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** ''ComicBook/ScoobyDooDC'': {{Exploited|Trope}} in "Flour Power" (issue #122). The MonsterOfTheWeek covers himself in flour and dresses as a bakery ghost. As he pursues them, they knock flour sacks, causing the entire room and themselves to be coated in white powder. The bakery ghost uses the diminished visibility to get rid of his costume and make it seem as if he just stumbled onto the mess.

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* One of the traps that Kevin sets up in ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork'' is a powder gag. A bag of plaster attached to dangling rope set up to tempt someone to use it to climb between two stories of a building despite it not being able to hold enough weight. Marv tries to use it and gets hit in the face with the heavy bag which then explodes and covers him in plaster dust.

* When Creator/MiltonBerle guest-starred on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', the ColdOpening had Timmy Monster do the abovementioned "MAKEUP!" gag to Berle.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In ["[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E9Timvisible Timvisible]]", Crocker crashes into bags of flour while chasing the invisible Timmy across the school's kitchen. Fortunately, Timmy is by then out of the cloud's range, so he isn't affected.

->''"Mongo like candy!"''
-->-- '''Mongo''', about to open a box full of exploding powder, ''Film/BlazingSaddles''

May result in or be the outcome of a SneezeOfDoom (a character's unusually powerful sneeze has disastrous effects). When liquids are involved (e.g., a BucketBoobyTrap), the result is usually CoveredInGunge. Compare and contrast AshFace, when it's a legit explosion in the character's face that leaves it covered in soot or ashes.

* ''Fanfic/IHopeYourePreparedForAnUnforgettableWedding'': As a wedding gift, Bart gives Principal Skinner a spring-loaded glitter bomb, and Skinner ends up covered in glitter. Bart, naturally, gets sent to detention for this.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13208832/15/Out-Of-Sight Out of Sight]]'': Anna pushes Matt into a flour sack which bursts, covering him in it.

* ''Fanfic/WeightOfTheWorld'': In ''The Depths of Deception'', America comes home after his doctor's appointment to find the nations in his kitchen. They intended to make dishes from their homeland for America to make him feel more comfortable but ended up getting in each other's way, resulting in a huge mess --with the flour having been blown all over Japan and Germany, and Prussia laying on it.

* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Will Whitfoot, mayor of Michel Delving and the fattest hobbit in the Shire, is caught in the collapse of the Town Hole and emerges covered in chalk, thus earning the nickname "Flourdumpling". It happens off-screen --er, off-page-- but still, there you are.

* ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'': In "[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MXtm-z_1PDrOxLE32BO2A6Zu-w_9WfqRyFKB8KcI-1s/edit How Will I Clean My Fur?]]", Steven gets hit with a prank that leaves pink glitter all over him. It sticks to him, too, because he'd previously been drenched in [[AppliedPhlebotinum a strange, fictional goo]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS10E11Drumforgiven Drumforgiven]]", Louise plans to send a music shop owner a glitter bomb disguised as a present, as payback for banning Gene from playing with the instruments in his shop. She has to abort the plan when Gene arrives to confront the owner himself. After all has been settled, Gene sees the bomb in Louise's hands, thinks it's a present for him, and opens it, covering everyone with glitter.

** "[[Recap/TheLoudHouseS5E5BlindedByScienceBandTogether Band Together]]": Several characters get pranked with glitter bombs in their faces.

* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'': {{Invoked}} when the Dalmatians deliberately cover themselves in soot to disguise themselves as Labradors. The puppies enjoy the [[FilthyFun excuse to get dirty]].

* ''Roleplay/CDTAdventure'': {{Invoked}} and {{exploited}} as a firefighting technique. Moquoql summons a drop pod pumping itself full of carbon dioxide and nanobots. When it zooms over to dump its contents onto the Panzerfaust on fire, the nanobots billow like a ludicrous amount of dust until they collide with and reinforce Moquoql's telekinetic fire-smothering barriers. Once she sees it's close enough, she holds her breath and [[ThreeTwoOne counts down the last three seconds]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In [[Recap/BobsBurgersS10E11Drumforgiven "Drumforgiven"]], Louise plans to send a music shop owner a glitter bomb disguised as a present, as payback for banning Gene from playing with the instruments in his shop. She has to abort the plan when Gene arrives to confront the owner himself. After all has been settled, Gene sees the bomb in Louise's hands, thinks it's a present for him, and opens it, covering everyone with glitter.

** [[Recap/DocMcStuffinsS2E61ADayWithoutCuddles "A Day Without Cuddles!"]]: Mr. [=McStuffins=] accidentally spills flour all over [[CuddleBug Lambie]]. Doc, being a "toy doctor", [[SeriousBusiness treats this like a contagious disease]] and tells her not to cuddle anyone, lest they "catch" it. This was especially bad for her, as it was [[FictionalHoliday International Cuddle Day]].
** [[Recap/DocMcStuffinsTheDocFiles06TheLambsExam "The Lamb's Exam"]]: Lambie gets lost under the couch and gets covered from head to toe in dust, requiring her to be put through the washing machine (she's a LivingToy).

