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* 1950's comic Myron Cohen told the joke of the man returning home to find his wife in bed and a man hiding in the closet. He challenges the man to explain why he's in there and the man shrugs nonchalantly and answers "Everybody gotta be someplace."

* In one of the ''Literature/{{Flashman}}'' novels, Flashman catches his wife and Lord Cardigan in the act. Lord Cardigan greets Flashman and calmly walks out the door. Despite the circumstances (not that he of all men is in any position to pass judgement), Flashman has to admire his sangfroid.
* Near the beginning of ''Literature/TheBoneClocks'', Holly Sykes shows up unannounced at her boyfriend's place hoping to move in. Instead, she walks in on him in bed with her best friend, catching a good glimpse of her friend's naked body.

* ''Literature/KeasFlight'': [[spoiler: Brandon walked in on his wife Caitlin in the arms of another woman. The other woman was executed for homosexuality; Brandon convinced the board that Caitlin was an innocent who had been led astray, but Caitlin [[DrivenToSuicide was voluntarily put down]] the next day.]]
* ''Literature/TheCrossesBoysCounselor:'' In the backstory, Dover walked in on his wife having sex with his best friend. It led to their marriage dissolving and Dover's friendship with the other man ending.
* ''Literature/NickelPlated'': Mikey, one of Nickel's former clients, paid him to help him with a divorce. Nickel slashed the wife's lover's tires so Mikey could catch them in the act.
* ''Literature/OfFireAndStars'': Thandilimon catches Dennaleia, who's engaged to him, in bed with his sister on the morning after they'd finally slept together.

* Subverted. In a ''Series/DeviousMaids'' episode, Adrian finds about his cheating wife, but wants to film it as evidence for divorce. He ends up paying, er, paymurdering his cuckolder bodyguard to leave.
* In the second WhatIf episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Rachel, who's has been married to Barry for several years in this reality, walks in on him and a dog walker.
* ''Series/OneLifeToLive''. Nora's SexySecretary Georgie doctors photos to make it ''look'' as if she and Nora's husband Bo have engaged in this (they haven't).
* A LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek has a woman coming home from a trip with her children to find her husband and his mistress cavorting--with the woman wearing ''her'' nightgown!
* In the ''Series/ColdCase'' episode "The War At Home'', the VictimOfTheWeek discovered her husband's affair with their neighbor after walking in on them in their bedroom. (Ironically, neither he nor his mistress was her killer).
* ''Series/GeneralHospital''. Bobbie drives to her family's cabin to surprise her husband Tony for their anniversary and finds him in bed with his girlfriend Carly.
* ''Series/MotherlandFortSalem'': When Tally is caught with Gerit by his wife Hilary, it seems like this, but then gets {{subverted}}. It turns out Hilary not only knew about their affair, but set this up for her to find them. As a compromise, Hilary allowed Gerit to have sex with Tally so long as [[AThreesomeIsHot she could join them]]. However, Tally isn't interested in that idea.
* ''Series/TheMusketeers'': Aramis [[EstablishingCharacterMoment is introduced]] in bed with Cardinal Richelieu's mistress. As they're getting dressed, the Cardinal arrives unexpectedly which sends the mistress into a panic. She persuades Aramis to climb out the window to avoid being caught. He avoids the Cardinal but Athos and Porthos walk past and make fun of him for his antics.
* This trope gets PlayedForDrama in the ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' episodes that involve it, given the horror-themed nature of the show. Examples include [[Recap/TalesFromTheCryptS3E11SplitSecond "Split Second"]] and [[Recap/TalesFromTheCryptS6E9StairedInHorror "Staired in Horror"]].
* ''Series/TheCompanyYouKeep'': Emma comes to a hotel and finds her boyfriend in bed with another woman, learning he's been cheating this way.
* ''Series/TheSpencerSisters'': Darby comes home early in "The Scholar's Snafu", the pilot, and soon discovers her boyfriend was having sex with another woman (who's hiding [[ClosetShuffle inside the closet]]).
* On ''Series/PortCharles'', Karen flies home to surprise her husband. She doesn't find him, but she does find several items of women's clothing. Soon, the woman herself arrives. When Karen demands an explanation for the clothes, the woman feebly tries to claim that she stayed there a few times after a late shift (they're cops), but Karen doesn't buy it and presses further, forcing the woman to admit that she is indeed sleeping with him.
* ''Series/DesperateHousewives'': In the first half of season 6, Bree is having an affair with Karl Mayer behind her husband Orson's back. By "The Coffee Cup", Orson becomes suspicious of her comings and goings, and asks Angie Bolen to investigate the matter for him while he's away on a golfing trip. Angie is hesitant to believe that Bree is the kind of person to cheat on her spouse, until she happens to see Karl show up at Bree's doorstep that night. Angie watches as Bree and Karl head upstairs to the bedroom to have sex. Things go awry when Orson unexpectedly comes home early, prompting Angie to call Bree up and warn her. Bree hastily stuffs Karl's clothes and shoes under her pillow while Karl is left having to hide outside on the roof fully naked, and (to his embarrassment) in a place where Angie can see him. Angie then heads inside, claims to Orson that she was the person that Bree was having wine with (to explain the wine glasses he'd found in the living room), and sends him out of the bedroom long enough to slip Karl his things. As she makes clear to Bree, though, her covering for her was to protect Orson, because she thinks that he may be suicidal.

* ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'' uses this setup for a joke about [[MooseAndMapleSyrup Canadian politeness]]. When the husband finds his wife in bed with another man, everyone involved [[ApologisesALot apologises profusely]], including the husband.
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has a variant where Susan [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2004-08-13 catches her father]] making out with another woman while her mother is out of town.

* In ''Fanfic/WhatAboutWitchQueen'' this happens twice to the same couple. Once, Kristoff accidentally notices duchess Margaret cheating on her husband with Weselton spymaster Hunter while he's roaming around their castle. Second time, Eric, Margaret's husband, is sleeping after coming back late and hears somebody walking around the room. He thinks it's a servant, but it's strongly implied to be Hunter.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10347989/1/A-half-elf-s-wish A half elf's wish]]'', after learning from Siesta that Louise is having an affair with Julio, Saito decides to find a way to surprise Louise so that he can see the truth. With help from Queen Henrietta and Agnes, he ends up in the basement of his mansion after using a mirror portal in Henrietta's bedroom. When Saito opens the door to Louise's room, he, Henrietta, and Agnes discover Louise and Julio having sex. Seeing this, Saito angrily says "Now I see what I was to you," alerting Louise and Julio to their presence before leaving the room, with Henrietta following him. Afterwards, Agnes tells Louise that she will be taking Louise to her family's estate.

* [=Danny DeVito=]'s character is introduced this way in ''Film/Twins1988''.
* ''Film/TheLastBoyScout'' introduces Bruce Willis' character as the cuckolded husband in this scene... and as a cop, he correctly sniffs out that the other guy is hiding in the closet and nearly shoots him.
* In one of their films Creator/LaurelAndHardy are being pursued by their awful wives. As they run down an alley behind a hotel, one of the wives raises her shotgun and fires. At the sound of the shot men jump out of every window in the hotel, in their underwear and holding their pants, and run away.
* ''Film/TheWomanInRed'': Teddy is about to have sex with Charlotte when she gets a call from her husband to say he's come home early. He then has to hide outside on the window ledge to avoid them being caught together, with people below mistaking him for suicidal. They can then be heard having sex inside by Teddy.
* A humorous variation in ''Film/TheSpanishApartment'' when one character's boyfriend shows up unexpectedly, [[spoiler: she ends up hiding under the bed while her brother, previously the AnnoyingYoungerSibling, gets into bed with her lover and passes him off as his.]]

* Early in ''Film/WorkingGirl'', Melanie Griffith's character walks in on her boyfriend and his mistress.

* Referred to in ''Film/TheDescendants'' when a man confronts his wife's lover and asks him if he's ever been in his bedroom, which the man admits to.
* Also referred to in ''Film/{{Closer}}''. When Dan and Anna confess their affair to their respective partners, they answer "yes" when asked if they've ever brought them to the apartment.
* The protagonist of ''Film/SilverLiningsPlaybook'' comes home to find his wife having a ShowerOfLove with her co-worker.
* ''Film/{{Beaches}}''. Hillary returns from a trip to find her husband sitting at the breakfast table with another woman--wearing ''her'' robe!
* ''Film/TheEel'': Played as dark as this trope can get, when Takuro comes home, finds his wife having sex with another man, picks up a knife, and murders her.
* In ''Film/BackstreetDreams'', Dean walks in on Lucy in bed with Paco and kicks him out of the house. A minute later, he learns that Lucy let Paco beat Shane to stop him from crying. [[TranquilFury Dean kicks Lucy out, too.]]
* ''Film/DogDays2018'': When Liz comes home, her dog Sam trots up to her carrying a red bra that's not hers. Confused, she walks towards the bedroom, where she hears her boyfriend Peter with another woman. She kicks them both out.

