History Main / CandlelitBath

* In ''Series/TheFall'' D.I. Stella Gibson takes one at the start of an episode. Turns out [[spoiler: it is a DreamIntro with a CatapultNightmare ending.]]

* [[https://youtu.be/zRI6wKpjaUQ This advert]] for the "Foxy Casino" gambling website features Creator/HeatherGraham taking a bubblebath (light source unspecified but from low down) and receives a bottle of champagne.
* An advertisement for ''VideoGame/HitmanBloodMoney'' included a dead woman in a candle-lit DeadlyBath, which sparked controversy for its DropDeadGorgeous content.

* In ''ComicBook/BlackMagick'' #7, Alex takes a candlelit bath as part of her healing ritual. (Although the layout of her bathroom and Alex's personality indicate this something she might enjoy doing anyway.)

* ''Film/StarTrekInsurrection'' has such a scene involving Riker and Troi. They are interrupted by a communicator page.

* A gentle parody in ''Film/ShortCircuit''. Stressed out over the whole incident with NOVA Robotics, Stephanie draws a candlelit bath and tries to relax, only to have Number Five burst into the room, still trying to camouflage himself with a hedge.
%%* ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009''. The trope's use would also be [[JustifiedTrope justified]], seeing that the lightbulb wasn't yet invented at the time the story takes place. - ZCE
* In ''Film/NapoleonDynamite'', Pedro gets uncomfortably hot - he tries a few things, including a bath lit by Mexican good-luck candles, before he ends up shaving his head.
* According to WordOfGod on the DVD commentary, one draft of ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' had [[spoiler: Tracy's murder]] happen this way. There's a hint of it with a brief shot of her alone in the apartment after Mills and Somerset leave.

* Tiffany is taking a candlelit bath when Kevin breaks into the beach house in ''Film/WhatsTheWorstThatCouldHappen''.
* Leo and Lily share a candlelit bath before Leo goes to meet the blackmailer in ''Film/{{Circus}}''.

* In ''Series/BrothersAndSisters'', Justin (having sustained a not entirely-clear leg injury in Iraq) is starting to take a bath. His gay brother starts lighting candles. Justin complains that his masculinity is being compromised. The candles stay, but the meditation music is changed to something more rock.
* In ''Series/{{Bones}}'' Agent Booth takes a relaxing bath [[spoiler:after faking his death]] (although not candlelit) with a twin beer can helmet and a comic book. Bones busts in on him and [[spoiler:is upset because she didn't know he was faking his death]].

* ''Series/DeathInParadise'': The VictimOfTheWeek takes a candlelit bath in "Until Death Do You Part", which turns into a DeadlyBath when her killer drowns her in the petal-filled tub.
* ''Series/TheCoroner'': Jane takes one while attempting to de-stress during "The Fisherman's Tale".
* ''Franchise/CSIVerse'':
** ''Series/{{CSI}}'': In "Who and What", the first VictimOfTheWeek is taking a candlelit bath when the killer enters the bathroom to bludgeon her to death with a hammer.
** ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': In "Heart of Glass," the first Victim of the Week breaks into the apartment of a guy she wants to get back together with, sets up the classic scenario with a bottle of wine, rose petals leading to the bathtub, candles, etc., expecting him to come home soon. Turns out, he'd sublet the place to someone else, but that's not the real problem. Upstairs neighbors hear a gunshot and call the cops, who find this woman dead in the tub along with a bullet fragment, but she has no gunshot wound so the team has to noodle out what really happened.
* ''Series/LethalWeapon'': Murtagh's lawyer wife Trish takes one after getting news at work about her promotion. [[http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/35296526/2946781.jpg.html (pic)]]
* In ''Series/TheFall'' D.I. Stella Gibson takes one at the start of an episode. Turns out [[spoiler: it is a DreamIntro with a CatapultNightmare ending.]]
* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "Last Year's Model", a sleazy music producer and his mistress are holding a candlelit TwoPersonPoolParty when they are interrupted by Barnaby.
* ''Series/{{Fargo}}'': [[Series/FargoSeasonThree Season 3]]'s first episode sees this where Ray Stussy and his girlfriend Nikki Swango take a candlelit bath in the latter's apartment after a night out at a bridge tournament. The bath is interrupted by Maurice Le Fay, the ex-con Ray hired to steal a stamp from his brother Emmitt, coming in and trying to blackmail Ray for money (since Maurice lost the directions while driving to Eden Prairie, instead going to Eden ''Valley'' and murdering an old man with a similar name to Emmitt's). Ray and Nikki settle this issue by dropping an air conditioner on Maurice's head.
* ''Series/LostGirl'': In Season 3 Episode 12 Bo the bisexual succubus enjoys a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1dkaAG3gWU bubblebath]] with candles, but it is her friend Tamsin the valkyrie who brings the alcohol.

* Ellie Patterson from ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'' carefully sets up a candlelit bath while on a second honeymoon getaway. While relaxing at first, a few of the candles set her hair alight. Further negating the relaxation is her husband laughing his ass off at her misfortune.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' The episode ''C E. D'Oh!'' has [[http://pixhost.to/show/325/112396456_marge-simpson-bubblebath.jpg Marge]] take one on Valentines Day.

* ''Series/TheCoroner'': Jane takes one will attempting to de-stress during "The Fisherman's Tale".
* ''Series/{{CSI}}'': In "Who and What", the first VictimOfTheWeek is taking a candlelit bath when the killer enters the bathroom to bludgeon her to death with a hammer.

* ''A Mango Shaped Space'': Mia takes a candlelit bath while listening to music when she learns that it will enhance her experience with synesthesia.

* Not actually candlelit (although the lights in his room were dimmed), but Megatron of ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' occasionally relaxed with a soothing jacuzzi bath while plotting evil schemes. The rubber duck helped.

* According to WordofGod on the DVD commentary, one draft of ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' had [[spoiler: Tracy's murder]] happen this way. There's a hint of it with a brief shot of her alone in the apartment after Mills and Somerset leave.

* ''Film/JohnWickChapter2'': TheDon [[spoiler:Gianna d'Antonio]] goes for a luxurious candlelit bath in her castle, sees TheDreaded titular assassin [[MirrorScare in the mirror]], and opts for a BathtubSuicide instead. It's unclear whether she's trying to talk him into letting her live, staying DefiantToTheEnd, or both.

* Olive takes one in ''ComicBook/GothamAcademy: Second Semester'' #1. When the candle goes out, [[spoiler:she seemingly relights it with her mind: the first sign that she may have inherited her mothers pyrokynetic powers]].

* Not actually candelit (although the lights in his room were dimmed), but Megatron of ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' occasionally relaxed with a soothing jacuzzi bath while plotting evil schemes. The rubber duck helped.

%%* ''Film/SherlockHolmes''. The trope's use would also be [[JustifiedTrope justified]], seeing that the lightbulb wasn't yet invented at the time the story takes place. - ZCE

* Parodied in ''JohnDiesAtTheEnd'' when John and Dave are trapped in a HauntedHouse and want to draw the ghost out of hiding: "You light some candles. I'll go stand in the shower naked."

* ''VideoGame/NearDawn'': One character spends the first portion of the game taking a candle-lit bath in the cabin while the power is out. She spends almost half of the remaining game in a towel once she realizes something is amiss and gets out.

* An advertisement for ''VideoGame/HitmanBloodMoney'' included a dead woman in a candle-lit bubble bath, which sparked controversy for its DropDeadGorgeous content.