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* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Misato Katsuragi. As her off-duty appearance indicates, she doesn't care much for personal hygiene or keeping a clean apartment.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Misato Katsuragi. Not only is her apartment complex ''loaded'' with junk (mostly cans of beer and bowls of ramen), but she is also implied to have rarely (if ever) taken a bath or shower.

* Legend has it that Louis XIV only bathed twice in his entire life. ''Twice''. And he hated it both times. [[Literature/HorribleHistories The story goes]] that he once had his socks removed and he was so moldy that one of his toes dropped off. Like most who could afford it, he limited his hygiene to changing clothes (or at least shirts and undergarments) several times a day. Clothes were cleaned regularly, bodies... not so much. The truth is, however, that some courtiers who followed the suit sometimes complained about king's smell.

* Possibly due to the same unknown genetic disorder that caused him to be a ([[ExtremeOmnivore very]] [[HorrorHunger disturbing]]) real-life example of a BigEater, the 18th-century French showman and soldier [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare Tarrare]] had a body odour that stank to High Hell even by 18th-century French peasant standards, and it tended to amp up its intensity whenever he ate. Accoding to his contemporaries, Tarrare "couldn't be endured within a distance of twenty paces". And that's before we even start talking about his chronic diarrhea...

* Tree sloths are this. They move so slowly that algae grows in their fur, and they even has their own species of moth that lives its entire lifecycle on the sloth! This leads to them aquiring a pungent odor that's believed to act as a defense against predators, most of whom will avoid eating sloths unless other prey is not available. It is their algae that makes sloths the world's only green mammal.

* Giraffes, of all things, are known to have a very strong, unpleasant odor. Their long necks make it impossible for them to groom themselves, and they don't tend to groom each other. To make up for not being able to groom, they have special adaptations in the from of chemical defenses in their fur against bacteria (including the same bacteria that causes athlete's foot) and parasites, but these chemicals actually are the main cause of their odor. Males smell worse than females, and it's considered highly possible, but not yet proven, that the smell functions to attract females, with the most smelly males being the most attractive. Zoos get around this problem by bathing them.

* Baikinman from ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}'', being an alien bacteria, love filth and his goal is to cover the world in germs. His lair is piled with garbage he doesn't bother to throw out, and he is actually allergic to soap and cleanliness, shrinking to the size of a fly when he's in contact with it. His Kabirunrun minions, living mold spores, are the same as him.

Named after the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' character Pig-Pen (pictured), who was always surrounded by a cloud of dust and has been seen going from "perfectly clean" to "covered in dust" while walking down the road or -- most absurdly -- ''in a rainstorm''. Also see MenCantKeepHouse, DirtyForeigner and HumansAreSmelly for a more fantasy-based variant. When this Trope is a defining trait of a villainous or otherwise evil character, see UncleanlinessIsNextToUngodliness. A character who offsets bad hygiene with high intelligence is a GeniusSlob. FilthyFun may or may not come naturally to them. If the character's bad hygiene comes with an odour to match, expect commentary in the form of StinkSnub.

* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' has Caleb, who was introduced as a filthy man in ragged, dirt-covered clothes, and never stayed clean for more than a day. This is something he at least partially does on purpose, illustrated most clearly when, after getting into an argument with Jester about money (specifically when she started getting bratty over "only" having 50 gold, which is more money than Caleb's parents ever made in their entire lives), he deliberately smears mud all over his face before stomping away.

* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' has Caleb, who seems to remain deliberately filthy.

* 'TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': Ettins never bathe and have terrible hygiene, which stains their skin and grimy fur a dirty grey color and leaves them with powerful body odor.

* ''Literature/DisgustingMcGrossface'': The titular character never bathes, brushes his teeth, or washes his underwear, and he walks through mud.
** There is also Fartmeister Carter, a product of neglective parenting and the Ankh-Morpork slums, whose best friend frankly tells him to eat less starch and take more baths.

