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* DrillSergeantNasty magister Hulca forces Ben to do this in the ''Ben10UltimateAlien'' episode "Basic Training".

* ''Private Benjamin'': During basic training, Judy Benjamin complains about the latrine being unsanitary and is ordered to clean it with her toothbrush. Her ''electric'' toothbrush.

* At the end of one episode of ''IAmWeasel'', Weasel punishes Baboon by making him scrub the bathroom floor with a toothbrush. Baboon smugly [[BreakingTheFourthWall tells the audience that he's using Weasel's toothbrush]], before realizing that it's actually his own toothbrush.

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* ''Comicstrip/DeKiekeboes'': in a comic where Marcel Kiekeboe is drafted in the army, when the Sergeant asks him to present his toothbrush, the GenreSavvy Marcel knows it's this trope and instead of his actual toothbrush, he presents the Sergeant a duster. Unfortunately for him, the Sergeant is also genre savvy and has a spare tooth brush for soldiers who try to get out of this trope.

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* After Melvin sneaks back into ''TheSlammer'', one of his punishments is to clean the toilets with a toothbrush.

* ''TheDayMyButtWentPsycho'': Zack's grandmother's butt makes Zack and Deuce do this when she is left to babysit. Deuce uses Zack's toothbrush.

A SubTrope of WithThisHerring.

* A Recycled In Space instance occurs in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''; Tuvok orders a Maquis crew member to "degauss the transporter pad with a micro-resonator", which requires the crew member to crawl around on his hands and knees.

* Ben is forced to do this by DrillSergeantNasty magister Hulca in the ''Ben10UltimateAlien'' episode "Basic Training".

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Spliced}}'': In "Of Masters and Minions", Mr Smarty-Smarts new robotic minion makes him clean the lair with a toothbrush. He is so scared of her that when the toothbrush breaks, he starts using his tongue.

* In the Literature/{{All Quiet on the Western Front}} the protagonist scrubbed the barrack room with a toothbrush on the orders of [[TheNeidermeyer Corporal Himmelstoss]] - [[TrainingFromHell among other things]].

* Ben is forced to do this by DrillSergeantNasty magister Hulca in the episode "Basic Training".

* In an episode of ''{{Daria}}'', Quinn Morgendorffer is mistaken for a pledge to the most prestigious sorority on campus. Rather than explain she is only fourteen and only visiting, she is swept away with the glamor of it all and does not argue when told her initiation rite is to clean the front steps of the sorority house with a toothbrush.
* In ''PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Get Busted", the titular characters are ordered to scrub the floor of the W.C. They begin doing it to a rhythm, much to the chagrin of the warden.

* At one point in Devil's Due ''GIJoe'' comic series, DrillSergeantNasty Beachhead tells a recruit that a cruel man would make him clean the barracks with a toothbrush, before making him clean the barracks with a ''POTATO''.

* In ''ForrestGump'', Forrest and Bubba have to scrub the floor of their barracks with toothbrushes. Both being rather simple-minded, they don't care much about it.

A typical punishment in the military, or otherwise strict organization in media is scrubbing the floor with a toothbrush (possibly their own), however impractical it may be. Sometimes, a person will opt to use someone else's toothbrush, especially if he/she does not like said person.

TruthInTelevision, a stiff-bristled toothbrush is great for grouting or small stains.

* ''Private Benjamin'': During basic training the title trainee complains about the latrine being unsanitary and is ordered to clean it with her toothbrush. Her ''electric'' toothbrush.
* In ''{{Film/UHF}}'', when Stanley Spedowski makes his big motivational speech about his mop he makes a metaphor about how when nothing else works you get down and start scrubbing with a toothbrush.

* On ''HappyDays'' when Richie, Potsie and Ralph pledge to a fraternity, one of the things they have to do during RushWeek is clean the floor at Arnold's using toothbrushes.