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* A popular children's song is the [[GoldFever Gold Rush]] era folk-song "Sweet Betsy From Pike," which tells the story of the a woman and her boyfriend/husband Ike traveling to California. They survive numerous hardships, almost starve, fend off hostile Indians, and successfully arrive to dig for their fortune. Oh, yes, and along the way: "Out on the prairie one bright starry night/They broke the whiskey and Betsy got tight./She sang and she shouted and danced o'er the plain/And showed her bare arse to the whole wagon train." How this affected Betsy's relations with her wagon train neighbors, whom she would presumably have to see every day, knowing that all of them had witnessed her public partial nudity when she was in a drunken foolish state, and whether she ever lived it down, are anyone's guess. The song never mentions the incident again, and the verse [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment can be excised without changing anything else]]. Some versions that don't omit the verse change the final line to the nebulous "and made a great show for the whole wagon train", while Suzy Bogguss's cover changes it to Betsy showing her bare ''legs''.

* A popular children's song is the [[GoldFever Gold Rush]] era folk-song "Sweet Betsy From Pike," which tells the story of the a woman and her boyfriend/husband Ike traveling to California. They survive numerous hardships, almost starve, fend off hostile Indians, and successfully arrive to dig for their fortune. Oh, yes, and along the way: "Out on the prairie one bright starry night/They broke the whiskey and Betsy got tight./She sang and she shouted and danced o'er the plain/And showed her bare arse to the whole wagon train." How this affected Betsy's relations with her wagon train neighbors, whom she would presumably have to see every day, knowing that all of them had witnessed her public partial nudity when she was in a drunken foolish state, and whether she ever lived it down, are anyone's guess. The song never mentions the incident again, and the verse [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment can be excised without changing anything else]]. One famous version, recorded by Burl Ives, changes the final line to the nebulous "and made a great show for the whole wagon train", while Suzy Bogguss's cover changes it to Betsy showing her bare ''legs''.

* A popular children's song is the [[GoldFever Gold Rush]] era folk-song "Sweet Betsy From Pike," which tells the story of the a woman and her boyfriend/husband Ike traveling to California. They survive numerous hardships, almost starve, fend off hostile Indians, and successfully arrive to dig for their fortune. Oh, yes, and along the way: "Out on the prairie one bright starry night/They broke the whiskey and Betsy got tight./She sang and she shouted and danced o'er the plain/And showed her bare arse to the whole wagon train." How this affected Betsy's relations with her wagon train neighbors, whom she would presumably have to see every day, knowing that all of them had witnessed her public partial nudity when she was in a drunken foolish state, and whether she ever lived it down, are anyone's guess. The song never mentions the incident again, and the verse [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment can be excised without changing anything else]]. One famous version, recorded by Burl Ives, changes the final line to the nebulous "and made a great show for the whole wagon train."

* In Joel Schumacher's ''Film/{{The Phantom of the Opera|2004}}'', a man on a balcony moons Carlotta just before she begins her "Prima Donna" song, to the great amusement of the nearby spectators. Apparently no one likes her much.

* In ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'', Conker gets mooned by cavemen twice: first by the muggers on the hoverboards, and then by the soldiers in the arena (though the second one was removed from the Xbox version).
* In ''Videogame/DragonAgeInquisition'' Sera is quite fond of both the in-person version, which she does frequently to [[BlackMagicianGirl Vivienne]] (who doesn't care) but also the indirect version by defacing Inquisition documents with drawings of butts.
* In the VideoGame/DukeNukem spin-off game, ''VideoGame/DukeNukem: Time to Kill'', Duke wears a [[ManInAKilt kilt]] in the Medieval levels. An EasterEgg has him imitating ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' by mooning the camera.
* Joe Higashi's infamous TauntButton animation from the ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' and ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' series. So infamous that it became ''his winning portrait'' in KOF 2001, and the AlternateUniverse manga ''KOF: G'' showed him performing it in public too.
* A rather easy-to-miss example in ''VideoGame/FreeSpace''. If you look closely at the rear of the Ra-class Vasudan Escape Pod, you'll see a Vasudan's rear end in the window.
* A background character can be seen mooning during the final boss fight of ''Harmful Park''.

* In the second entry of ''VideoGame/TheSpellcastingSeries'', Ernie Eaglebeak has to moon the Queen of Peloria as a fraternity initiation prank. HilarityEnsues.

** In the very first ''{{VideoGame/Spyro the Dragon|1998}}'' game, there are Gnorcs in the second hub who do this to you. Charge your big, pointy horns right at their big yellow posteriors!
** Likewise, in ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon'', the Rhynocs with hot coals in Frozen Altars can do this to you.

* [[MsFanservice Angela]] from ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'' does this at various points during the story, and even during her level up animation.

-->'''Bull:''' There are eight million stories in the ''Film/NakedCity''. ''[[LamePunReaction (the others glare at him)]]'' Somebody had to say it!

While in fiction this is usually portrayed as harmless with no serious consequences (probably except for embarrassment), in RealLife, many jurisdictions will consider this actually illegal if done in public, with charges of public indecency or even second degree sexual assault.

-->'''Bull:''' There are eight million stories in the {{naked city}}. ''[[LamePunReaction (the others glare at him)]]'' Somebody had to say it!

-->'''Bull:''' There are eight million stories in the naked city. ''[[LamePunReaction (the others glare at him)]]'' Somebody had to say it!

* ''Film/{{Death on the Nile|1978}}'': A well-to-do woman (played by Creator/BetteDavis) is relaxing and drinking tea while riding a steamship down the titular river Nile. A group of young native boys run alongside the steamship, shouting and waving to get her attention in a seemingly-friendly manner. She smiles at the "charming little urchins" until they suddenly all turn their backs to her and drop their pants...