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== Anime and Manga ==
* The first episode of ''[[Panty
* Early in ''[[
* A ''[[Pucca]]'' episode had Pucca pull a drain under the lake after saving Garu from a shark. They get stuck in the pipes and Dada inadvertently saves them while unclogging one of the toilets, freeing them both.
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* This happens to Roddy in ''[[Flushed Away]]''.
* In ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'', Sulley gets some of Boo's toys tangled up on him when he reenters the monster world. He tries to get rid of them by flushing them down the toilet, but it gets clogged up and overflows. He then has to dump them in someone's locker, where they reappear later as a [[Brick Joke]].
* ''[[Finding Nemo]]'': Nemo's escape plan is to play dead and get flushed, because "all drains lead to the ocean". Many have pointed out that in reality, a fish would not survive the trip as it would be ground up during the sewage treatment process, leading some to joke that the title should have been "Grinding Nemo".
* Weaponized in the Polish comedy ''Kingsajz'', where the hero (a leprechaun) uses the toilet to flush the Big Bad and his cronies.
* In ''[[The Thief and
* ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'': While trying to sneak into the Acme factory, Roger falls on the toilet and gets flushed down. He later comes out a drain pipe in the factory floor for a (failed) [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment.
== Literature ==
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* ''Toilet Kids'': In this [[No Export for You|Japanese only]] [[Shoot'Em Up]], for the Turbografx16, a boy gets sucked into the toilet to battle all sorts of poo related enemies.
* ''The Adventures Of Willy Beamish'': Weaponized in finale. Willy gets rid of the two antagonists by flushing them down a giant toilet full of sludge.
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* A stage in ''[[Clay Fighter|Clay Fighter 63 1/3]]'' took place above a toilet where it was possible to knock your opponent into.
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== Western Animation ==
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** A baby version of Plucky Duck is learning how to use the toilet for the first time. He gets a lot of enjoyment flushing various items down it, such as toilet paper, Furrball, his toys, even his own diaper! He even climbed into it himself and tried to flush himself down the hole! The toilet gets clogged up as a result.
** This gag was repeated in two more episodes, which consisted of a trip to the mall where he plays with the elevator controls, and a miniature golf course with Plucky struggling to knock the ball in, going as far as to cheat (He gets better at it, though). It was also done in several ''[[
** "The Undersea World Of Fifi" had Elmyra searching for sea monkeys, and it ends with her draining it and having her say the exact same line as baby Plucky did.
** 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.
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** 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.
* ''[[Baby Looney Tunes]]'': The main characters wonder about the toilet in the bathroom and form their own theories about how dangerous it is, while Petunia assures them nothing is wrong. In the process, they panic when Petunia accidentally flushes it, and puts toilet paper to "Feed the monster," clogging it up. They accidentally leave her in and she comes out wet with toilet paper on her. When Granny shows her what the toilet is really for, and Petunia tells them, they don't believe her.
* ''[[The Simpsons (
** A [[Flash Back]] episode had baby Bart flush Homer's wallet, then his keys down the toilet - but he knew exactly what he was doing.
** An early episode had Bart flushing a cherry bomb down a toilet, which blows Principal Skinner's mother off of her seat while using it.
** "Deep Space Homer" featured a literal toilet joke and a jab at ''[[Married...
* ''[[Family Guy]]'': In a cutaway gag, this was used as an explaination for the Lindburg Baby kidnapping.
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* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' had Perry go to his lair by flushing himself down a toilet in one episode.
* ''[[The Magic School Bus]]'': Happens twice in two episodes, one where they go through the water cycle and travels through drain pipes to reach the girls bathroom where the water overflows, and in another episode, they cross over an open toilet bowl which has an alligator swimming in it.
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* In ''[[Fish Hooks]]'', swimming in a flushing toilet is an extreme sport.
* On ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', the class hamster gets flushed down by Mitch, the schoolyard bully. In the sewer, the hamster gets exposed to chemical waste and comes back a mutated monster out for revenge.
* An episode of ''[[
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