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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/6teen'', Jonesy is shown having a unibrow. The girls suggest having it waxed at the spa. He agrees, and after '''Screaming Like a Little Girl''', he recommends waxing to Wyatt and Jude. They both accept...and then learn that "there's stuff you can do [at the spa] that doesn't hurt."

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'', in the episode where Chandler, Joey, Monica and Phoebe are trapped in one of the bedrooms by Ross and Rachel's big argument. After Joey and Chandler are summoned across the hall by the sounds of Monica and Phoebe screaming about the wax from across the hall, Joey is persuaded to wax the hair off his arms to prove his pain threshold. It is not as high as he had claimed, although he does just whimper rather than cry out as the girls did.

* ''WesternAnimation'': In "Glamageddon", Droosha is helping [=SheZow=] for the Glamageddon showdown against Tara. This includes waxing [=SheZow=]'s legs, which causes Guy to squeal in pain.

* Anyone who's gotten any part of their body waxed can tell that is actually quite painful, especially if you take into consideration how, unlike with shaving (which is just cutting off the top part of the hair), waxing is pulling the hair out by the root (which causes it to take longer to grow back).

* Brazilian film ''Se Eu Fosse Você 2'' has this for a [[FreakyFridayFlip woman-in-man's body]] (though the waxing was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVDlwKrRxow done using Chromakey]]...). Particularly funny because the male lead, Tony Ramos, is known in Brazil for his dense body hair, to the point where his name became another term for "hairy male".

* One of the "Impossible Let's Plays" LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}} did involved [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1kD3QVpiNs this]]: every time he lost all his lives in ''VideoGame/TheImpossibleQuiz'', he had to wax some part of his body. The most painful one, apparently, had been his armpit.

* Happens in ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin''. Creator/{{Steve Carell}}'s reaction was [[DyeingForYourArt genuine]].

* In the 2nd ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry'' game, Larry has to get rid of all his body hair to convincingly pass as a woman. To accomplish this, a friendly hairdresser promptly encases him in what can only be described as a cocoon of body wax. When he then pulls the wax off, Larry is in such pain that he [[PainPoweredLeap leaps straight towards the ceiling]].

* Anyone who's gotten any part of their body waxed can tell that is actually quite painful--however, if you get waxed frequently, it becomes less painful over time.

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* In the {{Tintin}} book ''Flight 714'', the chief antagonist Rastapopoulos is tied up with duct tape over his mouth by the heroes. Rastapopoulos yells in pain when his henchman Allan peels off the tape, since the duct tape was stuck to his hair. The yells of pain [[SoMuchForStealth also happen to tip off]] Tintin as to his whereabouts.

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* The punishment for wiping out in ''[=OlliOlli=]'' or losing the second challenge in Creator/ComedyCentral UK's ''[[Creator/UltimateSidemen The Sidemen Experience]]'' was a leg waxing, which involved both legs getting fully waxed for the two losing Sidemen eliminated in that round. Creator/{{KSI}} got his leg waxed by Lucy Collett as punishment for losing the first challenge to MakeAnExampleOfThem. [[WebVideo/{{wroetoshaw}} Harry]], Ethan, and [[WebVideo/{{miniminter}} Simon]] each got a leg waxed for wiping out, while Harry and Ethan were given full leg waxings for losing the challenge.

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* Brazilian film ''Se Eu Fosse Você 2'' has this for a [[FreakyFridayFlip woman-in-man's body]] (though the waxing was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVDlwKrRxow made by chroma key]]...). Particularly funny because the male lead, Tony Ramos, is known in Brazil for his dense body hair, to the point when his name became another word for "hairy male"
* In ''Film/WhatWomenWant'' the main character uses a bunch of feminine products in an attempt to get into the minds of woman. One of these is a wax strip that he uses on his leg. Afterwards, he says that women are insane.
* The main character in ''WesternAnimation/{{Persepolis}}'' waxes her leg. Set to ''Eye of the Tiger''.

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'', in the episode where Chandler, Joey, Monica and Phoebe are trapped in one of the bedrooms by Ross and Rachel's big argument. After Joey and Chandler are summoned across the hall by the sounds of Monica and Phoebe screaming about the wax from across the hall, Joey is persuaded to wax the hair off his arms to prove his pain threshold. It is not as high as he was claiming, although he does just whimper rather than cry out as the girls did.
* ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos'' once had a challenge to film men getting their chest waxed, one even got invited to the show to use a one of the props to pull a patch of his chest.

* Host Adam Hills underwent a 'boyzilian' (a male Brazilian waxing) - and had it filmed for the programme - on ''Series/AdamHillsInGordonStreetTonight'' after recieving a gift voucher for the procedure from an audience member as a 'show warming gift' on the first episode. It was hilarious.
* Amy got one on ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''. She's shown walking very wobbly afterwards, and it's heavily implied that she had she had a lot of hair down there before the waxing.

* In the 2nd ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry'' game, Larry has to get rid of all his body hair to convincingly pass as a woman. To accomplish this, a friendly hairdresser promptly encases him in what can only be described as a cocoon of body wax. When he then pulls the wax off, Larry is in such pain that he leaps straight towards the ceiling.

* Chest and nasal waxing were inflicted on Barsky in one episode of ''DirtyJobs''.

* In season 18 of ''Series/TheAmazingRace'', in an episode where all the contestants were in Brazil, one of the tasks to get the next clue was to endure a 15-minute body waxing. Surprisingly, everyone took it relatively well...except for Zev and Justin, who were the hairiest out of all the contestants in that season (and possibly the show itself). And yes, they [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl screamed like little girls]] throughout the waxing.

* In season 18 of ''Series/TheAmazingRace'', in an episode where all the contestants were in Brazil, one of the tasks to get the next clue was to endure a 15-minute Brazilian body waxing. Surprisingly, everyone took it relatively well...well, everyone except for Zev and Justin, who were the hairiest out of all the contestants in that season (and possibly the show itself). And yes, they [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl screamed like little girls]] throughout the waxing.

* In season 18 of ''Series/TheAmazingRace'', one task was a 15-minute body wax. All of the teams took this relatively well...with the exception of Zev & Justin who had the hairiest bodies by a mile on the Race. And yes, they [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl screamed like little girls]] throughout the waxing.

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* In the {{Tintin}} book ''Flight 714'', the chief antagonist Rastapopoulos is tied up with duct tape over his mouth by the heroes. Rastapopoulos yells in pain when his henchman Allan peels off the tape, since the duct tape was stuck to his hair.

->''[The wax] actually feels kinda good. What's so bad about waxing?''
-->'''Tory Belleci''' TemptingFate, ''Series/{{MythBusters}}''

* The punishment for wiping out in ''[=OlliOlli=]'' or losing the second challenge in Creator/ComedyCentral UK's ''[[Creator/UltimateSidemen The Sidemen Experience]]'' was a leg waxing, which involved both legs getting fully waxed for the two losing Sidemen eliminated in that round. [[spoiler:WebVideo/{{KSI|Olajidebt}}]] got his leg waxed by Lucy Collett as punishment for losing the first challenge to MakeAnExampleOfThem. [[spoiler:[[WebVideo/{{wroetoshaw}} Harry]], Ethan, and Simon]] each got a leg waxed for wiping out, while [[spoiler:Harry and Ethan]] were given full leg waxings for losing the challenge.