Basic Trope: Bathing is portrayed as fun.
- Straight: Alice tells Bob, who needs a bath, that bathing is fun, and gives him some toys and other fun things.
- Exaggerated: There is a disco ball in the bathroom, music playing, and a big fancy bath.
- Downplayed: Alice says "Bathing ain't so bad".
- Justified:
- Alice enjoys playing with her favorite toys during bathtime, and Bob needs a bath.
- Alice loves pleasant scents from soap, shampoo, bath cream, etc.
- Inverted: Alice and Bob demonize the bath.
- Subverted: Bob still thinks bathing is not fun.
- Double Subverted:
- Bob is the only character who Hates Baths.
- Bob prefers taking showers instead, as they're more mature.
- Parodied: People treat bathing like it's as fun as going to the world's coolest theme park.
- Averted: Bathing is not mentioned, or is seen as not fun, per se.
- Zig Zagged: Whether or not the characters find fun depends on temperature, tub size, hygiene, types of soap, privacy, bath toys, and the individual characters' personalities.
- Lampshaded: "Taking a bath is the coolest!"
- Enforced:
- To set up An Aesop in a kids' show.
- They can't get Andrea, the baby playing the role of Alice, to act disgusted at hearing "bathie time".
- Invoked: Alice fills a big fancy bath with all kinds of nifty toys.
- Exploited: Bob gets clean, and enjoys it.
- Defied: Bob is contrary and would like the bath except he does his damnedest to find some way to not enjoy the experience.
- Discussed: "Is bathing really that fun?" "Yep."
- Conversed: "Some characters really like bathtubs."
- Implied: Bob is seen smiling in a bath.
- Deconstructed: Bob gets too obsessed with the fun in bathing, that his skin starts to wrinkle the longer he stays in the bath.
- Reconstructed: Despite this, he admits that the experience was Worth It.
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