History Main / MaleRestroomEtiquette

* In ''Film/AceVenturaPetDetective'', Ace tries to get a look at a man's ring while standing next to him in the restroom. When the man notices Ace's gaze, rather than getting offended he offers up a [[MistakenForGay big grin]].
* In ''Film/ACinderellaStoryOnceUponASong,'' an wannabe musical group[[note]]with the already eyebrow-raising name "Oral Majority"[[/note]] follows Luke into the "facilities" and start singing while using the urinals around him. Fortunately they're really good.

* Restroom etiquette is so ingrained in male culture that there are situations where long lines will form because men will adamantly maintain a one urinal gap between each other no matter how bladder-busting the wait can get. Some establishments solve this problem by installing dividers between urinals to make men more comfortable standing next to one another. One of the few situations in which the "no adjacent urinal usage" rule is relaxed is during half-time at football matches, etiquette being at least partially overruled by the necessity of relieving yourself and getting back in your seat before the second half starts.

* Toji and Kensuke actually discuss and manage to break every single rule in ''[[WebVideo/EvAbridged Evabridged 2.0: Shinji Is (Not) a Pussy]]''. Toji is not happy at all.
-->'''Toji:''' Hey Kensuke. Remember when I told you I was pretty desperate for the toilet?\\
'''Kensuke:''' Mm-hmm.\\
'''Toji:''' I told you once that I get pee-shy around people?\\
'''Kensuke:''' Mm-hmm.\\
'''Toji:''' SO WHY THE HELL ARE YOU STANDING ''RIGHT'' NEXT TO ME WHEN I'M TRYING TO TAKE A PISS?!\\
'''Kensuke:''' Because it's easier to talk?\\
'''Toji:''' ...Don't look at me. Don't speak to me. Don't breathe my air. Not. A. Fucking. Word.\\
'''Kensuke:''' ...I can see your weiner~!\\
'''Toji:''' ''OH MY GOD!!!''

* Discussed by Chase and Nic in one episode of ''Growing Up Chrisley''. They reference the "look straight ahead" rule and Nic apparently violates the no talking rule, as he believes it's a good time to talk. Samantha, who's listening to the conversation, finds it all weird.

* In ''VideoGame/TheSims2'', Male Sims were programmed to use urinal bathroom etiquette as an ''Main/EasterEgg'', or just to avoid the ''Main/UncannyValley''.

** In another episode, the etiquette is violated by George's boss Mr. Wilhelm, who walks into the bathroom in the middle of telling George all about a big, important assignment he wants him to do. George dilligently waits outside for him so as to not violate the etiquette. However, after George has been wating for a while, he ducks his head in to see what was taking Wilhelm so long and discovers that he had kept talking the entire time he was in there. George now has no idea what his assignment is, and can't tell Wilhelm that he didn't hear it because Wilhelm has already reprimanded him multiple times for not paying attention.

-->'''Jerry:''' Where do you think this relationship is? If you are thinking of instituting an open-door urination policy, let me disabuse you of that notion right now, my friend.
-->'''George:''' You're so uptight!
-->'''Jerry:''' I'm uptight. Let's all just have a big pee party. "Hey everybody, grab a bucket. We're going up to Jerry's, it's a pee party."

* In ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'', the disguised and very naïve female character Ruby [[http://www.stickydillybuns.com/strips-sdb/just_take_your_sweet_time shows her ignorance here.]] Fortunately, the other guy present is Matt, who's quite a smooth operator.

* ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'': Fridge tells Bethany (who is in a male body) most emphatically that you do NOT look at another man's penis while they are peeing.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'', Bugs himself has violated this on more than one occasion by talking to himself in a public restroom mirror. Particularly in "Double Date", where he's about to leave, but not before telling the man using the urinal next to him the gist of what he said to himself.

* Mentioned repeatedly in Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'' and its sequels. In the society of the future Earth, the women's "Personals" are social centers, but the men adhere strictly to the no-interaction rule. It's presented as being a much stronger taboo there, as the protagonist nearly has a panic attack at the idea of being spoken to in the Personal, and can barely bring himself to do it when it's absolutely necessary and the only other "person" is a robot. It is stated the last time he spoke, he was about nine and cursed at stubbing a toe. A severe spanking followed. The fact that "Personal" also performs the function of a laundromat - one place where men ''do'' feel free to chat in contemporary society, yet have forfeited that habit to comply with taboos about restroom interaction in the novels - further exaggerates this trope's stricture, for Asimov's future Earthmen.

