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	== Overview ==		== Overview ==
			[[File:Dressing Room.jpg\|thumb\|Various reactions abound... {{TRS\|Final Cut}}]]
	The Towel of Temptation is first beheld by civilians [[D'anna Biers]] and [[Bell]], after they follow [[Louanne Katraine]] and [[Brendan Costanza]] to the senior pilot's quarters aboard ''[[Galactica (TRS)\|Galactica]]''. There, they see pilots, including [[Lee Adama]], drying off after showers. ([[Flight suits]] are part of the [[Colonial Fleet]]'s ''de facto'' water weight loss program, thus necessitating numerous showers, assuming sufficient [[Water tank\|water supplies]] are available.) As Adama runs cover for his pilots, the CAG finds that his cover itself slips, to D'anna's delight {{TRS\|Final Cut}}.		The Towel of Temptation is first beheld by civilians [[D'anna Biers]] and [[Bell]], after they follow [[Louanne Katraine]] and [[Brendan Costanza]] to the senior pilot's quarters aboard ''[[Galactica (TRS)\|Galactica]]''. There, they see pilots, including [[Lee Adama]], drying off after showers. ([[Flight suits]] are part of the [[Colonial Fleet]]'s ''de facto'' water weight loss program, thus necessitating numerous showers, assuming sufficient [[Water tank\|water supplies]] are available.) As Adama runs cover for his pilots, the CAG finds that his cover itself slips, to D'anna's delight {{TRS\|Final Cut}}.
			[[File:TRS - Occupation - The Towel of Temptation and the Weight of Command.jpg\|thumb\|The Towel below the Weight of Command {{TRS\|Occupation}}.]]
	The Towel ranks up when Adama assumes command of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)\|Pegasus]]'', appearing again as Adama takes a phone call when remnants of [[The Fleet (TRS)\|the Fleet]] begin planning the [[Second Exodus]] from [[Cylons (RDM)\|Cylon]]-occupied [[New Caprica]] {{TRS\|Occupation}}.		The Towel ranks up when Adama assumes command of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)\|Pegasus]]'', appearing again as Adama takes a phone call when remnants of [[The Fleet (TRS)\|the Fleet]] begin planning the [[Second Exodus]] from [[Cylons (RDM)\|Cylon]]-occupied [[New Caprica]] {{TRS\|Occupation}}.

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	* Following the Towel's first appearance in "[[Final Cut]]," the Towel of Temptation appears in a photo shoot of Lee Adama actor [[Jamie Bamber]] circa 2006<ref>{{Cite news\|title=People - Celebrity - The Internet's Sexiest Guys\|url=https://people.com/celebrity/the-internets-sexiest-guys/\|author=People Staff\|date=14 November 2006\|accessdate=28 January 2024}}</ref>. During the [[W:2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike\|2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike]], Bamber offered three worn Towels of Temptation to those who supported the strike via the Pencils 2 Media Moguls fan campaign.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.rondmoore.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2007/11/30_Towel_for_you.html\|title=RonDMoore.com: Towel for you?\|author=Moore, Ronald D.\|accessdate=28 January 2024\|date=30 November 2007}}</ref> Of note, [[Universal Studios\|Universal]] turned away a half-million of these Mogul-bound pencils by summoning class warfare specialists colloquially compared to swine.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Universal Calls Cops On Pencil Pushers\|first=Nikki\|last=Finke\|url=https://deadline.com/2007/12/hold-4376/\|date=13 December 2007\|accessdate=28 January 2024}}</ref>		* Following the Towel's first appearance in "[[Final Cut]]," the Towel of Temptation appears in a photo shoot of Lee Adama actor [[Jamie Bamber]] circa 2006<ref>{{Cite news\|title=People - Celebrity - The Internet's Sexiest Guys\|url=https://people.com/celebrity/the-internets-sexiest-guys/\|author=People Staff\|date=14 November 2006\|accessdate=28 January 2024}}</ref>. During the [[W:2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike\|2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike]], Bamber offered three worn Towels of Temptation to those who supported the strike via the Pencils 2 Media Moguls fan campaign.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.rondmoore.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2007/11/30_Towel_for_you.html\|title=RonDMoore.com: Towel for you?\|author=Moore, Ronald D.\|accessdate=28 January 2024\|date=30 November 2007}}</ref> Of note, [[Universal Studios\|Universal]] turned away a half-million of these Mogul-bound pencils by summoning class warfare specialists colloquially compared to swine.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Universal Calls Cops On Pencil Pushers\|first=Nikki\|last=Finke\|url=https://deadline.com/2007/12/hold-4376/\|date=13 December 2007\|accessdate=28 January 2024}}</ref>

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	==See also==		==See also==

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			[[File:Bamber-towel03.jpg\|thumb\|Jamie Bamber with his owner, the Towel of Tempation.]]
			The '''Towel of Temptation''' is an undersized drying cloth utilized by [[Lee Adama]] that leads many astray, including [[D'anna Biers]]. Like D'anna, there are many copies, and they might have [[The Plan (dogma)\|a plan]].

