History Main / ProneToSunburn

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Curious George|2006}}'', when Ted, the Man in the Yellow Hat, gets his hat taken by George, he begs for it saying that he needs it because "the sun is hot, and I freckle. And not in a good way, either; I blotch."

* Casper/Whitey from ''Film/MeMyselfAndIrene'' is an albino who left his family when they were going to move to Phoenix, Arizona.

* In ''Literature/TheColSecTrilogy'', Heleth was raised underground for most of her life, and thus [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette has very pale skin]] and sunburns ''very'' easily.
* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in ''Literature/{{Desperation}}''. Entragian already sunburns very easily, but when he's possessed by Tak this accelerates to the point that less than a week of sun exposure causes his body to start literally falling apart.
* Dr. Skinner of ''Literature/DrFranklinsIsland'' is pale enough that he turns very red and peels after even brief exposure to harsh sun, which is a bit of an issue for him working on an IslandBase.
* In ''Literature/AMacabreMythOfAMothMan'', Brett has a skin condition that causes him to easily sunburn, which fuels his [[TheShutIn shut-in]] tendencies. Learning that he can contract melanoma from sunburns only makes things worse.
* In ''Literature/AMemoirByLadyTrent'', a RunningGag is Tom's skin becoming very red whenever he's exposed to the sun for too long, and wherever he goes, the locals nickname him some form of "red" or "red man".
* Vampires in the ''Literature/NightHuntress'' series can withstand the sun, but will quickly develop nasty sunburns which will, almost as quickly, heal and peel, only for the process to repeat with continued exposure.
* In ''Literature/{{Room}}'', one of the side effects of Jack's long-term imprisonment in the shed is that he quickly sunburns.
* In ''Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan'', vampires will get sunburns after very limited exposure, and fatal sunstroke can set in after only a few hours.
* In ''Literature/WeWalkTheNight'', the older vampires get, the more susceptible they are to sunburns and the more severe the burning gets.

* In ''Series/FatherTed'', Ted tells a visiting priest that Dougal doesn't take the sun very well when he travels. A series of pictures shows Dougal with a lobster-red complexion in front of the Taj Mahal, the Vatican, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and even the Eiffel Tower.
* When the ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' cast goes to Hawaii for the janitor's wedding, Ted's seen applying liberal amounts of sunscreen to his face before going to the beach. It's shown to be [[ExaggeratedTrope an extreme example of this trope]] when immediately after it's {{lampshade|Hanging}}d, Ted's skin ''absorbs all of the sunscreen'', requiring him to reapply it seconds after he applied it the first time. Later in the episode, he gets persuaded to go into the sun unprotected and he gets a sunburn in the time it takes to step out of the shade and turn around.
* Vampires in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' can survive sun exposure but get extreme sunburns, hence why they tend to operate at night.
* In ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' Jimmy [=McGill=] frequently alludes to the [=McGill=] family's Irish heritage and resultant pale skin as reasons why they are not best suited to life in the blistering Albuquerque sunshine. Sure enough, when Jimmy spends some time relaxing at a hotel's pool at the start of season 2 it doesn't take long for him to burn. In season 5 this is PlayedForDrama: when car trouble forces him to trek across the New Mexico desert, he ends up with sunburn so horrific that Kim Wexler wants to take him to the emergency room.

* In ''WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions'', Red says she's so pale that she'll get burned by people who flash their shiny teeth at her.

* {{Averted|Trope}} in ''Webcomic/AliceGrove''. Even after Gavia has her nanotech forcibly removed, she still has some parahuman abilities, as [[https://www.alicegrove.com/post/146220974069/quick-tan she darkens her extremely pale skin to prevent sunburns]] while she's traveling with Alice and Ardent.
* {{Downplayed|Trope}} in [[https://tapas.io/episode/164069 this]] ''Webcomic/AntiSocialMedia'' strip, in which the woman's arm simply tans instantly instead of burning when she reaches out from under her umbrella.
* ''Webcomic/CatanaComics'': [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CNnLV3Lrf3C/ One strip]] shows Catana spends hours in the sun with no difference in skin tone, while John gets sunburned in the time it takes to walk to the mailbox and back.

