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| 13 | ->''"Yeah, except my gun's all soapy. Pretty stupid to bathe with a gun...."'' |
| 14 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' |
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| 16 | When a character is bathing it's not unusual for [[ShowerOfAwkward someone to barge in on them]], or for them to [[InterruptedBath be interrupted by something]], or for something [[DeadlyBath to attack them]]. But then said bather suddenly pulls out a gun to try to shoot the intruder. Or draw a blade and try to stab them, if firearms aren't an option. This indicates that the bather is [[TheAnticipator an anticipator]], CrazyPrepared or ProperlyParanoid type of person that does not like to feel vulnerable. They also usually [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl don't have modesty as a priority]]. |
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| 18 | The weapon is normally just placed within reach of said bather, but sometimes they may simply produce it from {{Hammerspace}}. This commonly happens in OutdoorBathPeeping scenarios, but can also happen in {{Shower|Scene}}, {{Furo|Scene}} or {{Bathtub Scene}}s. |
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| 20 | If PlayedForLaughs this can result in the intruder suffering a PervertRevengeMode or UnprovokedPervertPayback from the armed bather. If it's PlayedForDrama a FullFrontalAssault between bather and the intruder is likely to take place. |
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| 22 | If the bather improvises something in the area as a weapon see ImprovisedWeapon. If they employ their ''[[ModestyTowel towel]]'' as said weapon, see ClothFu. If the bather starts throwing random objects at the intruder, see TantrumThrowing. If their clothes, weapons, or equipment are stolen from them while they're bathing see GoneSwimmingClothesStolen. |
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| 24 | See also PillowPistol for a character that keeps a weapon under the pillow as they sleep and HiddenSupplies for keeping hidden stashes of supplies and WheresMyGun for a character struggling to find their weapon in a tense situation. |
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| 27 | !!Examples |
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| 30 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 31 | * ''Literature/AmagiBrilliantPark'': One of the advertisement posters for the Blu-Rays of the anime adaptation has Isuzu standing in a bathtub while holding a ModestyTowel against her body in one hand and pointing her musket Steinberger at [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou the viewer]] with the other. |
| 32 | * ''Literature/TheAmbitionOfOdaNobuna'': In episode 10, Nagamasa is [[SweetPollyOliver revealed to be a woman]] when Nobusumi finds her bathing in the female side of the hot springs at night and happens to see her naked. Nagamasa is startled and picks up her blade she kept nearby to fight off the intruder only to be surprised herself when she looks at his crotch and finds out [[DisguisedInDrag Nobusumi is a man that was posing as a woman]] and that she's actually naked in front of a man. In the ensuing NakedFreakOut she drops her weapon and divs under the water in shame, although Nobusumi manages to calm her down and they have some BathtubBonding. |
| 33 | * ''Manga/ArmedGirlsMachiavellism'' Satori Tamaba carries her sword into the bath with her and [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl has zero qualms]] about dueling Nomura in the bathhouse even [[FullFrontalAssault while she's stark naked]] and still dripping from the bath, as she finds him [[DistractedByTheSexy being distracted by her nudity]] to simply be advantageous. |
| 34 | * ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Matsuri's [[TransformationTrinket choker can instantly change]] into his ninja suit (sword included), hence he wears it even while bathing. Amusingly, he ''doesn't'' wear it to the swimming pool. |
| 35 | * ''Anime/BladeAndSoul'': In episode 1 Alka is bathing in a pond at night when she [[OutdoorBathPeeping notices a man peeping at her]]. So she reaches for her sword underwater and leaps out of the water to attack him while [[FullFrontalAssault fully nude]]. She doesn't kill him but does end up scaring him so much [[BringMyBrownPants he pisses himself in fear]]. |
| 36 | * In the manga adaptation of ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireI'', Ryu [[OutdoorBathPeeping walks into Nina bathing in the outdoors]] and is immediately greeted with a FlechetteStorm of throwing knives, which she is able to do with ease by using [[WingedHumanoid her wings]] to [[HandOrObjectUnderwear wrap around her body]] which preserves her modesty while leaving her arms free. |
| 37 | * ''Anime/CodeGeass'': Kallen Stadtfeld/Karen Kozuki keeps a folding knife to defend herself at all times, even when bathing. One time before she found out that Lelouch was Zero she was prepared to stab him through a shower curtain, and another time she charged Suzaku with her knife when he discovered her [[WaterfallShower bathing under a waterfall]] with her Black Knights uniform nearby. |
| 38 | * ''Literature/DemonKingDaimao'': In episode 5, Junko bathes in the hot springs with her sword wrapped around her head. This pays off when she hears Eiko is there and moves to attack her [[FullFrontalAssault even while stark naked]]. But since her love interest Akuto is ''also'' present Junko suffers a NakedFreakOut instead. For her part, Eiko also reveals she kept a hidden blade in her hair while trying to seduce Akuto in the bath. |
| 39 | * In ''Anime/DogDays'', when Valerio tries to peep on some girls in a bathhouse, they all pull out rifles and open fire on him. He effortlessly [[BulletCatch catches the bullets]] and throws them back with enough force to [[ClothingDamage destroy]] their [[ModestyTowel towels]]. Later, his luck runs out when he invades another bathhouse; Nanami and Rebecca successfully fend him off with their weapons. [[spoiler:During the second season finale, he tries to peep on the first bathhouse again, but the girls trigger a bomb on his hiding place.]] |
