History Main / TamponRun

->''[Priestly calls Tish]''
->''Tish: Beach City Grill, subs by the inch.''
->''Priestly: Code blue! Hostile territory. Aborting mission.''
->''Tish: Who is this?''
->''Priestly: It's your Renaissance Man. I'm at the store; there's too many enemy tampons. I'm bailing.''
-->--TenInchHero - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S_QjLMZbl8 Priestly's Tampon Run]]

* In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S_QjLMZbl8 this scene]] from ''TenInchHero'', Priestly at first humorously demonstrates this trope, but then recovers quite nicely when confronted by other guys.

* In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S_QjLMZbl8 this scene]] from ''Ten Inch Hero'', Priestly at first humorously demonstrates this trope, but then recovers quite nicely when confronted by other guys.

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* In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S_QjLMZbl8 this scene]] from ''Ten Inch Hero'', Priestly at first humorously demonstrates this trope, but then recovers quite nicely when confronted by other guys.

* Thugboy had to do this for {{Empowered}}.

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* In the JohnRingo novel ''PaladinOfShadows'', Ringo's ex-SEAL protagonist explains to one of the female hostages he is rescuing that tampons make great field-expedient bandages because of their absorbency, and condoms can be used as waterproofing for underwater detonators. He relates the story of a time when his squad ran low on these supplies and had to go and buy them at a drugstore.
* The title escapes this troper, but there's a young adult novel about a couple who run away to live in the wilderness after both their families suffer tragedies. The girl is shocked to find three boxes of tampons among the supplies her boyfriend had packed for their sojourn, amazed that he could bring himself to (or would even think to!) buy such a thing.

[[AliceAndBob Alice]] just started her period and has run out of tampons. She is busy so she nonchalantly asks Bob, her boyfriend to get them for her. Bob [[{{HeroicBSOD}} just stares in horror.]] Alice explains that she can't go, but she needs them as soon as possible so he would have to get them. Bob freaks out as he embarks on the most horrifying journey to the store that he will EVER have to face: the TamponRun.

* In the WebOriginal setting {{Paradise}}, humans are randomly, permanently Changed into FunnyAnimals (with some experiencing a [[GenderBender gender-change]] at the same time), though this Change is InvisibleToNormals who will continue to see the person as his or her old human self (and gender). Many newly male-to-female gender-Changed find themselves effectively doing [[TamponRun Tampon Runs]] for ''themselves'' (before the [[TheUnmasquedWorld masquerade breaks down]], at least): while still apparently male, they must shop for feminine accessories and hygiene products.

* From NotAlwaysRight: [[http://notalwaysright.com/why-cashiers-should-rule-the-world/4230 Why Cashiers Should Rule the World]].

* In ''MissCongeniality'', to lose the three FBI agents escorting her back to Quantico, Gracie faked a sudden period and ran off to the toilet with Sam. The three remaining agents were tasked with getting the tampons.

->''"I'm coming down the stairs and I find a large box. I recognized this box because ''I'' had been forced to purchase it. And at the time, I bought the largest one I could ''possibly'' find, so that I wouldn't have to go through that again any time soon. In fact, if they had a ''silo'' full of those suckers, I would have dragged ''that'' home behind the truck. Big pink silo: ''Always.''"''

[[AliceAndBob Alice]] just started her period and has run out of tampons. She is busy so she nonchalantly asks Bob, her boyfriend to get them for her. Bob [[{{HeroicBSOD}} just stares in horror.]] Alice explains that she can't go, but she needs them as soon as possible so he would have to get them. Bob freaks out as he embarks on the most horrifying journey to the store that he will EVER have to face: the TamponRun.

PlayedForLaughs, this trope exemplifies just how much of a big deal men stereotypically make out of the period. For whatever reason, this naturally occurring event and the purchasing of products to ease the process is this most terrifying thing in the world for individuals with the Y chromosome. They may be seen talking to himself, shouting to nobody in particular upon finding out that "they come in sizes?!?!?!", and trying to hide it. Men might try to play it off by asking if they come in [[{{BiggusDickus}} larger sizes]]. Bonus points if he sees another guy in the same boat or if the sales clerk calls for a price check effectively announcing to the whole store that Bob is buying tampons.

