Line #72 Main/CandlelitBath


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15	->''"It's not the bath I enjoy, it's the wet, naked lady."''
16	-->-- '''Chandler''', ''Series/{{Friends}}''
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18	Sometimes, a bath is just a bath. In others, it's a way to set a mood.
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20	You see it a lot in the movies and on TV: someone's had a hard day, and needs to to relax, to make the cares and stresses of the workaday world melt away. She draws a bath -- it's often a she -- lights a number of candles, turns off the bathroom light, and, glass of wine in hand, settles in the tub for a luxurious bath by candlelight.
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22	This sets up sort of a romantic atmosphere that is often used for amorous scenes between lovers, or as a way to show a character finally getting a chance to be pampered for once. If all goes right expect the characters to emerge far more relaxed and sane for the experience.
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24	Unfortunately, this being fiction, it tends to get {{interrupted\|Bath}}, either for comedy, or for more sinister motives. If the sensual atmosphere, all goes really south, this can end up in either a rather embarrassing interruption, or even a DeadlyBath.
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26	See also SymbolicSereneSubmersion.
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30	!!Examples
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34	[[folder:Advertising]]
35	* [[https://youtu.be/zRI6wKpjaUQ This advert]] for the "Foxy Casino" gambling website features Creator/HeatherGraham taking a bubblebath (light source unspecified but from low down) and receives a bottle of champagne.
36	* Used in a U.K. advert for Glade Wisp Flameless Candles. See [[http://www.tellyads.com/show_movie.php?filename=TA4774&advertiser=Glade here.]]
37	* An advertisement for ''VideoGame/HitmanBloodMoney'' included a dead woman in a candle-lit DeadlyBath, which sparked controversy for its DropDeadGorgeous content.
38	* The lady in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeJ84jqLhrE this WKD advert]] ends up not enjoying her candlelit bath as her husband chooses to barge into their bathroom for a number two; with the implication he waited for that exact moment via the "Have you got a WKD side?" (WKD = wicked) slogan.
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41	[[folder:Comic Books]]
42	* In ''ComicBook/BlackMagick'' #7, Alex takes a candlelit bath as part of her healing ritual. (Although the layout of her bathroom and Alex's personality indicate this something she might enjoy doing anyway.)
43	* The Baroness takes one in ''[[ComicBook/GIJoeIDW COBRA]]'' #1; giving readers a reminder that although she is a ruthless terrorist, she is still a quite feminine woman.
44	* Olive takes one in ''ComicBook/GothamAcademy: Second Semester'' #1. When the candle goes out, [[spoiler:she seemingly relights it with her mind: the first sign that she may have inherited her mother's pyrokinetic powers]].
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47	[[folder:Fan Works]]
48	* Mary Jane Watson does this a couple of times in ''[[FanFic/UltimateSpiderWoman Ultimate Spider-Woman: Change With The Light]]'' as a means of coping with her stress. She combines it with {{Music/Enya}} music for maximum effect.
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51	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
52	* In ''Film/TheBigLebowski'', the Dude is seen smoking a joint in a mood-lit bath. Then the [[NietzscheWannabe Nihilists]] bust in and threaten him with cricket bats and an angry ferret, which the Dude mistakes for a marmot, before then [[FreudianThreat threatening to cut off his johnson]].
53	* Leo and Lily share a candlelit bath before Leo goes to meet the blackmailer in ''Film/{{Circus}}''.
54	* Happens in ''Film/GardenState'', involving the lead couple.
55	* Creator/JenniferAniston takes one in ''Film/HorribleBosses'', while blackmailing her assistant on the phone. [[http://imgbox.com/XRoskCEU (pic).]]
56	* ''Film/JohnWickChapter2'': TheDon [[spoiler:Gianna d'Antonio]] goes for a luxurious candlelit bath in her castle, sees TheDreaded titular assassin [[MirrorScare in the mirror]], and opts for a BathSuicide instead. It's unclear whether she's trying to talk him into letting her live, staying DefiantToTheEnd, or both.
57	* In ''Film/NapoleonDynamite'', Pedro gets uncomfortably hot - he tries a few things, including a bath lit by Mexican good-luck candles, before he ends up shaving his head.
