History Main / MustacheVandalism

* Ironically, in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode "Every Picture Smurfs A Story", Painter fixes up a picture of the artist Maestro (who turns out to be trapped in a portrait prison) by painting a mustache on him.

* The WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon "Daffy Doodles" has Daffy Duck as the vandalizing "Mustache Fiend" and Porky Pig as a policeman trying to catch him. When Daffy finally gets arrested and imprisoned at the end of the cartoon, Daffy tearfully repents and promises he'll never draw another mustache... "I'm doin' beards now!"

* The WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry cartoon ''Touché, Pussy Cat'' shows Nibbles using an artist brush to paint a caricature of Tom Cat on a wall. When Nibbles realizes that Tom is glaring at him, Nibbles paints spectacles and a mustache on Tom's face.
** Jerry draws a Hitler mustache on a picture of Tom in ''The Lonesome Mouse'', before spitting at it.

* In ''Discworld/{{Maskerade}}'', Nanny Ogg kills some time by drawing moustaches on the Instructive Diagrams in one of Verence's books, and it's hinted that Verence thereafter interprets the diagrams as requiring him to wear a false moustache while following the instructions.

** In another strip, Garfield proudly proclaims "I just finished drawing a mustache on every picture of Jon in the house!" -->'''Garfield''': "I just drew a mustache on every picture of Jon in the house!" The next panel sees Jon stick his mustachioed head in:
-->'''Jon''': "I just drew a mustache on my face!"\\

* The Leslie Nielsen movie ''Film/WrongfullyAccused'' has a scene where the main character defaces his wanted poster so no one will make the connection that it's him. Another character played by Nielsen inexplicably appears with the same features he drew on the picture, and is promptly arrested.

* ''Series/SesameStreet'' featured a segment where muppet cowboys compare a "Wanted" poster of Cookie Monster with the actual Cookie Monster. When their suspicion peaks, Cookie Monster distracts them long enough to draw a mustache on the poster. The cowboys notice the disparity, and apologize to Cookie Monster for suspecting him. Cookie Monster amiably tips his hat ... and lots of stolen cookies tumble out. Mayhem Ensues.

** Another example:
-->'''Garfield''': "I just drew a mustache on every picture of Jon in the house!"\\
'''Jon''' (shows up): "I just drew a mustache on my face!"\\

* The {{dada}} artist Marcel Duchamp modified a copy of the Mona Lisa this way and gave it the title L.H.O.O.Q. (this is a phonetic rendering of "Elle a chaud au cul", meaning "[[AllWomenAreLustful she's a nymphomaniac]]").

* In one of Sergio Agrones' "A Mad Look At..." comics for Magazine/{{Mad}}, a presidential candidate sees a poster of himself after being subjected to mustache vandalism. He then decides he actually would look good with a mustache, and grows one.

* In the title sequence of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', the title characters draw a mustache on what looks like a painting of Candace, until she pops her head out of the picture frame to yell, "Phineas!" Kind of odd, since vandalism really isn't the boys' style.

* There's a famous WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon ("Daffy Doodles") with Porky Pig as a policeman and Daffy Duck as a mustache vandal. When Daffy finally gets arrested and imprisoned at the end of the cartoon, Daffy tearfully repents and promises he'll never draw another mustache... he'll draw beards instead.

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** Apparently this was ripped off from the Leslie Nielsen movie ''Wrongfully Accused''--it has a scene where the main character defaces his wanted poster so no one will make the connection that it's him. Another character played by Nielsen inexplicably appears with the same features he drew on the picture, and is promptly arrested.

* In ''BedknobsAndBroomsticks'' Paul does this to a clay bust, then accessorizes it with a top hat. See it at 2:41 in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYBECKl0zFo this video]].

* In Literature/EmilAndTheDetectives, Emil is reluctant to approach the police and instead uses the help of other children. The reason is that a few weeks earlier he painted a beard and mustache on a statue, so he's afraid the police won't believe him.
* In ''TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', Edmund draws a mustache on [[TakenForGranite a stone lion]]. It's portrayed as malicious rather than funny, since he ''knows'' that it used to be a real lion.
* In ''GoodOmens'', it's mentioned that one of the late Witchfinders used to draw mustaches and spectacles on all the witches and demons in the Witchfinder Army's collection of demonological texts.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1994/ga940428.gif does this to a picture of Jon]], and when Jon demands for Garfield to fix it, Garfield draws a mustache on Jon's face as well.

* In ''PunchOut Wii'', Aran Ryan's introduction video has him doodling a moustache onto a poster of Little Mac.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "One Bad Apple," Babs Seed does this to the Cutie Mark Crusaders during the musical portion of the episode.
** Also, in "A Bird In The Hoof". Philomena sneaks around drawing mustaches on a WantedPoster that Celestia's guards put up.
* There's a famous LooneyTunes cartoon ("Daffy Doodles") with Porky Pig as a policeman and Daffy Duck as a mustache vandal. When Daffy finally gets arrested and imprisoned at the end of the cartoon, Daffy tearfully repents and promises he'll never draw another mustache... he'll draw beards instead.

* The TomAndJerry cartoon ''Touche', Pussy Cat'' shows Nibbles using an artist brush to paint a caricature of Tom Cat on a wall. When Nibbles realizes that Tom is glaring at him, Nibbles paints spectacles and a mustache on Tom's face.

** Also, in "A Bird In The Hoof". Philomena sneaks around drawing mustaches on a WantedPoster poster the Celestia's guards put up.

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* As in the book (below), the [[MovieOfTheBook film]] version of ''TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'' has Edmund drawing a mustache on the "statue" of a lion in the witch's courtyard. He later sports the mustache even after he's been brought back to life.

* ''SesameStreet'' featured a segment where muppet cowboys compare a "Wanted" poster of Cookie Monster with the actual Cookie Monster. When their suspicion peaks, Cookie Monster distracts them long enough to draw a mustache on the poster. The cowboys notice the disparity, and apologize to Cookie Monster for suspecting him. Cookie Monster amiably tips his hat ... and lots of stolen cookies tumble out. Mayhem Ensues.

* In the title sequence of ''PhineasAndFerb'', the title characters draw a mustache on what looks like a painting of Candace, until she pops her head out of the picture frame to yell, "Phineas!" Kind of odd, since vandalism really isn't the boys' style.
* ScoobyDoo and Shaggy have done this many times, usually with the "painting/statue coming to life" variation.
* Parodied in ''FamilyGuy'' episode "Love Thy Trophy". As Peter ransacks his neighbours' houses to find their supposedly stolen Trophy, he paints mustaches on each of their family portraits, and rubs out Cleveland's already existing mustache on his.

* In ''TheSimpsonsMovie'' Bart mustaches a WantedPoster of Homer - now it looks just like Guy Incognito, who gets beaten & arrested.

* In ''Film/RobotJox'', the protagonist has his poster vandalised this way (amongst others) for [[TenMinuteRetirement retiring]] after he's left [[HeroicBSOD traumatised]] when his HumongousMecha crushes a stand full of spectators.