History Main / GoToYourRoom

* In ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' ''Get the Gimmies'', Papa Bear sends both Brother Bear and Sister Bear to their room after they greet their grandparents by shouting "WHAJA BRING ME?!”As they're headed up there, he also declares that they're getting no treats for a week... a month... a year. Grandpa Bear then asks him if he's having a bad day and tells a tale of when Papa Bear had the gimmies just as badly.

* In ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' ''Get the Gimmies'', Papa Bear sends both Brother Bear and Sister Bear to their room after they greet their grandparents by asking them what they brought them. As they're headed up there, he also declares that they're getting no treats for a week... a month... a year. Grandpa Bear then asks him if he's having a bad day and tells a tale of when Papa Bear had the gimmies just as badly.

* In ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' "Get the Gimmies", Papa Bear sends both Brother Bear and Sister Bear to their room after they greet their grandparents by asking them what they brought them. As they're headed up there, he also declares that they're getting no treats for a week... a month... a year. Grandpa Bear then asks him if he's having a bad day and tells a tale of when Papa Bear had the gimmies just as badly.

** In the episode "Go to Your Room, D.W.!", which was also adapted as a book (as pictured above), D.W. is sent to her room after she threatens to pinch Baby Kate. The trope is played perfectly straight as D.W. considering it a horrid punishment, moping about being treated like a slave and trying to slip out of her room approximately every few seconds, getting sent back each time. For added entertainment, D.W.'s room also happens to be Kate's room -- that's where she has her crib. So when Mom needs a break she ends up sending Kate to the room too, asking D.W. to look after her sister. This results in D.W.'s muttering about being asked to babysit the enemy, but also leads to the happy resolution of the story.

* In the Creator/PBSKids ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' version of "Get the Gimmies", Papa Bear sends both Brother Bear and Sister Bear to their room after they greet their grandparents by asking them what they brought them. As they're headed up there, he also declares that they're getting no treats for a week... a month... a year. Grandpa Bear then asks him if he's having a bad day and tells a tale of when Papa Bear had the gimmies just as badly.

* In the PBS Kids ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' version of "Get the Gimmies", Papa Bear sends both Brother Bear and Sister Bear to their room after they greet their grandparents by asking them what they brought them. As they're headed up there, he also declares that they're getting no treats for a week... a month... a year. Grandpa Bear then asks him if he's having a bad day and tells a tale of when Papa Bear had the gimmies just as badly.

* One of the Fritos commercials Jay Leno made before he took over the Tonight Show had him talk to parents about kids misbehaving. "Don't send them to their room," he tells parents. "They got everything in there. Send them to your room! There's nothing going on in there!"

%%* This was frequent for Franchise/HarryPotter throughout most of his childhood, though it was actually more "Go to your cupboard," since the Dursleys never even let him stay in a proper room until after the Hogwarts letters started arriving. %%What was frequent for Harry?

* In an episode of ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'', Mrs. Dubcek catches Harry "painting something awful on the side of the house," which he claims is "a post-impressionist urban mural." Dick responds, "Well, I promise you, Mrs. Dubcek, Harry will ''not'' go unpunished. He will sit in his room and think about what he did while you repaint your house!"

* In ''Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas'', there's actually a song called "Go, Go Go To Your Room," which is all about the various times that Fancy Nancy's little sister [=JoJo=] was sent to her room for crazy stuff she's done like trying to use her father's shaving cream to make snow or drawing a tattoo on one of Nancy's dolls with permanent marker. The latest incident is throwing a tantrum because of not getting a necklace that she wanted. The song has a brief reprise later in the play after [=JoJo=] removes a branch from the family Christmas tree and decorates it as a mini-tree of her own, however, this time she actually doesn't get sent to her room because her family finds it creative and they even end it up planting it to make it look like more of a tree.

* In the [=PBSKids=] ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' version of "Get the Gimmies," Papa Bear sends both Brother Bear and Sister Bear to their room after they greet their grandparents by asking them what they brought them. As they're headed up there, he also declares that they're getting no treats for a week... a month... a year. Grandpa Bear then asks him if he's having a bad day and tells a tale of when Papa Bear had the gimmies just as badly.

