History Main / CantBatheWithoutAWeapon

* In the 2018 film ''An Acceptable Loss'', Libby is so CrazyPrepared she keeps a loaded gun within arm's reach even while she bathes, as she thinks she has both a stalker and the government coming after her.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'': Archer's competence and good judgment are extremely questionable, but he goes ''nowhere'' without a weapon, not even a hot tub. In "[[Recap/ArcherS2E11JeuMonegasque Jeu Monégasque]] He then promptly {{Lampshade|Hanging}}s the entire thing.

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* ''VisualNovel/KillingTime'': Hatsuki's sprite still has her sword even when she's bathing.
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* ''ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon'' 2006 #3, ComicBook/MistyKnight is having a showering in her home when she feels an intruder come in and she retrieves a pistol she kept in the glass door and tied a robe around herself before leaving the bathroom to confront the intruder.

* ComicBook/{{Blackhawk}} did this during his run in ''Action Comics Weekly'', pulling a gun from beneath the CensorSuds when ambushed in his hotel room and riffing on the "NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight" line from ''Film/TheUntouchables''.

* ''Anime/{{Grenadier}}''

* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''

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

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''

-->'''Kojiro''': ''{{Beat}} "You... [[LampshadeHanging you're bathing with your sword?]]"''\\
'''Yaiba''': ''"[[BluntYes Yup, why?]]"''

* ''FanFic/FalloutEquestriaProjectHorizons'': While in Flank, Blackjack takes a bath [[NonNudeBathing in full armor]] and with her weapons in easy reach. She isn't attacked, but she mentions she's ready for it.

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-->'''Archer:''' "...My gun's all soapy. Pretty dumb, taking a bath with it..."

* ''LightNovel/DemonKingDaimao'': In episode 5, Junko bathes in the hot springs with her sword wrapped around her head. This pays off when she hears Eiko is there and moves to attack her [[FullFrontalAssault even while stark naked]]. But since her LoveInterest Akuto is ''also'' present Junko suffers a NakedFreakOut instead. For her part, Eiko also reveals she kept a hidden blade in her hair while trying to seduce Akuto in the bath.

** In episode 7 of ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'', Ennil is {{Shower|Scene}}ing aboard a vulture ship, when she suddenly hears someone enter the bathroom. She picks up the gun and wraps herself in a ModestyTowel she had inside the stall and pulls the shower curtain to point her gun at the intruder, who turns out to be just Zacotte who came to invite her for some wine.

* ComicBook/LuckyLuke pulled this on [[BackAlleyDoctor Dr.]] [[SnakeOilSalesman Doxey]] once. It should be noted that Luke had hidden his six-shooters [[RuleOfCool underwater.]]

--->'''Diana:''' You have... [[BiggusDickus certainly grown]]...\\

* Not a literal example, but in ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Iron Fist]]'', two of the Wraiths on a mission are surprised to find that another Wraith brought his sniper rifle, even though the mission wasn't one that should have called for any sort of sniping. He offhandedly tells them that he takes it everywhere -- sleeps with it, bathes with it, goes to the [[UnusualEuphemism fresher]] with it... He's ''probably'' just messing with them, of course; even in [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits Wraith Squadron]], someone carrying a meter-long laser rifle on his person at all times would have earned him some weird looks.

* In ''Literature/TheStainlessSteelRat Wants You'' by Creator/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.

'''Richard:''' But [[UnresolvedSexualTension I thought that was you!]]\\

* ''WebAnimation/LadyLumpsVSBoyBumps'' [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]] is shown showering with his guns, while [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] showers with his hammer.

When a character is bathing it's not unusual for [[ShowerOfAwkward someone to barge in on them]], or for them to [[InterruptedBath be interrupted by something]], or for something [[DeadlyBath to attack them]]. But then said bather suddenly pulls out a gun to try to shoot the intruder. Or draw a blade and try stabbing them, if firearms aren't an option. This indicates that the bather is [[TheAnticipator an anticipator]], CrazyPrepared or ProperlyParanoid type of person that does not like to feel vulnerable. They also usually [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl don't have modesty as a priority]].

The weapon if normally simply place within reach of said bather, but sometimes they may simply produce it from {{Hammerspace}}. This commonly happens in OutdoorBathPeeping scenarios, but can also happen in a {{Shower|Scene}}, {{Furo|Scene}} or {{Bathtub Scene}}s.

