Skin Deep

A character gets a pimple, usually just before a big event, and they're so embarrassed that they go to great lengths to hide it.

Just Shoot Me!

Appearances

• Newhart: Season 2, episode 16, "Best Friends" (1984). Stephanie gets a pimple for the first time in her life, and even though nobody else notices it, she finds several weird ways to cover her face.
• Wings: Season 6, episode 16, "Remembrance of Flings Past: Part 1" (1995). Joe gets a massive pimple on his nose just before his high school reunion, so Faye helps him cover it up with a makeover.
• Frasier: Season 2, episode 19, "Someone to Watch Over Me" (1995). It's time for the annual SeaBea awards ceremony, and Roz discovers a big zit on her nose, so when she wins an award, she accepts it with her hair covering her face.
• Just Shoot Me!: Season 2, episode 10, "Elliot the Geek" (1998). Elliot is going to a memorial service for his old high school teacher, and since he missed his class reunion, he wants to use the occasion to show up all his classmates, but the day of the memorial, he gets a giant zit on his nose.