** In "Space Chicken" when Cricket causes destruction to the city for trying to launch a chicken into outer space, Bill tells him he's grounded and has to stay in his room for the rest of the day; Cricket then tries to get Bill to change his mind, but to no avail. Then Remy (the boy he met earlier) asks if he should go with him, but Bill just grimaces and he does so.

** In "Country Side" after Cricket and Remy are caught by Bill, they are sent to Cricket's room as punishment; [[CrazyPrepared Bill even boards up Cricket's window]] so they don't escape out.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', at the end of "Mega Leech," Adrien is ordered to go to his room by his father, Gabriel, for taking a stand and protesting against his "environmentally-friendly" project. Adrien tried to explain to his father it wasn't his intention, but Gabriel refuses to listen to his son.
* Candace in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' is told by her mother to go to her room both of the times she’s grounded. (The Secret of Success and Candace Gets Busted)

-->'''Charlotte:''' I hope you weren't to hard on her.\\

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' episode "Rebel Without A Glove" has Bugs Bunny transform into a thuggish biker bunny after donning fingerless gloves. Seeing Bugs in such a hoodlum persona, Walter Bunny forbids his daughter Lola from meeting with Bugs. "But, Daddy, I love him," Lola bleats. "Go to your room," orders Walt, pointing to the staircase. "I don't even live here any more," argues Lola. This gives Walt a moment's pause before he responds, "Well then, go to your old room that your mother turned into a scrapbooking room," Walt roars. Lola runs up the stairs sobbing. Viewable on [=YouTube=] here: [[https://youtu.be/I53s3mcf7Ig]].

* In the comic strip adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', Charlotte at one point sends Angelica to her room as punishment. Given that's where all of her toys are, [[{{Unishment}} Angelica wonders why this is supposed to be a bad thing.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':
** In "Runaway Angelica", after Angelica destroys her dad's study and fax machine, Drew ''[[SpoiledBrat finally actually]]'' tells her "You're gonna stay in your room and think about what you've done!" He then goes downstairs musing, "Well, I did it. I actually did it! I disciplined Angelica." Since Angelica's not used to it, she's completely outraged and decides to [[TheRunaway run away from home.]]
--->'''Charlotte:''' I hope you weren't to hard on her.\\

* In ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', Adrien is ordered to go to his room by his father, Gabriel, for taking a stand and protesting against his "environmentally-friendly" project. Adrien tried to explain to his father it wasn't his intention, but Gabriel refuses to listen to his son.

** Tywin Lannister, being very much the DragonInChief, orders King Joffrey to bed after Joffrey implies that Tywin is a coward. Tyrion notes this with amusement.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Mid-Life Crustacean", in his efforts to feel young again, Mr. Krabs joins Spongebob and Patrick's [[PantyThief panty raid]], without knowing they were doing it in the house of Krabs' mother. When she finds them, Spongebob and Patrick run away and Mrs. Krabs sends her son to his old room, grounded for the rest of the night (note that Mr. Krabs is both a grown man AND doesn't live with his mother anymore). Spongebob and Patrick come to see him from his window to apologize for getting him in trouble, but Mr. Krabs tells them that being there has actually succeeded in making him feel younger.

* This exchange from ''Series/FamilyTies'':
-->'''Steven:''' Up to your rooms, now.\\
'''Alex:''' Uh, Dad, I think I'm a little old to be sent to my room.\\
'''Steven:''' You're also too old to be whining in the car the whole way back.\\
'''Alex:''' [whining] I wasn't ''whining''...

* In ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', this is the standard punishment Hank gives to Bobby. When the Souphanousinphones move in next door, Hank finds nothing in common with his Laotian neighbor, until the two get angry at their kids and scream "go to your room" at the same time, and they realize they're not that different. It also helps that they both refuse to ever spank their child.

