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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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== [[Advertising]] == |
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
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* ''[[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. |
* ''[[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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== [[Music]] == |
== [[Music]] == |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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== [[New Media]] == |
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== [[Newspaper Comics]] == |
== [[Newspaper Comics]] == |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends == |
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== [[Pinball]] == |
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== [[Podcast]]s == |
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== [[Professional Wrestling]] == |
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== [[Puppet Shows]] == |
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== [[Radio]] == |
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== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] == |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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*** 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. |
*** 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. |
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* 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]]''. |
* 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]]''. |
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=== [[Visual Novel]]s === |
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== [[Web Animation]] == |
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== [[Web Comics]] == |
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== [[Web Original]] == |
== [[Web Original]] == |
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* When Jaune's attempt to catch a falling Weiss in [[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. |
* When Jaune's attempt to catch a falling Weiss in [[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. |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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== Other Media == |
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== [[Real Life]] == |
== [[Real Life]] == |
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