* The opening of ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'' shows Charlie not changing outside of her clothing she wore the previous day and not showering, as shown when she sniffs herself for odors but simply shrugs it off. This is {{justified|trope}} due to the depression of losing her father. She properly cleans up herself after meeting Bumblebee, though.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Misato Katsuragi. Not only is her apartment complex ''loaded'' with junk (mostly cups of ramen and cans of beer), but she is also implied to have rarely (if ever) taken a bath or shower.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Misato Katsuragi. Not only is her apartment complex ''loaded'' with junk (mostly cups and ramen and cans of beer), but she is also implied to have rarely (if ever) taken a bath or shower.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Misato Katsuragi. Not only is her apartment complex ''loaded'' with junk (mostly ramen and beer), but she is also implied to have rarely (if ever) taken a bath or shower.

* Founding member of Music/TheGratefulDead, Ron [=McKernan=], earned himself the nickname of Pigpen, after the TropeNamer himself, because he was known to have ''very'' poor hygiene. In particular, photographs show Pigpen as never shaving.

* Fujou from ''Oddman 11'' has never taken a single bath in her lifetime, going so far as to deny being baptized as a baby. While she seems to be beautiful enough ([[GenericCuteness according to what the audience can see, at least]]), her smell led has her to an isolated life; her entire class has to wear gas masks, so she doesn't even know their faces. Part of her [[IfItsYouItsOkay relationship]] with [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Setsu]] is based on the fact that the latter grew accostumed to her body odor and has no qualms befriending her.

* ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind]]'': According to [[DefiantCaptive Trish Una]], [[TheGunslinger Guido Mista]] smells really bad, and his fingernails are really bizarre, implying he never clips them. It is unclear whether this is normal for Mista or simply his condition after traveling and fighting continuously for six days. It isn't until Trish tells him this that Mista realizes how dirty he is. He contemplates whether or not he should take a shower, making both of them laugh.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'': According to Trish Una, [[TheGunslinger Guido Mista]] smells really bad, and his fingernails are really bizarre, implying he never clips them. It isn't until Trish tells him this that Mista realizes how dirty he is, contemplating whether or not he should take a shower.
** ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'': When Gyro Zeppeli is determining what to pack for the race, he decides to forgo toilet paper, tissues, and a toothbrush, as he concludes that he can use roots to brush his teeth, and he can simply use leaves to both blow his nose and wipe his butt.

* ''Manga/GegegeNoKitaro'': Nezumi Otoko is stated to have never taken a bath in three hundred years, and the older Manga specifically states that he has [[NauseaFuel hookworms and other lovely diseases]] from this filth. His stench has been known to make humans pass out, and once an entire TV News Studio had to wear gas masks in order to interview him. It's not his only character trait, but one of his most noticeable.

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* Black Mage from ''WebComic/EightBitTheater''. He repeatedly claims that the smell is his spell components, but nobody buys it.

!!Examples:

