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{{trope}}
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{{quote|'''Jesse''': Joey, it's finally happened. He's cleaning liquid soap.
'''Danny''': Don't be silly; I'm just cleaning my rubber gloves.
'''Joey''': Danny, there's no shame in therapy.
|''[[Full House]]''}}
{{quote|'''Lemongrab''': CLEAN this place up or DUNGEON! THREE HOURS DUNGEON!!!
|''[[Adventure Time]]''}}
A character who has some sort of obsession with cleanliness as a character trait. It may be a sign of their dedication, obsessiveness, or perfectionism. Generally they'll be one of the few main characters to complain about neatness, unless someone ends up [[Covered in Gunge]] or something extremely messy.
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{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== Anime and Manga ==
* Not a main character, but Kimblee in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' (manga only characterization) wears a white suit all the time, and gets upset with a soldier for being blown up while talking to him, not to mention the small amount of blood spatter that ends up on his pristine suit. Kimblee's barking mad.
** He says that it is expensive at one point in ''Brotherhood''.
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** According to Gevanni's observations, Teru Mikami is also this (which fits his overall personality pretty well).
* Chiri from ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'' has this as her gimmick. And she's been slowly [[Flanderized]] from a simple Neat Freak to a near [[Ax Crazy|psychopathic]] [[Control Freak]] who'll be perfectly willing to slaughter the cast in order to maintain order. Any scene featuring her as centerfold for the scene will inevitably result in comedy and [[Nightmare Fuel]].
** In one of the [[OVA]]s we're introduced to her older sister, Kitsu Tane, who is her complete opposite and great character foil. We have it explained that in their childhood, Tane chose to become [[The Pig Pen]] and personification of the [[Trash of the Titans]] trope in order to save the life of their gold fish, which Chiri had decided to clean... With shampoo...
* Hazuki Oikawa from ''[[Moyashimon]]''. What a disinfectant-happy girl like her is doing at an agricultural college (''and'' hanging out with people who study microorganisms for a living, at that), we're not sure.
* As an extension of his [[Super OCD]], [[Soul Eater|Death the Kid]] always makes sure everything is neat, tidy and, most importantly, symmetrical.
* In the Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Plus manga, Blue Link is revealed to be one of these in an omake. It's impossible for him to sleep at night unless his clothes are neatly folded and in a nice neat stack near where he's sleeping.
* Ranma Saotome of ''[[Ranma ½
* Eiichirou from ''[[Baby Steps]]'' eats from both sides of his lunch box to keep the sides even, freaks out over the possibility of his food touching, and takes ''two'' sets of notes in class: a pristine "master" copy, and a second that he doesn't mind lending out to his less tidy classmates.
* One chapter of ''[[Franken Fran]]'' has a woman, raised in extremely sterile circumstances, recruit Fran in an attempt to wipe out cockroaches. She freaks out at the merest hint of contamination. The experiment does not go as planned...
* In ''[[Pokémon
* In the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' manga Sailor Jupiter is shown to be this, at one point spending ''two days'' cleaning her apartment.
* As is obvious once you get a glimpse of his meticulously clean, almost-empty apartment, Barnaby from ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' does not appreciate clutter. He keeps only the bare minimum furniture; one chair, one small table, one bed etc., and the only "unessential" objects in the living room (the one room we see properly) are a laptop, a television (both of which he uses to research his parents' murder), a family photo and a toy robot (a birthday present from his parents). He also dislikes the thought of anyone visiting his place, worrying that they'll make a mess.
* Nami Yamigumo of ''[[Silent Möbius]]'' is the AMP's resident neat freak. Unfortunately for her, most of her teammates are the exact opposite. This is played up in comic [[Omake]] strips.
* Charles and Ray Beams in ''[[Eureka Seven]]'' keep their ship impeccably clean at all times. {{spoiler|One of the first signs of Ray's breakdown after Charles is killed is the fact that the ship has been utterly trashed. Things just get worse from there.}}
== Film ==
* The Howard Hughes biopic ''[[The Aviator]]'' dramatizes the extreme, [[Super OCD]] variant of this trope.
* [[Jack Nicholson]]'s character in ''[[As Good as It Gets]]'' suffers from the extreme version as a major premise.
* M-O from ''[[WALL-E]]''. "FOREIGN CONTAMINANT"
* Jacques the French cleaner shrimp from ''[[Finding Nemo]]''.
** Gurgles may also count. He appears to be more of a germophobe than an actual Neat Freak, but when they're deliberately making their tank dirty, he's the most distressed by it. Jacques, aside from some small difficulty fighting his cleaning urges, isn't overly stressed.
== Literature ==
* Hercule Poirot, though more obsessed with tidying than cleaning.
* Han Qing-yao from the ''[[Ender's Game]]'' sequel ''Xenocide''.
* Aunt March from ''[[Little Women]]''. Poor Amy ''really'' didn't know what she was getting into when she replaced Jo as her lady-in-waiting, when Beth was sick...
* Carnifex from the ''[[Wild Cards]]'' series.
* [[Cold Comfort Farm|Flora Poste.]] ("I cannot ''endure messes''")
* Mr. Standish from ''[[The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul]]'' is an eccentric variant: a clutter-averse man who keeps his phone, intercom, and personal ornaments sealed up inside his desk, leaving every horizontal surface in his office absolutely bare. The picture frame on the wall is empty, and he has to open a desk drawer every time he wants to check his notes.
== Live Action TV ==
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* [[Monk|Adrian Monk]] from his titular series has this as his premise. One episode has him unable to concentrate on a crime scene because a nearby cop's socks don't match.
* Odo in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]].'' Dax likes to move everything in his office over by an inch to drive him nuts.
** Seemingly everyone in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]].'' Whenever anyone notices anything out of place, they point it out instantly, and it always turns out to be a major plot point. Likewise, no messes are ever seen aboard the
*** Hey! They're on a starship; a large one but still a starship. It's a closed environment. Anything that spills and gets left out eventually gets into everything and there are some really high-tech gadgets all over the place that could be adversely affected by being gummed up. It may be that there are some small robotic cleaner-uppers? (a la the Death Star's teeny little droids <ref>Actually used to lead troops through the labyrinth that was the Death Star</ref>) tidying things up but it just makes sense that the entire crew is selected for ([[WMG|maybe even bred for]]) and certainly uber-trained for a high level of cleanliness.
*** Not to mention that it's a military vessel and such standards are usually enforced rather strongly in any navy, sea or space.
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* On ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', one of Phil Hartman's reoccurring characters was the cooking-show host "The Anal-Retentive Chef", who painstakingly cleaned up every last scrap following each step in the recipe of the day.
* Cat in ''[[Lip Service]]'' to the point where she is considered autistic.
* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' [[Big Bad|The Mayor]] often delivers little speeches on the importance of cleanliness (including clean fingernails), keeps thing neatly aligned on his desk, and abhors germs. Ironically, as Angel points out, the [[Deal with the Devil]] he has made has made him immortal - he certainly cannot die from disease.
* Jerry on ''[[Seinfeld]]''. Whenever it comes up, the other characters make fun of him for it - after all, [[Men Can't Keep House]].
* Jamie on ''[[MythBusters]]'' shades into this at times. One of his trademarks is his always-spotless white shirt.
* Claireparker from ''[[Pixelface]]''. In "Reset", she explains that because everything in her game is so dirty and broken, she feels compelled to keep the console as neat and perfect as possible.
== Tabletop Games ==
* Griffons in ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' are beasts who always try to keep clean, bathing and grooming its feathers with its beak and claws. Consequently, while it's possible to tame them as mounts, they ''do not'' like riders who are dirty.
== Video Games ==
* One of Geary's two personalities in ''[[Crash Bandicoot|Crash Nitro Kart]]'' is this.
* In ''[[The Sims]] 2'', Sims with a high Neatness score will be bugged by messes more than other Sims. The same goes for Sims with the Neat trait in ''[[The Sims]] 3''.
* [[Cute Monster Girl|UB-02: Beauty AKA Pheromosa]], from ''[[Pokémon Sun and Moon]]''. Despite, ironically, being a super-evolved cockroach-Pokémon, it doesn't like touching anything when encountered on Unova, seemingly thinking everything on this world is unclean.
* Daniella from ''[[Haunting Ground]]''. While [[Axe Crazy]] obsessed with catching and killing Fiona, she is also very obsessed with her position as the castle's maid, and will often stop pursuit to clean up a mess she comes across. It's possible for Fiona to speak to her and get a lucid response during these times, and in one case, Daniella will even give her something useful.
== Visual Novel ==
* In the ''[[Yarudora]]'' game ''[[Sampaguita]]'', the heroine, Maria Santos, ''really'' loves to do the cleaning (even though the protagonist's flat isn't at [[Trash of the Titans]]-level messy): several scenes show her happily and diligently cleaning the flat, and [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|she abhors cockroaches]].
== Web Comics ==
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** Diane (who Susan claims is not a relative but who looks [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2007-10-10 exactly] like her) [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2008-02-01 has a lesser degree] of the same trait.
* Abner of ''[[Hanna Is Not a Boy's Name]]'' is highly mysophobic and [[Super OCD|OCD]], to the point of wearing a surgical mask and gloves as a preventive measure.
* [[Cheshire Cat Grin|Joey]] [[Eyepatch of Power|Von]] [[Magnificent Bastard|Krause]] from ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140218141836/http://mortifer.smackjeeves.com/ Mortifer]''. It's probably OCD, as he really hates being touched as well. {{spoiler|This also figures into the plot: a throwaway line from "William" ("How they expect me to work in this filth is beyond me") about his perfectly clean office is a clue as to his ''real'' identity...}}
== Web Original ==
* Voldemort in ''[[A Very Potter Musical]]'', as revealed in his and Quirrell's [["I Am" Song]].
* Fractious (Dee Castle) of the ''[[Whateley Universe]]'', who not only has this but also has a [[Reality Warper]] power which messes things up. This tends to cause a vicious cycle.
* ''FakeScience.org'' offers an [//fakescience.org/post/612703527435911168/ Easy Hand Washing Guide], descent-into-madness version.
== Western Animation ==
* Edd from ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]''.
* Oh
* Mechanicles from the ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' [[Recycled: the Series|animated series]]
* [[Meaningful Name|Ammonia Pine]] from ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]''. Ironically, she has a sister (and one-time partner) named Ample Grime, [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|who is a complete slob]].
* Marge from ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' often displays this trait. In one episode she wins a free housecleaning but wants to pre-clean the house in order to impress the maids.
* Lemongrab of ''[[Adventure Time]]'', who provides one of the page's quotes.
* Hamton from ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' gets special notice considering he's a pig.
▲** The episode "Pslyghtly Psycho" suggests that she is actually germophobic, particularly when her gloves and slippers are removed and she finds herself afraid to even set foot on the carpet barefoot.
* Jen on ''[[6teen]]'', especially when stressed.
* Petunia from ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]'' qualifies, especially considering that dirt in one episode [[Driven to Suicide|drove her to suicide]].
* Samson from ''[[Camp Lazlo]]''.
* Rarity from ''[[My Little Pony:
* Chuckie from ''[[Rugrats]]'' is shown to be this way, which is Tommy's breaking point after spending a week with him in one episode. Chuckie ends up taking it to a major extreme in another episode, where he dons a germ-proof "suit" and attempts to force the babies not to play anything to keep clean. Tommy and the twins quickly get him out of that phase.
* Alfred in ''[[Batman: The
* Zim of ''[[Invader Zim]]'' at one point become this after he realizes (incorrectly, by the way) that Earth was covered in germs that could quite possibly kill him. He then goes on a cleaning spree, even going as far as tying Gir onto a tree outside because he was so infested. At the end of the episode, he's seen wearing a "suit" of meat since the meat itself was designed to be sanitized for space travel and, thus, germ-free.
* Spiffy from ''[[The Oddball Couple]]'', the [[Funny Animal]] version of ''[[The Odd Couple]]''.
* Rocko from ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' is a subversion in that while he does like his house clean, he often does let cleaning fall by the wayside. While he ''does'' produce [[Trash of the Titans]], he always cleans it up...with hilarious results.
* The protagonist of ''[[Archer]]''. He always complains when someone leaves food lying around, [[Running Gag|
** After this joke is used many times by Archer, [[Got Me Doing It|the rest of the cast starts doing it too]].
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[[Category:Madness Tropes]]
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