The pedicure, therefore, is an occasion in which both the clients laugh (against their own will, because of the tickling) and the people present, who are amused by the victims’ unhinged reactions, vainly trying to resist.
Tickling situations in pedicures have become the subject of gags in movies, anime, and comic books, in which the victims are forced to laugh by making a bad impression or revealing that they cannot maintain control all the time.
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Ticklish pedicure scenes in movies
The purpose of pedicure laughter scenes is to get the protagonist into trouble with a reaction that embarrasses him or her, or by revealing that he or she has weaknesses like everyone else.
In “Robocop 2” (1990), Ellen Murphy (Angie Boiling) is tickled during a pedicure by her husband; she says it tickles very much and giggles loudly.


In “The Swap” (2016ì7) Jack Malloy by a strange phenomenon ends up in the body of his friend Ellie O’Brien (Peyton List), and vice versa, the boy then has to experience activities that are normal for his companion. One such activity is a pedicure session. As Ellie’s mother notes, she endures the pedicure just fine, but Jack is ticklish, and rubbing his feet makes him laugh so hard and beg for mercy, judging it to be torture.

In ???? Jobeth Williams’ character is tickled during a foot scrubbing session: she starts giggling and then laughs loudly.


Ticklish pedicure scenes in TV series
In “Californication” (S2X02) Hank is giving Trixie (Judy Greer) a pedicure.
Trixie claims that Hank is doing a great job with her feet. At that moment Hank tickles Trixie’s foot with his fingers. She suddenly smiles showily and starts laughing for a few seconds. It seems like a very spontaneous ticklish reaction.

In “Andromeda” (S5X19) Becka Valentine (Lisa Ryder) is having a conversation with Captain Dylan Hunt and his female colleagues. Suddenly she starts smiling and giggling and states that someone is tickling her.


Shortly after we discover that her devotees are giving her a pedicure, tickling her and making her laugh.
In “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (season 4 episode 2) Kimmy (Ellie Kemper) is tickled during a pedicure and giggles.


In “Small Wonder” (season 3, episode 4) a man is accidentally tickled by her wife during a pedicure.
From “Benny Hill” (Patricia Hayes ?).

From “Soap Talk” (Lisa Rinna)



From “Kleine Schiffe“


Ticklish pedicure scenes in anime and cartoons
In “Sky Girls” (an OAV episode), a serious-looking girl and her friend undergo a fish pedicure. At first they remain impassive but then they begin pawing and laughing thunderously from the tickling. Those present witness a waterfall of water in the face of the unrestrained ticklish reaction.



In “Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur”, season 2 episode 18, Adria and Lunella have their feet tickled during a pedicure, and they show to be extremely ticklish.
In “Avatar“, Toph is tickled during a foot scrubbing session.

Ticklish pedicure scenes in TV shows
In “Grande Fratello Vip” (italian Big Brother) Dayane Melillo is tickled during a pedicure, and she says it tickles.

Ticklish pedicure scenes in comics
In the comic strip “Make the goth girl lagh,” by Pawfeather the protagonist must avoid laughing in order to activate a transformation. Of course, she ends up prey to zealous beauticians who do not fail to vigorously brush her feet. Despite all if pleas, she is eventually forced to laugh at the tremendous tickling.



“Yenny” is another comic series in which the protagonist is forced to laugh against her will. One such way is precisely foot pedicure, which for a sensitive girl results in torture.



















