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* In ''Literature/TheFamousFive'' book ''Five go to Smuggler's Top'', Uncle Quentin is given a foot bath, having walked as a BarefootCaptive through the streets.
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* In ''Literature/TheFamousFive'' book ''Five go to Smuggler's Top'', Uncle Quentin is given a foot bath, having walked as a BarefootCaptive [[BarefootCaptives barefoot captive]] through the streets.
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* In ''Literature/TheFamousFive'' book ''Five go to Smuggler's Top'', Uncle Quentin is given a foot bath, having walked as a BarefootCaptive through the streets.
* In ''Literature/TheFamousFive'' book ''Five go to Smuggler's Top'', Uncle Quentin is given a foot bath, having walked as a BarefootCaptive through the streets.
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* ''Theatre/{{TanzDerVampire}}: After being out of the cold, Alfred and Professor Abronsius are given this treatment at the Chagal inn.
* ''Theatre/{{TanzDerVampire}}: After being out of the cold, Alfred and Professor Abronsius are given this treatment at the Chagal inn.
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* In a Corn Flakes commercial, the rooster attempts to crow on a winter morning, but finds himself unable to concentrate - due to the extreme cold. He attempts to fix this problem, by stepping into a bucket of hot water, but still fails when the water in the bucket freezes. Only when he eats some cereal, is he finally able to crow and bring out the sun.
* In a Corn Flakes commercial, the rooster attempts to crow on a winter morning, but finds himself unable to concentrate - due to the extreme cold. He attempts to fix this problem, by stepping into a bucket of hot water, but still fails when the water in the bucket freezes. Only when he eats some cereal, is he finally able to crow and bring out the sun.
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* A woman returns from work early to see her mother in a chair with her feet in a tub of hot water, her husband standing behind her mother holding a bag of quick-setting cement, and her mother says "Well dear, you husband's nicer than I gave him credit for, [[CementShoes giving me a footbath like that!]]"
* A woman returns from work early to see her mother in a chair with her feet in a tub of hot water, her husband standing behind her mother holding a bag of quick-setting cement, and her mother says "Well dear, you husband's nicer than I gave him credit for, [[CementShoes giving me a footbath like that!]]"
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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'', Wallace soaks his feet after being made into a snowman, although he's just cold, not sick.
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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'', Wallace soaks his feet after being made into a snowman, although he's just cold, not sick.sick.
* Non-cold variant: ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch'' episode "Unbearable Peevly" has zookeeper Peevly soaking his feet in hot water after all the dancing he did at a circus (long story).
* Non-cold variant: ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch'' episode "Unbearable Peevly" has zookeeper Peevly soaking his feet in hot water after all the dancing he did at a circus (long story).
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* One ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comic used this in the splash panel. The plot of the story is that a crook wished away Superman's powers, leaving him mortal and vulnerable. The opening panel shows [[https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-j73OGOelsbs/TXlzvLDezAI/AAAAAAAAAKc/_udKCeNXDok/s1600/Superman_123.2.jpg him sneezing while Jimmy Olsen pours hot water into the bucket at his feet]].
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* One ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comic ''Franchise/{{Superman}} #123'' used this in the splash panel. The plot of the story is that a crook wished away Superman's powers, leaving him mortal and vulnerable. The opening panel shows [[https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-j73OGOelsbs/TXlzvLDezAI/AAAAAAAAAKc/_udKCeNXDok/s1600/Superman_123.2.jpg him sneezing while Jimmy Olsen pours hot water into the bucket at his feet]].
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* In the 1929 song "I Got a Code in My Doze," the singer has a cold and sings, "[[InsomniaEpisode I can't sleep]], I can't eat, get a pail and soak my feet." This song was most famously performed by Music/BarbraStreisand in ''Funny Lady'', the 1975 sequel to ''Theatre/FunnyGirl'', and by WesternAnimation/BettyBoop in the cartoon "Betty Boop's Ker-Choo."
