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* Inverted in Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit, Roger attempts to save Eddie and Jessica from Judge Doom by sneaking into the [[AcmeProducts Acme factory]] through a bathroom window. His heroic attempt is ruined when the RuleOfFunny takes over and he falls head-first through the window and splashes into the DisgustingPublicToilet bellow. [[FunWithFlushing The toilet flushes swirling Roger around the bowl in circles before sucking him down the drain]] turning his failed BigDamnHero moment into NauseaFuel (the Squick being flushed down a real public toilet instead of a clean prop toilet on a cartoon set).

* ''FanFic/WithThisRing'': Among his escape attempts, J'onn J'aarkn tries to escape via the ''toilet'' but only to be caught the in the act by OL.

* In ''Bollywood/{{Lajja}}'' [[PinballProtagonist Vaidehi]] escapes through a window in the airport's restroom when she finds out that her {{Jerkass}} husband intends to kill her after their baby is born.

* The first few episodes of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' have a RunningGag of Oliver Queen [[DitchTheBodyguards Ditching The Bodyguards]] assigned by his mother so he can carry out his secret vigilante activities. In "An Innocent Man", Oliver is talking to his former bodyguard John Diggle, while guarded by the bodyguard that replaced him. Oliver then begs off to go to the restroom. His bodyguard waits in awkward silence until Diggle (having already been victim of this trope in a previous episode) casually informs him, "Oh, that boy's long gone, man."

* The first few episodes of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' have a RunningGag of Oliver Queen [[DitchTheBodyguards Ditching The Bodyguards]] assigned by his mother so he can carry out his secret vigilante activities. In "An Innocent Man", Oliver is talking to his former bodyguard John Diggle, while guarded by the bodyguard that replaced him. Oliver then begs off to go to the restroom. His bodyguard waits in awkward silence until Diggle casually informs him, "Oh, that boy's long gone, man."

* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': In "An Innocent Man", Oliver ditches his bodyguard by going to the washroom and never coming back.

* Used a few times on ''Series/WhiteCollar'', usually by Neal, trying to explore a house related to the current case.
** First in "The Portrait"; Neal thinks the painting is in a locked room, and gets a key, which he uses to unlock the adjoining door between ''that'' room and the ''bathroom''.
---> '''Peter:''' Neal, I know what you're doing!
---> '''Neal:''' Just ''[[BilingualBonus un moment.]]''
---> '''Peter:''' Cut the French crap! Get out here!
---> '''Neal:''' Keep them occupied!
---> '''Peter:''' ''[nervously, as Brigitte and Claire are waiting]'' I ''can't'' keep them occupied, I don't..speak French!
** "Upper West Side Story": Neal and Peter are at the house of a teacher embezzling money from a school. Peter as a parent(using Neal as his 'son'), and Neal as a tutor. They plan to both open doors at the same time, the former as part of a fight, and the latter the door containing incriminating evidence on a flash drive.
** Mozzie tries it in "Pulling Strings", as a ruse to go into Peter’s bedroom to help him put together a gift for Elizabeth.

---> '''Peter:''' ''[surprised]'' You’re sitting on my bed..
---> '''Mozzie:''' Oh, that chair is ''not'' ergonomically supportive.

Related to TheGuardsMustBeCrazy. Usually requires a character to engage in CallingYourBathroomBreaks. A character may also feign a ShyBladder to get away with this. See also BalconyEscape. Contrast LockedInTheBathroom, where the intent is to ''stay'' in the bathroom.

** First in "The Portrait"; Neal thinks the painting is in a locked room, and gets a key, which he uses to unlock the ''adjoining door'' between that room and the bathroom.

** "Upper West Side Story: Neal and Peter are at the house of a teacher embezzling money from a school. Peter as a parent(using Neal as his 'son'), and Neal as a tutor. They plan to both open doors at the same time, the former as part of a fight, and the latter the door containing incriminating evidence on a flash drive.

** Firstly in "The Portrait"; Neal thinks the painting is in a locked room, and gets a key, which he uses to unlock the ''adjoining door'' between that room and the bathroom.

* One issue of the 2007 series of ''Comicbook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders'' opens with Metamorpho captured in France for [[ItMakesSenseInContext hijacking an ESA shuttle and ramming it into the International Space Station]]. He asks to go to the bathroom, and the prosecutor and two police officers escort him inside... But Metamorpho being Metamorpho, he finds a creative way to escape.

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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Attempted in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E21CatchAndRelease "Catch and Release"]] by [[spoiler:Peridot]] who, after getting caught by the Crystal Gems and released by Steven, tries to escape by locking herself in Steven's bathroom. She finds no other way out, after failing to flush herself down the toilet, and it quickly [[LockedInTheBathroom becomes her new residence]].
** This becomes even more hilarious when the eagle-eyed viewer spots the ''open window'' in the background, which, while small, is big enough for a short and skinny Gem like [[spoiler:Peridot]] to fit through. Either she FailedASpotCheck, or she just ''really'' wanted to stay.

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* ''Series/BlackBook'': In "Manny Come Home", Manny is ordered to cut his hair by his new boss at Goliath Books. Locking himself in the bathroom, he leaves the clippers running so it sounds like he is still in there and climbs out the bathroom window using the continuous hand towel like a BedsheetLadder.

* In an ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' story where a bad guy has taken over the school with a teacher robot, Jughead gets out and is able to save the real teachers by asking to use the bathroom.

* In the first episode of ''Series/TheMandalorian'', the bounty tries this trope (they are on a spaceship, as he points out, so he can't just jump out the window). As he ignores the toilet and searches for another means of escape, he discovers that the BountyHunter keeps his [[HumanPopsicle carbon-freezing unit]] [[SchmuckBait right next to the toilet.]]

* In the first episode of ''Series/TheMandalorian'', the bounty tries this trope (they are on a spaceship, as he points out, so he can't just jump out the window). As he ignores the toilet and searches for another means of escape, he discovers that the BountyHunter keeps his [[OhCrap carbon-freezing unit right next to the toilet.]]

* In the first episode of ''Series/TheMandalorian'', the bounty tries this trope (they are on a spaceship, as he points out, so he can't just jump out the window). As he ignores the toilet and searches for another means of escape, he discovers that the BountyHunter keeps his [[SchmuckBait carbon-freezing unit right next to the toilet.]]

* In the first episode of ''Series/TheMandalorian'', the bounty tries this trope (they are on a spaceship, as he points out, so he can't just jump out the window). As he ignores the toilet and searches for another means of escape, he discovers that the title character keeps his [[SchmuckBait carbon-freezing unit right next to the toilet.]]