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In detective stories, the detective usually [[Baker Street Regular|has a conversation with the shoeshiner]] while he gets his shoes shined. This [[Knowledge Broker|lets him know what is happening "on the street"]]. The detective usually adds an extra tip to pay for the information.
Shoe shining is often used as the first step in a character's [[Rags to Riches|working his way out of poverty]]—the [[Burger Fool]] of its day. [[Horatio Alger, Jr.]] is probably the [[Trope Codifier]], if not the [[Trope Maker]], for that aspect (see Literature below).
Shoe shine stands do still exist, but this site is about tropes. You don't see them much in media anymore.
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{{examples}}
== Comic Books ==
* [[Disney Ducks Comic Universe|Scrooge McDuck]] famously
* ''Torpedo'', or ''Torpedo 1936'', is a Spanish comics series which depicts the adventures of the antagonistic character Luca Torelli, a heartless hit man, and his sidekick Rascal, in context of the violent organized crime culture of New York during the Great Depression era. Luca Torelli was a shoe shiner before becoming a hitman.
* In an early ''[[Batman]]'' comic, Robin goes undercover as a shoeshine boy, and when the villain of the week stops to get a shine Robin secretly applies a tracking device to his shoe.
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:The film is based on the real-life experiences of Henry Hill and the people he met through the Vario brothers, who owned a shoeshine stand and other businesses. In real life, William "Billy Batts" Devino taunted Thomas "Two Gun Tommy" DeSimone, calling him "spit-shine Tommy." DeSimone retorted by yelling, "Shine these fuckin' shoes," and then executing Batts.
* A hotel shoe shiner played a major role in ''Nick of Time'' with [[Johnny Depp]].
* In the movie ''[[M*A*S*H (film)|M*A*S*H]]'', the snippets of the song "Tokyo Shoe Shine Boy" are played at various times. The song is also on the movie soundtrack. In the film it is sung in Japanese, except for the words "Tokyo Shoe Shine Boy" in English. You can hear the entire song in Japanese [https://web.archive.org/web/20140424022213/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC_jf6FUh-U here]
* ''[[Young Frankenstein]]''. When Frederick's train pulls in, he asks a shoeshine boy, "Pardon me boy, is this the Transylvania Station?" The boy replies "Ja, ja. Track 29... Oh, can I give you a shine?" This is a [[Shout-Out]] to the 1941 song "[[wikipedia:Chattanooga Choo Choo|Chattanooga Choo Choo]]" (mentioned below).
* ''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]'': While [[James Bond]] is trailing Kananga's car in Harlem, he's spotted by a black shoeshine man, who calls Mr. Big on a radio inside his shoeshine kit.
* In ''[[The Band Wagon]]'', Fred Astaire sings and dances [
* [[Prince of Space]] is a shoeshine boy.
* Miguel, the protagonist of ''[[Coco]]'', is a part-time shoeshiner
== Literature ==
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