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* ''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.

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* ''[[Literature/MiddleSchool Middle School The Worst Years Of My Life]]'': [[DeanBitterman Principal Dwight]] has made up some new rules after Rafe had secretly made the trophy display case into an aquarium. One of them is "No going to the bathrooms", the bathrooms in the school shall remain locked all day.

* ''Literature/HisOnlyWife'': Protagonist Afi's uncle Tͻgã Pious is petty and a cheapskate. He often insists on Afi's wealthy in-laws' duty towards him as Afi's "father" (never mind that he never did much to help after Afi's father died). He has a flush toilet inside his home but does not allow anybody other than himself to use it. Then he changes his mind and allows the others in his family to use it... for a monthly fee.

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* 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.

* ''Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You'': Four former elementary school students of the titular nun return as adults to criticize her poor teaching. One of them, Aloysius, remembers how she would never let him go to the bathroom, causing him bladder issues that persist to this day. At the end of the show, [[spoiler:she shoots two people and holds Aloysius hostage specifically because he has to go to the bathroom.]]
* ''Theatre/{{Urinetown}}'' has this on a global scale: a severe drought has led to private toilets being banned, and a monopolistic corporation controls every public toilet in town. Fee hikes have driven much of the world into poverty, and anyone caught urinating anywhere besides the public toilets will be [[ReleasedToElsewhere sent to the titular penal colony, never to return.]] [[spoiler:There is no Urinetown--they just throw you off a building to your death.]]

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-->-- '''Robin''', ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''

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* ''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.

* In the Japanese film ''In the Japanese film Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom'', a bunch of schoolgirls force their classmate to drink a lot of water and then prevent her from using the bathroom. As a result, she wets herself in the classroom.

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* ''Fanfic/ALoadOfBulk'': When Lana becomes very mean as a result of drinking a serum her ChildProdigy sister Lisa made, one thing she does is block the doorway to the bathroom, making her other sister, Lucy, wet her pants.

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* ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'': invoked. After he's finally paroled from Shawshank and working at a grocery store, Red keeps asking the store manager to use the bathroom at the time he was allowed to go while on the job in prison. The manager gets frustrated and tells him, "You don't have to ask, just ''go.''"

** In "The Snowball Effect", Patrick asks Squidward if he can use his bathroom during a snowy day. Squidward repeatedly turns down his request, only to cave in and tell him to be fast about it. Patrick [[PottyFailure then relaxes and says he no longer has to go]].

** In "Tentacle-Vision", Patrick is tied to a camera to keep it steady. He [[CallingYourBathroomBreaks says he has to use the bathroom]], but Squidward tells him to wait until they're done filming. A few minutes later, [[PottyFailure Patrick says he doesn't need to go anymore]].

** Played for BlackComedy in "Homer Simpson in: 'Kidney Trouble'". Grandpa Simpson has to use the bathroom, but he can't because his son Homer won't stop the car. This [[ArtisticLicenseBiology makes his kidneys explode]].
** In "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.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In "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.

* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'': In "The 'Lympics", the kids are competing against the [=McNulty=] brothers. Chuckie says he has to use the bathroom, but Angelica says he can't yet because it's almost his turn to run in the relay race. This motivates him to finish it as quickly as possible, and this causes Angelica's team to win.

* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': In "Tickled Pinky", [[OrganAutonomy Rocko's sentient organs]] are shown attending a school. A living bladder says he has to use the bathroom, but Ms. Pancreas tells him to wait until she's done taking attendance.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'': In the short "Bathroom Break", Adam asks to use the bathroom while he's in class, but Mr. Hornbill tells him to wait until the bell rings. This proves to be difficult when [[ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere things keep reminding Adam of his urge]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In "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.

* ''Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': When Rodrick is mad at his little brother Greg for being in his room, he chases him into Greg's room. When Greg says, "Time out, Rodrick; [[CallingYourBathroomBreaks I have to pee]]", Rodrick replies, "No timeouts - only death!". Eventually, however, Greg goes to use the bathroom anyway and is jumped at by Rodrick.

* ''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.

