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May be used as [[Body Paint]]. Sub-trope of [[Covered in Gunge]] - if it's anything other than mud, it goes there.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[Fruits Basket]]'', Tohru's uniform is dirty from the mudslide that fell on her tent. Once she gets cleaned up, one of Yuki's fanclub, jealous that Tohru arrived at school with Yuki, says "That mud looked so good on you".
* As a combination of [[Butt Monkey]] and [[Ms. Fanservice]], the title character in ''[[Maicchingu Machiko Sensei]]'' ends up covered in muck from time to time, usually while losing articles of clothing. This was averted in the episode in which she helps her students fight against bullies by knocking them in a big mud pit.
* Happens to Mei in ''[[Totoro]]''.
== [[Film]] ==▼
▲== Film ==
* A staple of many war films, particularly those depicting World War I. Used to show that a character has been in the trenches for a long time and been covered in grime from shelling.
* In the 1994 film version of ''[[The Little Rascals]]'', at the end, Alfalfa decides to fight back against the bullies, and sends one of them flying into a pig pen. He threatens to punch the other one as well, who decides he'd rather leap facefirst into the mud instead of getting punched! Both of them get completely ''covered'' in mud.
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* ''[[Tom and Huck]]'': Tom (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) and Huck (Brad Renfro) get coated head-to-toe in brown mud to camouflage themselves in the woods.
* Late in the [[Made for TV Movie]] ''The Invisible Woman'' (nothing to do with the ''Fantastic Four'' character) the title character. played by Alexa Hamilton, gets doused with mud in a mud puddle, making her visible and [[Special Effects Failure|showing]] that she's not really an [[Invisible Streaker]].
* ''[[S1m0ne]]'' - When Taransky
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* Professor Sprout in the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series is described as having lots of earth on her clothes and fingernails that would make prim and proper Aunt Petunia faint.
* In ''[[The Hunger Games]]'', Peeta uses a large amount of mud with plants on top to disguise himself as part of a riverbank when he is too injured to move.
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* [[Winnie the Pooh]] covers himself with mud to [[Paper-Thin Disguise|disguise himself as a rain cloud]] to fool the bees while he gets their honey. The bees aren't fooled.
▲== Live Action Television ==
* In ''[[Wipeout 2008|Wipeout]]'', sometimes there'll be mud instead of water under the obstacles for the contestants to land in. So not only do they suffer an embarrassing fall, but they also have to be coated in mud.
* ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]''
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** Iolaus (Michael Hurst) and Autolycus (Bruce Campbell) are handcuffed to each other and fight until they fall down a hill into a pool of wet mud. They spend the next few scenes completely covered in the mud.
** In the episode "War Bride", Iolaus (Michael Hurst) and Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) spend time at a spa where they indulge in a slimy mud bath until they are completely covered in the gray mud.
* ''[[Lois and Clark]]'': in the [[Pilot Movie]], Lois and Jimmy are captured by [[Lex Luthor]]'s [[Dragon]]; Clark goes in to rescue her (as Clark, not as Superman). There's a bomb in the building and as it goes off Clark flies Lois
* In the ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|
* ''[[Step by Step]]'': In the episode "The Wall", Frank (Patrick Duffy) goes to a beauty spa and sits in a bath tub. Suddenly slimy brown mud begins to fill the tub and Frank frantically tries to stop it but only gets coated entirely in the mud.
* ''Zoboomafoo'': In several episodes of this children's show, Martin and Chris Kratt swing on vines and fly face-first into the mud puddle at Animal Junction.
* ''[[Even Stevens]]'': In the episode "Boy on a Rock", Louis (
* ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'': At the end of the episode "Victor's Other Family" , The oldest brother Reese (Justin Berfield) runs on the porch completely covered in brown mud.
* In episode 3 of ''[[The Borgias]]'', assassin Michelotto goes to a sauna and has himself covered in mud as a disguise.
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
▲== Video Games ==
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', rogues have the ability "blind" which pretty much consists of [[A Handful for an Eye|throwing dirt in one's face]] (previous versions had them carry special "blinding powder", which became [[Vendor Trash]] after the need for it was removed).
** [[Lampshade]]d in blinding powder's new item description:
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* A few ''[[Pokémon]]'' attacks do this to the opponent, all but one of them being Ground-type attacks. As well as inflicting damage, Mud Bomb, Mud Slap and Muddy Water (the one non-Ground attack) reduce accuracy while Mud Shot reduces speed. Mud Sport does this to the ''user'', giving them additional resistance to Electric attacks, [[Fridge Logic|despite most of the Pokémon that learn it being immune to Electric attacks already]].
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
* In ''[[My Little Pony:
▲== Western Animation ==
▲* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', Rarity, who can't stand the thought of dirt or behaving in an "uncouth" way, refuses to participate in the Sisterhooves Social with her little sister. She eventually realizes how much it means to her sister, who in the meantime has decided to run the race with Applejack, so {{spoiler|during one stretch of the race, Applejack falls in mud. Rarity comes out of the mud in Applejack's place, and runs the rest of the race with Sweetie Belle, who only sees a mud-caked pony and doesn't realize until the end that it's Rarity.}}
** Played with in an early episode: Applejack can't understand why Rarity hates being muddy but enjoys [[Cucumber Facial]]s. When circumstances conspire to cover Rarity in mud, Applejack quickly applies some sliced cucumber to make her feel better.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'':
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* The ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'' episode "Reef Grief!" where Scooby and Shaggy compete in a sand castle tournament. Spencer Johnson covers his hypnotized competitors with mud so they can build his underground freeway.
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
▲== Real Life ==
* As many parents of young children can testify, this happens quite often.
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