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And remember, [[Truth in Television|if it hasn't happened to you]], [[I Have This Friend|it's probably happened to someone you know]], [[Squick|heaven forbid]].

See [[Caught with Your Pants Down]] for the [[A Date with Rosie Palms|single-player version]]; for the reverse scenario with parents walking in on their adult child getting frisky, see [[Parents Walk in At the Worst Time]]. A subtrope of [[Interrupted Intimacy]].

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* In ''[[Yosuga no Sora]]'': {{spoiler|During Sora's arc, Kozue and Nao walk in on Haruka and Sora during climax; Kozue's reaction is to run away screaming hysterically. During Nao's arc, Sora walks in on Haruka and Nao going at it; she kicks Nao out of the house.}}

** {{spoiler|And in the [[Backstory]] of both arcs, Sora secretly sees Nao forcing herself on Haruka.}}

* In ''[[Berserk]]'', Casca, whose mind was reduced to that of a child due to some [[Go Mad From the Revelation|unfortunate events]], walks in on Luca, [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold|her temporary prostitute care-taker]], and Jerome, her [[Love Interest]] customer.

* In ''[[Happy Yarou Wedding]]'', Yuuhi keeps trying to cover these up as "wrestling" but the five year old Shouta doesn't entirely buy it.

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== Comics ==

* In ''[[Watchmen]]'', a young Walter Kovacs walks in on his prostitute mother servicing a client. Unlike most instances of this trope, this is not [[Played for Laughs]] and is shown to be very [[Harmful to Minors]], the [[Jerkass|behaviour of the adults]] involved plays a part too.

** It wasn't so much the exposure to sex that damaged to him, but the fact that his mother insulted and beat him up afterwards for bothering her at "work".

*** It's implied that the most important thing was that he thought the man was hurting her, not understanding what they were really doing. He was worried about his mother, and then she beat him when he came in to help her.

*** The shadow he sees on the wall (two upright people joined together) is repeated throughout the book: In the grafitti Rorschach looks at, in the shadows on Rorschach's mask, in the dream Dan has of him and Laurie, and {{spoiler|when Dan has sex with Laurie in Adrian's home}}. Finally, {{spoiler|Adrian's shadow is shown all alone and deserted, providing some contrast to the theme}}.

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* In chapter 4 of the ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'' fic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2379730/1/My_Life_as_a_Teenaged_Von_Neumann_Device My Life as a Teenaged Von Neumann Device]'', [[Stalker with a Crush|Sheldon]] freaks out when he walks in on Jenny and Brad after they've just had sex... {{spoiler|with unfortunate consequences, as Sheldon ends up running into the street and getting hit by a car, forcing Mrs. Wakeman to [[Brain Uploading|upload his brain]] into the body of the Silver Shell.}}

** Played for laughs in a later chapter, where Tuck freaks out after walking in on Mrs. Wakeman [[A Date with Rosie Palms|pleasuring herself in the bathtub]]. And later still, when Tiff Crust walks in on {{spoiler|Mrs. Wakeman having [[Fan Disservice|"old-person sex"]] with [[Foe Yay|Doctor Mog]].}}

== Films ==

* In ''[[Reality Bites]]'', one of the characters tells that this once happened to her.

* Averted in ''[[Poltergeist]]'', as Carol Ann's request for a late-night glass of water takes place when her parents are only engaged in foreplay, not intercourse.

* In ''[[Rain Man]]'', Raymond walks in on Charlie and Suzanna making love, and as he doesn't understand what's going on, mimics their orgasmic moans until Charlie realises he's in the room and snaps angrily at him.

* Occurs in ''[[The Rebound]]'' when Sandy's young son walks in on her and Aram having sex on the living room couch. [[Hilarity Ensues]]. Not much mental scarring though.

* A very dark version occurs in ''[[Orphan]]'', when Esther catches Kate and John having sex over the kitchen counter.

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* Briefly discussed in ''[[Head Count]]'' by Ingrid Noll: when Maya is in counselling after {{spoiler|accidentally killing her brother}}, she makes up a dream about being a little bird that flies around and looks into people's windows. Her psychiatrist assumes that she must have walked in on her parents as a child.

* [[Norman Mailer]]'s ''[[The Castle in the Forest]]'' has none less than a young [[Adolf Hitler]] being traumatised after walking in on his parents having sex in the 69 position.

* Parodied in the [[Girl Genius]] novel ''Agatha H. and the Airship City'': Young Agatha was traumatized by walking in on her [[Artificial Human|"construct"]] foster parents recharging themselves.

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* ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]''. His response to a psychiatrist:

{{quote|"Why is Daddy hurting Mommy? Wait, he's not hurting Mommy, he's loving Mommy."}}

** Then there's the time he walked in on [[Brain Bleach|his brother and Mimi having sex]]. He had his kitchen ''bricked off'' and his couch '''''sent out to be exorcised'''''.

* In an episode of ''[[Oliver Beene]]'', Oliver walked in on his parents doing the deed, but they placated him by claiming to have been playing some sort of game. The narration notes:

{{quote|Years later, I realised I had walked in on my parents having sex, and was appropriately disgusted. Back then, I was just glad they'd managed to make up so we could be a family again.}}

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'''Erin''': Yeah, I know. Otherwise, what I walked in on my mother doing to him would've been so sick! }}

* An episode of ''Ready or Not'' revolved around sexuality, beginning with Amanda walking into her parents shagging it out.

* ''[[Torchwood]]'' has the adult version when Gwen walks in on Jack and Ianto. In a hothouse. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* On ''[[Modern Family]]'', Phil and Claire's kids walk in on them having sex which traumatizes both Claire and the kids. Phil tries to deal with it humorously. The family have an uncomfortable talk about it.

* ''[[King of Queens]]'' Doug and Carrie look after Deacon and Kelly's kids at their apartment while they're out of town. One of the kids walk in on Doug and Carrie having sex and draws a picture of it.

* In ''[[Sugar Rush (TV)]]'', Kim finds out about her mother's affair with their home decorator when she walks in on them having very loud sex in the living room.

* Referenced in [http://youtu.be/iD1Xjdr1TbM?t=40s this scene] from ''[[Eastbound and Down]]''.

* In ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'' Nancy Dononvan has given at least two different excuses to her children when they walked in on her. She comments to Jack that they walk in a lot, but doesn't specify how much "a lot" is.

* In ''[[Mad Men]]'', Sally Draper sees {{spoiler|her step-grandmother giving a blowjob to her [[Honorary Uncle]] Roger Sterling.}} Given that she's pretty precocious (despite being only 12 or 13, she's more aware than the average girl her age, and {{spoiler|has been masturbating herself for at least a year}}), she doesn't seem to be particularly scarred--merely astonished and kinda disgusted.

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{{quote|'''Ness''': Everything...I could hear...everything...they were thinking!

'''Poo''': Oh, the poor child. }}

== Western Animation ==

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** There also the episode focusing on Lois's brother, Patrick, who as a child saw his mom having sex with Jackie Gleason. As a result he went crazy, was shipped off to a looney bin (at a young age no less), and developed a hatred for obese people. So much so he goes on a murder spree when Lois temporarily releases him ('course Peter's idiocy is also to blame).

** A variant is the one where Peter & Lois decide to have sex in his office.

{{quote|'''Peter''': Opie's right there.

'''Lois''': I want him to look, Peter. (Opie runs away in terror) }}

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