History Main / CoveredInMud

* This is usually what results from playing tackle sports, such as American Football or Rugby, in rainy weather. Though it carries the upshot of making the ground you're going to be falling into over and over again anyway significantly softer.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Rarity, who can't stand the thought of dirt or behaving in an "uncouth" way, refuses to participate in the Sisterhooves Social with her little sister. She eventually realizes how much it means to her sister, who in the meantime has decided to run the race with Applejack, so [[spoiler:during one stretch of the race, Applejack falls in mud. Rarity comes out of the mud in Applejack's place, and runs the rest of the race with Sweetie Belle, who only sees a mud-caked pony and doesn't realize until the end that it's Rarity.]]

* ''Series/ICarly'': In "IGo to Japan", Carly tries to tell Sam and Freddie to be confident that they will be rescued, only for a giant truck drive on a puddle, splattering them with mud.

* The heroines of ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'' end up doused head to toe while participating in the Kashima Gatalypics. (An event that takes place in the mud flats and is entirely based on getting covered in mud.) It's later enforced, as while there are public showers for the contestants to clean off in between events, doing so washes of their make-up, running the risk of revealing their zombie forms to the public. So they run right back into the mud again.

* The heroines of ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'' end up doused head to toe while participating in the Kashima Gatalypics. (An event that takes place in the mud flats and is entirely based on getting covered in mud.) It's later enforced, as while there are public showers for the contestants to clean off in between events, doing so washes of their make-up, revealing their zombie forms to the public. So they run right back into the mud again.

* As quoted above, in the Creator/PGWodehouse short story "[[Literature/JeevesAndWooster The Ordeal of Young Tuppy]]", the eponymous UpperClassTwit gets involved in the annual [[RugbyIsSlaughter rugby grudge-match]] between [[SmallTownRivalry two small villages]]. Narrator/observer Bertie Wooster comments that he's seen drier swamps than the "field" where the match takes place.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', in a WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror episode parodying Creator/OrsonWelles' ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' broadcast: Springfield is terrified of being invaded by Martians. Sideshow Mel tells everyone to take off their clothes and wallow in the mud. That way the Martians will leave them alone, not realizing that they're people.

* The ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' episode "Reef Grief!" where Scooby and Shaggy compete in a sand castle tournament. Spencer Johnson covers his hypnotized competitors with mud so they can build his underground freeway.
* Baby Butter on ''[[WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter PB&J Otter]]'' loves to do this and when the Otters' Aunt Nanner sends them a mystery box as a gift that they must wait to open until she arrives, Butter imagines that the box contains mud.

* ''[[{{WesternAnimation/Recess}} Recess]]'': The series focuses on elementary-school children and usually takes place in the playground, so getting messy is common for the child characters.

* Advice given in wilderness first aid courses: if you become lost in the forest without supplies, the best thing you can do is cover yourself in mud. The mud will protect your skin from stinging insects, poisonous plants, and UV radiation, plus when it dries the caked on dirt is good insulation to keep you warmer once it gets dark.

* In Disney's ''Film/PetesDragon1977'', Elliot knocks the entire Gogan family into a giant mud hole, one by one, to distract them from their pursuit of Pete.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'': The Misfits near the end of "[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0934193/ Hot Time In Hawaii]]". Later shown in the video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bqa2Y5REQQ The Last Laugh]]", a mini ClipShow video shown in the episode "[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0935597/?ref_=ttep_ep3 Video Wars]]".

** "The Runaway" Katara and Toph get into an argument that turns into something of a mudwrestling match because of their water and earthbending abilities respectively.

* In ''The Curse of the Pharaohs'', the second AmeliaPeabody novel, Amelia's son Ramses interrupts a tea party after having gone digging in the compost heap and getting covered in mud (among other things). Ramses is described as not so much leaving muddy footprints as having a stream of filth trailing behind him.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', in a WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror episode parodying OrsonWelles' ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' broadcast: Springfield is terrified of being invaded by Martians. Sideshow Mel tells everyone to take off their clothes and wallow in the mud. That way the Martians will leave them alone, not realizing that they're people.

