History Main / BathroomControl

* ''Website/GoAnimate'':

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainFlamingo'': In "Water You Worried About?", Milo tells a story about a boy named Donny who had to use the bathroom during a road trip. He asked his parents to pull over, but they ignored his pleas. Eventually, though, they pulled over so he could [[NatureTinkling do his business outside]] (though he ended up [[PopGoesTheHuman exploding after he bumped into a cactus]]).

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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In "[[Recap/SouthParkS10E8MakeLoveNotWarcraft Make Love, Not Warcraft]]", Cartman feels gastrointestinal distress when he and the guys are playing ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. Stan says he can't leave to use the bathroom now since they're still in a battle, so Cartman demands Liane to bring him a bedpan.

* ''[[Webcomic/MoringMarkTOHComics MoringMark]]'': In one ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' comic, after Hunter becomes DrunkWithPower upon being named "Knight of the Kitchen" by Camila and starts lording it over Amity, she gets even by having herself declared Knight of the Bathroom and holding Hunter up when he needs to use the toilet.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In "[[Recap/TheLoudHouseS1E9OvernightSuccessTiesThatBind Ties That Bind]]", Margo tells Lynn to hold her hot dog for her so that she can use the gas station's bathroom, but Lynn turns down this request because she thinks that using the bathroom before a major game is bad luck.

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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E2122ShortFilmsAboutSpringfield 22 Short Films About Springfield]]", Milhouse goes into Comic Book Guy's store to use his bathroom, but Comic Book Guy says it's for paying customers only. Mulhouse buys a comic, but his father walks in and mistakenly thinks his son lied about needing to go so he could purchase something. Comic Book Guy refuses to say anything in his defense, and Milhouse is dragged out.

A SadistTeacher is quite likely to take this move (sometimes, however, this person doesn't actually have to use the bathroom [[BathroomSearchExcuse and is just using it as an excuse to sneak away for whatever reason]]). AbusiveParents, a MeanBoss, a straight-up BadBoss, or just anyone who's [[DrunkWithPower throwing their weight around]] might also do this.

Compare DeniedFoodAsPunishment; also compare TickleTorture and FriendlyTickleTorture for when tickling is used for similar purposes.

TheBully or a simple {{Jerkass}} might also prevent someone from entering the bathroom.

* ''[[Webcomic/MoringMarkTOHComics Moringmark]]'': In one ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' comic, after Hunter becomes DrunkWithPower upon being named "Knight of the Kitchen" by Camila and starts lording it over Amity, she gets even by having herself declared Knight of the Bathroom and holding Hunter up when he needs to use the toilet.

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It may be used either as a method of torture, a type of CoolAndUnusualPunishment, or a particular kind of PowerDynamicsKink in a romantic relationship (the Japanese use the term "omorashi" for it). The latter also has to do with the fact that the feeling of a full bladder intensifies sexual arousal in both sexes, sometimes resulting in what is referred to as "pee-gasms".

* PlayedForLaughs in the "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS4E20MosbiusDesigns Mosbius Designs]]" episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', in which Ted hires a new secretary for his home office. The secretary is given the key to the bathroom (basically, Robin's own) and prevents Robin from using it without his permission. [[PowerDynamicsKink Robin finds this sexy]] and the two begin sleeping with each other. When Ted fires his secretary and he loses control of the bathroom key, Robin loses interest.

* ''Film/{{Secretary}}'' revolves around a sub-dom relationship between a boss and his secretary. Once he tells her to sit in the chair until he returns, knowing full well she won't be able to use the toilet -- and she eventually wets herself.

* PlayedForLaughs in the "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS4E20MosbiusDesigns Mosbius Designs]]" episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', in which Ted hires a new secretary for his home office. The secretary is given the key to the bathroom (basically, Robin's own) and prevents Robin from using it without his permission. Robin finds this sexy and the two begin sleeping with each other. When Ted fires his secretary and he loses control of the bathroom key, Robin loses interest.

* ''Creator/{{Moringmark}}'': In one ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' comic, after Hunter becomes DrunkWithPower upon being named "Knight of the Kitchen" by Camila and starts lording it over Amity, she gets even by having herself declared Knight of the Bathroom and holding Hunter up when he needs to use the toilet.

* The works of Creator/DerekRobinson are largely about air combat and the experiences of (mainly) [=RAF=] pilots in wartime. Again and again it is emphasised that crew comfort is not usually built into British military aircraft and the pilot must either soil himself or wait till he lands. This was particularly troublesome in [=WW1=] when the oil lubricant used on the air engine would blow back as fumes into an open cockpit - and it had a marked laxative effect. Even in [[Literature/HulloRussiaGoodbyeEngland the nuclear jet bombers]] of TheSixties there were no onboard toilets. A crew of a Vulcan jet bomber is berated by the squadron commander for even ''thinking'' of pissing into bottles (to be discarded later) while on a ten hour flight. They are ordered to hold it in until they land and can get out of an expensive aircraft.

* The works of Creator/DerekRobinson are largely about air combat and the experiences of (mainly) [=RAF=] pilots in wartime. Again and again it is emphasised that crew comfort is not usually built into British military aircraft and the pilot must either soil himself or wait till he lands. This was particularly troublesome in [=WW1=] when the oil lubricant used on the air engine would blow back as fumes into an open cockpit - and it had a marked laxative effect. Even in [[Literature/HulloRussiaGoodbyeEngland the nuclear jet bombers of TheSixties]] there were no onboard toilets. A crew of a Vulcan jet bomber is berated by the squadron commander for even ''thinking'' of pissing into bottles (to be discarded later) while on a ten hour flight. They are ordered to hold it in until they land and can get out of an expensive aircraft.

* The works of Creator/DerekRobinson are largely about air combat and the experiences of (mainly) [=RAF=] pilots in wartime. Again and again it is emphasised that crew comfort is not usually built into British military aircraft and the pilot must either soil himself or wait till he lands. This was particularly troublesome in [=WW1=] when the oil lubricant used on the air engine would blow back as fumes into an open cockpit - and it had a marked laxative effect.

* ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'': One of the methods used by the Ministry of Love officers holding Winston Smith was to deny him the ability to go to the bathroom to further humiliate him.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Lesson," Principal Brown lists off a number of things that Gumball and Darwin may ''not'' do during their stay in detention while walking them to the room. One of them is going to the bathroom.

** There's an indirect example in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E11OnAClearDayICantSeeMySister On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister]]" where the HollyWoodRestrainingOrder Lisa has against Bart prevents him from being within 200 feet of her. This means Bart can't even live in the same house as her, and thus, he can't use the bathroom while she's there. Bart eventually settles for NatureTinkling instead.

** There's an indirect example in "Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E11OnAClearDayICantSeeMySister" where the HollyWoodRestrainingOrder Lisa has against Bart prevents him from being within 200 feet of her. This means Bart can't even live in the same house as her, and thus, he can't use the bathroom while she's there. Bart eventually settles for NatureTinkling instead.