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[[File:Kim Possible - Shego Filing Nails.jpg|thumb|400px|link=Kim Possible|You know, you'll ruin your gloves that way, Shego.]]
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'', episode 4, "Revenge Road": When Priss calls Sylia to ask whether the Knight Sabers can take a job, Sylia is painting her nails. She doesn't stop throughout the phone call. Some fans took Sylia's behaviour as a clue that she wasn't completely human... or, at least, not completely socialized.
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* After Kuzco fires Yzma in ''[[The Emperor's New Groove]]'', he dismisses the stunned, stuttering woman from his mind and instead contemplates his fingernails.
* In ''[[Thor: Ragnarok]]'', when the Einherjar confront Hela, she studies her nails with a bored look before even deigning to address them.
* Inverted in ''[[Legally Blonde (film)|Legally Blonde]]'' where Elle's sorority sisters take her to the nail salon after
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* Used as part of a character-defining moment during the first-episode setup of the 2009-2014 [[Lifetime]] series ''[[Drop Dead Diva]]'': ditzy blonde Deb goes off to her audition to be a model on ''[[The Price Is Right]]'', while talking to a friend on her cellphone and filing her nails
* In ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'' [[Brainless Beauty]] Hilary Banks starts a fire when she drops her oven mitts on the range top so she can file her nails. When she notices the fire, she makes a token effort to beat it out with a frying pan before returning to filing her nails ''while smoke continues to rise''. When Geoffrey enters the kitchen she tells him [[Understatement|that something might be wrong with the stove]] before going back to her nails ''again''.
* Santana from ''[[Glee]]'' was frequently seen filing her nails when she apparently felt events (or the people around her) were beneath her notice,
* One of the defining characteristics of Miss Nance of the Humanidyne Institute, secretary to the titular team from [[NBC]]'s short-lived series ''[[Misfits of Science]]'', although in her case it's misleading
== [[Music]] ==
* In the video for [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s 1985 song "Like a Surgeon" (parodying [[Madonna]]'s hit "Like a Virgin") a nurse dressed like the very early Madonna sits in one corner of the operating room unconcerned with the medical procedures taking place, blowing bubblegum and filing her nails.
* Makes an appearance in the song [https://members.tripod.com/~bardic_circle/di.htm "Divine Irregularity"] by [[Filk Song|filk singer]] [[Tom Smith]]:
{{quote|''They heard a roar and a terrible crash, and they all turned 'round to see''
''The dragon right behind them cleaning its nails on a tree.''}}
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* The comic adaptation of the special ''Garfield Gets a Life'' shows a secretary filing, painting, ''and'' drying her nails while directing where Jon and Garfield should go to a life seminar.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'':
** In ''[[Mortal Kombat X]]'', Tanya's brutality ends with her checking her nails and making a dismissive comment about her opponent.{{verify|reason=There is no writeup for a character named Tanya on Mortal Kombat X/Characters}}
** ''[[Mortal Kombat 11]]'':
*** For one of her taunts, Jade leans on her staff and studies her nails while insulting her opponent.{{verify|reason=There is no writeup for a character named Jade on Mortal Kombat 11/Characters}}
*** Mileena gets two: In one of her attacks she pauses to inspect her nails ''in the middle of stabbing her opponent in the face''. In another, as a salvo of sais turn her opponent into a pincushion, she turns her back on them and checks out her nails.{{verify|reason=There is no writeup for a character named Mileena on Mortal Kombat 11/Characters}}
* Loki can be seen checking his nails as he tells Black Panther he's accomplished his goals in Wakanda, just before he vanishes from the Marvel Battlegrounds playset in ''[[Disney Infinity]]''.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* When Jaune's attempt to catch a falling Weiss in
▲* When Jaune's attempt to catch a falling Weiss in the [[RWBY/Recap/V01/E08 Players and Pieces|V1E8]] of ''[[RWBY]]'' results in ''both'' of them plunging to the ground, she lands on his back and sarcastically says, "my hero" while studying her nails.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* Mrs. Krabappel files her nails and hums while a visibly ill Bart begs to go to the nurse's office in the episode "Round Springfield" of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]] ''
* In an episode of ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'', aptly titled "Francine's Stolen Bike," Catherine Frensky paints her nails while hearing her sister's cock and bull story about how her dad's old bike, which she had to use to go to school, was "stolen". She points out how unlikely it is while blowing on the polish.
* Liz does this in ''[[The Magic School Bus]]'' when Dr. Carmina Skeledon explains that dinosaurs were not lizards, but they are reptiles. Namely that while Liz isn't related to a dinosaur, they are from similar families. Liz shows off her nails to demonstrate.
== [[Real Life]] ==
* In a nail salon, you get more than a nail file during a manicure or pedicure. Your nails also get buffed and shaped, with cuticles removed. Some stylists are happy to engage in conversation, while others focus on the task at hand.
* Inverted if you cut your cat's nails. More likely than not, you have to ensure the cat is not too stimulated or alarmed when you trim the murder mittens.
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