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* Liz's parents in ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' end up doing this after finding out Liz was dating a [[CreatorCareerSelfDeprecation cartoonist]].
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* In ''[[Fanfic/HarmonyAndValor It Sounds Better Than "Pity Date"]]'' Flash Sentry hands Sci-Twi a paper bag for her to breath into after Sci-Twi panics, realizing [[spoiler:she got carried away with the "simulation date" she and Flash were on and actually tried to kiss him, knowing he likes Princess Twilight.]] Flash claims he brought the bag [[CrazyPrepared because "you never know what you might need."]]
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* Shinji is reduced to this in ''FanFic/NobodyDies'' after being told for the first time to drive the Eva and fight an Angel.
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* Ilana uses one in the ''Series/BroadCity'' episode "Destination: Wedding" to cope with the revelation that Abbi made out with another woman before they met, when Ilana wanted Abbi's first same-sex experience to be with her.
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* Runt of the Litter from ''Disney/ChickenLittle''. He hyperventilates so hard he accidentally swallows the bag, then is seen breathing on two bags at once.
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* Sydney of ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' uses this when her mouth gets her into trouble and when she learns that everything she thought she knew is wrong.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Spike does this on "A Dog And Pony Show" after Rarity has been kidnapped.
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* Seen in ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower''.
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** Tino, as well, in the HalloweenSpecial.
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* Whenever Clyde [=McBride=] from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' freaks out, he breathes into a paper bag.
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* One episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' has Sheldon breathing into a paper bag when he tells Leonard that his ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' account had ben hacked.
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Often in TV, a character who is panicking will be shown inhaling and exhaling into a paper bag to calm down. In milder examples, it can be used to cure hiccups. Actually TruthInTelevision, as breathing into a paper bag is a good way to reduce the symptoms of hyperventilation[[note]]Hyperventilating causes you to lose carbon dioxide too quickly, causing dizziness and fainting. The bag helps you retain it.[[/note]], according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki. However, one should [[TooDumbToLive never use a plastic bag]] for this, because suffocation ''will'' ensue.[[note]]Being porous and not as likely to cling around the mouth, a paper bag allows some oxygen to come in, which a plastic bag cannot do.[[/note]] While there are other ways to cure hyperventilation, the paper bag is the most iconic, providing an easy visual shorthand (and comical prop) for viewers.
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Often in TV, a character who is panicking will be shown inhaling and exhaling into a paper bag to calm down. In milder examples, it can be used [[HiccupHijinks to cure hiccups.hiccups]]. Actually TruthInTelevision, as breathing into a paper bag is a good way to reduce the symptoms of hyperventilation[[note]]Hyperventilating causes you to lose carbon dioxide too quickly, causing dizziness and fainting. The bag helps you retain it.[[/note]], according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki. However, one should [[TooDumbToLive never use a plastic bag]] for this, because suffocation ''will'' ensue.[[note]]Being porous and not as likely to cling around the mouth, a paper bag allows some oxygen to come in, which a plastic bag cannot do.[[/note]] While there are other ways to cure hyperventilation, the paper bag is the most iconic, providing an easy visual shorthand (and comical prop) for viewers.
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* One of the soldiers in ''Film/{{Windtalkers}}''
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* ''Series/TheCosbyShow'': Alvin uses a paper bag (and is told to do so by Heathcliff) while he's hyperventilating while Sandra is giving birth.
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** Twilight Sparkle does it in "The Beginning of the End" several times when she learns that Princess Celestia and Luna are [[AbdicateTheThrone abdicating their rule to her and her friends]].
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* Runt of the Litter from ''Disney/ChickenLittle''. He hyperventilates so hard he accidentally swallows the bag, then is seen breathing on two bags at once.
* Referenced in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' when [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Ginormica]] first sees the giant robot they have to fight.
-->'''Ginormica:''' I can't fight that thing! I've never... I'm hyperventilating! Does anybody have a giant paper bag?
* RJ in ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'' did this once.
* Alex does this once in ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted''.
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* Runt of the Litter from ''Disney/ChickenLittle''. He hyperventilates so hard he accidentally swallows the bag, then is seen breathing on two bags at once.
* Referenced in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' when [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Ginormica]] first sees the giant robot they have to fight.
-->'''Ginormica:''' I can't fight that thing! I've never... I'm hyperventilating! Does anybody have a giant paper bag?
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* Runt of the Litter from ''Disney/ChickenLittle''. He hyperventilates so hard he accidentally swallows the bag, then is seen breathing on two bags at once.
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-->'''Ginormica:''' I can't fight that thing! I've never... I'm hyperventilating! Does anybody have a giant paper bag?
