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== Literature ==
* ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'': This happens to Tom Sawyer when he is trying to hide silently in the dark.
* [[Robert Heinlein]]'s ''[[Have Space
* ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' also addresses this as the only major fault in Mobile Infantry power armor.
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* On ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', Marshall realizes he has head-lice halfway through a job interview, and starts "discreetly" trying to scratch it. Eventually, it's too much for him and he screams out "I HAVE LICE!". Suffice to say, he did not get the job.
* On an episode of ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'', two men must face a magical test to win Sabrina's heart, which involves running through an obstacle course to reach Sabrina, who is sinking into a pit of quicksand. At a point where her hands are submerged, seemingly pinning her arms to her sides, Sabrina says: "Help, someone save me! Or scratch my nose..."
* In one episode of ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]]'', Margaret is afflicted by a rash on her backside but can't scratch because she doesn't want anyone to learn of her plight.
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== Theatre ==
* In ''[[Fiddler
{{quote|"May he get an itch he cannot scratch!" }}
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