When a character is bathing it's not unusual for [[ShowerOfAwkward someone to barge in on them]], or for them to [[InterruptedBath be interrupted by something]], or for something [[DeadlyBath to attack them]]. But then said bather suddenly pulls out a gun to try to shoot the intruder. Or draw a blade and try stabbing them, if firearms aren't an option. This indicates that the bather is a TheAnticipator, CrazyPrepared or ProperlyParanoid type of person that does not like to feel vulnerable. They also usually [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl don't have modesty as a priority]].

* ''Film/NakedKiller'': In the opening scene, FemmeFatale assassin The Princess, is {{shower|Scene}}ing in her target's room, a bodybuilder who [[YourCheatingHeart has cheated on his girlfriend]]. When said target hears someone in his shower and pulls open the shower curtain to reveal the Princess's ToplessnessFromTheBack he demands outraged who she is and what she's doing in his bathroom. She nonchalantly tells him she "[[BathingBeauty likes to shower before doing her job]]" and then whips out a pistol and proceeds to shoot all of his limbs until he's crawling on the floor, before finishing him off with a [[GroinAttack final shot in his crotch]].

* In the HotSpringsEpisode of ''Anime/OutlawStar'', Gene [[LandingInSomeonesBathtub ends up landing]] in the Hot Spring where Suzuka and Melfina were bathing in. At first, both girls have a NakedFreakOut and clutch {{Modesty Towel}}s while Suzuka grabs her sheathed sword, but Gene just apologizes and starts to leave and it looks like the incident might end peacefully... but then [[LovableSexManiac he decides]] to [[TemptingFate tempt fate]] and [[PeepingTom tries to sneak a peek]] and is promptly smacked by Suzuka's sheathed sword.

* In the second episode of ''Manga/SoulEater'', Tsubaki throws a shuriken at Black Star for [[PeepingTom conspicuously peeping at her]] while she is bathing in a lake. (She does it again at a bathhouse at the end of the episode.)

* ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'': Episode 4 of the original OAV ("The Tragedy of L") had a scene where most of the [=SV2=] members were in a communal bath, when the water on the men's side suddenly turned red. Everyone on that side screamed, to which Kanuka Clancy responded by jumping out of the bath, running over to the men's side, and pointing a gun through the doorway, revealing that she has a gun with her even when she's in the bath. Noa is the one to tell her to PleasePutSomeClothesOn

* In the ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}} Chronicles'', when [[InnocentFanserviceGirl Silvara]] hears Gilthanas watching her, she runs over to her clothes. He expects her [[NakedFreakOut to cover herself]], but she just pulls out her knife.

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* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0648.html strip #648]], Haley ambushes and kills her hated [[TheRival rival]] Crystal [[DeadlyBath while she's showering]]. And while Cyrstal did keep her magical dagger and items in the bathroom with her, she ''wasn't'' smart enough to actually equip herself with anything but a ModestyTowel before answering the door and being sneak attacked by Haley, who finishes off Crystal by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard slashing her with her own magical dagger]] (and then [[TheEnemyWeaponsAreBetter takes said dagger for herself]]).

* In ''LightNovel/LordMarksmanAndVanadis'', when Tigre [[ShowerOfAwkward accidentally walks in on Ludmila's bath]], he discovers she keeps her AncestralWeapon Lavias (a magical [[BladeOnAStick pole-arm]] of [[ElementalWeapon ice]]), with her at all times and finds her pointing it at his neck in no time. But he's actually more worried over [[SexySurfacingShot her coming out of the water naked]] and tells her to PleasePutSomeClothesOn, but she scoffs at the idea, [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl since she finds no shame in being seen naked by someone she considers to be lower than an animal]] and eventually simply smacks him of Lavias's shaft.

** When Kazumi is taking pictures of everyone at the end of the trip to Kyoto, she takes a picture of several of her classmates in the hot springs, including Mana Tatsumiya. She was hiding a gun under a bucket and is seconds away from shooting Kazumi.

* In ''Anime/NinjaScroll'', Jubei has his sword within arm's reach when he's bathing at the hot springs. It quickly comes in handy.

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* A variant: the legendary UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi supposedly had poor personal hygiene because he refused to bathe very often, with the reasoning that even if you brought a weapon with you, you could be caught off guard too easily.

* In ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'', Touma and his father find out the hard way that Kaori Kanzaki bathes with her [[{{BFS}} nodachi]].

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': Touma and his father learn that Kaori keeps her sword with her when she bathes the hard way when they [[ShowerOfAwkward walk in on her just as she's coming out]].

* ''Film/{{Sweetwater}}: Two bandits spot Sarah bathing topless in a river and start approaching her with less than noble intentions. But this turns out [[ShowSomeLeg to be a deliberate trap]] as she turns to face them and reveals she had a revolver with her all along and had just been waiting for them to get close so she could take them out.

When a character is bathing and someone of the opposite sex comes in, or something is going to attack the bather, they suddenly pull out a gun while still in the tub and try to shoot the intruder. Or draw a blade and try stabbing him, if firearms aren't an option. Sibling trope to the PillowPistol. If they employ their ''towel'' as said weapon, that's ClothFu.

This commonly happens in OutdoorBathPeeping. See also CrazyPrepared, ProperlyParanoid.

* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': Kallen Stadtfeld/Karen Kozuki keeps a folding knife to defend herself at all times, even when bathing. One time before she found out that Lelouch was Zero she was prepared to stab him through a shower curtain, and another time she charged Suzaku with her knife when he discovered her bathing under a waterfall with her Black Knights uniform nearby.
* In ''Anime/DogDays'', when Valerio tries to peep on some girls in a bathhouse, they all pull out rifles and open fire on him. He effortlessly [[BulletCatch catches the bullets]] and throws them back with enough force to [[ClothingDamage destroy their towels]]. Later, his luck runs out when he invades another bathhouse; Nanami and Rebecca successfully fend him off with their weapons. [[spoiler:During the second season finale, he tries to peep on the first bathhouse again, but the girls trigger a bomb on his hiding place.]]

** In one episode, she's bathing and is attacked. She has her gun where she can snag it with a towel that's at hand.

** Natasha does this in the 19th episode of ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam''.
** Done in the second episode of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam''.
* In ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'', [[LadyOfWar Shigure]] and Kenichi are bathing together in a mixed-sex hot spring when they are attacked by assassins after Shigure's head. She then reveals that she is a) skillful enough to use her [[ClothingCombat wet hair ribbon as a whip]] against three armed men, and b) ProperlyParanoid enough that she had stashed her sword in the branches of a nearby tree, nearby enough that she could use the ribbon to pick it up.

* In ''LightNovel/LordMarksmanAndVanadis'', when Tigre accidentally walks in on Ludmila's bath, she pulls out her pole-arm and eventually smacks him with its shaft.

* In the HotSpringsEpisode of ''Anime/OutlawStar'', Suzuka hits Gene with her sheathed sword when he landed in the Hot Spring where she and Melfina were bathing in.

* In the second episode of ''Manga/SoulEater'', Tsubaki throws a shuriken at Black Star for conspicuously peeping at her while she is bathing in a lake. (She does it again at a bathhouse at the end of the episode.)
* In one episode of ''Manga/{{Tokko}}'', Kureha is attacked by phantoms while taking a shower and quickly grabs her twin daggers, which were within arms reach and slices up her attackers.

-->'''Kojiro''': ''{{Beat}} "You... [[LampshadeHanging you're bathing with your sword?]]"''
-->'''Yaiba''': ''"[[BluntYes Yup, why?]]"''
* ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'' takes this to it's logical conclusion in its HotSpringsEpisode. Rather than merely bathing with guns, Mao and Sousuke decide it would be better to plant landmines and install sentry turrets in every square foot of the bathhouse, turning Kurz's attempt at some OutdoorBathPeeping into a reenactment of ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan''.

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

* Creator/JohnWayne has done this in at least one Western, ''Film/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.

-->'''Tuco:''' When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk.

** In ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'', Andrea Anders pulls a gun on James Bond when he walks in on her showering.

* When Mathayus (The Rock), hero of ''Film/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.
-->'''Sorceress:''' Well? Are you going to kill me or just stare at me?

* In the ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}} Chronicles'', when [[InnocentFanserviceGirl Silvara]] hears Gilthanas watching her, she runs over to her clothes. He expects her to cover herself, but she just pulls out her knife.
* In the last book of ''Literature/TheImmortals'', 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.
* Not a literal example, but in ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Iron Fist]]'', two of the Wraiths on a mission are surprised to find that another Wraith brought his sniper rifle, even though the mission wasn't one that should have called for any sort of sniping. He offhandedly tells them that he takes it everywhere -- sleeps with it, bathes with it, goes to the [[UnusualEuphemism fresher]] with it... He's ''probably'' just messing with them, of course; even in [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits Wraith Squadron]], someone carrying a metre-long laser rifle on his person at all times would have earned him some weird looks.