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-->'''Ginormica:''' I can't fight that thing! I've never... I'm hyperventilating! Does anybody have a giant paper bag?
* RJ in ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'' did this once.
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Often in TV, a character who is panicking will be shown inhaling and exhaling into a paper bag to calm down. In milder examples, it can be used to cure hiccups. Actually TruthInTelevision, as breathing into a paper bag is a good way to reduce the symptoms of hyperventilation[[note]]Hyperventilating causes you to lose carbon dioxide too quickly, causing dizziness and fainting. The bag helps you retain it.[[/note]], according to TheOtherWiki. However, one should [[TooDumbToLive never use a plastic bag]] for this, because suffocation ''will'' ensue.[[note]]Being porous and not as likely to cling around the mouth, a paper bag allows some oxygen to come in, which a plastic bag cannot do.[[/note]] While there are other ways to cure hyperventilation, the paper bag is the most iconic, providing an easy visual shorthand (and comical prop) for viewers.
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Often in TV, a character who is panicking will be shown inhaling and exhaling into a paper bag to calm down. In milder examples, it can be used to cure hiccups. Actually TruthInTelevision, as breathing into a paper bag is a good way to reduce the symptoms of hyperventilation[[note]]Hyperventilating causes you to lose carbon dioxide too quickly, causing dizziness and fainting. The bag helps you retain it.[[/note]], according to TheOtherWiki.Wiki/TheOtherWiki. However, one should [[TooDumbToLive never use a plastic bag]] for this, because suffocation ''will'' ensue.[[note]]Being porous and not as likely to cling around the mouth, a paper bag allows some oxygen to come in, which a plastic bag cannot do.[[/note]] While there are other ways to cure hyperventilation, the paper bag is the most iconic, providing an easy visual shorthand (and comical prop) for viewers.
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* In ''Webcomic/NipAndTuck'', Zelda uses this before interviewing her semi-celebrity crush, Nip.
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** Discord also does it in "Discordant Harmony" when he starts to panic about what kind of tea party Fluttershy might like. Being [[RealityWarper Discord]], ''he'' inflates and deflates as he uses it rather than the bag.
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* Rachel is show breathing into a paper bag during the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' pilot.
** And later Janice does this when Chandler reveals he saw her kissing her (supposedly soon-to-be) ex-husband. She also gags on the receipt from the large box of condoms Chandler had just purchased that was in the bag, just to be more ironic.
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**pilot. And later Janice does this when Chandler reveals he saw her kissing her (supposedly soon-to-be) ex-husband. She also gags on the receipt from the large box of condoms Chandler had just purchased that was in the bag, just to be more ironic.
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* In ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/298317/it-sounds-better-than-pity-date It Sounds Better Than "Pity Date"]]'' Flash Sentry hands Sci-Twi a paper bag for her to breath into after Sci-Twi panics, realizing [[spoiler:she got carried away with the "simulation date" she and Flash were on and actually tried to kiss him, knowing he likes Princess Twilight.]] Flash claims he brought the bag [[CrazyPrepared because "you never know what you might need."]]
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* In ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/298317/it-sounds-better-than-pity-date ''[[Fanfic/HarmonyAndValor It Sounds Better Than "Pity Date"]]'' Flash Sentry hands Sci-Twi a paper bag for her to breath into after Sci-Twi panics, realizing [[spoiler:she got carried away with the "simulation date" she and Flash were on and actually tried to kiss him, knowing he likes Princess Twilight.]] Flash claims he brought the bag [[CrazyPrepared because "you never know what you might need."]]
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* In ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/298317/it-sounds-better-than-pity-date It Sounds Better Than "Pity Date"]]'' Flash Sentry hands Sci-Twi a paper bag for her to breath into after Sci-Twi panics, realizing [[spoiler:she got carried away with the "simulation date" she and Flash were on and actually tried to kiss him, knowing he likes Princess Twilight.]] Flash claims he brought the bag [[CrazyPrepared because "you never know what you might need."]]
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*Lampooned in the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode, "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire": Cleveland Brown begins to hyperventilate as he vows to kill Glenn Quagmire for sleeping with his wife. Peter grabs a plastic bag instead of a paper one, placing it over Cleveland's head and causing the latter to lose breath and pass out.
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* On ''TheSimpsons'', in the episode "Lisa's Rival", when Lisa does this after meeting a girl who appears to be smarter than she is.
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* Happens in one episode of ''PerfectStrangers''.
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* While not for hyperventilation, Edd of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' breathes into one to cure his hiccups, which Eddy pops with one of his hairs.
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