History Main / InducedHypochondria

* In the ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' episode "A Case of Ed", Edd convinces himself that he has a rare and deadly disease, and Eddy decides to take advantage of this for a few cheap laughs. Edd is ''[[DudeNotFunny not'' amused when he learns the truth.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Bloody Mary," Randy Marsh drives drunk and gets pulled over and prosecuted for a DUI offense. Part of Randy Marsh's sentence for his DUI is enrollment with Alcoholics Anonymous and their twelve-step program. At first, he is only willing to confess that he "really like[s] beer," but the AA members not only push him to say that he is an alcoholic, but Randy begins to compulsively drink alcoholic beverages, convinced that he is an alcoholic. HilarityEnsues after this, culminating in Stan convincing Randy that he is indeed able to control his alcohol consumption, [[StatusQuoIsGod restoring the status quo]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' episode "A Case of Ed", Edd convinces himself that he has a rare and deadly disease, and Eddy decides to take advantage of this for a few cheap laughs. Edd is ''not '' amused when he learns the truth.

** The episode "Funny Pants" has Squidward getting annoyed by [=SpongeBob=] [[AnnoyingLaugh constantly laughing]] and convinces him that he has a disease where if he doesn't go 24 hours without laughing, his "laugh box" will break and he will never be able to laugh again. Inverted in the end when the disease turns out to be ''real'' and it happens to Squidward. Luckily, [=SpongeBob=] donates part of his laugh box to Squidward.

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* In ''Film/ADayAtTheRaces'', this is the reason Dr. Hackenbush is so well trusted by Mrs Upjohn:

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', Shrek and Fiona convince Donkey that he doesn't look so good. They were actually just using him as an excuse to spend another day together, but he's so neurotic that he falls for it anyway.

* Happened a couple of times on ''Series/{{MASH}}'' as the surgeons used it to get an annoying superior officer out of the way for a little while. Once (possibly the last time they used this device) Hawkeye and BJ got in a serious disagreement, because Hawkeye removed the appendix of a person who didn't need his appendix removed.

* One puzzle in ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople: Strong Badia the Free'' involves convincing Strong Sad that he has "acute aphasic pretendicitis". Symptoms include uncontrollable shaking, a high fever, and inability to comprehend spoken language (achieved by [[spoiler: clever use of a malfunctioning toy, application of a lighter to Strong Sad's thermometer, and attempting to communicate with [[TalkativeLoon Homsar]], respectively]]).

* The Website/SCPFoundation has a rather odd example in [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1025 SCP-1025]], which [[spoiler: causes hypochondria-by-proxy: others perceive anyone who reads it as contracting a number of dangerous diseases. It caused panic in several researchers and the unnecessary deaths of several test subjects before another Foundation agent took the book away and [[MundaneSolution stuck it in a box where it can't affect anyone else]].]]

** In the ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' short "Mickey's Remedy", MickeyMouse tricks Don's nephews into thinking that they have "Bolvanian Brain Fever" to teach them a lesson after they've taken advantage of him by PlayingSick. He goes as far as convincing them that they have died, and will go to [[NeverSayDie "the bad place"]] unless they redeem themselves: when Donald returns, he is shocked to find them perfectly well-behaved.

* The Wiki/SCPFoundation has a rather odd example in [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1025 SCP-1025]], which [[spoiler: causes hypochondria-by-proxy: others perceive anyone who reads it as contracting a number of dangerous diseases. It caused panic in several researchers and the unnecessary deaths of several test subjects before another Foundation agent took the book away and [[MundaneSolution stuck it in a box where it can't affect anyone else]].]]

->'''Bear''': "My head...? Why, I never knew it was crooked before! But, now that you say so, it ''does'' feel quite funny."
->'''Rabbit''': "I bet that it hurts you a lot, I bet that it hurts you right down to your tail! My! My! Mr. Bear, you look horribly pale! Say... ! How does your ''throat'' feel? A little bit prickly?"
->'''Bear''': "It ''does''! And my stomach feels tickly! Poor me! I feel all-over sickly!"

* The Trickster class in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' cause StatusEffects through illusion and manipulation. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation In terms of gameplay]], these are identical to the regular effect, sometimes more plausibly than others (taunting to induce Berserk makes perfect sense, using suggestion to [[BalefulPolymorph turn them into a toad]] not so much). The one the inflicts poison is even named "Hypochondria".

* The Trickster class in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' cause StandardStatusEffects through illusion and manipulation. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation In terms of gameplay]], these are identical to the regular effect, sometimes more plausibly than others (taunting to induce Berserk makes perfect sense, using suggestion to [[BalefulPolymorph turn them into a toad]] not so much). The one the inflicts poison is even named "Hypochondria".

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Little Big Mom", Lisa is angered by Bart and Homer's slovenliness and convinces them they have leprosy to teach them a lesson. [[TooCleverByHalf It backfires big]]: when Lisa tries to convince them that the only cure for leprosy is to clean their home, they [[AnythingButThat absolutely refuse]] and instead go ask Ned Flanders for help, and Ned sends them to a leprosy clinic in Hawaii, which is a very nice resort if not for ''the literally tortuous therapies''.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "Once Bitten", Patrick convinces Squidward that Squidward has Mad Snail Disease, kicking off a panic in all of Bikini Bottom. Slightly unusual example in that Patrick isn't trying to get rid of Squidward; mostly he seems to enjoy the attention and the fact that people listen to him and treat him like an expert.
** Another episode has Squidward getting annoyed by [=SpongeBob=] [[AnnoyingLaugh constantly laughing]] and convinces him that he has a disease where if he doesn't go 24 hours without laughing, his "laugh box" will break and he will never be able to laugh again. Inverted in the end when the disease turns out to be ''real'' and it happens to Squidward. Luckily, [=SpongeBob=] donates part of his laugh box to Squidward.
** Another episode has Squidward trick [=SpongeBob=] that he (Squidward) has contracted "Squid's Disease" in order to get [=SpongeBob=] and Mr. Krabs to think he should go home sick. [=SpongeBob=], however, being paranoid, begins to believe that he caught it.

* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts brought us "Donald's Day Off", were DonaldDuck's nephews prank him into thinking he's sick to the point of soon death. Made hilarious by how Donald is convinced of his "disease" to the point of ignoring logic and reason:

* The Wiki/SCPFoundation has a rather odd example in [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1025 SCP-1025]], which [[spoiler: causes hypochondria-by-proxy: others perceive anyone who reads it as contracting a number of dangerous diseases. It caused panic in several researchers before another Foundation agent took the book away and [[MundaneSolution stuck it in a box where it can't affect anyone else]].]]

A SubTrope of {{Hypochondria}}. Compare MunchausenSyndrome By Proxy, which involves actually ''making'' someone sick in order to get positive attention from others for taking care of them. See also FakingAnotherPersonsIllness, in which the goal is to persuade a third party.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Monkey Business", Helga believes she has contracted "Monkeynucleosis" and will die from it after an organ grinder's monkey kisses her on the arm, which gets red, itchy, and puffy shortly after. The sweaty palms and loss of appetite were all in her head, and her irritability is common throughout the series due to her {{Tsundere}} tendencies toward Arnold. Phoebe confirms this, and that all Helga got was a rash on her arm from contact with the monkey.