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''When I think about you''

|'''[[Divinyls]]''', "I Touch Myself"}}

 

 

Lots of people masturbate! It's nothing to be ashamed of; after all, it's both sexually satisfying and good for your health. However, it's not something you'd bring up in polite conversation, since nobody really wants to talk about playing with their genitals. However, it's given quite a different treatment in fiction. Unlike [[Nobody Poops]] or [[No Periods, Period]], where the function is simply not mentioned because it would be [[Nausea Fuel]], masturbation in fiction often fits into four different categories:

 

=== Literature ===

* In ''[[Tales of the Otori]]'', sexuality in general is given generally pragmatic treatment: occasionally it's an important part of the plot, but for the most part it's just in the background of the characters' lives. As such, masturbation is mentioned, but only... [[Incredibly Lame Pun|off-handedly]].

* ''Skinny'' has a rather [[squick]]y scene where a young girl masturbates while in the tub.

* Sid from ''[[Skins]]'' is shown masturbating in the pilot episode, although it's debatable whether he falls into the 'nerdy loser' version of this trope. Knowing ''[[Skins]]'', there are probably definitely a million other *ahem* meetings with Rosie Palms within the show.

* In an episode of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Buffy herself alludes to masturbating to a friend in 5th grade. "I moped over you for months. Sitting in my room listening to that Divinyls song 'I Touch Myself'". Which she pretends to have not known what it meant at the time. Considering Willow and Tara "doing spells" together—well, they are into magic (and [[Les Yay|each other]]) - Xander says, "Sometimes I think about two girls doing a spell together... and then I go do a spell by myself."

{{quote|'''Anya:''' For God's sakes, Andrew. You've been in here for 30 minutes. What are you doing?

'''Andrew:''' Entertaining and educating.

 

== Examples with mental health and sexual frustration ==

* In ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|The End of Evangelion]]'', Shinji does this {{spoiler|[[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma|over Asuka's comatose body.]]}} With an indiscretion shot of his creamed hand... yeech!

** [[Precision F-Strike|"I'm so fucked up..."]]

 

 

* Mentioned several times in the comic series ''[[Y: The Last Man]]'' seeing as virtually the entire male population has died. One women casually mentions the difficulty of finding replacement AA batteries for vibrators, and titular last man Yorick tells of one extensive 'session' where the government installed open-air showers outside a hotel he was staying in.

 

* ''[[Grand Theft Auto|Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' has a gag where one of the Brit junkies starts "having an appointment with Dr. Hans Jerkov" in Madd Dogg's studio.

** It's a sort of running gag—the guy is apparently addicted to it.

 

 

== Examples from Military Fiction ==

 

* In the ''[[Aliens vs. Predator]]'' comic book, a Marine left to guard the base is told there's some petroleum jelly in the supplies "in case he gets lonely".

 

 

=== Live-Action TV ===

* This is briefly seen (with a [[Peek a Boo|wall as a censor bar]]) and interrupted in HBO's ''[[Generation Kill]]''.

** One of the episodes is named "Combat Jack" for the Marines' masturbating after the adrenaline rush of a firefight.

== Miscellaneous Examples ==

 

* In the fourth episodes of the second season of [[Rozen Maiden]], the dolls said, that Jun is in the toilet, reading "magazines".

* The manga ''[[Onani Master Kurosawa]]''. In translation: Kurosawa, the Master of Masturbating.

 

 

* During [[Neil Gaiman]]'s run on ''[[The Sandman]]'' in the early 90's, he was explicitly told by the editors that nobody masturbates in the DC Comics universe. In Gaiman's own words, "''actually, that explains a lot. That’s probably why the characters all dress in tight costumes and go around thumping the shit out of each other.''"

* The plot of the porn comic ''[[Small Favors]]'' opens with lesbian Annie being informed by an aspect of herself that she's exhausted her lifetime allotment of masturbation time. The photographic evidence supplied is a stack of photographs at least a foot tall... all of her masturbating at different times, all taken on ''the same day''.

 

 

{{quote|'''Asuka''': "Now if your smart you'll take doctor Soryu's prescription and apply liberally until the symptoms go away."}}

* A humourous fanfic by the creators of ''[[Bag Enders]]'' featured an adolescent Pippin being upset because his mother had told him kittens would die if he masturbated and he'd found a dead kitten in the garden and been convinced she was right. Merry gave him a kitten so he could watch it and stop if the kitten started looking ill to prove it wasn't true. Unfortunately, Pippin couldn't bring himself to do it with the kitten staring at him, so Merry ended up spending several evenings sitting in the next room and watching the kitten for him.

* The narrator in ''[http://fav.me/dd7ow55 Case of the Missing Technology]'' was bound to defied this when it comes to [[Mad Scientist|Monty]]. Considering what Monty [[Unwilling Roboticisation| done to]] [[Spice Girls|Melanie]], the narrator wasn't going to allow it.

* From a Hoedown on ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'':

{{quote|'''Drew:''' Let me tell you, ever since I was thirteen / You've given me the best lovin' that I've ever seen. / Let me tell ya something, that I know you can't stand / I've been cheating on you with my other hand!}}

** Appears to be true, and not just a House snark. At least we know from Cameron that he keeps his porn in the second desk drawer.

** There's also a rather squicky clinic scene where House deduces that a toddler's symptoms are result of this.

* In ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', Marshall was worried about "reading a magazine" at work. Barney answered that he (Barney) "reads a magazine" several times at work. Barney was talking about masturbation, whereas Marshall was talking about taking a deuce at work.

** Also in chapter 13 of sixth series, he's asked to do it in order to get his sperm checked by a doctor. However, it becomes quite difficult to carry out...

{{quote|'''[[Stephen Fry]]:''' Johnny Vegas, [[The Cuckoolander Was Right|take some points]]!"

'''Johnny Vegas:''' ''(surprised)'' "You're Joking!" }}

* [[The Decemberists]]' "[[Billy Liar]]." "[[Unusual Euphemism|Decked by a Japanese geisha with a garland of pearls]]," indeed.

* [[Bawdy Song]] "Masturbation", to the tune of "Alouette":

[Chorus]

* "Never Enough" by [[The Cure]].

* Subverted with "Jizz in my Pants" by [[The Lonely Island]].

''No one will tease you, you know how to please you,

''Go on and touch yourself.''}}

 

=== Mythology ===

 

=== Professional Wrestling ===

{{quote|'''[[CM Punk]]''': You know, it's funny, [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|I'm actually not wearing pants, and that's how I watch NXT every week.]]}}

 

 

=== Theatre ===

 

 

* [[Questionable Content]] has a full [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1378 story arc] about Dora helping Faye to tame her libido.

* ''[[Khaos Komix]]'': quickly mentionned with Amber and her [[Homoerotic Dream]] of Nay, more relevant to the plot is Alex's habit; he borderlines [[Asexuality]], except for his masturbation habit, which apparently takes precious time he could use playing videogames. ''[[Single-Target Sexuality|And then he meets Tom]]''

* Ben from ''[[Loserz]]'', as mentioned in [https://web.archive.org/web/20101213151915/http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/119 this strip].

* Graphically overheard in [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/me-time/ this] [[Wapsi Square]] comic.