History Main / ToiletPaperTrail

* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', Mike Wazowski ends up with a piece of toilet paper stuck to his foot after he and Sulley have come out from hiding in the bathroom from Randall. The DVDCommentary noted this because the simple gag [[NoFlowInCGI was one of the hardest things for the animation team to render]].

%%* In an episode of ''Series/HannahMontana'', after Miley's false assumptions cause Jackson to lose his girlfriend, Miley tries to humiliate herself via this method in hope that she and Jackson will be "even".

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** Mr. Krabs runs out from the bathroom of the Krusty Krab with toilet paper on his foot in the episode, "Sailor Mouth", when trying to figure out why all the customers left the Krusty Krab.
** In the episode, "[=MermaidPants=]", a fish comes out of the Krusty Krab bathroom with toilet paper stuck to his foot. [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick, who are in their Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy costumes, think the fish is injured and his bandages have come loose, so they wrap him in bandages. Needless to say, the fish is not happy with them.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TuffPuppy'' episode, "The Curse of King Mutt'', Snaptrap trails toilet paper, then trips and wraps himself in it, looking like a mummy. The Chameleon and Bird Brain think he wrapped himself in toilet paper to disguise himself as King Mutt's mummy and scare Dudley into finding King Mutt's bone for them, and Snaptrap nervously tells them they're right before telling them what really happened through Main/SuspiciouslySpecificDenial.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pelswick}}'' enters the classroom with one stuck to his wheel in one episode (the kid's a paraplegic, BTW).
* Leonard [=McLeish=] on ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010'' gets some stuck to his foot after using the bathroom before leaving for his first day as vice-supervisor of sewage and wastewater management.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': In "[[Recap/TotalDramaUpTheCreek Up the Creek]]", Beth needs to go to the bathroom right when Chris gives the instructions for the day's challenge. She gets her thing done as fast as possible and comes running back with a toiler paper trail just as the instructions are over and the challenge begins.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Detentionaire}}'', Holger saves his crush, Greta, from walking around with toiler paper stuck to her foot.
* The ''WesternAnimation/CaptainSimianAndTheSpaceMonkeys'' episode "The Apes of Wrath" has a scene where Lord Nebula has some toilet paper stuck to his foot.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' episode "Red Butler", the Red Guy finds toilet paper stuck to his foot after going to the bathroom on Cow's behalf (he takes his career as a butler ''that'' seriously).

* Happened on ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' when Beth just finished using the bathroom and was late for a challenge.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', Mike Wazowski ends up with a piece of toilet paper stuck to his foot after he and Sulley have come out from hiding in the bathroom from Randall. [[NoFlowInCGI That was one of the hardest things for the animation team to render]].

* On 4 October 2018, none other than president UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-jYhxUaBbk boarded Air Force One in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with what seemed to be a piece of toilet paper stuck to his left shoe]]. It could also be a napkin or other form of paper, but it lead to a lot of mockery once the video went viral.

* In ''{{Disney/MinuteMen}}'', the trio saves a boy the embarrassment of having toilet paper stuck to his shoe the second time.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'', Bubbles the Dolphin has toilet paper stuck to his foot when he walks out of the restroom.

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** The current page image is from the episode "One of the boys". After the Swirly he got from Luke, Lincoln walks down the hallway with an entire role of toiletpaper stuck to his foot.

* The ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'' episode "Embarrassment" has Shannon exit the girl's bathroom with some toilet paper stuck to her foot.

* In an episode of ''Series/HannahMontana'', after Miley's false assumptions cause Jackson to lose his girlfriend, Miley tries to humiliate herself via this method in hope that she and Jackson will be "even".

%% * In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'', Bubbles the Dolphin has this when he walks out of the restroom.

* In ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit'', when Sheriff Buford T. Justice comes out of a mens room during his chase of The Bandit, he is trailing a toilet paper line, and a kindly plump waitress sweetly catches up to him and helps him clear it up. As she leaves, he turns and comments to himself about her posterior (in a genuinely heart-warming moment for an antagonist.)

* Poop Jr. has some toilet paper stuck on his foot