History Main / EyebrowsBurnedOff

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Something Smells", the fumes from [=SpongeBob's=] rancid ketchup and onion "sundae" burns off Patrick's eyebrows.

-->-- '''Adam Savage,''' ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}''

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* In an early episode of ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'', host Adam Savage stood too close to a box full of gas fumes he was trying to light when it exploded, leading to the page quote above. Adam later claimed that he had said the line as a joke, only to find that his eyebrow (and a good chunk of his hair) had indeed been singed off. To make it worse, that night he had a date and was planning to propose! ([[spoiler:She said yes.]])

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Foxtrot}}'': Roger, in true BumblingDad style, [[DoomItYourself decides he can fix the furnace without needing to call the repairman, turning the valve so it keeps emitting gas and applying a lit match.]] Once the repairman shows up to fix it, he wonders if Roger managed to singe off both his eyebrows ''and'' hair, though Andy quickly corrects him on that last point.

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* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', there's a note on how to use the Atronach Forge. According to the note's writer, he was only able to understand its function after going through "blind experimentation and a few singed eyebrows".
* ''VideoGame/StarWarsRepublicCommando'' features RC-1262, AKA [[MeaningfulName Scorch]], your grenadier and explosives specialist. He's equal parts DeadpanSnarker, BunnyEarsLawyer, and ComedicSociopath--basically an obnoxiously cheerful [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Demoman]]. As a clone, he doesn't have a name, [[YouAreNumberSix just a numerical designation]], but he got his nickname after an incident where he managed to blow both his ''and'' his training sergeant's eyebrows off at the same time.
--> '''[[SergeantRock Walon Vau]]:''' ''Minor burns and injuries incurred today during anti-armor weapons training with RC-1262. New nickname: "Scorch."''

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** Bart & Milhouse decide to do their own version of Mythbusters. The first myth is that cell phones make gas pumps explode.[[note]]The same myth that resulted in Adam's eyebrow singe.[[/note]] After the explosion, Milhouse is ''sans'' eyebrows.

-->'''Milhouse:''' My eyebrows! My beautiful eyebrows!\\

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "Something Smells", the fumes from [=SpongeBob's=] rancid ketchup and onion "sundae" burns off Patrick's eyebrows.

* In ''Literature/TheNameOfTheWind'', a character tries fire breathing, and manages to set himself on fire.

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* In an early episode of ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'', host Adam Savage stood too close to a box full of gas fumes he was trying to light when it exploded, leading to the page quote above. Adam later claimed that he had said the line as a joke, only to find that his eyebrow (and a good chunk of his hair) had indeed been singed off. To make it worse, that night he had a date and was planning to propose! ([[spoiler:She said yes]])

** Bart & Milhouse decide to do their own version of Mythbusters. The first myth is that cell phones make gas pumps explode.[[note]]The same myth that resulted in Adam's eyebrow singe.[[/note]] After the explosion Milhouse is ''sans'' eyebrows.
** In "She of Little Faith", Milhosue's eyebrows get blown off and fly onto Bart's head, which he wears like sideburns.
-->'''Milhouse:''' My eyebrows! My beautiful eyebrows!
-->'''Bart:''' Over 'ere, gov'nah.

* In an early episode of ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'', host Adam Savage stood too close to a box full of gas fumes he was trying to light when it exploded, leading to the page quote above. Adam later claimed that he had said the line as a joke, only to find that his eyebrow (and a good chunk of his hair) had indeed been singed off. To make it worse, that night he had a date and was planning to propose! (She said yes)

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Bart & Milhouse decide to do their own version of Mythbusters. The first myth is that cell phones make gas pumps explode.[[note]]The same myth that resulted in Adam's eyebrow singe.[[/note]] After the explosion Milhouse is ''sans'' eyebrows.

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--> '''[[SergeantRock Walon]] [[BadAss Vau]]:''' ''Minor burns and injuries incurred today during anti-armor weapons training with RC-1262. New nickname: "Scorch."''

