Shower of Awkward: Difference between revisions

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Notably, Alice will never stop to think something along the lines of, [[Fridge Logic|"Wait a sec, I never turned on the shower..."]]

Often, but not always, the two characters have a history of [[Will They or Won't They|sexual tension]]. If so, the incident typically leads to awkwardness and mutual avoidance, until they decide to pretend [[That Didn't Happen]]. If not, it's at least a source of [[Fan Service]].

Often, but not always, the two characters have a history of [[Will They or Won't They?|sexual tension]]. If so, the incident typically leads to awkwardness and mutual avoidance, until they decide to pretend [[That Didn't Happen]]. If not, it's at least a source of [[Fan Service]].

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.

== Anime & Manga ==

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* Episode 5 of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' has Shinji dropping off stuff at Rei's apartment, when a naked-except-for-a-towel Rei steps out of the shower. Shinji trips and falls on top of her, his hand landing on her naked breast. Her reaction? [[Emotionless Girl|Calmly asking him to get off]], one of the first clues that Rei isn't normal.

** 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.

* 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 (Anime)|Digimon]]''. Tai and Izzy rush into a room to save Mimi who has just been carried off. Sora notices Mimi's dress on the floor and calls for them not to go in there. Naturally they catch Mimi in the bath and get hit with various bath oil bottles.

* 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.

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== Live-Action TV ==

* In an early [[Whos the Boss (TV)|Whos the Boss]] episode, Tony catches Angela coming out of the shower. This helps set up the series' [[Will They or Won't They]] tension.

* In an early [[Whos the Boss (TV)|Whos the Boss]] episode, Tony catches Angela coming out of the shower. This helps set up the series' [[Will They or Won't They?]] tension.

** 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 [[Sit Com]] ''We Got It Made''.

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* 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|Modesty Towels]] prevented those moments from being even more awkward.

** 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...

** 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]].