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[[caption-width-right:300:Buff with [[RealityEnsues salmonella.]]]]

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** In the episode "The Great Snail Race", [=SpongeBob=] puts Gary through TrainingFromHell to win the snail race. At one point, he mixes Gary an "energy drink" which includes raw eggs, simply "because they're cliché!"

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'' episode "Videolympics" has a scene during a TrainingMontage where Kevin drinks a glass of several raw eggs, much to the disgust of his teammates. A regular contributor to ''WebVideo/TheAnnotatedSeries'' mocks this in a sing-along bonus video.

It was [[ScienceMarchesOn later learned]] that cooking the egg fuses its protein strands together and increases the amount of protein that will be digested compared to a raw egg. Consuming raw eggs puts you at risk of salmonella poisoning (unless the eggs are pasteurized ahead of time), turning this into a DeadHorseTrope. Consequently, a common modern version is to have the character down the eggs and then immediately puke them up.

* The SerialKiller in ''Film/{{Angel}}''--who is a bodybuilding fanatic--is shown consuming a raw egg [[JabbaTableManners in the most disgusting way possible]].

* Done in the ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' episode about Queen and High telling anecdotes about Dodgers based on gags omitted form other episodes. One flashback has Marvin trying to invoke this trope, but finds out that Dodgers loves raw eggs and that the way he drinks it is [[{{Squick}} too disgusting for poor Martian eyes]].

[[TropeCodifier Made famous]] by ''Film/{{Rocky}}'', so this trope shows up frequently in {{Training Montage}}s set to "Gonna Fly Now" or "Eye of the Tiger." See also HideousHangoverCure.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', RetiredBadass Wildcat is shown using raw eggs in his "Tiger Tonic." {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d when Batman points out that it's actually incredibly unsafe to consume raw eggs.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', RetiredBadass Wildcat is shown using raw eggs in his "Tiger Tonic." {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d when Batman points out that [[RealityEnsues it's actually incredibly unsafe to consume raw eggs]].

* The introduction scene for Francis (Creator/ChowYunFat) in ''Film/TigerOnBeat'', where he's shown ordering half a dozen raw eggs in a cafeteria and then gulping down all of them with a glass of warm milk. In a friendly nod to other 80s' action icons which inspired Hong Kong cinema, Francis remarks he "learnt that from [[Creator/SylversterStallone Stallone]]."

* The SerialKiller in ''Film/{{Angel}}''--who is a bodybuilding fanatic--is shown shown consuming a raw egg [[JabbaTableManners in the most disgusting way possible]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': The episode “The Loudest Yard” gives [[RealityEnsues a more realistic depiction]] of this trope. When training Lincoln for football, Lynn prepares the typical raw eggs for him, however all they do is make Lincoln get sick and throw up. Another instance of this trope occurs in "Sitting Bull", where Lynn has a couple of little kids she's babysitting guzzle down some raw eggs after making them do strenuous exercises. One of the kids is seen puking up the egg he swallowed later, to which Lynn remarks that it was a waste of "two perfectly good eggs", implying that the boy's sister likewise threw up her egg off-screen.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' pokes fun at this trope in [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E14TheGreatSnailRaceMidLifeCrustacean "The Great Snail Race"]] when [=SpongeBob=] is making Gary a protein shake.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Kelp powder, for muscle mass! Raw eggs, [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall 'cause they're cliché]]! And [[UpToEleven nails]], for toughness!

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Note that some dishes are prepared by adding a raw egg to a hot dish just before serving, such as the popular Japanese breakfast, tamago kake gohan (egg rice). That is not this trope.

Note that some dishes are prepared by adding a raw egg to a hot dish just before serving. That is not this trope.

* Kumatetsu is seen stirring a raw egg into a bowl of rice in ''Anime/TheBoyAndTheBeast''

It was [[ScienceMarchesOn later learned]] that cooking the egg fuses its protein strands together and increases the amount of protein that will be digested compared to a raw egg. Consuming raw eggs puts you at risk of salmonella poisoning (unless the eggs are pasteurized ahead of time), turning this into a DeadHorseTrope.