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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Oh, why did women invent sleeping on the couch?"''|'''Homer''', ''[[The Simpsons (
A common scenario amongst [[Shipping Bed Death|married and other really close couples]].
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* A same-sex example in ''[[The Kids Are All Right]]''. After one partner's infidelity has been discovered, she is subsequently seen sleeping on the couch, though it's not clear whether her partner kicked her out or she took the initiative to do so.
* In ''State of the Union'', when Mary suspects her husband of having an affair, she pulls out a bunch of cushions, spreads a sheet and blanket over them, and remakes the double bed for her sole occupancy.
* In ''Marmaduke'', after the titular dog causes a lot of mayhem in the house, his owner locks him out in the rain for the night and says that it was his fault the house was like this. His wife retorts that Marmaduke was a dog and thus doesn't know any better. After more heated words, his wife basically says "Marmaduke may have a backyard, but YOU have a sofa." [[Exactly What It Says
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* This trope was used straight in ''[[Small Wonder]]'', when a discussion between Ted and Joan Lawson on each other's flaws goes out of hand and Ted ends up on the couch.
* Commonly inflicted on ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel
** They live in a MANSION and he has to sleep on the couch? Aren't there any empty rooms he could crash in?
*** As depicted on TV, that "mansion" wasn't much bigger than most sitcom apartments.
* A couple of times on ''[[
* Parodied on ''[[The Red Green Show]]'', where one of the recurring segments featured Red and another Lodge member offering men advice on what to do when their wives are mad at them so they ''wouldn't'' end up getting [[Exiled to
* Played with on ''[[Medium]]''. Dad starts sleeping on the couch and the middle daughter tells her younger sister their parents are going to get divorced "because that's what happened to [her friend's] dad and then he took her to Disneyworld!" Actually, it was just an experiment to see if mom's habit of waking up from [[Nightmare Dreams|horrific psychic dreams]] in the wee hours of the morning was cutting into dad's sleep (it wasn't, surprisingly enough).
* Daphne used this against Niles on ''[[Frasier]]'' when their lives get complicated after {{spoiler|Maris murdered her lover}}.
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** Later on though he calls her on it, telling her she hasn't exactly been a wonderful support during what was, for him, a very difficult time.
* Used on ''[[Mad Men]]'', after Betty catches Don cheating on her.
* Averted by ''[[The X
{{quote| '''Eddie Van Blundht''' (as Mulder, in his apartment): Where the hell do I sleep?}}
** And in "Dreamland", in which Morris Fletcher goes so far as to clear out Mulder's bedroom, buy a bed, and put mirrors on the ceiling above it.
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* A humorous example/inversion on [[One Life to Live]]. After bickering with her lover, a fed-up woman grabs the sheets and angrily declares that SHE will be sleeping on the couch. Subverted a year later when the same couple was genuinely estranged. She didn't kick him out, he left the bedroom despite her pleas for him to stay, and slept in the guest bedroom.
* Several times in ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]''. Hilda exiles Rumpole on at least one occasion, and Pyllida exiles Claude on another. On one occasion, Rumpole sees this coming and exiles ''himself''.
* Inverted in ''[[
* Amy Duncan does this after an argument to husband Bob in the [[Disney Channel]] show [[Good Luck Charlie]]. Not content with that, when Bob can't find the couch, she tells him she's sent it for cleaning, along with the one in the basement. When Bob says he'll sleep on the air mattress in the garage, she replies: "Popped it!"
* There's at least one furniture ad of a couple who start an argument entirely so one of them can sleep on the sofa.
* In [[NCIS: Los Angeles]], Deeks had to sleep on the couch in the NCIS Los Angeles headquarters due to his own house undergoing what is implied to be a strong pest infestation, which also resulted in him failing to pick up Kensi from the airport when she returned from Hawaii. He later has to keep company with Kensi until midnight after the infestation clearing at his house was delayed, to which she agrees, if he meets certain conditions, such as him driving and him paying, and having him do her laundry for a month (later specifying tht its outer-wear when realizing that he might go for the underwear as well.)
== Music ==
* Brad Paisley's [[Exactly What It Says
== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] in ''[[Grim Grimoire]]'' where, instead of threatening to send her partner to the couch, Lillet threatens to send ''herself'' to the couch if her partner doesn't stay put. It's made all the more amusing for its open aversion of [[Hide Your Lesbians]].
* This is the fate suffered by Mr. Sanderson in [[Chibi
* In [[Mega Man Star Force]], when Luna Platz and the boys visit a ski resort in the second game, Luna forces Geo Stelar to sleep on the couch in their room after she catches him, Bud Bison and Zack Temple talking to the ski resort owner's daughter. Her exact words to him after he says that he is going to bed are No, you are sleeping on the couch.
* In [[The Sims]], Sims who are not at a high relationship status will refuse to share a bed. If two Sims in a relationship who have recently been in a fight, their relationship status will drop, and this is likely to happen.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Used [http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20070427 at least] [http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20061208 three] [http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20051019 times] in ''[[Ctrl
** It was recently inverted in this [http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20090727 strip]With Ethan telling Lilah to sleep on the couch.
* [http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2008-02-05 This] ''[[Dominic Deegan]]''.
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** Averted in another, where Homer is disappointed in his own actions, and ascends the stairs quietly, saying "I'll understand if you want to sleep on the couch tonight." It's unknown if she did.
* In ''[[Drawn Together]]'', Xandir forces Captain Hero to sleep on the couch (even though they have separate beds) as punishment for standing him up on a trip to the mall.
* Similarly, on the ''[[Time Squad]]'' episode "Ex Marks the Spot" Larry "punishes" Tuddrussel by exiling him to the couch because he thought that Tuddrussell and his ex-wife Sheila were falling in love again. Just another one of the show's [[Time Squad
* A variation occurred in the episode of ''[[The Proud Family]]'' regarding BB and CC's baptism. After both Trudy and Oscar's respective families left due to disagreements, Trudy exiles him to the tent (the family was forced to sleep in a tent due to Oscar inviting his family over so he'd have backup against Trudy's family, and thus occupying all the bedrooms and possibly all of the sleeping areas, period). It gets worse in that, when Trudy sarcastically hopes that there is no rain that night, it was raining, and Oscar also ends up being a victim to a skunk attack.
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