* As many men can tell you, this is quite common in RealLife.
* Averted brilliantly in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo9kNFqpH5c this]] commercial for Libra Tampons.
* ''SouthPark'' when Stan's sister made them go get her some tampons when they were trying to watch "RussellCrowe Fighting 'Round the World" in order to see the trailer for the new Terrence & Philip movie.
* {{Blossom}} did it to herself when she had to go buy tampons for the first time. She chickened out when she saw that a CuteBoy from school was the clerk.
* In ''TheProposal'' with SandraBullock and RyanReynolds, Bullock says a line something like "If you don't go along with this, everything you've been through, all those late-night tampax runs, will have been for nothing."
* ''KingOfTheHill'', Hank is forced to do this for Connie, the next-door-neighbor girl because she gets her first period when her parents and his wife are away.
* BillEngvall did a routine about getting pads for his daughter, since his wife couldn't get them that day. Of course Hilarity Ensued, because a) his son found them first, and b) tried to be helpful by hollering ''the entire length of the aisle to his dad'' that'd found them.
* Ubykotex lampshaded this in a recent commercial found [[http://menstruationresearch.org/2010/04/19/id-rather-hold-your-bike-than-your-tampons/ here]] where men would rather watch her bike than buy her tampons.
* JeffDunham provides the page quote.
* This happens in the French movie ''L'enqueteCorse'', in which one of the insurgents needs a tampon to make a fuse. So he goes in the pharmacy, blushes and stutters his way to asking the counter girl for a box of tampons, then she asks if he needs regular or super-absorbing. Of course he's made even more nervous and finally lets out that it's for a slow-burning fuse, at which point she tells him which one to use. (This being the ThemeParkVersion of Corsica, [[BananaRepublic where dropping non-fatal bombs for independence]] is a daily occurrence and can identify, by sound alone, where a bomb went off, how much and what kind of explosive was used.)
* A [[http://blacklillian.deviantart.com/art/Even-Villains-Need-Groceries-2-37605173 fancomic]] by BlackLillian on DeviantArt [[{{VillainsOutShopping}} depicts members of Organization XIII at the supermarket]] and demonstrates this trope quite nicely with a little spin to include condoms as well.
* In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S_QjLMZbl8 this scene]] from ''Ten Inch Hero'', Priestly at first humorously demonstrates this trope, but then recovers quite nicely when confronted by other guys.

* In the period-themed anthology ''Don't Cramp My Style'', the one story contributed by a male author was "The Heroic Quest of Douglas [=McGawain=]", by David Lubar, in which--you guessed it--the title character buys tampons for his girlfriend. The female cashier is impressed, saying "it takes a real man to buy tampons for a lady".
* In the WebOriginal setting {{Paradise}}, humans are randomly, permanently Changed into FunnyAnimals (with some experiencing a [[GenderBender gender-change]] at the same time), though this Change is InvisibleToNormals who will continue to see the person as his or her old human self (and gender). Many newly male-to-female gender-Changed find themselves effectively doing [[TamponRun Tampon Runs]] for ''themselves'' (before the [[TheUnmasquedWorld masquerade breaks down]], at least): while still apparently male, they must shop for feminine accessories and hygiene products.
* In the JohnRingo novel ''PaladinOfShadows'', Ringo's ex-SEAL protagonist explains to one of the female hostages he is rescuing that tampons make great field-expedient bandages because of their absorbency, and condoms can be used as waterproofing for underwater detonators. He relates the story of a time when his squad ran low on these supplies and had to go and buy them at a drugstore.
* In ''MissCongeniality'', to lose the three FBI agents escorting her back to Quantico, Gracie faked a sudden period and ran off to the toilet with Sam. The three remaining agents were tasked with getting the tampons.

* It is often stated that this is just another bonus of getting a menstrual cup. It is true.

Alice just started her period and has run out of tampons. She is busy so she nonchalantly asks Bob, her boyfriend to get them for her. Bob [[{{HeroicBSOD}} just stares in horror.]] Alice explains that she can't go, but she needs them as soon as possible so he would have to get them. Bob freaks out as he embarks on the most horrifying journey to the store that he will EVER have to face: the TamponRun.

-> I'm coming down the stairs and I find a large box. I recognized this box because ''I'' had been forced to purchase it. And at the time, I bought the largest one I could ''possibly'' find, so that I wouldn't have to go through that again any time soon. In fact, if they had a ''silo'' full of those suckers, I would have dragged ''that'' home behind the truck. Big pink silo: ''Always.''
-> JeffDunham

** For young girls and some women too. I still hate having to get those stupid things.

--> I'm coming down the stairs and I find a large box. I recognized this box because ''I'' had been forced to purchase it. And at the time, I bought the largest one I could ''possibly'' find, so that I wouldn't have to go through that again any time soon. In fact, if they had a ''silo'' full of those suckers, I would have dragged ''that'' home behind the truck. Big pink silo: ''Always.''
--> JeffDunham

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* JeffDunham made a joke about this once.
--> I'm coming down the stairs and I find a large box. I recognized this box because ''I'' had been forced to purchase it. And at the time, I bought the largest one I could ''possibly'' find, so that I wouldn't have to go through that again any time soon. In fact, if they had a ''silo'' full of those suckers, I would have dragged ''that'' home behind the truck. Big pink silo: ''Always.''

* In ''TheProposal'' with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, Bullock says a line something like "If you don't go along with this, everything you've been through, all those late-night tampax runs, will have been for nothing."