History Main / RiseOfZitboy

* ''Series/ReadyOrNot''

** "Members Only" has Amanda, because she just growing a nasty pimple, which is particularly distressing since Justin and a bunch of other dudes take it upon themselves to [[SexinessScore rate the girls]] as they're walking up or down the stairway, [[HoldUpYourScore holding up their scores as they pass]].

* A flashback in ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'' shows that Zee got her first pimple at the same time she unlocked her {{Puberty Superpower}}s.

* Taken to the extreme in the Malaysian 4-panel comic, ''Lawak Kampus'', with Bepop, an acne-ridden teenager whose face is coated in a layer of zits 24-7. Him trying to get rid of his (endless) zits using exaggeratedly outlandish methods is a frequent RunningGag, and he even ''weaponizes'' his acne sometimes by squeezing it's contents at anyone who pisses him off. Bepop's zits even helps him in a few MundaneUtility ways, like one instance where Bepop cheats during an exam by ''squeezing a cheatsheet hidden in a particularly large acne''. Yes, it's [[RefugeInAudacity exactly the type]] of comic [[GrossoutShow it sounds like]].

* Taken to the extreme in the Malaysian 4-panel comic, ''Lawak Kampus'', with Bepop, an acne-ridden teenager whose face is coated in a layer of zits 24-7. Him trying to get rid of his (endless) zits using exaggeratedly outlandish methods
is a frequent RunningGag, and he even ''weaponizes'' his acne sometimes by squeezing it's contents at anyone who pisses him off. Bepop's zits even helps him in a few MundaneUtility ways, like one instance where Bepop cheats during an exam by ''squeezing a cheatsheet hidden in a particularly large acne''. Yes, it's [[RefugeInAudacity exactly the type]] of comic [[GrossoutShow it sounds like]].

Strangely, most shows that use this trope depict the character as only having one pimple, with the rest of their face being completely clear. If a show is known for anything supernatural (like ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'') or the protagonist has a [[ImagineSpot vivid imagination]] (like ''Series/TheAmandaShow''), expect the zit to become a speaking sentient creature, and as such, it overlaps with a GarrulousGrowth.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'', Starfire gets a "pimple" that she frets over and tries to hide until Raven tells her that "everybody gets them". However, the "pimple" begins to grow and she develops more deformities on her body until she becomes grotesquely ugly in appearance, leaving Earth after being laughed at. An alien, however, tells her that these are merely symptoms of her [[PubertySuperpower Tamaranian puberty]], which climaxes with her transformation into a chrysalis. [[BitchInSheepsClothing Said alien then tries to eat her]], but the other Titans come to rescue her. By the end of the episode, she's back to her usual appearance.

* ''Sev Trek: Pus in Boots'', an Australian send-up of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. Commander Piker gets an enormous zit on his nose, seriously impeding his ability to charm hot alien babes. Unfortunately the zit turns out to be an [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong evolving sentient lifeform]], and so he can't pop the zit without [[ObstructiveCodeOfConduct violating the PC Directive]], until the zit detaches and goes rampaging through the ship, resulting in the deaths of numerous [[RedShirt expendable ensigns]].
* On ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'', Michaelangelo rubs a reject batch of retro-mutagen on his skin (he read the label that said to keep it "Super Cooled" and thought it would make him "super cool") and develops a bad case of "shellacne" which gets progressively worse. If Donatello didn't make an antidote soon, Mikey would eventually turn into one big zit.

* The Creator/JunjiIto story "Greased" from ''Manga/VoicesInTheDark'' turns this into pure {{Nightmare|Fuel}}[=/=]NauseaFuel.

->'''Jessie''': Kelly, it’s just a pimple. It’s not the end of the world.\\
'''Kelly''': That’s easy for you to say—you don’t have a light bulb attached to the end of your nose.\\
'''Lisa''': Kelly, there’s barely anything there. It looks like a freckle.\\
'''Kelly''': It may look like a freckle now, but by the end of the day it’ll look like Literature/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer.

%%* ''Literature/ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark''. Book 3. [[BodyHorror The Red Spot.]] It's not funny, either.

-->When Henry in the mirror peered
-->His pimples all had disappeared
-->Henry laughed and yelled "I got 'em!"
-->His face is like a baby's bottom!

In RealLife, acne is a fairly common thing that people go through, usually when they reach a certain age. It's not uncommon to see pizzafaces left and right in the real world, and no one really makes a big deal out of acne unless it's ''really'' noticeable on someone. It's also not as time-limited as most people make it out to be; while your first brush with it does tend to occur in your teenage years, some people are just unlucky and can continue to get occasional bouts as adults.

With male characters, however, this is usually played completely for laughs and there is [[ButtMonkey no sympathy]] [[AcceptableTargets shown to them]] by any of the other characters at all. There's also an urban legend that having sex will cure acne, so the implication that a guy with bad skin...

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'', Starfire gets a "pimple" that she frets over and tries to hide until Raven tells her that "everybody gets them". However, the "pimple" begins to grow and she develops more deformities on her body until she becomes grotesquely ugly in appearance, leaving Earth after being laughed at. An alien, however, tells her that these are merely symptoms of her [[PubertySuperpower Tamaranian puberty]], which climaxes with her transformation into a chrysalis. [[BitchInSheepsClothing Said alien then tries to eat her]], but the other Titans come to rescue her.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', Starfire gets a "pimple" that she frets over and tries to hide until Raven tells her that "everybody gets them". However, the "pimple" begins to grow and she develops more deformities on her body until she becomes grotesquely ugly in appearance, leaving Earth after being laughed at. An alien, however, tells her that these are merely symptoms of her [[PubertySuperpower Tamaranian puberty]], which climaxes with her transformation into a chrysalis. [[BitchInSheepsClothing Said alien then tries to eat her]], but the other Titans come to rescue her.

* In the ''FullHouse'' episode "Aftershocks," DJ gets a zit right before the school play and spends most of the episode freaking out. She gets over it when she discovers half her class has the same problem.

* The Tropemer is the title of an episode of ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', in which Zim gets a giant, pus-filled pimple from having GIR's greasy pizza and bacon soap rubbed on his face. It starts out as a more typical example of this trope, with Zim using acne products (which actually make it worse, [[BizarreAlienBiology since he is an alien]]) to try and get rid of the blemish... until he discovers that the pimple has hypnotic powers. After GIR draws a face on it with a marker, Zim attaches a toy body to it, names it "[[PunnyName Pustulio]]" and uses it to control the kids at Skool.

* The TropeNamer is the title of an episode of ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', in which Zim gets a giant, pus-filled pimple from having GIR's greasy pizza and bacon soap rubbed on his face. It starts out as a more typical example of this trope, with Zim using acne products (which actually make it worse, [[BizarreAlienBiology since he is an alien]]) to try and get rid of the blemish... until he discovers that the pimple has hypnotic powers. After GIR draws a face on it with a marker, Zim attaches a toy body to it, names it "[[PunnyName Pustulio]]" and uses it to control the kids at Skool.