| 40 | * In ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'', during the HotSpringsEpisode, the girls carried their magic wands to the hot spring to prevent the boys from peeping on them. |
| 41 | * ''Anime/FairyTail'': Due to how her [[InstantArmor Re-Equip magic works]], Erza can instantly summon any weapon or armor she needs at an instant, even if she's {{Interrupted|Bath}} while bathing, which happened a lot as she does [[BathingBeauty bathe quite often]]. |
| 42 | * In ''VideoGame/FateEXTRA CCC Fox Tail'', Gawain is distressed when he cannot take his sword into the mixed bath with him, since he would be unable to protect Leo. |
| 43 | * ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'' takes this to its logical conclusion in its HotSpringsEpisode. Rather than merely bathing with guns, Mao and Sousuke decide it would be better to plant landmines and install {{Sentry Gun}}s in every square foot of the bathhouse, turning Kurz's attempt at some OutdoorBathPeeping into a reenactment of ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan''. |
| 44 | * ''Anime/{{Grenadier}}'': |
| 45 | ** Rushuna Tendō does this in the intro credits and in one part of the manga. |
| 46 | ** In one episode, she's bathing and [[DeadlyBath is attacked]]. She has her gun where she can snag it with a towel that's at hand. |
| 47 | * ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'': |
| 48 | ** In episode 7 of ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'', Ennil is {{shower|Scene}}ing aboard a vulture ship, when she suddenly hears someone enter the bathroom. She picks up the gun and wraps herself in a ModestyTowel she had inside the stall and pulls the shower curtain to point her gun at the intruder, who turns out to be just Zacotte who came to invite her for some wine. |
| 49 | ** In the 19th episode of ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', Sai Saichi is eating in the wild when he happens to see [[SensualSlavs Nastasha Zabikov]] as she's SkinnyDipping in a lake bellow. He gets so DistractedByTheSexy he drops his spoon and the noise alerts her, and she immediately [[HandOrObjectUnderwear covers her chest with one hand]] while reaching for a gun with the other. |
| 50 | ** Done in the second episode of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'' when Shiro stumbles upon Kiki taking a WaterfallShower, and when she notices him she quickly produces pistol to chase him away. |
| 51 | * In ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'', [[LadyOfWar Shigure]] and Kenichi are [[BathtubBonding bathing together]] in a mixed-sex hot spring when they are attacked by assassins after Shigure's head. She then reveals that she is a) skillful enough to use her [[ClothingCombat wet hair ribbon as a whip]] against three armed men, and b) ProperlyParanoid enough that she had stashed her sword in the branches of a nearby tree, nearby enough that she could use the ribbon to pick it up. |
| 52 | * One poster for ''Anime/KiteLiberator'' shows Monaka taking a with two guns in the water and a clip laying on the rim of the tub. |
| 53 | * Volvo in ''Manga/{{Kochikame}}'' is never without his weapons, even in baths. |
| 54 | * ''Manga/LoveHina'': Motoko Aoyama does not part with her {{Wooden Katana|sAreEvenBetter}} [[ICallItVera Shisui]] even during the many {{Hot Springs|Episode}} and {{Public Bathhouse Scene}}s in the story. It comes in handy at least once when she had to fight off a {{Demonic Possess|ion}}ed Naru. |
| 55 | * ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': |
| 56 | ** When Kazumi is [[CameraFiend taking pictures of everyone at the end of the trip to Kyoto]], she takes a picture of several of her classmates in the hot springs, including Mana Tatsumiya. She was hiding a gun under a bucket and is seconds away from shooting Kazumi. |
| 57 | ** Earlier in that same arc, Negi personally discovers that yes, Setsuna ''does'' bathe with her demon-hunting sword. |
| 58 | ** The "Spring" OAV features a scene between Mana and Misora, the latter being shocked at Mana bringing a small arsenal into the tub with her. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Mana assures her that they're perfectly safe to use underwater]]. |
| 59 | * In ''Anime/NinjaScroll'', Jubei has his sword within arm's reach when he's bathing at the hot springs. It quickly comes in handy when he's attacked by Benisato. |
| 60 | * Promo[=/=]{{Fanservice}} art of ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' shows that, yes, the assassin duo take showers with their guns within reach. |
| 61 | * In the HotSpringsEpisode of ''Manga/OutlawStar'', Gene [[LandingInSomeonesBathtub ends up landing]] in the Hot Spring where Suzuka and Melfina were bathing in. At first, both girls have a NakedFreakOut and clutch {{Modesty Towel}}s while Suzuka grabs her sheathed sword, but Gene just apologizes and starts to leave and it looks like the incident might end peacefully... but then [[LovableSexManiac he decides]] to [[TemptingFate tempt fate]] and [[ThePeepingTom tries to sneak a peek]] and is promptly smacked by Suzuka's sheathed sword. |
| 62 | * ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'': Episode 4 of the original OAV ("The Tragedy of L") had a scene where most of the [=SV2=] members are in a [[PublicBathhouseScene communal bath]], when the water on the men's side suddenly turns red. Everyone on that side screamed, to which Kanuka Clancy responded by picking up the gun she left in a nearby bucket, [[SexySurfacingShot jumping out of the bath]], running over to the men's side without bothering to put on any clothes, and pointing a gun through the doorway, but keeping most of her body still hidden by the screening door, only showing her SexySilhouette. Noa is the one to rush with a ModestyTowel for her and tells her to PleasePutSomeClothesOn. |
