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1Tropes dealing with cleaning and cleanliness, from the characters who perform it to the methods that are used.
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3Compare BathingTropes. Contrast FilthinessTropes and DisgustTropes.
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5''Please keep this index tidy, and use these antiseptic wipes to clean up if you spill anything.''
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7[[index]]
8* AfterSchoolCleaningDuty: Being made to clean up after school.
9* AsceticAesthetic: A setting that is very clean and simplistic, which is meant to be ominous.
10* CatharticChores: Cleaning as a way of dealing with frustration or stress.
11* ChildrenDoTheHousework: Children who do most of the chores.
12* CleanupCrew: Characters whose job it is to clean up incriminating evidence.
13* CreepyCleanliness: A clean area is meant to be creepy.
14* ADayInHerApron: Someone incompetent has to do the cleaning when the one who usually does is out of commission.
15* DirtForcefield: Dirt simply does not stick to some characters.
16* TheDreadedToiletDuty: Someone is forced to clean toilets.
17* EarCleaning: Using a stick/swab to clean your own or someone else's ears.
18* FanserviceCarWash: Washing a car for {{Fanservice}}'s sake.
19* FrenchMaid: A sexy female housekeeper who uses GratuitousFrench.
20* {{Househusband}}: A married man who does most of the chores.
21* {{Housewife}}: A married woman who does most of the chores.
22* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: Using a janitor's disguise to get past the guards.
23* KidsHateChores: A kid hates having to do chores.
24* LaundromatLiaisons: Having a conversation at a laundromat.
25* LazyHusband: A man lazes around the house while his wife does all the cleaning.
26* LivingInAFurnitureStore: Someone's house is always tidy.
27* MaidCorps: An army of hundreds of servants.
28* {{Meido}}: A cute (not in a sexy way) female housekeeper.
29* MenCantKeepHouse: A man's house will be a mess without a woman to clean it.
30* MusicalChores: Singing while you clean.
31* NeatFreak: Someone who wants everything clean at all times.
32* NinjaMaid: A maid who [[ActionGirl knows kung fu]].
33* ObsessiveCompulsiveBarkeeping: A bartender who cleans glasses a lot.
34* RedSockRuinsTheLaundry: A deep-colored piece of fabric stains the whole load of laundry with its color.
35* RobotMaid: A housekeeper who's a robot.
36* RomanceInducingSmudge: A smudge that leads one person to clean it, which in turn leads to romance.
37* SculleryMaid: A maid who is considered the lowest-ranking of the servants.
38* ShrunkInTheWash: A piece of clothing gets smaller when washed.
39* SoullessBedroom: Someone who lacks emotions has an unnaturally clean bedroom with few or no personal possessions.
40* SpitShine: Cleaning with your own spit.
41* SpringCleaningFever: Cleaning up and treating it as SeriousBusiness.
42* SprintScrubbing: Mopping the floor with a wet towel while running.
43* SweepingAshes: A corpse's ashes get swept up.
44* SwipeYourBladeOff: Making a swiping motion to get blood off a sword.
45* ToothbrushFloorScrubbing: Scrubbing the floor with a toothbrush.
46* WashMeGraffiti: A joke where someone writes a message on a dirty surface to ask that it be cleaned.
47* WashyWatchy: Watching the laundry spin in the washing machine is treated as great entertainment.
48* WhiteGloveTest: Using gloves or a cloth to check if something's clean.
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