History Main / FakePeriodExcuse

* ''Theatre/BeMoreChill'': Right before "Michael in the Bathroom", Michael is sitting alone in the bathroom after Jeremy betrays him and someone knocks on the door, demanding to use the bathroom. Michael yells back that ''he'' is on his period so he doens't have to leave. Somehow, the other person believes him.

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* ''Theatre/BeMoreChill'': Right before "Michael in the Bathroom", Michael is sitting alone in the bathroom after Jeremy betrays him and someone knocks on the door, demanding to use the bathroom. Michael yells back that ''he'' is on his period so he doens't have to leave. Somehow, the other person believes him.

* In ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife'', a diner, faced with the appalling prospect of having Mr. Creosote at the next table, uses the excuse of suddenly realizing she's having a ''really'' heavy period and consequently not wishing to bleed all over the carpet, as her excuse to get the hell out of the place quickly. Her husband doesn't seem to be onboard with this excuse, as he only claims they have a train to catch.

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* A variant in ''Literature/AreYouThereGodItsMeMargaret''. Nancy pretends to get her first period to try to impress her friends. This backfires when it actually does happen later and Margaret witnesses Nancy panic.
* In an Creator/ElleryQueen novel, a woman leaves work early by claiming a "a particularly feminine problem, connected to the phases of the moon".
* Adolin complains about women doing this in ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}''. Apparently one of his ex-girlfriends once managed to supposedly be on her period four different times in the same month.

* ''Series/{{Hunter}}''. Rick Hunter has been ordered to work with a partner to inhibit his CowboyCop tendencies, and works out a deal with Dee Dee to pretend they're partners while they're actually [[IWorkAlone working alone]]. When DaChief demands to know where his partner is, Hunter comes up with this excuse, saying the department wouldn't want to get involved in a sexual discrimination lawsuit over it. DaChief is not impressed.
* ''Series/{{Ramy}}'': In the second episode, Ramy's sister Dena tells their sexist uncle Naseem that she's on her period. Uncle Naseem immediately excuses her "attitude" and tells her to go for a walk, an opportunity she immediately seizes to get out of the family dinner.

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* ''Theatre/BeMoreChill'': Right before "Michael in the Bathroom", Michael is sitting alone in the bathroom after Jeremy betrays him and someone knocks on the door, demanding to use the bathroom. Michael yells back that ''he'' is on his period so he doens't have to leave. Somehow, the other person believes him.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'' episode "Airheads", Claire was able to get out of class to help Tobes with a gravity curse by telling the teacher that she was having "girl problems".

* ''Series/RedDwarf'': In "Balance of Power", [[spoiler:when Rimmer's impersonation of Kristine Kochanski [[BluffTheImpostor unravels]], he tries to explain that he's "having a woman's period"]].

* In ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife'', a diner, faced with the appalling prospect of having Mr. Creosote at the next table, uses the excuse of suddenly realizing she's having a ''really'' heavy period and consequently not wishing to bleed all over the carpet, as her excuse to get the hell out of the place quickly.

** In "Summer Sucks", the Mayor's aides tell a media crowd that she can't answer their questions because she's [[PlayingSick sick]]. The journalists don't buy it, so an aide blurts out that she's having her period. The press immediately falls silent.

** In "Summer Sucks", the Mayor's aides tell a media crowd that she can't answer their questions because she's "sick". The journalists don't buy it, so an aide blurts out that she's having her period. The press immediately falls silent.

* Amanita does this to buy time in ''Series/Sense8''

* An episode of ''Series/TheNanny'' had Maggie faking her period as an excuse to get out of gym class.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'', Tina mentions that one of her classmates actively tried to get her period to skip a test.

* In an ad for Always menstrual pads, a young girl is hoping her first period would come. She then gets the idea to fake it: she puts some red nail polish on a pad, and leaves it where her mother is sure to find it. [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents Her mother does, and proceeds to throw her a "First Moon Party," to which everyone (even Grandpa!) is invited]]. The girl is so embarrassed, she confesses that she faked it, and the mother replies that she knows. The girl then asks if her mother is going to ground her for lying, and the mother replies, "Why do you think I threw you that First Moon party?" (Implying that she felt the embarrassment was punishment enough.)

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* At one point in ''Manga/{{Horimiya}}'', Ishikawa claims that Miyamura is having his period to explain why he can't go to the baths with everyone else (the real reason is because they'd find out about his tattoos). The other guys don't even question this despite it being a {{Blatent Lie|s}}.

Having to deal with bleeding and cramps every month can suck. But for all the other days, it can be a handy excuse if one has to sneak out of work or keep folks from searching your stuff. Bringing up one's own period in fiction usually results in men [[TooMuchInformation not wanting to hear any more quickly]], due to the assumption that AllPeriodsArePMS.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'' episode "Airheads", Claire was able to get out of class to help Tobes with a gravity curse by telling the teacher that she was having "girl problems".

* In ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'', Tina mentions that one of her classmates actively tried to get her period to skip a test.

Having to deal with bleeding and cramps every month can suck. But for all the other days, it can be a handy excuse if one needs to sneak out of work or keeping folks from searching your home. Bringing up one's own period in fiction usually results in men [[TooMuchInformation not wanting to hear any more quickly]], due to the assumption that AllPeriodsArePMS.

* In ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife'', a diner, faced with the appalling prospect of having Mr Creosote at the next table, uses the excuse of suddenly realizing she's having a ''really'' heavy period and consequently not wishing to bleed all over the carpet, as her excuse to get the hell out of the place quickly.