* ''VideoGame/StarWarsRepublicCommando'' features RC-1262, AKA [[MeaningfulName Scorch]], your grenadier and explosives specialist. He's equal parts DeadpanSnarker, BunnyEarsLawyer, and ComedicSociopath--basically an obnoxiously cheerful [[TeamFortress2 Demoman]]. As a clone, he doesn't have a name, [[YouAreNumberSix just a numerical designation]], but he got his nickname after an incident where he managed to blow both his ''and'' his training sergeant's eyebrows off at the same time.

* In an early episode of ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'', host Adam Savage stood too close to a box full of gas fumes he was trying to light when it exploded, leading to the page quote above. Adam later claimed that he had said the line as a joke, only to find that his eyebrow (and a good chunk of his hair) had indeed been singed off.

* In an ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' story, the gang holds a contest at school to see who can come up with the most bizarre eyebrow shape. Jughead wins by sporting no eyebrows at all. Never mind that he'd accidentally singed them off in a [[EducationThroughPyrotechnics chemistry lab explosion]].

* In an ''ArchieComics'' story, the gang holds a contest at school to see who can come up with the most bizarre eyebrow shape. Jughead wins by sporting no eyebrows at all. Never mind that he'd accidentally singed them off in a [[EducationThroughPyrotechnics chemistry lab explosion]].

* Happens to Seamus Finnigan in the [[Film/HarryPotter movie adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's / Sorcerer's Stone]]. Also tends to happen to Finnigan in the books.

* In the memoir ''TheGlassCastle'', Jeannette ends up doing this as a result of trying to cook hot dogs, although unlike other examples she also gets severely burned, requiring skin grafts.

* ''NoFX'' have a song called "We Threw Gasoline On The Fire and Now We Have Stumps For Arms And No Eyebrows". The song is better than it sounds.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "Something Smells", the fumes from [=SpongeBob's=] rancid ketchup and onion "sundae" burns off Patrick's eyebrows.

* In an early episode of ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'', host Adam Savage stood too close to a box full of gas fumes when it exploded, leading to the page quote above. Adam later claimed that he had said the line as a joke, only to find that his eyebrow had indeed been singed off.

* ''NoFX'' have a song called "We Threw Gasoline On The Fire and Now We Have Stumps For Arms And No Eyebrows". The song is BetterThanItSounds.

* Cheery the forensics expert and alchemist in the ''[[{{Discworld}} Discworld's]]'' Ankh-Morpork City Watch is frequently seen without eyebrows. This is a universal trait of most alchemists in Ankh-Morpork.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Something Smells", the fumes from [=SpongeBob's=] rancid ketchup and onion "sundae" burns off Patrick's eyebrows.

* In an early episode of ''{{Mythbusters}}'', host Adam Savage stood too close to a box full of gas fumes when it exploded, leading to the page quote above. Adam later claimed that he had said the line as a joke, only to find that his eyebrow had indeed been singed off.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Bart & Millhouse decide to do their own version of Mythbusters. The first myth is that cell phones make gas pumps explode.[[hottip:*:The same myth that resulted in Adam's eyebrow singe.]] After the explosion Millhouse is ''sans'' eyebrows.

* In the memoir TheGlassCastle, Jeannette ends up doing this as a result of trying to cook hot dogs, although unlike other examples she also gets severely burned, requiring skin grafts.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Bart & Millhouse decide to do their own version of Mythbusters. The first myth is that cell phones make gas pumps explode.[[hottip:*:The same myth that resulted in Adam's eyebrow singe.]] After the explosion Millhouse is ''sans'' eyebrows.

-> ''"Am I [[TropeNamer missing an eyebrow?]]"''
-->-- '''Adam Savage,''' ''{{Mythbusters}}''

* {{Foxtrot}}: Roger, in true BumblingDad style, [[DoomItYourself decides he can fix the furnace without needing to call the repairman, turning the valve so it keeps emitting gas and applying a lit match.]] Once the repairman shows up to fix it, he wonders if Roger managed to singe off both his eyebrows ''and'' hair, though Andy quickly corrects him on that last point.