	[[~~File:Adamastache~~.~~jpg~~\|~~thumb~~\|~~right~~\|~~Closeup~~ of the ~~Adamastache~~]]		== Overview ==
	~~The~~ '''~~Adamastache~~''' is the ~~facial hair adorning Admiral [[William Adama]]~~'~~s upper lip~~.
			The Towel of Temptation is first beheld by civilians [[D'anna Biers]] and [[Bell]], after they follow [[Louanne Katraine]] and [[Brendan Costanza]] to the senior pilot's quarters aboard ''[[Galactica (TRS)\|Galactica]]''. There, they see pilots, including [[Lee Adama]], drying off after showers. ([[Flight suits]] are part of the [[Colonial Fleet]]'s ''de facto'' water weight loss program, thus necessitating numerous showers, assuming sufficient [[Water tank\|water supplies]] are available.) As Adama runs cover for his pilots, the CAG finds that his cover itself slips, to D'anna's delight {{TRS\|Final Cut}}.

			The Towel ranks up when Adama assumes command of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)\|Pegasus]]'', appearing again as Adama takes a phone call when remnants of [[The Fleet (TRS)\|the Fleet]] begin planning the [[Second Exodus]] from [[Cylons (RDM)\|Cylon]]-occupied [[New Caprica]] {{TRS\|Occupation}}.

			==Notes==

			* “A towel, [''[[W:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''] says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-boggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.”

	== ~~Overview~~ ==		=== The Towelman's Creed ===
			<blockquote>This is my towel. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

	~~The Adamastache first appears to us in "[[Scattered]]", where it was revealed that Adama wore it during his civilian career~~. It appears again after the one-year jump in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" but meets an untimely demise at the beginning of [[Season 3\|Season Three]] in the episode "[[Exodus, Part II]]". While the shaving of the Adamastache was possibly symbolic of a new beginning for the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol\|Colonies]], we also learn through flashbacks in the episode "[[Unfinished Business]]" that Adama wasted no time in reacquiring the Adamastache, growing it within a month of arrival at [[New Caprica]]. ~~As such,~~ it ~~was party to a "laid-back" Adama and possibly played a role in the alleged nookie between the Admiral and [[Laura Roslin]] on [[New Caprica]]~~.		My towel is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.

	~~[[File:Adama's b-day card~~.~~jpg\|thumb\|right\|Starbuck's Adamastache]]~~		Without me, my towel is useless. Without my towel, I am useless. I must dry my towel true. I must dry off straighter than my enemy who is trying to dampen me. I must dry him before he dampens me. I will ...
	~~A photograph of [[Kara Thrace\|Starbuck]] with an Adamastache can be seen in "[[The Son Also Rises]]"~~. ~~Given the Adamastache's apparent ability~~ to ~~be mysteriously resurrected after being killed by shaving, and the obvious presence of more than one copy of it, the moustache may very well be the final Cylon model~~.

	~~A [[Wikipedia:Moustache\|moustache]] has historically indicated~~ the ~~man wearing it was a soldier. As ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' had jumped away from~~ the ~~civilians~~, ~~Adama's role during~~ the ~~time immediately before he shaved it was purely military~~. ~~Though clearly he didn't originally grow it to symbolize~~ that ~~he was solely a military man without the civilian population, shaving~~ it ~~could still serve as a sign that, with civil authority restored, he~~ is ~~again bound by more than military objectives. Also, it helped get~~ the ~~nookie when he didn't see Roslin so often, but, now~~ that ~~they interact professionally and frequently once more, it is no longer needed~~.		My towel and I know that what counts in war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will dry ...

	~~Not to be confused with~~ [~~[New Caprican loco weed\|Adama's Stash]~~].		My towel is human, even as I [am human], because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its threads and its weaves. I will keep my towel clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will ...

	~~==Notes==~~		Before the Gods, I swear this creed. My towel and I are the defenders of my colony. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.

	* "الرجل بلا شنب كالقط بلا ذنب" - "A man without moustache is ~~like a cat without a tail." - Arabic Saying~~		So be it, until victory is the Twelve Colonies' and there is no enemy, but peace!</blockquote>
	* "Don'~~t point that beard at me, it might go off" - Groucho Marx~~
	* "Kissing a man without a mustache is ~~like eating an egg without salt." - Rudyard Kipling~~
	* "The love of democracy is that of moustache." - Charles de Montesquieu
	* "Veni, vidi, ~~moustache." - Julius Caesar~~
	* "Ich bin ein moustache!~~" - John F. Kennedy~~

