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* Baikinman from ''Franchise/{{Anpanman}}'', though somewhat justified for him as he's an alien bacterium and actually allergic to soap and cleanliness. Being washed actually shrinks him down to the size of the fly and his Kabirunrun minions, being living mold spores, have the same hatred. However, Dokinchan and Baikinsennin, two other members of his species don't have this aversion and actually enjoy them (Baikinsennin even having a personal hot springs outside his house!).

* Scruff from ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' is an engine who works at the Waste Dump and hates being cleaned. However, in the episode, "[[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS17E2ScruffsMakeover Scruff's Makeover]]", [[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism he became proud of his new coat of paint]], and [[NeatFreak refused to work at the Waste Dump]].

* Varjak from ''Literature/VarjakPaw'' hates it when his mother bathes him. When he leaves the Contessa's house, he [[ThePigPen revels in being messy and dirty]] because it's against everything his pampered parents hate. Holly quickly tells him that he's being gross and [[RealityEnsues humans will try to take him away]] if he looks like a mangy street-cat.

* Varjak from ''Literature/VarjakPaw'' hates it when his mother bathes him. When he leaves the Contessa's house, he [[ThePigPen reviles]] in being messy and dirty because it's against everything his pampered parents hate. Holly quickly tells him that he's being gross and [[RealityEnsues humans will try to take him away]] if he looks like a mangy street-cat.

** During one episode where various KND scientists showed their inventions, a couple of french kids presented a LeFilmArtistique, but when the scientists overlooking the event told them to cut to the chase it turned out to be a spray that you apply to remain dirty after taking a bath. It's deemed to be a good idea, which probablly means the KND as a whole are bath haters.

* Like his father, Negi Springfield in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' avoids baths as much as he can. Asuna frequently has to bathe him, and isn't always gentle about it.

* ''Manga/BungouStrayDogs'': [[NamedAfterSomeoneFamous Akutagawa]] hates baths, because it means that he would not be able to use his [[ClothingCombat ability]] thus would become defenceless (which is dangerous for a mafia member). In RealLife, the writer he based around [[ShoutOut disliked bathing too]].

* Spock, according to ''FanFic/InsontisII'' does not like water, and one whole segment is devoted to Kirk convincing child!Spock to take a bath, since he can't use the sonic showers.

* [[Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures The Lion King Adventures]]:

* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}''. Amaterasu hates getting wet and tries to avoid water (as does Issun, who dubs her "No-Bath Ammy").

* Webcomic/TheCyantianChronicles: King Laish's son Sar, to the point of throwing a screaming fit and calling for his mother, Queen Mirand.

* Scruff from ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' is an engine who works at the Waste Dump and hates being cleaned. However, in the episode, "[[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS17E2ScruffsMakeover Scruff's Makeover]]", [[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism he became proud of his new coat of paint]], and [[NeatFreak refused to work at the Waste Dump]].

* [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in "Bath Time" from ''WesternAnimation/ElinorWondersWhy''. Ari doesn't seem to actively hate baths, but he does consider them a waste of his time that can be better spent on playtime. After his parents allow him to go several days without bathing, apparently believing in ToughLove, he gets very muddy and itchy. While there's no particular indication of him coming to believe that BathsAreFun, he does realize that they are at least necessary.

* Episode 7 of ''Anime/PuiPuiMolcar'' had a long-haired Molcar that refused to get clean because they were terrified of how large and unsettling the Molcar wash was. Their friends and the operator of the wash convince them to go in by making a treasure map (they were doing a RaidersOfTheLostParody earlier), and they wind up finding the experience so fun they keep going through until they're beaming with cleanliness.

* Most characters in ''ComicBook/TheBeano''.

** Phil and Lil hate taking baths.

* Gary, ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''' snail, refuses to let [=SpongeBob=] bathe him in one episode, even resorting to '''teleportation''' to avoid getting in the bath. Strange, as they live underwater....

