History Main / ShowerOfAwkward

[[caption-width-right:350:Well, this is awkward...]]

* [[http://www.misfile.com/?date=2005-01-12 Happens]] in ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' when Vashiel stumbles into Ash's bathroom while ''already'' looking for tissue.
* A variant appears in ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'' [[http://www.stickydillybuns.com/strips-sdb/my_weekly_ritual here,]] when Dillon and Amber, who are used to sharing showers, blunder in on new roommate Ruby, who thought she would have the shower to herself. The fact that she merely gets angry rather than cripplingly embarrassed is a sign of her CharacterDevelopment.
* A ''Webcomic/WorldOfFizz'' [[http://fergoandenrique.comicgenesis.com/d/20100222.html storyline]] has Carlos accidentally walking in on Kelli as she is stepping out of the shower.

Often, but not always, the two characters have a history of [[WillTheyOrWontThey sexual tension]]. If so, the incident typically leads to either a MegatonPunch or awkwardness and mutual avoidance, until they decide to pretend {{That Didnt Happen}}. If not, it's at least a source of {{Fanservice}}.

Often, but not always, the two characters have a history of [[WillTheyOrWontThey sexual tension]]. If so, the incident typically leads to awkwardness and mutual avoidance, until they decide to pretend {{That Didnt Happen}}. If not, it's at least a source of {{Fanservice}}.

* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', Gray is searching for Lucy in her house, decides that she might be taking a bath, and imagines a scenario in which he bursts into the bathroom, and Lucy, clad only in a towel, slaps him and accuses him of being a pervert. He then tells himself that it was bound to happen eventually and does it anyway, but not only Lucy isn't there, Natsu is in the bathtub.

** Often happens to Negi with regards to his female students. Awkward for him anyway; the girls usually don't have much problem with it (some out of shamelessness, others simply because he's ten, and at that age mixed-gender bathing is not unusual in Japan).

** Episode 5 of the anime has Shinji dropping off stuff at Rei's apartment, when a naked-except-for-a-towel Rei steps out of the shower. Shinji trips and falls on top of her, his hand landing on her naked breast. Her reaction? [[EmotionlessGirl Calmly asking him to get off]], one of the first clues that Rei isn't normal.

* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': In the beginning of the ''Mazinger Z vs Great General of Darkness'' movie, [[TheHero Kouji]] went to the bathroom and he walked in on [[LoveInterest Sayaka]] right when she was taking a shower. She slapped him right away.

* A RareMaleExample of it occurs in FanFic/TheArtistAndTheFaker, when Saber walks in on Shirou in the bath. Done as a callback to the original VisualNovel.

* ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet:'' Police officer Judy, while transporting an arrested woman on a multi-day trip, takes a shower in the motel they stay in. When she opens the shower curtains after ending the shower, she finds a gun pointed in her face by another suspect that was still on the loose and that she had no idea was following her; she [[TheScream screams out in terror]]. This is an inversion in the sense that Judy is so much terrified by the gun pointed in her face, that that totally overwhelms any concerns she might have about being seen naked; while the perpetrator who points the gun at her (the moral of the episode is that some perpetrators actually have a heart of gold), reacts embarrassed / regretful that he has to overpower her when she's naked, and came prepared with a towel which he first hands to her saying "Put this on".

** In a downplayed example (because it doesn't actually happen in a shower itself): when a very minor earthquake happens (note this takes place in San Francisco and the sisters have lived there all their lives, so they should have some knowledge on how to handle these), Phoebe, who was taking a shower at the time, freaks out so overexaggeratedly that she runs naked out of the shower into the house. When her sisters later make fun of her because of her freak-out and how that made her run around naked, she retorts with:

* ''Series/FamilyMatters'': Urkel is about to step into the shower when he goes to get a loofah from his room. In the meantime, Laura steps into the shower herself, even though the water's already running, and sure enough....
* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Chandler accidentally sees Rachel topless as she exits the shower. Rachel then tries to walk in on Chandler as payback, but gets Joey instead. Joey then tries to get even by walking in on Rachel, but gets Monica. Monica then tries to catch Joey, but instead sees Joey's dad, bringing the ZanySchemeChicken to a screeching halt. Notably, Joey's father is completely unfazed.

** Played with in an episode. Sloan and Lexie are dating, but Callie, Sloan's bisexual ex-girlfriend, deliberately walks in on Sloan in the shower to ask him a question. Neither of them are weirded out, but for Lexie, it's ''very'' uncomfortable.

* ''Series/MrRobot'': Elliot walks in on fellow hacker Darlene, who has broken into his apartment and is taking a shower. This seems only slightly awkward, until it is later revealed that [[spoiler:she's his sister]].
* ''Series/TheNanny'': Fran accidentally catches Mr. Sheffield in the shower. Later in the series this comes back a a BrickJoke (and from the other characters' perspective as a NoodleIncident[[labelnote:*]]Pardon the pun....[[/labelnote]]), by Fran mentioning that she has seen her boss naked once.

* ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'': Johnny's does various attempts to walk in on Sharon in the shower. Unfortunately he gets Ashley the first and Pete's grandpa the second time. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial This was certainly not]] [[BlatantLies inspired by the ''Friends'' example from above.]]

** But played straight with Mulder and Scully themselves. There's a brief but spectacularly awkward scene when they have to [[DecontaminationChamber shower to remove possible contagion]]. Though there seems to be separate showers for each of them, the dividing wall is not particularly useful, privacy wise, and they both look very uncomfortable with the situation (and try extremely hard not to check each other out).
** Given that it's definitely not the first time in the series they'd seen each other naked, the awkwardness probably comes more from the fact that they're both naked at the same time and neither of them were unconscious.

* Sara walks in on her brother Suoh in the shower in ''VisualNovel/{{Sickness}}'' and gets a good glimpse at everything. She freaks, while Suoh isn't fazed as all.

* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' episode "Uncharted Territory", where Aelita is tricked by [[AlphaBitch Sissi]] into entering the boys' shower room. We don't know what she saw, since it stays an outside shot with just some surprised yells heard. Ulrich and Odd, wet and wearing {{Modesty Towel}}s, are prompt to get her out.

* In the season 2 premiere of 9-1-1 Buck strips and heads for the shower thinking it's his girlfriend returned home. He pulls back to curtain to reveal his sister. She laughs it off, reminding him she used to bathe him but he's still freaked.

* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'':

* ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet:'' Police officer Judy, while transporting an arrested woman on a multi-day trip, takes a shower in the motel they stay in. When she opens the shower curtains after ending the shower, she finds a gun pointed in her face by another suspect that was still on the loose and that she had no idea was following her; she [[TheScream screams out in terror]]. This is an inversion in the sense that Judy is so much terrified by the gun pointed in her face, that that totally overwhelms any concerns she might have about being seen naked; while the purpetrator who points the gun at her (the moral of the episode is that some purpetrators actually have a heart of gold), reacts embarrassed / regretful that he has to overpower her when she's naked, and came prepared with a towel which he first hands to her saying "Put this on".
* Series/BeverlyHills90210: David walks in on his steph-sister Kelly during her shower and sees her naked, to her horror. The rest of the episode she spends about how awkward that makes her feel, while David, feeling awkward about it himself, confides the incident to his friend / Kelly's ex-lover Steve, who at first thinks David is making this up. To prove his story, David describes a mole somewhere on Kelly's body, to which Steve reacts shocked: "O my God, you ''did'' saw her naked".

* ''Series/DiffrentStrokes'': Kimberly mischieviously takes a picture of Arnold's bare bottom in the shower. The photo is accidentally published in the newspaper, complicating his run for class president.

* The ''FatalFrame'' series have this as cutscenes.
** III: Rei notices someone near the bathroom door while she showers, but the "someone" is ''a ghost'', not Miku (her roommate). Fortunately for her, said ghost doesn't harm or kill her, though the experience still leaves her feeling unnerved by it.
** V: Yuri is bathing in her tub, but is dragged underwater, and then locked in a submerged box with a ghost. [[CatapultNightmare She then flings herself awake]], realizing it has been AllJustADream but feeling shaken by the incident all the same.

-->'''Rosette:''' (''not noticing Chrono at first'') Can't let my guard down for a secfond!\\

* ''Film/{{Bean}}'': David turns on the shower and then sits on his bed for a while to contemplate his worries. When he enters the shower, he finds that Mr. Bean decided to take one in the meantime. They both freak out, but David is forced to answer the phone while all this is happening.

* ''Series/WhosTheBoss'': In an early episode, Tony catches Angela coming out of the shower. This helps set up the series' WillTheyOrWontThey tension. Allegedly, the director had Judith Light flash Tony Danza for real during the taping in order to produce a suitably shocked reaction, making this an example of EnforcedMethodActing.

* In Chapter 29 of ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', Ash finds [[WaterfallShower a rather secluded waterfall and decides to wash himself under it]]. However, shortly after Iris shows up too and decides to join him, [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl not caring at all about stripping naked in front of him.]] Ash for his part is torn between not looking too much at her and not making her feel rejected.

* ''Series/{{Passions}}'': Sheridan [[EatingTheEyeCandy gets an eyeful]] of a naked Luis when he comes out of the shower wearing only a smille and a few beads of water.

** Negi also causes an awkward shower situation when he attempts to do Asuna a favor by [[FetishFuel enchanting her brushes.]] [[HilarityEnsues She isn't appreciative.]]

* Happens in the first ''VideoGame/{{Deponia}}'' game, with Rufus walking in on his ex-girlfriend Toni. She seems more annoyed than genuinely upset with the whole thing (a somewhat odd reaction given that Wenzel was looking on the whole time).