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* In the 1929 song "I Got a Code in My Doze," the singer has a cold and sings, "[[InsomniaEpisode I can't sleep]], [[AppetiteEqualsHealth I can't eat, eat]], get a pail and soak my feet." This song was most famously performed by Music/BarbraStreisand in ''Funny Lady'', the 1975 sequel to ''Theatre/FunnyGirl'', and by WesternAnimation/BettyBoop in the cartoon "Betty Boop's Ker-Choo."
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* An early episode of ''Anime/SonicX'' ends with Sonic treating himself to this, after getting himself frozen while destroying one of Eggman's robots in Earth's Stratosphere. Ella and Amy help him warm up by feeding Sonic chili and ice cream (respectively).
* An early episode of ''Anime/SonicX'' ends with Sonic treating himself to this, after getting himself frozen while destroying one of Eggman's robots in Earth's Stratosphere. Ella and Amy help him warm up by feeding Sonic chili and ice cream (respectively).
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* In ''Disney/PeterPan'', after one of his harrowing encounters with the crocodile, Captain Hook is shown sneezing and groaning from a headache in his captain's quarters. He's [[IllnessBlanket wrapped up in a blanket]] with a hot water bottle on his head and his bare feet in a barrel of water. Smee comes in with a kettle of boiling water to refill the barrel and accidentally pours too much in, scalding his captain.
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* In ''Disney/PeterPan'', ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', after one of his harrowing encounters with the crocodile, Captain Hook is shown sneezing and groaning from a headache in his captain's quarters. He's [[IllnessBlanket wrapped up in a blanket]] with a hot water bottle on his head and his bare feet in a barrel of water. Smee comes in with a kettle of boiling water to refill the barrel and accidentally pours too much in, scalding his captain.
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* Occurs in the animated version of ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}} Madeline's Rescue]]''. After being saved from drowning in the river, the title character is shown recovering with a foot bath and an ice pack. (The corresponding scene in [[Literature/{{Madeline}} the original book]] does not include the foot bath, but shows her bundled up in bed instead.)
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* Occurs in the animated version of ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}} Madeline's Rescue]]''. After being saved from drowning in the river, the title character is shown recovering with a foot bath and an ice pack. (The corresponding scene in [[Literature/{{Madeline}} the original book]] does not include the foot bath, but shows her bundled up in bed instead.)) Two later episodes also use this trope: ''Madeline in New York'' shows all the girls soothing their aching feet with a foot bath after a long day of walking, while ''Madeline's Holiday with Mr. Grump'' has Mrs. Grump warm up this way after searching for the missing girls through the snow.
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** In the episode "Hassle in the Castle," Scooby uses a foot bath (and a blanket) to pretend he's got a cold so he won't have to sniff out the Phantom. Naturally, the others don't fall for it.
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** In the episode "Hassle "[[Recap/ScoobyDooWhereAreYouS1E2HassleInTheCastle Hassle in the Castle," Castle]]," Scooby uses a foot bath (and a blanket) to pretend he's got a cold so he won't have to sniff out the Phantom. Naturally, the others don't fall for it.
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* In ''Disney/PeterPan'', after one of his harrowing encounters with the crocodile, Captain Hook is shown sneezing and groaning from a headache in his captain's quarters. He's [[IllnessBlanket wrapped up in a blanket]] with an ice pack on his head and his bare feet in a barrel of water. Smee comes in with a kettle of boiling water to refill the barrel and accidentally pours too much in, scalding his captain.
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* In ''Disney/PeterPan'', after one of his harrowing encounters with the crocodile, Captain Hook is shown sneezing and groaning from a headache in his captain's quarters. He's [[IllnessBlanket wrapped up in a blanket]] with an ice pack a hot water bottle on his head and his bare feet in a barrel of water. Smee comes in with a kettle of boiling water to refill the barrel and accidentally pours too much in, scalding his captain.
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* In the ''Series/UnderTheUmbrellaTree'' Christmas special, Iggy gets coated in ice when Jacob accidentally sprays him with the hose while outdoors in freezing weather. Holly thaws him out with [[IllnessBlanket a warm blanket]] and a steaming foot bath.
