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Babies are naturally curious about a lot of things, and at some point or another, they'll want to know about the toilet. However, they won't really know what it
▲Babies are naturally curious about a lot of things, and at some point or another, they'll want to know about the toilet. However, they won't really know what it does -- at least not at first. They find more enjoyment in flushing stuff down the toilet, no doubt losing some of your precious possessions if it's within reach of the baby -- or perhaps clogging it up and overflow... or both! This is [[Truth in Television]] for anyone taking care of a small child or baby.
However, several other scenarios can also happen from this as well, say, for example, a character decides to pull a plug in the earth, draining the ocean and turning it into a whirlpool. Other times, it may lead to strange worlds after getting sucked in.
Do not confuse with [[Down the Drain]], as it covers underwater sewer levels in [[Video Games]]. Nor is it to be confused with entertaining things to do with a [[w:Flushing, Queens|certain neighborhood of Queens, NY]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'': Calvin has an elaborate strip where he flushes a toy boat down the toilet. In another one, he and Hobbes dip the dangling paper from the roll into the toilet and flush it. At one point, Calvin himself [[Pint-Sized Kid|got into the toilet bowl]], flushed himself around in circles, and then informed his mother that he'd finished his "bath."
* In ''[[For Better or For Worse]]'', April flushed something, probably a toy boat, down the toilet when she was a toddler. It was the punchline of [https://web.archive.org/web/20111223083803/http://catalog.fborfw.com/indexid.php?q=2112&Submit=Search a strip] where they define the word "goomby" or something similar (that's what April says upon flushing it; rhymes with "good-bye"). [https://web.archive.org/web/20111223084216/http://catalog.fborfw.com/indexid.php?q=2113&Submit=Search The following strip] shows the father with a plunger, and eventually picking the commode up off the base, saying "Whoever called that thing a convenience never had small children!"
== Video Games ==
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** The Kon Ducki episode had Plucky flushing a boat down the toilet as part of the "special effects" during the behind the scenes portion of the episode.
* ''[[Rugrats]]''
** The pilot episode had Tommy inspecting the toilet to find out what it does. He accidentally ends up flushing some toilet paper and making a mess in the bathroom, causing the toilet to overflow.
** In another episode, he also flushes jewels down a toilet while he was kidnapped by robbers.
** Another episode had Angelica scaring Tommy and Chuckie by saying they'll get sucked down the drain (After an incident where Tommy accidentally loses one of his toys this way) whenever they take a bath, and throughout the episode they try to find ways to get out of it, which includes flushing anything bathtime related down the toilet. Ironically, she accidentally flushes her own doll, Cynthia, down the toilet. The plumber recovers it, but the doll is ruined.
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[[Category:Fun with Flushing]]
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