Basic Trope: Two or more characters get into a fight while in the bathroom.
- Straight: Bob and Charlie get into a fight in the men's room.
- Exaggerated:
- Bob walks into a public restroom and everyone wants to fight him.
- Bob kills Charlie in the bathroom.
- Downplayed: Bob slaps Charlie in the bathroom, but it doesn't go beyond that.
- Justified:
- Charlie insulted Bob over his Teeney Wennie at the urinal.
- Bob has a grudge against Charlie but doesn't want to confront him in public.
- Bob is trying to kill Charlie in a secluded place.
- Inverted: Bob and Charlie fight directly outside the bathroom.
- Subverted: Charlie angers Bob in the bathroom, but he calms down before a fight can ensue.
- Double Subverted: Bob was only faking it to dissuade Charlie and he punches him in the face while his guard is down.
- Parodied: Bob and Charlie are fighting in the bathroom, but Alice pipes up and says that they're both in the ladies' room.
- Zig-Zagged: The fight starts in the bathroom, but makes its way into the hallway and then back to the bathroom again.
- Averted:
- There are no bathrooms.
- No one gets into a fight in the bathroom.
- Enforced: "We need a dramatic action scene! Let's have the main character fight the Big Bad in the bathroom!"
- Lampshaded: Bob wonders why he and Charlie are fighting in a bathroom, as there are plenty of other places that are more suitable for fighting in.
- Invoked: Steve tells Bob to punch Charlie in the men's room.
- Exploited: Steve records Bob and Charlie's fight and uploads it to YouTube.
- Defied: There's a security guard standing outside the bathroom, so starting a fight would cause someone to get arrested.
- Discussed: "Those two shouldn't be fighting in a bathroom! It's an inconvenience to the other people around them!"
- Conversed: "A lot of action movies seem to have bathroom fights."
- Implied:
- Bob and Charlie come out of the bathroom covered in bruises and cuts.
- Screaming and glass breaking can be heard coming from the bathroom.
- Deconstructed:
- Security bursts into the bathroom to break up the fight between Bob and Charlie and the two are seemingly about to get arrested.
- Charlie falls down and is implied to be seriously injured; Bob is horrified that he just hurt him.
- Reconstructed:
- Bob and Charlie team up to take down the security guards.
- Charlie suddenly gets up, revealing that he's okay, but he's not happy about almost getting killed and comes at Bob once again.
- Played For Laughs:
- Bob gets a swirlie from Charlie during the fight.
- Both Bob and Charlie get Amusing Injuries during the fight.
- Instead of fighting like men, Bob and Charlie get into a Wimp Fight.
- Played For Drama:
- Bob kills Charlie and is arrested for murder.
- Bob and Charlie receive charges on their record for public assault.
