Alright, had a chance to sit down and do some testing. Starting a fight after 3 defeats ("slut mode") with the clips removed does indeed initially show Mezz without them, but they re-appear once the sex starts.
Unfortunately I think I'm going to leave it as-is for now. Fixing would require a whole unique set of sex sprites without the clips, and code to check for slut mode, and I don't want to mess with the precarious coding of the battle engine on CS unless I have to. Thanks for letting me know though!