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* ''WebAnimation/DingoDoodles'': In Episode 34, Sips, Erina, Jack and Masika are sneaking into a library/research facility with Jack and Erina, initially under a 10-minute invisibility spell. When the spell wears off, Sip warns them it's too expensive to recast that day and that they'll have to use stealth; Erina scoffs, saying she's the "epitome of stealth", until Sip's angrily points out as a [[spoiler:former]] MagicalGirlWarrior, she leaves [[InstantlyProvenWrong glitter everywhere she goes]]... and off on the path they just traversed are piles of pink glitter.

* Scientists have called for a ban on glitter as it is a microplastic that can leach hormonal disruptors into the environment. Plastic glitter also takes about one thousand years to biodegrade, making it a ''long-lasting'' environmental hazard that can affect countless organisms.

* One episode of ''Series/ForensicFiles'' details a case where traces of glitter are used to prove the victim was in a suspect's car after she was murdered.

* The messy nature of glitter is often exploited in the form of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitter_bombing glitter bombs]], where glitter is thrown at the target for varying reasons, mainly as an act of protest by activists or as a prank.

-->'''Erina:''' I'm ''trying'' to keep up [[EverythingIsBetterWithSparkles an ascetic]]! %%aesthetic?

* ''WebAnimation/ChiknNuggit'': One [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10ty_rHd1ew short]] features Iscream and Fwench Fwy discussing glitter. While Fwench Fwy likes glitter for [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles how it brightens everything up]], Iscream, being a {{Troll}}, admits to liking it because it can't be gotten rid of once it gets into something.

* ''WebAnimation/DingoDoodles'': In episode 34 Sips, Erina, Jack and Masika are sneaking into a library/research facility with Jack and Erina initially under a 10 minute invisibility spell. When the spell wears off Sip warns them it's too expensive to recast that day and that they'll have to use stealth, Erina scoffs saying she's the "epitome of stealth" until Sip's angrily points out as a [[spoiler:former]] MagicalGirlWarrior she leaves [[InstantlyProvenWrong glitter everywhere she goes]]... and off on the path they just traversed are piles of pink glitter.
-->'''Erina:''' I'm ''trying'' to keep up [[EverythingIsBetterWithSparkles an ascetic]]!

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* ''WebAnimation/DingoDoodles'': In episode 34 Sips, Erina, Jack and Masika are sneaking into a library/research facility with Jack and Erina initially under a 10 minute invisibility spell. When the spell wears off Sip warns them it's too expensive to recast that day and that they'll have to use stealth, Erina scoffs saying she's the "epitome of stealth" until Sip's angrily points out as a [[spoiler:former]] MagicalGirlWarrior she leaves [[ImmediatelyProvenWrong glitter everywhere she goes]]... and off on the path they just traversed are piles of pink glitter.

* ''WebAnimation/DingoDoogles'': In episode 34 Sips, Erina, Jack and Masika are sneaking into a library/research facility with Jack and Erina initially under a 10 minute invisibility spell. When the spell wears off Sip warns them it's too expensive to recast that day and that they'll have to use stealth, Erina scoffs saying she's the "epitome of stealth" until Sip's angrily points out as a [[spoiler:former]] MagicalGirlWarrior she leaves [[ImmediatelyProvenWrong glitter everywhere she goes]]... and off on the path they just traversed are piles of pink glitter.

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* ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'': In "[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MXtm-z_1PDrOxLE32BO2A6Zu-w_9WfqRyFKB8KcI-1s/edit How Will I Clean My Fur?]]", Steven gets hit with a prank that leaves pink glitter all over him. It sticks to him, too, because he'd previously been drenched in [[AppliedPhlebotinum a strange, fictional goo]].
* ''WebVideo/WelcomeToTheTable'': {{Implied|Trope}}. In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTPStNHB6MU [=TikTok=] is Banned?]]", New York starts asking the others if he can see their knuckles, checking for bruises, cuts, "maybe some glitter or eyeliner". This alludes to a real-life series of [[https://www.today.com/news/news/women-punched-face-new-york-tiktok-trend-explained-rcna145191 women who reported getting randomly sucker-punched in the face in New York City]] at the time the video was released (April 2024), and suggests that a person who punched someone wearing glitter would still have the incriminating evidence on their knuckles.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheLoudHouseS5E5BlindedByScienceBandTogether Band Together]]", Luna pranks several characters with glitter bombs.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheLoudHouseS5E5BlindedByScienceBandTogether Band Together]]", several characters get pranked with glitter bombs in their faces.