** In the first book, this is played with. Rowley informs Greg that he needs to go while they're trick-or-treating, and Greg has him hold it for forty-five minutes. By the time they reach Greg's grandmother's house, Rowley's quite desperate, so Greg lets him use the grandma's bathroom (though he threatens to steal some of his candy if he doesn't hurry up).

--> '''Sheldon:''' What time do you evacuate your bowels?

* ''Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You'': Four former elementary school students of the titular nun return as adults to criticize her poor teaching. One of them, Aloysius, remembers how she would never let him go to the bathroom, causing him bladder issues that persist to this day. At the end of the show, [[spoiler: she shoots two people and holds Aloysius hostage specifically because he has to go to the bathroom.]]

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* PlayedForDrama in ''WesternAnimation/WhatsWithAndy'' episode "Busting", in which Andy drinks gallons of grape juice - and then, when he finally finds the toilet, he gets thrown out of it by the school bullies Lik and Leech.

** At the start of "Busted", Bloo [[RipVanTinkle has to use the bathroom shortly after waking up]], but Mr. Herriman won't let him until he makes his bed and brushes his teeth (he even gets on his case for forgetting to put the cap on the toothpaste container).

->When PJ had a job, he was sexy. He was guardian of the bathroom key. A hot guy telling you when you can and can't pee? That's the dream.
-->--Robin, ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/TheCasagrandes'' episode "Stress Test" in that Bobby doesn't need the bathroom but is concerned he might. When Carlos is helping his nephew, Bobby, study, one of the things he does is have Bobby sleep upside down. When Bobby says, "But what if I have to pee?", Carlos replies, "Hold it."

* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode "The Last Resort", kids that are sent to Dr. Wheeler's ranch are forced to sit through hours and hours of his lectures and harangues, not even being allowed to go to the bathroom. Bruce calls this an example of classic brainwashing and states that it's been used in cults and on some prisoners of war.

** In "The Boy in the Iceberg", Sokka is teaching the rest of the village's kids to stay strong against members of the Fire Nation. One boy [[CallingYourBathroomBreaks suddenly exclaims that he has to pee]], and Sokka declares that there's no time for that. The boy insists that he has to go real bad, so Sokka sighs in annoyance and asks if anyone else needs to go. Everyone else raises their hands (much to his dismay).
** In "The Avatar Returns", Sokka is coaching several kids about battling. One boy does the PottyDance and starts to say he has to go, but Sokka says he can't do that in a battle.

* ''Theatre/{{Urinetown}}'' has this on a global scale: a severe drought has led to private toilets being banned, and a monopolistic corporation controls every public toilet in town. Fee hikes have driven much of the world into poverty, and anyone caught urinating anywhere besides the public toilets will be [[DeadlyEuphemism sent to the titular penal colony, never to return.]]

** ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': In the first book, this is played with. Rowley informs Greg that he needs to go while they're trick-or-treating, and Greg has him hold it for forty-five minutes. By the time they reach Greg's grandmother's house, Rowley's quite desperate, so Greg lets him use the grandma's bathroom (though he threatens to steal some of his candy if he doesn't hurry up).

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 full bladder intensifies sexual arousal in both sexes, sometimes resulting in what is referred to as "pee-gasms".

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

* ''[[Literature/MiddleSchool Middle School The Worst Years Of My Life]]'': [[DeanBitterman Principal Dwight]] has made up some new rules after Rafe had secretly made the trophy display case into an aquarium. One of them is "No going to the bathrooms", the bathrooms in the school shall remained locked all day.

** In "The Avatar Returns", Sokka is coaching several kids about battling. One boy does the PottyDance and starts to say he has to go, but Sokka says he can?t do that in a battle.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode "The Last Resort", kids that are sent to Dr. Wheeler's ranch are forced to sit through hours and hours of his lectures and harangues, not even being allowed to go to the bathroom. Bruce calls this an example of classic brainwashing, and states that it's been used in cults and on some prisoners of war.

--->'''Milo:''' You may control my mind, but you?ll never control my ass!

* PlayedForDrama in ''WesternAnimation/WhatsWithAndy'' episode "Busting", in which Andy drinks gallons of grape juice - and then, when he finally finds the toilet, he gets thrown out of it by the school bullies Lik and Leech.