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White Glove Test
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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. |
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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. |
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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." | |
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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. | |
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Grumpy does this when the dwarfs arrive home and are surprised to find their cottage clean. | |
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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. | |
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The Amazing Bulk: General Darwin is introduced doing this in his office. | |
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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. | |
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M*A*S*H: 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. | |
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Recess: In "Parents Night", Gus' dad does this on his desk and compliments him on not having a speck of dust. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Keeping Up Appearances: Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced "bouquet") does this on occasion. She's rarely impressed. | |
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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!" | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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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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. | |
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In Upstairs Downstairs, Rose the head house and parlour maid does this to see if the new girl Sarah has done passably or not. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Mary Poppins is at first doubtful when she sees her room, but is placated when she tests a surface with her gloves. | |
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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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