History Main / CoveredInMud

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** Played with in "Look Before You Sleep": Applejack can't understand why Rarity hates being muddy but enjoys {{Cucumber Facial}}s. When circumstances conspire to cover Rarity in mud, Applejack quickly applies some sliced cucumber to make her feel better.
** 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.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/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.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'': He-Man frequently threw his opponents into conveniently-placed mudholes or bodies of water. A soft landing, to be sure, but not very dignified. Sister superhero [[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower She-Ra]] did it too.
* ''WesternAnimation/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.

* Baby Butter on ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'' loves to do this and when the Otters' Aunt Nanner sends them a MysteryBox as a gift that they must wait to open until she arrives, Butter imagines that the box contains mud.
* The ''WesternAnimation/MikeLuAndOg'' episode "For the Love of Mike" had Mike getting the [[AbhorrentAdmirer unwanted attention]] of Haggis and Baggis after getting covered in mud. The same thing happens to Lu at the end.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': The series focuses on elementary-school children and usually takes place in the playground, so getting messy is common for the child characters.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In "Scales of Justice", Lana and Hops end up covered in mud when a bulldozer dumps a load of earth on them. Lana remains this way even when she goes home, leaving a trail of mud behind, much to her parents' dismay. And it causes Leni to mistake her for a monster, thus giving Lana the idea to try a ScoobyDooHoax to save the pond. At the end of the episode, she ends up covered with mud again.
* Near the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheHarlemGlobetrotters'' episode "Hold That Hillbilly", Granny has Cora Coy dive into a mud puddle. She thus transforms Cora from HollywoodHomely into a ravishing sexpot, with whom Rock Flatfield is instantly smitten.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': The episode "Crime and Punishment" involves Chuckie accidentally breaking his father's glasses, and because his father Chas has invited a traffic cop named Naomi to the Pickles' residence, Chuckie fears that he might go to jail. The babies try to get Chuckie to dunk himself in a mud puddle just so his dad will take him home, only for Chas, Naomi, Stu, and Didi to slip into the mud. When the babies see that Naomi isn't mad at anyone upon discovering the broken glasses, the babies also jump in the mud, culminating in an EverybodyLaughsEnding.
** Another episode has Chuckie get sprayed by a skunk. Tommy's Grandpa Lou suggests soaking Chuckie in mud in order to get rid of the stench. It doesn't work, but instead seems to have made him smell even worse.
** At the beginning of the episode "Tricycle Thief," Angelica rides Susie's tricycle without her permission and ends up crashing it into a garden gnome and flying into a mud puddle. The babies find this hilarious, but Angelica storms off in a huff.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter Tri'' introduces the Barroth, the love child of a TyrannosaurusRex and a Bulldozer that is often covered in mud. It has a habit of shaking said mud off, and any hunters unfortunate enough to get hit by the flying globs are covered in quickly-hardening mud that makes it impossible to attack (and open to getting plowed under by the Barroth!)

** Played with in an early episode: Applejack can't understand why Rarity hates being muddy but enjoys {{Cucumber Facial}}s. When circumstances conspire to cover Rarity in mud, Applejack quickly applies some sliced cucumber to make her feel better.

** "That Sinking Feeling" Baljeet and the girl from his past, in a flashback, before she "[[SheIsAllGrownUp turned into a]] ''[[SheIsAllGrownUp girl]]''". They were playing and covering each other in mud.

* 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 double subverted in the episode in which she helps her students fight against bullies by knocking them in a big mud pit (all ends covered in the mud).

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Happens to Bolt’s friend Duke in “The Blood Brother” after rolling in a mud puddle.

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Occasionally they'll be ''pushed'' into mud by someone, or simply fall on their own, which either way is an embarrassing experience. Bonus humiliation points if it's right in their face, or if they fall into a patch of mud that had [[MessyPig pigs wallowing in it]] — this implies that the character is even more lowly than a pig, and, of course, there's a chance they're going to stink afterward. It may be part of a HumiliationConga.

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* In Disney's ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', after Belle rejects Gaston's marriage proposal, Gaston falls over and lands in the pigs' mud hole.
* In ''Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'', you can tell Zira's group/the bad guys because they're muddy from walking through a river.

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* When they performed at Woodstock '94, Music/NineInchNails were completely covered in mud for their set. Trent Reznor told the crowd that he even had some in his eyes.

* ''A Hat in Time'' has mud puddles which Hat Kid can trip into which will cover her from head to toe. In the stage "She came from Outer Space" the Mafia will think she's a "Slimy Space Alien" and will flee from a mud caked Hat Kid in terror.

* ''Series/EvenStevens'': In "Boy on a Rock", Louis (Shia LaBeouf) trips on a tree trunk and flies face-first into a mud puddle in the forest. He spends the rest of the episode caked in mud and attacked by girl scouts screaming "Mud Monster!"

