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== Anime and Manga ==

* In ''[[~~Death Note (Manga)|~~Death Note]]'', this isn't the ''core'' of the conflict between Light (snob) and L (slob), but the contrast is certainly played up. Their allies also tend to fit; stylishly dressed [[Knight Templar|Knights Templar]] vs. [[Defective Detective|Defective Detectives]].

* In ''[[Death Note]]'', this isn't the ''core'' of the conflict between Light (snob) and L (slob), but the contrast is certainly played up. Their allies also tend to fit; stylishly dressed [[Knight Templar|Knights Templar]] vs. [[Defective Detective|Defective Detectives]].

* ''[[~~One Piece (Manga)|~~One Piece]]'': The clash of the Marines (Snobs) and the Pirates (Slobs), though we see aversions on both sides. For example, the rough-and-tumble Garp for the Marines and suave and stylish pirates like Sanji or Robin. Played straight with the Celestial Dragons vs -- well, everyone else.

* ''[[One Piece]]'': The clash of the Marines (Snobs) and the Pirates (Slobs), though we see aversions on both sides. For example, the rough-and-tumble Garp for the Marines and suave and stylish pirates like Sanji or Robin. Played straight with the Celestial Dragons vs -- well, everyone else.

* In ''[[~~Beelzebub (Manga)|~~Beelzebub]]'', this happens when protagonist and his [[True Companions]], who hail from a delinquent ridden [[Inner-City School]], clash with the [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]] of the posh private school they are transferred to.

* In ''[[Beelzebub]]'', this happens when protagonist and his [[True Companions]], who hail from a delinquent ridden [[Inner-City School]], clash with the [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]] of the posh private school they are transferred to.

== Comic Books ==

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** Lord Snooty (and his family) versus the Gasworks Gang. Most of Lord Snooty's close friends were also commoners, though; in the first issue, he decides they're more fun than his posh friends.

* The old UK comic book ''Smash!'' had a series called "The Swots and The Blots" that was neat preppy kids verses the scruffy troublemakers.

* ''[[The Dandy (~~Comic Book~~)|The Dandy]]'' had "The Jocks and the Geordies". Interestingly in this one, the Geordies are the snobs, despite being archetypally cast as the Slobs/the hard guys (even before ''[[Viz]]'' came on the scene).

* ''[[The Dandy (comics)|The Dandy]]'' had "The Jocks and the Geordies". Interestingly in this one, the Geordies are the snobs, despite being archetypally cast as the Slobs/the hard guys (even before ''[[Viz]]'' came on the scene).

* ''The Nutty'' had two families living next door to each other, actually called "The Snobs and the Slobs".

* ''Cor!!'' had "Ivor Lott and Tony Broke". Sister comic ''Jackpot'' had their [[Distaff Counterpart|Distaff Counterparts]] "Millie O'Naire and Penny Less". When both comics were merged with ''Buster'', the male and female versions teamed up.

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== Film ==

* ''[[Underworld (~~Film~~)|Underworld]]'' the vampires all wear stylish, clean black suits and gorgeous sexy cocktail dresses when at leisure, and leather trenchcoats when hunting werewolves. Their hair is always flat and oily, curls are always cosmetic, neat, and hang down. Werewolves on the other hand are always in grungy brown leather, shirts that look like they haven't been washed in months, and have hair that generally defies combs to come near.

* ''[[Underworld (film)|Underworld]]'' the vampires all wear stylish, clean black suits and gorgeous sexy cocktail dresses when at leisure, and leather trenchcoats when hunting werewolves. Their hair is always flat and oily, curls are always cosmetic, neat, and hang down. Werewolves on the other hand are always in grungy brown leather, shirts that look like they haven't been washed in months, and have hair that generally defies combs to come near.

* ''[[Meatballs]]'' has the slobs from Camp North Star versus the snobs from Camp Mohawk. Bill Murray gives an iconic speech just before the climactic showdown admiting that beating the snobs won't matter, since even in defeat they'd still be rich.

* ''[[Caddyshack]]'' has this as [http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/caddyshack.jpg its tagline.]

* ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' cranks this trope to eleven. On one side, a team of [[Heroic Sociopath|Heroic Sociopaths]]. On the other, the most [[Wicked Cultured]] Nazis of all time.

* The [[Chez Restaurant|snazzy restaurant]] scene from ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off ~~(Film)~~|Ferris Buellers Day Off]]'', from the incredibly snooty maitre d', to Cameron crunching on the ice from his water. However, this is more a case of age and attitude than class, since all the main characters come from wealthy families.

