History Main / ModestyBedSheet

* ''FilmAYearAndChange'': Vera is sporting one towards the end of the movie when she is in bed with Owen after sex.

* ''Art/CupidAndPsycheBouguereau'': In "The Rapture of Psyche", there's a purple shroud that covers Cupid and Psyche's respective genitalia.

* ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine''

* ''ComicBook/CatwomanWhenInRome'': [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} Selina]] SleepsInTheNude in a hotel, with a bedsheet just barely covering her waist, but since she sleeps on her stomach she's only showing [[ToplessnessFromTheBack her bare back]] and some {{Sideboob}}. When the Blonde comes into her room, she [[FullFrontalAssault attacks him]] on [[WakeUpFighting instinct]] with the flying sheet still managing to provide her SceneryCensor during the struggle. She picks it back up once she realizes he's not there to harm her. Soon after, [[ComicBook/TheRiddler Eddie]] comes running into the room because the hotel is catching fire and they're all [[HighDiveEscape forced to jump out of her window into the pool below]], with Selina still clutching to the sheet. It [[WardrobeMalfunction comes off her during the jump]], leaving her [[NakedPeopleTrappedOutside stuck naked and furious on the hotel pool]] that's filling with curious guests. She promises pain to her nearby male companions if they peek and orders them to get her a ModestyTowel so she can leave.
* In the third ''ComicBook/DamageControl'' miniseries, a movie is made about the main characters. It includes what is, [[SexyDiscretionShot to judge by the characters' reaction]], a fairly explicit sex scene. Afterwards we see the actress sitting up in bed and clutching a sheet to her breasts; one of the characters wonders why she's bothering to hide them ''now''.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' #609, Matt comes back to his house to find Comicbook/{{Elektra}} waiting for him in his bed and [[ReadyForLovemaking wearing solely a bedsheet]]. The morning after, Matt is now the only one under the sheet, as Elektra is NotStayingForBreakfast.
* In ''ComicBook/GenerationX'' #7, Sean Cassidy (Banshee) confronts ComicBook/EmmaFrost at night when she keeps showing up in his dreams. She answers the door nude, holding a bedsheet to her chest, and angrily explains (she's a {{Telepath}} and already knew what he was going to ask) that being forced to sleep in cramped quarters is causing them to [[SharedDream share dreams]]. Emma then [[DressHitsFloor intentionally drops the sheet]] before shutting the door, seemingly just [[TheTease to frustrate him]].
* In ''ComicBook/TheGoldenAge'', when Joan Dale [[InterruptedIntimacy interrupts a moment of intimacy between Lance Gallant and Paula Brooks]] around Christmas to show them Tex Thompson's SecretDiary, Paula wraps herself up in a bedsheet while Lance ends up wearing a bathrobe to cover himself.

* Paradoxically used in ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}''. Cutter gets a Modesty Bedsheet after sleeping with the Plutonian... even though she's an alien with BarbieDollAnatomy who's always been nude in previous scenes
* In ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMysteryImmonen'' #651 the warriors three visit [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor's]] room to warn of a potential invasion and find Thor and ComicBook/LadySif in bed under a bedsheet. Sif puts on a nightgown before venturing out but Thor simply goes to fight [[FullFrontalAssault wearing nothing but a bedsheet around his waist]], which seems to be glued to his waist as it never comes off during battle.

