Editing Toilet humour

{{Short description|Type of off-colour humour dealing with defecation, urination and flatulence}}
[[File:The Papal Belvedere.jpg|thumb|right|From a series of woodcuts (1545) usually referred to as the ''Papstspotbilder'' or ''Papstspottbilder'' in German or ''Depictions of the Papacy'' in English,<ref name=Oberman>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_leG5ztYoZwC&pg=PA61|title=The Impact of the Reformation: Essays|first=Heiko Augustinus|last=Oberman|date=1 January 1994|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|isbn=9780802807328|via=Google Books}}</ref> by [[Lucas Cranach the Elder|Lucas Cranach]], commissioned by [[Martin Luther]].<ref name=Edwards-1>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kYbupalP98kC&pg=PA4 ''Luther's Last Battles: Politics And Polemics 1531-46'' By Mark U. Edwards, Jr.] Fortress Press, 2004. {{ISBN|978-0-8006-3735-4}}</ref> Title: Kissing the Pope's Feet.{{Efn|In Latin, the title reads "Hic oscula pedibus papae figuntur".}} German peasants respond to a papal bull of [[Pope Paul III]]. Caption reads: "Don't frighten us Pope, with your ban, and don't be such a furious man. Otherwise we shall turn around and show you our rears."{{Efn|"Nicht Bapst: nicht schreck uns mit deim ban, Und sey nicht so zorniger man. Wir thun sonst ein gegen wehre, Und zeigen dirs Bel vedere"}}<ref name=Edwards-2>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kYbupalP98kC&pg=PA198 Mark U. Edwards, Jr., ''Luther's Last Battles: Politics And Polemics 1531–46'' (2004), p. 199]</ref>]]

'''Toilet humour''' or '''potty humour''' is a type of [[off-colour humour]] dealing with: [[defecation]] (including [[diarrhea]] and [[constipation]]), in which case it is called '''scatological humour''' (compare [[scatology]]); [[urination]]; [[flatulence]]; or, to a lesser extent, [[vomiting]] and other bodily functions. 

Toilet humour is commonly an interest of toddlers and young children, for whom cultural [[taboo]]s related to acknowledgement of [[Bodily waste|waste]] [[excretion]] still have a degree of novelty. The humour comes from the rejection of such taboos, and is a part of modern culture.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Praeger|first=Dave|title=Poop Culture: How America Is Shaped by Its Grossest National Product|publisher=Feral House|year=2007|isbn=978-1-932595-21-5|location=United States|language=English}}</ref>

==Music==
Toilet humour is sometimes found in song and rhyme, particularly schoolboy songs. Examples of this are found in [[Mozart and scatology]], and variants of the German folk schoolboys' song known as the ''Scheiße-Lied'' (English: "Shit-Song")<ref>Helmut Fischer ''Kinderreime im Ruhrgebiet: Reime, Lieder, Spiellieder'' 1991 Page 121  "Scheiße auf der Kirchturmspitze Fällt demll Pastor auf die Mütze. 2. Scheiße in der Lampenschale Gibt gedämpftes Licht im Saale. 951 . Scheiße auf dem Autodach Liegt bei Hundertachtzig flach. 952</ref><ref>''Profil'' 1994 – Volume 25 – Page 58 "Immer, wenn es besonders ausgelasse zuging, stimmten meine Mitschüler in einem katholisch<!--en Internat das „Scheiße"-Lied an: „Scheiße auf dem Autodach, eladiladijo, liegt bei 180 flach. Und wie das Amen im Gebet kam dann auch jene ..."--></ref> which is indexed in the German ''Volksliederarchiv''.<ref>[https://www.volksliederarchiv.de/alte-kinderreime/scheisse/ Volksliederarchiv: Scheiße]</ref> A children's Spanish musical duo, [[:es:Enrique y Ana|Enrique y Ana]], made a song called "Caca Culo Pedo Pis", which literally translates to "Poop Butt Fart Pee".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zeleb.es/tv/enrique-y-ana-una-meditacion-retrospectiva|title = Enrique y Ana: Una meditación retrospectiva}}</ref>

Detroit rapper [[Eminem]] famously utilises crude humour throughout his discography. His most notorious example of toilet humour was featured on the 2017 album ''[[Revival (Eminem album)|Revival]]'', where he raps "Your booty is heavy duty, like diarrhea", a line which received extensive lament from critics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.joe.ie/music/worst-eminem-lyrics-past-10-years-691110|title=The worst Eminem lyrics of the past 10 years|date=17 January 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/eminem-revival/|title=Eminem: Revival Album Review|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] }}</ref> The ''Los Angeles Times'' comments: "If [[Hannibal Lecter]] could have recorded a rap album, this would have been it. Brilliant, sinister, scatological and a parent's nightmare."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/pop-hiss/story/2011-03-02/eminem-claims-hes-a-g-o-a-t-and-offers-evidence|title=Eminem claims he's a G.O.A.T., and offers evidence|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=2 March 2011 }}</ref>

