It's fun to poke holes in the plots of movies or TV shows -- that's a big part of our business model. But if we're going to mock the ones who do it wrong, we should take time to give a tip of the hat to the ones who are so obsessive about getting it right. We're not simply talking about making sure nobody on Downton Abbey is seen with a Bluetooth in their ear, either -- this is stuff even the most dedicated fans would need a magnifying glass to catch.

6 The Clothes in Game of Thrones Tell the Characters' Stories (in Incredible Detail)

HBO

Continue Reading Below Advertisement

Game of Thrones contains some of the most complicated and unpredictable storylines in the history of television, largely because it is based on several thousand pages of painstakingly detailed political fantasy warfare. However, the producers of Game of Thrones have made it so that some of the characters have their arcs literally sewn into their clothing, which admittedly can be easy to miss in a show where everyone is naked all the time.

HBO

Continue Reading Below Advertisement

In this scene, Emilia Clarke's nudity symbolizes the character's nipples.

For example, in season one, Daenerys Targaryen starts out as a timid boner cushion sold to nomadic prince of violence Khal Drogo. However, by season three, Daenerys has transformed into an ass-beating warlord with a massive army and a retinue of freaking dragons, blazing her way through the desert and conquering every city-state she encounters along the way. As Daenerys grows into her role as the warmongering Mother of Dragons, her costume actually becomes more dragon-like:

HBO

Continue Reading Below Advertisement

Or maybe just more crusty. Astapor is a sweaty place.

Costume designer Michele Clapton created a series of seemingly-identical blue dresses for Daenerys to wear throughout seasons three and four, but if you look closely, you can see that the dresses gradually develop embroidered dragon scales. The differences become obvious when you compare the first and last episodes of the third season: