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White Glove Test

119 statements
22 feature instances
8 referencing feature instances

White Glove Test	type	FeatureClass
White Glove Test	label	White Glove Test
White Glove Test	page	WhiteGloveTest
White Glove Test	comment	White gloves being used to test the thoroughness of a cleaning job. If you run your finger across the mantelpiece, shelf, or back of a chair and if it comes back clean, you know a good job was done. Truth in Television (the basic motion, with or without the gloves). This doesn't require gloves. A cloth will do. Yet old money characters will use their High-Class Gloves for this.
White Glove Test	fetched	2023-10-10T16:15:18Z
White Glove Test	parsed	2023-10-10T16:15:18Z
White Glove Test	processingComment	Dropped link to UrbanLegend: Not an Item - UNKNOWN
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White Glove Test	isPartOf	DBTropes
White Glove Test / int_468bebb0	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_468bebb0	comment	Discworld: Nanny Ogg uses this test after her daughters-in-law clean her house. Mrs Whitlow, the feared housekeeper at the University, also does her inspection rounds while wearing white gloves.
White Glove Test / int_468bebb0	featureApplicability	1.0
White Glove Test / int_468bebb0	featureConfidence	1.0
Discworld	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_468bebb0
White Glove Test / int_495f277f	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_495f277f	comment	On Hayate the Combat Butler's first day, he does this so well (to a window ledge, but same principle) that the maid says (at least in the sub) "Very thorough in the smallest places."
White Glove Test / int_495f277f	featureApplicability	1.0
White Glove Test / int_495f277f	featureConfidence	1.0
Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_495f277f
White Glove Test / int_5e3f6639	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_5e3f6639	comment	In Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu, Commander Mardukas performs the test on a windowsill in Sousuke's classroom while touring the school in preparation for Tessa's visit. Criticizing Sousuke's cleaning at school (and later at home) is just another aspect of his overprotective tendencies.
White Glove Test / int_5e3f6639	featureApplicability	1.0
White Glove Test / int_5e3f6639	featureConfidence	1.0
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_5e3f6639
White Glove Test / int_6c4031ea	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_6c4031ea	comment	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Grumpy does this when the dwarfs arrive home and are surprised to find their cottage clean.
White Glove Test / int_6c4031ea	featureApplicability	1.0
White Glove Test / int_6c4031ea	featureConfidence	1.0
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_6c4031ea
White Glove Test / int_774d6bcd	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_774d6bcd	comment	In an episode of the short-lived Private Benjamin (1981) TV series (based on the 1981 Goldie Hawn movie), Captain Lewis conducts an unannounced white glove test on the company barracks with a pre-dirtied glove.
White Glove Test / int_774d6bcd	featureApplicability	1.0
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Private Benjamin (1981)	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_774d6bcd
White Glove Test / int_7e3117d8	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_7e3117d8	comment	The Amazing Bulk: General Darwin is introduced doing this in his office.
White Glove Test / int_7e3117d8	featureApplicability	1.0
White Glove Test / int_7e3117d8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Amazing Bulk	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_7e3117d8
White Glove Test / int_84d7c4de	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_84d7c4de	comment	Private Snafu: The battleship in "Seaman Tarfu in the Navy" has an automatic deck swabbing machine, which is then followed by an automated whited glove checking the cleanliness of the deck.
White Glove Test / int_84d7c4de	featureApplicability	1.0
White Glove Test / int_84d7c4de	featureConfidence	1.0
Private Snafu	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_84d7c4de
White Glove Test / int_8d814070	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_8d814070	comment	MASH: In "Hey, Look Me Over", Margaret sweats out the inspection of an HQ nurse, whose favorite test is a white-glove test of the top of the OR door.*
White Glove Test / int_8d814070	featureApplicability	1.0
White Glove Test / int_8d814070	featureConfidence	1.0
MAS*H	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_8d814070
White Glove Test / int_90ab7fe1	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_90ab7fe1	comment	Recess: In "Parents Night", Gus' dad does this on his desk and compliments him on not having a speck of dust.
White Glove Test / int_90ab7fe1	featureApplicability	1.0
White Glove Test / int_90ab7fe1	featureConfidence	1.0
Recess	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_90ab7fe1
White Glove Test / int_988629da	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_988629da	comment	In Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Captain Kirk does this in the engine room inspection. Scotty gives him a knowing smirk when it passes.
White Glove Test / int_988629da	featureApplicability	1.0
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_988629da
White Glove Test / int_9a152d5d	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_9a152d5d	comment	Cow and Chicken: One episode has the titular duo be sent to military school to learn discipline and when they return they start using what they learned to discipline their parents. Cow then uses a white glove to check for dust and makes her mother do 50 push-ups due to there being a single strand of hair underneath the oven.
White Glove Test / int_9a152d5d	featureApplicability	1.0
White Glove Test / int_9a152d5d	featureConfidence	1.0
Cow and Chicken	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_9a152d5d
White Glove Test / int_a2abcb5e	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_a2abcb5e	comment	Keeping Up Appearances: Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced "bouquet") does this on occasion. She's rarely impressed.
White Glove Test / int_a2abcb5e	featureApplicability	1.0
White Glove Test / int_a2abcb5e	featureConfidence	1.0
Keeping Up Appearances	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_a2abcb5e
White Glove Test / int_a309c5a5	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_a309c5a5	comment	In an episode of Hannah Montana, Jackson, disguised as a health inspector in an attempt to get his Mamaw to quit as school lunchlady, tries this. It fails spectacularly (He even despairs "They're cleaner then when I put them on!"
White Glove Test / int_a309c5a5	featureApplicability	1.0
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Hannah Montana	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_a309c5a5
White Glove Test / int_b36fd9d5	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_b36fd9d5	comment	Rags: Arthur uses a glove to check whether or not Charlie properly cleaned the restaurant. To his surprise, the place actually has been cleaned, despite it originally being a "dump", to use his words.
White Glove Test / int_b36fd9d5	featureApplicability	1.0
White Glove Test / int_b36fd9d5	featureConfidence	1.0
Rags	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_b36fd9d5
White Glove Test / int_bc758ea9	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_bc758ea9	comment	Tiny Toon Adventures: In "Stuff That Goes Bump In The Night", Hamton does this after he cleans his bed to ensure there's no dust.
White Glove Test / int_bc758ea9	featureApplicability	1.0
White Glove Test / int_bc758ea9	featureConfidence	1.0
Tiny Toon Adventures	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_bc758ea9
White Glove Test / int_c1a76652	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_c1a76652	comment	In Black Books, when Manny brings in a professional cleaner to clean the shop, he puts on a pair of white gloves and wipes a finger through the air. The finger of the glove turns black.
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Black Books	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_c1a76652
White Glove Test / int_c1f4bcf3	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_c1f4bcf3	comment	In Engaged to the Unidentified, Mashiro does this to the windowsill in her room upon first moving in. She's disappointed to find no dust, as her host family is particular about such things.
White Glove Test / int_c1f4bcf3	featureApplicability	1.0
White Glove Test / int_c1f4bcf3	featureConfidence	1.0
Engaged to the Unidentified (Manga)	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_c1f4bcf3
White Glove Test / int_cf34b558	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_cf34b558	comment	In Upstairs Downstairs, Rose the head house and parlour maid does this to see if the new girl Sarah has done passably or not.
White Glove Test / int_cf34b558	featureApplicability	1.0
White Glove Test / int_cf34b558	featureConfidence	1.0
Upstairs Downstairs	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_cf34b558
White Glove Test / int_d43cbccb	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_d43cbccb	comment	In Luigi's Mansion, one of Luigi's comments while inspecting the rooms is to remark that this house would never pass the white glove test.
White Glove Test / int_d43cbccb	featureApplicability	1.0
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Luigi's Mansion (Video Game)	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_d43cbccb
White Glove Test / int_dfb24eb9	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_dfb24eb9	comment	In the "Bitch Pudding" short of Robot Chicken, the titular Bitch Pudding suddenly barges into a Strawberry Shortcake's house, runs a finger across a counter while walking to the fridge to bum a can of soda, and scoffs at the result.
White Glove Test / int_dfb24eb9	featureApplicability	1.0
White Glove Test / int_dfb24eb9	featureConfidence	1.0
Strawberry Shortcake	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_dfb24eb9
White Glove Test / int_e08fec3a	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_e08fec3a	comment	Mary Poppins is at first doubtful when she sees her room, but is placated when she tests a surface with her gloves.
White Glove Test / int_e08fec3a	featureApplicability	1.0
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Mary Poppins	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_e08fec3a
White Glove Test / int_ff9ab17f	type	White Glove Test
White Glove Test / int_ff9ab17f	comment	Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Ensigns of Command." The Sheliak are hailing the Enterprise, but Picard (having finally turned the tables on the treaty they'd been flogging all episode) makes them wait by going over to the dedication plaque and performing a gesture signalling this trope. This confuses Worf but amuses Riker. Remember that the Enterprise is a contained environment and dust is unlikely to ever settle on the dedication plaque unless things have gone horribly wrong. See this in action here.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation	hasFeature	White Glove Test / int_ff9ab17f

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

White Glove Test	processingCategory2	Cleanliness Tropes
White Glove Test	processingCategory2	Glove Tropes
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu / int_42372f87	type	White Glove Test
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan / int_42372f87	type	White Glove Test
Engaged to the Unidentified (Manga) / int_42372f87	type	White Glove Test
Keeping Up Appearances / int_42372f87	type	White Glove Test
Luigi's Mansion (Video Game) / int_42372f87	type	White Glove Test
Private Snafu / int_42372f87	type	White Glove Test

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