History Main / ThereWillBeToiletPaper

* The end of the film adaptation of ''TheDaVinciCode''. Used for plot development, even.

* Happens offscreen in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode "The Big Problem," where Timmy wishes to be an adult. He thinks shaving will be fun... And then we hear the screams of pain. And then [[TheDitz Cosmo]] suggests he try some "manly cologne." More offscreen screaming.

* Conspicuously averted in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}: GauntsGhosts'' novel ''Ghostmaker'', where Rawne is shown shaving with his sharp, sharp combat knife without a nick, reflecting his deadly skill.

* Happens offscreen in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode "The Big Problem," where Timmy wishes to be an adult. He thinks shaving will be fun... And then we hear the screams of pain. And then [[TooDumbToLive Cosmo]] suggests he try some "manly cologne." More offscreen screaming.
** In "Channel Chasers," Timmy and the gang end up in a parody of BluesClues called "Clint's Hints." The Steve/Joe character, here named Jeff, claims he is a kid but has a shaving cut with a large piece of toilet paper on it.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode "A Tale of Two Tables", Lincoln tries to prove he's "grown up" by attempting to shave. The scene then [[SmashCut smash-cuts]] to his face covered in toilet paper bandages.

* Happens offscreen in the ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'' episode "The Big Problem," where Timmy wishes to be an adult. He thinks shaving will be fun... And then we hear the screams of pain. And then [[TooDumbToLive Cosmo]] suggests he try some "manly cologne." More offscreen screaming.

* ''Film/{{Jumanji}}''. RobinWilliams' character, who had been trapped in the game for over 20 years, starting as a child, shaves for the first time ever and comes out of the bathroom with pieces of bloody toilet paper stuck to his face.

--> '''Alan:''' What happened to ''you''? [[TheBeverlyHillbillies Clampetts have a yard sale?]]

* Happens to Adama a lot in ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined''.

** When Homer decides [[it's time to teach Bart how to shave, [[http://content.artofmanliness.com/uploads//2012/10/homeshaving.jpeg he makes sure to show him how bits of toilet paper can be used to staunch the many, many little wounds that will result]].

* In ''The Devil And Max Devlin'', Max Devlin cuts himself shaving because he can't see his reflection after he came back from the dead in order to get three souls for the Devil, so he ends up having toilet paper bandages.

Men seem to cut themselves a lot while shaving on screen, possibly more often than happens in real life.

** When Homer decides it's time to teach Bart how to shave, he makes sure to show him how bits of toilet paper can be used to staunch the many, many little wounds that will result.
--->"Now we take some little squares of toilet paper and put them here, and here, and here ... don't worry, the blood will hold them on. And now, some aftershave! '''YEEEEEEAAAAAARGH!!! nnnnnnnnn!''' ''Son of a--!'' And that's how we shave."

** And his blood covers his fingers and his razor in a Series/DowntonAbbey-esque theme in "Dangers on a Train".

* ''Film/{{Jumanji}}''. RobinWilliams' character, who had been trapped in the game for over 20 years, shaves for the first time and comes out of the bathroom with pieces of bloody toilet paper stuck to his face.

** Of course, in addition to being trapped in the game, Williams' character was originally a young boy who wouldn't know how to shave in the first place.
* DistaffCounterpart version: A female character in the BodyHorror extravaganza ''CabinFever'' shaving her legs while unknowingly exposed to [[ThePlague the flesh eating bacteria]]. Hilarity most certainly does not ensue.

* In ''HomeAlone'', Kevin tries to shave at one point. That is to say, he slathers on shaving cream, scrapes it off with a razor, then applies aftershave. Judging from his immediate scream (and iconic hands-pressed-to-face pose), he didn't do a perfect job. On the other hand, it could just be the feel of the aftershave on his newly-shaven skin that hurts.

* Sam Vimes in the Literature/{{Discworld}} novel ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'' - he's distracted and in a hurry, so cuts himself shaving. This is referenced later in the book where he's neglected to remove the tissue from his chin at the benefit, and a foreign diplomat asks if he had been injured while subduing a criminal.

* Conspicuously averted in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}: ''GauntsGhosts'' novel ''Ghostmaker'', where Rawne is shown shaving with his sharp, sharp combat knife without a nick, reflecting his deadly skill.
* Mark Darcy appears like this at one point in the second Literature/BridgetJones book.

* TwoWords : NormanGunston - who was always covered in bits of bloody paper, despite claiming he used an electric razor.

* A DeletedScene from the ''[[TheWestWing West Wing]]'' episode "Posse Comitatus" (which is about the president deciding to order the assassination of a foreign statesman who sponsors terrorists) shows the original, more {{Anvilicious}} teaser, in which Bartlet -- humming the [[SuspiciouslyAproposMusic "and victorious in war shall be made glorious in peace"]] song used later in the episode -- cuts himself shaving and dabs the blood off with a White House towel. The camera lingers on the image of blood smeared next to the Seal of the President before smash-cutting to the opening credits.
* In an episode of ''HancocksHalfHour'', Tony Hancock is preparing for a date on which he hopes to strike a Beatnik pose, when he cuts himself repeatedly while shaving. He arrives on his date but the woman thinks he looks like a thug. When he explains the tissue paper all over his face by saying, "They're razor cuts", she screams, "He admits it!".

* In one later episode of ''FamilyMatters'', Steve comes out of the bathroom with his face covered in bits of toilet paper. Eddie asks what happened to him, and Steve replies, "Oh, I was shaving, [[HiccupHijinks and I got the hiccups!]]"
* A rare example with a female character came in "Last Whiff of Summer," the fourth-season premiere of ''TheMiddle''. In her attempt to gain more parental attention by [[GoodGirlGoneBad going bad]], Sue decides to shave her legs with her father's razor. [[SmashCut Cut to]] her sitting next to her father watching TV with bits of bloody toilet paper on her legs.

* ''TheSimpsons'' did it, of course: When Homer decides it's time to teach Bart how to shave, he makes sure to show him how bits of toilet paper can be used to staunch the many, many little wounds that will result.
-->"Now we take some little squares of toilet paper and put them here, and here, and here ... don't worry, the blood will hold them on. And now, some aftershave! '''YEEEEEEAAAAAARGH!!! nnnnnnnnn!''' ''Son of a--!'' And that's how we shave."

** And he springs multiple leaks after trying to shave with a cutthroat razor in "Helter Shelter''.

** And his blood covers his fingers and his razor in a DowntonAbbey-esque theme in "Dangers on a Train".
* Happens offscreen in the ''FairlyOddParents'' episode "The Big Problem," where Timmy wishes to be an adult. He thinks shaving will be fun... And then we hear the screams of pain. And then [[TooDumbToLive Cosmo]] suggests he try some "manly cologne." More offscreen screaming.

--> "Dean, what'd you do, shave with a hatchet?" "I used the one with the big pink handle..."
--> [[LargeHam "THAT'S MY DAISY!"]]

See also CutHimselfShaving (when he didn't really) and DangerouslyCloseShave (when the wound will need a lot more than toilet paper). Not to be confused with a ToiletPaperTrail.

* The titular character of the ''Literature/AdrianMole'' book series shows his haplessness by constantly having one or more squares of tissue paper stuck to his face.

* One ''{{CSI}}'' episode ends with a man cutting himself while shaving, which is funny but [[spoiler: if one would remember that killer has been using anti-coagulant before, and they didn't catch her in the end]]. He bleeds, saying that it looks bad. Makes it a sinister example.

* Happens to Adama a lot in BattlestarGalacticaReimagined.

See also CutHimselfShaving (when he didn't really) and DangerouslyCloseShave (when the wound will need a lot more than toilet paper).

* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'', Jailbot has crash-landed on a strange land while trying to capture Jackknife as part of his routine, and the Warden tries to start his day without his beloved creation to help him. He answers the videophone covered in cuts from trying to shave, including a huge blood-spurting gash on the side of his neck.

* Parodied in ''PhilOfTheFuture''. Lloyd Diffy was having trouble figuring out 21st century razors, and ended up with bits of toilet paper stuck to cuts all over his face, including his forhead.

* You don't see him actually shaving, but in ''LoisAndClark'', when Clark temporarily loses his powers, he comes in to work covered in little squares of toilet paper. This is of course to be expected, since he usually shaves by blasting himself with lasers in the mirror, and is also unaccustomed to flesh that well, you know, can be cut.

* In the opening credits for ''{{Dexter}}'', Dexter cuts himself shaving. But they use some really clever camera work to make it look like something much more sinister and disturbing until they pull the shot back. Keep in mind they do that for his entire morning routine.

* When ''MythBusters'' took on "pyramid power", Tory agreed to shave for a month with a razor blade stored inside a pyramid for so-called sharpening. At the end of the month, he came out with bits of bloody paper all over his face.