* In ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' vol 6, when Shadow-Lass and Earth-Man are caught bed, they both sit up covering themselves with the bedsheet.
* The fact that Todd and Damon did this in ''ComicBook/{{Manhunter}}'' came in handy for them when Todd's father [[InterruptedIntimacy walks in on them]].
* ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'' #14 has a {{flashback}} scene with Nick Fury giving [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Jessica Drew]] a sudden phone call at night, and Jessica is shown she SleepsInTheNude as she answers, with a bedsheet wrapped around her for the whole scene, despite being alone in her bedroom.
* In ''ComicBook/TheOutsiders'' #28, ComicBook/{{Starfire}} and ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} are laying post-coital in bed, and the bedsheet covering seems to be strategically placed as to cover their naughty bits but still showing as much bare skin as the artist could get away with.
* In one issue of ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'', Jesse and Tulip are in bed, with the Modesty Bedsheet partially avoided: it covers them both below the waist, and we get to see Tulip topless. At the same time, the comic shies away from showing actual genitalia.
* {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'' #23. When Kathryn and Frank sleep together we get a shot of both of them after the act under an L-shaped bedsheet that keeps them covered, but when Kathryn shifts she ends up exposing her breast anyway. Even odder later, when Theresa ambushes them while they're sleeping, Frank is still completely covered by the sheet
* In one issue of ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', Nico and Victor are found in bed together after what is pretty clearly implied to have been a sexual encounter. However, both are fully clothed.
* In ''ComicBook/ScarletSpider'' #24, Kaine finds his girlfriend Annabelle waiting for him in his bedroom [[ReadyForLovemaking naked under the bedsheets]] and the scene soon [[SexyDiscretionShot cuts way]]... to the ''real'' Annabelle who is on her way to visit him. Turns out the Annabelle he slept with is actually the villainess Shathra who [[BedTrick took the form of Annabelle to seduce Kaine]].
* ''Comicbook/SexCriminals'': When Suzie realizes that the guy she just slept with was [[spoiler: unaffected by the [[TimeStandsStill time-freeze]]]], she leaps out of bed, grabbing the sheet to cover herself, which ironically [[MaleFrontalNudity completely exposes him]].

* In ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2099'' #37, a {{flashback}} shows Xina having an HomeEarlySurprise when she comes back from her trip to find Dana coming out of the bedroom wearing only a bedsheet, and realizes that Miguel has cheated on her.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''
** In at least one issue of ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'', ComicBook/LoisLane and her husband reunite passionately. Afterward, Lois makes use of a Modesty ''Cape''. This even went on to become a staple for the actresses who play Lois in RealLife, with the pose usually being used in promotional material. Creator/MargotKidder originated the pose, followed by Creator/TeriHatcher and Creator/EricaDurance. The Modesty Cape is reused in an utterly (albeit intentionally) ridiculous scene in ''The Dark Knight Strikes Again'' where Superman and Wonder Woman copulate whilst flying around the world (and at one point through a volcano) somehow without removing their costumes, but Supes' cape still hides the dirty deed all the same.

* In ''ComicBook/UltimateWolverine'' #3, the sex scene between Magda and Logan has a bedsheet covering their waists.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':

* Used in the "Across Diamond Seas" story arc for ''ComicBook/{{Xanadu|VickyWyman}}''. Alicia modestly covers herself with a bedsheet when she comes to in the presence of the kirin who "rescued" her (long story there). She later uses the sheet as a make-shift dress until the kirin offers her more suitable clothing. Oddly enough, Alicia didn't seem that concerned with modesty in the "Thief of Hearts" story arch.

* In ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'' #14, ComicBook/{{Colossus}} and ComicBook/KittyPryde finally consummate their relationship it turns out he's [[SexGod such a talented lover]] he causes Kitty {{Intangibility}} powers to [[PowerIncontinence kick in at her climax]], causing her to phase through the floor and fall into the TV lounge stark naked while students are still around. [[NakedFreakOut Mortified]], she quickly grabs the quilt in the sofa and uses it as a modesty bedsheet as she makes a dash back to her room.

* ''WebVideo/Kontrola'': Natalia and Majka are generally shown with the bedsheets around their chests after having sex with someone.

Another frequent variation is during sex scenes when a sheet is used to strategically cover the couple's nudity or any explicit sexual act while they're making love. In post-sex scenes, couples will often have the bedsheet draped over their bodies with the sheet usually falling low to the man's waist (exposing his [[ShirtlessScene bare chest]]) but having the woman's bust [[NippleAndDimed covered up]]. Apparently, L-shaped blankets, also known as the ''His 'n' Hers Bedsheet'', are a fad in Fictionland. There's also a unisex bed sheet that also falls to the woman's waist that can: have her laying on her stomach so as to only expose her ToplessnessFromTheBack, her laying on her back or stomach during a sex scene, exposing her {{Sideboob}}, or simply leaving her breasts uncovered. However, unisex bedsheets were fashionable in Fictionland throughout TheSeventies and early [[TheEighties Eighties]]. Even media that freely show topless nudity will frequently have sex scenes that feature sheets tightly wrapped around the waists of the two actors simulating coitus.

