History Main / HouseInspection

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': In its [[Recap/KingOfTheHillS1E1Pilot pilot episode]], a worker from the Department of Child Services catches wind of perceived abuse, as well as a poorly timed injury from Peggy and hearing Bobby exaggerate Hank's blustered threats to someone who had angered him and sends an investigator out. [[spoiler:The investigator find zero evidence of abuse, and the Worker gets chewed out by his boss for jumping to conclusions and taking matters into his own hands, getting [[ReassignedToAntarctica shilled off to some far off place]] he can't embarrass his company anymore.]]

The business variant is TheInspectorIsComing. Has nothing to do with ''Series/{{House}}''.

* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'': The HRA are never seen actually rating your house, but leave you a message in the mail with your score. "City Folk" has an actual building for them, where you can get a more detailed score plus a view of a house/room that can currently get you more points. The trope's commonly used plot point is sometimes lampshaded by the townsfolk.

** [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS6E1HouseFancyKrabbyRoad "House Fancy"]]: Squidward wants to show up his [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp high school rival Squilliam]] by having his house on a TV show. Naturally, [=SpongeBob=] shows up to help and makes a mess of Squidward's home. Then the show host compliments him on his daring sense of style.

* The inspectors are disgusted with the look of the flat, and the contestant fails the inspection or loses the contest.
* The inspection team loves the look of the house, [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible believing the mess to be art]].
* The person at the door [[MistakenForSpecialGuest isn't actually the inspector]], but the residents are convinced he is due to the timing of his arrival.

* ''Series/HomeImprovement'': Used for just a quick gag, as the inspector was supposed to go to their neighbor Wilson's but got the wrong house. He still showed up right when the Taylors had a dead rat in one of their walls.

* ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'': In [[Recap/TheBeverlyHillbilliesS6E19TheSocialClimbers "The Social Climbers"]], a "rich" socialite from back home comes to visit the Clampetts, with the Hidden Agenda of trying to [[GoldDigger marry Jed for his money]]. She gives the place the once over.

* ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'': A "rich" socialite from back home comes to visit the Clampetts, with the Hidden Agenda of trying to [[GoldDigger marry Jed for his money]]. She gives the place the once over.

* ''Franchise/DespicableMe'': In the short film "Home Makeover", a social worker is coming while Gru is away, so Gru's daughter must redecorate the house (with Minions' help) to make the supervillain-lair-looking house looks safe for children or else they will be sent back to their old OrphanageOfFear.

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': In its pilot episode, a DCS worker catches wind of perceived abuse, as well as a poorly timed injury from Peggy and hearing Bobby exaggerate Hank's blustered threats to someone who had angered him and sends an investigator out. [[spoiler:The investigator find zero evidence of abuse, and the Worker gets chewed out by his boss for jumping to conclusions and taking matters into his own hands, getting [[ReassignedToAntarctica shilled off to some far off place]] he can't embarrass his company anymore.]]

'''Inspector:''' ''[clearly stifling a laugh]'' ...I'll just check upstairs. ''[walks offscreen, laughs uproariously]''

--> '''Inspector''': Now I could keep looking and see what else I could find, besides the black mold, the damaged retaining wall, the frayed electrical wires, the lead paint, the water damage, the fire damage, the sun damage, the broken furnace, the rotted floorboards, hey! Look at that, no termites! The cracked chimney, the bats, the rats, the spiders, the raccoons, the hobo, the detached gutter, the outdated fuse box, and the paint job in the kitchen, which is fine, but the trim ''really'' clashes with the countertops. Or I could just recommend that you do not buy this godforsaken Guantanamo Bay of a house and suggest that we all get our asses out of here before a medium-sized wind blows the whole sumbitch down.

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'': In the short film "Home Makeover", a social worker is coming while Gru is away, so Gru's daughter must redecorate the house (with Minions' help) to make the supervillain-lair-looking house looks safe for children or else they will be sent back to their old OrphanageOfFear.

* ''VideoGame/{{Starsector}}'': The Hegemony will send inspection fleets if you use AI Cores on your own planets or operate a freeport. They can be bribed to keep them away, but if you don't and refuse to let them take the cores, they will turn hostile against your faction.

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* ''Literature/ApplejackAndTheHonestToGoodnessSwitcheroo'': À-propos of the "Best of Equestria" awards, Applejack works her butt off trying to get her Sweet Apple Acres looking perfect by the inspection's date. Sadly, her friends and family are of little help and the judge, Blue Ribbon, appears unimpressed by the results. However, Blue Ribbon has been secretly stopping by the orchard all week, watching her work. He is so inspired by this that he can't help but award her the prize. Applejack is understandably shocked.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In [[Recap/FuturamaS2E11HowHermesRequisitionedHisGrooveBack "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back"]], Hermes' office is all cleaned up for the inspector from the Central Bureaucracy, but it gets trashed. He attempts suicide, but the inspector talks him out of it by telling him he hasn't done the required paperwork.

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': In its pilot episode, a DCS worker catches wind of perceived abuse, as well as a poorly timed injury from Peggy and hearing Bobby exaggerate Hank's blustered threats to someone who had angered him and sends an investigator out. [[spoiler:In an aversion of the Simpsons episode, the investigator find zero evidence of abuse, and the Worker gets chewed out by his boss for jumping to conclusions and taking matters into his own hands, getting [[ReassignedToAntarctica shilled off to some far off place]] he can't embarrass his company anymore.]]