| 63 | * In ''VisualNovel/PrincessLover'', [[ActionGirl Sylvie Van Housen]] tries to bring her rapier into the hot springs, much to the surprise of the other girls. |
| 64 | * ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' film, ''Adolescence of Utena'', Kozue threatens her brother with a razor blade while she is in the tub. She was trimming his eyebrows, incidentally. |
| 65 | * In the second episode of ''Manga/SoulEater'', Tsubaki throws a shuriken at Black Star for [[ThePeepingTom conspicuously peeping at her]] while she is bathing in a lake. (She does it again at a bathhouse at the end of the episode.) |
| 66 | * In one episode of ''Manga/{{Tokko}}'', Kureha is attacked by phantoms while [[ShowerScene taking a shower]] and quickly grabs her twin daggers, which were within arms reach and slices up her attackers. |
| 67 | * ''Manga/UshioAndTora'': Ushio never lets go of the Beast Spear not even when bathing, to Tora's dismay. |
| 68 | * In ''Manga/{{Yaiba}}'', Kojiro's first attempt at stealing Yaiba's Raijin Sword involves asking Yaiba to bath together, and take the chance to steal the blade. It is foiled when it's revealed that Yaiba bathes with his sheathed sword still on his back. |
| 69 | -->'''Kojiro:''' ''[{{Beat}}]'' You... [[LampshadeHanging you're bathing with your sword?]]\ |
| 70 | '''Yaiba:''' [[BluntYes Yup, why?]] |
| 71 | [[/folder]] |
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| 73 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 74 | * [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in an ''ComicBook/AchilleTalon'' album, ''La Main du Serpent'': Vincent Poursan jumps out of his bath with a blunderbuss, spurring the comments: |
| 75 | -->'''Achille Talon:''' A blunderbuss in a bathroom! Violence is indeed everywhere.\ |
| 76 | '''Lefuneste:''' Yeah, that's kinda dirty. |
| 77 | * In ''Adventures of Franchise/{{Superman}}'' #629, the [[FanserviceCover alternative cover]] features [[SpicyLatina Lt. Lupe Leocadio]] in a bathtub with her gun. In [[CoversAlwaysLie the comic itself]] Superman ''does'' meet with Lt. Leocadio while she's [[BathtubScene relaxing in a bathtub]], but she has wine and a book instead of a gun. |
| 78 | * ComicBook/{{Blackhawk}} did this during his run in ''Action Comics Weekly'', pulling a gun from beneath the CensorSuds when ambushed in his hotel room and riffing on the "NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight" line from ''Film/TheUntouchables1987''. |
| 79 | * In ''ComicBook/BlackMoonChronicles'', Feydreiva the [[ActionGirl elven female warrior]] is spotted by Wismerhill while [[OutdoorBathPeeping bathing in a river]] -- the first woman he'd ever seen naked. She responds by [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks throwing]] a ''bastard sword'' in a tree next to his head. |
| 80 | * ''ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon'' 2006 #3, Misty Knight is having a showering in her home when she feels an intruder come in and she retrieves a pistol she kept in the glass door and tied a robe around herself before leaving the bathroom to confront the intruder. |
| 81 | * ComicBook/DungeonTwilight: The Sword of Destiny is permanently attached to Herbert the Duck. Once he takes a bath with it his [[MaleToFemaleUniversalAdaptor daughter]] ask him if it's a tradition in case someone tries to assassinate him. He tels her that it's not a tradition, and that no one would dare to kill him, but that he is stuck to the sworth for the rest of his life. |
| 82 | * ComicBook/JonahHex is often shown bathing with his trusty bowie knife concealed in the tub. |
| 83 | * ComicBook/LuckyLuke pulled this on [[BackAlleyDoctor Dr.]] [[SnakeOilSalesman Doxey]] once. It should be noted that Luke had hidden his six-shooters [[RuleOfCool underwater]]. |
| 84 | * In the ''Series/{{Smallville}} Season 11'' comic, Diana (ComicBook/WonderWoman) first adult encounter with her ChildhoodFriend ComicBook/SteveTrevor has her showing up at his apartment unannounced while [[ShowerOfAwkward he was showering]]. Thinking her a hostile intruder, he bursts out of the bathroom wearing only a ModestyTowel and aiming a gun at her, but she quickly is able to disarm him on reflex. Awkwardly, the struggle also [[WardrobeMalfunction causes his towel to drop]], causing Diana to slip some InnocentInnuendo. |
| 85 | --->'''Diana:''' You have... [[BiggerIsBetterInBed certainly grown]]...\ |
| 86 | ''[{{beat}}]''\ |
| 87 | '''Diana:''' [[ThatCameOutWrong I cannot believe I just said that...]] |
| 88 | * An iconic (and NSFW) cover from ''ComicBook/StrangersInParadise'' features Katchoo in a bathtub wearing a leather jacket(and nothing else), a gun in one hand and a glass of wine in the other. Shortly after the title's last issue, Terry Moore produced a commission piece homage to the original cover. Same bathtub, same leather jacket, but Katchoo is now holding a super-soaker, and Francine is wearing a bathrobe and a snorkel, about to join Katchoo in the bathtub. |
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| 91 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 92 | * ''Fanfic/BloodAndChaos'': As a walking corpse, Jack doesn't bathe often. When he does, though, it was along with his retractable sword and then later with the Glove of Myhnegon. |
| 93 | * In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' as viewed by Creator/AAPessimal, Lady Assassins define "nudity" as not "a state of complete undress" as "carrying no weapons whatsoever". Assassins will still wear at least ''one'' sheathed and ready throwing knife when bathing. As you never know. |
| 94 | * ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestriaProjectHorizons'': While in Flank, Blackjack takes a bath [[NonNudeBathing in full armor]] and with her weapons in easy reach. She isn't attacked, but she mentions she's ready for it. |