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* While it was not her [[BlindWeaponmaster most]] [[CuteBruiser notable characteristic]], Toph from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' liked to walk around in "a healthy coating of earth," partly because she was an Earthbender, partly to rebel against her posh parents.
* In the film, ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' was pretty grubby, but it was just another facet to how obnoxious he was. But in the AnimatedAdaptation he really cultivated it, showing actual pride in his stink.
* The wizard Zabobon from ''WesternAnimation/TheBigKnights'', who wears a filthy robe and is perpetually surrounded by flies.
* GiantMook Greasepit from ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'' has some kind of mutation where he literally sweats motor oil & grease from his pores constantly. He makes a major mess wherever he goes, and often ends up tripping or causing others to trip because of the slime he drips all over the place.
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''
** Bob is commented on several times to have lacking personal hygiene. People frequently take note of a smell that seems to follow him, and he himself admits he doesn't wash much.
** Gene as well. In the Season 11 episode where he's patient zero for a family pinworm infection, it's noted that the Belchers thought he had a sunburn for a week when it was really just Buffalo sauce.
* ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'': Chip and Skip are perpetually surrounded by flies and admit in one episode they don't bathe. According to "Dirt Nappers", they ''have'' to stay perpetually filthy lest they enter a century-long slumber.
* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels'': Captain Caveman is a big hairy ball of filth.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' had a one-shot character named [[AntiVillain Captain James P. Dirt]] who apparently ran away from home to avoid his NeatFreak mother who wanted him to take a bath, and as a result, lives in the sewers as an adult never having bathed in his life, the captain of a ship full of dirty, lazy children. Numbuh Two's brother Tommy falls in with him, but eventually he finds this rather disgusting, and eventually he ''and'' the Captain see the error of their ways. James eventually tells Tommy before they part company, [[AnAesop "Listen to your mother."]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episode "Conway the Contaminationist", a man named Conway (a filthy, deformed pilot) comes to the Bagge house, claiming that terrible hygiene is actually ''good'' for your health. Muriel and Eustace decide to live filthy lifestyles too, but it makes them sick and miserable. Conway himself though [[BizarreHumanBiology actually does benefit from being dirty]], as he drinks sludge to heal his injuries, and even claims to be 193-years-old.
* One-shot villain Ample Grime from ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck.'' (Sister of NeatFreak villain Ammonia Pine, ironically.)
* Getting dirty is one of ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK'''s secondary traits. In one episode of the animated series, he shown to have an uncontrollable compulsion to get dirty. When his father threatens him with grounding if he gets messy before his school photo is taken, Gnasher has to keep dragging him away from messy situations.
* Ramon Ridley from ''WesternAnimation/{{Dogstar}}''. A cleaning robot self-destructs after attempting to calculate exactly how much filth he has on him.
* Ed from ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''. The Kankers are downplayed examples, but they appear as though they don't brush their teeth nor keep up with their hygiene.
* ''Literature/EdgarAndEllen''. One time in the animated series, Ellen got sprayed with an anti-bug formula, which made a bunch of bugs come jumping out of her hair.
* One of the episodes of ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'' deals with Fanboy trying to beat a record on going for the longest time without a bath. His costume got so incredibly dirty, it came to life and gained the personality of a mobster called Stinks.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids'' had the gang deal with a kid named Suede Simpson who never bathed. The smell was so bad, no one wanted to be around him and he could never figure out why. [[BrattyHalfPint Russell]] [[BrutalHonesty finally told him that he smelled.]] He was angry at first, but finally got the message and took a shower.
* ''WesternAnimation/FrenchRoast'': The homeless man is so filthy that a cloud of flies hovers over his head and follows him around. Of course, he is homeless.
* Dr. Zoidberg from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. He lives in a dumpster and his dates dump him because of his stench. [[spoiler:In a final season episode, he gets together with a woman with no sense of smell.]]
* Murdoc of {{Music/Gorillaz}} is notoriously [[UncleanlinessIsNextToUngodliness unhygienic]].
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': While he's not usually visibly dirty, Dipper apparently has questionable hygiene, and part of the reason [[LimitedWardrobe he wears the same outfit all the time]] is that he thinks doing laundry is "a waste of time".
