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{{trope}}
A common [[
Notably, Alice will never stop to think something along the lines of, [[Fridge Logic|"Wait a sec, I never turned on the shower..."]]
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A sub-trope of [[Shower Scene]]. Related to [[Accidental Pervert]]. Distinct from [[Naked First Impression]] in that it's limited to bathroom settings and characters who already know each other.
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== Anime
* Often happens to Negi of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' with regards to his female students.
** Negi also caused an awkward shower situation when he attempted to do Asuna a favor by [[Fetish Fuel|enchanting her brushes.]] [[Hilarity Ensues|She wasn't appreciative.]]
** [[Playful Hacker|Chisame]] [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v22/c204/7.html once got an eyeful of the very manly Rakan while he was showering], [[Fan Disservice|much to the likely horror of the fanboys]].
* Episode 5 of ''[[
** Happens again with Kaworu, [[No Sense of Personal Space|who sees no problem with walking into Shinji's shower stall and borrowing his soap.]] [[No Social Skills|And wonders why Shinji gets all flustered when he does so.]] This is, again, a big clue that Kaworu is also not normal.
* Ryo in ''[[Penguin Revolution]]'' keeps accidentally catching Yukari bathing or changing clothes, and usually gets things thrown at his head when he does. Ayaori also tends to wander into the bathroom while Yukari is bathing, but since he's [[Blind Without 'Em]], it takes him six manga volumes (and, finally, actually having his contacts in at the right time) to realize that Yukari's not a boy.
* Happened in the first season of ''[[Digimon Adventure
* Occasionally in ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'', Lucia will happen to walk in on Kaito in the shower. Partial subversion in that he doesn't get angry about it.
* In ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'', [[Hot
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'''Chrono:'''
'''Rosette:''' You can't come in here, either!
'''Chrono:''' I was just waiting outside!
'''Rosette:''' ''[[Tsundere|(punches Chrono)]]'' }}
* Averted in ''[[Ranma
** It's averted a lot in the manga. Ranma usually doesn't give a damn about who sees his girl side naked.
* After coming to the wrong conclusion that Yasuna bathed with Hazumu in ''[[Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl]]'', Tomari ''drags'' Hazumu to her house, throws her in the bathtub and then enter the bathroom a few moments later, in only a towel, wishing to bathe with her. Obviously, after learning what happens, [[Hilarity Ensues|embarrassment ensues]].
* In ''[[Street Fighter II:
* In ''[[The Wallflower]]'' Sunako seeing Kyouhei in the shower (while she is naked in preparation for ''her own'' shower) is the event which inspires her to plan to kill him.
* ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'', with the [[Official Couple]]. It ''was'' an accident, really!
* In ''[[Kekkaishi]]'', Yoshimori gets an eye full of Tokine taking a bath when he is skulking around her house looking for her because he has not seen her in three days. He feels really bad about it. So much so that he began to avoid her and making her think that he was mad at her. They patch it up fairly quickly but it prompts her to "rely" on him more. In other words this is when she starts to go after him. So boys and girls stalk and peek at girls you like, it will help apparently.
* A gender-flipped version occurs in ''[[Otomen]]'' when Ryo (girl) walks in on a very naked Asuka (guy) in the bathroom. ''He'' freaks out, ''she'' doesn't even seem to notice.
* [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in ''[[Toradora
* Subverted in ''[[Durarara
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'''Celty:''' What's wrong?
'''Shinra:''' ''I don't want to talk about it!'' }}
* This is how Ichika finds out {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridget On Him|Charlotte's true gender]]}} in ''[[Infinite Stratos]]''.
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* This is how [[Sickeningly Sweethearts|Heathcliffe and Aki]] first met in ''[[One Piece: Parallel Works
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* In the 2008 comedy ''Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins'', Reggie tries to sneak in on his cousin RJ's girlfriend in the shower but finds his cousin Betty there instead. The actors improvised their angry exchange.
* The film version of ''[[The
* The ''[[Mr. Bean]]'' movie.
* In ''[[Dave]]'', the title character (while impersonating the President) is taking a shower when the First Lady storms in and demands to speak to him face to face.
* In ''[[Captain Ron]]'', Martin and Katherine are fooling around in the shower when the door jams and the shower begins to flood. Captain Ron ends up coming to their rescue, much to their embarrassment, and afterward tells their son that his parents were "playing 'hide-the-salami' in the shower".
* Happens in ''[[So I Married an Axe Murderer]]'' where Mike Meyers' believes that he is walking in on his girlfriend, but it's actually her roommate.
== Literature ==
* In the ''[[Disgaea Novels]]'' Laharl accidentally walks in on Flonne while she is in a hot spring. He blushes and quickly walks out.
== Live-Action TV ==
* In an early [[
** Allegedly, the director had Judith Light flash Tony Danza for real during the taping in order to produce a suitably shocked reaction, making this an example of [[Enforced Method Acting]].
** Similarly with David and his housekeeper Mickey in the short-lived, very [[Fan Service]]-y eighties [[
** Referenced in ''[[Family Guy]]'' when Peter and his neighbours win a trophy for a parade float commemorating the ''Who's the Boss?'' scene.
* In ''[[Friends]]'', Chandler accidentally sees Rachel topless as she exits the shower. Rachel then tries to walk in on Chandler as payback, but gets Joey instead. Joey then tries to get even by walking in on Rachel, but gets Monica. Monica then tries to catch Joey, but instead sees Joey's dad, bringing the [[Zany Scheme Chicken]] to a screeching halt. Notably, Joey's father is completely unfazed.
