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** When Twilight, as part of her by-the-book slumber party plans, decides they should give each other makeovers, it involves this. Notably, Rarity actually [[ShownTheirWork explains correctly what the cucumbers are for]]. Applejack just eats hers. (Gets a call-back later when Rarity ends up covered in real mud and AJ, thinking quickly, sticks a pair of cucumber slices on her eyes to make her feel better).

** Spike, of all dragons, is relaxing with one at the spa with the girls in "Ponyville Confidential", when Rainbow Dash eats one of his slices. He reaches down her throat, gets it back, and puts it back on.

The facial mask is usually green, mud-colored or sometimes blueish, and may cause men to run screaming about a [[Cosmetic Horror scary monster]]. The slices of cucumber will be carefully placed over the eyes, their purpose unknown. Sometimes reasons given will be that it helps with bags under one's eyes or gives vitamins to one's skin or something. Often what the point of the cucumber is will be {{lampshade}}d, or someone will pick the cucumber off the person's face and eat it ForTheLulz.

The facial mask is usually green, mud-colored or sometimes blueish, and may cause men to run screaming about a scary monster. The slices of cucumber will be carefully placed over the eyes, their purpose unknown. Sometimes reasons given will be that it helps with bags under one's eyes or gives vitamins to one's skin or something. Often what the point of the cucumber is will be {{lampshade}}d, or someone will pick the cucumber off the person's face and eat it ForTheLulz.

* In an episode of ''MyNameIsEarl'', Joy is seen relaxing in a hottub with bread-and-butter pickles over her eyes.

* Yzma sleeps with one in ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove''. Kronk gets scared when he sees her.

** Rarity wears a mud mask and cucumbers when she sleeps, even when she travels with the others to Apple-loosa. Like Yzma above, she jolts awake, scaring everyone else.

** When Fluttershy and Rarity go to the spa in one episode, Rarity gets a cucumber facial to indicate her sense of high class taste and fixation on appearances. Fluttershy declines and instead only has the mud daubed onto her cheeks. (This may have been more so that she could still visibly emote during the scene.)

** When Twilight, as part of her by-the-book slumber party plans, decides they should give each other makeovers, it involves this. Notably, Rarity actually [[ShownTheirWork explains correctly what the cucumbers are for]]. And then Applejack just eats hers.

* In ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Katara and Toph get one of these in "Tales of Ba Sing Se"

* Possibly in ''{{Rugrats}}'', I think Angelica's mother may wear cucumbers on her eyes and mud on her face at a spa or just at home, and the babies think she's a monster or something. It fits with her character but I haven't been able to verify this. It's been a while.

* In ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipisMagic'', it crops up a few times:

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* One of the minigames in ''[[NancyDrew Resorting To Danger]]'' involves giving facials that take this trope UpToEleven, using various combinations of kiwi slices on the eyes, an orange slice on the mouth, and some kind of leaf on the nose.

* ''TigerAndBunny'''s Karina/Blue Rose has done this on occasion ("Hey, a superstar needs to take care of her skin, okay?"). She's more than a bit embarrassed when her crush walks into the room while she's in the middle of one.

* ''The Book of Biff'' plays with the trope by having Biff make [[{{Understatement}} an unfortunate mistake]] about what green vegetable [[http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2011/09/28/1377-sting/ goes on the eyes]].

* Yzma sleeps with one in ''TheEmperorsNewGroove''. Kronk gets scared when he sees her.

* This happens in ''{{Archer}}'', complete with a ghastly allergic reaction (which I've seen in RealLife).

* In ''DontTellMomTheBabysittersDead'', Rose suggests Sue Ellen relax after work by having a glass of wine and giving herself a cucumber facial.