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'''Mr. Pinderhughes:''' Oh nothing, honey. Just our son Duncan making it with some sexy babe in his room. Boy was she ...stacked! I'm just so proud of him.

* Played with in ''Series/DharmaAndGreg'': Dharma's ultra-hippy mother would bring a teenage Dharma and her various boyfriends post-coitus snacks and drinks.

* In ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', Sam Witwicky tries to find a small chip placed on his treasure glasses belonged to his grandfather, which he forgets where he left them in his room, and get Mikaela to help him. It gets too noisy that Sam's parents go up to check him out. His mother gets completely wrong ideas both before and after she finds the girl in his room.

* The little-seen movie ''This Is My Life'' with Samantha Mathis and [[TheSimpsons Julie Kavner]] has a scene with Mathis' character having her first sexual experience with her boyfriend interrupted by the boyfriend's mother arriving home early. They have just finished, and ''almost'' get their clothes back on, but she opens the door on them just as he zips his pants back up, and she then drags ''both'' of them downstairs to give them TheTalk.

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FnQrNFyWy8&ab_channel=sWooZie this video]] by sWooZie, two of his friends tried to do....something to him involving ice and one of their mothers walks in on it. He then discusses the trope, wondering why parents only seem to walk in on you when you're doing something scandalous and never something good.

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FnQrNFyWy8&ab_channel=sWooZie this video]] by sWooZie, two of his friends tried to do....something to him involving ice and one of their mothers walks in on it. He then discusses the trope wondering why parents only seem to walk in on you when you're doing something scandalous and never something good.

* In Chapter 5 of ''Manga/SakuraTrick'', Yuu's older sister Mitsuki found Yuu and Haruka [[SchoolgirlLesbians during one of their kissing sessions]] while bringing food into Yuu's room.

* Type 1: The two are, in fact, in the middle of doing something sexual with each other or just getting started. The parent(s) in question may also be bringing contraceptives ([[OverprotectiveDad or a baseball bat or a gun]]) if this was expected, or a very shocked look if it wasn't. Either way, the parent(s) may decide this is a good time (late, but better than never) to give one or both of these misbehaving kids TheTalk.
* Type 2: The two are actually doing something innocent, like studying or playing board games, and the parent(s) walked in expecting to find that they ''were'' making out or worse. With the thoroughly chastened parent(s) subsequently out of the room, one youngster may turn to the other and ask "So, wanna make out?"

!! Type 1

!! Type 2

* Happens in ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', very much like the Type One example above, with Aunt May walking in on Peter and Mary Jane. However, all they're doing is kissing, and Peter has just revealed his identity to her, but Aunt May proceeds to administer TheTalk nonetheless.

-->'''Samantha [=LaRusso=]:''' Look, I'm sorry, Dad. I should've told you that I invited Miguel over.
-->'''Daniel [=LaRusso=]:''' All right, new rule. If you're gonna bring boys over to the dojo, leave the door ''open''.
-->'''Samantha [=LaRusso=]:''' Come on, Dad, it's not 1984...
-->'''Daniel [=LaRusso=]:''' Look, you're grown up. You're a young woman now, okay? I get it. I just feel like in this past year there's been [[ReallyGetsAround Kyler, and Miguel, and Robby, now back to Miguel]]? Seems like you're adding more drama to your life than you need. [[DramaticIrony And just imagine if Robby knew Miguel was back in the picture.]] ''[Sam grimaces, and shifts nervously on her feet]'' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Oh no]]. Sam, really?!
-->'''Samantha [=LaRusso=]:''' ...He came by last night when I was here with Miguel.
-->'''Daniel [=LaRusso=]:''' And he saw you two...[kissing]?
-->'''Samantha [=LaRusso=]:''' NO! God, Dad!
-->'''Daniel [=LaRusso=]:''' What, I saw it!
-->'''Samantha [=LaRusso=]:''' I know, it's been a lot. But can you ''please'' try to remember that I'm still your daughter, and that you can trust me?
-->'''Daniel [=LaRusso=]:''' It's not ''you'' I don't trust, Sam.
-->'''Samantha [=LaRusso=]:''' Miguel's changed. He's a good person. He's not Cobra Kai's #1 bully; he's not even in Cobra Kai anymore!