| 95 | -->'''Blackjack:''' [[ProperlyParanoid I have a very very valuable head.]] |
| 96 | [[/folder]] |
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| 98 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 99 | * In the 2018 film ''Film/AnAcceptableLoss'', Libby is so CrazyPrepared she keeps a loaded gun within arm's reach even while she bathes, as she thinks she has both a stalker and the government coming after her. |
| 100 | * In the ''Film/BarbWire'' movie with Creator/PamelaAnderson, Barb bathes with a gun nearby. When her ex comes in, she prepares to shoot him. |
| 101 | * Creator/JohnWayne has done this in at least one Western, ''Film/BigJake''. There's a ShowerScene, and he knows someone's after him, so he keeps a shotgun in the shower. When the guy comes in to kill him, Jake has the shotgun in his hands and uses it to shoot through the thin wooden door of the shower stall. |
| 102 | * ''Film/Deadpool2'': Not that it helps them, but the Yakuza that Deadpool ambushes in a {{public bathhouse|scene}} all bring up katanas from under the water to fight. |
| 103 | * An unnamed blond girl from ''Film/{{Doomsday}}'' pulls out a shotgun while still in her bathtub and shoots. |
| 104 | * ''Film/{{Firefox}}''. Creator/ClintEastwood's character has been sent to KillAndReplace the pilot of the eponymous Soviet fighter plane, then steal it. Though he's unable to go through with the killing part, he hides in the pilot's quarters to avoid meeting anyone who knows Soviet pilot. At one point guards turn up who've been ordered to search for the American intruder, and we see Clint in the shower with the water running, holding a pistol at the ready while he argues and blusters with the guard commander so he'll leave without searching the room. |
| 105 | * In ''Film/GhostRock'', Jenya Lano does this in her bathtub with two pistols. She then gets out and walks all over the saloon naked, shooting all the intruders. |
| 106 | * ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'': A vengeful man, whom Tuco had previously shot in the hand and permanently disabled, catches the "Ugly" naked in a bathtub. He delivers a long speech about how he tracked Tuco down, and how he had lots of time to learn to shoot with his left hand... which is [[TalkToTheFist cut off when Tuco shoots him]] with a gun hidden under the bathtub bubbles. |
| 107 | -->'''Tuco:''' When you have to shoot, [[CaughtMonologuing shoot, don't talk]]. |
| 108 | * ''Film/{{Gunless}}'': Sean is taking a bath in the Chinese laundry and appears to be asleep in the tub. The young girl Adell enters to bring him food. He suddenly stand bolt upright in the tub pointing his gun in her face. |
| 109 | * ''Film/{{Gunmen}}'': When Parker and Servigo arrive at Bennett's house and finds her bathing, she greets them with a SawedOffShotgun that she pulls from inside her bathtub. |
| 110 | * ''Film/JamesBond'': |
| 111 | ** A variation in ''Film/DiamondsAreForever''. A mook is lying in a mud bath before undergoing the plastic surgery that will turn him into Blofeld's double. He sees Bond sneaking around and lifts a revolver from under the mud. It might not have been able to fire but Bond isn't taking that chance--he lunges for a pullcord that dumps a lot more mud on top of the mook until he drowns in it. |
| 112 | ** In ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'', Andrea Anders pulls a gun on James Bond when he [[ShowerOfAwkward walks in on her showering]]. |
| 113 | --->'''James Bond:''' ''[not surprised at all]'' A water pistol? |
| 114 | ** Bond himself pulls a similar trick in ''Film/GoldenEye'' when Xenia attacks him while he's having a leisurely swim at his hotel. He retrieves his gun from alongside his towel once out of the pool and sets it down when Xenia begins to kiss him. Conveniently, it disappears when Onatopp starts crushing him to death, presumably as not to ruin the tension and provide a too-easy ending to the fight. |
| 115 | * Averted at the end of the ''Film/{{Maverick}}'' movie. ''Twice''. However, both those times were deliberate. [[spoiler:the first was a setup to reveal that Cooper is actually Maverick's dad and the second time because Maverick ''wanted'' the money to be stolen by Annabelle because "[[VictoryIsBoring it's going to be a whole lot of fun getting it back!"]]]] |
| 116 | -->'''Cooper:''' There's a half a million dollars in that satchel over there and your gun is eight feet away from you. Not smart. Not smart at all. |
| 117 | * ''Film/NakedKiller'': In the opening scene, FemmeFatale assassin The Princess, is {{shower|Scene}}ing in her target's room. When the target hears someone in his shower and pulls open the shower curtain to reveal the Princess, the outraged target demands to know who she is and what she's doing in his bathroom. She nonchalantly tells him she "[[BathingBeauty likes to shower before doing her job]]" and then whips out a pistol and proceeds to shoot all of his limbs until he's crawling on the floor, before finishing him off with a [[GroinAttack final shot in his crotch]]. |
| 118 | * In the ''VideoGame/{{Onechanbara}} Vortex'' live-action film, a zombie sneaks up on Aya while she {{shower|Scene}}s, she wraps herself in a ModestyTowel and picks up her [[DualWielding pair of blades]] and proceeds to easily [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe cut the intruder in half.]] |
| 119 | * Every single man in the tubs in Sao Feng's bathhouse does this in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd''. "WEAPONS!" |
| 120 | * In the 1979 French crime drama film ''Film/ThePoliceWar'', Police inspector Marie Garcin is shown to keep her weapon at hand even while she showers. |
| 121 | * ''Film/Revenge2017'': When Richard returns to the house after searching the desert for Jen, he takes his shotgun with him when he goes to take a shower. Justifies as he knows that Jen is still out there and hunting for him. |
