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* "Mom's Coming To My House" by ''Music/ThreeDeadTrollsInABaggie'' is about the singer's mother paying a visit and inspection, prompting him to hurriedly clean everything and hide all evidence of his increasingly disturbing lifestyle. (Pornography, drug paraphernalia, knives, a naked biker, a ''pentagram and a severed head...'')
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* In one of the heavy-handed moral lessons in the 1950s-era Jewish religious-school textbook ''The Right Way'', two airline stewardesses are being considered for promotion. The one who prides herself on her ability to spot the "passenger" who is supposed to evaluate her often singles out an ordinary passenger, typically to their annoyance, while ignoring any actual "inspector" on board; the one who simply is as helpful as possible to all the passengers within the scope of her duties not surprisingly is the one who gets the promotion.
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* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'': Nita Shinji and Nita Musubi, who run the Nita Diner gourmet, are aware of a food critic that may potentially visit their restaurant and assume Komi Shouko is that person. The actual critic is her friend Agari Himiko, who gives a good review anyways despite the owners giving her bad service because their food was still good.

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* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'': Nita Shinji and Nita Musubi, who run the Nita Diner gourmet, are aware of a food critic that may potentially visit their restaurant and assume Komi Shouko is that person. The actual critic is her friend Agari Himiko, who gives a good review anyways who, despite the owners giving her bad service service, gives a good review anyways because their food was is still good.
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In media involving certain businesses, it is inevitable that a specialized inspector, or critic, will come sooner or later to rate the business, usually holding its fate by his/her rating. Cue the employees working hard to keep everything in good condition to get a passable rating.

A cunning character may exploit the fear of this to pull off the SurpriseInspectionRuse. HilarityEnsues if someone unrelated gets [[MistakenForSpecialGuest mistaken for the inspector]]. For the domestic variation, see HouseInspection. In military settings, see the subtrope TheInquisitorGeneral, while police settings will have InternalAffairs. See also StateVisit.

As many - particularly those in retail/customer service environments - can tell you, this is very much TruthInTelevision. Nothing can strike fear into the heart of a retail employee quite like the words "corporate visit." BadReviewThreat is a potential risk if a critic is involved.

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In media involving certain businesses, it is inevitable that a specialized inspector, government engineer or critic, will come sooner or later to rate or assess the business, usually holding its fate by his/her rating. Cue the employees working hard to keep everything in good condition to get a passable rating.

rating. Less ethical bosses may press employees to hide problems, rather than fix them.

A cunning character may exploit the fear of this to pull off the SurpriseInspectionRuse. HilarityEnsues if someone unrelated gets [[MistakenForSpecialGuest mistaken for the inspector]].inspector or critic]]. For the domestic variation, see HouseInspection. In military settings, see the subtrope TheInquisitorGeneral, while police settings will have InternalAffairs. See also StateVisit.

As many - particularly those in retail/customer service environments - can tell you, this is very much TruthInTelevision. Nothing can strike fear into the heart of a retail employee quite like the words "corporate visit.visit" or "government inspection." BadReviewThreat is a potential risk if a critic is involved.
involved. The business may be shut down if there's NoOSHACompliance.
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* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' has an episode with the lab being inspected. She can't find a lot of faults but does fault Lindsay for leaving evidence out and endangering the chain of custody because Danny, er, distracted her. She also flirts a bit with Mac, reminding him of a time before his wife died when they got a little drunk and kissed at a party. Mac admits he didn't exactly hate it, but is firm that he loved his wife and would never have gone any further.

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* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' has an episode with ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': The Crime Lab is up for their 5-year accreditation in "[[Recap/CSINYS04E17 Like Water for Chocolate]]." The only thing the lab being inspected. She can't find a lot of faults but does inspector finds fault with is Lindsay for leaving evidence out and endangering the chain of custody because Danny, er, distracted her. She also flirts a bit with Mac, reminding him of a time before his wife died when they got a little drunk and kissed at a party. Mac admits he didn't exactly hate it, but is firm that he loved his wife and would never have gone any further.
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* Discussed in season five of ''Series/BreakingBad''. After [[spoiler: Gus's death and the destruction of the superlab]], Saul Goodman shows Walt, Jesse, and Mike several potential places for a hidden lab. One place is a tortilla factory, but Walt points out that any place tied with the food industry will have unannounced government inspections--not ideal conditions for a meth lab.
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* ''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/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'': PlayedForDrama with Umbridge's inspections. She's been appointed by the Ministry to improve Hogwarts' education quality and become the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Unofficially, she's there to undermine Headmaster Dumbledore and Harry Potter, both of whom have become the Minister's political enemies. While some of her assessments are correct (such as Trelawney's subpar curriculum), she's unnecessarily cruel about it. Most of them are still either biased by her pureblood prejudice (e.g., hating Hagrid for being half-giant) or just baseless nitpicking to the teachers most loyal to Dumbledore. The Minister as a whole deems the previous Defense Against the Dark Arts classes unsuitable (which is not entirely untrue), so it's {{implied}} that they carried out an inspection off-screen about that too.

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