History Main / AnchoviesAreAbhorrent

A less common variation is to be disgusted at the anchovies themselves and other ways they are used because of their characteristic strong flavor, which is retained even when dried. It could be said that since the anchovies and the tomato sauce contain ''umami'' flavors, having both can be overpowering. Before the tomato was introduced to the Old World, anchovies were used as condiments; the ancient Roman garum and its British descendant, Worcestershire sauce, are made from fermented anchovies. Many Asian countries still use some form of dried or fermented anchovies in their cuisine, which compounds the strong, but flavorful odor. This type might overlap with ForeignQueasine for any outsiders trying the dishes for the first time.

-> '''Mr. Krabs:''' Do you smell it? That smell. A kind of smelly smell. The smelly smell that smells... ''smelly.'' [-Anchovies-]

-> '''Mr. Krabs:''' Do you smell it? That smell. A kind of smelly smell. The smelly smell that smells... ''smelly.'' [-[[OhCrap Anchovies...]]-]

-> '''Mr. Krabs:''' '''''[[SuddenlyShouting ANCHOVIES!!!!]]'''''

* ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet'': Teen delinquent Reggie Brooks holds a group of people hostage in a school, and when he gets hungry places this specific pizza order: "I want 10 pizzas with sausage, 10 with pepperoni. And NO anchovies! If I see ''one'' anchovy, I kill the librarian."

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Susan trolls Nanase by pretending to order a pizza with [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=374 "as many anchovies as you can manage"]].

* The Martians of ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' once tried to take advantage of their job at a pizza parlor to spread a Martian mind control serum. Thankfully for the people of Earth, they put the serum in the anchovies (which they proceeded to put on every single pizza). The only living thing they successfully mind-controlled was a single cat.

* ''Film/{{Spawn|1997}}'': Clown hates anchovies on his maggot-infested pizza.
* ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'': At the beginning of the film, Michelangelo is ordering pizza. He angrily threatens the person on the other end of the line about what would happen if they put anchovies on it, but is cut off before he can elaborate.

* A common joke in ''Literature/BabysittersClub''. Stacey and her New York friends are shocked when the new girl wants anchovies on her pizza and Logan jokes that he wants anchovies in one book which prompts everyone else to exclaim in disgust. It's also mentioned a few times that Kristy actually ''likes'' anchovies, something her friends think is weird.

* In 'Series/{{BuffyTheVampireSlayer}}'', Dawn thinks anchovies on pizza are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPSbH3x1Ox8 delicious to the point of being song-worthy]]. As per WordOfGod, this is meant to poke fun at the trope... though perhaps it might be a clue to her origins as an inhuman artificial construct.

-> '''Mr. Krabs:''' Do you smell it? That smell. A kind of smelly smell. The smelly smell that smells... ''smelly.'' [-Anchovies...-]
-> '''Squidward:''' Huh?

-> '''Mr. Krabs:''' '''''ANCHOVIES!!!!'''''

-> '''Mr. Krabs:''' Do you smell it? That smell. A kind of smelly smell. The smelly smell that smells... ''smelly.'' [-Anchovies...-]"