1 | '''Basic Trope''': Someone whose hygiene is lacking. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Bob is often covered in dirt. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Bob hasn't washed in 50 years. |
5 | ** Bob is so dirty that no one remembers what he actually looks like. |
6 | ** Everyone is like this. |
7 | * '''Downplayed''': |
8 | ** Bob is often somewhat sweaty, but his hygiene is reasonably good. |
9 | ** Bob cleans himself often, but rarely washes the clothes he wears at home, giving him this look. |
10 | ** Bob's wrinkled and stained polos and khakis only look slovenly compared to [[SharpDressedMan everyone else's sharp suits]]. |
11 | * '''Justified''': |
12 | ** Bob is so wrapped up in doing X, Y, and Z that he hasn't had time to shower, or forgot. |
13 | ** Bob lacks the resources to fully bathe. |
14 | ** Bob has a job that exposes him to foul odors on a semi-permanent basis. |
15 | ** Bob is going through a depressive episode, and has trouble taking care of himself. |
16 | * '''Inverted''': Bob is always extremely clean, and showers several times a day. |
17 | * '''Subverted''': |
18 | ** Bob leaves the house reasonably clean. |
19 | ** Bob doesn't really look dirty. |
20 | ** Bob isn't normally dirty, but has been working in the garden, painting, or doing some other sort of messy activity. |
21 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
22 | ** Only to wind up CoveredInGunge |
23 | ** But he has some ''killer'' B.O. |
24 | ** Bob was lying; he never showers. |
25 | * '''Parodied''': ??? |
26 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Bob leaves the house clean, only to get dirty, take a shower, and get dirty again not long afterwards. |
27 | * '''Averted''': Bob showers regularly. |
28 | * '''Enforced''': |
29 | ** "We need to show that Bob is a StrawLoser." |
30 | ** The producers of the ad made Bob as dirty as possible to sell how powerful Welson's Industrial Soap (supposedly) is. |
31 | * '''Lampshaded''': "When was the last time you bathed, Bob?" |
32 | * '''Invoked''': Bob goes to a SciFi, {{Anime}}, or other such convention, and is too excited to think about mundane things like taking a shower. |
33 | * '''Exploited''': Bob is playing camouflage. |
34 | * '''Defied''': Bob doesn't like to get dirty, so he showers regularly. |
35 | * '''Discussed''': "What? Why did you just assume I let myself get dirty? Alice must have lied to you when she told you about me, because I shower every day." |
36 | * '''Conversed''': "Another filthy character? It's like there's one in every show I watch." |
37 | * '''Deconstructed''': If Bob never showers, he could get all sorts of health problems. Not to mention, he'll be sort of unpleasant to be around. |
38 | * '''Played For Laughs''': Bob just can't keep himself clean, no matter how hard he tries. |
39 | * '''Played For Drama''': People stop wanting to hang out with Bob because he smells bad. |
40 | * '''Played For Horror''': Bob was kidnapped, tortured and imprisoned for years, having to rot in his own shit and piss and only fed the bare minimum to keep him alive. |
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46 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
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