| 122 | * When Mathayus (Wrestling/DwayneJohnson), TheHero of ''Film/TheScorpionKing'', [[LandingInSomeonesBathtub crashes through the ceiling]] of Sorceress Cassandra's (Creator/KellyHu) bathing chambers, she [[SexySurfacingShot surfaces from the water]] clad in nothing but GodivaHair and instantly grabs a convenient dagger and assumes a defensive stance while Mathayus has his [[JawDrop jaw hanging]]. |
| 123 | -->'''Cassandra:''' Well? Are you going to kill me or [[EatingTheEyeCandy just stare]] at me? |
| 124 | * ''Film/ShowdownInLittleTokyo'': During the shootout in the Japanese bathhouse, several {{Yakuza}} who were bathing are dressed only in {{Modesty Towel}}s or {{Fundoshi}}s but are all armed with Micro-Uzis. |
| 125 | * ''Film/SoulOfTheSword'': Nameless the, uh, [[NoNameGiven Nameless]] warrior bathe with his sword in the basin. When an assassin tries ambushing him, he then leaps out with a ModestyTowel and his weapon, in time for a SwordFight. |
| 126 | * ''Film/{{Sweetwater}}'': Two bandits spot Sarah bathing topless in a river and start approaching her with less than noble intentions. But this turns out [[ShowSomeLeg to be a deliberate trap]] as she turns to face them and reveals she had a revolver with her all along and had just been waiting for them to get close so she could take them out. |
| 127 | * ''Film/WildZero'': The trigger happy arms dealer lady showers with a gun, which comes in handy when a couple of zombies sneak up on her while she's showering. |
| 128 | [[/folder]] |
| 129 | |
| 130 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 131 | * ''Literature/CatPlanetCuties'': A variant occurs with Aoi and Manami during a BathtubBonding scene. Rather than keeping a weapon with her, Aoi has the ability to teleport small objects that are within 50 meters of her to her hand, so when she realizes there's an intruder outside, she teleports in guns for her and Manami. |
| 132 | * In ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'', the future-NYPD rules require this; Elijah keeps his blaster (in a waterproof holster) with him whilst showering. As restroom and shower facilities are communal (though socially still "private" as men are expected to ignore each other) and securable lockers seem nonexistent the rule logically follows. |
| 133 | * ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'': Touma and his father learn the hard way that Kaori keeps her [[{{BFS}} nodachi]] with her when she bathes when they [[ShowerOfAwkward walk in on her just as she's coming out]]. |
| 134 | * In the Literature/CharlieParkerSeries, a flashback to Louis and Angel's first meeting has Louis emerge from the shower and pull a gun on Angel, who has broken into his apartment and is attempting to steal his television. Louis also keeps a small arsenal hidden in the medicine cabinet in their guest bedroom' en suite. |
| 135 | * In the first ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' novel, Flynn Taggart decides to risk taking a shower in the Phobos Lab infirmary. He takes the trouble to lock the doors and turn off the lights except for the one in the shower stall and keeps his trusty shotgun within arm's reach. Makes sense since the base is currently in the middle of an AlienInvasion ''and'' a ZombieApocalypse. Luckily for Flynn, he doesn't get attacked while he's showering. [[spoiler:He gets attacked ''immediately'' after leaving the infirmary though.]] |
| 136 | * ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}} Chronicles'': In ''Dragons of Winter Night'' when [[NubileSavage Silvara]] hears Gilthanas watching her bathe, she runs over to her clothes. He expects her [[NakedFreakOut to cover herself]], but she just pulls out her knife. He manages to calm her down and they actually have a [[BathtubBonding bonding moment]], and the incident raises their UnresolvedSexualTension to a point where they both confess and the scene ends in a SexyDiscretionShot. |
| 137 | * ''Literature/TheImmortals'': In ''The Realms of the Gods'', Daine's bath is {{interrupted|bath}} by a tauros. She [[ImprovisedWeapon improvises a sling]] with her ModestyTowel and swears to never bathe without a proper weapon again. |
| 138 | * Not a literal example, but in ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Iron Fist]]'', two of the Wraiths on a mission are surprised to find that another Wraith brought his sniper rifle, even though the mission wasn't one that should have called for any sort of sniping. He offhandedly tells them that he takes it everywhere -- sleeps with it, bathes with it, goes to the [[UnusualEuphemism fresher]] with it... He's ''probably'' just messing with them, of course; even in [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Wraith Squadron]], someone carrying a meter-long laser rifle on his person at all times would have earned him some weird looks. |
| 139 | * In ''Literature/LordMarksmanAndVanadis'', when Tigre [[ShowerOfAwkward accidentally walks in on Ludmila's bath]], he discovers she keeps her AncestralWeapon Lavias (a magical pole-arm of [[ElementalWeapon ice]]), with her at all times and finds her pointing it at his neck in no time. But he's actually more worried over [[SexySurfacingShot her coming out of the water naked]] and tells her to PleasePutSomeClothesOn, but she scoffs at the idea, [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl since she finds no shame in being seen naked by someone she considers to be lower than an animal]] and eventually simply smacks him with Lavias's shaft. |
| 140 | * In ''[[Literature/MatadorSeries Matadora]]'', Dirisha Zuri is told that the bathrooms are not off-limits in Matador Villa's running spetsdöd-tag game, and to therefore use the following procedure when washing her hands: take off one spetsdöd, wash that hand, put the spetsdöd back on, then do the same with the other hand.[[note]]For those who haven't read the books, spetsdöds are dart-shooters affixed to the back of the hand.[[/note]] |
