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* In ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' Samantha visits Mark utterly distraught after catching her boyfriend Rex cheating on her with their teammate Dupli-Kate. Mark is comforting her when his mother enters his room and is greeted by the sight of a girl sprawled over her son's lap (both still in their tight superhero costumes too). She immediately marches them downstairs for a talk.

* ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'': After Peter Parker's SecretIdentity is revealed he and MJ rush back to his apartment to hide from the press. Aunt May walks in just as he's taking off his supersuit and MJ is holding his face to console him. May assumes she caught them about to have sex and immediately tries to back out of the room while [[OpenMindedParent telling them to be safe]].

-->'''Coach Taylor:''' They had a ''blanket''.
-->'''Tami Taylor:''' You're an idiot.

* In ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', Sam Witwicky tries to find a small chip placed on his treasure glasses which belonged to his grandfather, which he forgets where he left them in his room, and gets Mikaela to help him. It gets so 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 NSFW [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/are-ya-winning-son "are ya winning, son?"]] meme, where a StandardFiftiesFather walks in on his son playing what he thinks is a normal video game and asks him that question. The son is actually playing a VR HGame, complete with a... ''peripheral'' for his penis.

'''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?!\\

* Downplayed example in ''Literature/KnightsOfTheBorrowedDark, when Vivian Hardwick walks in on Denizen kissing [[spoiler:Mercy]] and is horrified, though this is less due to the makeout and more to the fact that [[spoiler:Mercy is essentially an other-dimensional demon]]. Becomes a BrickJoke later when Vivian is missing and Denizen considers attempting to kiss [[spoiler:Mercy]] again in the hopes that she would magically materialise.

* In ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'', Queen Elinor arrives to collect Merida (''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'') from the Bog Burglar guest house at the end of Thawfest, assuming that Merida has been spending more time with her new best friend, Cami. Upon hearing her call for Merida, upstairs, Cami and Merida bolt from the bed and start sorting out clothing—unsuccessfully.
* [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/41879061 Don't Tell Your Mother]] centers around [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Principal Skinner and Superintendent Chalmers]] having to be very quiet when having sex in order to ''avoid'' this, as if they're too loud, [[MyBelovedSmother Skinner's mother]] will hear them. Eventually, Superintendent Chalmers [[CallingYourOrgasms calls his orgasm]] very loudly, and Agnes walks into the room.

* Tim Drake, [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Robin]], had one particularly amusing experience. His girlfriend Arianna tried to seduce him in lingerie but he turned down the opportunity, saying that they weren't ready for it. They ended up talking all night but when her relatives walked in on them (with Arianna still in her lingerie), they got the wrong idea and chased out Tim in rage.

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': Ariana's uncle and aunt, who are her legal guardians, burst back into the house unexpectedly early after attending a church service to find what her uncle thinks is Tim taking advantage of Ariana's innocence. In reality they were just sitting together after Ari came on to a surprised Tim wearing lingerie and Tim opted to ask her why she'd been acting oddly lately and comfort her when she came clean about the AttemptedRape she'd recently escaped from without showing the least bit of interest to her state of undress.

* ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' 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.

* ''Series/{{Class}}'' In, [[Recap/ClassS01E04CoOwnerOfALonelyHeart "Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart"]], Jackie rolls in on her daughter April and Ram naked in bed together, having obviously just had sex, and is outraged.

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* In ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' Judge Smails [[OverprotectiveDad goes ballistic]] [[OhCrap when]] he catches Danny and his [[MyGirlIsASlut sexually liberated niece]] Lacey together.

'''Martin:''' At that point you may as well say "Do you mind? I'm kind of in the middle of something here" and [[CoitusUninterruptus go back to what you were doing]], because you know it can't get any worse.

* 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.

* The NSFW [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/are-ya-winning-son "are ya winning, son?"]] meme, where a StandardFiftiesFather walks in on his son playing what he thinks is a normal video game and asks him that question. The son is actually playing a VR hentai game, complete with a... ''peripheral'' for his penis.

* In ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', when the hosts are visiting Haruhi's apartment and are about to be taken by her to the "commoner's supermarket", Tamaki [[RunningGag slips on a]] BananaPeel [[RunningGag from nowhere]], and falls on top of Haruhi, just as Ryoji Fujioka, aka Ranka, walks in. About a second later, a sign pops up showing that Tamaki instantly understood what her father believed was happening.

* ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'': When mermaids get splashed with water, it causes their legs to revert back to being fish tails. Naturally, since Nagasumi's LoveInterest[=s=] (Sun and Lunar) are both mermaids, he has to dry their tails off to turn them back into human form. Unfortunately, it can end up looking rather intimate and compromising to anyone who walks in, and since both of them have BoyfriendBlockingDad[=s=], HilarityEnsues whenever they do walk in on them.
** During the FestivalEpisode, Sun accidentally gets splashed with water, forcing Nagasumi to take her into a secluded area to dry her off without anyone noticing. Unfortunately for them, Sun's parents pass by and do end up noticing them. While Sun's mother is bemused about the fact that "kids these days will do it almost anywhere", Sun's father naturally goes berserk and attempts to kill Nagasumi, only being stopped once he sees that Nagasumi was merely trying to revert her legs back.

* ''Literature/TheBeginningAfterTheEnd'': Shortly before their ClassTrip, Arthur attempts to help Tessia integrate the Beast Will that he gave her into her Mana Core. However, the attempt gets derailed by playful teasing between them which leads to Tessia tackling Arthur to the ground. As she's about to beat him up, her grandfather Virion walks in on them, remarking that while he wanted them to get closer, he didn't expect to be walking into something that he thought was far more intimate.

* In ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'', Lunar accidentally splashes water on herself, causing her to revert to mermaid form. Nagasumi grabs a towel and begins drying her off, but her ''{{Franchise/Terminator}}'' father ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin that is not just a description of his character]]) walks in at the exact moment that she reverts back to her legs, making it look like Nagasumi is grabbing her butt with the towel. As punishment for getting "acquainted" with her daughter, instead of killing him right on the spot (which he wouldn't give a second thought to,) he forces him into a ShotgunWedding.
* In ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler'' Kozue, Baki's girlfriend, slips in his futon hugging him and silently praying for him to notice her and get on with sex. Yujiro, Baki's father, barges in, loudly boasting and ranting that Baki and Kozue should have sex, [[SexIsGood they should do it as much as they can even if society says the opposite]], that Kozue should take pride in leaving Baki always wanting and never be fully consumed by his desire, [[IWantGrandkids and that they've got both the duty to give the Hanma's family strong children to surpass the incredible physical prowess of Baki and him]]. He then goes away, casually telling Baki to get a better lock. The mood utterly spoiled, Kozue and Baki end up making out at a different date, without interlopers in the same room.

* ''Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo'' has this happen to Suzu and Takatoshi when they're working on papers for the student council. Her mother walks in after she fell on top of him after tripping from a rotating chair. Since her mother is a big pervert, she's actually ''ecstatic'' at the prospect of her daughter getting some, much to her [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents furious embarrassment.]]
* ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' 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.

* ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' 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 ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', [[ChasteHero Ichigo]] often brings attractive girls back to his house, such as [[ShesGotLegs Rukia]], [[HeadTurningBeauty Orihime]] and [[UnkemptBeauty Tatsuki]]. When he hangs out with them in his room, his dad and sisters listen at the door to see if anything is going on.

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