History Main / LonelyBachelorPad

These guys either don't have much disposable income, as they're starting out in life and living in an expensive city. Alternatively, they may have a good job, but they have other priorities like a big screen TV or a gaming rig. [[TheSlacker They would prefer to do]] as little housework as possible, or simply ''[[MenCantKeepHouse can't]]'' keep house because they never learned how and because GuysAreSlobs. [[EmptyFridgeEmptyLife The fridge contains only the basics or nothing at all]]. If they went through a hellish divorce or breakup, the fridge may be full of beer to use for [[DrowningMySorrows drowning their sorrows]]. Dinners are mostly take out pizza and Chinese food, so fresh supplies are not replenished in the fridge until [[ItCameFromTheFridge they can walk out by themselves]].

* In one ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' comic, a woman breaks into Logan's apartment and sees that the only thing in it is a pile of old newspapers he uses as a mattress. Possibly justified in that he isn't staying very long.

** ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': During his separation from Beth throughout the third season, Jerry stays in one of these. The apartment can only house a single man.

* In ''Film/CrazyStupidLove''. The apartment Cal moves into after separating from his wife: bare walls, cheap furniture...
* ''Film/HighStrung1991'', Thane's apartment is pretty much built for a bachelor such as himself.

* ''Film/CrazyStupidLove''. The apartment Cal moves into after separating from his wife: bare walls, cheap furniture...

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' Fry is a pig and keeps things and trash strewn around his living space.

* ''Film/BatmanForever'': Darkly inverted with Edward Nygma's cramped apartment, whose every surface has been infused with his unhinged personality - it's so excessively "decorated" that there's barely an inch not covered by some piece of paraphernalia related to Bruce Wayne, riddles, puzzles or Ed's various gadgets and toys (including a stack of rebuilt tube-[=TVs=] broadcasting various closeups of mesmerized human faces, and a terrifying life-sized Riddler mannequin inside a fortune-telling machine which Edward occasionally talks to).

* ''Film/BatmanForever'': Darkly inverted with Edward Nygma's cramped apartment, whose every surface has been infused with his unhinged personality - it's so excessively "decorated" that there's barely an inch not covered by some piece of paraphernalia related to Bruce Wayne, riddles, puzzles or Ed's various gadgets and toys (including a stack of rebuilt tube-TVs broadcasting various closeups of mesmerized human faces, and a terrifying life-sized Riddler mannequin inside a fortune-telling machine which Edward occasionally talks to).

** For a while, [=McNulty=]'s apartment has nothing but a mattress on the floor, which makes it very uncomfortable when he wants his kids to visit.

A picture says a thousand words, and an empty, sparsely furnished apartment says a lot about the lonely soul who lives there. No art on the walls, [[EmptyFridgeEmptyLife hardly any food in the fridge]], very little furniture (probably just a mattress on the floor to sleep on).

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': [[EmotionlessGirl Yuki]] [[ArtificialHuman Nagato]]. Kyon comments on how empty the places feel and ask himself if Yuki feels the same way as her apartment.
* ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'': Ryougi Shiki's apartment is very sparse, containing only a bed and clothes stand. The refrigerator is also mostly empty save for a few cartons of [[ProductPlacement Haagen-Dazs]] ice cream.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': Linguini's initial place of residence is one of these. In his own words, "I know it's not much, but it's... not much." However, despite being small and very utilitarian, it ''does'' have a gorgeous view of Paris from the panoramic window taking up most of the wall.

* ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'': Onizuka's apartment is not only tiny but a [[TrashOfTheTitans wall-to-wall landfill]]. A can of ramen [[ADateWithRosiePalms with a hole in it]] is the least embarrassing thing there. Later on he moves into the school's spare room, and it's slightly less messy (though still full of his stuff).

** ''Series/BetterCallSaul'': After he goes on the run and adopts the alias "Gene Takavic", Jimmy cannot form close personal relationships because of the risk of being recognised, and finds himself living alone in a sparsely-decorated house. The lack of decorative touches also reflect his attempts [[TheNondescript to avoid giving away even a hint of personality]].