* The [[Chez Restaurant|snazzy restaurant]] scene from ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off|Ferris Buellers Day Off]]'', from the incredibly snooty maitre d', to Cameron crunching on the ice from his water. However, this is more a case of age and attitude than class, since all the main characters come from wealthy families.

* In ''O.C. and Stiggs'', it's the lower-middle-class title characters versus the ''nouveau riche'' Schwabs. (The rivalry turns up in the original story, but only in the film is it the central plot.)

* The title characters from ''[[The Blues Brothers]]'' find one of their old [[Putting the Band Back Together|band members]] working as maitre d' at a fancy restaurant. They act like total slobs and threaten to come back every day unless the guy comes with them.

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* ''[[Demolition Man]]'': The slobs (led by Edgar Friendly) vs. snobs (enslaved by Dr. Cocteau.) And while the titular Demolition Man identifies more with the slobs, he tells them "you are going to get a lot more clean" as opposed to telling the snobs "you're going to get a little dirty".

* In ''[[Out Cold]]'', a group of working class snowboarders attempt to save their beloved small town from a businessman who wants to turn it into a snooty resort town similar to Aspen, Colorado.

* Pretty much all of ''[[The Mighty Ducks (~~Film~~)|The Mighty Ducks]]'' films. The third one really plays it up as the Ducks get scholarships for a prestigious school and instantly butt heads with the current students there.

* Pretty much all of ''[[The Mighty Ducks (film)|The Mighty Ducks]]'' films. The third one really plays it up as the Ducks get scholarships for a prestigious school and instantly butt heads with the current students there.

* Inverted in ''[[Troop Beverly Hills]]'', in which the children of fantastically rich parents are the underdogs, while a militant troop of middle-class jerks are the villains.

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* ''[[Discworld]]'':

** In ''[[Discworld ~~(Literature)~~/Thud|Thud]]'', the werewolf Angua has to team up with a vampire--which she resents. Werewolves hate vampires, because vampires have ''style'', and make werewolves look like low-class mutts. As Carrot points out, she's gorgeous and doesn't have anything to worry about. Nevertheless, it's something that's ingrained into the psyche of the two species.

** In ''[[Discworld/Thud|Thud]]'', the werewolf Angua has to team up with a vampire--which she resents. Werewolves hate vampires, because vampires have ''style'', and make werewolves look like low-class mutts. As Carrot points out, she's gorgeous and doesn't have anything to worry about. Nevertheless, it's something that's ingrained into the psyche of the two species.

** The wizards are generally the Snobs to the Slobs of the city watch, adventurers, or ordinary Morporkians. Due to the nature of the books' changing viewpoints, this is seen from both sides. In a wizard-centric book, the Wizards will be fat and goofy, but capable and wise, whereas the citizens and guards will be an ignorant rabble who doesn't know what they're messing with. In a commoner-centric book, the wizards will seem like a load of pompous, out-of-touch bureaucrats while the commoners are the ones holding everything together.

** ''[[Discworld ~~(Literature)~~/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]'', which focused evenly on the wizards and their working-class servants, proved there's some truth to both viewpoints.

** ''[[Discworld/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]'', which focused evenly on the wizards and their working-class servants, proved there's some truth to both viewpoints.

** ''[[Discworld ~~(Literature)~~/Hogfather|Hogfather]]'' featured an argument between the Senior Wrangler and the Dean, based on the fact that the Dean's family hung up pillowcases for the Hogfather, while the Wrangler's hung up very small socks. The Dean's family also bought their holly instead of collecting it themselves, and had "la-di-da posh dinner in the evening" and a big Hogswatch tree in the hall.

** ''[[Discworld/Hogfather|Hogfather]]'' featured an argument between the Senior Wrangler and the Dean, based on the fact that the Dean's family hung up pillowcases for the Hogfather, while the Wrangler's hung up very small socks. The Dean's family also bought their holly instead of collecting it themselves, and had "la-di-da posh dinner in the evening" and a big Hogswatch tree in the hall.

{{quote| "I can't help it if my family had money," the Dean said, and this might have defused the situation had he not added, "And standards."}}

* ''[[The Outsiders]]'': With upper-class Socs (Socials) vs. lower-class Greasers. Neither group is entirely unified.