* Mentioned repeatedly in Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'' and its sequels. In the society of the future Earth, the women's "Personals" are social centers, but the men adhere strictly to the no-interaction rule. It's presented as being a much stronger taboo there, as the protagonist nearly has a panic attack at the idea of being spoken to in the Personal, and can barely bring himself to do it when it's absolutely necessary and the only other "person" is a robot. It is stated the last time he spoke, he was about nine and cursed at stubbing a toe. A severe spanking followed. The fact that "Personal" also performs the function of a laundromat - one place where men ''do'' feel free to chat in contemporary society, yet have forfeited that habit to comply with taboos about restroom interaction - further exaggerates this trope's stricture, for Asimov's future Earthmen.

* Mentioned repeatedly in Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'' and its sequels. In the society of the future Earth, the women's "Personals" are social centers, but the men adhere strictly to the no-interaction rule. It's presented as being a much stronger taboo there, as the protagonist nearly has a panic attack at the idea of being spoken to in the Personal, and can barely bring himself to do it when it's absolutely necessary and the only other "person" is a robot. It is stated the last time he spoke, he was about nine and cursed at stubbing a toe. A severe spanking followed.

* Violated by U.S. President UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson, who would discuss business with people while he was on the john (note, in person, not on the phone, with the door open—though he also handled business over the phone while on the toilet and making no secret of where he was). It is uncertain whether he did this because he was genuinely uncaring about the whole thing, or as part of a power trip showing off that he was the boss and you had to deal with him even while he was on the toilet. However, considering [[http://www.afterimagegallery.com/nytjohnson.htm he was known for invading his colleagues' "personal space" ]] specifically to unsettle them into compliance with his wishes (a maneuver known as "The Johnson Treatment"), it is likely the latter. It is possible he was inspired by the Biblical story of Ehud (See Judges 3:12-30) which described a king who demonstrated his superiority by receiving messengers while "at stool."

* Restroom etiquette is so ingrained in male culture that there are situations where long lines will form because men will adamantly maintain a one urinal gap between each other no matter how bladder-busting the wait can get. Some establishments solve this problem by installing dividers between urinals to make men more comfortable standing next to one another. One of the few situations in which the "no adjacent urinal usage" rule is relaxed is during half-time at football matches, etiquette being at least partially overruled by the necessity of reliving yourself and getting back in your seat before the second half starts.

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' averts this in the cold open to "The Yada Yada," which shows [[HeterosexualLifePartners Jerry and George]] having a typical SeinfeldianConversation while using side-by-side urinals. "The Finale" shows where Jerry's line is drawn when George tries to use the bathroom at his apartment without closing the door.

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* In ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'', the disguised and very naive female character Ruby [[http://www.stickydillybuns.com/strips-sdb/just_take_your_sweet_time shows her ignorance here.]] Fortunately, the other guy present is Matt, who's quite a smooth operator.
* {{Deconstructed|Trope}} using the power of math [[http://blog.xkcd.com/2009/09/02/urinal-protocol-vulnerability/ here]] by ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'', citing the [[FunWithAcronyms International Choice of Urinal Protocol]].

* [[http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/urinal The Urinal Game]].
* The "[[http://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/131239073165/explained-urinal-meme urinal meme]]" that was popular in late 2015 plays on the assumption that anyone annoying enough to ''deliberately'' violate restroom etiquette is probably intrusively obnoxious in some other fashion.

* Violated by U.S. President UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson, who would discuss business with people while he was on the john (note, in person, not on the phone, with the door open). It is uncertain whether he did this because he was genuinely uncaring about the whole thing, or as part of a power trip showing off that he was the boss and you had to deal with him even while he was on the toilet. However, considering [[http://www.afterimagegallery.com/nytjohnson.htm he was known for invading his colleagues' "personal space" ]] specifically to unsettle them into compliance with his wishes (a maneuver known as "The Johnson Treatment"), it is likely the latter. It is possible he was inspired by the Biblical story of Ehud (See Judges 3:12-30) which described a king who demonstrated his superiority by receiving messengers while "at stool."

* Surprisingly, ''Series/{{Seinfeld}},'' a show otherwise obsessed with social minutia, averts this in the cold open to "The Yada Yada," which shows Jerry and George having a typical SeinfeldianConversation while using side-by-side urinals. On the other hand, [[HeterosexualLifePartners it's Jerry and George]].