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* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', Harry's abuse by the Dursleys was highlighted by the fact that they made him sleep [[ClosetSublet in the cupboard under the stairs]]. On the other hand, you can't really fault them if they didn't have an extra--wait, no, [[SpoiledBrat Harry's cousin Dudley]] actually has ''two'' bedrooms, one of which is just for the overflow of toys, while there's also a guestroom. Harry winds up moving into Dudley's spare bedroom early in the first book, but only because the Dursleys were freaked out by his Hogwarts letters [[LudicrousPrecision being addressed to his closet]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', Peter B's one-bedroom apartment after he splits with MJ is an absolute mess. He has several beer cans scattered on the floor and a pizza in his bathtub; it's implied that he's too lazy to actually unbox any of his belongings.

* In ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'', Shiki's apartment isn't bad so much as bare bones to the extreme, consisting only of a bed, a phone, a fridge and other necessities. This represents Shiki's inner sense of emptiness.
* In ''The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins'' each of the family members deals with one of the 7 deadly sins, either in the form of conflicts against each other or from outside circumstances. For example for the main character Tsubasa he gets/got bullied everyday at school, so because of negative insanity, he wrote the word "DIE" repeatly on the wall of his bedroom. His room is also a mess, as representation for depression.

* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'': While Barnaby lives in an upscale high-rise apartment, his home is noticeably sparse and empty, save for a bed, a chair with a side-table, and a computer dedicated to investigating his parents' murder. Come the second season, after finally avenging his parents and getting through his trauma, he is shown to have decorated his room with various houseplants.

* PlayedWith in ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}.'' The ceremony that gives each Madrigal [[PersonalityPower their gift]] also creates a matching, [[BiggerOnTheInside magically enlarged]] bedroom; prior to that, the youngest kids live in an ordinary nursery. Since [[MuggleBornOfMages Mirabel never got a power]], she still sleeps in there at age fifteen (and, at the beginning of the movie, shares with five-year-old Antonio). The room isn't bad on its own, but it's another reminder of her situation, aside from the decorations looking kind of childish.

* ''Anime/PerfectBlue'' starts with Mima living in a tidy and well-decorated room. As her SanitySlippage progresses, her bedroom gets dirtier and dirtier and darker and darker.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', Peter B's one bedroom apartment after he splits with MJ is an absolute mess. He has several beer cans scattered on the floor, a pizza on his bathtub, and it's implied that he's too lazy to actually unbox any of his belongings.
* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' provides a transitory example. Upon discovering that Meilin Lee's [[HereditaryCurse transformations have kicked in]], her parents strip her room to the bare walls leaving her with only a mattress on the floor to sleep on until her panda spirit can be properly sealed in a ceremony during the next 'red moon'. It is out of genuine concern (and to a degree her mother's PsychologicalProjection) rather than any sort of malice, but it contributes heavily to the most miserable night of Mei's 13-year life.

* In ''Film/The400Blows'', the downtrodden Antoine does not have his own bedroom, but sleeps in the hallway of the family's tiny flat.

* ''Film/{{Therese}}'': Towards the end, after the family found out that Therese tried to poison her husband, Therese is confined to a bedroom for a while. She starts to become more unglued, losing weight and no longer bathing while littering the room with stubbed-out cigarettes and other waste. The maid finds three cigarette holes in Therese's bedsheet.

* {{Averted|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse:'' The fact that Lincoln [[ClosetSublet sleeps in a closet]] isn't a sign that he's TheUnfavourite, it's just that he's the only boy out of [[MassiveNumberedSiblings eleven siblings]]. For the most part he's just happy that he has ''his own'' room, unlike any of his sisters.
* ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'': In ''WesternAnimation/AMatterOfLoafAndDeath'', Piella's dog Fluffles, despite living in a luxurious home, is forced to sleep in an old cardboard box with a tattered blanket.

* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', Harry's abuse by the Dursleys was highlighted by the fact that they made him sleep in the cupboard under the stairs. On the other hand, you can't really fault them if they didn't have an extra--wait, no, [[SpoiledBrat Harry's cousin Dudley]] actually has ''two'' bedrooms, one of which is just for the overflow of toys, while there's also a guestroom. Harry winds up moving into Dudley's spare bedroom early in the first book, but only because the Dursleys were freaked out by his Hogwarts letters [[LudicrousPrecision being addressed to his closet]].