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* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}''

* We can't forget [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Nanny Ogg's]] chocolate pudding in ''Maskerade''. All you need to know about its effects is the phrase "My boots caught fire on the second lap."

** "Wellll, they starts out as Maids of Honor... but they ends up as Tarts."

* {{inFamous}}: Sasha's black tar. [[spoiler:It is later found out that this is how Reapers are made.]] Besides the original drug dealers, [[spoiler:every day citizens are taken hostage, get black tar poured on them and then they go insane]] and become Reapers.

* VideoGame{{inFamous}}: Sasha's black tar. [[It is later found out that this is how Reapers are made.]] Besides the original drug dealers, [[every day citizens are taken hostage, get black tar poured on them and then they go insane]] and become Reapers.

* "Infamous": Sasha's black tar. [[It is later found out that this is how Reapers are made.]] Besides the original drug dealers, [[every day citizens are taken hostage, get black tar poured on them and then they go insane]] and become Reapers.

* "VideoGame/Infamous": Sasha's black tar. [It is later found out that this is how Reapers are made.] Besides the original drug dealers, [every day citizens are taken hostage, get black tar poured on them and then they go insane] and become Reapers.

* Formula Fourteen in ''Recap/TintinLandOfBlackGold'' is supposed to be an additive to petroleum that makes it incredibly explosive, but the Thompsons mistake it for aspirin. Their hair starts growing very rapidly and in bizarre colors, and their mouths emit bubbles.

** Happens in ''Asterix and the Laurel Wreath'', with the added twist that Obelix, who is an incredibly overweight BigEater complains that it was "somewhat insipid" while the rest of the house turns technicolour and incredibly lethargic. However, their owner's drunkard son, is cured of his massive hangover by this concoction, [[ItMakesSenseInContext which eventually led to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire]].

* In the ''ScarredLands'' supplment ''Shelzar: City of Sins'', one of the locations examined is a bar called Cheny's that's infamous for it's coffee. Despite it tasting like oil, it's guarenteed to put hair on your chest. The only downside is that it seems to do so regardless of race, sex, or species.

* ''{{Asterix}}''

* Happens in ''{{Asterix}} and the Laurel Wreath'', with the added subversion that Obelix, who is an incredibly overweight BigEater complains that it was "somewhat insipid" while the rest of the house turns technicolour and incredibly lethargic. However, their owner's drunkard son, is cured of his massive hangover by this concoction, [[ItMakesSenseInContext which eventually led to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire]].
** After being whacked over the head with a menhir, Getafix starts producing this instead of the SuperSerum in ''Asterix and the Big Fight''.

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* Though technically not alcoholic, a kid-friendly version of this would be the Suicide - a mixure of all the available fountain drinks at the local fast food restaurant/convenience store. The dangers assumed for this drink likely come from the possible caffeine overdose such a combination would bring (especially considering how loaded some recent sodas have become). [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And it could taste just as horrible as a normal Gargle Blaster if you don't mix the drinks in the right combination]].
** Since it's a mixture of all the available sodas, some of which (like most lemon-limes and some root beers) don't contain any caffeine at all, it would actually be ''less'' caffeinated than a plain cola or Mountain Dew.
** You also can't OD on caffeine from soda unless you either a) distill the soda (to make the volume manageable) or b) drink 1200 fluid ounces of regular soda. (In which case, the electrolyte imbalance may very well put you under instead.)
* In the Thai Buddhist monastery Wat Thamkrabok, a.k.a. the world's toughest rehab center, the patients there undergo a daily detox via ScrewballSerum-induced ''vomiting''. The recipe for this disturbingly effective brew is a guarded secret, and all that's known is that the founder was shown the recipe in a dream and the whole thing contains 108 herbal ingredients. Inui would be so proud.
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* The chewing gum meal in ''CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', which works wonderfully until the blueberry dessert stage.

* In one of the bad endings to Twistaplot #12: ''Journey to Vernico 5'' your character, having accidentally ended up piloting a ship full of dangerous contraband from the planet Japponn, decided to sample some Choco-Raspberry Lunch Meat that was two years out of date and mutated into a giant green and purple celery-like plant that smelled exactly like a chocolate-raspberry milkshake.

* From ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': [[http://www.shortpacked.com/2006/03/23/ Cadbury Egg Cereal.]] Skips over the entire wild bender and shows us only the result, to great comical effect: [[spoiler:the victim has been elected to Congress.]] When she tries it a second time? [[spoiler:She and another Congressman who tried it achieve world peace...]]

* ''Literature/GeorgesMarvelousMedicine'', also by Creator/RoaldDahl.

* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'':
** Rigby's homemade Rig-Juice.
** "The Mississippi Queen". [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce A concoction so absurdly spicy]] that Mordecai, Rigby, and Benson spent the rest of the party they were attending experiencing a DisneyAcidSequence played to the tune of "Mississippi Queen" by 70's rockband ''Mountain''. It even came with a little umbrella.

* This is mistaken for a curse in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Bridle Gossip": Twilight Sparkle's horn becomes limp and covered in blue spots; Pinkie Pie's tongue swells until she becomes TheUnintelligible; Rarity's pelt and mane become long and frizzy like a sheep dog's hair; Rainbow Dash's wings get flipped upside down, leaving her completely unable to fly straight; Applejack gets shrunk to a few inches in height; and Fluttershy gets stuck with [[VocalDissonance a deep, masculine voice]]. [[spoiler: Turns out there is no curse, and the real cause of their condition is the [[IncrediblyLamePun "poison joke" plants]] the girls were standing in earlier in the episode.]]

* ''George's Marvelous Medicine'', also by Creator/RoaldDahl.

* Ms Mush's mushroom surprise in the ''Wayside School'' series.

* The ton-tongue toffee in Harry Potter, and numerous other so-called sweets made by the Weasley twins. Caused Dudley's tongue to continuously grow until Arthur got it under control.

* Akiko's special jam in ''{{Kanon}}'', so much so that it received a nod in ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} After Story''.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', [[MadScientist Dr. Germahn's]] Shrink Soda. It's ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

** And there's the episode where Bart and Milhouse are in the Flanders house unsupervised, and they discover Ned's ][[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] collection; they each down a can of 40-year-old Beatles-themed novelty soft drink, and Bart's causes him to briefly hallucinate about Milhouse as John Lennon.

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* The ton-tongue toffee in Harry Potter, and numerous other so-called sweets made by the Weasley twins. Caused Dudley's tongue to continuously grow until Arthur got it under control.