* Manages to be a plot point in [[http://derpicdn.net/media/W1siZiIsIjIwMTMvMDQvMjMvMTJfNTNfMjZfOTA4XzMwNjI0OV9fVU5PUFRfX3NhZmVfY29taWNfbWFkbWF4X2FydGlzdF90YW41NzUuanBlZyJdXQ/306249__safe_comic_shipping_princess%2Bcadance_shining%2Barmor_love%2Bheart_artist-colon-madmax_fleur-dash-de-dash-lis_funny_mud_wam_love%2Bspell.jpeg this]] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fancomic where Shining Armor and Fleur de Lis bump into each other and tumble into a mud puddle then start arguing while completely covered in mud, disguising their identities. Shining's wife, Princess Cadance, who can spread love wherever she goes, causes them to fall in love before she realizes her husband was one of the two ponies and gets really angry.

* As a combination of ButtMonkey and MsFanservice, the title character in ''Manga/MaicchinguMachikoSensei'' ends up covered in muck from time to time, usually while losing articles of clothing. This was averted in the episode in which she helps her students fight against bullies by knocking them in a big mud pit.
* Happens to Mei in ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro''.

* In ''{{ComicBook/Violine}}'', Violine is covered in mud after escaping via the airvents and being launched into a muddy pigpen.

* ''SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'': In the WholeEpisodeFlashback detailing Firestar's origin, Firestar takes the AlphaBitch and drops her in a mud puddle, whereupon she throws a splashy tantrum.
* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/Jem?from=Main.Jem Jem]]: The Misfits near the end of "[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0934193/ Hot Time In Hawaii]]". Later shown in the video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bqa2Y5REQQ The Last Laugh]]", a mini ClipShow video shown in the episode "[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0935597/?ref_=ttep_ep3 Video Wars]]".

* ''TheSuperHeroSquadShow'': Abomination, in response to being compared unfavorably to a dog, digs a huge pile of dirt and covers Reptil, Wolverine, and Thor in dirt to the point only their eyes are showing.
* ''TheSimpsons'', in a TreehouseOfHorror episode parodying OrsonWelles' ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' broadcast: Springfield is terrified of being invaded by Martians. Sideshow Mel tells everyone to take off their clothes and wallow in the mud. That way the Martians will leave them alone, not realizing that they're people.

* The ''WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' episode "Reef Grief!" where Scooby and Shaggy compete in a sand castle tournament. Spencer Johnson covers his hypnotized competitors with mud so they can build his underground freeway.

* This was also a plot point in '"FanFic/WhyAmICrying'', when Apple Bloom sees an old photo of her and Diamond Tiara happily playing in the pigpen at Sweet Apple Acres, [[spoiler: causing to recall her long-buried memories of their friendship]].

* Elephants, rhinos and other large mammals (usually pachyderm types) regularly roll in mud to protect their skin from sun and insects. Pigs will roll in it, but aren't as filthy as people always think they are. Pigs lack sebaceous glands, and thus the mud serves the same purpose as sweat-as the water evaporates, it carries the heat away with it. The dirt merely serves as an adhesive to hold the water to their skin.

* During ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'' final fight between Neo and Smith. Smith slams Neo into the ground making a nice mud and water-filled crater, by the end of the scene both are nearly completely covered in mud because of [[MudWrestling their contiuned fight.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[CaptainObvious That looks embarrassing]]]]

* In ''FruitsBasket'', Tohru's uniform is dirty from the mudslide that fell on her tent. Once she gets cleaned up, one of Yuki's fanclub, jealous that Tohru arrived at school with Yuki, says "That mud looked so good on you".
* As a combination of ButtMonkey and MsFanservice, the title character in ''MaicchinguMachikoSensei'' ends up covered in muck from time to time, usually while losing articles of clothing. This was averted in the episode in which she helps her students fight against bullies by knocking them in a big mud pit.