History Main / CallingYourBathroomBreaks

* ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'': Hinata, aside from loudly announcing whenever he needs to make a run for the bathroom in general[[note: due to anxiety-induced diarrhea that he gets a lot in earlier episodes and before playing in important matches[[/note]] has a tendency to sing on his way to the bathroom. The lyrics are either volleyball related or just about what he's going to do in the bathroom (peeing). Made even more obvious in the English Dub.

* ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'': Hinata has a tendency to sing on his way to the bathroom. The lyrics are either volleyball related or just about what he's going to do in the bathroom (peeing). Made even more obvious in the English Dub.

He also loudly announces whenever he needs to make a run for the bathroom due to anxiety-induced diarrhea which happens a lot in earlier episodes.
** After the volleyball match against Wakutani, Yamaguchi announces to his team that he has to go to the bathroom. [[note]]He didn't actually have to go. He sought out Ukai to talk to after feeling down about his performance in the match[[/note]]. In a flashback of season 2 episode 22, Hinata remarks that he sounded pretty serious about it to which Kageyama replies that he probably "needs to take a shit".

* He also loudly announces whenever he needs to make a run for the bathroom due to anxiety-induced diarrhea which happens a lot in earlier episodes.

** He also loudly announces whenever he needs to make a run for the bathroom due to anxiety-induced diarrhea which happens a lot in earlier episodes.

* In ''Take Responsibility For My Stomach!'', Ruka and Ritsu are going grocery shopping when the latter announces that she needs "the little girl's room." This turns out to be an excuse for Ritsu to slip off and buy some snacks, which she hides under the bib of her overalls.

* Yosuke of ''VideoGame/Persona4'' is infamous for supposedly doing this frequently, often at inappropriate moments, but in actuality, that only happened ''once''. It's become (both [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten in-]] and [[NeverLiveItDown out of universe]]) a thing for him. [[http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c365/peachifruit/hiimdaisy/persona/?action=view¤t=p4comic3.jpg Parodied here.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'': At the very end of the movie "Lyle the Kindly Viking," Sven, the consummate manchild, sings "I have to go to the baaathroooom," much to Otar's chagrin.
** Larry-Boy does this in "Larry-Boy! And The Fib From Outer Space" when talking to Alfred in a car.

* A crude classmate in ''National Lampoon's Film/ClassReunion'' announces that he needs to excuse himself by declaring that he hasn't taken a dump in two days.

* In ''Film/{{Frankenweenie}}'', Bob says "I have to pee" when subject to a dangerous experiment.

* A crude classmate in ''National Lampoon's Class Reunion'' announces that he needs to excuse himself by declaring that he hasn't taken a dump in two days.

-->'''President Kennedy''': How does it feel to be All-American?\\

* Pippo Franco's song "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8BJNK1WICE Mi scappa la pipi, papa]" (I Need a Wee, Daddy) centers around a young boy getting a PottyEmergency at the cinema, a wedding he and his family are attending, and a soccer game. Eventually, he gets a PottyFailure.

* Inverted (to the ''[[UnusualEuphemism extreme]]''), and Conversed in [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24571900 this]] ''Series/WhiteCollar'' fanfiction, which features Neal doing everything he can ''not'' to invoke this trope. Peter ends up calling his breaks '''for him.'''

* In the WebAnimation/YouTubePoop "Toad's Wintry Willies" by WebAnimation/HourOfPoop, the pilot announces that he needs to use the bathroom by yelling "NEED A POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

* ''Manga/SchoolZone'': Kei tries to use the facilities in her high school while her friends Yokoe and Yatsude talk about ghosts. Kei, who is deathly afraid of spooky things, storms out, her business unfinished, and loudly announces she's using the upstairs bathroom instead. When they don't get the hint, she repeats herself. They finally realize she's too proud to ask them to accompany her.

* In episode 25 of ''Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure'', Manatsu says she needs to use the toilet when a Yaraneda is attacking the school, and Sango and Laura agree. It's downplayed as this is an excuse to leave the classroom to fight the monster.

* Several times to get away with "disappearing" [[spoiler:and to "prove" who killed an AssholeVictim (!) in one episode]] by Conan in ''Manga/DetectiveConan''. Never for actual emergencies, though.

May or may not involve an ExcrementStatement. Sometimes a character who engages in this is faking in order to attempt a BathroomBreakOut or BathroomSearchExcuse, or just to get away from an awkward conversation (see INeedToGoIronMyDog). Contrast GoToTheEuphemism, for when a character is less blunt.

-->-- '''Leonard's Mom''', ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''

* In ''Series/TheOfficeUS'', Oscar once mentions that [[ManChild Kevin]] does this frequently (to the point of once ''stopping his car on the spot and charging out of it'' to do so). To Keven's credit, the only time he actually does this at a relevant point in the show was to escape a situation where he was in danger of revealing that Oscar was having an affair with Angela's husband.