* In ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'', Ethan [[https://cad-comic.com/comic/well-done/ chances going out into the sun on the beach]] and ''immediately'' regrets it.
* {{Implied|Trope}} for Yumi in ''Webcomic/TheDummysDummy'', as she tends to wear unseasonably long, dark clothing that covers her entire body except her hands and face, and dons a pair of sunglasses, as if she's ''really'' prone to sunburn. Some readers, up to that point only see Yumi's extremely blond hair, fair skin, and red eyes as purely stylistic, start to wonder if Yumi has albinism. This is later confirmed by the author in a Q&A strip.
* In ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'', Noah shows up at the beach [[https://ennuigo.thecomicseries.com/comics/1202/ in his normal clothes]], and his sunburning gets run into the ground by Hashim.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' parody comic ''[[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/deathclaw-desu-ga/list?title_no=82535 Deathclaw Desu Ga]]'', Peabody [[RadiationImmuneMutants can absorb almost any radiation with no ill effects]] but has lived in a fallout shelter for so long that she has no resistance to sunlight and [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/deathclaw-desu-ga/59/viewer?title_no=82535&episode_no=50 sunburns almost instantly]] the first time she tries to venture outside.
* In ''Webcomic/GirlsWithSlingshots'', Jamie discovering that her girlfriend Erin [[http://girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-chaser-1197 burns easily]] leads to a punchline Creator/BillEngvall would be proud of.
* [[http://www.ninjaandpirate.com/comic/two-kinds-of-people/ This]] ''Webcomic/NinjaAndPirate'' strip shows that even slathered in sunscreen, Ninja just cooks.
* An early ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' strip has [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=143 Dora get sunburned on her back and shoulders]] while out with Faye. It turns into an excuse to have Marten [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=144 put lotion on her]].

* In ''Webcomic/{{Rhapsodies}}'', Kate and her boyfriend go for a [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/07192011/ walk on the beach]]. [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/07212011/ Both get badly burned.]]

* [[https://satwcomic.com/we-re-all-too-fragile-for-this-world This]] ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' comic portrays sunburn as a danger for all white people visiting Africa, while inversely Africans need Vitamin D supplements to keep their energy up in Northern Europe.

* [[EnfantTerrible Mandy]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', demonstrated with a very to-the-point quote:

* In ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'', Noah shows up at the beach [[http://ennuigo.smackjeeves.com/comics/2862754/peeling/ in his normal clothes]], and his sunburning gets run into the ground by Hashim.

* WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls succumb to sunburn in the episode "Sun Scream" after refusing to apply a protectant while at the beach.

* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': In "A Parasol and a Hell of an Arm", Sheldon carries a parasol because of this trope.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'': Dethklok winds up with sunburn while visiting the American South in "Bluesklok" (made worse because they take off their shirts due to the heat). Pickles, in particular, says that he's "very Irish" while asking if anyone has sunblock.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'': Pete White. Justified, if greatly exaggerated from time to time, due to his albinism.

* {{Implied|Trope}} for Yumi in ''Webcomics/TheDummysDummy'', as she tends to wear unseasonably long, dark clothing that covers her entire body except her hands and face, and dons a pair of sunglasses, as if she's ''really'' prone to sunburn. Some readers, up to that point only sees Yumi's extremely blond hair, fair skin, and red eyes as purely stylistic, started to wonder if Yumi has albinism. This is later confirmed by the author in a Q&A strip.

Related to EmbarrassinglyPainfulSunburn, where a character who may or may not burn easily gets badly sunburned regardless. This can play into the stereotypes addressed by ButNotTooWhite and TheShutIn.

* In ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' Jimmy [=McGill=] frequently alludes to the [=McGill=] family's Irish heritage and resultant pale skin as reasons why they are not best suited to life in the blistering Albuquerque sunshine. Sure enough, when Jimmy spends some time relaxing at a hotel's pool at the start of season 2 it doesn't take long for him to burn. In season 5, when car trouble forces him to trek across the New Mexico desert, he ends up with sunburn so horrific that Kim Wexler wants to take him to the emergency room.

* In the ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' fanfic ''Fanfic/AgreementAndDisputation'', Holmes, while complaining about the heat wave currently making London miserable, expresses gratitude for hat brims. He notes that his paleness makes him vulnerable to sunburn, which makes him look undignified.

* ''Film/{{Logan}}'': Caliban has albinism and is very weak to sunlight. This is exploited when he's captured, as he's tortured by simply exposing him to sunlight.

