Hates Baths: Difference between revisions

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For some characters, one of the scariest or things in the world is a bath. This is most commonly seen in young characters (especially boys), who often have to be dragged kicking and screaming to the bath tub. For adult characters it is usually a man whose wife forces him to take a bath. Other species, such as cats and dogs, are often commonly depicted as disliking baths. However, this trope could apply to any age, gender or species.

 

This trope is related to [[The Pig Pen]], however a character who '''Hates Baths''' need not necessarily be unusually filthy or smelly. Compare with [[Cats Hate Water]] for feline oriented examples.

 

* Negi Springfield in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''. He gets it from his father.

* Alice in ''[[Kamisama no Memochou]]''.

* Tetsuro in ''[[Galaxy Express 999]]''.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Most characters in ''[[The Beano]]''.

* [[Meaningful Name|Smudge]] from ''[[Monica's Gang]]'' is such an [[Egregious]] example, it seems like he has an atomic allergy to any water that may touch him outside of his mouth. He gets around it in the sequel series, but he still dislikes bathing.

* In the ''[[Lanfeust]]'' series and its spin-off ''Troll de Troy'', every member of the troll species hates water with a passion. It goes into [[Weaksauce Weakness]] level, as any human with a magic power over water disposes of a great weapon against trolls.

 

* Tails in ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6771295/1/ Bath Time]''. It seems like Sonic would have been a more logical choice due to his dislike bordering on irrational terror of water being almost a defining element of his character.

 

* In Disney's ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'', Dr. Sweet is able to drive Mole away from Milo after Milo accidentally sat in Mole's precious dirtpiles by threatening him with soap.

{{quote|'''Sweet:''' [[I've Got an X and I'm Not Afraid to Use It|I've got soap, and I'm not afraid to use it!]]

'''Mole:''' *hisses*

'''Sweet:''' *towel whip* Back foul creature! Back to the pit from whence you came! }}

* In the [[Film of the Book|live-action version]] of ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'', Mr. Beaver refers to bath day as the worst day of the year.

* In the [[Film of the Book|live-action version]] of ''[[Peter Pan (film)|Peter Pan]]'', Nana the dog has to hoist Michael onto her back and throw him in every day.

* [[Running Gag]] with the Dibbuns (baby animals) and vermin ([[Exclusively Evil]] species) in ''[[Redwall]]''. The vermin actually have a comic song about how dangerous bathing is, about a young ferret who washed himself entirely out of existence.

 

* ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]''. Both Beaver and Waly on sometimes display this attitude, at least until they get older. In the first episode, they fake taking a bath by rumpling towels and putting dirt in the bath tub.

* ''[[The Brady Bunch]]''. The dog Tiger hates baths.

== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==

* Calvin in ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]''.

* ''[[Hagar the Horrible]]'' takes his bath once a year.

* In one of the early strips of ''[[Peanuts]]'', Charlie Brown tries to stall taking a bath using tactics that would latter be imitated by Calvin. However, this aspect to his character never got the same level of attention as Calvin got and was eventually forgotten. Presumably he grew out of it.

* The water-hating Wiley from ''[[BC]]''.

 

* Buddy Layman from ''[[The Diviners]]'' hated to be in water.

 

* ''[[KaBlam!]]'' In one "Life With Loopy" segment, Loopy refuses to bathe because she'll "just get messy again."

* ''[[Muppet Babies]]''. Rowlf's dislike of baths is the focus of one of the episodes.

* ''[[Taz-Mania]]''. A running theme is "TAZ HATE WATER!!!!" This applied to any thing that involved getting wet. Baths just made it ten times worse.

* Tommy Gilligan from ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]''. The episode "Operation: DUCKY" is all about this trope.

* [[Krypto the Superdog]]: Streaky the Supercat would often try to avoid a bath from his owner as much as possible. Although this could have more to do with the fact that his owner's a little kid who treats him a bit too roughly than him being a cat disliking baths in general.

* The ogres in ''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]'', proven by the episode "Just a Tad Smarter". When the ogres kick Igthorn out and Toadwart's cousin Tadpole takes over, he treats them even worse than Igthorn did. Not only does he mistreat them the same way, he ''makes them take baths!'' After an [[Enemy Mine]] with the heroes (who also regard Tadpole as worse because he was pragmatic enough to order them to destroy the Gummi Berry Bushes, which Igthorn always wanted for his own use), all Igthorn has to do to become their leader again is promise there'll be no more baths.

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[[Category:Bathing Tropes]]