History Main / ThePigPen

** Regular bathing was also seen as the preserve of Moors, Turks and Jews and not something a proper Christian should really be doing, especially in those areas of Europe which had direct contact with Islam. In Aragon and Castile, bathing was one of the excuses by which a person in high society could be brought before the Inquisition... [[PokeThePoodle and likely be forced into re-education.]] So if you were on the wrong side of the Monarchy, you might well find yourself [[Morton'sFork choosing between cleanliness and public humiliation as a heretic.]]

** Of course, the Inquisition looking for Jews, who typically observed some standard of cleanliness, had a little to do with it. Be dirty or risk being mistaken for a Jew...tough choice.

Named after the ''{{Peanuts}}'' character Pig-Pen, pictured right, who was always surrounded by a cloud of dust and has been seen going from "perfectly clean" to "covered in dust" while walking down the road or --most absurdly -- ''in a rainstorm''. Also see MenCantKeepHouse, DirtyForeigner.

* TheTwits

* ''Callan'' had Lonely, so called because he never took a bath. As well as being the best informer in London, he made great coffee.

* Russel from ''Stickin' Around'', who emitted a "funky smell" at all times.

* It is implied several times that Bill from {{KingOfTheHill}} has very poor hygiene and lives in very filthy conditions almost never cleaning up after himself, this us mainly due to being depressed after his divorce from Lenore.
* GiantMook Greasepit from BikerMiceFromMars has some kind of mutation where he literally sweats motor oil & grease from his pores constantly. He makes a major mess wherever he goes, and often ends up tripping or causing others to trip because of the slime he drips all over the place.

Named after the ''{{Peanuts}}'' character Pig-Pen, pictured right, who was always surrounded by a cloud of dust and has been seen going from "perfectly clean" to "covered in dust" while walking down the road or --most absurdly -- ''in a rainstorm''. Also see MenCantKeepHouse.

* ''Literature/EdgarAndEllen''. One time in the animated series, Ellen got hit with a blast of bug spray, which made a bunch of bugs come jumping out of her hair.

* ''Literature/EdgarAndEllen''. Once in the animated series, Ellen got hit with a blast of bug spray, which made a bunch of bugs come jumping out of her hair.

* British newspaper strip ''ThePerishers'' had Dirty [=McSquirty=], sometimes called St Flies because flies kept circling his head like a halo. Pretty much a one-joke character. (His Cousin Worsoff was the proverbial person who's worse off than everyone else. Worsoff lived in the sewers and [[TheVoice was only heard, not seen]].)
* Al Capp's ''[=~Li'l Abner~=]'' had [[http://tinyurl.com/457r7d Moonbeam McSwine]].

Named after the ''{{Peanuts}}'' character Pig-Pen, pictured right, who was always surrounded by a cloud of dust and has been seen going from "perfectly clean" to "covered in dust" while walking down the road or --most absurdly -- ''in a rainstorm''. Also see [[{{ptitley72npfsy}} Men Can't Keep House]].

-->--'''Toph''', ''AvatarTheLastAirbender''

* Brian in ''GoodOmens''. His parents do make him wash, but it doesn't really do any good; "there was something basically ''ground in'' about Brian".

* ''{{Beetlejuice}}''.

* ''{{Beetlejuice}}'' in his cartoon was especially filthy.
* [[SpongebobSquarepants Patrick Star]] picked up the ConflictBall when he gained the status of Pig-Pen as a CompressedVice. He turned against suddenly scrupulous neat freak Spongebob and they waged a war of cleanliness vs. filth for 11 minutes.

** Of course, the Inquisition looking for Jews, who typically observed some standard of cleanliness, had a little to do with it. Be dirty or risk being mistaken for a Jew...tough choice

* In early Middle Ages, the people surprisingly ''weren't'' this at least to the extent seen today, as public baths were an important social function to all classes of the society. After a while the church found out that prostitution was practiced in them, and some doctors connected (partially correctly) some of the epidemics to communal bathing. As result, washing yourself came considered to be both immoral and unhealthy well into the 18th, or even 19th century.\\
** Of course, the Inquisition looking for Jews, who typically observed some standard of cleanliness, had little to do with it. Be dirty or risk being mistaken for a Jew...tough choice

* {{Glee}}: Apparently the guy who sits next to Kurt in English, although he doesn't ''look'' that filthy.

* Ian "Eww-an" Wazselewski from ''AnimatedSeries/TeachersPet''.

* Kheperu from ''Iron Dawn'' is grimy, greasy, and reeks so much he can disperse crowds just by taking a stroll in the marketplace. Sort of justified, as some of the stench comes from the alchemical mixtures he carries, and the rest from his intentional dickishness.