History Main / DrinkingTheKoolaid

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3013 Monique is offered some.]]

* In ''{{Illuminatus}}'', General Hanfgeist's soldiers are all well aware that there is cyanide in the farewell drink given them by their Leader. But if Hitler and Himmler have decreed they die by poisoning, then they will go gladly with a final "Heil Hitler!" [[note]] They are then preserved in a Bavarian lake under powerful magic against the day they are to be revived as [[{{Ghostapo}} Nazi Zombies]].[[/note]]

->'''Mr. [=DeMartino=]:''' "And on that fateful day, his followers obediently drank the poison brew. Jonestown: one charismatic leader exerting his demonic will over scores of followers. What lesson can we take from this tragic example of herd-like behavior? Kevin?"\\

* In the Going Rogue expansion for ''CityOfHeroes'' there is Resistance graffiti stating 'Don't Drink the Cole-Aid', refering to Praetoria's emperor, Marcus Cole, and the beverage Enriche.

* Parodied on an episode of ''FamilyGuy''. Meg unknowingly joins a cult trying to be popular, wherein the leader of said cult tries to initiate a mass suicide through... You guessed it. [[spoiler:Stewie kills him.]]

* ''SomethingHappens'': [[http://www.somethinghappens.net/d/20080521.html "Oh NO!"]].
* In ''{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3013 Monique is offered some.]]
* Webcomic/ExterminatusNow has an arc named after this that starts [[http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2012-11-11/comic/drink-the-cool-ade/the-smell-of-soda-in-the-morning/ here]] involving the investigation of a seemingly abandoned town. At one point, Eastwood jokes that some cult of crazies committed mass murder-suicide at the behest of their nutty leader, and that the team should look for records of mass import of Cool-Ade. [[spoiler: As it turns out, that's exactly what happened. The cult that spanned the entire town believed that if they were killed, freeze-dried, powdered, and mixed into the drink powder, the resulting liquid drunk by the last member would create 'some kind of gestalt psychic entity'. It failed before the team even got there: the drinker drank some of the drink, slipped into diabetic coma, fell in the vat and drowned.]]

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* In ''{{Illuminatus}}'', General Hanfgeist's soldiers are all well aware that there is cyanide in the farewell drink given them by their Leader. But if Hitler and Himmler have decreed they die by poisoning, then they will go gladly with a final "Heil Hitler!" [[note]] They are then preserved in a Bavarian lake under powerful magic against the day they are to be revived as Nazi Zombies.[[/note]]

* Film/{{Jonestown}}, as described above, is often invoked as an example of the manipulative techniques used by religious or political {{cult}}s. In the case of Jonestown, the ''literal'' Kool-Aid (well, [[BrandNameTakeover FlavorAid]]) had truly tragic results.

The phrase originated with Creator/KenKesey's use of LSD-spiked Kool-Aid to entice people into the counterculture. It took on new meaning and popularity upon the Film/{{Jonestown}} massacre, where many members of a cult committed suicide or were murdered by means of poison distributed via a similar beverage called '''Flavor''' Aid, which thanks to this phrase is often [[BrandNameTakeover misattributed to being Kool-Aid]]. As a result, both brands, but especially Kool-Aid, [[NeverLiveItDown have to endure this fact even today]]. It should also be noted that in the Jonestown incident, the victims knew the drink would kill them, and some were forced at gunpoint; today, Jonestown survivors consider the incident to be a mass murder, and really don't like it when this trope is invoked.

* It's kind of used as a joke in the Literature/BabySittersClub snark community to say that the BSC are a cult and use drinking purple koolaid to control their members.

* Webcomic/ExterminatusNow has an arc named after this involving the investigation of a seemingly abandoned town. At one point, Eastwood jokes that some cult of crazies committed mass murder-suicide at the behest of their nutty leader, and that the team should look for records of mass import of Cool-Ade. [[spoiler: As it turns out, that's exactly what happened. The cult that spanned the entire town believed that if they were killed, freeze-dried, powdered, and mixed into the drink powder, the resulting liquid drunk by the last member would create 'some kind of gestalt psychic entity'. It failed before the team even got there: the drinker drank some of the drink, slipped into diabetic coma, fell in the vat and drowned.]]

* Used twice in ''TheWestWing,'' both times referring to President Bartlet's senior staff.
* On ''{{Lost}}'', Sawyer uses this phrase to describe the followers of the Man in Black.
* The ''VeronicaMars'' episode "DrinkingTheKoolAid" sees Veronica investigating a commune/possible {{cult}}. Her SideKick, Wallace, eventually does an episode TitleDrop.

