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This amusing dance may be seen in characters suffering a [[Potty Emergency]] attempting to avert [[Potty Failure]], with varying success. It can involve awkward facial expressions, squirming, fidgeting, holding the crotch, and crossing legs. This dance can be done by males or females, with slight variations in posture; female versions may play with their skirts as they struggle not to wet them. The character may vocally explain their predicament to others, or attempt to remain dignified in vain as they start to lose control.
There he/she is, about to begin their speech for class and bam! the character feels a sharp pain. A character's hands fly to their crotch and they turn their knees inward, in an attempt to not "wet" themselves. The character gets questionable looks from their classmates. Maybe they've done it once before. This dance can be done by males or females, with slight variations in posture.
 
Also sometimes referred to as ''the pee-pee dance''. Often considered children's behavior, but not always; it may also be seen in adults desperately trying to avoid an accident. Along with the associated [[Potty Emergency]] and [[Potty Failure]], it is frequently used as a form of [[Toilet Humor]]; [[YMMV]] on whether you find it amusing, merely crude, or a mixture thereof.
The pose is often seen in people experiencing a [[Potty Emergency]].
 
Also commonly referred to as ''the pee-pee dance''. Predominantly children's behavior.
 
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== Advertising ==
* Pull Ups had a commercial where kids do the Potty Dance. It has steps! You can visit their website to download the song.
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* In ''[[The Revenge Files Of Alistair Fury]]'' a boy does this whilst waiting outside the toilet while Alistair and his friends are holding a meeting inside it. (He doesn't make it).
* Spoofed in ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' where Dewey's way of charming their babysitter is to bounce up and down singing "Poopy poopy poopy" over and over.
* In Episode 6 of the South Korean TV show ''[[The City Hall]]'', the extremely cute but thoroughly obnoxious councilwoman Min Joo-hwa does this during her [[Potty Emergency]], before eventually suffering [[Potty Failure]] and wetting her skirt.
 
== Recorded and Stand Up Comedy ==
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