However, something which many adherents to the trope refuse to acknowledge is just how ''difficult'' glitter is to clean up. Considering glitter is made of tiny particles, mainly of either aluminum and glass or plastic in modern times, it frequently falls off from items where it's applied to, and as a result adheres to surfaces where it is unwanted.

Because of this characteristic, glitter is sometimes depicted in fiction to have a tendency to get ''everywhere'', even and ''especially'' in places where it does not belong. Whether it be a glitter bomb setting off on a hapless prank victim or an art project gone wrong, as long as this trope is in play, glitter will end up on the clean floors, on the ceiling, in one's hair, etc., and the victim can and should expect to find more glitter remnants turn up months later in the most unexpected of places.

* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': In "[[Recap/BrooklynNineNineS7E09Dillman Dillman]]", a glitter bomb is left on Jake's desk that not only covers everything in a yard's radius in red glitter, but shatters the windows and contaminates the only evidence from an open case on his desk. Jake tries to blame Terry by pointing out a hidden pair of suspenders with red glitter on them, but Dillman deduces the glitter is not from the prank but from Terry's twin daughters. [[spoiler:It turns out the bomb was planted by the ADA who assigned the case to Jake, hoping to blame the lack of evidence on him, {{exploit|edTrope}}ing the trope).]]
* ''Series/{{CSI}}'': In "[[Recap/CSIS4E1AssumeNothing Assume Nothing]]", square pieces of glitter are found on the bodies of a murdered married couple, and later turn up on the bottom of a suspect's shoe. A member of the team ties the flecks to a specific strip club called "Shimmer", and while that doesn't prove murder, it does prove that all three had been at the same location, so they know they're on the right track.

* ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding'': {{Exploited|Trope}}. In Season 2, a glitter bomb is used as an attempt to track a suspect. The main characters miss the bomb going off, but later, the glitter is seen to still be stuck on on the person who set it off, allowing Mabel to identify them.

%%Real life examples should be restricted to general examples due to it being too common otherwise

* Scientists have called for a ban on glitter as it is a microplastic that can leach hormonal disruptors into the environment. Plastic glitter also takes about one thousand years to biodegrade, making it a ''long-lasting'' environmental hazard which can affect countless organisms.

* ''Fanfic/IHopeYourePreparedForAnUnforgettableWedding'': As a wedding gift, Bart gives Principal Skinner a spring-loaded glitter bomb, and Skinner ends up covered in glitter. Bart, naturally, gets sent to detention for this. %%[example from PowderGag]

* ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'': In "[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MXtm-z_1PDrOxLE32BO2A6Zu-w_9WfqRyFKB8KcI-1s/edit How Will I Clean My Fur?]]", Steven gets hit with a prank that leaves pink glitter all over him. It sticks to him, too, because he'd previously been drenched in [[AppliedPhlebotinum a strange, fictional goo]]. %%[example from PowderGag]

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS10E11Drumforgiven Drumforgiven]]", [[Characters/BobsBurgersLouiseBelcher Louise Belcher]] plans to send a music shop owner a glitter bomb disguised as a present, as payback for banning Gene from playing with the instruments in his shop. She has to abort the plan when Gene arrives to confront the owner himself. After all has been settled, Gene sees the bomb in Louise's hands, thinks it's a present for him, and opens it, covering everyone with glitter. %%[example from PowderGag]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheLoudHouseS5E5BlindedByScienceBandTogether Band Together]]", several characters get pranked with glitter bombs in their faces. %%[example from PowderGag]

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS10E11Drumforgiven Drumforgiven]]", Louise plans to send a music shop owner a glitter bomb disguised as a present, as payback for banning Gene from playing with the instruments in his shop. She has to abort the plan when Gene arrives to confront the owner himself. After all has been settled, Gene sees the bomb in Louise's hands, thinks it's a present for him, and opens it, covering everyone with glitter. %%[example from PowderGag]