[[folder:{{Anime}} & {{Manga}}]]

* Baikinman from ''{{Franchise/Anpanman}}'', though somewhat justified for him as he's an alien bacterium and actually allergic to soap and cleanliness. Being washed actually shrinks him down to the size of the fly and his Kabirunrun minions, being living mold spores, have the same hatred. However, Dokinchan and Baikinsennin, two other members of his species don't have this aversion and actually enjoy them (Baikinsennin even having a personal hot springs outside his house!).

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* RunningGag with the Dibbuns (baby animals) and vermin (AlwaysChaoticEvil species) in ''{{Literature/Redwall}}''. The vermin actually have a comic song about how dangerous bathing is, about a young ferret who washed himself entirely out of existence.

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* Toko Fukawa in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' doesn't bathe in the entirety of her time at the school (a period of several weeks at least) and is generally implied to have bad hygiene, although this probably isn't because she doesn't care about her health, but rather because [[spoiler: she hates being naked enough to see the KillTally that her SplitPersonality Genocider Syo carves into her thigh each time she kills a boy.]]

[[folder:WebComics]]

* Gary, ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''' snail, refuses to let Spongebob bathe him in one episode even resorting to TELEPORTATION to avoid getting in the bath. Strange, as they live underwater....
* Martha on ''WesternAnimation/MarthaSpeaks''.
* Occasionally, WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse's mention of baths would make [[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup Pluto]] scurry off in a hurry for someplace to hide.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'' episode, "Beginnings", Sonic hated taking baths as a kid. His foster father would have to bribe him with [[Main/TrademarkFavoriteFood chili dogs]] to get him to take one.

* Stumpy from ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' hates baths.

* Toko Fukawa in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' doesn't bathe in the entirety of her time at the school (a period of several weeks at least) and is generally implied to have bad hygiene. After the protagonist falls into a garbage disposal shaft, she makes fun of him for smelling worse than she does.

* [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in "Bath Time" from ''WesternAnimation/ElinorWondersWhy''. Ari doesn't seem to actively hate baths, but he does consider them a waste of his time that can be better spent on playtime. After his parents allow him to go several days without bathing, apparently believing in ToughLove, he gets exactly muddy and itchy. While there's no particular indication of him coming to believe that BathsAreFun, he does realize that they are at least necessary.

* Dennis in ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS''.
** A comic book story featured his dog Ruff having a similar aversion to baths, but otherwise ''loving'' getting wet. According to Dennis, it was the soap that they both loathed.

* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'': Stitch, in the episode "Phantasmo," fights tooth and nail to avoid being bathed by Lilo. Its PlayedForLaughs but his reaction is a little more [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] than most: Stitch's inability to swim is his one real weakness, and he has a rather understandable phobia of water as a result (he very nearly drowned in [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch the movie]]).

[[folder:FanFic]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTrampIIScampsAdventure'', Scamp hates taking baths. [[spoiler: Guess how the movie ends...]]

* In [[Fanfic/{{Poison}} Poison]], the anti-drug spinoff of the above series, druggie lion cub Moto is a prime example, and lioness Sarafina starts out this way, though she gradually gets better.
* [[CatsAreSnarkers Mittens]] in the ''Disney/{{Bolt}}'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6527264/22/A-little-bit-of-everything A Little Bit of Everything.]]'' Given she's a cat, as well as her [[ThePigPen dirty, scruffy appearance]] in the film, it's not much of a stretch.

* In ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', Dr. Sweet is able to drive Mole away from Milo after Milo accidentally sat in Mole's precious dirtpiles by threatening him with soap.

* In ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', none of the dwarfs were inclined to washing up until she insisted on it...Grumpy was still un-inclined.
* ''Disney/TheLionKing'':

* In ''Disney/LadyAndTheTrampIIScampsAdventure'', Scamp hates taking baths. [[spoiler: Guess how the movie ends...]]
* [[CatsAreMean Lucifer]] in ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' is horrified when [[WickedStepmother Lady Tremaine]] orders Cinderella to give him a bath. In the sequel, [[spoiler: the mice give him a bath as part of their effort to help him win Pom-Pom's affections]], and he clearly hates every second of it.