History Main / GrubTub

* Before the PG-era, occasionally there would be pudding matches in Wrestling/{{WWE}}, where female wrestlers would battle each other in a larger kiddie pool filled with chocolate pudding.

* ''Series/TheGruenTransfer'' had a field day pulling apart, analysing and mocking a MILO ad that showed a couple sitting in a hot tun filled with the drink (see Advertising above). Of particular hilarity was a FreezeFrameBonus that showed the hot tub full of MILO was listed as a 'serving suggestion'. At the end of the episode, Wil pulls out two huge buckets of MILO and announces he is going upstairs to Ita Buttrose (the chairperson of Creator/TheABC)'s private spa.

* ''Series/TheGruenTransfer'' had a field day pulling apart, analysing and mocking a MILO ad that showed a couple sitting in a hot tun filled with the drink. Of particular hilarity was a FreezeFrameBonus that showed the hot tub full of MILO was listed as a 'serving suggestion'. At the end of the episode, Wil pulls out two huge buckets of MILO and announces he is going upstairs to Ita Buttrose (the chairperson of Creator/TheABC)'s private spa.

* In the TVB drama ''Gods of Honor'' (loosely based on the novel, ''Literature/FengshenYanyi'') the Zhou tyrant has a "Wine Pool" in his palace courtyard (right next to the "Meat Garden", where roasted slices of fine meat are hung from trees by his royal cooks), which as the name states, is filled with the finest of wines where he can dip himself in with his harem and concubines, drink from it as he swims whenever he feels like it, and the pool will be drained and refilled regularly by the eunuchs and courtiers. In an ironic twist of fate, the final episode has the tyrant, having his vile head concubine Daji usurping him, then drowning the tyrant in the pool of wine.

Good seasoning in it, come what there may!''

* One traditional home remedy to take the itch out of chicken pox is to bathe in tea. It would make the spots go away, but supposedly you won't want to scratch them as much.

* ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}'': "Zanta Claws II," the titular Zanta tries to distract the trio by giving them what their hearts desire. Which for the Cola-obsessed Edd is a pool filled with the stuff. After eagerly diving into it, we find out what happens when you try to jump into a pool filled with fizzy carbonated liquids.

* ''Webcomic/FauxPas'': Randy the red fox is [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp2.cgi?11 chosen to play Galacta-Fox in a sci-fi movie]]. He's given a few space-themed accoutrements and set in a wading pool of lime gelatin. Randy naturally starts eating the gelatin. This distresses the director, who commands, "Dirk! Make Galactafox stop eating that radioactive slime."

** In the late-series episode "All Eds Are Off", Ed drops his box of instant gravy mix in the community swimming pool, turning the water into gravy.

** In the episode [[Recap/EdEddNEddyS2E3KnockKnockWhosEd Knock Knock Who's Ed?]], the Eds try making a pool full of lime-flavored gelatin Unfortunately, it seems that Edd has underestimated the viscosity of the gelatin, and the pool is simply a large, quivering mound of the stuff. To make matters worse, Ed drinks the pool, leaving him and his friends scamless.

'''Note''': "Grub" as in the slang term for food, not the insect, although [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 one video game]] has filled a pool with that particular insect as well.[[note]]In ''VideoGame/HalfLife2 Episode 2'', Chapter "This Vortal Coil'', Gordon discovers the larvae in the mines and underground nests of the antlion species. Called grubs by other characters, once squished, they emit a health enhancing pellet. As Gordon goes deeper into the caves in order to procure a specific form of larva extract, he comes across an area that has an antlion guard. Seeking refuge from the constant harassment, this inner nest akin to an ant colony, has passageways etched into stone by the antlion workers and coated with an organic substance, filled with the health palette dispensing larvae. The sound effects of walking in them even resemble a sort of viscous liquid.

* ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'': one of the many jell-o constructs Flint makes is a swimming pool full of the stuff. Deconstructed when he and Sam go to use the thing, though... Flint smacks against the surface of the pool due to not having enough momentum, while Sam punctures it and ends up about three feet down... and stays there.

* ''Film/TrailOfThePinkPanther'': At one point, Dreyfus has a dream where he's living the high life in a fancy house on a hill. As he's about to dive into his swimming pool, his hot trophy wife tells him that he'd been sent 3000 pounds of Jell-O for his birthday. Dreyfus remarks that only Clouseau would be stupid enough to do that, before he finds out firsthand just ''where'' he put it.

