History Main / TamponRun

* For pads in ''Literature/AreYouThereGodItsMeMargaret''; Gretchen's mother only uses Tampax, so she has to go out and buy pads for her daughter when she starts her first period. She' not disturbed by it, of course.

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* The scene in ''Jack & Sarah'' where Jack has to buy some sort of lactation-related product (either nipple pads or nipple shields) for his pregnant wife is similar in spirit.

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* In ''ComicStrip/OnTheFastrack'', Wendy sent Art the first time their daughter needed them. This being a family comic, she didn't speak directly -- and Art tried hard not to know what she meant.
* Happens in ''ComicStrip/StoneSoup'' when the family is on a camping trip...miles away from any store. Wally is the one that has to go to the store for them, much to his chagrin.
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* This happens in the French movie ''L'Enquête Corse'', in which one of the insurgents needs a tampon to make a fuse. So he goes in the pharmacy, blushes and stutters his way to ask the counter girl for a box of tampons, then she asks if he needs regular or super-absorbing. Of course, he's made even more nervous and finally lets out that it's for a slow-burning fuse, at which point she tells him which one to use. (This being the ThemeParkVersion of Corsica, [[BananaRepublic where dropping non-fatal bombs for independence]] is a daily occurrence and can identify, by sound alone, where a bomb went off, how much and what kind of explosive was used.)

* On ''Series/{{ER}}'', Mark Greene's daughter Rachel starts her period unexpectedly while at Elizabeth Corday's apartment for Thanksgiving dinner. Elizabeth is reluctant to give her tampons given how young she is (ten and change) and tells Mark's father that one of them will have to stay with Rachel while the other goes down to the corner drug store to buy sanitary napkins. He quickly volunteers, but slips on the ice coming back, suffering a minor head wound and having to go to County (where Mark is working). He grumbles about the confusing variety while being stitched up.

* An embarrassed customer on a tampon run brings a box of Tampax tampons to the checkout counter. There is no price on the box, so the checkout clerk shouts out, "PRICE CHECK ON TAMPAX!" Another clerk mis-hears this as "thumbtacks" and replies, "YOU MEAN THE KIND YOU PUSH IN WITH YOUR FINGER, OR THE KIND YOU POUND IN WITH A HAMMER?" This so embarrasses the customer that he runs out of the store without his purchase.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Baymax}}'' has the titular character go on one of these in the third episode to help a girl get over her first period. However, Baymax isn't the one embarrased (as he's a health-care robot whose role is to get medical supplies for Sofia, the one embarrassed over it all). He meets up with both female and male customers who bring up their own suggestions in an open manner, and he ends up buying everything without complaint.

* As many men can tell you, this is quite common in RealLife. Interestingly, it actually applies to girls as well, because a) there's usually a year or so in the beginning where other people knowing that you have a bodily function that literally half the rest of the planet also has is ''really'' embarrassing which makes buying your own pads/tampons ''torture'' until you get over yourself and realize that no-one cares, and b) the many different products/brands/sizes etc. are confusing even if you're a girl, until you've become familiar enough with the whole thing that you just find one or a few products you feel comfortable with and stick with them forever.

* Happens in ''ComicStrip/StoneSoup'' when the family is on a camping trip...miles away from any store.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': Season 2's "A Period Piece", has a B-plot involving Pete and Scratch who go shopping for period products because Libby just got her first period at Molly's sleepover and his wife Sharon is out of her own products. While in a bit of a rush to help his daughter's friend, he's initially calm about the whole thing... until he realizes his wife's preferences might not match Libby's, causing him to start overthinking and ultimately empty the whole aisle into his shopping cart.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Stan's sister makes them go get her some tampons while they try to watch "Creator/RussellCrowe Fighting 'Round the World" in order to see the trailer for the new Terrence & Philip movie. When they return home after failing to accomplish the mission, [[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank a torrent of blood gushes forth from the door]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Baymax}}'' has the titular character go on one of these in the third episode to help a girl get over her first period. However, Baymax isn't the one embarrased (as he's a health-care robot whose role is to get medical supplies for Sofia, the one embarrassed over it all). He meets up with both female and male customers who bring up their own suggestions in a quite open manner and he ends up buying everything without complaint.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': Season 2's "A Period Piece", has a scene with Pete and Scratch going shopping for period products for Libby's first period, and because Sharon had ran out of her tampons. Not knowing what Libby's needs are, he ends up emptying the whole aisle into his shopping cart.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': Season 2's "A Period Piece", has a scene with Pete and Scratch going shopping for period products for Libby's first period.

* Mentioned on Series/TheOrville when Kelly admits that Ed (her ex-husband) was the kind of mellow guy that could always be relied upon to make a run for "bagels or tampons" without any fuss.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': Season 2's trailer, which has a snippet of "A Period Piece", shows Pete and Scratch going shopping for period products for Molly's menarche.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': Season 2's trailer, which has a snippet of "A Period Place", shows Pete and Scratch going shopping for period products for Molly's menarche.

'''Bill:''' Appreciate that, boy. Listen, son, I don't believe they heard you in ''Scotland!''

PlayedForLaughs, this trope exemplifies just how much of a big deal men stereotypically make out of menstruation. For whatever reason, testosterone makes men think that this naturally occurring event is the most terrifying thing in the world. He may be seen talking to himself, shouting to nobody in particular upon finding out that "they come in sizes?!?!?!", and trying to hide it. Men might try to play it off by asking if they come in [[BiggusDickus larger sizes]]. Bonus points if he sees another guy in the same boat or if the sales clerk calls for a price check effectively announcing to the whole store that Bob is buying tampons.

* From ''Website/NotAlwaysRight'': [[http://notalwaysright.com/why-cashiers-should-rule-the-world/4230 Why Cashiers Should Rule the World]]. How the cashier handles the poor guy's heckler: she pretends that ''she's'' the girlfriend in question, gives the buyer her employee discount, and closes the register in the heckler's face under pretense of going to the bathroom.

* An embarrassed customer on a tampon run brings a box of Tampax tampons to the checkout counter. There is no price on the box, so the checkout clerk shouts out, "PRICE CHECK ON TAMPAX!" Another clerk miss-hears this as "thumbtacks" and replies, "YOU MEAN THE KIND YOU PUSH IN WITH YOUR FINGER, OR THE KIND YOU POUND IN WITH A HAMMER?" This so embarrasses the customer that he runs out of the store without his purchase.

* From ''Website/NotAlwaysRight'': [[http://notalwaysright.com/why-cashiers-should-rule-the-world/4230 Why Cashiers Should Rule the World]]. Bonus points for how the cashier handles the poor guy's heckler.

* Referred to on an episode of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', where despite the plethora of women's clothing, the ''lack'' of tampons or any other women's toiletries in a suspect's apartment makes Kate think that his relationship with his girlfriend wasn't that serious.[[note]] The guy turned out to be a crossdresser. The clothes were ''his''.[[/note]]