Covered in Mud: Difference between revisions

Occasionally they'll be ''pushed'' into mud by someone, or simply fall on their own, which either way is an embarrassing experience. Bonus humiliation points if it's right in their face, or if they fall into a patch of mud that had pigs wallowing in it - this implies that the character is even more lowly than a pig, and, of course, there's a chance they're going to stink afterward. It may be part of a [[Humiliation Conga]].

 

 

Now, while getting muddy may ''not'' be the character's choice, there are times when they'll intentionally cover themselves in mud. It may have a practical purpose such as helping to camouflage them. Or, perhaps, they may be getting extremely dirty in order to help someone else out, in which case they're seen as being more humble and selfless because they put themselves in that position. Sometimes, if the mud is from a character that spends a lot of time outside, such as gardening, it can imply that they're more of a down-to-earth person who spends more time actually ''doing'' things than worrying about their appearance.

 

== Video Games ==

** [[Lampshade]]d in blinding powder's new item description:

{{quote|Once favored by rogues as a blinding agent, it was abandoned for more readily available resources... like dirt. }}

* ''[[The Simpsons]]'', in a [[Treehouse of Horror]] episode parodying [[Orson Welles]]' ''[[War of the Worlds]]'' broadcast: Springfield is terrified of being invaded by Martians. Sideshow Mel tells everyone to take off their clothes and wallow in the mud. That way the Martians will leave them alone, not realizing that they're people.

** In an early episode where the family went camping, Homer and Bart get lost, Homer ends up covered in mud, unintelligible and raging from bee stings, and gets mistaken for Bigfoot.