The phrase originated with Creator/KenKesey's use of LSD-spiked Kool-Aid to trick people into trying drugs and convincing them to buy into drug culture. It took on new meaning and popularity upon the Film/{{Jonestown}} massacre, where many members of a cult committed suicide or were murdered by means of poison distributed via a similar beverage called '''Flavor''' Aid, which thanks to this phrase is often [[BrandNameTakeover misattributed to being Kool-Aid]]. As a result, both brands, but especially Kool-Aid, [[NeverLiveItDown have to endure this fact even today]]. It should also be noted that in the Jonestown incident, the victims knew the drink would kill them, and some were forced at gunpoint; today, Jonestown survivors consider the incident to be a mass murder, and really don't like it when this trope is invoked.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': In ''Literature/{{Changes}}'', Harry uses the phrase in front of the Merlin. He looks confused, until Captain Luccio says "the mass suicide in Jonestown last century," at which point he understands the term.

The phrase originated with Creator/KenKesey's use of LSD-spiked Kool-Aid to trick people into trying drugs and convincing them to buy into drug culture. It took on new meaning and popularity upon the Film/{{Jonestown}} massacre, where many members of a cult committed suicide or were murdered by means of poison distributed via a similar beverage called '''Flavor''' Aid, which thanks to this phrase is often [[BrandNameTakeover misattributed to being Kool-Aid]]. As a result, both brands, but especially Kool-Aid, [[NeverLiveItDown have to endure this fact till today]]. It should also be noted that in the Jonestown incident, the victims knew the drink would kill them, and some were forced at gunpoint; today, Jonestown survivors consider the incident to be a mass murder, and really don't like it when this trope is invoked.

The phrase originated with Creator/KenKesey's use of LSD-spiked Kool-Aid to trick people into trying drugs and convincing them to buy into drug culture. It took on new meaning and popularity upon the Jonestown massacre, where many members of a cult committed suicide or were murdered by means of poison distributed via a similar beverage called '''Flavor''' Aid, which thanks to this phrase is often [[BrandNameTakeover misattributed to being Kool-Aid]]. As a result, both brands, but especially Kool-Aid, [[NeverLiveItDown have to endure this fact till today]]. It should also be noted that in the Jonestown incident, the victims knew the drink would kill them, and some were forced at gunpoint; today, Jonestown survivors consider the incident to be a mass murder, and really don't like it when this trope is invoked.

* Frequently used by comic book fans with regard to the corporate culture of CrossGen which, uniquely amongst comic book companies, expected writers and artists to come into the office like a 9 to 5 job; any writer or artist who agreed to such a system had obviously drunk CrossGen's Kool-Aid, as had fans of their highly diverse but closely linked books. By the time of CrossGen's collapse, one comics comentator discussing it lampshaded "Most of you are probably now waiting for the Kool-Aid joke."

The phrase originated with Creator/KenKesey's use of LSD-spiked Kool-Aid to trick people into trying drugs and convincing them to buy into drug culture. It took on new meaning and popularity upon the Jonestown massacre, where many members of a cult committed suicide or were murdered by means of poison distributed via a similar beverage called '''Flavor''' Aid, which thanks to this phrase is often [[BrandNameTakeover misattributed to being Kool-Aid]]. As a result, both brands, but especially Kool-Aid, [[NeverLiveItDown have to endure this fact till today]]. It should also be noted that in the Jonestown incident, the victims knew the drink would kill them; some were forced at gunpoint.

* ''Sisterhood'' series by FernMichaels: The entire Sisterhood and their allies have this sort of mentality. They believe that {{Revenge}}, inflicting the FateWorseThanDeath on their targets, and acting like all-around {{Jerk Sue}}s are great ideas. Fortunately, Maggie Spritzer came to realize that this trope was going on, and essentially left them by the final book ''Home Free''.

* In ''WhatNotToWear'', a fashion show thing, Stacy London says this when the VictimOfTheWeek starts to come around in one episode.

** [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion This sounds familiar...]]

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The phrase originated with KenKesey's use of LSD-spiked Kool-Aid to trick people into trying drugs and convincing them to buy into drug culture. It took on new meaning and popularity upon the Jonestown massacre, where many members of a cult committed suicide or were murdered by means of poison distributed via a similar beverage called '''Flavor''' Aid, which thanks to this phrase is often [[BrandNameTakeover misattributed to being Kool-Aid]]. As a result, both brands, but especially Kool-Aid, [[NeverLiveItDown have to endure this fact till today]]. It should also be noted that in the Jonestown incident, the victims knew the drink would kill them; some were forced at gunpoint.