Czech [[goregrind]] band [[Gutalax]], along with some grindcore bands uses cloaca humour as its primary musical themes. <ref>{{cite web|access-date=9 January 2017 |lang=cs |title=Členové skupiny |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704034255/https://bandzone.cz/gutalax?at=info |website=bandzone.cz}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=23 October 2024 |lang=fr |title=Gutalax (cz) - ''Shit Happens'' (2015) - chronique |url=https://www.metal-impact.com/index.php?name=Reviews&req=showcontent&id=6435 |website=metal-impact.com}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=23 October 2024 |date=17 July 2015 |lang=de |title=CD-Review: Gutalax ''Shit Happens'' |url=https://www.totgehoert.com/2015/07/cd-review-gutalax-shit-happens.html |website=totgehoert.com}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref>

==Performance==
{{CSS image crop|Image=Château_de_Fontainebleau,_2013_(24).jpg|Description=Urinating statues at the [[Diana of Versailles|Fountain of Diana]]|cWidth=220|cHeight=220|oTop=25|oLeft=130|bSize=440}}[[Paul Oldfield]], who performed under the name Mr. Methane,<ref name="2008 Guardian">{{Cite news
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2008/jul/23/edinburghfestival.comedy|title=The ace of trumps|last=Kelner|first=Martin|date=23 Jul 2008|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317235233/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2008/jul/23/edinburghfestival.comedy|archive-date=17 March 2022}}</ref> performed a stage act that included him farting the notes of music.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/mr-methanes-tunes-put-the-wind-up-insurers-1404088.html|title=Mr Methane's tunes put the wind up insurers|last=Bennett|first=Will|date=1 January 1994|work=The Independent|access-date=18 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318003320/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/mr-methane-s-tunes-put-the-wind-up-insurers-1404088.html|archive-date=18 March 2022}}</ref> [[Le Pétomane|Joseph Pujol]], who performed under the name Le Pétomane (French for "fart maniac"), performed a similar stage act for the Paris music hall scene.<ref name="2008 Guardian"/>

The American comedy duo [[Tim & Eric]] have made [[List_of_Tim_and_Eric_Awesome_Show,_Great_Job!_sketches_and_characters|numerous comedy sketches]] based around toilet humour. For example, they have made fake commercials for non-existent products such as the "Poop Tube" (a device that lets people release liquefied faecal matter into a urinal while standing up), the "fla'Hat" (a hat that is connected to the wearer's anus which expands when storing flatulence), and "D-Pants" (an undergarment invented by "Diah Riha-Jones" that captures "uncontrollable diarrhea").<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFzTm6fy_zs|title = – YouTube|website = [[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adultswim.com/videos/tim-and-eric-awesome-show-great-job/awesome-10-year-anniversary-version-great-job/|title = Watch Full Episodes of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEwjogp4wIo|title = D-Pants &#124; Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! &#124; Adult Swim|website = [[YouTube]]| date=February 2012 }}</ref>

In the series ''[[South Park]]'', the Canadian comedy duo Terrance and Phillip are noted for toilet humor and often make comedic use of their flatulence e.g. in the song ‘Unclefucker’.

English actor [[Ade Edmondson|Adrian Edmondson]], who appeared in many shows utilising toilet humour, is quoted as saying, "Toilet humour is like jazz: everybody has an idea what it is, and most people don't like it.&nbsp;But the people who do like it are fervent about it and like it until they die."{{cn|date=August 2023}}

==Books==
In 1929 comedian [[Charles "Chic" Sale]] published a small book, ''The Specialist'',<ref>{{Cite book | isbn=978-0-285-63226-4|title = The Specialist|last1 = Sale|first1 = Charles| year=1994| publisher=Souvenir Press }}</ref> which was a large "underground" success. Its entire premise centered on sales of outhouses, touting the advantages of one kind or another, and labeling them in "technical" terms such as "one-holers", "two-holers", etc. Over a million copies were sold. In 1931 his monologue "I'm a Specialist"<ref>{{cite book| url=http://www.jldr.com/specialist.htm| title=The Specialist| first1=Charles (Chic) |last1=Sale |first2=William (illustrator) |last2=Kermode| orig-year=1929 |location=London |publisher=[[Ernest Hecht|Souvenir Press]] |year=1994 |type=print |access-date=13 July 2013 |isbn=978-0-285-63226-4}}</ref> was made into a hit record (Victor 22859) by  recording artist [[Frank Crumit]] (music by Nels Bitterman). As memorialized in the "Outhouse Wall of Fame", the term "Chic Sale" became a rural slang synonym for privies, an appropriation of Mr. Sale's name that he personally considered unfortunate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outhousemuseum.com/wall_chic.html |title=The Specialist |work=Outhouse Wall of Fame |publisher=Outhouse Museum |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20030502041623/http://www.outhousemuseum.com/wall_chic.html |archive-date=May 2, 2003 }}</ref>

