History Main / SoapPunishment

8 ''WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenace'': Discussed in "The Abominable Snow Menace" when Mr. Wilson hears that Dennis will be accompanying the Wilsons on a ski trip.

* There are documented cases of children dying due to the after-effects of having unpleasant substances placed/forced into the mouth. For example, trying to swallow hot chilli powder can easily cause suffocation. This and other substances can also cause the child to vomit and then aspirate (inhale) their own vomit. This in turn can lead to suffocation and even if it doesn't, it may cause pneumonia leading to death.

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': When the Toon Patrol tries to interrogate Eddie on Roger's whereabouts, the leader Wiseass tells him to "cut the bull-schtick". Eddie responds, "You keep talking like that and I'm gonna have to wash your mouth out," and he shoves the bar in the mouth. The other weasels laugh at him as he coughs up bubbles, and he spits out the bar at one of them.

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': When the Toon Patrol tries to interrogate Eddie on Roger's whereabouts, the leader Wiseass tells him to "cut to cut the bull-schtick". Eddie responds, "You keep talking like that and I'm gonna have to wash your mouth about," and he shoves the bar in the mouth. The other weasels laugh at him as he coughs up bubbles, and he spits out the bar at one of them.

* Pictured above, Goofy's son ([[WesternAnimation/GoofTroop no, not that one.]] The other one.) in the WesternAnimation/{{Classic Disney Short|s}} ''Fathers are People''.

* Happened several times on ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision''. One sketch had a kid get his mouth washed out with French soap for swearing in French. Another had a kid get his mouth washed out by his smoking parents for saying "Quit."

* In ''Film/VictorVictoria'' the mobster is thought by his girlfriend to be attracted to a man ("Victor" who is actually a woman playing a man playing a woman). His girlfriend keeps going on about it, and he grabs a bar of soap. We expect rough anal sex as punishment to ensue; the next scene has his furious girlfriend throwing furniture at him- with a mouthful of soap.

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* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', the lead weasel is threatening Eddie to tell him where Roger is and to "cut the bullschtick". Eddie tells him to watch his mouth or he'll "wash [his] mouth out" and shoves a bar of soap into his mouth.
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* On ''Series/ResidentAlien'', the HughMann alien Harry Vanderspeigle regularly swears around Max Hawthorne, who can see through to his alien form, as well as his friend Sahar. In "[[Recap/ResidentAlienS1E9WelcomeAliens Welcome Aliens]]" from ''Series/ResidentAlien'', Sahar threatens Harry with this if he doesn't stop. He tells her that he likes eating soap and swears a whole bunch more, telling her to bring it on.

* ''Series/{{Supernanny}}'': One mother used a squirt bottle of soap to discipline her son for telling his brother to "smell his own buttcrack". Jo Frost (the titular nanny) was ''[[Main/WhatTheHellHero horrified]]'', and tried to convince the mother that she was invoking DisproportionateRetribution and poisoning the boy. Sadly, the mother's ego was too over-inflated, and she saw it as a way to command the respect she thinks she deserves, causing Jo and the mother to cuss each other out. And her poor husband sits there suffering. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWFudcOHwJ8 It really has to be seen to be believed]].

** Happens to Ralphie after he pulls a PrecisionFStrike. After sending him to bed, his mother sticks the soap in her own mouth, just to see what it tastes like. It also is mentioned in ''In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash'', the book on which the film is loosely based.

* In an episode of ''Series/KnotsLanding featuring a scene at a GreasySpoon, a female child in a booster seat (Creator/JudithBarsi) responds to the waitress asking her what she wants for lunch by saying "caca" (shit in Spanish) and her mother picks the child up and carries her towards the exit, ignoring the screaming child and saying "You are getting SOAP for lunch, young lady!".

* In an episode of ''Series/KnotsLanding featuring a scene at a GreasySpoon, a female child in a booster seat (Creator/Judith Barsi) responds to the waitress asking her what she wants for lunch by saying "caca" (shit in Spanish) and her mother picks the child up and carries her towards the exit, ignoring the screaming child and saying "You are getting SOAP for lunch, young lady!".

* In ''WesternAnimation/Pepper Ann'' episode "The Way They Were" , 5-year-old Pepper Ann has a bar of soap stuffed into her mouth for saying "jerk", and is to stay in the bathroom to reflect on her own actions while her mom is still pregnant with her second child, who turns out to be Margaret Rose, or "Moose".

* Pictured above, Goofy's son ([[WesternAnimation/GoofTroop no, the other one]]) in the WesternAnimation/{{Classic Disney Short|s}} ''Fathers are People''.

* One ''ComicStrip/LittleLulu'' comic has Lulu taking Alvin to the bathroom to wash his mouth out for using dirty words. [[{{Unishment}} Alvin, however discovers that he likes the taste of soap]] and walks away eating the rest of the bar leaving Lulu confused.

* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', the lead weasel is threatening Eddie to tell him where Roger is and to "cut the bullschtick". Eddie tells him to watch his mouth or he'll "wash your mouth out" and shoves a bar of soap into his mouth.

** When Creator/RogerEbert reviewed the movie he commented and confirmed most of Ralph's soap flavors. He also commented that the "nuclear option" when he was growing up was Lava (a pumice soap, used mostly by mechanics and such), "Lava was for words we didn't know yet."

* Used in ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' when Baby learns rude words off the television. When Fran washes his mouth out, every time a bubble from his mouth pops it echoes the word.

* What Sam gets when he say "Fuck you!" to his bosses in ''WebAnimation/LooneyTunesIntroBloopers''.

Starting to become ValuesDissonance to some folks in RealLife as of late due to the fact it's can be dangerous (although it used to be TruthInTelevision), but mostly always PlayedForLaughs in movies, television, etc.

Starting to become ValuesDissonance to some folks in RealLife as of late due to the fact it's actually dangerous (although it used to be TruthInTelevision), but mostly always PlayedForLaughs in movies, television, etc.

Starting to become ValuesDissonance to some folks in RealLife as of lately (although it used to be TruthInTelevision), but mostly always PlayedForLaughs in movies, television, etc.