Cleanliness Tropes

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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)
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)
Ear Cleaning (using a stick/swab to clean your own or someone else's ear/s)
Filthy Fun (enjoying getting dirty)
Hates Baths (really disliking bathing)
House Husband (a married man who does most of the chores)
Housewife (a married woman who does most of the chores)
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)

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)
Spring Cleaning Fever (cleaning up and treating it as Serious Business)
Sprint Scrubbing (mopping the floor with a wet towel while running)
Spit Shine (cleaning with your own spit)
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)
White Glove Test (using gloves or cloth to check if something's clean)