* The family rivalry between the impoverished Weasleys and the high-society Malfoys in ''[[Harry Potter]]''.

** The Weasleys are also often compared to the Dursleys, which is perhaps a better example of this trope. The Weasleys are a scruffy bunch with a kooky house and an overgrown garden. The Dursleys live in an overly tidy normal house and are generally obsessed with appearances.

* In [[HG Wells]]' ''[[The Time Machine]]'', there's the conflict between the ineffectual Eloi and the savage Morlocks.

* In [[H. G. Wells]]' ''[[The Time Machine]]'', there's the conflict between the ineffectual Eloi and the savage Morlocks.

* In ''[[Jumping the Broom]]'', the main conflict is between Jason's working-class mother, Pam, and his fiancee Sabrina's wealthy family. Sabrina's mother Claudine sees Pam as low-class, and Pam sees Claudine as uppity.

* [[~~Robert Westall (Creator)|~~Robert Westall]]'s ''[[~~Futuretrack Five (Literature)|~~Futuretrack Five]]'' has very clear elements of this. The aristocratic, smug Ests are the Snobs and deliberately segregate and control the scruffy, violent, uneducated Unnems.

* [[Robert Westall]]'s ''[[Futuretrack Five]]'' has very clear elements of this. The aristocratic, smug Ests are the Snobs and deliberately segregate and control the scruffy, violent, uneducated Unnems.

** A very mild version plays out between Peter Wingfield and Roger Trembling in ''Fred, Alice and Aunty Lou'' from the ''[[~~Break of Dark (Literature)|~~Break of Dark]]'' anthology. Wingfield is unkempt, scruffily dressed, a chronic smoker and lives in a dilapidated old house full of mouldering antiques and dying pot plants, which Trembling refers to as "The Haunted Mansion." Roger lives in an ultra-modern villa with Modernist furnishings and chrome kitchen fittings, works for a computer company and plays squash every week. Peter refers to his house as "Mission Control."

** A very mild version plays out between Peter Wingfield and Roger Trembling in ''Fred, Alice and Aunty Lou'' from the ''[[Break of Dark]]'' anthology. Wingfield is unkempt, scruffily dressed, a chronic smoker and lives in a dilapidated old house full of mouldering antiques and dying pot plants, which Trembling refers to as "The Haunted Mansion." Roger lives in an ultra-modern villa with Modernist furnishings and chrome kitchen fittings, works for a computer company and plays squash every week. Peter refers to his house as "Mission Control."

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** In season 2, Mary Ann Forrester and her dirt-eating revelers are often positioned in direct contrast with the more "refined" vampires, particularly with Queen Sophie Ann.

** Season 3 appears to be going for the full-on war: {{spoiler|Sam's birth family are portrayed as "trashy", sitting around shirtless drinking beer in the middle of the day. Promos show the Were community as [[Badass Biker|Badass Bikers]], contrasted with the King of Mississippi's "equestrian toffs" aesthetic.}}

* In ''[[~~Red Dwarf (TV)|~~Red Dwarf]]'' we have Rimmer, who keeps his underpants on coathangers, and Lister, who, well...

* In ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' we have Rimmer, who keeps his underpants on coathangers, and Lister, who, well...

{{quote| '''Lister''': No way are these ''my'' boxer shorts! These ''bend''?}}

* Middle-class snob Thelma and working-class reverse-snob Terry in ''Whatever Happened To [[The Likely Lads]]?'', with poor, working-class-with-asperations Bob caught in the middle.

* ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'' pitted the unreconstructed slobbishness of Albert Steptoe against the aspirational snobbishness of his son Harold.

* In ''[[The Cape (TV)|The Cape]]'' Scales, a lower-class British smuggler, gets into a feud with the villain Chess partially because he feels Chess and his business associates are looking down on him.

* In ''[[The Cape (TV series)|The Cape]]'' Scales, a lower-class British smuggler, gets into a feud with the villain Chess partially because he feels Chess and his business associates are looking down on him.

* ''[[Star Trek ~~the~~ Next Generation]]'' had the episode "Up the Long Ladder" based on the trope.

* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' had the episode "Up the Long Ladder" based on the trope.

** Inverted throughout the series with Starfleet (Snobs) vs. Klingons (Slobs).

* In ''[[Babylon ~~Five~~]]'', Centauri are snobs, Narn are slobs.

* In ''[[Babylon 5]]'', Centauri are snobs, Narn are slobs.