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' featured Billy's Mom going progressively insane as she repeatedly bathes Billy and dresses him in a clean tuxedo, only to have him get filthy within ''seconds'' by careening around the yard and playing with mud.
* Sloppy Joe from ''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}''.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/HappilyEverAfterFairyTalesForEveryChild'' episode "Snow White" one of the seven dwarfs was named Smelly Sulfur, he often rolled around in dirt and his stench would kill plants as he passed by them.
* Jason was this in the first season of ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'' when the show felt like indulging itself in [[NauseaFuel gross-out humor]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSimBCOj_Rg To wit...]]
* It is implied several times that Bill from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' has very poor hygiene and lives in very filthy conditions almost never cleaning up after himself, this is mainly due to being depressed after his divorce from Lenore.
* WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck is {{implied|Trope}} to be this in ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow''. In "That's My Baby", he says that he "cares about the Earth" when Tina points out that he doesn't shower, is revealed to have never heard of toilet paper in "Peel of Fortune", and in "Bugs and Daffy Get a Job", he refers to Bugs brushing his teeth as a "little quirk" (keep in mind that Daffy is a ToothyBird) in defense of his snoring.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', Lana loves living the gross life whether it's playing in mud or rummaging through garbage. In stark contrast, her [[PolarOppositeTwins twin sister Lola]] is obsessed with beauty and cleanliness.
* The Dirt Dudes from ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' are anthropomorphic dust bunnies that are depicted as being dirty and very mean.
* ''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha'' had The Flea, whose special wrestling move was really bad odor. His outfit is actually white, but his lifestyle is so dirty it's become consistently brown all over.
* Surprisingly a few in ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'':
** Several in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
*** In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E17HeartsAndHoovesDay one episode]], the song "The Perfect Stallion" briefly featured a filthy, smelly, fly-drawing stallion, whose cutie mark was a TRASH CAN.
*** In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E8TheParentMap another episode]], one of the booksellers at Starlight's childhood village says that she doesn't wish to cover up her natural scent. Cue her lifting up her arm and [[VisibleOdor green waves coming from it]].
** Back in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3'', Spike was awakened from his thousand year sleep and was as dirty as to be expected. He openly takes pride in how dirty he was and while everypony else is holding their noses, he implies he purposefully cultivated his horrid stench. However, after getting cleaned off he admits he's glad to be clean again.
** In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration'', Earth Ponies were stereotyped by the unicorns for "smelling like rotting sardines", to the point that [[GenkiGirl Izzy Moonbow]] [[InnocentBigot is legitimately shocked]] [[YouAreACreditToYourRace when learning that]] [[WideEyedIdealist Sunny Starscout]] doesn't smell.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' had Buttercup refusing to take a bath. She got so filthy that the townsfolk chased her with TorchesAndPitchforks. Even the MonsterOfTheWeek refused to fight her. ''That's'' what forced her to clean up.
** And Harry Pitt to a lesser extent who is always covered dirt due to the fact he likes to play in the mud.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'' / ''WesternAnimation/{{Marsupilami}}'' short, ''Bathtime for Maurice'', Marsupilami tries to get his gorilla friend Maurice a bath.
* Phil and Lil from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' loved to play in mud and garbage, and ate worms. They ate anything they could get their hands on. Lil eventually grew out of her habits but as of ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'' Phil is the same.
* Implied with the character Dirty Bill from the ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies'' short "The Robber Kitten" although Ambrose the Kitten never comments on his smell, Bill states that he's never had a bath and never will, and at one point he is seen scratching and sniffing his armpit.
* Implied in the case of Jude Lizowski from ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'' -- in one episode, it's mentioned that he actually went two weeks without bathing of any kind. But fortunately for the rest of the gang (and, by extension, everyone else), Jude never smells too bad, which Jude claims is due to something that he refers to as the "Stink Cycle."
* Sloppy Smurf from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' had Dogpoo, an obvious ShoutOut to Pig-Pen, to the point of hardly being used at all in the show because of his one-note characterization (a problem Schultz also ran into when thinking up material for Pig Pen).