* ''Literature/TheMoomins'': In the first book, ''The Moomins and the Great Flood'', Moominmamma, Moomintroll and Sniff encounter a kind, elderly man who owns a LevelAte park with almost everything made of candy. Moomintroll and Sniff eat so much that they get a stomach ache and a toothache respectively. Moominmamma inquires whether there is a pool with hot soup somewhere; the man sadly says that he only has one pool of whipped cream and one pool of jam.

* ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}'': "Zanta Claws II," the titular Zanta tries to distract the trio by giving them what their hearts desire. Which for the Cola-obsessed Edd is a pool filled with the stuff. After eagerly diving into, we find out what happens when you try to jump into a pool filled with fizzy carbonated liquids.

* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'': One of the crazy over the top party things Mr. Peanutbutter employed in [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E04AfterTheParty After the Party]] is filling the pool with Jell-O.

** The tub in Ed?s room is often filled with gravy.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In the episode "Day of the Living Gelatin", the boys make the world's largest gelatin dessert by filling a swimming pool with as many boxes of gelatin as they can get. Unfortunately the massive gelatin gets hit with Doofenshmirtz's Turn-Everything-Evil-inator which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin turns it into an evil monster]], to capitalize on the summer-heat.

* It has been noted throughout history that ''Queen UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII'' bathed in sour donkey milk and honey with some herbs thrown in. By all accounts, the recipe tastes like a yogurt by modern standards. She used this concoction for its healthcare and beauty properties, as did Empress Poppaea Sabina, and Napoleon's sister, Pauline Bonaparte. Cleopatra was a forerunner for cosmetics that modern day beauty products contain some sort of milk, herb or mineral extract. Unsurprisingly, there are now facilities that offer some form of luxury bathing in milk.

* Matsuyama City in Japan's Ehime Prefecture prides itself with the availability of orange juice on tap. Inevitably this has led to literal swimming pools filled with the juice and various idols showcasing them for promotion of the area.
* Once traditional home remedy to take the itch out of chicken pox is to bathe in tea. It would make the spots go away, but supposedly you won't want to scratch them as much.

->'''Wilkins:''' I just filed my whole swimming pool with Wilkins Coffee.\\

* ''[[Literature/{{Spellsinger}} Paths of the Perambulator]]'': When the party gets trapped in a LotusEaterMachine hallucination, Clothahump's apprentice's hallucination is that he's found an entire lake filled with bourbon.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/5467262 Starting Over Again]]'': Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie prank Starlight Glimmer by dropping her in a pool full of marshmallow creme.

* In one of the ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' movies, Pooh imagines himself swimming in a lake of honey because he's very hungry.

Indices: BathingTropes, FoodTropes, SublimeRhyme, JustForFun/PunnyTropeNames

SubTrope of ConspicuousConsumption and UnconventionalFoodUsage. Compare PooledFunds when the pool is full of currency instead, and FoulBallPit when a pool is full of plastic balls and likely contains excreted food (feces, urine, vomit). TomatoSkunkStinkCure could be considered an occasional subtrope. A reminder to DontEatAndSwim may or may not be required. Food used this way that looks good would be FoodPorn as well.

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-->"In the Grub Tub, flavors swirl and play.
-->Poolside feasts, laughter all the way.
-->Burgers, fries or candy, a very sunny day.
-->Good seasoning in it, come what there may!"

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'''Note''': "Grub" as in the slang term for food, not the insect, althro [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 one video game]] has filled a pool with that particular insect as well.[[note]]In ''VideoGame/HalfLife2 Episode 2'', Chapter "This Vortal Coil'', Gordon discovers the larvae in the mines and underground nests of the antlion species. Called grubs by other characters, once squished, they emit a health enhancing pellet. As Gordon goes deeper into the caves in order to procure a specific form of larva extract, he comes across an area that has an antlion guard. Seeking refuge from the constant harassment, this inner nest akin to an ant colony, has passageways etched into stone by the antlion workers and coated with an organic substance, filled with the health palette dispensing larvae. The sound effects of walking in them even resemble a sort of viscous liquid.

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->'''Wilkins:''' I just filed my whole swimming pool with Wilkins Coffee.
->'''Wontkins:''' ''(falls in)'' Help! I'm drowning!
->'''Wilkins:''' I told him he'd end up drinking Wilkins.
-->-- A Advertising/WilkinsCoffee commercial

* In the kids' song "I Feel Crazy So I Jump in the Soup", the singer jumps into a giant bowl of soup and starts goofing around in there due to "feeling crazy".
* One ''Music/JudyPancoast'' song, "Swimming in Jello", has the singer [[DreamEpisode dreaming about]] trying to swim through jello but having great difficulty doing so.