* The short-lived ABC sitcom ''It's All Relative'' centered around the conflict between two sets of in-laws, one a blue-collar Irish Catholic couple and the other a pair of well-heeled gay professionals.

* ''[[Yes Dear]]'' had a bit of this, with uptight yuppies Greg and Kim contrasted with the more laid-back and downscale Jimmy and Christina.

* ''[[Yes, Dear]]'' had a bit of this, with uptight yuppies Greg and Kim contrasted with the more laid-back and downscale Jimmy and Christina.

* ''[[Dharma and Greg]]'' had Dharma and her hippie parents frequently butting heads with Greg's rich WASP parents.

* Happens most of the time in soap operas especially in the Philippines and a few other countries. Expect a few disgruntled viewers who find it cliched and melodramatic, though, although the masses are pretty much used to it.

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== Video Game ==

* [[Wario Land ~~(Video Game)~~|Wario]] (slob) VS Count Cannoli and Carpaccio (snobs) in ''[[Wario ~~Master of Disguise (Video Game)|Wario:~~ Master of Disguise]]''.

* [[Wario Land|Wario]] (slob) VS Count Cannoli and Carpaccio (snobs) in ''[[Wario Master of Disguise]]''.

* The rivalry between ''[[Half Life]]''s Black Mesa Research Facility, who [[The Professor|generally behave like legitimate scientists]], and ''[[Portal (~~Video Game~~)|Portal]]''s Aperture Science, who, in the words of their founder, are "[[Mad Scientist|just throwing science at the wall and seeing what sticks]]".

* The rivalry between ''[[Half Life]]''s Black Mesa Research Facility, who [[The Professor|generally behave like legitimate scientists]], and ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]''s Aperture Science, who, in the words of their founder, are "[[Mad Scientist|just throwing science at the wall and seeing what sticks]]".

** Though aesthetically Aperture's clean white Apple-esque everything look plays the snob while Black Mesa's actual science going on look plays the slob. In the older areas of Aperture seen in ''Portal2'', we see that they designed according to whatever looked "cool" for the given time period.

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== Western Animation ==

* [[~~Spongebob~~ SquarePants]] once fought a "cleanliness versus sloppiness" war with Patrick.

* [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] once fought a "cleanliness versus sloppiness" war with Patrick.

* In the ''[[~~Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|~~Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' episode "The Great Divide", there were the neat and snobbish Gan Jin tribe who had a long term feud with the slobbish Zhang ,stemming a single incident of a massive misunderstanding. The clean/dirty issue was just an expression of their feud. In fact, it's possible they ''became'' clean and dirty to distinguish themselves from each other.. This rivalry caused problems when the two groups had to cross a huge canyon together.

* In the ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' episode "The Great Divide", there were the neat and snobbish Gan Jin tribe who had a long term feud with the slobbish Zhang ,stemming a single incident of a massive misunderstanding. The clean/dirty issue was just an expression of their feud. In fact, it's possible they ''became'' clean and dirty to distinguish themselves from each other.. This rivalry caused problems when the two groups had to cross a huge canyon together.

** "Gan Jing" is Mandarin for "clean" and "Zhang" is Mandarin for "dirty", which makes the names for the tribes...somewhat less than imaginative.

* The ''[[Simpsons]]'' episode "A Tale of Two Springfields" had Homer divide the town in such a feud...[[Disproportionate Retribution|because half the town's phone numbers had a new area code]]. (The "rich" part of town kept the old area code while the rest had to learn a new one.)

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** ''They Saved Lisa's Brain'' could also count, but that's more 'The smart people fo Springfield vs. the idiots of Springfield'.

* The entire premise of ''[[The Oblongs]]'' was this, with the dirty (and physically deformed) Valley at odds with the wealthy and immaculate Hills.

* ''[[Codename Kids Next Door]]'': The Kids Next Door are the heroic slobs; the Delightful Children from Down the Lane are the villainous snobs (raised by the even more snobbish Father and Grandfather).

* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'': The Kids Next Door are the heroic slobs; the Delightful Children from Down the Lane are the villainous snobs (raised by the even more snobbish Father and Grandfather).

* Applejack and Rarity had a feud like this that lasted [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E8 Look Before You Sleep|a whole episode]] of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic ~~(Animation)~~|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', though the two are still somewhat at odds with one another.

* Applejack and Rarity had a feud like this that lasted [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E8 Look Before You Sleep|a whole episode]] of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', though the two are still somewhat at odds with one another.