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Is there a trope for the gag, used in comedy and horror, where a shower spews out something other than water, having been sabotaged, possessed, or just plain broken? Sometimes it covers the showering person with paint or goo as a comedy prank; other times, it'll spray blood or other nastiness as a gross-out in a horror film. Either way, the person who's taking the shower curiously fails to let the water run for a while before stepping under it, even though most people do so in Real Life to make sure the temperature has stabilized, first.