History Main / DrumBathing

* Used on site by the cops in ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' (2nd OVA series). Until an accident with their propane cylinder, which leads to them going to a public bath, where a mad bomber is hiding.

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* In the anime film ''Anime/TenchiMuyo In Love'', Kiyone is seen in one just before being [[InconvenientSummons teleported out of it]] by Washu.
* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Goku commonly uses one as the default bathtub at his house. One notable moment is in ''Anime/TheTreeOfMight'' film when he bathes in it with Gohan.
* Seen in the fourth episode of ''Anime/StrikeWitches 2''. With two barrels right next to each other.
* [[HighlyVisibleNinja Kaede]] and [[TheHero Negi]] share a barrel in an early chapter of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi''.

* Near the end of ''Manga/FutureDiary'', Yukiteru and Yuno take a bath in a oil drum together.
* ''Manga/PsychicSquad'': Mio bathes in one.

* Seen often in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', especially with Ryoga.
* Used on site by the cops in ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' (2nd OVA series). Until an accident with their propane cylinder, which leads to them going to a public bath, where a mad bomber is hiding.

* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', it is shown in one scene at the very end of the series, as part of a montage of their humble and happy lives back at their home in the mountainside; [[spoiler:Tanjiro and Nezuko are back home, with Zenitsu and Inosuke now living with them as one happy FamilyOfChoice]].

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* The tiny size is LampShaded in one ''ComicStrip/{{Herman}}'' strip. A police officer is trying to give a man bathing in a drum a public nudity citation, whereupon the bather cheekily informs the cop that there's only one chair so he can't come in.
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* The ending of ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'' shows Dr. Light bathing in a barrel, with a [[HeelFaceTurn reformed]] Magma Man providing the heat.

* The first ''VideoGame/SuikodenI'' has the same feature when you recruit Sansuke, but you pretty much have to make him your ''only'' new recruit once available if you want to see the drums, as the upgrade to a proper bath happens much sooner.

* In ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' Saito, disgusted with the undersized servant's bathing house, sets up an old cauldron from the kitchen as a version of this. It's actually large enough for two people to fit in comfortably as he does with Siesta.

* Akari and Chinatsu do this in Episode 12 of ''Anime/YuruYuri''. Chaos ensues when Akari stretches her arms out and her barrel tips over and rolls downhill.

When the character has to take a bath inside a barrel or small oil drum that is usually outdoors and heated over a fire underneath. This is typically seen in poor rural environments out in the country. Despite the bath being too small to fit more than one person, BathtubBonding still can occur, but it's guaranteed to get cramped, making at least one of the bathers uncomfortable (though if you change it so that way one person is bathing and the other isn't, you can have a subverted version of the trope. Or you can avert it by making the drum big enough to accommodate two people). OutdoorBathPeeping is another thing that is generally guaranteed. This is the only time a bathtub can be outside without it being considered an AwkwardlyPlacedBathtub.

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* [[HighlyVisibleNinja Kaede]] and [[TheHero Negi]] share a barrel in an early chapter of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''.

* ''Manga/ZettaiKarenChildren'': Mio bathes in one.

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* ''Film/CryBaby'' - when we meet Johnny Depp's "drape" family, patriarch [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]] is bathing in a little metal tub in the yard - he cheerfully exclaims "Ya caught me in my birthday suit!"

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* Used on site by the cops in ''{{Patlabor}}'' (2nd OVA series). Until an accident with their propane cylinder, which leads to them going to a public bath, where a mad bomber is hiding.

* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Goku commonly uses one as the default bathtub at his house. One notable moment is in ''Anime/TheTreeOfMight film when he bathes in it with Gohan.

* Near the end of ''Manga/MiraiNikki'', Yukiteru and Yuno take a bath in a oil drum together.

* ''ChicoAndTheMan'': Ed Brown catches Chico bathing in a drum in the men's room of the garage.

* The bath of the default house in ''AzureDreams''.
* ''LostInBlue 3'' has the ability to make a bath out of an oil drum to increase relationship values with other survivors.

* Chapter 229 of ''UrayasuTekkinKazoku'' when very poor Jin and Jin's Mom set up a drum bath unable to have a bathtub of their own. AmusingInjuries when Jin's Mom got electrocuted by a broken electrical line and Jin got his bottom self stuck and got boiled alive by the boiling water.