History Main / FlushingToiletScreamingShower

* In one issue of the Creator/CartoonNetwork comic, [[SpaceGhostCoastToCoast Zorak]], [[RunningGag fed up with constantly being blasted by Space Ghost]], decides turnabout is fair play and steals Ghost's gauntlets while the host is in the shower. Before leaving Zorak pulls this prank.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApN73TUVMEU This]] ''WebAnimation/SimonsCat'' video.

* Done purposely by Alan when Charlie and his girl are in the shower in ''TwoAndAHalfMen''.

* Roseanne did this to Dan once on ''{{Roseanne}}''.
* ''GraceUnderFire'': One of Grace's daughter's little friends is chatting with Grace, despite the fact that she's trying to shower in peace.

Finally, yes, this can happen even with electric showers if the toilet and shower are on the same pipes, because the drop in pressure from the flush causes the shower water to run more slowly through the resistor, and consequently it heats up more. In this case, faucets won't cause this effect, as the pressure drop from them is insignificant by comparison.

* In places with electric showers, a plumbing network that has the toilet and the shower in the same manifold (which is doable but considered incorrect for reasons that go farther than thermal comfort) will cause this, either because suddenly the shower's resistor is heating up less water at a time, or because the flow gets so low the heating is disabled altogether.

TruthInTelevision as most shower valves mix hot and cold water to achieve the desired temperature so anything that diverts either hot or cold water will result in a sharp temperature shift in the opposite direction. Note that this was always a regional trope as it depends upon the central water heater practice common in Western plumbing design but not always found in other cultures. Rapidly becoming a bit of a DiscreditedTrope in RealLife since the introduction of pressure-balanced shower valves specifically designed to prevent this from happening. Such "anti-scald" shower valves are even required by law in some places, especially in commercial buildings like apartments, hotels, and dormitories. Nevertheless, if you have the (mis)fortune of being in a house or building with old plumbing, this trope is still doable.

* A variant with many scald-guard systems; the water will remain the right temperature, but the flow will decrease dramatically, slowing down any rinsing being done.

* [[CalvinAndHobbes Calvin's mom]] (dressed in towels and dripping wet) is once seen heading for Calvin with a furious look, while his hand is still on the water shutoff valve...

->''... a propensity, while in use, to turn instantly beastly hot or blindingly cold upon you, depending on whether your neighbor turned on his cold or his hot to deprive you of a necessary complement in the shower you had so carefully blended.''

* In the first ''Garfield'' live-action movie, Garfield flushes the toilet with the apparent intention of forcing Jon to exit the shower due to the increase in water temperature (he has, by Garfield's estimation, been in there too long).

* From ''McHalesNavy'':

* Dolores does this as a prank on Humbert in the 1997 film adaptation of ''{{Lolita}}''.

* In ''VideoGame/TheSims 2'', if one Sim flushes the toilet while another is in the shower, the second Sim will jump out of the shower, run over to the first Sim and yell at them in Simlish. Of course, someone made [[http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=491141 a mod]] to disable this.

* Gina Davis' HotScoop character in ''Film/TheFly''. Her {{Jerkass}} publisher/ex-boyfriend breaks into her house and takes a shower while waiting for her.

* ''Series/NashBridges'': In "Sacraments", when the officer on SIU team Evan is having a romantic shower with [[TheGeneralsDaughter Nash's daughter]] Cassidy, Nash's partner Joe drops by with info on SIU current primary investigation. Try as the pair might to keep their relationship secret for a while more, Joe has to flush a tissue of his allergy snot down the toilet. Cassidy yelps, jumps from behind Evan and rips a curtain off. All that's left is for her and Joe say "Hi" to each other.

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* Happens to DonaldDuck in a flashback in ''WesternAnimation/MickeysTwiceUponAChristmas'' as one of the many pranks his nephews pulled.
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* Happens to DonaldDuck in a flashback in ''MickeysTwiceUponAChristmas'' as one of the many pranks his nephews pulled.

* ''NashBridges'': In "Sacraments", when the officer on SIU team Evan is having a romantic shower with [[TheGeneralsDaughter Nash's daughter]] Cassidy, Nash's partner Joe drops by with info on SIU current primary investigation. Try as the pair might to keep their relationship secret for a while more, Joe has to flush a tissue of his allergy snot down the toilet. Cassidy yelps, jumps from behind Evan and rips a curtain off. All that's left is for her and Joe say "Hi" to each other.

* ''NashBridges'': In "Sacraments", when the officer on SIU team Evan is having a romantic shower with [[GeneralsDaughter Nash's daughter]] Cassidy, Nash's partner Joe drops by with info on SIU current primary investigation. Try as the pair might to keep their relationship secret for a while more, Joe has to flush a tissue of his allergy snot down the toilet. Cassidy yelps, jumps from behind Evan and rips a curtain off. All that's left is for her and Joe say "Hi" to each other.

* Happens in a Philishave advert to an opera-singing man in the shower.

* An old commercial for Clearasil had a guy's younger brother doing this to him after explaining why he wanted to use clearasil on his face instead of soap.

* In one issue of the CartoonNetwork comic, [[SpaceGhostCoastToCoast Zorak]], [[RunningGag fed up with constantly being blasted by Space Ghost]], decides turnabout is fair play and steals Ghost's gauntlets while the host is in the shower. Before leaving Zorak pulls this prank.