History Main / DecontaminationChamber

* ''Film/ThePredator''. [[HotScientist Casey Bracket]] has to strip for decontamination and change into a jumpsuit before entering the laboratory where the Predator is StrappedToAnOperatingTable. When the Predator wakes up and starts killing everyone, she tries to flee but the door won't unlock until she goes through the decontamination procedure again. She strips again only to be caught when the Predator breaks into the chamber, huddling naked in a frosted glass stall while the Predator approaches her. Of course, to those familiar with the Predator MO, a huddling, naked human is [[NeverHurtAnInnocent no threat]] or [[NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction sport]], and she's left completely unharmed.

* ''Series/TheAndromedaStrain'': Like the [[Film/TheAndromedaStrain film adaptation]], the scientists go through a lenghty sanitization process before entering the secure Wildfire lab to study ThePlague. Unlike the film, the sequence is also played for {{fanservice}} given the cast is composed of {{Hot Scientist}}s who have their naked bodies sprayed and soaped up in slow motion. And while no actual nudity is seen, they still show plenty of skin. Angela's front is [[CensorSuds covered by suds]] but she has a ToplessnessFromTheBack shot with a gratuitous SideBoob and both Bill and Stone are shown [[ShouldersUpNudity from the waist up]] but are both {{Shirtless|Scene}}.

* In canon, the extensive decontamination procedure going through 17 stages is just glossed over in seconds while showing an indicator. In ''Fanfic/GoingAnotherWay'' however, the whole procedure is shown. One then can understand why the pilots are exhausted and downright ''happy'' the ordeal was finally over, though they are still horrifically embarrassed by their continued nudity.

** However, hair is generally not shaved anymore; it is simply instead. This is because razors can cut tiny holes in the skin and further expose you to radiation (and also because people generally want to keep their hair.)
** Similarly, there are procedures for decontaminating people and equipment exposed to biological or chemical warfare agents. Not necessarily a chamber, sometimes it's [[BoringButPractical just a couple of buckets of bleach and water]], some scrubby brushes, and pads saturated with charcoal (to absorb any agents in liquid form before they can get into your body). Note that these are often meant to be used on personnel already wearing [[GasMaskMooks chemical protective gear.]]

* The bath of caustic chemicals the Minbari of ''Series/Babylon5'' useis able to strip away their top layer of skin, including filth, microbes and dead-skin cells along with it.

* An entirely non-fanservice version in ''Film/BladeRunner2049'' when Sapper Morton uses one to clean off the HazmatSuit (which looks like a UsedFuture spacesuit) he uses to work in his protein farm, before removing it.

* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' has "[[http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Contaminant contaminants]]" ranging from useful but annoying mud to contact poisons which quickly and hideously kill anyone, and they all stick to the boots of any passing dorf. These guys aren't smart enough to go wash before they got the whole town splattered with this crap, so frequently visited places have to be protected by measures like [[CaveBehindTheFalls shower entrances]] or waist-deep pools of water that the dwarves have to wade through.

* In ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'', after Gino [[http://the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1323.html scared]] Jake (the skunk), Jake had to be [[http://the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1331.html decontaminated]]. In a large laundromat. Otherwise automated defense system [[http://the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1326.html kept mistaking him for a chemical or biological weapon.]]

* In the second season of ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', Peter Petrelli is restrained, stripped naked, and forcibly showered in a bad future by men in decontamination suits as a precaution against a airborne disease.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' supplement ''Acute Paranoia''. In the ''Botbusters'' adventure, an evil CompNode tries to get a group of robots to go through a DecontaminationChamber. It's actually a trap to spray them with a disease that will kill many clones in Alpha Complex.

* The radiation scrub-down is featured in ''Film/DrNo'' (including Creator/SeanConnery's CarpetofVirility and Creator/UrsulaAndress in NudeColoredClothes).

* The radiation scrub-down is featured in ''Film/DrNo'' (including Creator/UrsulaAndress in NudeColoredClothes) and in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull''.

* In the inevitable sewer mission in the game ''Dark Forces'', the briefing mentions having the decontamination shower warmed up a ready when you return.

** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld The Enemy of the World]]", Salamander's radiation chamber is also a major plot point, even though it is completely non-functional.

** Anything contaminating he comes into contact with is likely to cause a Game Over in short order, such as the mutating goop from the fifth game.

A standard for any setting where there's a chance of contamination, usually by an [[TheVirus alien virus]]. Also, since decontamination usually means stripping and scrubbing, it also gives a chance for {{fanservice}}, [[NakedPeopleAreFunny humor]] or both. {{Hazmat Suits}} are often involved with it.

A standard for any setting where there's a chance of contamination, usually by an [[TheVirus alien virus]]. Also, since decontamination usually means stripping and scrubbing, it also gives a chance for {{fanservice}}, [[NakedPeopleAreFunny humor]] or both.

* Tony Stark, the last normal human alive in ''Comicbook/EarthX'', sealed himself away and let only his robot Avengers in after getting decontaminated.

* In the second season of ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', Peter Petrelli is restrained, stripped naked, and forcibly showered in a bad future by men in decontamination suit as a precaution against a air born disease.

** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld The Enemy of the World]]", Salamander's radiation chamber is also a major plot point, even though it is completely non-functional.

* Averted on ''Series/{{ER}}'', when a benzene-exposed Carter is hastily stripped and hosed down in a prefab shower-stall in the ambulance bay. Not played for Fanservice, either.
* Kate and Tony spend a few nights in a special quarantine chamber on ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' after a possible exposure to terrorist-delivered plague. They debate whether the blue lights in the chamber actually destroy bacteria, or are merely there as a placebo to ease their fears. This would be an aversion, except for the ShowerScene involving them and Gibbs earlier in the episode.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'': In episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS06E12OneSon One Son]]", Mulder and Scully go through decontamination at the Center for Disease Control facility at Fort Marlene, including a [[ShowerOfAwkward shower where they're separated only by a shoulder-high wall]]. No words are exchanged, though even ChasteHero Mulder can't stop his eyes flicking downwards when he and Scully turn to face each other.

* This happened to Sara and Greg on an episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'' leading to a hilarious exchange between the two once they're back at the lab that Grissom hears out of context. The look on his face is priceless.
* ''Series/{{Psych}}'', in the episode "Death is in the Air." Lassiter and Juliet get the hose-down as well as Shawn and Gus. Played for laughs, like everything else in ''Psych''.
* ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'' had this happen to Dr. Magnus in an alternate future with a ZombieApocalypse.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}''. Winifred Burkle is shown showering after being splattered with blood during a séance gone wrong in "[[{{Recap/AngelS05E04HellBound}} Hell Bound]]". This gives Ghost!Spike an opportunity to [[CouldntFindAPen write a message for her on the shower stall]].
* In ''Series/{{Helix}}'', which revolves around a CDC team sent to contain an outbreak of TheVirus at a ResearchInc, decontamination is both depicted and merely inferred between scene changes. In particular, CDC team member Julia is caught and infected by PatientZero Peter while she's taking a shower as part of decontamination procedures in "Vector."
* In episodes of ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'' just after astronauts come back from outer space they're stuck in quarantine for a while just in case there's an alien virus out there they've picked up. TruthInTelevision since astronauts of the time really did get stuck in quarantine after missions. (See Real Life below.)
* In the ''Series/{{Bones}}'' episode "The Man in the Fallout Shelter" Zack cuts into bones that release spores of Valley Fever. He and Hodgins have to get into the decontamination shower [[ShowerofAwkward together]]
* In one episode of ''Series/CriminalMinds'' featuring an anthrax threat, Reid has to go through one of these after being exposed to a broken vial of spores, to prevent anyone else from being infected by coming into contact with him.
* The bath of caustic chemicals the Minbari of ''Series/Babylon5'' useis able to strip away their top layer of skin, including filth, microbes and dead-skin cells along with it.
* In ''Series/TheGirlFromTomorrow'' the [=30thC=] version of showers are just glowing lights that remove all contaminants, including hair dye.

* ''VideoGame/SystemShock 2'' contains one, but it's only partly functional because you have to stand directly under the spray.