Bathing Trope Glossary

This is a current master list of accessories and tropes seen throughout bathing scenes.

B

Trope	Example
Bath	Street Fighter Alpha 2
A body of water which is used to submerge into for both cleanliness and relaxation. Baths are typically filled into a type of container known as a Bathtub which holds the water in. While taking a bath it is typical that one strips naked and then gets into the bathwater. In order for relaxation, most people prefer their baths to have hot water rather than a Cold Bath. Baths can be taken in places other than bathtubs such as Hot Springs or any natural body of water can be used to go Skinny Dipping in.
Bubble Bath	Angelus: Akuma no Fukuin
A substance that makes the Bathwater full of very soapy foam. It is usually created by pouring in the substance from a bottle into the running bathwater. They tend to make baths more relaxing as the bubbles help the bath retain its heat longer. The soap suds created from the bubble bath are usually seen as useful product for Convenient Censoring in bath scenes. Sometimes during bubble bath scenes many bubbles can be seen floating around the bathroom.

C

Trope	Example
Cinematic Cutscene	Alice In Cyberland
An unplayable storyline segment in which a character bathes on screen as one part of the narrative. The bathing usually has no bearing on the gameplay when it comes to cinematic cutscenes.
Communication Device	Angelus: Akuma no Fukuin
Any form of communicating to an outside area by the use of some form of object. The most common communication device is a phone. Some communication devices can be radios or big monitors. Other types of communication devices that can be seen are mystical such as a crytal ball.
Cup	Märchen Adventure Cotton 100%
A device that is intended to be used for drinking liquids out of but may end up being used as an improvised bathtub for characters who are very small or have ended up in a scenario where they have been shrunken down. In rare situations, a giant cup can be seen used as a bathtub. Exact same situations to how bowls get used as bathtubs.

E

Trope	Example
Edge Leaning	Hair Down Bath
When a character who is taking a bath leans all the way up to the edge of the bath and has their arms and head over its rim.

H

Trope	Example
Hair Down Bath	Real Bout Fatal Fury
When a long haired character takes a bath with their hair down completely. When a character usually has their hair tied up when out in their lives, the bath can be one of the rare instances when they have their hair down in the bath to completely relax. Sometimes this isn't the case, in Japanese culture it is common for people to tie hair when entering the ofuro so they don't end up leaving pieces of their hair in the bathwater that others will use so it may be somewhat rare for long haired bathers to take baths with their hair completely down.

L

Trope	Example
Leg Curling	Angelus: Akuma no Fukuin
A position where the bather has both of their legs parallel against each other in the bath. The view of this is usually showing both of the knees raised out of the bathwater. While this position is not very eventful and casual on many occasions, there are times when it is used as a way of expressing vulnerability by curling up. Sometimes it is also a way of showing discomfort from bathing in a small area or trying to make room for a second bather to get into the other side of the bathtub.

O

Trope	Example
Off Screen Bathing
A situation where a character takes a bath or a shower but it is not visually shown on screen. It can given through a character stating that they are going bathe or that they have just bathed. Strong hints of off screen bathing are the character walking out of the bathroom wearing a towel or bathrobe.

S

Trope	Example
Shower	Cosmic Fantasy 2
A method of bathing that involves a person to stand naked over a running water source that sprays water onto their body. Showers are typically taken by using a device known as a shower head which will spray many small streams of water onto the bather at high pressure and is usually done so over a floor that has a drain on it so the water doesn't flood the area. Unlike baths which are used for both cleansing and relaxing, showers sole purpose is for cleansing and is usually considered to be a lot quicker and more clean that a bath. Showers have become the most standard method of bathing by the late 20th century in western culture. Most bathrooms in the west have a shower tub combo which places a shower head over a bathtub where the user stands in an empty bathtub that is closed off by a shower curtain to take a shower. In Japanese culture, the shower is usually separated from the tub and it is utilized as part of a bath during a furo session where they would shower first before getting into the bathtub to keep the bathwater water clean. Showers can still be taken out in the wild such as through rain or a waterfall while skinny dipping.