More recently, one of the most popular books about defecation, diarrhea and accidents in toilets is by straight-talking physician [[Jane Wilson-Howarth]], a guide that began as ''Shitting Pretty''<ref>{{Cite book| last =Wilson-Howarth | first =Jane |title=Shitting Pretty: how to stay clean and healthy while traveling | publisher=Travelers Tales, Calif | year=2000 | pages = 149 | isbn=  978-1885211477}}</ref> and then was relaunched as ''How to Shit around the World''.<ref>{{Cite book| last =Wilson-Howarth | first =Jane | title=How to Shit Around the World: the art of staying clean and healthy while traveling | publisher=Travelers Tales, Calif | year=2006 | pages = 165 | isbn= 978-1-932361-32-2 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book| last =Wilson-Howarth | first =Jane | title=How to Shit Around the World: the art of staying clean and healthy while traveling | publisher=Travelers Tales, Calif |edition=2| year=2020 | pages = 178 | isbn= 978-1609521929 }}</ref>

The famous Russian literary satirist [[Vladimir Voinovich]] included toilet humour to criticize food policies in the Soviet Union.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kriza |first1=Elisa |title=Eating sh*t in Russia: food (in)security and authoritarianism in Soviet satires |journal=The European Journal of Humour Research |date=2025 |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=7-19 |url=https://europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/977/827 |access-date=12 May 2025}}</ref> His novel ''Moscow 2042'' (1987) presents a negative utopia in which a fictional communist government recycles faeces to create food for common citizens while the powerful eat proper food. In Voinovich’s previous novel ''Life and Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin'' (1969/ 1975), a farmer experiments with urine and faeces and brews vodka out of excrement.

The children's book series ''[[Captain Underpants]]'' makes copious use of toilet humor. "Doctor Diaper", "The Bionic Booger Boy", and "Professor Pippy Pee-Pee Poopypants" are among the villains in the series.

==Video games==
A game notorious for its juvenile humour, ''[[Conker's Bad Fur Day]]'' contains a plentiful amount of scatological jokes. One of the landmark areas is a "Poo Mountain" and some of its missions involve getting cows to drink a laxative [[prune juice]] to produce "pooballs", or fighting The Great Mighty Poo, a giant opera-singing pile of [[feces]] as a boss. In a later mission, the game's protagonist also has urination as an attack, after drinking a lot of [[beer]] and getting [[drunk]].

Toilet humour is also versatile in the ''[[Metal Gear]]'' franchise. [[Solid Snake]] can protect himself from [[wolf]] attacks by having one urinate on him. In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'', Solid Snake can spot soldiers [[urination|relieving]] themselves several times and also stand under them. In ''[[Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance]]'', [[Raiden (Metal Gear)|Raiden]] is instructed in order to use a terminal, he first needs to "[[defecation|take a DOOMP]]", which is an abbreviation for "digital-optical output mounted proxy".

Kojima's later game [[Death Stranding]] included a mechanic allowing the player character to urinate in the field, as well as urinate or defecate in his room's bathroom, where his bodily output can be processed into grenades of types "number 1" and "number 2".

A trait of [[Wario]] from the [[Wario (series)|eponymous spin-off franchise]] is a powerful flatulence attack extensively used in his ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' appearance.

==Toys==
The [[Moose Toys]] franchise [[Little Live "Gotta Go" Pets (franchise)|Little Live "Gotta Go" Pets]] is a toy line of interactive plush animals that "poop" when fed colourful sand. The toys make graphic noises of [[flatulence|passing gas]], panic and say the words "uh-oh! Gotta go!" and have scatological names including "turdle" (turtle). The internet critic [[Doug Walker (comedian)|Doug Walker]] called the toys "disgusting" and found them immature and inappropriate. Parenting blogs praised the toy line for its crude humour approach to [[potty training]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Walker |first1=Doug |title=Commercials Resurrection – Nostalgia Critic |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBvRkJkfVWQ |website=www.youtube.com |date=24 November 2021 |publisher=Channel Awesome}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mae |first1=Kristen |title=I Wish I Had A Reason To Buy This Pooping Flamingo |url=https://www.scarymommy.com/potty-training-kid-pooping-flamingo |website=www.scarymommy.com |date=31 January 2021 |publisher=Scary Mommy |access-date=26 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Helen |title=Must-have Top Christmas Toys 2021 from the biggest sellers |url=https://www.madeformums.com/news/must-have-toys-for-christmas-from-the-biggest-sellers/ |website=www.madeformums.com |publisher=Made For Mums |access-date=26 June 2022}}</ref>