** [[Recap/EdEddNEddyS2E9InLikeEd "In Like Ed"]]: Thanks to a baking powder smoke bomb [[ShoePhone shaped like a jawbreaker]], everyone gets covered in the stuff and is as white as ghosts. The Eds wonder where everyone went, until they start emerging one by one from the walls, where they had been hidden by the powder.
** [[Recap/EdEddNEddyS5E19SmileForTheEd "Smile For the Ed"]]: Ed shouts "Makeup!" and applies "makeup" on Eddy by hitting him with a chalkboard eraser so hard Eddy goes through the chalkboard. At the end of the episode, Ed hits himself with the eraser, covering the screen in chalk powder.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In [[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E9Timvisible "Timvisible"]], Crocker crashes into bags of flour while chasing the invisible Timmy across the school's kitchen. Fortunately, Timmy is by then out of the cloud's range, so he isn't affected.

** [[Recap/TheLoudHouseS5E5BlindedByScienceBandTogether "Band Together"]]: Several characters get pranked with glitter bombs in their faces.
** [[Recap/TheLoudHouseS4E20DontYouForegetAboutMeToughCookies "Tough Cookies"]]: When Liam's cow kicks up the conveyor belt to a speed impossible to match by the kids, their efforts wound up producing a large cloud of flour. When it disperses, everyone is caked in the stuff.
* ''WesternAnimation/MarthaSpeaks'': {{Downplayed}} in [[Recap/MarthaSpeaksS2E20MarthasSteamed "Martha's Steamed!"]], in which Ruby is initially mistaken for having a white circle on her eye, but it's just powdered sugar from a donut she stole.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rupert}}'': {{Inverted}} in [[Recap/RupertS03E05RupertAndOttoline "Rupert and Ottoline"]]. Rupert covers himself in white powder so he can pretend to be the ghost of the Earl and scare the villains into compliance. It seems he's succeding when one of the latter sneezes so explosively that Ruper's flour disguise dispels in a white cloud.

** ''ComicBook/ScoobyDooDC'': {{Exploited}} in "Flour Power" (issue #122). The MonsterOfTheWeek covers himself in flour and dresses as a bakery ghost. As he pursues them, they knock flour sacks, causing the entire room and themselves to be coated in white powder. The bakery ghost uses the diminished visibility to get rid of his costume and make it seem as if he just stumbled onto the mess.

May result in a SneezeOfDoom. When liquids are involved (e.g. in a BucketBoobyTrap), the result is usually CoveredInGunge. Compare and contrast AshFace, when it's a legit explosion in the character's face that leaves it covered in soot or ashes.

-->-- '''Mongo, about to open a box full of exploding powder,''' ''Film/BlazingSaddles''

** ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyAndScrappyDooShow'': In "Where's Scooby-Doo", the titular character makes enough of a mess when shaking the sarcophagus he's trapped in open that he gets himself all covered in flour.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': In [[Recap/RugratsS6E17AllsWellThatPretendsWellBigBabies "All's Well That Pretends Well"]], Angelica takes a dusty feather duster and tries to sprinkle dust all over Chuckie to make him sneeze. However, Spike steals the duster and plays with it, so the dust ends up landing on Angelica and making ''her'' sneeze.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In [[Recap/TheLoudHouseS5E5BlindedByScienceBandTogether "Band Together"]], several characters get pranked with glitter bombs in their faces.

* ''Fanfic/WeightOfTheWorld'': America comes home after his doctor's appointment to find the nations in his kitchen. They intended to make dishes from their homeland for America to make him feel more comfortable but ended up getting in each other's way, resulting in a huge mess --with the flour having been blown all over Japan and Germany, and Prussia laying on it.

When the dust clears and we see the characters again, they and their surroundings are completely, utterly covered in the stuff (compare AshFace). They stand stiff and still, often trying to get the stuff off their eyes. Then one makes some sort of a joke before the scene cuts away. HilarityEnsues if the character is confused for a ghost or some other monster.

May result in a SneezeOfDoom. When liquids are involved (e.g. in a BucketBoobyTrap), the result is usually CoveredInGunge.

* ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'': In [[Recap/RWBYChibiS1E1RubyMakesCookies "Ruby Makes Cookies"]], when Ruby tries to get the flour out of its bag, it won't come out. She shakes it until it all falls out, sending flour exploding everywhere. The camera goes into white-out as it becomes covered in flour.

* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'': Invoked when the Dalmatians deliberately cover themselves in soot to disguise themselves as Labradors. The puppies enjoy the [[FilthyFun excuse to get dirty]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': In [[RugratsS6E17AllsWellThatPretendsWellBigBabies "All's Well That Pretends Well"]], Angelica takes a dusty feather duster and tries to sprinkle dust all over Chuckie to make him sneeze. However, Spike steals the duster and plays with it, so the dust ends up landing on Angelica and making ''her'' sneeze.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'': In [[Recap/TheNewScoobyDooMoviesS1E1GhastlyGhostTown "Ghastly Ghost Town"]]: Shaggy fells to a storage cellar, hitting containers of a white powder and getting himself covered in it. The villains think he's a real ghost and run away in fear as he calmly tells them, "What's wrong? Have you never seen a flour child?"

* ''WesternAnimation/SevenLittleMonsters'': In "High Noon", the monsters are measuring the flour to bake cupcakes. Two starts to sneeze but is temporarily stopped by Three putting AntiSneezeFinger on his nose. Two does a SneezeOfDoom anyway, dispersing the floor on everyone's faces.