58	* ''Film/NiteTalesTheMovie'': In "Storm", it appears Serena was preparing to take a candlelit bath, although the candlelight was necessitated by the power being out. she changes her mind after seeing bloody Mary's reflection in the water.
59	* According to WordOfGod on the DVD commentary, one draft of ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' had [[spoiler: Tracy's murder]] happen this way. There's a hint of it with a brief shot of her alone in the apartment after Mills and Somerset leave.
60	%%* ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009''. The trope's use would also be [[JustifiedTrope justified]], seeing that the lightbulb wasn't yet invented at the time the story takes place. - ZCE
61	* A gentle parody in ''Film/ShortCircuit''. Stressed out over the whole incident with NOVA Robotics, Stephanie draws a candlelit bath and tries to relax, only to have Number Five burst into the room, still trying to camouflage himself with a hedge.
62	* ''Film/StarTrekInsurrection'' has such a scene involving Riker and Troi. They are interrupted by a communicator page.
63	* Tiffany is taking a candlelit bath when Kevin breaks into the beach house in ''Film/WhatsTheWorstThatCouldHappen''.
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66	[[folder:Literature]]
67	* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': In ''The Third Wheel'', Greg claims that he tries to recreate the time when he was in Susan's womb by taking a bath in the dark with lit candles and a washcloth over his eyes, but usually gets [[InterruptedBath interrupted]] whenever Rodrick and Manny use the bathroom.
68	* ''[[Literature/{{Wayfarers}} The Galaxy, and the Ground Within]]'': Pei is feeling tense and uneasy, and Ouloo suggests she make use of the bathhouse. Rather than using her species' usual cleaning technique - a short blast of steam followed by a cold rinse - she opts for the luxurious steam bath favoured by another sapient species, the Aandrisk. She takes the opportunity to mull over her issues and try to relax.
69	* ''Literature/AMangoShapedSpace'': Mia takes a candlelit bath while listening to music when she learns that it will enhance her experience with synesthesia.
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72	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
73	* In ''Series/{{Bones}}'' Agent Booth takes a relaxing bath [[spoiler:after faking his death]] (although not candlelit) with a twin beer can helmet and a comic book. Bones busts in on him and [[spoiler:is upset because she didn't know he was faking his death]].
74	* In ''Series/BrothersAndSisters'', Justin (having sustained a not entirely-clear leg injury in Iraq) is starting to take a bath. His gay brother starts lighting candles. Justin complains that his masculinity is being compromised. The candles stay, but the meditation music is changed to something more rock.
75	* Inverted in ''Series/{{Castle\|2009}}'', where Beckett goes home, lights the candles, pours the wine, and sinks into the bath to read ''Heat Wave'', Castle's new book. Castle is never allowed to know that.
76	* ''Series/TheCoroner'': Jane takes one while attempting to de-stress during "The Fisherman's Tale".
77	* ''Franchise/CSIVerse'':
78	** ''Series/{{CSI}}'': In "Who and What", the first VictimOfTheWeek is taking a candlelit bath when the killer enters the bathroom to bludgeon her to death with a hammer.
79	** ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': In "[[Recap/CSINYS03E16 Heart of Glass]]," the first Victim of the Week breaks into the apartment of a guy she wants to get back together with, sets up the classic scenario with a bottle of wine, rose petals leading to the bathtub, candles, etc., expecting him to come home soon. Turns out, he'd sublet the place to someone else, but that's not the real problem. Upstairs neighbors hear a gunshot and call the cops, who find this woman dead in the tub along with a bullet fragment, but she has no gunshot wound so the team has to noodle out what really happened.
80	* ''Series/DeathInParadise'': The VictimOfTheWeek takes a candlelit bath in "Until Death Do You Part", which turns into a DeadlyBath when her killer drowns her in the petal-filled tub.
81	* In ''Series/TheFall2013'' D.I. Stella Gibson takes one at the start of an episode. Turns out [[spoiler: it is a DreamIntro with a CatapultNightmare ending.]]
82	* ''Series/{{Fargo}}'': [[Series/FargoSeasonThree Season 3]]'s first episode sees this where Ray Stussy and his girlfriend Nikki Swango take a candlelit bath in the latter's apartment after a night out at a bridge tournament. The bath is interrupted by Maurice Le Fay, the ex-con Ray hired to steal a stamp from his brother Emmitt, coming in and trying to blackmail Ray for money (since Maurice lost the directions while driving to Eden Prairie, instead going to Eden ''Valley'' and murdering an old man with a similar name to Emmitt's). Ray and Nikki settle this issue by dropping an air conditioner on Maurice's head.