* In a scene cut from the US release of ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'', Ryu sneaks in upon Nina and Ursula conversing while enjoying a hot spring (after Nina told him not to, no less) in an island the group is currently stranded on. The moment his curiosity gets the better of him and he tries to take a peek, he finds out that Ursula apparently prefers to soak with her firearm close by. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZVZXLC7xeQ See for yourself.]] In fact, given that there was literally ''zero'' reaction time between him starting to peek and the rock he was hiding behind getting shot, she probably heard him and knew he was there the whole time, just waiting for him to try his luck.
* In a cutscene in ''VideoGame/GodHand'', Olivia pulls an ax out of her bubble bath to discourage Gene from getting too close. (Of course, ''she's'' crazy, and Gene's not known for keeping his hands to himself.)
* Not a gun, but in ''VideoGame/TheGranstreamSaga'', the hero sneaks onto a flying vessel in a treasure box. Said treasure box is delivered to the female leader's personal quarters. The hero sneaks out of the box at just the right time (said leader is taking a shower in the same room), said female leader notices and throws a ''battle axe'' across the room, barely missing his head and comes out of the shower with a towel holding a massive ''morning star''.

* 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]].

** Averted at a critical moment: Travis doesn't have his beam katana when [[spoiler:Ermen Palmer attacks him on the toilet]], almost costing him his life.

* ''The Operative: VideoGame/NoOneLivesForever'': Cate isn't attacked in the shower scene, but you can see she's ready for that contingency, as her handy revolver is right there.
* Watch out for the bather in ''VideoGame/ShadowWarrior''. [[HammerSpace She only looks unarmed.]]
* While not a gun, in ''VideoGame/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 too much to assume they also bathe with it)

* ''Webcomic/{{Waterworks}}'': Connie [[http://mspfanventures.com/?adv=43&id=160 actually takes a shower with her axe handy]], and later [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=43&p=181 fantasizes]] about pulling this trope off if a villain came around.

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* ''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.

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* Creator/GeorgeMacDonaldFraser's way of describing the dangers of serving in the British Army in Palestine in 1946 was, "You took your service revolver into the shower with you." He was not exaggerating.
* A variant: the legendary UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi supposedly had poor personal hygiene because he refused to bathe very often, with the reasoning that even if you brought a weapon with you, you could be caught off guard too easily.

* A variant: the legendary Miyamoto Musashi supposedly had poor personal hygiene because he refused to bathe very often, with the reasoning that even if you brought a weapon with you, you could be caught off guard too easily.

* ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'' takes this to it's logical conclusion in its HotSpringsEpisode. Rather than merely bathing with guns, Mao and Sousuke decide it would be better to plant landmines and install sentry turrets in every square foot of the bathhouse, turning Kurz's attempt at some OutdoorBathPeeping into a reenactment of 'Film/SavingPrivateRyan''.

* 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!"]]]]
-->'''Cooper:''' There's a half a million dollars in that satchel over there and your gun is eight feet away from you. Not smart. Not smart at all.

* Not a literal example, but in ''[[ComicBook/XWingSeries Iron Fist]]'', two of the Wraiths on a mission are surprised to find that another Wraith brought his sniper rifle, even though the mission wasn't one that should have called for any sort of sniping. He offhandedly tells them that he takes it everywhere -- sleeps with it, bathes with it, goes to the [[UnusualEuphemism fresher]] with it... He's ''probably'' just messing with them, of course; even in [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits Wraith Squadron]], someone carrying a metre-long laser rifle on his person at all times would have earned him some weird looks.

* ''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.

* The ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' spell "Laeral's Gesture" is the result of Laeral being tired of being attacked while bathing, and thus not having her spell components on hand (it quickly fires any currently available low-level spell, skipping its material or verbal components).

* Not a gun, but in ''VideoGame/TheGranstreamSaga'', the hero sneaks onto a flying vessel in a treasure box. Said treasure box is delivered to the female leader's personal quarters. The hero sneaks out of the box at just the right time (said leader is taking a shower in the same room), said female leader notices and throws a ''battle axe'' across the room, barely missing his head and comes out of the shower with a towel holding a massive ''morning star''.