| 141 | * In ''Literature/TheStainlessSteelRat Wants You'' by Creator/HarryHarrison, [[GentlemanThief James Bolivar DiGriz]] is showering at home on a peaceful planet. He hears his wife's scream and runs out without even grabbing a towel. He sees her get shoved into a car by two [[{{Mooks}} goons]] and pulls out a gun he keeps in his ankle holster. We can assume that the gun is waterproof. Needless to say, the neighbors are a little freaked out by a naked guy firing a gun. |
| 142 | * ''Literature/StrikeTheBlood'': Kujo finds out Yukina keeps her lance with her when she bathes after [[AccidentalPervert accidentally wandering near where she was bathing]] and suddenly having the tip of her spear at his neck while she warned him not to turn around. |
| 143 | [[/folder]] |
| 144 | |
| 145 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 146 | * ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': In "[[Recap/ChuckS4E02ChuckVsTheSuitcase Chuck Vs The Suitcase]]", Chuck and Sarah sneak into the apartment of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villainess Of The Week]] Sofia while she's {{shower|Scene}}ing and take the chance to search the room. But just as Sarah leaves Chuck alone, he finds himself held at gunpoint by her while [[FullFrontalAssault she's still naked and dripping wet]], and he finds it very difficult to IgnoreTheFanservice. |
| 147 | -->''[Chuck is almost finished opening her safe]''\ |
| 148 | '''Sofia:''' ''[DramaticGunCock]'' Don't move.\ |
| 149 | '''Chuck:''' ''[slowly turns around to face her, sees she's completely naked and quickly turns away]''\ |
| 150 | '''Sofia:''' Look at me.\ |
| 151 | '''Chuck:''' ''[turns to face her again, trying and failing not to ogle her]'' Okay, you should know that I have a girlfriend--\ |
| 152 | '''Sofia:''' Who do you work for, and how did you find me?\ |
| 153 | '''Chuck:''' ''[nervously]'' I would love to get into this. Is it at all possible for you to cover yourself with maybe a [[ModestyTowel towel]]? |
| 154 | * ''Series/{{Dominion}}'' In the pilot episode, Arika is [[BathtubScene taking a bath]] when someone enters the room and she suddenly spin-sits, while quickly pointing a gun at the intruder who turns out to be David, who makes fun of her [[CrazyPrepared paranoia]]. |
| 155 | -->'''David:''' You’re as paranoid as ever.\ |
| 156 | '''Arika:''' If that were true... you'd be dead. |
| 157 | * In the 2005 ''Series/{{Hercules}}'' miniseries, [[OurNymphsAreDifferent Forest Nymph]] Deianeira is bathing in a lake and keeps her bow and arrows close to the shore, which she's quick to pick up when the boar she's been hunting unexpectedly shows up. Unfortunately for her, so does Hercules who's quick to start EatingTheEyeCandy. Deianeira cowers in the water and threatens to shoot him but he counters that [[SexySurfacingShot the vision of her standing up to shoot]] might be WorthIt. Furious, she then calls for her LoyalAnimalCompanion to come to her and provide InUniverse SceneryCensor from him while she gets out of the water and goes {{Streaking}} to her home. |
| 158 | * ''Series/Hunter1984'': |
| 159 | ** In the pilot episode, Hunter breaks in on [[FairCop McCall's]] apartment in search of her, and when he comes inside the bathroom he finds her soaking in her tub inside her bedroom with a gun pointed at him. |
| 160 | -->'''Hunter:''': A water pistol? ''[teasingly]'' Where do you keep it?\ |
| 161 | '''[=McCall=]''': ...Just hand me something to put on.\ |
| 162 | ''[Hunter hands her a hand towel and she gives him a DeathGlare and shoos him away]'' |
| 163 | ** Happens again in "The Biggest Man in Town". Hunter comes into his room and notices someone has been inside. Alert, he draws his gun and searches the room, and when he opens the bathroom he finds an equally alert [=McCall=] [[BathtubScene in his bathtub]] pointing her own gun at him. He even comments on how they've been on this same situation before and she asks for him to hand her a ''real'' ModestyTowel before she can explain herself. |
| 164 | * ''Series/JackOfAllTrades'': PlayedWith in "Monkey Business" where this is done with the episode's MacGuffin: a hidden idol Jack and Emilia are competing over. While trying to extract its location from Emilia, Jack [[InterruptedBath barges in on her]], while she's [[BathtubScene taking a bubble bath]] and invokes DefeatByModesty by starting to drain the tub to get her to confess. As the water rapidly drains and exposes more of her, she tells him it's under her bed and he hurries off. But she has the last laugh when he finds naught but a bunch of mouse-traps under her bed, and it's revealed she was bathing ''with'' the idol the whole time, which was the real reason she was panicking as the water level lowered. |
| 165 | * ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'': {{Averted|trope}} in "Mirror" when two thieves hatch a plot to steal Richard's [[CoolSword Sword of Truth]]. One of them gets [[{{Glamour}} disguised as Kahlan]] via a magical mirror and she coyly tries to convince Richard to go SkinnyDipping with her in a lake. Richard is reluctant to bathe without his sword, but [[TheVamp she turns up the sex appeal]] and tells him to loosen up and she gets him hooked when her DressHitsFloor and they're soon both frolicking in the water while [[GoneSwimmingClothesStolen her partner successfully steals the sword he left in the bank]]. When the real Kahlan finds out, she's [[ClingyJealousGirl less than pleased]]. |
| 166 | -->'''Kahlan:''' Someone stole the Sword of Truth? How did that happen?\ |
| 167 | '''Richard:''' I was {{distracted|ByTheSexy}}!\ |
| 168 | '''Kahlan:''' By a naked woman you went swimming with!\ |
| 169 | '''Richard:''' But [[UnresolvedSexualTension I thought that was you]]!\ |
| 170 | [awkward {{beat}}] |
| 171 | * ''Series/{{Longmire}}'': When Vic is being stalked by Ed Gorski in "A Good Death is Hard to Find", she starts taking her gun into the shower with her. |