* In ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', Patrick Star picked up the ConflictBall when he gained the status of Pig-Pen as a CompressedVice. He turned against suddenly scrupulous neat freak Spongebob and they waged a war of cleanliness vs. filth for 11 minutes.
** They do a good job of implying that this isn't new, though; in one scene Spongebob removes Patrick's "jacket" only to discover that what has appeared to be his skin ever since the show started is actually ''a uniform layer of caked-on filth half an inch thick''. For Spongebob's part, well, he's an ambulatory sponge, what did you expect?
** In the episode "Karate Island", one of the opponents Sandy faces is known as Filthy Phil who attempt to fight her using his body odor. However, Sandy is protected from his scent thanks to her "fresh air dome" and the stink is instead [[HoistByHisOwnPetard smelt by Phil himself]].
--> '''Filthy Phil:''' Man! I really do stink!
* Russel from ''WesternAnimation/StickinAround'', who emitted a "funky smell" at all times.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheSuper6'' "Brothers Matzoriley" segment, the titular brothers had to deal with a recurring antagonist called Dirty Pierre, who was as filthy as he was malicious.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'', Taz isn't especially dirty (not ''most'' of the time) but he ''does'' hate taking baths, something that is mentioned in several episodes.
--> '''Taz:''' [[ThirdPersonPerson Taz]] [[RunningGag hate water!]]
* Ian "Eww-an" Wazselewski from ''WesternAnimation/TeachersPet''.
* Guysborough the Garbage Barge from ''WesternAnimation/TheodoreTugboat'' loves garbage and [[HatesBaths hates being cleaned]].
* Whiff and Scruff from ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' are both engines who work at the Waste Dump. Scruff in particular [[HatesBaths hates being cleaned]], though in the episode, "[[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS17E2ScruffsMakeover Scruff's Makeover]]", [[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism he became proud of his new coat of paint]], and [[NeatFreak refused to work at the waste dump]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' had three characters who were known for this quality (at least in their toy bios -- it didn't necessarily make it to the show). First, there's the Autobot targetmaster [[MeaningfulName Landfill]], who turns into a dump truck and doesn't ever quite understand that after hauling around a few loads of leaking hazardous material it'd be polite to use some cleaning agents on yourself. Then there's the Decepticon Terrocon Blot. In his case, the filth issue really isn't his fault: he's got problems with leaky connections that he just can't fix that leave him constantly dripping foul sludge. But the one who really takes the prize is the Decepticon Horrorcon, Snapdragon. Unlike the other two, he realizes how disgusting and foul he is and he ''revels'' in it. He loves to roll in whatever nasty spills he can find to insure that he's got the worst stench possible.
* In the Mondo TV cartoon for ''WesternAnimation/TheTrashPack'', ironically, the character that is considered the grossest of them all is ''not'' one of the Trashies, the living pieces of ''garbage''. Rather, it's Mr. Binner, a surly business man from Garden City. His white shirts are always stained, he has a green stink cloud that always follows him around, and his broken briefcase always drops out trash, which he simply kicks away instead of picking up.
* Lord Stinker from ''WesternAnimation/{{TUGS}}'' is a garbage barge who works with [[DumbMuscle Warrior]] (and occasionally [[UpperClassTwit Top Hat]]). He wears a clothespin on his nose to escape smelling his own garbage.
* Stinkbert from ''WesternAnimation/TurboDogs''
* Toad, as depicted in ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', cheerfully and purposely amplified the base mankiness caused by his mutation. He showered on a monthly basis, ate insects, had a odour that caused other characters to open windows in his presence, and was described as having 'the personal hygiene of a dead pig'.
* ''WesternAnimation/ZekesPad'': In "Clean Slate", Zeke turns his mother Ida, who is usually a NeatFreak, into her complete opposite. However, Ida takes her no-cleaning rules extremely strictly, and whoever is found doing a tiny bit of cleaning (e.g. moving a piece of paper to find something) is sent to the dreaded CR, the clutter room. The room is designed to break anyone of their cleaning habits.
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* Smudge (Cascão) from the Brazilian comic ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'' (''Turma da Mônica'') has as his personal gimmick the fact he ''never'' took a shower. ''Ever'', since he was born. An early comic strip implies Smudge took a bath as a Mother's Day gift, a cover of his comic book once shown him washing his hands... and in the [[SpinoffBabies spinoff teenagers]] series, he bathes once in a while. Though he's still not quite into it, as he himself once said:

** From the same series, villain Captain Fray (Capitão Feio) (who has a barely remembered origin as Smudge's uncle). However, different from Smudge, who is ecologically friendly, Fray tries to use his powers to pollute all of Earth and make everyone as dirty as him, putting him at clash with Smudge himself and the other main characters.