[[Mattel]] fashion doll [[Barbie]] has a plastic [[golden retriever]], named Tanner, which has been an available toy in different variations since the 1990s. Tanner the dog eats brown bean-like beads and then poops them out when its tail is pressed. Barbie can then pick up the plastic poop with a scooper that comes with the playsets.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thierer |first1=Adam |title=Oh Sh*t: Barbie's Pooping Dog is a Killer! |url=https://techliberation.com/2007/08/15/oh-sht-barbies-pooping-dog-is-a-killer/ |website=techliberation.com/ |date=15 August 2007 |publisher=The Technology Liberation Front |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>

Infant dolls, typically targeted towards little girls, have existed for decades that urinate and defecate (into diapers or potties) as a play feature. Variants include "Magic Potty Baby" (a 1990s Tyco brand doll)<ref>{{cite web |title=Magic Potty Baby Commercial (1991) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeZXYgdjORQ |website=www.youtube.com | date=10 February 2007 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rossen |first1=Jake |title=Reliving the Horror of Magic Potty Baby |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71217/reliving-horror-magic-potty-baby |website=www.mentalfloss.com |date=19 November 2015 |publisher=Mental Floss |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref> and "Baby Alive" (and [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] knock-off counterfeit variants) that pee, poop and release glitter from their rear ends.<ref>{{cite web |title=BABY born Surprise Magic Potty Surprise Green Eyes – Doll Pees Glitter & Poops Surprise Charms (917776) |url=https://www.amazon.ca/BABY-born-Surprise-Magic-Potty/dp/B0866S1S48 |website=amazon.com |publisher=Amazon |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Baby Alive Sunshine Snacks Doll, Eats and "Poops," Waterplay Baby Doll |url=https://www.toysrus.ca/en/Baby-Alive-Sunshine-Snacks-Doll%2C-Eats-and--Poops%2C--Waterplay-Baby-Doll/B45778F4.html |website=www.toysrus.ca |publisher=Toys R' Us Canada |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Baby Alive Sunshine Snacks Doll, Eats and "Poops," Waterplay Baby Doll, Ice Pop Mold, Toy for Kids 3 and Up, Black Hair |url=https://shop.hasbro.com/en-ca/product/baby-alive-sunshine-snacks-doll-eats-and-poops-waterplay-baby-doll-ice-pop-mold-toy-for-kids-3-and-up-black-hair:A97DEB37-CFF9-40FD-82AF-60155C70E868 |website=shop.hasbro.com |publisher=Hasbro |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref> The trend of scatological dolls for girls was mocked on the 1970s [[The United Kingdom|British]] comedy TV series ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' in the episode "A Change Is as Good as a Rest"; salesman Mr. Lucas fills Ms. Brahms's peeing dollies with fizzy carbonated [[lemonade]]; another gag features character Mrs. Slocombe displaying two doll variants to a customer: the one manufactured in Britain is blonde-haired and says "I want to go to the potty" when a string on its back is pulled, while a similar doll with sandy hair manufactured in [[India]] says "my name is Yasmin, and I have just ''been'' to the potty" when its string is pulled.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Change Is as Good as a Rest |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0514479/ |website=www.imdb.com |publisher=IMDb |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Comedy}}
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* [[Bum trilogy]]
* [[Dick joke]]
* [[Fartman (Howard Stern)|Fartman]]
* [[Flatulence humour]]
* [[Gross out]]
* [[Grotesque body]]
* [[Interactive urinal]]
* [[Le Pétomane]]
* [[Lighting farts]]
* [[Mr. Methane]]
* {{Section link|Outhouse#Races and pranks}}
* [[Roland the Farter]]
* [[Scatology]]
* [[Skibidi Toilet]]
* [[Sophomoric humour]]
* [[Whoopee cushion]]
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==Notes==
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==References==
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*Henderson, Jeffrey ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=aBsR2BEuAq0C The Maculate Muse: Obscene Language in Attic Comedy]'' 1991 Oxford University Press {{ISBN|0-19-506685-5}}
*Slater, W. J. review of ''[https://www.jstor.org/stable/1087300 The Maculate Muse: Obscene Language in Attic Comedy]'' by Jeffrey Henderson. ''Phoenix'', Vol. 30, No. 3 (Autumn, 1976), pp.&nbsp;291–293 {{doi|10.2307/1087300}}
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