popular. For example, you might get this:

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But they're more often seen in top-and-bottom sets, like this:

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And these days, they come in adult sizes.

So for an endearing insult/identifier, it's very Tony. But... it's also a rather Tonyish way of pointing out that in the MCU, Peter? Is weird. Look at the "costumes" we've seen to date, and the quotes are justified. Up until the above moment, they fell into the following categories:

High-tech gear, mechanical powers: Tony, Scott, Sam
Body armor: Thor, Matt
Modified military uniforms/gear: Natasha, Clint, Steve
Street clothes: Wanda, Pietro (chafing!), Bruce
"Glitch in the matrix": Vision

So basically, everyone up until this point has gone with practicality, necessity, something assigned to them, or whatever was lying around at the time. The only full facial concealments are required by the gear itself. Colors tend to be muted and when they're not, they get dirty or smashed up very quickly. And no one has tried skintight Spandex.

Now, to some degree, this new assembly comes from necessity: we know that, even if the others are staring at him and thinking "...why?" The thing Peter needs most from his outfit is freedom of movement. (It's been noted a few times that body armor, while nice, tends to slow him down and just makes him get hit more.) He's one of the few with an actual secret identity and he's practical enough to realize that facial recognition software kind of exists, so he's covering everything: no fingerprints, no DNA traces, nothing left behind. If you look closely along the waistline, you'll see what's probably web fluid cartridges. And the eyepieces... if you listen very closely when the edges narrow in, there's a faint mechanical whirring sound: if I had to guess, I'd say we're looking at a homemade targeting system.

But still... look at the bright, easy-to-target colors: a jay among wrens and pigeons. The molding of fabric to skin. Theming to go with insignias, front and back.

Peter is the first character to really attempt an actual superhero costume. And with this crew, it very much makes him the odd man out.

Or perhaps... the kid among the adults.

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Tom Holland is nineteen, making him closer to Peter's starting age than the actors before him.

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At least for me, it's nice to partially avoid Dawson Casting for once. And as a special bonus, he's a theater dancer. You need that kind of athleticism when you're playing someone who basically created a one-man martial art...

[Jordanis]

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That's as may be, but he's still got that young teenager voice that makes me expect a whining diatribe against the other kids at school and especially their taste in music. I am having a big problem taking him seriously. Maybe they'll do something with that--that'd be cool, but I'd still find the voice grating.

[Andy-025]

3804293 I'm sorry but the Harley Quin one is very, very, very suggestive for a kids product

[Estee]

"Now, they are back, but not only for kids. For the guys, the sets come in men’s small through extra large. The women’s run the same range, but in junior sizes, so women should go up from their regular size when purchasing a set."

Because consistent sizing for women's clothing was prohibited by every holy book ever written.

So that's actually an adult size, labeled as a "junior."

(Insert rant about fashion industry here.)

[SWEETOLEBOB18]

Every genre has its conventions. Superheroes have more than most. For costumes, the rules are
You can always get a cool costume. Think about it, IRL how many guys would even know where to get a sewing machine? Never mind know how to use one.

You can always change when you need to (except for occasional comedic effect)s

Your costume will never be inconvenient. You can always wear it under your normal clothes & never be too hot. You can wear boots, capes, shields, whatever, under your clothes & no one will notice.

No one will ever find your costume.

Burst into flame, run at super sonic speed. Your powers will never harm it.

They got in to this a bit in The Incredibles

[Bumblebee Tuner]

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Thank you for clearing that up.

Unfortunately, now the government will put me in a special file for looking at children's underthings. After all, it only takes one time. . . and a back log of gateway transformation pr0n from deviantart, smackjeeves, and fchan going back a decade. Clearly, I'm in the planning stages of something really naughty.

Naturally, I watch southpark murder porn all the time. And, everyone knows Investigation Discovery, Law & Order, and Criminal Minds are the gateway into that sort of thing...

I've even looked up the Amazing World of Gumball recently, and everyone knows I've seen at least two generations of My Little Pony. *GASP* They'll be on me like white on rice soon, and I was so close to completing that first season of the Sabrina the Teenage Witch reboot.

Heavens to Betsy, how can I be trusted with children ever again?

[anguauberwald]

3804863 I would very much like to hear your fashion industry rant. I think I will relate. LOL.

[Andy-025]

3804863 "Only a Science Major could come up with this!"