History Main / BathtubScene

* Another Creator/AdrianPaul scene was in ''{{Series/Tracker}}''. Mel has to teach Cole, who's an energy-based being with no physical body, how to keep his human body clean and shaved and such.

* The 1931 version of ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1931}}'' has some pre-Code fanservice in a scene where Ruth Wonderly (Bebe Daniels) is shown taking a bath. This scene was not included in the much better-known 1941 version made after the imposition of UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode.

* ''Film/{{Slither}}'' has one which is used a lot as promotion for the movie ([[JustHereForGodzilla being the only reason to see it]]). The original 1976 movie ''Film/{{Shivers}}'' (on which ''Slither'' is at least partially based) has a bathtub scene where the parasite comes up through the plughole and then slithers up between the unheeding girls's legs... well, what do you expect, David Crounenburg directed it....

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* In general, a staple of the bodice-ripper RomanceNovel, in part due to many of them taking place at times not known for great hygiene, like the Tudor, Regency and Victorian periods, and thus helps the modern reader play along with the fantasy. Such scenes also are ideal for displaying the UnresolvedSexualTension between the main characters.
* ''Literature/TheSunneInSplendour'':
** Richard returns home after an absence and the first thing he does is take a hot bath. His wife Anne assists him, which leads to a love scene.
** Edward IV surprises his best friend Will with a visit, only to be surprised to find Will's mistress, Jane Shore, in the bathtub. This leads to a flirtatious NakedFirstImpression of Jane, and Will observes wryly that it is bad manners to seduce a man's mistress in his own bathtub.
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* The ''LightNovel/DirtyPair'' movie known as Project Eden has our two heroines stop in the middle of their mission in an abandoned mine for them to engage in small talk while they have baths in a room that conveniently had multiple bathtubs filled with hot soapy water, but then becomes a significant plot point when they are attacked by alien-like creatures and are forced to retreat with just a ModestyTowel for the rest of the movie.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': After trying a bath for the first time, Akira becomes addicted and jumps in the tub every chance he gets. While this is also used as a source of {{Fanservice}} by Alpha going naked in an attempt to seduce him, Akira is usually too occupied with the bath itself to react with more than minor embarrassment if he pays her any mind at all.

* In general, a staple of the bodice-ripper RomanceNovel, in part due to many of them taking place at times not known for great hygiene, like the Tudor, Regency and Victorian periods, but they also are ideal for displaying the UnresolvedSexualTension between the main characters.

** Edward IV surprises his best friend Will with a visit, only to be surprised to find Will's mistress, Jane Shore, in the bathtub. This leads to a flirtatious NakedFirstImpression of Jane and Will to observe wryly that it is bad manners to seduce a man's mistress in his own bathtub.

* ''Film/BelowHerMouth'': There are two different ones with Jasmine. In one, she's alone and uses the tub's sprayer to stimulate herself. The other has her boyfriend joining Jasmine, after which she gets out and nearly has sex with him but breaks it off. In both cases she's shown completely naked.

When a bubble bath is involved, the BathKick is probably close by. Can include [[CandlelitBath candles]] and CensorSuds usually come in. This trope is a variation of the ShowerScene. See FuroScene for the Japanese variation.

* One of the more famous non-{{Fanservice}} examples comes early on in ''Film/{{Arthur 1981}}'' as the title character takes a lavish bubble bath; in this case, the scene is playing up his IdleRich {{Manchild}} nature and further establishes his relationship with his ServileSnarker valet Hobson. Photos from this scene turned up quite a bit in the print advertising campaign for the film, including several posters; one staged publicity still even has Creator/DudleyMoore doing a BathKick. The sequel ''and'' the 2011 {{Remake}} have similar scenes; in the latter, the bathtub is next to a window and Arthur watches passerby on the street below through opera glasses and jokes about them while he's bathing.

* Music/{{AOA}}'s dance unit's "Miniskirt" video has member Hyejeong taking a bubble bath... right after taking a shower. Complete with CensorSuds and a BathKick.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Viserys elaborates on dragons and Targaryens while sharing a bath with Doreah.
** In 3x05, Jaime Lannister tells Brienne about the death of the Mad King whilst sharing a bath together in Harrenhall.
** Daenerys' final scene in "Second Sons" has her being bathed and tutored by Missandei, but it also serves the plot when Daario arrives to pledge his allegiance.

* 1982's Marvel specisl ''The Fantastic Four Roast'' opens with a splash page of The Thing taking a bubble bath.

** A Wing Dings blackout had Zilly telling Klunk "If you're looking for the old crab, he's in the bathtub. Dick Dastardly is taking a bath and takes umbrage when he hears that comment, but Zilly clarifies that crab in question was a sea crab that takes a claw to Dick's big toe.

** To catch the pigeon, Dastardly dives into a bathtub kitted out by Klunk on an airplane. It works until Dastardly recalls he can't zwim.

* Early version on ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow in the infamous 'Never Bathe on a Saturday'e episode. Laura takes a bath and gets her toe stuck in the faucet.