* In "[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]], Iolaus stumbles across Nebula taking a shower on board her ship.
* In ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', Tim thinks it's his wife in the shower so he enters the bathroom and takes off his clothes, but once he pulls open the curtains, he instead sees his sister-in-law. Noticing his subsequent awkwardness, his wife teases him with "You liked what you saw, didn't you?"
* In ''[[
* In ''Hope and Faith'' the title characters, trying to disinfect Hope's daughter Sydney's pierced tongue, head into the shower with her, dressed, so as not to spill hydrogen peroxide on the rug. Just then Hope's husband Charlie comes in asking for her. Hope, who doesn't want him to know about the unauthorized piercing, claims to be showering, so Charlie drops his bathrobe to join her and pulls the curtain, inadvertently exposing himself to his daughter and sister-in-law.
* In ''[[Ugly Betty]]'', Daniel walks in on the villainous Wilhelmina thinking it's his love interest. Turns out that they're sisters.
* In ''[[Family Matters]]'', Urkel is about to step into the shower when he goes to get a loofah from his room. In the meantime, Laura steps into the shower herself, even though the water's already running, and sure enough....
* In ''[[Kyle XY]]'', Kyle walks in on Jessie shortly after she moves in with the Tragers. Jessie responds with exactly the level of embarrassment you'd
* On an episode of ''[[Seinfeld]]'', Jerry's girlfriend walks in on George after he's been swimming, which horrifies George because he had just climbed out of a cold pool. ([[Catch Phrase|"Shrinkage!"]]) George spends the rest of the episode contriving excuses to walk in on her naked to even the score.
* ''[[Lost]]'' has a scene shortly after the hatch is discovered where Jack comes upon Kate in the shower. Although he doesn't see anything, it's still an extremely awkward moment between them.
* Played with in an episode of ''[[
** Due to living arrangements with Meredith, almost everybody had it happen to them at one moment or another. Usually while the people in the shower are having sex and it has to remain a secret.
* Subverted in ''[[The X-Files]]'' when Marita is talking to Krycek in the shower. The characters have history, but they appear to be quite comfortable.
** But played straight with Mulder and Scully themselves. There's a brief but spectacularly awkward scene when they have to shower to remove possible contagion. Though there seems to be separate showers for each of them, the dividing wall is not particularly useful, privacy wise, and they both look very uncomfortable with the situation (and try extremely hard not to check each other out).
* Has happened repeatedly on ''[[Home and Away]]'', at least three or four times in Irene's house.
* ''[[
** In another episode Phoebe walks in on Piper and Leo in the shower together. A flashback episode where Phoebe and Paige get sent back in time has the same scene reused only with present Phoebe walking in this time.
* An episode of ''[[Reba]]'' has Reba, in her eagerness to relax, too immersed in her easy-listening music to notice that her ex-husband was using her shower equipment at the time as she prepares for her own shower. The result only stressed her out more, as she told him: "I'm under strict order to keep my stress to the minimum, AND YOU'RE NOT HELPING ONE BIT!"
* ''[[Two Guys, a Girl And A Pizza Place]]'' gives us Johnny's various attempts to walk in on Sharon in the shower. Unfortunately he gets Ashley the first and Pete's grandpa the second time. [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|This was certainly not]] [[Blatant Lies|inspired by the ''Friends'' example from above.]]
* In an episode from ''[[The George Lopez Show]]'', George hears a shower running in the bathroom. Expecting to see his wife inside, he goes inside unannounced in the hope of surprising her... only to see his mother instead!
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== Video Games ==
* Subverted in ''[[Fate/stay
* Happens differently to normal in ''[[Max Payne 2]]'', as you might expect when the two people are a cop and an assassin.
* ''[[Solatorobo]]'' does it ''twice''. [[Modesty Towel
** Though Red's "What have we here?" line, screen fade to black, and the subsequent [[Armor-Piercing Slap|red mark]] on his face suggest perhaps he ''stole'' Elh's towel the first time...
** And the second time, it was actually a mental "reward" cooked up by his subconscious for beating the warmup level of the [[Virtual Training Simulation]], suggesting perhaps it wasn't quite as awkward on his end...then he gets a [[Megaton Punch]] or two and [[Your Mind Makes It Real|wakes up with a headache]], implying some sense of guilt or that he [[Can't Act Perverted Toward a Love Interest]].
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== Web Comics ==
* Done in ''[[Misfile]]'' [http://www.misfile.com/index.php?page=154 here].
* [http://fergoandenrique.comicgenesis.com/d/20100222.html This]{{Dead link}} ''[[World of Fizz]]'' storyline has Carlos accidentally walking in on Kelli as she is stepping out of the shower.
== Western Animation ==
* Parodied in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' when Marge comes upon a decidedly ''un-''sexy Burns in the shower.
** Also in a recent episode. [[No Indoor Voice|MARGE, YOU MISSED A SPOT.]]
* Done straight on ''[[
* Seen in ''[[
* On ''[[King of the Hill]]'', Bobby walks in on his cousin Luanne. A jealous Joseph then keeps trying to do the same.
* Happens in ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' episode "Uncharted Territory", where Aelita is tricked by [[Alpha Bitch|Sissi]] into entering the boys' shower room. We don't know what she saw, since it stays an outside shot with just some surprised yells heard. Ulrich and Odd, wet and wearing [[Modesty Towel
* In the ''[[Home Movies]]'' episode "Shore Leave", Brendon is staying the weekend at Fenton's house and walks in on Fenton's mom in the shower. As he has his camera with him and shooting a movie, he catches the moment on video. Coach McGuirk ends the show trying to put the footage online.
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