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* In the ''[=~Diana: Warrior Princess~=]'' universe, one of the powers of royalty is that they never get dirty.

* ''[=~Yo-Jin-Bo~=]'' has you and your team of bodyguards running through a forest and fighting ninja. Both [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished Sayori/Hatsuhime]] and the guys remain equally clean, with untattered clothes, despite the amount of bloodshed the guys cause. Shoot, even when they're said to be injured in text, it never shows up in the art.

* The [[TheBluesBrothers Blues Brothers]] have full black suits that NEVER get dirty or damaged. Until they become coated in mud. That's when you know they're in trouble.

** To be fair, the reason most people like to wear black is because dirt and such are hard to notice.

* This is parodied in the JackieChan movie ''TheTuxedo''. The tuxedo not only can fight, but it's impossible to damage.

* Oh, lordy. Most old westerns did this. TheLoneRanger never got mussed, despite the fact that his shirt was light blue and his pants were tan. Neither did GeneAutrey or RoyRogers. JohnWayne never got mussed, either. In fact, it was so pervasive in westerns that it was parodied in ''TheVillain'' -- ArnoldSchwarzenegger is dressed all in white and he still never gets dirty.

* How about Fraser from ''DueSouth''? Vecchio once ranted to him: "Does dirt not stick to you? Were you Scotchgarded at birth?!?"

* Rachel from ''{{Animorphs}}'' appears to have superpowers along these lines. Other characters frequently comment on it in their narration.

* Played with and lampshaded in ''TheLastActionHero'', in a scene where Jack Slater falls into a pool of oil and emerges completely covered. The camera cuts away briefly as he begins wiping himself off, and when it cuts back a few seconds later he is completely clean.

* Played with in ''MenInBlack''. They get dirty a couple of times but are always fresh as a daisy in the next scene.

* In the original ''RandallAndHopkirkDeceased'', Hopkirk (Deceased) had the standard in-universe ghost's outfit, a pristine white suit. Since it had to be kept clean to indicate his ghostly nature, the actor - Kenneth Cope - was forever having to change suits when he got marks on them; at the end of the series, he apparently amused himself by jumping, in-costume, into a pool of dirty water, changing, and then doing it again, and again, and again, until he'd messed up every last one.

* ''TheSuffering'' series uses this as part of the moral barometer. Good Torque stays clean and his family photograph he was carrying perfectly intact despite any lack of carrying case and the fighting he's involved in. Neutral Torque [[spoiler: which is still pretty bastardy but not psychopathic given the backstory]] ends up dirty with some photograph damage. Evil Torque looks less healthy on top of that and the photograph majorly degraded.

In other words, the BulletproofFashionPlate is a SpearCounterpart of BeautyIsNeverTarnished. Compare ImprobableHairstyle and MagicPants. Such people are often DressedToKill.

In other words, the BulletproofFashionPlate is a SpearCounterpart of BeautyIsNeverTarnished. Compare ImprobableHairstyle and MagicPants.

** There are aversions for dramatic effect though, the ''Lost Galaxy'' and ''Time Force'' Red Rangers both had their visors shattered.

* ''TheSuffering'' series uses this as part of the moral barometer. Good Torque stays clean and his family photograph he was carrying perfectly intact despite any lack of carrying case and the fighting he's involved in. Neutral Torque [[spoiler: which is still pretty bastardy but not psychopathic given the backstory.]] ends up dirty with some photograph damage. Evil Torque looks less healthy on top of that and the photograph majorly degraded.

* Samuel Steele from ''[[TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck Hearts of the Yukon]]'' by DonRosa. [[TheAce A superintendent of the North-Western Mounted Police]] does not get... 'Muddy'. Nor, for that matter, 'blown-up'.

* In ''{{GURPS}}'' you can also buy special fabrics that shed dirt and sweat instantly, preventing you from looking messy but not much else.

* Lampshaded in the comic ''TheZombieHunters'' [[http://www.thezombiehunters.com/index.php?strip_id=92 here]]

* The cape of a warden cannot be stained with blood in ''TheDresdenFiles'', and clothing damage is almost nonexistent for anyone with the proper spells on their [[ElementalCrafting cloth armor]]. Muck, bruises, cuts, and any gunge on the skin itself, on the other hand (especially on Harry), tends to avert this with a vengeance for anyone who's not a high-level [[TheFairFolk magical being]]. (For said high level magical beings, the rule that "if his/her hair is mussed, we're all boned" still holds, and thus plays the entire trope straight for them.)

* Explored in ''TheColdfireTrilogy.'' SmugSnake Gerald Tarrant is always impeccably neat in beautiful clothes, no matter how much mud or char or fire they have to slog through. It soon becomes obvious that he is using magic to maintain his appearance, as he's incredibly vain. There's even one instance in the second book where he's half-dead from overextending his powers, but he still pauses in the middle of enemy territory to use his almost-drained powers to clean himself up.