History Main / FanserviceCarWash

* Season 4 of ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' sees Manny in charge of a car wash to raise money for new Spirit Squad uniforms.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Series/CobraKai'', where the Miyagi-Do students hold a car wash to raise money to help Miguel. One CarloadOfCoolKids is expecting the bikini-clad young ladies present to do the washing, but instead it [[TheBigGuy Chris]] who cheerfully does the honors instead, complete with pressing his moobs up against the windshield as he scrubs it.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'', the cheerleaders all do this to pass a class. Kuzco decides to emulate them to also pass his class, with less success.

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* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': In "Helping Handis", Steve and Stan obtain breasts as a result of steroids given by the CIA. Whilst they still can, they use the opportunity to show them off by washing a car.

** Inverted in the crossover episode with ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', as an attempt at finding the Griffin family's stolen car, Peter and Homer attempt to lure the carjacker to them with a car wash that does free service for stolen cars. When it fails, the duo decide to make it up to the carjackers by giving them the car washes this way, but FanDisservice applies since they're both overweight middle-aged men.

What do you do when your work has several hot characters, but no way for them to provide {{Fanservice}} without dipping into the realm of the bizarrely perverted?

You have them do a Fanservice Car Wash!

Subtrope of {{Fanservice}}. If it is done in underwear, it is a LingerieScene.

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* ''Manga/{{Bakuon}}'': After coming back from their road trip to Hokkaido the girls all put on bikinis and wash their motorcycles together. The group's resident airhead [[HoodOrnamentHottie Hane]] then decides it's easier to soap hers down with her own body instead of using a sponge.

* ''Film/BadTeacher'': Elizabeth spices what was a normal and tame one up by showing up in a tied shirt and daisy dukes, exploiting her sex appeal for all its worth and managing to break the school's money record in doing so.

* ''Film/BringItOn'': The Rancho Carne High School cheerleading team did a bikini car wash to raise funds for an upcoming competition trip.

* Zigzagged in ''Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory''. When Pete suggests a car wash to raise funds to keep his "Average Joe's" gym open, the scene cuts so some bikini-clad girls washing cars, and then shows Pete and the guys standing across the street sadly leering at them. They then mention how ''their'' only customer is a creepy-looking redneck that forces the teenage Justin to wash his truck, while under the watchful eye of his pitbull.

* ''Film/JosieAndThePussycats2001'' are a trio of girl musicians chosen by Mega Records to be "the next big thing." Their first hit on the Billboard chart is "Three Small Words", which has an accompanying music video that shows Josie, Melody and Valerie lathering up a nice car on a soundstage.
* {{Invoked}} in ''Film/TheReplacements2000'' the substitute cheerleaders turn out to be a bunch of moonlighting strippers. Their halftime show involved The Music/DonnaSummer song "Bad Girls," a snazzy red car, lots of soapy water, and the kind of dancing that usually involves dollar bills stuffed into a G-String.

* Downplayed in ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'': "Over/Under" opens with a man taking his car through a high-school carwash for a fundraiser, with players and cheerleaders in their uniforms helping out. Unfortunately, being a crime show, it ends with a murder.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Whomp}}'', Ronnie sees a fundraiser where pretty girls in swimsuits are washing cars to make money, but being the bashful fellow he is, he feels too embarrassed to go there. He ends up paying a fat guy to wash his car instead. According to the AltText, the guy charged Ronnie double so he could have his car washed by hot girls twice.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "Neutopia", the women of Planet Express -- Leela, Amy, and [=LaBarbara=] (hired solely for this purpose) -- are recruited to pose for a CharityWorkplaceCalendar. One of the last scenes of the sequence has them washing the ship in bikinis but in reality, that's just how they normally wash the ship.

* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''. In one episode, Mr. Krabs is wearing Pearl's pants and shakes his booty in front of a depressed [=SpongeBob=] (who had failed his boating test [[RunningGag again]]) while washing his boat.

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* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'', a film that takes place in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals. After Buster's dilapidated theater collapses, and the property is seized by the bank, [[FallenOnHardTimesJob he strips down to a Speedo and washes cars on a street corner]]. Eventually, Eddie decides to help him out and they both wash and dry cars in Speedos.
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* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''. Mr. Krabs is wearing Pearl's pants and shakes his booty in front of a depressed [=SpongeBob=] (who had failed his boating test [[RunningGag again]]) while washing his boat.

* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''. Mr. Krabs is wearing Pearl's pants and shakes his booty in front of a depressed [=SpongeBob=] (who had failed his boating test [[RunningGag again]]) while washing his boat. Ew.

* ''Film/JosieAndThePussycats'' are a trio of girl musicians chosen by Mega Records to be "the next big thing." Their first hit on the Billboard chart is "Three Small Words", which has an accompanying music video that shows Josie, Melody and Valerie lathering up a nice car on a soundstage.

* {{Invoked}} in ''Film/TheReplacements'' the substitute cheerleaders turn out to be a bunch of moonlighting strippers. Their halftime show involved The Music/DonnaSummer song "Bad Girls," a snazzy red car, lots of soapy water, and the kind of dancing that usually involves dollar bills stuffed into a G-String.

* Zigzagged in ''Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory''. When Pete suggests a car wash to raise finds to keep his "Average Joe's" gym open, the scene cuts so some bikini-clad girls washing cars, and then shows Pete and the guys standing across the street sadly leering at them. They then mention about how ''their'' only customer is a creepy looking redneck that forces the teenage Justin to wash his truck, while under the watchful eye of his pitbull.

* The German sci-fi comedy ''Film/TraumschiffSurprise'' has a dream sequence that is an over the top parody of this. While it starts out normally (including what can only be described as "bedroom music") it ends with the woman washing her hair, shaving her legs and brushing her teeth under the car wash shower.

* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': Discussed in "Honey, I Blew Up Myself". During Al's birthday, while Kelly and Bud give Al the exact clothes he's wearing as a gift, and Peggy gives him a boudoir picture, which he hates, especially when it's used in a billboard to advertise the photo studio, Jefferson gives him a coupon to a topless car wash.

** Inverted In the crossover episode with ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', as an attempt at finding the Griffin family's stolen car, Peter and Homer attempt to lure the carjacker to them with a car wash that does free service for stolen cars. When it fails, the duo decide to make it up to the carjackers by giving them the car washes this way, but FanDisservice applies since they're both overweight middle-aged men.
* In one episode, this trope is alluded to in a CutawayGag involving a Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} show. In the bit, a teenage actress appears on screen wearing a bikini. She explains that she's doing this for a car wash to raise money for soccer uniforms. The narrator then tells the [[ParentalBonus parents watching the show]] to go to the bathroom and [[ADateWithRosiePalms google the actress]].

* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''. Mr. Krabs is wearing Pearl?s pants, and shakes his booty in front of a depressed [=SpongeBob=] (who had failed his boating test, [[RunningGag again]]) while washing his boat. Ew.

* ''Film/BringItOn'': The Rancho Carne High School cheerleading team did one for an upcoming competition trip.

* The German sci-fi comedy ''[[Main/GermanHumour Traumschiff Surprise]]'' has a dream sequence that is an over the top parody of this. While it starts out normally (including what can only be described as "bedroom music") it ends with the woman washing her hair, shaving her legs and brushing her teeth under the car wash shower.

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* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'', a film that takes place in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals. After Buster's dilapidated theater collapses, and the property is seized by the bank, [[FallenOnHardTimesJob he strips down to a Speedo and washes cars on a street corner.]] Eventually, Eddie decides to help him out and they both wash and dry cars in Speedoes.

* Played straight in both Film/TheBikiniCarwashCompany and its 1993 sequel, Film/TheBikiniCarwashCompanyII. In the first movie, the carwash gets lots of customers but also draws the ire of MoralGuardians.

* One of the more famous scenes in ''Film/CoolHandLuke'' has the prisoners watching a blonde bombshell [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNd0V-Sa4U0 wash her car.]]

* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': Discussed in "Honey I Blew Up Myself." During Al's birthday, While Kelly and Bud give Al the exact clothes he's wearing as a gift, and Peggy gives him a boudoir picture, which he hates, especially when it's used in a billboard to advertise the photo studio, Jefferson gives him a coupon to a topless car wash.

* Inverted in WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants. Mr. Krabs is wearing Pearl?s pants, and shakes his booty in front of a depressed {{SpongeBob}} (who had failed his boating test, [[RunningGag again]]) while washing his boat. Ew.

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