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If you must know, haggis basically tastes like a cross between a hamburger and a sausage. And yes, it really is ''delicious''. Laddie. Robert Burns[[note]]referred to, variously, as Scotland's favourite son, or "The Bard" - yes, equating him (at least poetically) with Shakespeare[[/note]] wrote a poem about it - [[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Address_to_a_Haggis Address to a Haggis]] - that is read, in full, as the Haggis is presented during a Burns Night supper -- which consists of Haggis, naturally enough, accompanied by the traditional Neeps and Tatties.[[note]]Swede and Potatoes[[/note]]

* In ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'', Max says this is his favorite dish. The NASA doctor gets visibly queasy as he describes it.

* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' in an episode where Johnny goes to Scotland, he gets chased by the Loch Ness Monster because it wants his haggis. He gets it in the end, but after a [[Film/{{Braveheart}} William Wallace]] {{Expy}} tells him what's in it he gladly gives it to the Monster, earning its friendship. However, the trope is still downplayed because Johnny was actually enjoying the haggis until [[IAteWhat after he's told what's in it]].

--> '''Louie:''' Ugh! It [[ItTastesLikeFeet tastes like old socks and regret!]]

* Used in one of the ''Literature/{{Outlander}}'' books. The (very British) John Grey writes home about haggis with some alarm.

* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' in an episode where Johnny goes to Scotland, he gets chased by the Loch Ness Monster because it wants his haggis. He gets it in the end, but after a [[Film/{{Braveheart}} William Wallace]] {{Expy}} tells him what's in it he gladly gives it to the Monster, earning its friendship. However, the trope is still downplayed because Johnny was actually enjoying the haggis until after he's told what's in it.

* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' in an episode where Johnny goes to Scotland, he gets chased by the Loch Ness Monster because it wants his haggis. He gets it in the end, but after a [[Film/{{Braveheart}} William Wallace]] {{Expy}} tells him what's in it he gladly gives it to the Monster, earning its friendship. However, the trope is still downplayed because Johnny was actually enjoying the haggis until [[IAteWhat after he's told what's in it]].

* Used in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ProStars'', and combined with IAteWhat.

-->'''Colin'': In a ''proper'' one you've heart, lung, liver, all minced up with onion and oatmeal. But you've got to soak the oatmeal in blood. And then it gets stuffed inside the lining of a sheep's stomach and boiled.\\

* In the ''Series/TwoDoorsDown'' episode "Burns Supper", when Eric says they can have the rest of the haggis tomorrow, Beth retorts that one day a year is enough, national dish or not. Later, when English vegetarian Gordon is being served, [[MeatVersusVeggies Christine comments that she dreads to think what's in the veggie haggis]], to which Ian jokingly replies it can't be worse than what's in a real one. Gordon (who is also English and attending his first Burns Supper) then makes the mistake of asking.

In fiction, haggis is often viewed as disgusting, in which case no characters will eat or touch it. Sometimes they might first ask what’s in it, and look dismayed at the answer. Other times they might begin to eat it and [[IAteWhat spit it across the room in disgust]] upon finding out what's in it. Whatever the reason, it never seems like anybody wants to eat haggis besides the [[{{Scotireland}} Scottish guy]] in [[ManInAKilt a kilt]]. In fact, the United States FDA has banned traditional haggis from sale and import, as it includes lung (known when used as offal in Britain as "lights"), which is not considered fit for human consumption in the US (contrary to most of the meat-eating world).

* As demonstrated in the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' movie ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheLochNessMonster'', not even [[BigEater Shaggy]] [[UpToEleven and Scooby]] will touch haggis. This is from a man with a palate for sandwiches taller than he is, and a dog who eats what are essentially milkbones.

A SubTrope of ForeignQueasine. Compare StockYuck. Not to be confused with ''ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible''.

* ''ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible'': in one strip, Hägar brings haggis back from an expedition in Scotland. Then his wife cooks it, and upon planting a knife in it, it lets a music sound out... Hägar's wife actually cooked the bagpipe he brought from Scotland as well.

* Ramirez in ''Film/{{Highlander}}''. Connor [=MacLeod=] calls him a haggis, and he asks what it is. It's especially funny since Creator/SeanConnery, who plays Ramirez, is Scottish, and Creator/ChristopherLambert, who plays Connor, isn't.

--> '''Louie:''' Ugh! It [[ItTastesLikePurple tastes like old socks and regret!]]

--> '''Louie:''' Ugh! It tastes like old socks and regret!

* In the hour-long ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' crossover episode of ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017'', Scrooge requests some haggis for an experiment involving a RealityWarper alchemy machine. Upon its arrival, he tries it to verify its authenticity, while Louie tries it out of curiosity. Their reactions are expectedly different.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' somewhat subverts this with the ThinkNerd items. Spoofing ThinkGeek and various geeky items, haggis is very much enjoyed. In fact, one of the jokes is that all the references to haggis in the products are actually a mirror to the numerous bacon products in geek culture and beyond.

* Chapter 1 of the ''VideoGame/{{Honkai Impact 3rd}}'' comic, "London Holiday", has Durandal [[https://mangadex.org/chapter/739561/8 trying out haggis]]. She actually finds them pretty good, though it helps that [[{{Meido}} Rita]] spares her the details.

* In ''Webcomic/PocketPrincesses'', while [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} Merida]] is proud of haggis, [[Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana]] is [[http://amymebberson.tumblr.com/post/67070767454/pocket-princesses-82-haggis-please-reblog-dont a lot more dubious about cooking pudding that includes stuff like sheep's lungs]].

Haggis is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} Scottish]] dish prepared using a sheep stomach, oatmeal, suet, and some crazy things that you might not think would go well together in a dish.

In fiction, haggis is often viewed as disgusting, in which case no characters will eat or touch it. Sometimes they might first ask what’s in it, and look dismayed at the answer. Other times they might begin to eat it and [[IAteWhat spit it across the room in disgust]] upon finding out what's in it. Whatever the reason, it never seems like anybody wants to eat haggis besides the [[{{Scotireland}} Scottish guy]] in [[ManInAKilt a kilt]]. In fact, the United States FDA has banned traditional haggis from sale and import, as it includes livestock lung which is not considered "edible".

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' had Ron being forced to eat Duff Killigan's haggis after insulting it. Oddly, it's depicted as a kind of bubbling stew instead of a sausage.