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* ''Fanfic/BurningSecret'': [[spoiler:Chandler's]] excuse for having seen Lincoln at the time of the fire was that he was looking for a bathroom.

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* ''Literature/RoysBedoys'': In "Roys Bedoys & the Three Little Pigs", Roys, playing the Big Bad Wolf, pretends he needs to use the second pig(played by Truly)'s bathroom to try to get her to let him in.

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* ''Literature/RoysBedoys'': In "Roys Bedoys & the Three Little Pigs", Roys, playing the Big Bad Wolf, pretends he needs to use the second pig(played pig (played by Truly)'s bathroom to try to get her to let him in.



* Ray K in ''Series/DueSouth'' "Mountie on the Bounty". He stumbles over the proper term for a ship's bathroom, the head.
* ''{{Series/Elementary}}'': Sherlock Holmes does this all the time, asking somebody for directions to the bathroom and then poking around for evidence.

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* Ray K in the ''Series/DueSouth'' episode "Mountie on the Bounty". He stumbles over the proper term for a ship's bathroom, the head.
* ''{{Series/Elementary}}'': ''Series/{{Elementary}}'': Sherlock Holmes does this all the time, asking somebody for directions to the bathroom and then poking around for evidence.



* ''Series/TheMandalorian'': In the first episode a bounty the title character captured claimed he needed to use the toilet as an excuse to snoop around his ship, even trying to play up his BizarreAlienBiology as an excuse for taking a while. It doesn't work for very long, and the bounty ends up spending the rest of the flight in a [[HumanPopsicle carbonite slab]].
* ''Series/TheMentalist'': In ''Blinking Red Light'', Jane pretends to work with James Panzer, blogger and self-proclaimed expert on the serial killer the team are hunting. He visits Panzer's home to see what he's got, and asks to use the bathroom as an excuse to snoop. A look around there makes him certain Panzer is the killer, because his bathroom is "too neat."
* ''Series/{{Mindhunter}}'': Holden asks to go to the bathroom in Wayne Williams's house [[spoiler:aka the Atlanta child killer]]. He instead uses it as an opportunity to snoop, but gets busted quickly when Wayne's dog (which he claims he didn't have) starts barking. Holden claims to be lost, but Wayne doesn't buy it.

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* ''Series/TheMandalorian'': In [[Recap/TheMandalorianS1E1Chapter1TheMandalorian the first episode episode]], a bounty the title character has captured claimed claims that he needed needs to use the toilet as an excuse to snoop around his ship, even trying to play up his BizarreAlienBiology as an excuse for taking a while. It doesn't work for very long, and the bounty ends up spending the rest of the flight in a [[HumanPopsicle carbonite slab]].
* ''Series/TheMentalist'': In ''Blinking "Blinking Red Light'', Light", Jane pretends to work with James Panzer, blogger and self-proclaimed expert on the serial killer the team are hunting. He visits Panzer's home to see what he's got, and asks to use the bathroom as an excuse to snoop. A look around there makes him certain Panzer is the killer, because his bathroom is "too neat."
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* ''Series/{{Mindhunter}}'': Holden asks to go to the bathroom in the house of Wayne Williams's house [[spoiler:aka Williams [[spoiler:a.k.a. the Atlanta child killer]]. He instead uses it as an opportunity to snoop, but gets busted quickly when Wayne's dog (which he claims he didn't have) starts barking. Holden claims to be lost, but Wayne doesn't buy it.



* ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'' Alba gives bathroom-searching as the excuse for leaving a play in the middle of the show and ending up in the changing room of the actors. To the surprise of nobody, he's lying.



* PlayedWith in ''VideoGame/{{BioShock Infinite}}''. At one point Elizabeth asks Booker what they'll do if they're caught. He says that they'll say they got lost looking for a bathroom. Elizabeth asks him if that works, and he says "Not usually".

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* PlayedWith Played with in ''VideoGame/{{BioShock Infinite}}''. ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite''. At one point point, Elizabeth asks Booker what they'll do if they're caught. He says that they'll say they got lost looking for a bathroom. Elizabeth asks him if that works, and he says "Not usually".


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* ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'': Alba gives bathroom-searching as the excuse for leaving a play in the middle of the show and ending up in the changing room of the actors. To the surprise of nobody, he's lying.
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-->'''Suchan:''' Sorry, I was looking for the bathroom and got lost.
--> '''[[spoiler:Orphanage Director]]:''' How odd... since this is the second basement level... and it's off limits to visitors.
--> '''Suchan:''' ''[[[{{BeatPanel}} beat]]]'' I know.
* In ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' Pip apparently planned on sneaking into a top-secret R&D facility this way, he even [[https://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=475 disguised himself]] as a child for it.

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-->'''Suchan:''' Sorry, I was looking for the bathroom and got lost.
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lost.\\
'''[[spoiler:Orphanage Director]]:''' How odd... since this is the second basement level... and it's off limits to visitors.
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visitors.\\
'''Suchan:''' ''[[[{{BeatPanel}} beat]]]'' I know.
* In ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'', Pip apparently planned on sneaking into a top-secret R&D facility this way, way; he even [[https://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=475 disguised himself]] as a child for it.
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* In the ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' fic ''And the Adventure Continues'', Jethro tries this trick while on a tour of the Guiana Space Centre but unfortunately a child on the tour decides to go to the bathroom as well. So he decides WeNeedADistraction instead and sabotages the toilet cistern so the room floods, enabling him to do some CameraSpoofing when the guard goes to investigate.
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* ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion''. While being shown around the Biosyn compound, Ellie Sattler and Alan Grant are given a ''thirty-minute'' break for bathroom purposes, and their guide even points out the restricted area that they shouldn't go into. [[spoiler:This makes sense with the later reveal that their Biosyn guide is actually a whistleblower who knows full well why they're here.]]
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* ''Film/PoorThings'': Curious about the kind of woman that would warrant such a restrictive marriage contract, Duncan claims that he really needs to use the bathroom as he has a weak bladder, and then goes off to search for Bella.
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* ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'': If a party member is caught in a restricted area, they can roll a Deception check to claim they were looking for the lavatory.
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* In Jerry Ahern's Track novel ''The Master of D.E.A.T.H.", Track's ActionGirlfriend Desiree Goth takes out a series of guards in the BigBad's headquarters by walking up to them and asking where the "little girl's room" is, then taking them out [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy when they turn to point]]. After doing this several times, she gets annoyed at playing the hapless female and just cuts straight to the violence.

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* In Jerry Ahern's Track novel ''The Master of D.E.A.T.H.", Hunters'', Track's ActionGirlfriend Desiree Goth takes out a series of guards in the BigBad's headquarters by walking up to them and asking where the "little girl's room" is, then taking them out [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy when they turn to point]]. After doing this several times, she gets annoyed at playing the hapless female and just cuts straight to the violence.
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* In Jerry Ahern's Track novel ''The Master of D.E.A.T.H.", Track's ActionGirlfriend Desiree Goth takes out a series of guards in the BigBad's headquarters by walking up to them and asking where the "little girl's room" is, then taking them out [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy when they turn to point]]. After doing this several times, she gets annoyed at playing the hapless female and just cuts straight to the violence.
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