* ''Series/CobraKai:'' In "[[Recap/CobraKaiS3E9FeelTheNight Feel the Night]]", Daniel [=LaRusso=] shows up at the Miyagi-Do dojo to drop some things off, only to walk in on his daughter Samantha making out with Miguel Diaz. He's too stunned by finding Samantha kissing Johnny Lawrence's student to ask anything beyond, "Is that my drum in your pocket?" (Miguel having pocketed a hand drum while Samantha was showing him the drum technique moments earlier)

-->'''Samantha [=LaRusso=]:''' Come on, Dad! It's not 1984.
-->'''Daniel [=LaRusso=]:''' Look, you're grown up. You're a young woman now, okay? I get it. I just feel like in this past year there's been [[ReallyGetsAround Kyler, and Miguel, and Robby, now back to Miguel]]? Seems like you're adding more drama to your life than you need. [[DramaticIrony And just imagine if Robby knew Miguel was back in the picture.]] ''[Samantha grimaces, and shifts nervously on her feet]'' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Oh no]]. Sam, really?!
-->'''Samantha [=LaRusso=]:''' He came by last night when I was here with Miguel.

-->'''Samantha [=LaRusso=]:''' No! God, Dad!

-->'''Samantha [=LaRusso=]:''' I know it's been a lot. But can you please try to remember that I'm still your daughter, and that you can trust me?
-->'''Daniel [=LaRusso=]:''' It's not you I don't trust, Sam.

Related to MomentKiller, AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents, CaughtWithYourPantsDown. A subtrope of InterruptedIntimacy. For children walking in on their parents, see PrimalScene.

** ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'': Len's mother (one of Noah's exes) walks in on Len and Noah having sex. She keeps coming back in (wearing ever-more revealing clothing) to ask if Len wants to tag out.

* Manga/MobPsycho100 fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13276000/1/The-Time-of-Panic The Time of Panic]]'' In which Ritsu and Sho are caught in a compromising position by Ritsu's parents. They were about to kiss but Ritsu's mother is convinced that they were about to go further.

* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' has a variation. When Tsukune goes back home for a few days, the harem follows him. Moka shows up as the girlfriend. However, the rest of the harem managed to get into his room without his mother noticing. When his mother shows up bringing tea for the two, she ends up seeing a LoverTugOfWar.

* The second ''Film/AmericanPie'' movie opens with Jim's Dad walking in on Jim in bed with a girl in his college dormitory. And then [[FromBadToWorse the girl's parents walked in]].
-->'''Jim's Dad:''' Hi, I'm Jim's Dad. You must be the parents of this young lady. I didn't get your daughter's name, but hopefully my son did.
** Also subverted when Vicky's dad approaches her room, calling her for dinner, and just as he's about to put his hand on the doorknob hears her yelling ''[[TheImmodestOrgasm I'M COMING!]]''... which he takes as an acknowledgement that she heard him, and heads back downstairs none the wiser.

* On ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Jack Geller walks in on Monica and Chandler having sex in a storecupboard in a hospital.

-->'''Daniel [=LaRusso=]:''' Look, you're grown up. You're a young woman now, okay? I get it. I just feel like in this past year there's been [[ReallyGetsAround Kyler, and Miguel, and Robby, now back to Miguel]]? Seems like you're adding more drama to your life than you need. [[DramaticIrony And just imagine if Robby knew Miguel was back in the picture.]] ''[Samantha's face falls and she shifts nervously on her feet]'' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Oh no]]. Sam, really?!

-->'''Samantha [=LaRusso=]:''' Miguel's changed. He's a good person. He's not Cobra Kai's #1 bully; he's not even in Cobra Kai anymore.

* Implied in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. When Anya goes to Xander's house, we see the two of them quickly heading to the basement, Xander saying, "Thanks for the snacks, Mom!" [[CompletelyMissingThePoint Anya remarks that she enjoyed said snacks]].

'''Mr. Pinderhughes:''' Oh nothing, honey. Just our son Duncan making it with some sexy babe in his room. Boy was she ... stacked! I’m just so proud of him.

* ''LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan'' has the NotWhatItLooksLike variation in episode 4. Mahiro finds out that his mother is coming home (in just under a minute) and quickly attempts to throw [[PrettyFreeloaders Nyarko and Cuko]] out so she doesn't think that he's the kind of son who invites girls over when his parents are out of town. The girls struggle with him and when mother Yoriko opens the door, she sees Nyarko on her back in the foyer, Mahiro on all fours above her, and Cuko clinging to his back. Thankfully, [[OpenMindedParent Yoriko]] actually listens to her son's explanation and realizes what was going on.

* In ''Theatre/BeMoreChill'' when Jeremy is annoyed at his dad coming in the room with no pants on, his dad assumes that he must be frantic because a girl is in there. But it's just his friend Michael.
-->'''Jeremy:''' Dad! Jesus, pants!
-->'''Mr. Heere:''' Is that a girl? Are you in here with a girl?...Oh. Hi Michael.