-->'''Rosette:''' (''not noticing Chrono at first'') Can't let my guard down for a second!\\

* In an early ''Series/WhosTheBoss'' episode, Tony catches Angela coming out of the shower. This helps set up the series' WillTheyOrWontThey tension. Allegedly, the director had Judith Light flash Tony Danza for real during the taping in order to produce a suitably shocked reaction, making this an example of EnforcedMethodActing.
* Similarly with David and his housekeeper Mickey in the short-lived, very FanService-y eighties SitCom ''We Got It Made''.
* In ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Chandler accidentally sees Rachel topless as she exits the shower. Rachel then tries to walk in on Chandler as payback, but gets Joey instead. Joey then tries to get even by walking in on Rachel, but gets Monica. Monica then tries to catch Joey, but instead sees Joey's dad, bringing the ZanySchemeChicken to a screeching halt. Notably, Joey's father is completely unfazed.
* In ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', Iolaus stumbles across Nebula taking a shower on board her ship.
* In ''Series/HomeImprovement'', Tim thinks it's his wife in the shower so he enters the bathroom and takes off his clothes, but once he pulls open the curtains, he instead sees his sister-in-law. Noticing his subsequent awkwardness, his wife teases him with "You liked what you saw, didn't you?"
* In ''Series/DiffrentStrokes'', Kimberly mischieviously takes a picture of Arnold's bare bottom in the shower. The photo is accidentally published in the newspaper, complicating his run for class president.
* In ''Series/HopeAndFaith'' the title characters, trying to disinfect Hope's daughter Sydney's pierced tongue, head into the shower with her, dressed, so as not to spill hydrogen peroxide on the rug. Just then Hope's husband Charlie comes in asking for her. Hope, who doesn't want him to know about the unauthorized piercing, claims to be showering, so Charlie drops his bathrobe to join her and pulls the curtain, inadvertently exposing himself to his daughter and sister-in-law.
* In ''Series/UglyBetty'', Daniel walks in on the villainous Wilhelmina thinking it's his love interest. Turns out that they're sisters.
* In ''Series/FamilyMatters'', Urkel is about to step into the shower when he goes to get a loofah from his room. In the meantime, Laura steps into the shower herself, even though the water's already running, and sure enough....
* In ''Series/KyleXY'', Kyle walks in on Jessie shortly after she moves in with the Tragers. Jessie responds with exactly the level of embarrassment you'd expect -- that is, absolutely none. Kyle, on the other hand...
* On an episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', Jerry's girlfriend walks in on George after he's been swimming, which horrifies George because he had just climbed out of a cold pool. ([[CatchPhrase "Shrinkage!"]]) George spends the rest of the episode contriving excuses to walk in on her naked to even the score.
* ''Series/{{Lost}}'' has a scene shortly after the hatch is discovered where Jack comes upon Kate in the shower. Although he doesn't see anything, it's still an extremely awkward moment between them.

* Has happened repeatedly on ''Series/HomeAndAway'', at least three or four times in Irene's house.
* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'':
** Prue walks in on her brother-in-law Leo in the shower. Sister/wife Piper walks in at the same time and is not impressed.
** In another episode Phoebe walks in on Piper and Leo in the shower together. A flashback episode where Phoebe and Paige get sent back in time has the same scene reused only with present Phoebe walking in this time.
* An episode of ''Series/{{Reba}}'' has Reba, in her eagerness to relax, too immersed in her easy-listening music to notice that her ex-husband was using her shower equipment at the time as she prepares for her own shower. The result only stressed her out more, as she told him: "I'm under strict order to keep my stress to the minimum, AND YOU'RE NOT HELPING ONE BIT!"
* ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'' gives us Johnny's various attempts to walk in on Sharon in the shower. Unfortunately he gets Ashley the first and Pete's grandpa the second time. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial This was certainly not]] [[BlatantLies inspired by the ''Friends'' example from above.]]
* In an episode from ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'', George hears a shower running in the bathroom. Expecting to see his wife inside, he goes inside unannounced in the hope of surprising her... only to see his mother instead!
* ''Series/TheNewAdventuresOfBeansBaxter'': The opening scene of "There's No Place Like Omsk" has Beans catching Soviet defector Svetlana (played by Miss Universe Shawn Weatherly) in the shower.
* ''Series/{{Passions}}'': Sheridan [[EatingTheEyeCandy gets an eyeful]] of a naked Luis when he comes out of the shower wearing only a smille and a few beads of water.
* ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' used this trope in season 1 in order to build up sexual tension between Caleb and Hanna. He is secretly crashing at her place after his foster parents gave him the boot. While he is taking a shower she walks into the room in order to fix her make up. She is then forced to step into the shower, while naked Caleb is there, when ''her mother'' walks into the room. RomanceEnsues by the end of the episode, soon to b followed by [[CoitusEnsues more]].
* In ''Series/TheNanny'', Fran accidentally catches Mr. Sheffield in the shower. Later in the series this comes back a a BrickJoke (and from the other characters' perspective as a NoodleIncident[[labelnote:*]]Pardon the pun....[[/labelnote]]), by Fran mentioning that she has seen her boss naked once.
* In ''Series/MrRobot'', Elliot walks in on fellow hacker Darlene, who has broken into his apartment and is taking a shower. This seems only slightly awkward, until it is later revealed that [[spoiler:she's his sister]].