Occasionally they'll be ''pushed'' into mud by someone, or simply fall on their own, which either way is an embarrassing experience. Bonus humiliation points if it's right in their face, or if they fall into a patch of mud that had [[MessyPig pigs wallowing in it]] - this implies that the character is even more lowly than a pig, and, of course, there's a chance they're going to stink afterward. It may be part of a HumiliationConga.

May be used as BodyPaint. Sub-trope of CoveredInGunge - if it's anything other than mud, it goes there. Not to be confused with ThePigPen, a character who could be covered in either mud or something equally dirty so often that it's a matter of routine (no special explanation needed for why he's so muddy ''today''), and usually seems content with this situation. The TropeNamer for ThePigPen was thoroughly covered in dirt, but even in his case at least it was only dry dirt rather than mud.

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* In ''[[Series/{{Wipeout 2008}} Wipeout]]'', sometimes there'll be mud instead of water under the obstacles for the contestants to land in. So not only do they suffer an embarrassing fall, but they also have to be coated in mud.

** In the episode "War Bride", Iolaus (Michael Hurst) and Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) spend time at a spa where they indulge in a slimy mud bath until they are completely covered in the gray mud.

* ''Series/StepByStep'': In the episode "The Wall", Frank (Patrick Duffy) goes to a beauty spa and sits in a bath tub. Suddenly slimy brown mud begins to fill the tub and Frank frantically tries to stop it but only gets coated entirely in the mud.

* ''Series/EvenStevens'': In the episode "Boy on a Rock", Louis (Shia LaBeouf) trips on a tree trunk and flies face-first into a mud puddle in the forest. He spends the rest of the episode caked in mud and attacked by girl scouts screaming "Mud Monster!"
* ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'': At the end of the episode "Victor's Other Family" , The oldest brother Reese (Justin Berfield) runs on the porch completely covered in brown mud.
* In episode 3 of ''Series/TheBorgias'', assassin Michelotto goes to a sauna and has himself covered in mud as a disguise.
* ''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.
-->'''Carly:''' I'm depressed.
* In the [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E01Pilot Pilot]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' Dean and Sam are standing on a bridge, and Dean's car turns on. Dean is holding the keys. The Lady in White guns the car at Dean and Sam. They jump off the bridge. Sam manages to catch hold of the bridge, Dean falls into the mud below. They are sitting on the Impala and Sam tells Dean he smells like a sewer.
* Mike, in "The Ditch", during the fourth season of ''Series/TheMiddle'', after trying Axl's plan to get the car and boat unstuck.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. Happens to the [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness normally staid and uptight]] Captain Picard after he gets into a [[SiblingRivalry fight with his brother]]; the fight ends with Picard sitting in the mud laughing, then a MoodWhiplash to him shedding ManlyTears, talking of the humiliation and helplessness he felt after being assimilated by the Borg. The scene leads to Picard reconciling with his brother, but also to them getting chewed out by his brother's wife for bringing FootprintsOfMuck into her house.
* ''Series/RelicHunter'': One episode has Sydney covered in mud, along with the female VillainOfTheWeek, and the two proceed to duke it out while getting increasingly covered in the stuff for a few minutes. Sydney wins and later showers it off.

* A Hat in Time has mud puddles which Hat Kid can trip into which will cover her from head to toe. In the stage "She came from Outer Space" the Mafia will think she's a "Slimy Space Alien" and will flee from a mud caked Hat Kid in terror.

** A Hat in Time has mud puddles which Hat Kid can trip into which will cover her from head to toe. In the stage "She came from Outer Space" the Mafia will think she's a "Slimy Space Alien" and will flee from a mud caked Hat Kid in terror.

* In a two-panel cartoon from ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'', Smurfette says to Empath, "Smurf at me, I'm all covered in mud", but as Empath just continues to stare at her, probably with something dirty on his mind, she later says, "Okay, [[DontLookAtMe stop smurfing at me!]]" This scene is used in the story "Empath's Honeymoon" where Smurfette is covered in chocolate mud, and then soon after Empath when he just dawdles and stares at Smurfette being covered in mud, and Smurfette ends up pulling him in.

* In a two-panel cartoon from ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'', Smurfette says to Empath, "Smurf at me, I'm all covered in mud", but as Empath just continues to stare at her, probably with something dirty on his mind, she later says, "Okay, stop smurfing at me!"

* Late in the MadeForTVMovie ''The Invisible Woman'' (nothing to do with the ''Fantastic Four'' character) the title character, played by Alexa Hamilton, gets doused with mud in a mud puddle, making her visible and [[SpecialEffectFailure showing]] that she's not really an InvisibleStreaker. As Alexa herself said in a UPI story the week before the movie aired: