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* The ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' episode "War for Two" sees Athrun and Cagalli (then-enemies on the verge of [[DatingCatwoman becoming love interests]]) stranded on an unnamed Pacific island, where they confront each other and themselves about things they have done and mistakes they have committed until then.
* One episode of ''Anime/CodeGeass'' sees Lelouch, Suzaku, Kallen, and Princess Euphemia stranded pairwise on an uninhabited island. Lelouch gets to spend time with his half-sister Euphemia, while the piloting rivals Suzaku and Kallen get to work out their differences.
* Chapter twelve of ''Manga/OmujoOmutsuJoshi'' has Morei call Shouta to a gym storage room to make a second attempt at confessing her love, the first having failed due to Shouta misinterpreting Morei's trying to appeal to what she incorrectly thought was his fetish as Morei confessing ''her'' fetish. They get locked in the storeroom and only escape when, in embarrassment after a PottyEmergency becomes PottyFailure, Morei punches Shouta through the door.
* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'' has a chapter where Komi and Tadano get locked in a gym storage room, giving the two of them a chance to catch up on everything that had happened recently while they wait for someone to let them out. Amusingly, since Komi has an ongoing agreement with her friend Manbagi to support [[LoveTriangle each other's feelings for Tadano]], she later suggests that Manbagi should lock herself in a storage room with him as well to even the score, [[HilarityEnsues which she agrees to]].
* ''Manga/ShesMyKnight'': In Chapter 8, Mogami and Ichinose are trapped in the gym storage shed, and end up [[SecurityCling embracing]] because Mogami is [[FearOfThunder afraid of thunder]]. Of course, this is exactly when their friends find them, and they scramble to say it's NotWhatItLooksLike.
* In Chapter 39 of ''Manga/HitomiChanIsShyWithStrangers'', Yuu and Hitomi get locked in a storage room by accident. Hitomi tries climbing out through the window, but [[HelpImStuck she can't fit her bust through]]. Tachibana-sensei opens the door just as Hitomi has [[SuggestiveCollision fallen on top of Yuu]] after he pulled her back through the window. [[ShipperOnDeck She smiles and says she'll act like she didn't see anything.]]
* Invoked in Chapter 38 of ''Manga/TalesOfWeddingRings'' when Elder Peridot locks Satou and the princesses in the [[GreatBigLibraryOfEverything Romca library]]. The library's single door can only be opened through the magic of the rings, meaning that the party can't get out unless they strengthen that magic by [[LevelUpAtIntimacyFive deepening their bonds]]... preferably in a way that allows the Elder to [[DirtyOldWoman indulge her voyeurism fetish]]. It takes them a week, but they find a more platonic means of gaining the power needed to open the door.

* Happens to two main characters in Creator/JackieCollins' novel ''Chances''. Luckily, [[BrotherSisterIncest nothing happens]].

Four walls are not a requirement - two characters locked out on a roof is essentially the same trope only without the claustrophobia. (In reality, most building codes state roof doors cannot [[NoOShaCompliance lock on the outside]], though, [[DefiedTrope to prevent this from happening]].)

* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/RockPaperScissorsNickelodeon Rock, Paper, Scissors]]'' episode "The Arctic", the titular trio gets locked inside their room after Scissors overheats the heater during the winter to show off his new tank top, causing their room to turn into a tundra, after some bickering, they eventually get out thanks to Rock's telepathy device that allows him to communicate with the animals for help.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':

* The [[https://dic.nicovideo.jp/t/a/○○しないと出られない部屋単語 room one cannot leave until they do [X[=]=]]] is a Japanese meme in which fan work creators simply toss two or more characters into a bare room and have them locked there until they perform the action needed to open the room. Its most common incarnation is "… until they have sex."

* The [[https://dic.nicovideo.jp/t/a/%E2%97%8B%E2%97%8B%E3%81%97%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E3%81%A8%E5%87%BA%E3%82%89%E3%82%8C%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E9%83%A8%E5%B1%8B room one cannot leave until they do [X[=]=]]] is a Japanese meme in which fan work creators simply toss two or more characters into a bare room and have them locked there until they perform the action needed to open the room. Its most common incarnation is "… until they have sex."

* The [[https://dic.nicovideo.jp/t/a/%E2%97%8B%E2%97%8B%E3%81%97%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E3%81%A8%E5%87%BA%E3%82%89%E3%82%8C%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E9%83%A8%E5%B1%8B room one cannot leave until they do [X]]] is a Japanese meme in which fan work creators simply toss two or more characters into a bare room and have them locked there until they perform the action needed to open the room. Its most common incarnation is "… until they have sex."

* ''Series/SpinCity'': In season two ep, "Gentlman's Agreement", the Mayor comes under fire for going to a club that exclusive to males. He ends up stuck in a spa when a reporter waits outside to catch him in the act. Mike tries to get his staff to cause a distraction so they can slip the mayor out undetected, but miscommunication ends up with ''all'' the staff coming into the spa room. Mike ultimately solves the problem by calling the press and having the Mayor state the club is abolishing the male only rule and going co-ed, helped by the staff coming out of the spa in towels to cement the statement.

** In "Zero Hour", courtesy of the unique command style of General O'Neill. To force a pair of alien delegates to behave like adults and come to an agreement, he puts them in 'time out' together in a small room. With a fruit basket. In all fairness, it does work.