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* In the ''Series/UnderTheUmbrellaTree'' Christmas special, Iggy gets coated in ice when Jacob accidentally sprays him with the hose while outdoors in freezing weather. Holly thaws him out with [[IllnessBlanket a warm blanket]] blanket and a steaming foot bath.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' episode "Hassle in the Castle," Scooby uses a foot bath (and a blanket) to pretend he's got a cold so he won't have to sniff out the Phantom. Naturally, the others don't fall for it.
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** In the
** At the end of another episode, Scooby really does catch a cold and soaks his feet while Shaggy serves him [[SoupIsMedicine chicken soup]] - with a live chicken in it.
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* In the''Series/UnderTheUmbrellaTree'' Christmas special, Iggy gets coated in ice when Jacob accidentally sprays him with the hose while outdoors in freezing weather. Holly thaws him out with [[IllnessBlanket a warm blanket]] and a steaming foot bath.
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* In the''Series/UnderTheUmbrellaTree'' the ''Series/UnderTheUmbrellaTree'' Christmas special, Iggy gets coated in ice when Jacob accidentally sprays him with the hose while outdoors in freezing weather. Holly thaws him out with [[IllnessBlanket a warm blanket]] and a steaming foot bath.
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* In the''Series/UnderTheUmbrellaTree'' Christmas special, Iggy gets coated in ice when Jacob accidentally sprays him with the hose while outdoors in freezing weather. Holly thaws him out with [[IllnessBlanket a warm blanket]] and a steaming foot bath.
* In the''Series/UnderTheUmbrellaTree'' Christmas special, Iggy gets coated in ice when Jacob accidentally sprays him with the hose while outdoors in freezing weather. Holly thaws him out with [[IllnessBlanket a warm blanket]] and a steaming foot bath.
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* In the 1929 song "I Got a Code in My Doze," the singer has a cold and sings, "[[InsomniaEpisode I can't sleep]], I can't eat, get a pail and soak my feet." This song was most famously performed by Music/BarbraStreisand in ''Funny Lady'', the 1975 sequel to ''Theatre/FunnyGirl'', and by Betty Boop in the cartoon "Betty Boop's Ker-Choo."
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* In the 1929 song "I Got a Code in My Doze," the singer has a cold and sings, "[[InsomniaEpisode I can't sleep]], I can't eat, get a pail and soak my feet." This song was most famously performed by Music/BarbraStreisand in ''Funny Lady'', the 1975 sequel to ''Theatre/FunnyGirl'', and by Betty Boop WesternAnimation/BettyBoop in the cartoon "Betty Boop's Ker-Choo."
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* In the 1929 song "I Got a Code in My Doze," the singer has a cold and sings, "[[InsomniaEpisode I can't sleep]], I can't eat, get a pail and soak my feet." This song was most famously performed by Music/BarbraStreisand in ''Funny Lady'', the 1975 sequel to ''Theatre/FunnyGirl''.
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* In the 1929 song "I Got a Code in My Doze," the singer has a cold and sings, "[[InsomniaEpisode I can't sleep]], I can't eat, get a pail and soak my feet." This song was most famously performed by Music/BarbraStreisand in ''Funny Lady'', the 1975 sequel to ''Theatre/FunnyGirl''.
''Theatre/FunnyGirl'', and by Betty Boop in the cartoon "Betty Boop's Ker-Choo."
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* Occurs in the animated version of ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}} Madeline's Rescue]]''. After being saved from drowning in the river, the title character is shown recovering with a foot bath and an ice pack. (The corresponding scene in [[Literature/{{Madeline}} the original book]] does not include the foot bath.)
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* Occurs in the animated version of ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}} Madeline's Rescue]]''. After being saved from drowning in the river, the title character is shown recovering with a foot bath and an ice pack. (The corresponding scene in [[Literature/{{Madeline}} the original book]] does not include the foot bath.bath, but shows her bundled up in bed instead.)
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[[JustForFun/TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs Do not try this if you are actually suffering from hypothermia.]] Warming the extremities first can cause shock.
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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'', Wallace soaks his feet after being made into a snowman, although he's just cold, not sick.