* In ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', this is the standard punishment Hank gives to Bobby. When the Souphanousinphones move in next door, Hank finds nothing in common with his Laotian neighbor, until the two get angry at their kids and scream "go to your room" at the same time, and they realize they're not that different.

[[{{Unishment}} This actually isn't much of a punishment, since many kids' rooms have all their toys and games inside.]] The trope is often subverted when parents realize this. The punishment [[OlderThanTelevision probably hails from a time]] when a child's bedroom didn't have luxuries like computers, [=TVs=], games, consoles or toys, but has been passed down from parent to child for so long it's become standard discipline. Of course, a lot of it depends on the child's personality. This is naturally much more of a punishment for the child who really likes playing outside or with other people, as opposed to one who'd rather just sit and read a book, or make up stories in [[MrImagination their imagination]] anyway. Sometimes utilized less as a punishment and more as a way for the adult to get a few minutes of peace and quiet.

* In ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' episode "The Old Switcharooms", Dexter and Dee Dee were sent to each other's rooms in order to learn respect for other peoples' property after an argument they had causes them to bump into their father, making him drop his bowling trophy and causing it to break. [[InsufferableGenius Dexter]] fears that [[LethallyStupid Dee Dee]] is [[WhatDoesThisButtonDo trashing his secret lab like she usually does]], and makes a stealth suit to investigate. [[spoiler:It turns out that Dee Dee hadn't done anything, and when she and Dad see how badly Dexter savaged her room (in the process of making the suit), he gets sent to the doghouse... while the dog runs wild through the lab, wrecking it.]]

[[{{Unishment}} This actually isn't much of a punishment, since many kids' rooms have all their toys and games inside.]] The trope is often subverted when parents realize this. The punishment [[OlderThanTelevision probably hails from a time]] when a child's bedroom didn't have luxuries like computers, [=TVs=], games, consoles or toys, but has been passed down from parent to child for so long it's become standard discipline. Of course, a lot of it depends on the child's personality. This is naturally much more of a punishment for the child who really likes playing outside or with other people, as opposed to one who'd rather just sit and read a book, or make up stories in [[MrImagination their imagination]] anyway.

* In ''Series/YoungSheldon'', Mary Cooper laments to husband George that the usual threat to a maladjusted child - grounding them or sending them to their room - has the opposite effect on Sheldon Cooper, who would simply thank them for allowing him to stay indoors and avoid the loathed Out There.

--> '''Nene''': Ieyasu, get back to Edo, and go to your room!

** In the episode "Go to Your Room, D.W.!", which was also adapted as a book (as pictured above), D.W. is sent to her room after she threatens to pinch Baby Kate. The trope is played perfectly straight as D.W. considering it a horrid punishment, moping about being treated like a slave and trying to slip out of her room approximately every few seconds, getting sent back each time. For added entertainment, D.W.'s room also happens to be Kate's room - that's where she has her crib. So when Mom needs a break she ends up sending Kate to the room too, asking D.W. to look after her sister. This results in D.W.'s muttering about being asked to babysit the enemy, but also leads to the happy resolution of the story.

--> '''Sokka''': *Puts on his fake beard* "GO TO YOUR ROOM!"

--->'''Charlotte''': I hope you weren't to hard on her.\\
'''Drew''': Oh, no. Our daughter's a fairly mature girl. I think she'll take it well.\\

* A railway variant in ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''; Sir Topham Hatt would often send engines to their sheds whenever they misbehaved and/or caused confusion and delay. Some examples include in the beginning of "[[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS1E9TroublesomeTrucks Troublesome Trucks / Foolish Freight Cars]]" where James had been in the sheds after making a leak on one of his coaches, and in "[[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS1E16TroubleInTheShed Trouble in the Shed]]" when Gordon, Henry, and James were shut up in the sheds for a couple of days for their harassment of Edward and their vehement protests that "tender engines don't shunt".

* Subversion in ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'', after Lola and her father have a fight:
-->'''Walter:''' Go to your room!
-->'''Lola:''' I don't even live here anymore!
-->'''Walter:''' Well, go to your old room that your mother turned into a scrapbooking room!

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