83	* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Chandler and Monica, who at the time are secretly dating, are taking such a bath, when Joey pops in. Monica hides under the bath water. Joey asks if he wants food. He refuses, then Monica emerges and informs Chandler that she could eat something. Chandler calls Joey back and makes his orders.
84	* ''Series/LethalWeapon'': Murtagh's lawyer wife Trish takes one after getting news at work about her promotion. [[http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/35296526/2946781.jpg.html (pic)]]
85	* ''Series/LostGirl'': In Season 3 Episode 12 Bo the bisexual succubus enjoys a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1dkaAG3gWU bubblebath]] with candles, but it is her friend Tamsin the valkyrie who brings the alcohol.
86	* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS9E8 Last Year's Model]]", a sleazy music producer and his mistress are holding a candlelit TwoPersonPoolParty when they are interrupted by Barnaby.
87	* An episode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' has J.D. taking one of these, as an [[{{Flanderization}} more extreme example]] of his girliness. Surprisingly, it is cut short merely by him being called in unexpectedly to work.
88	* ''Series/SexAndTheCity'', where Aidan and Carrie take such a bath.
89	* Averted in ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles''. Sarah is taking a bath (with the door open instead of candlelit) in preparation for her date with Andy Good. The worst that happens is she cuts herself shaving, but it's still creepy, because it's a foreshadowing of the Terminator "birth" scene and the later [[spoiler: massacre at the hotel pool]].
90	* ''Series/{{Vera}}'': In "Hidden Depths", the first VictimOfTheWeek is found strangled in a candlelit bath surrounded by handpicked wildflowers.
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93	[[folder:Music]]
94	* In the Music/MeatLoaf music video "I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" the girl takes a candlelit bath while still wearing her underwear.
95	* There is [[https://pixhost.to/show/440/379610818_love-shack-bubblebath.jpg a bubblebath]] briefly in the video of ''Love Shack'' by ''The B52's''.
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99	* Ellie Patterson from ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'' carefully sets up a candlelit bath while on a second honeymoon getaway. While relaxing at first, a few of the candles set her hair alight. Further negating the relaxation is her husband laughing his ass off at her misfortune.
100	* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'': Andy takes a bubble bath, with scented candles, relaxing music... and then Quincy (Jason's iguana) pops his head out of the foam.
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103	[[folder:Video Games]]
104	* ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'': Sam takes a candle-lit bath at the cabin because the electricity isn't working. It becomes less relaxing when she thinks one of her friends snuck into the bathroom and took her clothes, forcing her to walk around in nothing but a towel for some time.
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107	[[folder:Web Animation]]
108	* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': Stolas is taking a candle-lit bubblebath during his call with Blitzo to remind him of [[SexForServices the deal they made]], completely ignorant of the mortal peril his paramour faces on the other line.
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111	[[folder:Web Original]]
112	* Parodied in ''Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd'' when John and Dave are trapped in a HauntedHouse and want to draw the ghost out of hiding: "You light some candles. I'll go stand in the shower naked."
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115	[[folder:Web Comics]]
116	* An ''WebComic/OzyAndMillie'' strip features Millie's mother trying one of these. The last panel? Millie asking about something she'd forgotten, but it's not one of the poisonous kinds. Ms Mudd wonders if she brought ''enough'' wine.
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119	[[folder:Western Animation]]
120	* In ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'', [[FanDisservice Scoutmaster Lumpus]] is a fan of candlelit baths. In the HalloweenEpisode "Hallobeanies", his bath is interrupted by the Jelly Bean campers, leading him to think there is a monster in the house.
121	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' The episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E15CEDOh C E. D'Oh!]]" has [[http://pixhost.to/show/325/112396456_marge-simpson-bubblebath.jpg Marge]] take one on Valentines Day.
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124	[[folder:Real Life]]
125	* This sort of bath has been cited by many fire departments as one modern cause of fatal house fires in the United States, especially in homes where the bathroom walls aren't tiled. Lighting a bunch of candles and sticking them next to a painted wall, then falling asleep...how relaxing.
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