History Main / ShowerOfAwkward

* ''VideoGame/DeathStranding''. To [[BigBrotherIsWatchingYou ensure they won't be overheard]], Deadman gets into the shower with Sam Bridges as there are no surveillance devices there. Apart from the inevitable HomoeroticSubtext, it's also awkward because Porter [[HatesBeingTouched suffers from aphenphosmphobia]].

* ''VideoGame/DeathStranding''. To [[BigBrotherIsWatchingYou ensure they won't be overheard]], Deadman gets into the shower with Sam Bridges as there are no surveillence devices there. Apart from the inevitable HomoeroticSubtext, it's also awkward because Porter [[HatesBeingTouched suffers from aphenphosmphobia]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheCrampTwins'', Miss Hissy is temporarily appointed Lucien and Wayne's temporarily mother while their real mother is way, and starts making romantic advances towards their dad. She intentionally barges in on Mr. Cramp while he is naked and showering, which terrifies him to the point that he refuses to bathe again until forced to by his boss. Mrs. Cramp comes home just as Miss Hissy is about to do this again.

** In ''New Digs'', Mr.Krabs enters his office to see that [=SpongeBob=] has hung floral print curtains in his office. Upset, he yanks them down to reveal [=SpongeBob's=] Mother taking a shower only for her husband to walk in and get upset with him and as usual with the cartoon, [[HilarityEnsues all hell breaks loose]].

** In ''Neptune's Spatula'', the Roman God Neptune attempts to show Spongebob his reward for beating him at a cook off via a magical cloud, which accidentally opens up to Creator/TomKenny (SpongeBob's real voice actor) showering. As you can guess, he panics when he realizes he's being looked upon.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'':

* 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.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Marceline's Closet", Finn and Jake end up stuck hiding in Marceline's bedroom closet when Jake ignores her warning to stay out of her house when she's out, and she comes back at the wrong time. At one point Finn tries to sneak out and see what she's doing... which turns out to be taking a shower. He manages to avoid being detected, but it's [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar heavily implied]] he accidentally saw Marceline naked.

* In the 2008 comedy ''Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins'', Reggie tries to sneak in on his cousin RJ's girlfriend in the shower but finds his cousin Betty there instead. The actors improvised their angry exchange.

* In Film/HellBaby, Jack finds out Marjorie has gotten to their house by bumping into her in the shower. He puts on a towel to finish the have a conversation, while [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl she doesn't]].

* ''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.]]

* Happens a few times in ''Anime/DragonBall'', most famously with Yamcha seeing Bulma.

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* Seen in ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''. In "New Digs", Mr.Krabs enters his office to see that [=SpongeBob=] has hung floral print curtains in his office. Upset, he yanks them down to reveal [=SpongeBob's=] Mother taking a shower only for her husband to walk in and get upset with him and as usual with the cartoon, [[HilarityEnsues all hell breaks loose]].

A common {{Sitcom}} and {{Anime}} trope in which one character accidentally sees another character of the opposite sex in the shower. Usually, Bob will turn on the water, then leave the room for a moment. Alice, oblivious to Bob's presence, steps into the water and closes the shower curtain. Bob then returns, finishes stripping down, and opens the curtain back up, so they each get a view of the other naked.

** Happens again with Kaworu in the manga, [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace who sees no problem with walking into Shinji's shower stall and borrowing his soap.]] [[NoSocialSkills And wonders why Shinji gets all flustered when he does so.]] This is, again, a big clue that Kaworu is also not normal.
*** This happens in the anime as well. In the anime, Shinji just cringes. In the manga, [[AdaptationalBadass he punches Kaworu in the face and tells him to get out]].

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

(''Rosette [[{{Tsundere}} punches Chrono]]'')

-->'''Taiga:''' (''barges in'') Hey stupid chihua--\\

(''beat'')\\
(''Taiga returns to Ryuuji'')\\
'''Taiga:''' (''with a large slap print on her face'') She actually ''was'' showering...

* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'': This happened twice to Kyle Rayner. The first time he thought it was his girlfriend Donna, but it was Jade, who had (technically) broken into his apartment and was tired and needed to shower. The second time, Jade is his girlfriend and he's come back from an extended time in space and thinks it's her again, but now it's the guy she started seeing while he was away for so long.

* In [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]], Artemis was the goddess of the hunt, and one of her attributes was her chasteness. A mortal hunter named Actaeon happened to see her while she was bathing the woods. Artemis was so furious that she turned him into a stag, and he was run down and torn to pieces by his own dogs.
* One version of [[BlindSeer Tiresias's]] myth states that he walked on Artemis's half-sister Athena, also a virgin goddess, when she was bathing. Instead of turning him into an animal, Athena blinds Tiresias; once she calms down and realizes not only what she has done but how ''she can't undo it'', she gives him massive {{seers}} powers as an apology.

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* Referenced in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' when Peter and his neighbours win a trophy for a parade float commemorating the ''Who's the Boss?'' scene.

* Seen in ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''. In "New Digs", Mr.Krabs enters his office to see that [=SpongeBob=] has hung floral print curtains in his office. Upset, he yanks them down to reveal [=SpongeBob's=] Mother taking a shower only for her husband to walk in and get upset with him and as usual with the cartoon, [[HilarityEnsues all hell breaks loose]].

-->'''Shinra:''' I have seen the face of hell.\\
'''Celty:''' What's wrong?\\
'''Shinra:''' ''I don't want to talk about it!''

* Happens in ''Film/SoIMarriedAnAxeMurderer'' where Mike Meyers' believes that he is walking in on his girlfriend, but it's actually her roommate.

* Partially Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheCrampTwins''. Miss Hissy is temporarily appointed Lucien and Wayne's temporarily mother while their real mother is way, and starts making romantic advances towards their dad. She intentionally barges in on Mr. Cramp while he is naked and showering, which terrifies him to the point that he refuses to bathe again until forced to by his boss. Mrs. Cramp comes home just as Miss Hissy is about to do this again.

* Partially Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheCrampTwins''. Miss Hissy is temporarily appointed Lucien and Wayne's temporarily mother while their real mother is way, and starts making romantic advances towards their dad. She intentionally barges in on Mr. Cramp while he is naked and showering, and Mr. Cramp becomes so terrified at the prospect of this happening again that he refuses to bathe for the rest of the episode until forced to by his boss. Mrs. Cramp comes home just as Miss Hissy is about to do this again.