| 172 | * ''Series/LostGirl'' In "[[Recap/LostGirlS3E12HailHale Hail, Hale]]", Bo's relaxing [[BathtubScene bubble bath]] is [[InterruptedBath interrupted]] by Tamsin walking on her. Bo is startled and [[SexySurfacingShot stands up in the tub]] with a knife in hand. Tamsin [[EatingTheEyeCandy enjoys the sight]] while asking if Bo always bathes with a weapon. |
| 173 | * ''Series/{{Lucifer}}'': In "[[Recap/Lucifer2016S01E04ManlyWhatnots Manly Whatnots]]", Chloe is having a ShowerOfAngst while thinking about last episode's events, but it gets [[InterruptedBath interrupted]] when she hears an intruder in her home. She throws on a ModestyTowel and picks up her gun which she brought to the bathroom and goes to investigate. It turns out to be [[NoSocialSkills Lucifer, who's casually barged into her house]] to cook her breakfast, but he ends up startling Chloe who manages not to fire on him but still [[WardrobeMalfunction loses the towel]]. [[LovableSexManiac Lucifer]] obviously doesn't miss the chance to go EatingTheEyeCandy. |
| 174 | * ''Series/TheShannaraChronicles'': Im "[[Recap/TheShannaraChroniclesS01E02ChosenPart2 Chosen]]", Wil [[NakedFirstImpression first meets]] Amberle when he finds her taking a WaterfallShower and he ends up slipping and rolling down to where she is. By the time he gets himself up, a [[FullFrontalAssault stark naked Amberle]] (only seen [[ShouldersUpNudity from the shoulders up]]) is holding a knife to his throat and demanding he [[MyEyesAreUpHere keep his eyes up]]. |
| 175 | * ''Series/PasionDeGavilanes'': When Rosario {{interrupt|edBath}}s DarkActionGirl Dínora while she's [[BathtubScene bathing]] she ends up startling her and Rosario quickly finds herself being held at gunpoint. |
| 176 | * ''Series/{{Psych}}'': Lassiter has [[CrazyPrepared many guns hidden]] in his apartment, including one hidden in his showerhead. |
| 177 | * ''Series/{{VIP}}'': One episode had Vallery popping up out of a bubble bath with a pistol hidden somewhere on her body. |
| 178 | [[/folder]] |
| 179 | |
| 180 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 181 | * The ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' spell "Laeral's Gesture" is the result of Laeral being tired of being attacked while bathing, and thus not having her spell components on hand (it quickly fires any currently available low-level spell, skipping its material or verbal components). |
| 182 | * One illustration in ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}: Demigod'' shows Horace Farrow lifting a pistol out of his bath and shooting an intruder. Appropriately enough, it's next to the description of the "Eternal Vigilance" Knack. It's also a reference to ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' (see above). |
| 183 | [[/folder]] |
| 184 | |
| 185 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 186 | * In a scene cut from the US release of ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'', Ryu sneaks in upon Nina and Ursula conversing while enjoying a hot spring (after Nina told him not to, no less) in an island the group is currently stranded on. The moment his curiosity gets the better of him and he [[OutdoorBathPeeping tries to take a peek]], he finds out that Ursula apparently prefers to soak with her firearm close by. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZVZXLC7xeQ See for yourself.]] In fact, given that there was literally ''zero'' reaction time between him starting to peek and the rock he was hiding behind getting shot, she probably heard him and knew he was there the whole time, just waiting for him to try his luck. |
| 187 | * ''VideoGame/CrushCrush'': Claudia takes her {{BFS}} with her everywhere including the showers, and even ''spoons'' with the blade in bed. |
| 188 | * ''VideoGame/Disgaea3'': In the Vita remake, the Kunoichi's "Three Year Crush Kill" special has up to five enemies peep on her in the middle of a bath. The second she figures out she's being peeped on, she hurls multiple Kunai into their faces. ''VideoGame/Disgaea5'' updates the skill with one last batch of Kunai being hurled [[CameraAbuse at the camera]], [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou briefly cracking it]]. |
| 189 | * In a cutscene in ''VideoGame/GodHand'', Olivia is talking to Gene while [[BathtubScene taking a bubble bath]] and pulls an ax from under the bubbles to discourage him from getting too close. (Of course, ''she's'' crazy, and Gene's not known for keeping his hands to himself.) |
| 190 | * ''VideoGame/HitmanCodename47'': In the Thermal Bath Hotel, the pool guy will direct you to the changing booth where you'll find some complimentary swimming trunks. If you wish, you can pick up your weapons after changing (and magically stuff them into your chest, mind you), but it's not necessary to shoot anyone. |
| 191 | * Not a gun, but in ''VideoGame/TheGranstreamSaga'', the hero sneaks onto a flying vessel in a treasure box. Said treasure box is delivered to the female leader's personal quarters. The hero sneaks out of the box at just the right time (said leader is taking a shower in the same room), said female leader notices and throws a ''battle axe'' across the room, barely missing his head and comes out of the shower dressed in a ModestyTowel and holding a massive ''[[EpicFlail morning star]]''. |
| 192 | * ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising:'' Hot springs scattered around the chapters serve as healing points but are also used by many characters for recreational purposes. According to a conversation between Pit and Magnus in Chapter 2, "the angel's code of conduct states that [angels] must always be ready for duty"; this means going into a hot spring fully dressed and armed doesn't just happen in gameplay. |
| 193 | * ''VideoGame/LootersOfDystopia'': Hatsuki's sprite still has her sword even when she's bathing. |
