History Main / CrashingThroughTheHarem

For whatever reason, our young male protagonist is in the middle of a chase scene or bar brawl and crashes straight into a room full of beautiful young women. Depending on the setting, this could be an ''Literature/ArabianNights'' harem, a bordello, or a girls' locker room, but it will be a private place with several young women, usually in some state of undress. Expect there to be lots of silk and maybe a bath or shower. They may act offended or they may giggle and maybe flirt with the hero... until their dour chaperone shoves the hero back into the fray.

May overlap with DistractedByTheSexy, AccidentalPervert or both. Can lead to a CrashIntoHello.

* This happens in ''TheScorpionKing'' movie. Unlike other examples, the harem girls steal the protagonist's weapons while they're touching him up.

* The finale of ''FerrisBuellersDayOff'' features the title character leaping through several suburban backyards to beat someone else home; after dashing through a yard with two ladies sunbathing, he walks back and introduces himself.
* Nearly happens in ''TheLivingDaylights'', but Bond stays on the rooftop. However, it being Tangier, the harem girls still get to ogle him from where they're sitting.

* Lampshaded in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' in "[[ShowWithinAShow The Adventures of Captain Proton]]", a FlashGordon-expy holodeck program. While sneaking into the SupervillainLair, it's part of the program that the players come across a harem of slave-girls and free them from the clutches of the BigBad.

* Lampshaded in ''TheProfessionals'' when a detective friend of Doyle times a narcotics bust at a strip club so he'll be in the dressing room when the girls come offstage.

* In the animated film ''[[Literature/ArabianNights 1001 Arabian Nights]]'', MisterMagoo thinks he's walked into the Sultan's harem, but in reality he just spooked a couple of peacocks.

* Dashtan in ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' during the fight scene after his father's funeral.

* Also lampshaded in ''StarTrekVoyager'' in "[[ShowWithinAShow The Adventures of Captain Proton]]", a FlashGordon-expy holodeck program. While sneaking into the SupervillainLair, it's part of the program that the players come across a harem of slave-girls and free them from the clutches of the BigBad.

* Also lampshaded in ''StarTrekVoyager'' in "[[ShowWithinAShow The Adventures of Captain Proton]]", a FlashGordon-expy holodeck program. While sneaking into the SupervillainLair, it's part of the program that the players come across a harem of slave-girls and free them from clutches of the BigBad.

* Lampshaded in ''TheProfessional'' when a detective friend of Doyle times a narcotics bust at a strip club so he'll be in the dressing room when the girls come offstage.

* This happens in ''TheScorpionKing'' movie. Unlike other examples, one of the girls tries to steal the protagonist's weapons away while he's not looking.

* ''TheRadiolandMurders'' Page boy Billy Bennett accidentally runs into the WBN women's dressing room, with lots of topless women. He is thrown out bodily.

* ''VideoGame/AnotherWorld'': one of the levels in the game is alien harem

-->'''Genie:''' (opens the door and looks in, to more screams) Oh, that was a harem all right. I know a harem when I see one.

* In ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', the duo get knocked through the wall of an Old West tavern... and into the back room, where the {{Soiled Dove}}s are prancing around in their lingerie. Billy the Kid yanks them away while they're still enjoying the view.

* In ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', the duo get knocked through the wall of an Old West tavern...and into the back room, where the {{Soiled Dove}}s are prancing around in their lingerie. Billy the Kid yanks them away while they're still enjoying the view.

May overlap with DistractedByTheSexy, AccidentalPervert or both.

** Sir Galahad fights his way through a forest in a storm until he finds Castle Anthrax, which has a Grail-shaped beacon overhead. He bangs on the door, and when it opens he falls inside. He meets several young women, one of whom tells him that the castle contains eight score young blondes and brunettes, all between 16 and 19½. As Sir Galahad escapes from two naughty female doctors, he enters a room filled with the aforementioned eight score young women. Eventually, he decides to stay when the other knights "rescue" him and get him to continue the Grail quest. He then proceeds to call [[StopHelpingMe them gay]].

For whatever reason, our young male protagonist is in the middle of a chase scene or bar brawl and crashes straight into a room full of beautiful young women. Depending on the setting, this could be an ''Literature/ArabianNights'' harem, a bordello, or a girl's locker room, but it will be a private place with several young women, usually in some state of undress. Expect there to be lots of silk and maybe a bath or shower. They may act offended or they giggle and maybe flirt with the hero... until their dour chaperone shoves the hero back into the fray.

May overlap with DistractedByTheSexy and/or AccidentalPervert

* In an ''Anime/OnePiece'' filler episode set in ancient Japan, Zoro (a wandering monk) at one point crash in a room full of female characters. One of them kicks him out of there.

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* In the first issue of the 1996 series of ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'', Cody seeks into the Cheyenne Mountain base on a dare. Spotted by guards, he runs away and ends up running into a women's locker room which is full of young women in various states of undress. He stops and stares at them, assuming that he has run on to a holo-deck. One of the women then kicks him to the ground.
* ''{{Cattivik}}'' has this happen to him a couple of times, and both times gets savagely beaten for his trouble.

* {{Disney/Aladdin}}: This happens to the title character while he's escaping the guards (after stealing a loaf of bread) and singing "One Jump Ahead".

* In ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', the duo gets knocked through the wall of an Old West tavern...and into the backroom where the {{Soiled Dove}}s are prancing around in their under things. Billy the Kid yanks them away while they're still enjoying the view.
* In the ''Franchise/RoadTo to Morocco''. Hope and Crosby try to hide from the evil Kasim by hiding in a harem. Unfortunately they get found out.
* ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'': The brothers sneak through a Ladies room's window to get into the Palace Hotel Ballroom for their gig.
* ''UnderTheRainbow'' (a film starring Chevy Chase and Carrie Fisher about the making of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''): A ChaseScene goes through a women's dressing room, providing opportunity for some Fanservice. One of the little people sticks around rather than continuing the chase.

** Sir Galahad fights his way through a forest in a storm until he finds Castle Anthrax, which has a Grail-shaped beacon overhead. He bangs on the door, and when it opens he falls inside. He meets several young women, one of whom tells him that the castle contains eight score young blondes and brunettes, all between 16 and 19-and-a-half. As Sir Galahad escapes from two naughty female doctors, he enters a room filled with the aforementioned eight score young women. Eventually he decides to stay when the other knights "rescue" him and get him to continue the Grail quest. He then proceeds to call [[StopHelpingMe them gay.]]
* In the film [[Literature/ArabianNights ''1001 Arabian Nights'']], MisterMagoo thinks he's walked into the Sultan's harem, but in reality he just spooked a couple of peacocks.

* Played straight and subverted a few times in the {{Literature/Gor}} novels. The harem girls are usually slaves, and although a master may be possessive of his possessions, it's generally acknowledged that any free man can use a slave for his pleasure at any time her master isn't putting her to use (in either a sexual or non-sexual way).

--> '''Bugs''': (Rushes into a room, screams are heard, he rushes out and closes the door) Err, um... a [[IncrediblyLamePun Hare-em]], I think.
--> '''Genie''': (opens the door and looks in, to more screams) Oh, that was a harem all right. I know a harem when I see one.

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