* In ''Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan'', vampires will get sunburns after very limited exposure, and fatal sunstroke can set in after only a few hours.
* In ''Literature/AMacabreMythOfAMothMan'', Brett has a skin condition that causes him to easily sunburn, which fuels his [[TheShutIn shut-in]] tendencies. Learning that he can contract melanoma from sunburns only makes things worse.
* In ''Literature/TheColSecTrilogy'', Heleth was raised underground for most of her life, and thus [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette has very pale skin]] and sunburns ''very'' easily.
* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in ''Literature/{{Desperation}}''. Entragian already sunburns very easily, but when he's possessed by Tak this accelerates to the point that less than a week of sun exposure causes his body to start literally falling apart.
* In ''Literature/{{Room}}'', one of the side effects of Jack's long-term imprisonment in the shed is that he quickly sunburns.
* ''Literature/AkataWitch'': {{Justified|Trope}} with Sunny's albinism; she's so sensitive to the sun that she has difficulty playing soccer outdoors. She's overjoyed when the sensitivity is negated by her new Leopard Person powers.
* ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'': [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent Dwarves]], being subterranean creatures, have a burn time of three minutes on the surface. [[BoxedCrook Mulch Diggums]] lays on the sunscreen ''heavily'' whenever he's going to be spending time out in the sun.

* Vampires in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' can survive sun exposure but get extreme sunburns, hence why they tend to operate at night.

[[folder:Web Comics]]
* In ''Webcomic/GirlsWithSlingshots'', Jamie discovering that her girlfriend Erin [[http://girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-chaser-1197 burns easily]] leads to a punchline Creator/BillEngvall would be proud of.

* In ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'', Ethan [[https://cad-comic.com/comic/well-done/ chances going out into the sun on the beach]] and ''immediately'' regrets it.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' parody comic ''[[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/deathclaw-desu-ga/list?title_no=82535 Deathclaw Desu Ga]]'', Peabody [[RadiationImmuneMutants can absorb almost any radiation with no ill effects]] but has lived in a fallout shelter for so long that she has no resistance to sunlight and [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/deathclaw-desu-ga/59/viewer?title_no=82535&episode_no=50 sunburns almost instantly]] the first time she tries to venture outside.
* {{Averted|Trope}} in ''Webcomic/AliceGrove''. Even after Gavia has her nanotech forcibly removed, she still has some parahuman abilities, as [[https://www.alicegrove.com/post/146220974069/quick-tan she darkens her extremely pale skin to prevent sunburns]] while she's traveling with Alice and Ardent.

* {{Downplayed|Trope}} in [[https://tapas.io/episode/164069 this]] ''Webcomic/AntiSocialMedia'' strip, in which the woman's arm simply tans instantly instead of burning when she reaches out from under her umbrella.
* [[https://satwcomic.com/we-re-all-too-fragile-for-this-world This]] ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' comic portrays sunburn as a danger for all white people visiting Africa, while inversely Africans need Vitamin D supplements to keep their energy up in Northern Europe.

* ''Webcomic/CatanaComics'': [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CNnLV3Lrf3C/ One strip]] shows Catana spends hours in the sun with no difference in skin tone, while John gets sunburned in the time it takes to walk to the mailbox and back.
-->'''Catana''': [''in comments''] We all know someone that burns easily. I swear John can’t even look out the window without getting some color.

* In one ''Webcomic/CatanaComics'' strip, Catana spends hours in the sun with no difference in skin tone, while John gets sunburned in the time it takes to walk to the mailbox and back.

* Ted from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' when the cast goes to Hawaii for the janitor's wedding. He's seen applying liberal amounts of sunscreen to his face before going to the beach. It's shown to be an extreme example of this trope when immediately after it's [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]], Ted's skin ''absorbs all of the sunscreen'', requiring him to reapply it seconds after he applied it the first time. Later in the episode, he gets persuaded to go into the sun unprotected and he gets a sunburn in the time it takes to step out of the shade and turn around.

* Ted from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' when the cast goes to Hawaii for the janitor's wedding. He's seen applying liberal amounts of sunscreen to his face before going to the beach. It's shown to be an extreme example of this trope when immediately after it's [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]], Ted's skin ''absorbs all of the sunscreen'', requiring him to reapply it seconds after he applied it the first time. Later in the episode, he gets distracted and forgets to reapply and he gets a sunburn in the time it takes to turn around.

* Ted from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' claims this is true of himself in the episode where the cast goes to Hawaii for the janitor's wedding. He's seen applying liberal amounts of sunscreen to his face before going to the beach. He's later seen applying more because the previous amount is wearing off. Then he gets distracted, the sunscreen wears off, and he gets a sunburn in the time it takes to turn around.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{TheVentureBros}}'': Pete White. Justified, if greatly exaggerated from time to time, due to his albinism.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{TheVentureBros.}}'': Pete White. Justified, if greatly exaggerated from time to time, due to his albinism.

* ''WesternAnimation/ {{TheVentureBros.}}'': Pete White. Justified, if greatly exaggerated from time to time, due to his albinism.

TruthInTelevision for certain people, such as gingers, albinos, and people from the British Isles.

TruthInTelevision for certain people, like those with albinism and people from the British Isles.