Basic Trope: Someone whose hygiene is lacking.
- Straight: Bob is often covered in dirt.
- Exaggerated:
- Bob hasn't washed in 50 years.
- Bob is so dirty that no one remembers what he actually looks like.
- Everyone is like this.
- Downplayed:
- Bob is often somewhat sweaty, but his hygiene is reasonably good.
- Bob cleans himself often, but rarely washes the clothes he wears at home, giving him this look.
- Bob's wrinkled and stained polos and khakis only look slovenly compared to everyone else's sharp suits.
- Justified:
- Bob is so wrapped up in doing X, Y, and Z that he hasn't had time to shower, or forgot.
- Bob lacks the resources to fully bathe.
- Bob has a job that exposes him to foul odors on a semi-permanent basis.
- Bob is going through a depressive episode, and has trouble taking care of himself.
- Inverted: Bob is always extremely clean, and showers several times a day.
- Subverted:
- Bob leaves the house reasonably clean.
- Bob doesn't really look dirty.
- Bob isn't normally dirty, but has been working in the garden, painting, or doing some other sort of messy activity.
- Double Subverted:
- Only to wind up Covered in Gunge
- But he has some killer B.O.
- Bob was lying; he never showers.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig Zagged: Bob leaves the house clean, only to get dirty, take a shower, and get dirty again not long afterwards.
- Averted: Bob showers regularly.
- Enforced:
- "We need to show that Bob is a Straw Loser."
- The producers of the ad made Bob as dirty as possible to sell how powerful Welson's Industrial Soap (supposedly) is.
- Lampshaded: "When was the last time you bathed, Bob?"
- Invoked: Bob goes to a Sci-Fi, Anime, or other such convention, and is too excited to think about mundane things like taking a shower.
- Exploited: Bob is playing camouflage.
- Defied: Bob doesn't like to get dirty, so he showers regularly.
- Discussed: "What? Why did you just assume I let myself get dirty? Alice must have lied to you when she told you about me, because I shower every day."
- Conversed: "Another filthy character? It's like there's one in every show I watch."
- Deconstructed: If Bob never showers, he could get all sorts of health problems. Not to mention, he'll be sort of unpleasant to be around.
- Played For Laughs: Bob just can't keep himself clean, no matter how hard he tries.
- Played For Drama: People stop wanting to hang out with Bob because he smells bad.
- Played For Horror: Bob was kidnapped, tortured and imprisoned for years, having to rot in his own shit and piss and only fed the bare minimum to keep him alive.
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