* ''Film/Steam2007'': Although they aren't married, Elizabeth catches Niala (her bisexual girlfriend) having sex with a guy in her bed. She's outraged naturally and dumps her at once.
* In ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon,'' this is played for laughs in the spoof film ''See You Next Wednesday'' that's playing in the porno theater where David and Jack are talking. The fornicating couple on screen are suddenly interrupted by an angry man who bursts in on them and accuses his lover of cheating on him. The woman has no idea who he is. The man doesn't know either. [[ShaggyDogStory The angry man apologizes and walks out]]. The couple get busy again, and then the phone rings... it's the wrong number. "Nice movie!" David remarks.
* ''Film/GirlsLikeMagic'': Jamie and Maggie get caught by the latter's fiancé after they impulsively start to have sex in their room. They break up after this.
* ''Film/SheHateMe'': Jack and Fatima broke up after he caught her having sex with a woman in their bed.
* ''Film/BelowHerMouth'': Jasmine is caught while having sex with Dallas by Rile, Jasmine's fiancé, [[TwoPersonPoolParty in the tub]].
* ''Film/AllAboutE'': Trish broke up with E after coming home to find her in bed with another woman. She's still bitter about it when the two meet again in the present.
* ''Film/PerfectAddiction'': Sienna comes home and finds her boyfriend having sex with her sister on the couch in the front room.
* In ''Film/OnTheBuses'', Betty tries seducing Stan once he's in her bedroom but doesn't get very far until her old man comes home and Stan has to flee for his life.

* ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'' uses this setup for a joke about [[CanadaEh Canadian politeness]]. When the husband finds his wife in bed with another man, everyone involved [[ApologisesALot apologises profusely]], including the husband.

* A LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek has a woman coming home from a trip with her children to find her husband and his mistress cavorting--with the woman wearing ''her'' nightgown!.
* In the ''Series/ColdCase'' episode "The War At Home'', the VictimOfTheWeek discovered her husband's affair after walking in on them in their bedroom. (Ironically, neither he nor his mistress was her killer).

* ''Series/TheMusketeers'': Aramis [[EstablishingCharacterMoment is introduced]] in bed with Cardinal Richelieu's mistress. As they're getting dressed the Cardinal arrives unexpectedly which sends the mistress into a panic. She persuades Aramis to climb out the window to avoid being caught. He avoids the Cardinal but Athos and Porthos walk past and make fun of him for his antics.

* ''Film/{{Steam}}'': Although they aren't married, Elizabeth catches Niala (her bisexual girlfriend) having sex with a guy in her bed. She's outraged naturally and dumps her at once.

* ''Series/DesperateHousewives'': In the first half of season 6, Bree is having an affair with Karl Mayer behind her husband Orson's back. By "The Coffee Cup", Orson becomes suspicious of her comings and goings, and asks Angie Bolen to investigate the matter for him while he's away on a golfing trip. Angie initially is dismissive of the suggestion that Bree could be unfaithful, until she happens to see Karl show up at Bree's doorstep that night. Angie observes Bree and Karl heading upstairs to the bedroom to have sex. Things go awry when Orson unexpectedly comes home early, prompting Angie to call Bree up and warn her. Bree hastily stuffs Karl's clothes and shoes under her pillow while Karl is left having to hide outside on the roof fully naked, and (to his embarrassment) in a place where Angie can see him. Angie then heads inside, claims to Orson that she was the person that Bree was having wine with (to explain the wine glasses and open bottle that he'd found in the living room), and sends him out of the bedroom long enough to slip Karl his things. As she makes clear to Bree, though, her covering for her was to protect Orson, because she thinks that he may be suicidal.

* In ItWebAnimation/DinaMarino, Trixie caughts her girlfriend Carla cheating on her with Geltrudino.