* ''Film/FeastOfLove'': Chloe covers herself with the bedsheet after having sex with Oscar. This does not mean however that she isn't sure topless otherwise.

* Subverted in ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness''. Captain Kirk is shown waking up in bed with a CatGirl, who is still wearing a pink bra and panties (with a hole for her tail, one imagines). This is despite the initial camera pan across the bed showing a pink bra lying on the sheets. [[DoubleSubversion Then]] a [[AThreesomeIsHot second]] CatGirl sits up in bed beside them, clasping the sheet to her chest, explaining who the bra belongs to.

* ''{{Series/Cursed}}'':

** Edna Krabbapel in one scene in which she is covered in a Franchise/SpiderMan t-shirt (that's so large it might as well be a bedsheet) after having sex with Comic Book Guy in her apartment.

* In ''Film/AboveSuspicion'', when Nick (Edward Kerr) and Gail (Kim Cattrall) are having sex under the covers that fall to their waists when [[InterruptedIntimacy they're interrupted by the sound of his pager going off]], Gail then starts reading a book topless before they resume their lovemaking. Nick then gets completely under the blankets and pulls them up to Gail's neck.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E6LikeAngelsPutInHellByGod Like Angels Put in Hell by God]]", a naked Antoinette hastily covers herself with the bedsheets when Louis bursts inside her bedroom when she's in bed with Lestat.

* 'Series/{{Sherlock}}'': {{Invoked|Trope}} in "[[Recap/SherlockS02E01AScandalInBelgravia A Scandal In Belgravia]]" by the title character, of all people. In the ''[[UnderdressedForTheOccasion middle of Buckingham Palace]]''. He SleepsInTheNude and was simply too lazy to put his clothes on before Mycroft's people hauled him off for a meeting. He's quick to grab the sheet when it starts to slide off (because his brother Mycroft [[StrippingSnag stepped on it to keep him from walking away]]). He is, however, willing to use the threat of [[ShamelessFanserviceGuy abandoning the sheet]] as leverage against Mycroft, who is already ticked off about his state of undress and calls his bluff.

* In the ''ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} Everyday Magic'' oneshot, Zatanna's manager Arnie is seen talking with her on the phone while also in bed with his boyfriend with only a bed sheet covering him. Later, Zatanna and [[GuyOfTheWeek Hal]] are seen under one that goes up to their chest after they sleep together.

* ''Literature/TheKingkillerChronicle'': In ''Literature/TheNameOfTheWind'', Kvothe discovers Fela SleepsInTheNude when he calls upon her in her dorm room late one night, only for her to drowsily answer the door clad only a in a bedsheet that is barely covering her. He struggles with the urge to [[EatingTheEyeCandy gawk openly]].

* ''ComicBook/StarWarsShatteredEmpire'': Shara has GladToBeAliveSex with her husband in a SexyDiscretionShot in the night after celebrating the Rebels victory in Battle of Endor. In the morning afterwards, she's still covered with only Modesty Bedsheet while her husband already got dressed.

* ''Literature/Nos4a2'': After having sex with Carmody, Vic's got the covers around her chest.

* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': In the Season 3 episode ''The Voyeur's Web'', Tony and Ziva must fake having sex in order to [[UndercoverAsLovers pass for the married assassins they are impersonating]]. They alternate between the "completely covered by bedsheet" missionary position and Ziva on top, shot from behind. [[spoiler: Five seasons later, it's implied that they weren't faking after all.]]

** In "[[Recap/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019S02E05 Valhalla]]" Vanya and Sissy are both seen the covers around their chests after waking up together after they had sex on the night before.