Cleanliness Tropes

Tropes dealing with cleaning and cleanliness, from the characters who perform it to the methods that are used.

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After-School Cleaning Duty (being made to clean up after school)
Ascetic Aesthetic (a setting that is very clean and simplistic, which is meant to be ominous)

Awkwardly Placed Bathtub (a bathtub in a weird place in the house)
Baths Are Fun (enjoying taking a bath)
Children Do the Housework (children who do most of the chores)
Creepy Cleanliness (a clean area is meant to be creepy)
A Day in Her Apron (someone incompetent has to do the cleaning when the one who usually does is out of commission)
The Dreaded Toilet Duty (someone is forced to clean toilets)
Ear Cleaning (using a stick/swab to clean your own or someone else's ear/s)
Fanservice Car Wash (washing a car for Fanservice's sake)
Filthy Fun (enjoying getting dirty)
Hates Baths (really disliking bathing)
Househusband (a married man who does most of the chores)
Housewife (a married woman who does most of the chores)
Laundromat Liaisons (having a conversation at a laundromat)
Living in a Furniture Store (someone's house is always tidy)

Meido (a cute (not in a sexy way) female housekeeper)
Neat Freak (someone who wants everything clean at all times)
Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping (a bartender who cleans glasses a lot)
Out, Damned Spot! (someone feels bad about something they did (usually killing or injuring someone and leaving blood on them) and tries to wash or get rid of the feeling but doesn't feel clean no matter how much they try)
Red Sock Ruins the Laundry (a deep-colored piece of fabric stains the whole load of laundry with its color)
Robot Maid (a housekeeper who's a robot)
Romance-Inducing Smudge (a smudge that leads one person to clean it, which in turn leads to romance)
Shower of Angst (taking a shower because you're sad)
Shower of Love (kissing or lovemaking in the shower)
Shrunk in the Wash (a piece of clothing gets smaller when washed)

Soulless Bedroom (someone who lacks emotions has an unnaturally clean bedroom with few or no personal possessions)
Spit Shine (cleaning with your own spit)
Spring Cleaning Fever (cleaning up and treating it as Serious Business)
Sprint Scrubbing (mopping the floor with a wet towel while running)
Swipe Your Blade Off (making a swiping motion to get blood off a sword)
Terrified of Germs (a fear of germs that is more extreme than most fears)
Toothbrush Floor Scrubbing (scrubbing the floor with a toothbrush)
"Wash Me" Graffiti (a joke where someone writes a message on a dirty surface to ask that it be cleaned)
Washy Watchy (watching the laundry spin in the washing machine is treated as great entertainment)
White Glove Test (using gloves or cloth to check if something's clean)