History Main / LockedInTheBathroom

* In one ''CalvinAndHobbes'' strip, Calvin takes Rosalyn's science notes when she is babysitting him and locks himself in the bathroom with them, threatening to flush them down the toilet. [[spoiler:Rosalyn ignores Calvin for a while and, thinking she has gone to call the fire department to axe open the door, he comes out to see the fire trucks.]]

* ''TheIronGiant'': Hogarth hides the giant's lost hand in the bathroom from his mother and Kent. After he gets it out the window, he pretends to be in the toilet when Mom and Kent force open the door.

* In NeilSimon's ''PlazaSuite'', a bride with cold feet locks herself in the hotel bathroom on her wedding day.

* In a cross between this and LockedInARoom, in ''CantHardlyWait'' Kenny (Creator/SethGreen) and Denise (Lauren Ambrose) lock themselves in the upstairs bathroom...and can't get out because the door's broken.

* ''Film/GoingOverboard'': Dickie Diamond locks himself in a bathroom because he felt like he's going to puke. After that, he just stays there locked, but later on, the door opens and Dickie is so happy to reclaim his job as a comedian.

* ''Film/GoingOverboard'': Dickie Diamond locks himself in a bathroom because he felt like he's going to puke. After that, he just stays there locked, but later on, the door opens and Dickie is so happy to reclaim his job as a comedian.

!Examples

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* In ''ThreesCompany'', Jack's date locks herself in the bathroom while Jack is having a food critic over for dinner. Mr. Furley, the landlord, arrives, announces himself as the manager of the building and demands that she open the door. When she refuses, Mr. Furley attempts to unlock the door with his [[SkeletonKeyCard credit card]], which she takes when he pushes it through the crack.
* In the ''Series/{{Monk}}'' episode "Mr. Monk Gets Cabin Fever," Stottlemeyer uses a set of handcuffs to lock Agent Grooms in the witness protection cabin's bathroom so Grooms cannot interfere while Monk, Natalie and Stottlemeyer leave to investigate a potential murder.

* In the Literature/VorkosiganSaga novel ''Komarr'', Nikki locks himself in the bathroom and refuses to go to school the morning after he learns that he's a mutant; Miles ends up talking him out.

In RealLife, the latter case is unlikely to offer the pursuee any protection depending on the reason he's being chased. Bathroom doors aren't meant to be much of a physical barrier and can be broken down with very little force. But on TV, the bathroom door is an impenetrable barricade. Once that door is closed, it can only be opened from the inside.

* In one episode of ''TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', Gumball and Darwin literally get locked in the school bathroom. They decide to tell each other a secret they'd been keeping, but they're rescued by the janitor before Dawin can tell his. Gumball spends the rest of the episode being driven crazy by not knowing the secret, until Darwin tells him that he was only going to tell him because it looked like they were going to die. So, Gumball locks them in the bathroom again, only to find out that the secret Darwin had been keeping was that he didn't like some food Gumball made. They get out this time by flushing themselves down the toilet, arguing the whole way, finally ending by angrily yelling that they love each other.

* In a cross between this and LockedInARoom, in ''CantHardlyWait'' Kenny (SethGreen) and Denise (Lauren Ambrose) lock themselves in the upstairs bathroom...and can't get out because the door's broken.

* In ''TheRoom'', Johnny locks himself in the bathroom after his birthday party when he discovers his girlfriend and best friend have been having an affair.

* ''TheShining'': Wendy locks herself in the bathroom to hide from the now (literally!) AxCrazy Jack. The lock holds. The door doesn't.

* ''TheShining'': I think the female protagonist locks herself into the bathroom to defend herself when Jack goes crazy, but I can't remember too well.
** Then he axes the door down and delivers a creepy one liner, I believe.

* In one episode of ''TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', Gumball and Darwin literally get locked in the school bathroom. They decide to tell each other a secret they'd been keeping, but they're rescued by the janitor before Dawin can tell his. Gumball spends the rest of the episode being driven crazy by not knowing the secret, until Darwin tells him that he was only going to tell him because it looked like they were going to die. So, Gumball locks them in the bathroom again, only to find out that the secret Darwin had been keeping was that he didn't like some food Gumball made. They get out this time by flushing themselves down the toilet, arguing the whole way, finally ending by angrily yelling that they love each other.

* In a chapter of the ''Keroro Gunsou'' manga, Keroro locks himself in the toilet to escape the wrath of Natsumi for messing with her favorite shirt.

* Lizzie locked herself in the bathroom once in ''ForBetterOrForWorse'' when she was very young.

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[[AC: Literature]]
* In the VorkosiganSaga novel ''Komarr'', Nikki locks himself in the bathroom and refuses to go to school the morning after he learns that he's a mutant; Miles ends up talking him out.

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* ''TheIronGiant'': Hogart hides the giant's lost hand in the bathroom from his mother and Kent. After he gets it out the window, he pretends to be in the toilet when Mom and Kent force open the door.

* In ''ThreesCompany'', Jack's date locks herself in the bathroom while Jack is having a food critic over for dinner. Mr. Furley, the landlord, arrives, announces himself as the manager of the building and demands that she open the door. When she refuses, Mr. Furley attempts to unlock the door with his credit card, which she takes when he pushes it through the crack.

* In one ''CalvinAndHobbes'' strip, Calvin takes Rosalyn's science notes when she is babysitting him and locks himself in the bathroom with them, threatening to flush them down the toilet. [[spoiler:Rosalyn ignores Calvin for a while and, thinking she has gone to call the fire department to axe open the door, he comes out to see the fire trucks.]]

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* In a chapter of the ''Keroro Gunsou'' manga, Keroro locks himself in the toilet to escape the wrath of Natsumi for messing with her favorite shirt.

* In the Vorkosigan Saga novel ''Komarr'', Nikki locks himself in the bathroom and refuses to go to school the morning after he learns that he's a mutant; Miles ends up talking him out.