| 194 | * In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', a background NPC character called Aeian T'Goni is a ShellShockedVeteran from an incident where she found herself helpless when the farm she was guardian was attacked while she showered without her gear. What followed was a horrible, horrible line of traumatic events. It wasn't funny at all and as a result, she requests permission to carry a firearm in the bathroom. If you use your Spectre status to let her have a gun, [[spoiler:[[AteHisGun she uses it to kill herself]].]] |
| 195 | * ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'': |
| 196 | ** {{Averted|Trope}} at a critical moment: Travis doesn't have his beam katana when [[spoiler:Ermen Palmer attacks him on the toilet]], almost costing him his life. |
| 197 | ** A nod to this is in the [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle sequel]], which upholds this trope -- Travis keeps all his beam katanas on his belt at all times in the sequel, most likely due to the above incident. |
| 198 | * ''The Operative: VideoGame/NoOneLivesForever'': Cate isn't attacked in the ShowerScene, but you can see she's ready for that contingency, as her handy revolver is right there. |
| 199 | * ''VideoGame/RageOfBahamut'': The artwork for Bloody Mary has her lounging in a bathtub while having her rusted blade right by her side. |
| 200 | * ''VideoGame/ShadowWarrior1997'': Follow the {{singing|InTheShower}} to find a woman taking a WaterfallShower. But watch out, [[HammerSpace she only looks unarmed]]. If the PlayerCharacter stands too close his pickup lines will lead her to whip out an [[HandGuns Uzi]]. |
| 201 | * While not a gun, in ''VideoGame/SummonNight: Swordcraft Story 2'', when TheProtagonist is asked why they always carry their smith hammer around (Which they just used to defeat a monster.) They reply by pointing out, as a Craftknight, they carry their hammer around with them EVERYWHERE. (They mention taking it to the bathroom, so it's not too much to assume they also bathe with it) |
| 202 | * ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3'': During the "Get Junior" quest in Novigrad Geralt goes to talk to Dijkstra in a {{Public Bathhouse|Scene}}, since it's a [[ASpyAtTheSpa meeting ground for the heads of the big four crime syndicates in Novigrad]] as it ensures [[NudityEqualsHonesty no one will be armed with anything]] but for a ModestyTowel. But Dijkstra is still ProperlyParanoid enough to keep a [[HiddenSupplies hidden stash of weapons]] nearby ''anyway'', which comes in handy when they're all attacked by Whoreson Junior's {{Mooks}} hoping to take advantage of their lack of equipment. |
| 203 | * ''VideoGame/YsVIIILacrimosaOfDana'': Adol [[NakedFirstImpression first meeting]] with Laxia in Seiren is a fairly standard AccidentalPervert scenario where he walks [[ShowerOfAwkward on her bathing]] in [[OutdoorBathPeeping a river]]. Granted, she's wearing a ModestyTowel, but it doesn't stay on for long since her reaction is to reach for her nearby rapier and [[FullFrontalAssault attack him]] with it, but this proves to be a mistake when Adol parries her attack and it causes her to [[WardrobeMalfunction lose her grip on the towel]], which pools at her feet. The player doesn't see anything beyond a ShouldersUpNudity shot of her [[HandOrObjectUnderwear covering herself]] while having a NakedFreakOut. The scene ends with her SkywardScream followed by a [[PervertRevengeMode slap sound]]. |
| 204 | [[/folder]] |
| 205 | |
| 206 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 207 | * ''WebAnimation/LadyLumpsVSBoyBumps'' VideoGame/{{D|evilMayCry}}ante is shown showering with his guns, while [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] showers with his hammer. |
| 208 | [[/folder]] |
| 209 | |
| 210 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 211 | * ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0648.html strip #648]], Haley ambushes and kills her hated [[TheRival rival]] Crystal [[DeadlyBath while she's showering]]. And while Cyrstal did keep her magical dagger and items in the bathroom with her, she ''wasn't'' smart enough to actually equip herself with anything but a ModestyTowel before answering the door and being sneak attacked by Haley, who finishes off Crystal by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard slashing her with her own magical dagger]] (and then [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt takes said dagger for herself]]). |
| 212 | * ''Webcomic/{{Waterworks}}'': Connie [[http://mspfanventures.com/?adv=43&id=160 actually takes a shower with her axe handy]], and later [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=43&p=181 fantasizes]] about pulling this trope off if a villain came around. |
| 213 | [[/folder]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 216 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'': Archer's competence and good judgment are extremely questionable, but he goes ''nowhere'' without a weapon, not even a hot tub. In "[[Recap/ArcherS2E11JeuMonegasque Jeu Monégasque]]" He then promptly {{Lampshade|Hanging}}s the entire thing. |
| 217 | -->'''Archer:''' ...My gun's all soapy. Pretty dumb, taking a bath with it... |
| 218 | * ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': In the MadeForTVMovie ''WesternAnimation/RealityTrip'', Jack is shown to be so paranoid of ghosts that he even showers with his anti-ghost weaponry. |
| 219 | [[/folder]] |
| 220 | |
| 221 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 222 | * Creator/GeorgeMacDonaldFraser's way of describing the dangers of serving in the British Army in Palestine in 1946 was, "You took your service revolver into the shower with you." He was not exaggerating. |
| 223 | * A variant: the legendary UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi supposedly had poor personal hygiene because he [[HatesBaths refused to bathe very often]], with the reasoning that even if you brought a weapon with you, you could be caught off guard too easily. |
| 224 | [[/folder]] |
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