Bottomless Bladder: Difference between revisions

** In an early ''Enterprise'' episode, Trip has to answer an Earth child's letter asking how starship bathrooms work. The fact that we don't actually get to ''hear'' his explanation is possibly a [[Lampshading]] of this trope.

** At least in the 24th century, everyone seems to have a sink and a shower in their quarters, so a toilet isn't out of the question. Presumably, the makers of the show deduced that most viewers didn't want to see the crew using them.

** The blue one is for methane breathers.

* Memorably and '''triumphantly''' averted on ''[[Picket Fences]]'', when the collective efforts of the entire family (cheering, urging, turning on sinks full blast) finally succeed in spurring the older son's bladder to empty itself. All this effort is completely justified, as he'd suffered a paralyzing spinal injury earlier that season, so his urinating proved that his nerves were recovering.

** That's kind of another reason they put those in: a great time to kill your quarry was to wait until they needed the toilet and ambush them there. And it's a shame that nobody bought the game... it's a great idea.

* ''[[Postal]] 2'', a PC game in which you play the role of an amoral sociopath, allows you to urinate completely at will. Your "bladder" has a bottom, but refills rather quickly. Urinating is done mainly to annoy people - try urinating on the cops and see what happens!

*** Somewhat subverted within the game; early on in the last day, the player character says something along the lines of "I really gotta take a whiz". Doing so reveals his urine is now green and brown and thick: he's contracted gonorrhea, and he makes a note to get cured. Of course, [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|you can go on urinating on people all the same, causing them to vomit.]]

* Subverted in ''[[No More Heroes]]'' and ''[[Chu Lip]]'' by having the heroes go to the bathroom in order to save the game.

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