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* ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''. During the fight against Mr. Freeze in the museum, Robin [[HarmlessFreezing gets frozen solid but survives]]. After the battle, he's seen in Wayne Manor with his feet in a bucket of warm water to help him recover.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'': Several of the cat and mouse shorts end up with Tom having nearly drowned, and Jerry or someone else soaking his feet in hot water. In the Creator/ChuckJones short "The A-Tom-Inable Snowman", the water is so hot that Tom launches like a rocket.
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A character is given a hot foot bath as a treatment for either being cold or having a cold, [[CatchYourDeathOfCold which will be treated as the same thing]]. Very common in cartoons.
This practice is derived from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrotherapy hydrotherapy]], which was popular in the 19th century, and remains so in alternative medicine circles. As such, this trope is related to HealingSpring, although it's performed with ordinary heated water, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_bath occasionally with mustard powder added]], rather than some kind of magical water.
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* ''ComicBook/BouleEtBill'': One gag sees Boule and Bill walking home through a snow storm, with every person they encounter wishing them good health. The final image depicts the two having caught a cold, and getting a foot bath treatment.
* In the ''ComicBook/{{Futurama}}'' comic "A Cure For the Common Clod," Fry is seen on the cover unwell with his feet in a bowl of water.
* ''ComicBook/JanJansEnDeKinderen'': In one comic, Grandpa falls through the ice on a shallow pond when he tries to prove to Catootje and Jeroen that it's safe. Then the two kids also enter the pond so they can later claim they went out on the thin ice first and Grandpa saved them, thus preventing Grandpa from getting in trouble. The final panel shows all three home again, getting a foot bath against the cold, while Jans praises Grandpa for his heroics.
* One ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comic used this in the splash panel. The plot of the story is that a crook wished away Superman's powers, leaving him mortal and vulnerable. The opening panel shows [[https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-j73OGOelsbs/TXlzvLDezAI/AAAAAAAAAKc/_udKCeNXDok/s1600/Superman_123.2.jpg him sneezing while Jimmy Olsen pours hot water into the bucket at his feet]].
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* In ''Disney/PeterPan'', after one of his harrowing encounters with the crocodile, Captain Hook is shown sneezing and groaning from a headache in his captain's quarters. He's [[IllnessBlanket wrapped up in a blanket]] with an ice pack on his head and his bare feet in a barrel of water. Smee comes in with a kettle of boiling water to refill the barrel and accidentally pours too much in, scalding his captain.
* In the Creator/LaurelAndHardy short ''They Go Boom'', Ollie is sick with "ammonia." Stan attempts to prepare a foot bath for him, but hijinks ensue.
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* Parodied in a SickEpisode of ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun''. Sally made chicken soup because she heard [[SoupIsMedicine it would make them feel better]]. Then she places the soup on the floor, and Harry starts using it as a foot bath.
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* In the 1929 song "I Got a Code in My Doze," the singer has a cold and sings, "[[InsomniaEpisode I can't sleep]], I can't eat, get a pail and soak my feet." This song was most famously performed by Music/BarbraStreisand in ''Funny Lady'', the 1975 sequel to ''Theatre/FunnyGirl''.
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* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts:
** In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}'' short ''Cold War'', Goofy tries using this method to treat his cold. It makes him too hot, so he turns on a fan, which makes him too cold.
** At the end of ''[[WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies The Grasshopper and the Ants]]'', the ants let the starving and freezing grasshopper into their home. They provide him three buckets of hot water, two for his legs and one for his abdomen.
** In ''Lend a Paw'', Mickey gives Pluto a foot bath after he saves a kitten from a freezing well.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** ''Putty Tat Trouble'' concludes with Sylvester the cat and his rival in their respective apartments shivering and sneezing with their feet in washpans of hot water. Both cats had fallen through the ice on a frozen pond, courtesy of Tweety and his trusty ice pick.
** Referenced in ''The Unmentionables''; as Rocky and Muggsy prepare CementShoes for a blindfolded Bugs Bunny, he complains "Look, fellas, how many times do I have to tell ya? I haven't got a cold!"
* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'': In the episode "Sneeze the Day," Genie catches a cold, leading to PowerIncontinence. At one point, the ailing Genie is briefly shown being treated with a foot bath.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheArchieShow'': In "Snow Business," hijinks result in Veronica's dad getting covered in snow. In the next scene, he's shivering with his feet in a barrel of heated water.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BarneyBear'' short "Polar Pest," the title character is hibernating for the winter when his nephew, a polar bear, shows up. Obviously accustomed to the Arctic, the nephew declares that the house is too hot and starts opening all the windows. Barney frantically attempts to keep the windows closed, but eventually loses the battle. In the next scene, a shivering Barney is giving himself a foot bath while his oblivious nephew begs to be taken ice fishing.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'': In "Here's Snow in Your Eyes," Wilma and Betty wear swimsuits for a BeautyContest at a ski resort, and end up catching colds. At the end of the episode, Wilma is shown giving herself a heated foot bath.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' episode "Elroy's Pal," Elroy wins a visit from TV superhero "Nimbus the Great." But on the day he is supposed to visit, Nimbus gets sick. He is seen at home with his feet in a foot bath.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/LittlePrincess'' episode "I Don't Want a Cold," after recovering from her cold, Princess thinks she's spread it to the adults and gives the General a foot bath, [[ToiletHumour using her (thankfully clean) potty chair as the bowl]].
* Occurs in the animated version of ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}} Madeline's Rescue]]''. After being saved from drowning in the river, the title character is shown recovering with a foot bath and an ice pack. (The corresponding scene in [[Literature/{{Madeline}} the original book]] does not include the foot bath.)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'': In "[[Recap/RenandStimpy2x07SonofStimpy Son of Stimpy]]," after searching for his sentient fart out in the cold, Stimpy returns home [[InstantIceJustAddCold encased in a block of ice]] and is given this treatment.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' episode "Hassle in the Castle," Scooby uses a foot bath (and a blanket) to pretend he's got a cold so he won't have to sniff out the Phantom. Naturally, the others don't fall for it.
* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'': Several of the cat and mouse shorts end up with Tom having nearly drowned, and Jerry or someone else soaking his feet in hot water. In one Chuck Jones directed cartoon, the water is so hot that he launches like a rocket.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'', Wallace soaks his feet after being made into a snowman, although he's just cold, not sick.
A character is given a hot foot bath as a treatment for either being cold or having a cold, [[CatchYourDeathOfCold which will be treated as the same thing]]. Very common in cartoons.
This practice is derived from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrotherapy hydrotherapy]], which was popular in the 19th century, and remains so in alternative medicine circles. As such, this trope is related to HealingSpring, although it's performed with ordinary heated water, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_bath occasionally with mustard powder added]], rather than some kind of magical water.
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* ''ComicBook/BouleEtBill'': One gag sees Boule and Bill walking home through a snow storm, with every person they encounter wishing them good health. The final image depicts the two having caught a cold, and getting a foot bath treatment.
* In the ''ComicBook/{{Futurama}}'' comic "A Cure For the Common Clod," Fry is seen on the cover unwell with his feet in a bowl of water.
* ''ComicBook/JanJansEnDeKinderen'': In one comic, Grandpa falls through the ice on a shallow pond when he tries to prove to Catootje and Jeroen that it's safe. Then the two kids also enter the pond so they can later claim they went out on the thin ice first and Grandpa saved them, thus preventing Grandpa from getting in trouble. The final panel shows all three home again, getting a foot bath against the cold, while Jans praises Grandpa for his heroics.
* One ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comic used this in the splash panel. The plot of the story is that a crook wished away Superman's powers, leaving him mortal and vulnerable. The opening panel shows [[https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-j73OGOelsbs/TXlzvLDezAI/AAAAAAAAAKc/_udKCeNXDok/s1600/Superman_123.2.jpg him sneezing while Jimmy Olsen pours hot water into the bucket at his feet]].
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* In ''Disney/PeterPan'', after one of his harrowing encounters with the crocodile, Captain Hook is shown sneezing and groaning from a headache in his captain's quarters. He's [[IllnessBlanket wrapped up in a blanket]] with an ice pack on his head and his bare feet in a barrel of water. Smee comes in with a kettle of boiling water to refill the barrel and accidentally pours too much in, scalding his captain.