	== Behind the scenes ==		== Behind the scenes ==

	* ~~It should be noticed that~~ [[~~Edward James Olmos~~]], ~~who never had~~ a ~~stand~~-in for ~~the Adamastache~~, ~~switched regularly from Adamastache bearer~~ to ~~non bearer during his acting career~~.		* Following the Towel's first appearance in "[[Final Cut]]," the Towel of Temptation appears in a photo shoot of Lee Adama actor [[Jamie Bamber]] circa 2006<ref>{{Cite news\|title=People - Celebrity - The Internet's Sexiest Guys\|url=https://people.com/celebrity/the-internets-sexiest-guys/\|author=People Staff\|date=14 November 2006\|accessdate=28 January 2024}}</ref>. During the [[W:2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike\|2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike]], Bamber offered three worn Towels of Temptation to those who supported the strike via the Pencils 2 Media Moguls fan campaign.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.rondmoore.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2007/11/30_Towel_for_you.html\|title=RonDMoore.com: Towel for you?\|author=Moore, Ronald D.\|accessdate=28 January 2024\|date=30 November 2007}}</ref> Of note, [[Universal Studios\|Universal]] turned away a half-million of these Mogul-bound pencils by summoning class warfare specialists colloquially compared to swine.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Universal Calls Cops On Pencil Pushers\|first=Nikki\|last=Finke\|url=https://deadline.com/2007/12/hold-4376/\|date=13 December 2007\|accessdate=28 January 2024}}</ref>

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	==See also==		==See also==
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	* [[Saul Tigh\|Tigh's]] [[Guerilla Booze-Catcher]]		* [[Saul Tigh\|Tigh's]] [[Guerilla Booze-Catcher]]
	* [[William Adama\|Adama's]] [[Adama Glare\|Glare]]		* [[William Adama\|Adama's]] [[Adama Glare\|Glare]]
			* [[William Adama\|William Adama's]] [[Adamastache]]

	==~~External links~~==		==References==
	* [http://grownasspeople.blogspot.com/2009/01/semiotics-of-shaving-beards-in.html Semiotics of Shaving: Beards in Battlestar Galactica] An essay discussing the symbolism of facial hair in BSG		{{Reflist}}
	* [http://www.myspace.com/xena420 Adamastache on MySpace]

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[[File:Adamastache.jpg|thumb|right|Closeup of the Adamastache]]
The '''Adamastache''' is the facial hair adorning Admiral [[William Adama]]'s upper lip.

== Overview ==

The Adamastache first appears to us in "[[Scattered]]", where it was revealed that Adama wore it during his civilian career. It appears again after the one-year jump in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" but meets an untimely demise at the beginning of [[Season 3|Season Three]] in the episode "[[Exodus, Part II]]". While the shaving of the Adamastache was possibly symbolic of a new beginning for the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Colonies]], we also learn through flashbacks in the episode "[[Unfinished Business]]" that Adama wasted no time in reacquiring the Adamastache, growing it within a month of arrival at [[New Caprica]]. As such, it was party to a "laid-back" Adama and possibly played a role in the alleged nookie between the Admiral and [[Laura Roslin]] on [[New Caprica]].

[[File:Adama's b-day card.jpg|thumb|right|Starbuck's Adamastache]]
A photograph of [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] with an Adamastache can be seen in "[[The Son Also Rises]]". Given the Adamastache's apparent ability to be mysteriously resurrected after being killed by shaving, and the obvious presence of more than one copy of it, the moustache may very well be the final Cylon model.

A [[Wikipedia:Moustache|moustache]] has historically indicated the man wearing it was a soldier. As ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' had jumped away from the civilians, Adama's role during the time immediately before he shaved it was purely military. Though clearly he didn't originally grow it to symbolize that he was solely a military man without the civilian population, shaving it could still serve as a sign that, with civil authority restored, he is again bound by more than military objectives. Also, it helped get the nookie when he didn't see Roslin so often, but, now that they interact professionally and frequently once more, it is no longer needed.

Not to be confused with [[New Caprican loco weed|Adama's Stash]].

==Notes==

* "الرجل بلا شنب كالقط بلا ذنب" - "A man without moustache is like a cat without a tail." - Arabic Saying
* "Don't point that beard at me, it might go off" - Groucho Marx
* "Kissing a man without a mustache is like eating an egg without salt." - Rudyard Kipling
* "The love of democracy is that of moustache." - Charles de Montesquieu
* "Veni, vidi, moustache." - Julius Caesar
* "Ich bin ein moustache!" - John F. Kennedy

== Behind the scenes ==

* It should be noticed that [[Edward James Olmos]], who never had a stand-in for the Adamastache, switched regularly from Adamastache bearer to non bearer during his acting career.

==See also==

* [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar's]] [[Sexy Treason Stubble]]
* [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol's]] [[Beard of Organized Labor]]
* [[Saul Tigh|Tigh's]] [[Guerilla Booze-Catcher]]
* [[William Adama|Adama's]] [[Adama Glare|Glare]]

==External links==
* [http://grownasspeople.blogspot.com/2009/01/semiotics-of-shaving-beards-in.html Semiotics of Shaving: Beards in Battlestar Galactica] An essay discussing the symbolism of facial hair in BSG
* [http://www.myspace.com/xena420 Adamastache on MySpace]

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