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''What'll they do to me?
''There's no escape for me,
''I'm crawling with ... microscopic bacteria.''
|'''[["Weird Al" Yankovic|Weird Al Yankovic]]''', ''Germs''}}
Known to psychologists as "mysophobia" and to others as "germophobia" this trope describes characters who have a crippling fear of germs. This is one of the common symptoms of [[Super OCD]].
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It's not an uncommon plot to have a character develop this problem for a short time in order to deliver [[An Aesop]] about taking risks being a necessary part of life.
Compare [[Neat Freak]], [[Hypochondria]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[My Hero Academia]]'', the villainous [[Yakuza]] leader Kai Chisaki is ''so'' terrified of germs, he wears a plague doctor's mask and a regular medical mask under it.
== [[Film]] ==
* Bob from ''[[What About Bob?]]'' is afraid of germs, among many other things. He stays in his apartment as much as possible, and uses tissues to avoid actually touching things. He gets better over the course of the film.
* Ed Begley, Jr. as the antagonist Ebner Frost in ''[[Santa with Muscles]]''.
* A minor character in the film of ''[[My Hero Academia]]
== [[Literature]] ==
* The Priest-Kings of ''[[Gor]]'' are so scared of germs that they made themselves immune to all sickness, eradicated every germ that could possibly harm them, moved to another planet, require outsiders to wash in antibacterial bleach several times a day and ''still'' won't touch anyone.
* ''[[The Caves of Steel]]'' by Isaac Asimov: The Spacers (former Earth colonists living in Utopian conditions throughout Space) have long eliminated all disease in their worlds, but their immune systems decayed as a result (the common cold can kill them), so they are downright paranoid when dealing with normal Earth people (who live in entirely different conditions)--forcing them to take thorough showers and burning all materials they come in contact with.
** In its sequel, ''The Naked Sun'', an Earthman visits Solaria, a Spacer world. They build him a house and he learns that they'll destroy it after he leaves the planet.
* Inspector Sussworth, the tiny, Hitleresque commander of the "Special Borrible Group" from ''[[The Borribles]]'' trilogy.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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* Emma Pillsbury from ''[[Glee]]'' cleans grapes individually.
* Sheldon from ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' showers multiple times a day and constantly washes his hands.
* Kari Byron of ''[[
* Freddie's mom in ''[[iCarly]]''. She's been known to boil flowers in bleach...
* Boober, on ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' constantly obsesses over his fear and dislike of germs, and constantly worries and warns others about disease and death.
** He even has a song about it!:
{{quote|"You know they're name is contagious,
Their number's outrageous,
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* Howie Mandel. This is why he never shakes hands with guests on ''[[Deal or No Deal]]'' and is apparently the reason he shaves his head.
* Howard Hughes was famous for this. It eventually became so bad that he would only touch anything with tissues.
* Marc Summers. That the man hosted freaking ''[[Double Dare (1986 TV Show)|Double Dare]]'' for 7 years and ''[[What Would You Do? (game
* Anyone who has ever taken microbiology will tell you that the majority of students in the class become paranoid about germs. Many overcome it a few weeks into the semester, but others don't.
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