History Main / LockedInTheBathroom

The character certainly can't stay inside forever, making this an unviable means of escaping their troubles in the long-term. Since bathrooms usually have only one door and no other means of egress, the other characters could effectively leave the upset individual alone and allow them exit when they ultimately become bored from the lack of attention.

* ''Film/TheShining'': Wendy locks herself in the bathroom to hide from the now (literally!) AxCrazy Jack. The lock holds. The door doesn't.

* ''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman'': Happens to Ruff, Blossom and Chet in a Season 3 episode where Ruff's cousin, Roxie, lets a giant herd of sheep burst into the doghouse and stay.[[note]]Ruff assumed he was only taking care of one sheep instead of a humongous herd.[[/note]] This trope lasts for the majority of the episode. In the episode's Stinger, Once the sheep are gone, Ruff agrees to watch his cousin's moose, a herd of moose, a hude heard of moose enter the doghouse, [[HereWeGoAgain forcing Ruff to barricade everyone in the bathroom again]].

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', Gumball and Darwin literally get locked in the school bathroom. They decide to tell each other a secret they'd been keeping, but they're rescued by the janitor before Dawin can tell his. Gumball spends the rest of the episode being driven crazy by not knowing the secret, until Darwin tells him that he was only going to tell him because it looked like they were going to die. So, Gumball locks them in the bathroom again, only to find out that the secret Darwin had been keeping was that he didn't like some food Gumball made. They get out this time by flushing themselves down the toilet, arguing the whole way, finally ending by angrily yelling that they love each other.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In the MusicalEpisode, [[{{Jerkass}} Mr. Cat]] steals a song Stumpy wrote for his girlfriend by making a DealWithTheDevil and decides to turn it into a Broadway production. Stumpy locks himself in the bathroom and starts crying until Kaeloo and Quack Quack decide to help him, at which point he leaves the bathroom.

* In ''Film/TheRoom'', Johnny locks himself in the bathroom after his birthday party when he discovers his girlfriend and best friend have been having an affair.

* In Danish series ''Series/{{Klovn}}'', when Frank by accident doodles on Mia's croquis drawings, she gets unusually upset and locks herself into the bathroom. Frank [[LampshadeHanging lampshades it]] by saying that [[AluminiumChristmasTrees he didn't know women may actually lock themselves into the bathroom in real life when they are upset]].

* ''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman'': Happens to Ruff, Blossom and Chet in a Season 3 episode where Ruff's cousin, Roxie, lets a giant herd of sheep burst into the doghouse and stay.[[note]]Ruff assumed he was only taking care of one sheep instead of a humongous herd.[[/note]] This trope lasts for the majority of the episode.

* An accidental version of this trope happened to Creator/SovietWomble in real life once, and he's coaxed into telling the mildly embarrassing story during a lull in one of his ''VideoGame/DayZ'' streams, which made it into one of his signature "Random Bullshittery" compilations. Apparently the passer-by who heard him shouting for help and called 999, because he lives alone apart from [[TeamPet Lulu]] and didn't have his cellphone on him, told the dispatcher that ''[[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl a woman]]'' was trapped in an apartment. Soviet seemed more put out by the firefighters calling him "Ma'am" until he cleared up the misconception than anything else about a situation that's low-key NightmareFuel, at least in hindsight.

* In the ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics continuity, during the "Mobius: 25 Years Later" arc, Lara-Su locks herself in the bathroom during an argument. She wants to become a guardian, but her parents are against it.

* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys''. In the episode where Eliza finds herself in the Australian Outback a ranger locks her in the bathroom so she does not cause an interference. Unfortunately his parrot spoils his plan by revealing that she had been locked in the bathroom.

* One promotional UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} on ESPN commercial in 2011 says Jimmie Johnson will do ''anything'' to win. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puPegYzK9Vc He'll even lock Kasey Kahne in the port-a-potty]], and then go eat a steak sandwich.

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* ''Manga/{{Hiyokoi}}'': It happens in the OVA during a sad panty shot incident during class. She (Hiyorin) felt so sad and embarrassed that she ran into the washroom. The poor girl!

