History PlayingWith / FlushingToiletScreamingShower

** Bob is taking a shower, and Alice runs the washing machine... which makes his shower go cold. Bob [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl shrieks]] and chatters, leaping out of the shower.

* '''Justified''': AliceAndBob have old plumbing in their home.

** Alice is taking a shower. Her husband Bob comes in to pee, does his business, and flushes the toilet. The water temperature in the shower, causing Alice to yell and shout from behind the curtain.
** Bob is taking a shower, and Alice runs the washing machine... which makes his shower go cold.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is taking a shower and Alice turns on the sink, causing the water in the shower to instantly boil into steam.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob takes a small drink, causing Alice mild discomfort.

* '''Inverted''': Taking a shower causes all the water to drain from the toilet.

** [[FalseCause The water went cold because the heating gas for the block conked out just after Bob flushed]].

* '''Invoked''': Bob is doing this on purpose as a prank with the faucet in the kitchen, alternating the temperatures.

** Alice is taking a shower. Bob comes in to pee, does his business, and flushes the toilet. The water in the shower becomes scalding hot, causing Alice to scream.
** Bob is taking a shower, and Alice decides to do laundry ... which makes his shower go cold.

** Bob doesn't flush, out of consideration for Alice's shower.
** Bob flushes and the water in Alice's shower changes temperature -- but only because she hit the hot water knob at the same time.

** Bob turns on the sink, and Alice's shower instantly starts spewing flames.
** Alice flushes the toilet, and [[InstantIceJustAddCold Bob instantly freezes solid]] from being exposed to his now ice-cold shower water.

** AliceAndBob have more modern plumbing in their home, designed to avert this.
** Alice and Bob live on a lake or river that is clean enough that they can bathe in it.

* '''Lampshaded''': "We have ''got'' to upgrade our plumbing."
* '''Invoked''': Bob is doing this on purpose with the faucet in the kitchen, alternating the temperatures.

** "You've been in that shower for half an hour. Get out or I'll flush the toilet."

* '''Defied''': Bob decides he'll hold it until she's done (of course, if this is a PottyEmergency, he'll either use the toilet without flushing out of sheer desperation or pee somewhere else -- out the window, in Alice's backyard garden, in a potted plant, in the kitchen sink, at a neighbor's house, etc.).

** Alice suffers some really nasty scalds.

** Bob intentionally does this as a form of DomesticAbuse to Alice.

** Alice doesn't care that she's naked; she launches a FullFrontalAssault on Bob.

** Alice flushes the toilet, and [[InstantIceJustAddCold Bob instantly freezes solid]] from being exposed to his now ice-cold bath water.

** Alice flushes the toilet, and Bob instantly freezes solid from being exposed to his now ice-cold bath water.

* '''Parodied''': Bob turns on the sink, and Alice's shower instantly starts spewing flames.

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

** Alice screams, leaps out of the shower to yell at Bob, remembers she's naked, screams, covers herself, and hurries back into the shower.

** Bob is taking a shower, and Alice decides to do laundry... Which makes his shower go cold.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob takes a small drink causing Alice mild discomfort.

** Bob flushes and the water in Alice's shower changes temperature- but only because she hit the hot water knob at the same time.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': AliceAndBob have more modern plumbing in their home, designed to avert this.

* '''Lampshaded''': ???

* '''Defied''': Bob decides he'll hold it until she's done (of course, if this is a PottyEmergency, he'll either use the toilet without flushing out of sheer desperation or pee somewhere else -- out the window, in Alice's backyard garden, in a potted plant, in the kitchen sink, at a neighbor's house, etc).

* '''Played For Drama''':

** This happens so much that Alice decides to ToiletSeatDivorce Bob.
** Bob intentionally does this as a form of abuse to Alice.

* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice screams, leaps out of the shower to yell at Bob, remembers she's naked, screams, covers herself, and hurries back into the shower.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice screams, leaps out of the shower to yell at Bob, remembers she's naked, screams, covers herself, and hurrries back into the shower.

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* '''Downplayed:''': Bob takes a small drink causing Alice mild discomfort.

* '''Subverted''': Bob doesn't flush, out of consideration for Alice's shower.

* '''Double Subverted''': But then he goes out to water the vegetable garden, which does cause Alice's shower to scald her.

* '''Exploited''': "You've been in that shower for half an hour. Get out or I'll flush the toilet."

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is doing this on purpose with the faucet in the kitchen, alternating the temperatures.

* '''Invoked''': Bob ''really'' needs to use the bathroom, but Alice is showering and it's the only bathroom in the house.

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Played Straight''':

** Bob is taking a shower, and Alice decides to do laundry...which makes his shower go cold.

* '''Justified''': AliceAndBob have old plumbing in their home.

* '''Parodied''': See "Exaggerated"
* '''Averted''':
** AliceAndBob have more modern plumbing in their home, designed to avert this.

* '''Played For Laughs''': See "Played Straight" and "Exaggerated"

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** Alice and Bob had their water shut off because they forgot (or couldn't) pay their bill.

* '''Played Straight''': Alice is taking a shower. Bob comes in to pee, does his business, and flushes the toilet. The water in the shower becomes scalding hot, causing Alice to scream.

* '''Averted''': AliceAndBob have more modern plumbing in their home, designed to avert this.

* '''Played For Drama''': Alice suffers some really nasty scalds.

'''Basic Trope''': The plumbing diverts the water in the shower.

* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':

* '''Lampshaded''':

* '''Invoked''': Bob needs to use the bathroom, but Alice is showering.
* '''Defied''': Bob decides he'll hold it until she's done, or at least not flush.
* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''':
* '''Played For Laughs''': Almost always is.

** This causes a ToiletSeatDivorce.

* '''Basic Trope''': The plumbing diverts the water in the shower.

** This causes a ToiletSeatDivorce.

* '''Averted''': Alice lives alone.
** AliceAndBob have more modern plumbing in their home, designed to avert this.