History Main / Swirlie

* In the wrestling story, ''Hello Again'', Wrestling/MollyHolly gives one to Wrestling/{{Natalya}} during their [=WrestleMania=] hardcore match in the finale.
* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic "[[Fanfic/WhyAmICrying Why Am I Crying?]]" showed that, before they became bullies, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were tortured by a group of older colts at a summer camp. One of the things they did to them was dunking their heads in the toilets and making them [[{{Squick}} lick the rims]].

* In ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs,'' there are a couple of opportune instances to drown a triad gangster in his own piss as one of the many, many creative options available in the game's environmental kills.

* The ''Series/SeventhHeaven'' episode "Saturday" has Mary Camden dish one of these out on Michael Towler, who had been sexually harassing her the entire episode, with his and her teammates watching. Comes [[ShutUpHannibal directly after]] he gives her a ReasonYouSuckSpeech.

** There was also the episode "Jus in Bello" where the brothers poured holy water into a prison toilet to save a demon-possessed man VIA dunked the man's head in there. The actor that played the victim talked about the experience.(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrVwwXkioEo)

* In the third season of the television series ''Series/QueerAsFolk'', one of the main characters gives a swirly to his little nephew, who not only tried to take cash from his wallet, but was also spouting homophobic slurs taught to him (Or so the main character infers) by their grandmother.

* In the ''FacingTheFutureSeries'', it's revealed that Sidney Poindexter had been given this as many times as he had been shoved into his locker. He ends [[ToiletTeleportation using this as another doorway]] into Casper High, while causing a tidal wave of toilet water in the process.

* Rare case in ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh''; the main character gets his head dumped in the toilet only to end up in the magical kingdom where he is ruler.

* ''WesternAnimation/PrincessNatasha'': One of the flashback scenes that explain why Oleg didn't stay in Spy Academy long enough for Lubek to be able to recognize him shows some bullies subjecting him to a toilet.

* A Season 8 episode of the late ''Series/MadTV'' had a sketch called "Swirlie Time," in which two bullies gave swirlies to boys coming into and out of the bathroom VIA a hijacked school security camera.

->'''Sharon''': Maybe I could do a college course?
->'''Tracey''': Go back to school? Yeah, you'd ''love'' that - bunking off and sticking new kids' heads down the toilet.

* ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' plays with this as [[EliteMooks Man-O-War]] dunks his own head in the toilet after being deprived of breathable water as non-royal Atlanteans cannot breathe surface air.
* ''Film/{{The Assignment|1997}}'' (1997). The protagonist is interrogated by a terrorist who shoves his head in a toilet bowl while whacking his kidneys with a pistol. Fortunately his handler saw him get taken in there and follows, leading to [[CampingACrapper another trope]].

* ''Film/ForcedVengeance''. Creator/ChuckNorris tries to bump off a GiantMook this way, only to [[TheCanKickedHim get the entire toilet thrown at him]].

* ''Film/InspectorGadget'' is likely the only character to have given ''himself'' a swirlie. This happens in the second live-action movie.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Joker's Millions", Batman tortures the newly wealthy Joker's accountant into divulging the clown's whereabouts by sticking the guy's head in an Iceberg Lounge toilet and flushing. Repeatedly. Penguin actually happens upon the scene, originally intending to break into the bathroom to argue the point, but upon hearing the frantic gurgling sounds, followed by flushing, he bids a hasty and sheepish exit stage right without a word.

* In ''Film/MaxKeeblesBigMove'', Max is caught by a bully and dunked in a toilet. The corrupt custodian (that charges students money to use the restroom and has a dislike of Max) lets the bully dunk Max for free. Cue him showing up to class late and wet.

* In ''Film/SkyHigh'', Speed and Lash routinely do this to Ethan. They get their comeuppance towards the end of the film when Ethan does the same to them.

* Aya, the [[TheWoobie Woobie]] protagonist of ''Manga/MagicalGirlSite'' has her head dunked in a toilet by a gang of bullies.

* Far from being a harmless school prank, the swirlie is a dangerous practice that, according to Wikipedia, can result in drowning, and has been successfully prosecuted several times in court.

* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'': When Phillipa (Horatio's new girlfriend who is considered to be quite obnoxious) calls Helen a bad mother in "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS4E2TheChristening The Christening]]", Helen gets so annoyed by this that one of the punishments she inflicts on her is to dunk her head into the toilet, leading to one of Phillipa's earrings getting stuck down there.

* ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'' has a more violent (and [[PayEvilUntoEvil totally justified]]) example where Eikichi ambushes two sex traffickers in a public restroom after overhearing them talking about how they prostitute drugged high school girls and then blackmail the clients. When the traffickers' boss comes in to find them knocked out with their heads in the urinals, he gets the same treatment.

* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic "[[FanFic/WhyAmICrying Why Am I Crying?]]" showed that, before they became bullies, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were tortured by a group of older colts at a summer camp. One of the things they did to them was dunking their heads in the toilets and making them [[{{Squick}} lick the rims]].

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[[caption-width-right:222:Because even the blind can't resist such a prank sometimes.]]

** Horrifically enough, Vicky did this to her sister Tootie -- ''on her birthday!''

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode "one of the boys", Luke (Luna's male counterpart from a GenderBender dimension) does this to Lincoln.

* In the "Crank Call" episode of ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'', the pair constantly call a man by the name of "Harry Sachz" and flush their toilet. Several weeks of this drive him to near insanity, and he ends up thinking the calls are coming from Stuart's house, and that his dad was the culprit. He starts out by shoving his head in the toilet and flushing, asking him if he likes the way it sounds. Take note that he's so pissed that he doesn't just push his head in, he grabs him by the ankles and jams him straight down.