History Main / CantBatheWithoutAWeapon

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'''s competence and good judgment are extremely questionable, but he goes ''nowhere'' without a weapon, not even a hot tub.
** He then promptly lampshades the entire thing. See the page quote.

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** Earlier in that same arc, Negi [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v04/c029/15.html personally discovers]] that yes, Setsuna ''does'' bathe with her demon-hunting sword.

* Prison would probably be a place where this trope sees regular usage.

* In the second episode of ''Manga/SoulEater'', Tsubaki throws a shuriken at Black Star for peeping at her while she is bathing in a lake.

* In ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'', the future-NYPD rules require this; Elijah keeps his blaster (in a waterproof holster) with him whilst showering.

* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' has Kallen. [[MsFanservice She seems to get to show it off with startling frequency.]]

* An iconic (and NSFW) cover from ''StrangersInParadise'' features Katchoo in a bathtub wearing a leather jacket(and nothing else), a gun in one hand and a glass of wine in the other. Shortly after the title's last issue, Terry Moore produced a commission piece homage to the original cover. Same bathtub, same leather jacket, but Katchoo is now holding a super-soaker, and Francine is wearing a bathrobe and a snorkel, about to join Katchoo in the bathtub.

* Subverted in ''Film/EasternPromises'' in the Turkish Baths, [[spoiler: where Viggo Mortensen's character being unarmed, and nude, was the entire point, making him completely vulnerable to attack by two knife-wielding hitmen out for revenge. Of course, being a complete ''[[BadAss badass]]'', Viggo manages to defeat them both ''unarmed'' and in [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome an extremely violent fashion.]]]]

** To be specific, he's hiding in the shower so no-one will talk to him face-to-face and SpotTheImposter. At one point guards are sent to search the premises, only Clint has the man he's impersonating BoundAndGagged in the shower stall with him. He's holding the gun out of sight while blustering the (lower-ranking) guard about disturbing him. Fortunately the guards leave.

->''"Yeah, except my gun's all soapy. [[HypocriticalHumor Pretty stupid to bathe with a gun....]]"''

* Volvo in ''{{Kochikame}}'' is never without his weapons, even in baths.

* In ''Literature/TheStainlessSteelRat Wants You'' by HarryHarrison, [[GentlemanThief James Bolivar DiGriz]] is showering at home on a peaceful planet. He hears his wife's scream and runs out without even grabbing a towel. He sees her get shoved into a car by two [[{{Mook}} goons]] and pulls out a gun he keeps in his ankle holster. We can assume that the gun is waterproof. Needless to say, the neighbors are a little freaked out by a naked guy firing a gun.

* In ''[[TortallUniverse The Realms of the Gods]]'', Daine's bath is interrupted by a tauros. She improvises a sling out of a towel and swears to never bathe without a proper weapon again.

** To be specific, he's hiding in the shower so no-one will talk to him face-to-face and SpotTheImposter. At one point guards are sent to search the premises, only Clint has the man he's impersonating BoundAndGagged in the shower stall with him. He's holding the gun out of sight while blustering the (lower-ranking) guard about disturbing him.

* ''Film/{{Firefox}}'' offers a shower example: while bathing for the title plane's maiden flight, the protagonist talks to a mission command officer, without leaving his revolver. (Justified for two reasons: he's an American sent there to hijack the Firefox... and he's Creator/ClintEastwood.)

* In a cutscene in ''VideoGame/GodHand'', Olivia pulls an ax out of her bubble bath.

* ''Film/{{Firefox}}'' offers a shower example: while bathing for the title plane's maiden flight, the protagonist talks to a mission command officer, without leaving his revolver. (Justified for two reasons: he's an American sent there to hijack the Firefox... and he's ClintEastwood.)

* ''Series/{{Longmire}}: When Vic is being stalked by Ed Gorski in "A Good Death is Hard to Find", she starts taking her gun into the shower with her.

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* In ''BlackMoonChronicles'', Feydreiva the [[ActionGirl elven female warrior]] is spotted by Wismerhill while [[OutdoorBathPeeping bathing in a river]] -- the first woman he'd ever seen naked. She responds by [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks throwing]] a ''bastard sword'' in a tree next to his head.

* {{Blackhawk}} did this during his run in ''Action Comics Weekly''; riffing on the "never bring a knife to a gunfight" line from ''Film/TheUntouchables''.

* JohnWayne has done this in at least one Western, ''BigJake''. There's a shower scene, and he knows someone's after him, so he keeps a shotgun in the shower. When the guy comes in to kill him, Jake has the shotgun in his hands and uses it to shoot through the thin wooden door of the shower stall.

* Averted at the end of the ''Film/{{Maverick}}'' movie. ''Twice''.

** However, both those times were deliberate: [[spoiler:the first was a setup to reveal that Cooper is actually Maverick's dad and the second time because Maverick ''wanted'' the money to be stolen by Annabelle because "[[VictoryIsBoring it's going to be a whole lot of fun getting it back!"]]]]

* When Mathayus (The Rock), hero of ''TheScorpionKing'', crashes through the ceiling of the Sorceress' bathroom, she instantly grabs a convenient dagger and assumes a defensive stance that has Mathayus' jaw hanging.

* Subverted in ''EasternPromises'' in the Turkish Baths, [[spoiler: where Viggo Mortensen's character being unarmed, and nude, was the entire point, making him completely vulnerable to attack by two knife-wielding hitmen out for revenge. Of course, being a complete ''[[BadAss badass]]'', Viggo manages to defeat them both ''unarmed'' and in [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome an extremely violent fashion.]]]]

-->'''James Bond:''' ''(not surprised at all)'' A water pistol?

* In the ''Film/BarbWire'' movie with PamelaAnderson, Barb bathes with a gun nearby. When her ex comes in, she prepares to shoot him.

* In ''TheStainlessSteelRat Wants You'' by HarryHarrison, [[GentlemanThief James Bolivar DiGriz]] is showering at home on a peaceful planet. He hears his wife's scream and runs out without even grabbing a towel. He sees her get shoved into a car by two [[{{Mook}} goons]] and pulls out a gun he keeps in his ankle holster. We can assume that the gun is waterproof. Needless to say, the neighbors are a little freaked out by a naked guy firing a gun.

* In ''[[MatadorSeries Matadora]]'', Dirisha Zuri is told that the bathrooms are not off-limits in Matador Villa's running spetsdöd-tag game, and to therefore use the following procedure when washing her hands: take off one spetsdöd, wash that hand, put the spetsdöd back on, then do the same with the other hand.[[note]]For those who haven't read the books, spetsdöds are dart-shooters affixed to the back of the hand.[[/note]]

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* In a cutscene in ''GodHand'', Olivia pulls an ax out of her bubble bath.

* In VideoGame/MassEffect3 a background character took a bath without a gun. What followed was a horrible, horrible line of traumatic events. It wasn't funny at all. And if you use your Spectre status to let her have a gun, [[spoiler: she uses it to kill herself]].
* While not a gun, in SummonNight: Swordcraft Story 2, when the protagonist is asked why they always carry their smith hammer around (Which they just used to defeat a monster.) They reply by pointing out, as a Craftknight, they carry their hammer around with them EVERYWHERE. (They mention taking it to the bathroom, so it's not to much to assume they also bathe with it)

[[folder:Webcomics]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'s'' competence and good judgment are extremely questionable, but he goes ''nowhere'' without a weapon, not even a hot tub.

* JonahHex is often shown bathing with his trusty bowie knife concealed in the tub.