* In Creator/NeilSimon's ''Film/PlazaSuite'', a bride with cold feet locks herself in the hotel bathroom on her wedding day.
* In ''The Kid, TheMusical'' of the book by Dan Savage, the song "Terry..." is an attempt to coax Terry out of the bathroom after a fight.
* In a cross between this and LockedInARoom, in ''Film/CantHardlyWait'' Kenny (Creator/SethGreen) and Denise (Lauren Ambrose) lock themselves in the upstairs bathroom...and can't get out because the door's broken.

* ''Film/GoingOverboard'': Dickie Diamond locks himself in a bathroom because he felt like he's going to puke. After that, he just stays there locked, but later on, the door opens and Dickie is so happy to reclaim his job as a comedian.

* ''Literature/JunieBJones'': In ''Yucky Blucky Fruitcake'', Junie B. locks herself in the bathroom to pretend throwing sponges at her principal at the school's carnival. She actually throws them at the toilet, but then they get stuck in the drain, causing the toilet to flood the bathroom by accident.

* ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'': The first-season episode "Child Care" sees a 4-year-old girl that Beaver and Wally are supposed to be watching lock herself in the bathroom. After an attempt by Beaver to have a friend try to unlock the door fails, they resort to calling the fire department. Wally and June learn about this and the boys eventually explain things (they held off for fear they might not get to babysit again), and the folks are mighty impressed things went so well.
* ''Series/FullHouse'': The Season 3 episode "The Greatest Birthday on Earth" sees Jesse, Stephanie and Michelle accidentally get locked in a gas station bathroom while on the way home for Michelle's third birthday party. "No more happy birthday to me?" Michelle asks when she realizes they might be trapped awhile.

* In ''Series/ThreesCompany'', Jack's date locks herself in the bathroom while Jack is having a food critic over for dinner. Mr. Furley, attempts to unlock the door with his [[SkeletonKeyCard credit card]], but she takes it when he pushes it through the crack.
* In the ''Series/{{Monk}}'' episode "Mr. Monk Gets Cabin Fever," Stottlemeyer uses a set of handcuffs to lock Agent Grooms in the witness protection cabin's bathroom so Grooms cannot interfere while Monk, Natalie and Stottlemeyer leave to investigate a potential murder.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': In [[Recap/SupernaturalS05E20TheDevilYouKnow "The Devil You Know"]], Sam does this to Dean so he can slice on Brady.

* ''Series/DCIBanks'': In "The Buried", DI Morton locks herself in a stall in the ladies room after she receives divorce papers from her husband. Banks somewhat timorously follows her in to find out what is wrong.

* In ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'', Rose locks herself in the bathroom at a prestigious party after finding out that Blanche and Dorothy impersonated her date as a pen pal. Since she was occupying the only stall that wasn't out of order, a large group of attendees have gathered offscreen by the time Blanche and Dorothy coax her out.

* ''LetsPlay/DeliciousCinnamon'': The gang theorizes that Dubz accidentally locked himself in Bert's bathroom during the Paper Mario stream.

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' episode "Through a Lens Darkly" sees Daria ditching her glasses in a moment of vanity. When Jane finds out, Daria locks herself in a stall in the girls' bathroom, upset at herself for this brief foray into narcissism.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In the MusicalEpisode, [[{{Jerkass}} Mr. Cat]] steals a song Stumpy wrote for his girlfriend by making a DealWithTheDevil and decides to turn it into a Broadway production. Stumpy locks himself in the bathroom and starts crying until Kaeloo and Quack Quack decide to help him, at which point he leaves the bathroom.

* ''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman'': Happens to Ruff, Blossom and Chet in a Season 3 episode where Ruff's cousin, Roxie, lets a giant herd of sheep burst into the doghouse and stay[[note]]Ruff assumed he was only taking care of one sheep instead of a humongous herd[[/note]]. This trope lasts for the majority of the episode.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In the episode ''Catch And Release'', [[spoiler:Peridot]] locked ''herself'' in the bathroom while running from the Crystal Gems, intending a BathroomBreakOut. She quickly discovered there was no other way out, and it became her new place of residence for a while.