History Main / CatchYourDeathofCold

* Implied in ''Literature/ThiefOfTime'', describing how ''Literaturre/TheEmperorsNewClothes'' might have continued with everyone becoming really enthusiastic about the "new clothes" and the kingdom becoming a nudist colony, which in turn leads to a pneumonia epidemic.

* Implied in ''Literature/ThiefOfTime'', describing how ''Literaturer/TheEmperorsNewClothes'' might have continued with everyone becoming really enthusiastic about the "new clothes" and the kingdom becoming a nudist colony, which in turn leads to a pneumonia epidemic.

* In both the [[Film/JaneEyre1943 1943]] and [[Film/JaneEyre1970 1970]] versions of ''Film/JaneEyre'', [[spoiler: Helen Burns']] [[IncurableCoughOfDeath consumption]] takes its fatal turn for the worse after she's forced to spend hours outside in the rain as a punishment (alone in 1970, with Jane in 1943). This is a page-to-screen embellishment, as neither [[spoiler: Helen]] nor Jane is ever punished in that way in the book ([[BoardingSchoolOfHorrors although certainly in other ways]]) and [[spoiler: Helen's]] illness worsens on its own.

* ''VideoGame/NoUmbrellasAllowed'': Because AVAC bans the use of umbrellas, people are forced to walk in the rain, whether it's ordinary rain or Fixerain, the latter which suppresses all their emotions and desires with the Fixer drug laced in it. During ordinary rain, several people complain about catching a cold, while a few others suffer pneumonia and die from it. [[spoiler:AVAC then lifts the umbrella ban at the start of the final week, claiming that it was in response to these complaints.]]

* ''VideoGame/NoUmbrellasAllowed'': Because AVAC bans the use of umbrellas, people are forced to walk in the rain, whether it's ordinary rain or Fixerain, the latter which suppresses all their emotions and desires with the Fixer drug laced in it. During ordinary rain, several people complain about catching a cold, while a few others suffer pneumonia and die from it.

* Prolonged exposure to cold does sometimes bring on a temporary bout of the sniffles, as breathing cold air slows the action of cilia that normally keep the mucus coating of the nasal passages from accumulating. Such environment-induced nasal congestion isn't infectious, however, and clears up quickly once the sniffler resumes breathing normal-temperature air. Interestingly, it could clear one's sinuses and or nasal passages, leading to a runny nose

** In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', the main character gets caught in the rain on the way back from school during the onset of a typhoon, and spends a few days in bed with a fever. The main character can also come down with a cold if fatigued by studying too late or spending too much time dungeon-crawling in Tartarus; because daytime is being spent in a crowded school and the fatigue weakens his immune system, this is in fact more realistic than catching cold due to the weather.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'', there are five days of flu season. During this time, any enemies you encounter have a chance of starting their battles inflicted with despair, a status effect that disables all actions and kills its victim in three turns. [[OptionalBoss The Reaper]] is not immune to this. That's right, [[TheGrimReaper Death itself]] can be killed by a cold.

* The [[AnIcePerson ice-powered villain]] Frozer from ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' has a bright purple nose (he has blue skin, so a red nose would be purple for him) and sounds like he has a stuffy nose when he speaks. His civilian self didn't have a cold when he was akumatized nor does he normally sound stuffed up, so it seems this was done purely because of this trope.