History Main / ExposedEmbarrassingPurchase

* ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'': In season 2's "Great Expectations", Joey buys condoms. He already has an old couple staring at him when he picks them off the shelf, but then at the register, the cashier notices that the condoms were on special and does a price check. To make matters worse, the old couple who saw him pick the condoms off the shelf pull up behind him at the register.

* In the ''[[Literature/SweetValleyHigh/Sweet Valley Twins]]'' book when Elizabeth starts her period, they go to the store to buy pads. Already embarrassed, they're even moreso when the clerk gets on the loudspeaker to do a price check.

* ''Literature/You2015'': When he meets Beck, Joe sells a guy a "shame" copy of ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' alongside ''Literature/FrannyAndZooey''. After the guy's rude to him about his supposedly menial job, Joe shouts out about ''The Da Vinci Code''.

* In the ''[[Literature/SweetValleyHigh/ Sweet Valley Twins]]'' book when Elizabeth starts her period, they go to the store to buy pads. Already embarrassed, they're even moreso when the clerk gets on the loudspeaker to do a price check.

** In season 1's "The Best Laid Plans", Wheels is going to "do it" with Stephanie and goes to buy condoms with Joey, who then loudly rattles off the names for all of the brands and variations of the condoms, like "French Stallion" and "Industrial Strength". He then calls for assistance, and then walk out of the store, leaving Wheels to face the embarassment all by himself. It gets even worse later - the pharmacist he buys them off is the mother of Stephanie, the girl he wants

'''Austin:''' ''(to Vanessa, embarrassed)'' [[ImplausibleDeniability That's not mine.]]\\
'''Clerk:''' One credit card receipt for Swedish-made penis enlarger signed by Austin Powers.\\

'''Clerk:''' One warranty card for Swedish-made penis enlarger pump, filled out by Austin Powers.\\

'''Clerk:''' One book, ''Swedish-Made Penis Enlargers and Me (This Sort of Thing Is My Bag, Baby)''. By Austin Powers.\\
'''Austin:''' ''(stunned)'' ...Ah.\\

'''Postman:''' [[LovePotion Love Potions and Aphrodisiacs Incorporated]].

* In an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory,'' Howard builds a robotic arm that will be used on the ISS for mechanical repairs when it strikes him that the hand can be used for turning more than just screwdrivers in zero G. Cutting to later when Leonard and Raj have to bring him into the emergency room. The duty nurse calls for a wheelchair for a "patient with a robot hand grasping his penis," over the ER loudspeaker. When Howard asks her to be a little more discrete, she tells him, "I'm sorry, we don't have a code for a "Robot Hand Grasping a Man's Penis."

-->-- ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' #140, "high school"

* ''{{Film/Bananas}}'': Fielding Mellish (Woody Allen) tries to discreetly purchase a number of pornographic magazines, only to have the store clerk shout loudly to the back of the store to price-check each title.

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-->'''Postman:''' I have a delivery for a Ms. Shirai Kuroko.
-->'''Mikoto:''' Yes? Can you tell me what the delivery is?
-->'''Postman:''' It says it's computer parts.
-->'''Kuroko''' ''(thinking to herself)'': Phew, these companies know enough to be discreet about their products.
-->'''Mikoto:''' Who's the sender?
-->'''Postman:''' [[LovePotion Love Potions and Aphrodisiacs Incorporated]].

* In a german TV spot from the year 1988/1989, a man wants to buy some condoms and hid them behind some other goods, when he saw a beautiful woman. But the saleswoman then asks loudly, what the price of these condoms is. This got [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] by the fact, that the other customer, including the beautiful woman, all knew the price and had no problem to say it loudly, too.[[/folder]]

* In season 3 of ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'', Retsuko tries to return her copy of the microtransaction laden virtual boyfriend VR game she's become addicted to, only to suffer this at the hands of the cashier.

* In ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'', Onizuka orders some dirty video tapes, using a fake name and arranging to have them delivered to him at a cafe. Unfortunately, the delivery guy is his rival Mafuyu, who revels in embarrassing Onizuka by loudly reading the titles, and thanking him for his business by his real name.

* In ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'', one of Tom's moneymaking schemes is the "Embarrassing Cheque" scheme mentioned in the real life section.

* In ''[[Film/TheNakedGun The Naked Gun 2½]]'', Lt. Frank Drebin encourages an employee of the ACDC Love Boutique to cooperate with the police, because he is "the last line of defense between sleaze like this and the decent people in this town!" Drebin is then greeted by another employee of the boutique, who lets him know the Model D83 Sure Grip Swedish Suck Machine he ordered has come in.

* In an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory,'' Howard builds a robotic arm that will be used on the ISS for mechanical repairs when it strikes him that the hand can be used for turning more than just screwdrivers in zero G. Cutting to later, when Leonard and Raj have to bring him into the emergency room. The duty nurse calls for a wheelchair for a "patient with a robot hand grasping his penis," over the ER loudspeaker. When Howard asks her to be a little more discrete, she tells him, "I'm sorry, we don't have a code for a "Robot Hand Grasping a Man's Penis."

* In ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' Season 1 "Helga's Makeover", when Helga wants to show that she's feminine to attend Rhonda's slumber party, she goes to a corner store to buy a preteen beauty magazine for makeover tips, [[CoverUpPurchase along with other magazines to cover it up]]. Unfortunately, the cashier has trouble scanning the beauty magazine and shouts to her co-worker asking for the price for it while describing the magazine, which gets the attention of all shoppers. Helga quickly pays for all the magazines and then runs out the store embarrassed. It certainly didn't help that the cashier explicitly described the magazine as "the one that gives ugly girls tips on how to be pretty."

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* ''Film/Bananas'': Fielding Mellish (Woody Allen) tries to discreetly purchase a number of pornographic magazines, only to have the store clerk shout loudly to the back of the store to price-check each title.