* In a scene cut from the US release of ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'', Ryu sneaks in upon Nina and Ursula conversing while enjoying a hot spring (after Nina told him not to, no less) in an island the group is currently stranded on. The moment his curiosity gets the better of him and he tries to take a peek, he finds out that Ursula apparently prefers to soak with her firearm close by. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZVZXLC7xeQ See for yourself.]] In fact, given that there was literally ''zero'' reaction time between him starting to peek and the rock he was hiding behind getting shot, she probably heard him and knew he was there the whole time, just waiting for him to try his luck.

* 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]].

* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising:'' Hot springs scattered around the chapters serve as healing points but are also used by many characters for recreational purposes. According to a conversation between Pit and Magnus in Chapter 2, "the angel's code of conduct states that [angels] must always be ready for duty"; this means going into a hot spring fully dressed and armed doesn't just happen in gameplay.

* In the second episode of ''Manga/SoulEater'', Tsubaki throws a shuriken at Black Star for conspicuously peeping at her while she is bathing in a lake. (She does it again at a bathhouse at the end of the episode.)
* ''Anime/{{Grenadier}}''
** Rushuna Tendō does this in the intro credits and in one part of the manga.
** In one episode, she's bathing and is attacked. She has her gun where she can snag it with a towel that's at hand.
* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' film, ''Adolescence of Utena'', Kozue threatens her brother with a razor blade while she is in the tub. She was trimming his eyebrows, incidentally.

* In ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'', [[LadyOfWar Shigure]] and Kenichi are bathing together in a mixed-sex hot spring when they are attacked by assassins after Shigure's head. She then reveals that she is a) skillful enough to use her [[ClothingCombat wet hair ribbon as a whip]] against three armed men, and b) ProperlyParanoid enough that she had stashed her sword in the branches of a nearby tree, nearby enough that she could use the ribbon to pick it up.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': Kallen Stadtfeld/Karen Kozuki keeps a folding knife to defend herself at all times, even when bathing. One time before she found out that Lelouch was Zero she was prepared to stab him through a shower curtain, and another time she charged Suzaku with her knife when he discovered her bathing under a waterfall with her Black Knights uniform nearby.
* In one episode of ''Manga/{{Tokko}}'', Kureha is attacked by phantoms while taking a shower and quickly grabs her twin daggers, which were within arms reach and slices up her attackers.
* In the HotSpringsEpisode of ''Anime/OutlawStar'', Suzuka hits Gene with her sheathed sword when he landed in the Hot Spring where she and Melfina were bathing in.

* In ''VisualNovel/PrincessLover'', [[ActionGirl Sylvie Van Housen]] tries to bring her rapier into the hot springs, much to the surprise of the other girls.

* In ''Anime/DogDays'', when Valerio tries to peep on some girls in a bathhouse, they all pull out rifles and open fire on him. He effortlessly [[BulletCatch catches the bullets]] and throws them back with enough force to [[ClothingDamage destroy their towels]]. Later, his luck runs out when he invades another bathhouse; Nanami and Rebecca successfully fend him off with their weapons. [[spoiler:During the second season finale, he tries to peep on the first bathhouse again, but the girls trigger a bomb on his hiding place.]]
* In ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'', Touma and his father find out the hard way that Kaori Kanzaki bathes with her [[{{BFS}} nodachi]].
* In ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', during the HotSpringsEpisode, the girls carried their magic wands to the hot spring to prevent the boys from peeping on them.
* Volvo in ''{{Manga/Kochikame}}'' is never without his weapons, even in baths.
* In ''LightNovel/LordMarksmanAndVanadis'', when Tigre accidentally walks in on Ludmila's bath, she pulls out her pole-arm and eventually smacks him with its shaft.

* In ''ComicBook/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.
* ComicBook/LuckyLuke pulled this on [[BackAlleyDoctor Dr.]] [[SnakeOilSalesman Doxey]] once. It should be noted that Luke had hidden his six-shooters [[RuleOfCool underwater.]]
* ComicBook/{{Blackhawk}} did this during his run in ''Action Comics Weekly''; riffing on the "never bring a knife to a gunfight" line from ''Film/TheUntouchables''.

* In ''Ghost Rock'', Jenya Lano does this in her bathtub with two pistols. She then gets out and walks all over the saloon naked, shooting all the intruders.

* ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'': A vengeful man, whom Tuco had previously shot in the hand and permanently disabled, catches the "Ugly" naked in a bathtub. He delivers a long speech about how he tracked Tuco down, and how he had lots of time to learn to shoot with his left hand... which is [[TalkToTheFist cut off when Tuco shoots him]] with a gun hidden under the bathtub bubbles.
-->'''Tuco:''' When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk.
* When Mathayus (The Rock), hero of ''Film/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.
-->'''Sorceress:''' Well? Are you going to kill me or just stare at me?
* ''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 pistol. (Justified for two reasons: he's an American sent there to hijack the Firefox... and he's Creator/ClintEastwood.)

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

* In the first ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' novel, Flynn Taggart decides to risk taking a shower in the Phobos Lab infirmary. He takes the trouble to lock the doors and turn off the lights except for the one in the shower stall and keeps his trusty shotgun within arm's reach. Makes sense since the base is currently in the middle of an AlienInvasion ''and'' a ZombieApocalypse. Luckily for Flynn, he doesn't get attacked while he's showering. [[spoiler:He gets attacked ''immediately'' after leaving the infirmary though.]]
* In ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'', the future-NYPD rules require this; Elijah keeps his blaster (in a waterproof holster) with him whilst showering. As restroom and shower facilities are communal (though socially still "private" as men are expected to ignore each other) and securable lockers seem nonexistent the rule logically follows.
* In ''[[Literature/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]]
* In the last book of ''Literature/TheImmortals'', 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.

** When Kazumi is taking pictures of everyone at the end of the trip to Kyoto, she takes a picture of several of her classmates in the hot springs, including Mana Tatsumiya. She was hiding a gun under a bucket, and is seconds away from shooting Kazumi.

* In the HotSpringsEpisode of ''Anime/OutlawStar'', Suzuka hits Gene with her sheathed sword when he landed in the Hot Spring her and Melfina were bathing in.

* In ''Manga/{{Yaiba}}'', Kojiro's first attempt at stealing Yaiba's Raijin Sword involves asking Yaiba to bath together, and take the chance to steal the blade. It is foiled when is revealed that Yaiba bathes with his sheathed sword still on his back.

** Bond himself pulls a similar trick in ''Film/GoldenEye'', when Xenia attacks him while while he's having a leisurely swim at his hotel. He retrieves his gun from alongside his towel once out of the pool, and sets it down when Xenia begins to kiss him. Conveniently, it disappears when Onatopp starts crushing him to death, presumably as not to ruin the tension and provide a too-easy ending to the fight.

* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': Lassiter has [[CrazyPrepared many guns hidden]] in his apartment, including one hidden in his shower head.

* ''The Operative: VideoGame/NoOneLivesForever'': Cate isnt't attacked in the shower scene, but you can see she's ready for that contingency, as her handy revolver is right there.
* In a scene cut from the US release of ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'', Ryu sneaks in upon Nina and Ursula conversing while enjoying a hot spring (after Nina told him not to, no less) in an island the group is currently stranded on. The moment his curiosity get the better of him and he tries to take a peek, he finds out that Ursula apparently prefers to soak with her firearm close by. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZVZXLC7xeQ See for yourself.]] In fact, given that there was literally ''zero'' reaction time between him starting to peek and the rock he was hiding behind getting shot, she probably heard him and knew he was there the whole time, just waiting for him to try his luck.

* While not a gun, in ''VideoGame/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)
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising:'' Hot springs scattered around the chapters serve as healing points, but are also used by many characters for recreational purposes. According to a conversation between Pit and Magnus in Chapter 2, "the angel's code of conduct states that [angels] must always be ready for duty"; this means going into a hot spring fully dressed and armed doesn't just happen in gameplay.

[[caption-width-right:320:"Ask me if I want a towel one...more...time..."]]

* In ''Anime/DogDays'', when Valerio tries to peep on some girls in a bathhouse, they all pull out rifles and open fire on him. He effortlessly [[BulletCatch catches the bullets]] and throws them back with enough force to [[ClothingDamage destroy their towels]]. Later, his luck runs out when he invades another bathhouse; Nanami and Rebecca successfully fend him off with their weapons. [[spoiler: During the second season finale, he tries to peep on the first bathhouse again, but the girls trigger a bomb on his hiding place.]]

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

* 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]].

-->'''Tuco:''' When you gotta shoot, shoot, don't talk.

* ''Film/JamesBond''

* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''