History Main / ExiledToTheCouch

* ''Comicbook/StreetFighter'' UDON comic adaptation: Not even [[Franchise/StreetFighter Guile]] is spared from being sent to the couch as his wife Julia sends him to the couch for [[ForgottenAnniversary missing their wedding anniversary]]. The reason being? He spent the day sparring with Charlie and lost track of the time (not to mention he thought it was the day after).

* ''FanFic/RainbowInTheDark'': [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/73406/rainbow-in-the-dark Looks like this will happen]] in the last chapter, but with Spike's basket (far too small for Brownie). It gets subverted when Rainbow Dash allows Brownie to sleep in the bed with her.
* A PlayedForDrama variant occurs in ''FanFic/TheSecondTry'', where Shinji tends to exile ''himself'', whenever he and Asuka have a nasty argument, to the spare bedroom. Thing is both of them '''HATE''' this as neither [[HatesBeingAlone likes being alone]] and being unable to talk to each other, so when they've cooled off Asuka is quick to either join him or drag him back to their room.

* On ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7946332/1/Theoretical-Relatives Theoretical Relatives,]]'' after Robin shares his secret ([[spoiler:that he's Jinx's cousin]]) with [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans the team]], Starfire is offended that he didn't do it earlier (and didn't even tell it to her). So, she goes to his room, comes back with his bedding, and states that the bed has been inexplicably destroyed. Of course, until the investigation into the causes is complete, it cannot be replaced - so, he'll be sleeping on the couch for now.

* In VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition fanfic ''FanFic/WalkingInCircles'', after Wisdom's death and Solas realizing that Evelyn is angry at him for his ruthless action, he asks if she wants him to sleep elsewhere but since Evelyn doesn't want to make the fissure between them bigger, she tells him to stay with her and they spend the rest of the night holding each other.

* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in ''VideoGame/GrimGrimoire'' where, instead of threatening to send her partner to the couch, Lillet threatens to send ''herself'' to the couch if her partner doesn't stay put. It's made all the more amusing for its open aversion of HideYourLesbians.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* Tony gets this treatment in one strip of ''WebComic/TonyComics'' after he slaps Candy awake while trying to kill a mosquito.

* The doghouse variant is spoofed in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twivg7GkYts two JC]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6D6eP6EMj4 Penney ads,]] where the Doghouse is actually a cell where men are sent to fold sheets(?) while lines like "Express your feelings" and "Stop checking out other women in restaurants" are played over a loudspeaker. The usual offense is giving the SO a thoughtless gift, and your main shot at getting out, according to the commercials, is buying them jewelry.

* ''Anime/EurekaSeven'': The first time we see Holland's room, Talho is [[SleepsInTheNude sleeping naked]] in his bed... while he sleeps on his couch. [[spoiler:She's pregnant about thirty episodes later, so clearly they worked it out at some point]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has the episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS7E13Naturama Naturama]]", where the characters are animals. In the salmon part, Salmon!Fry tries to jump into a nearby stream only to be picked up by Bear!Lrrr. When he gets into an argument with his wife about having two salmon for dinner, his wife yells "That's it! We're hibernating in separate caves this winter!"

-->-- '''Homer Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/wraith11/art/JM-Issue01-05-167358688 this]] ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' fancomic, Monty is not amused to find ThereIsOnlyOneBed at the safehouse Jethro has arranged, and says he'll be taking the couch. Jethro protests that it's a Corbusier. "It's specifically designed to make people sit elsewhere."