History Main / ExiledToTheCouch

** One time, Will came home and found Phil sleeping on a chaise in the back yard. Vivian had thought the couch was too good for him.
** When Phil chooses his words poorly and [[ThatCameOutWrong says that he settled "for" Vivian instead of "with" her]], she angrily stomps away while Phil runs after her to apologize. Will then turns to Geoffrey and tells him to "prepare Mr Banks's couch".

* In ''Series/ImpracticalJokers'', Joe's wife Bessy threatens this when he's challenged to kiss an actress in front of her. One BaitAndSwitch later and Joe has a thumbs-down.

[[caption-width-right:350:''Àiyá!'' [[Comic/GeneralProtectionFault You are]] ''[[Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault still]]'' [[Comic/GeneralProtectionFault sleeping on couch tonight]].]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''Àiyá!'' [[Comic/GeneralProtectionFault You are]] ''[[Comic/GeneralProtectionFault still]]'' [[Comic/GeneralProtectionFault sleeping on couch tonight]].]]

* ''WebOriginal/MinecraftChampionship'': PlayedForLaughs. When it's revealed that [=MCC10=] would end with the Orange Ocelots and the Green Guardians playing against each other in Dodgebolt, the first thing Joel Smallishbeans (from the former team) does is "lament" his marriage since his wife is playing on the opposing team. After the event, Joel tweets this:

* Commonly inflicted on ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' by Aunt Vivian upon Uncle Phil. One time, Will came home and found Phil sleeping on a chaise in the back yard. Vivian had thought the couch was too good for him.

* A Season 2 episode of ''Series/CobraKai'' begins with Daniel waking up on a couch in his living room. The previous episode ended with him arguing with his wife Amanda when she complained that he'd been neglecting her over his zeal for the Miyagi-Do.

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--> ''Mom scares Dad when she has a bad day''\\
''So he sleeps on the couch, he stays out-of-the-way''

[[DoubleStandard For some strange reason]], it's usually [[AllWomenArePrudes the wife who's the exiler]], [[TheUnfairSex and the husband the exilee]]. In this case, it's often implied that the ''real'' punishment is [[LysistrataGambit withholding sex]], but since early tv couldn't be that explicit, sleeping on the couch became a visual cue for marital strife, which has persisted into the present day.

In extreme cases, this can happen every night with couples who have given up on their marriage but have not yet separated.

* ''WebCOmic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/couch "Couch"]] shows that this isn't a punishment any more unless you also take away his phone.

* Used [[http://tonjasteele.comicgenesis.com/d/20010213.html here]] and [[http://tonjasteele.comicgenesis.com/comics/ts20020413a.jpg here]] for Damien and Julie in ''Webcomic/TonjaSteele''

* Tony gets this treatment in one strip of ''WebComic/TonyComics'' after he slaps Candy awake while trying to kill a mosquito.

* ''WebVideo/TheWarpZone'': In "If Pixar Had Facebook", WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles are having a conversation when Bob posts an unflattering meme about Helen. Helen responds by telling Bob that he will be sleeping on the couch.

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* ''Series/Charmed1998'': "Cat House" opens with Piper and Leo having an argument that gets them so angry Piper suffers temporary PowerIncontinence and accidentally [[StuffBlowingUp blows a hole]] in their bedroom wall. The next morning reveals that Leo ended up sleeping on the living room couch as they hadn't resolved why they were arguing.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Crabgrass}}'': When [[https://www.gocomics.com/crabgrass/2023/01/11 Gene tells a coworker]] he had to sleep on the couch, the guy assumes it's because Gene had an argument with his wife and offers him the number of a florist. However, a flashback panel reveals it was because Kevin and Miles wrecked Gene's bed during a PillowFight.

* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'': In "Dirty Laundry" the police visit the home of a murdered woman where Sherlock Holmes notices that the cushions of the living room sofa are worn down in a way that indicates someone has been sleeping on them frequently. The woman's husband tries to claim that he started sleeping on the sofa because of insomnia, but Holmes points out that he also moved his toiletries to the guest bathroom which doesn't track with the "insomnia" excuse. The husband then admits that he and his wife ''had'' fallen out but he still isn't the one who killed her.