History Main / FollowYourNose

* This is the main shtick of Toucan Sam in the Kellogg's Froot Loops commercials, hence the trope name.

* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny does this in the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short "Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears", when he floats out of his rabbit hole, led into the Three Bears' home by the scent of carrot soup.

* Many, many ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' shorts feature this, usually with Tom's use of cheese to ensnare Jerry.
** A sleepwalking Spike following a steak-on-a-pulley, squashing Jerry in the process.

* In ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'', Scooby's nose would sometimes cartoonishly pop off, and Scooby and the gang would literally follow his nose.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'', a pumpkin pie is used as bait for JustForFun/CandleJack. He floats anyway, but follows the scent lines to the trap.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' does this in the episode "One Bad Apple", where Spike is lifted into the air by the smell of carrot crepes. Unfortunately for him, Pinkie Pie breaks his connection with the smell and hijacks it for herself.
* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny does this in the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short "Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears", when he floats out of his rabbit hole, led into the Three Bears' home by the scent of carrot soup.
* Rolly does this many times throughout ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries''
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
** Parodied in one episode (said episode provides the page quote above), where Peter tries to resist the old gag of pie steam trying to lure him and caress him to lure him to the pie. Then, things take a twisted turn when the steam tries to '''rape him''', and is holding Quagmire's eyes open [[ForcedToWatch to force him to watch]].
** Played straight in the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM2oNWTo6DY "It's a Wonderful Day for Pie"]] from the episode "Road to the Multiverse", when a {{Disneyesque}} version of Peter floats nose-first towards a pie that Lois just baked.

* In ''Manga/XxxHolic'', Watanuki finds the Fox Spirit's Oden cart this way, and eventually forms a strong friendship with the shop owner's son.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Luffy often forgets what he was doing and runs off if he smells food somewhere.
* Non-intentionally hilarious: ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler'' shows us how reanimating the frozen body of the Jurassic man, Pickle, seems unattainable... but he awakes on his own after smelling [[spoiler:a ''T. rex'' steak]].

* ''WebAnimation/CyanideAndHappiness'' short [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7_c8T4zXeM Prison Pie]] is about [[JailBake a prisoner using a pie that makes him do this to escape prison.]]

* Many, many ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' shorts feature this, usually with Tom's use of cheese to ensnare Jerry.
** A sleepwalking Spike following a steak-on-a-pulley, squashing Jerry in the process.
* Early lampshading: in WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse's "The Little Whirlwind" (1941), Mickey is lifted through the air to Minnie's house by the scent vapors of a delicious cake. Before Mickey gets there, though, Minnie shuts the window from which the vapors emerge... and the vapors instantly react by ''dropping'' Mickey.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode where Bender attempts to become a chef, and this trope is parodied by a couple of hobos who float off the ground thanks to jetpacks upon smelling Spargel's pie.
* Wilma's Yabba-dabba-dooberry pie on ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' tended to have this effect on anyone who smelled it.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'': In "A Yard Too Far", Ren and Stimpy catch on a visible green scent which leads them to a nearby fence, to the tune of ''Toy Flutes'' from ''The Nutcracker Suite'', even arriving in a Car made of the scent of hog jowls.

* Spider-Ham from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' is a FunnyAnimal who operates on ToonPhysics, so he apparently has this trope as an actual ability. When the heroes interrogate Miles Morales about his abilities, he asks Miles if he can "float through the air when you smell a delicious pie".

-->-- '''Glenn Quagmire''', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', "Amish Guy"

* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': In Season 3 episode 49, Sweet S. makes food using some mushrooms sprinkled with special powder Big M. accidentally got on them, and they produce a pleasant aroma that attracts a bunch of robots, who float in the air as they sniff it. Several ''vehicles'' being driven float at the scent as well.

* In episode 3 of ''Animation/YamuchasKungFuAcademy'', Jubby floats in the air as she follows the scent of some steaks that the squid thieves have set out as a trap for her.

** Played straight in the title panel of [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1990/10/14 this strip]], where the scent of coffee lifts Garfield off his feet.

** Somewhat invoked with on Squidward in "Just One Bite" where the scent of a Krabby Patty gently caresses his nose, flicks it and kisses it.
** This was also in "No Nose Knows" Patrick floats towards some bread a fish is holding, then he stops after he smells rotten onion rings.

* Early lampshading: in WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse's "The Little Whirlwind" (1941), Mickey is lifted through the air to Minnie's house by the scent vapors of a delicious cake. Before getting the whole way there however, Minnie shuts the window from which the vapors emerge... and the vapors instantly react by ''dropping'' Mickey.

** somewhat invokes this trope on Squidward in "Just One Bite" where the scent of a Krabby Patty gently caresses his nose, flicks it and kisses it.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' somewhat invokes this trope on Squidward in "Just One Bite" where the scent of a Krabby Patty gently caresses his nose, flicks it and kisses it.