* In the Creator/LaurelAndHardy short ''They Go Boom'', Ollie is sick with "ammonia." Stan attempts to prepare a foot bath for him, but hijinks ensue.
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* Parodied in a SickEpisode of ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun''. Sally made chicken soup because she heard [[SoupIsMedicine it would make them feel better]]. Then she places the soup on the floor, and Harry starts using it as a foot bath.
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* In the 1929 song "I Got a Code in My Doze," the singer has a cold and sings, "[[InsomniaEpisode I can't sleep]], I can't eat, get a pail and soak my feet." This song was most famously performed by Music/BarbraStreisand in ''Funny Lady'', the 1975 sequel to ''Theatre/FunnyGirl''.
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* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts:
** In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}'' short ''Cold War'', Goofy tries using this method to treat his cold. It makes him too hot, so he turns on a fan, which makes him too cold.
** At the end of ''[[WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies The Grasshopper and the Ants]]'', the ants let the starving and freezing grasshopper into their home. They provide him three buckets of hot water, two for his legs and one for his abdomen.
** In ''Lend a Paw'', Mickey gives Pluto a foot bath after he saves a kitten from a freezing well.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** ''Putty Tat Trouble'' concludes with Sylvester the cat and his rival in their respective apartments shivering and sneezing with their feet in washpans of hot water. Both cats had fallen through the ice on a frozen pond, courtesy of Tweety and his trusty ice pick.
** Referenced in ''The Unmentionables''; as Rocky and Muggsy prepare CementShoes for a blindfolded Bugs Bunny, he complains "Look, fellas, how many times do I have to tell ya? I haven't got a cold!"
* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'': In the episode "Sneeze the Day," Genie catches a cold, leading to PowerIncontinence. At one point, the ailing Genie is briefly shown being treated with a foot bath.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheArchieShow'': In "Snow Business," hijinks result in Veronica's dad getting covered in snow. In the next scene, he's shivering with his feet in a barrel of heated water.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BarneyBear'' short "Polar Pest," the title character is hibernating for the winter when his nephew, a polar bear, shows up. Obviously accustomed to the Arctic, the nephew declares that the house is too hot and starts opening all the windows. Barney frantically attempts to keep the windows closed, but eventually loses the battle. In the next scene, a shivering Barney is giving himself a foot bath while his oblivious nephew begs to be taken ice fishing.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'': In "Here's Snow in Your Eyes," Wilma and Betty wear swimsuits for a BeautyContest at a ski resort, and end up catching colds. At the end of the episode, Wilma is shown giving herself a heated foot bath.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' episode "Elroy's Pal," Elroy wins a visit from TV superhero "Nimbus the Great." But on the day he is supposed to visit, Nimbus gets sick. He is seen at home with his feet in a foot bath.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/LittlePrincess'' episode "I Don't Want a Cold," after recovering from her cold, Princess thinks she's spread it to the adults and gives the General a foot bath, [[ToiletHumour using her (thankfully clean) potty chair as the bowl]].
* Occurs in the animated version of ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}} Madeline's Rescue]]''. After being saved from drowning in the river, the title character is shown recovering with a foot bath and an ice pack. (The corresponding scene in [[Literature/{{Madeline}} the original book]] does not include the foot bath.)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'': In "[[Recap/RenandStimpy2x07SonofStimpy Son of Stimpy]]," after searching for his sentient fart out in the cold, Stimpy returns home [[InstantIceJustAddCold encased in a block of ice]] and is given this treatment.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' episode "Hassle in the Castle," Scooby uses a foot bath (and a blanket) to pretend he's got a cold so he won't have to sniff out the Phantom. Naturally, the others don't fall for it.
* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'': Several of the cat and mouse shorts end up with Tom having nearly drowned, and Jerry or someone else soaking his feet in hot water. In one Chuck Jones directed cartoon, the water is so hot that he launches like a rocket.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'', Wallace soaks his feet after being made into a snowman, although he's just cold, not sick.
