History Main / WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Allen Tim Allen]] ''sold'' far more drugs than he ever took.

* LatvianMedia gifts us {{Animation/Fantadroms}}, a show about a yellow shape-shifting cat robot named Indrikis. He flies through the universe mediating various arguments between people. The show has no dialog and the main way to communicate is through grunts, groans and laughter. There's also a LoveTriangle between him, a flying purple cat octopus and a rat. It seems we aren't the only ones who think this, because it was supposed to be released in the United States but the company rejected it because it was to bizarre.

* {{Subverted|Trope}} with [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=heterosexual+mpreg#/art/Heterosexual-mpreg-231841278?_sid=3aeefbd6 this]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony]] fanfic. The author and his friends were "high on painkillers" when he wrote it.

* In an in-universe example, in ''[[FanFic/EquestriaAHistoryRevealed Equestria: A History Revealed]]'', though many of the LemonyNarrator-author's theories seem to be so farfetched that drugs must have been a factor, other than the few chapters where she does get drunk, her conclusions are usually the product of her own crazed, [[ConspiracyTheorist conspiracy addled]] mind.

%% * Some {{Troll Fic}}s. Particularly, ''FanFic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami''.

* The author of ''FanFic/SonicXDarkChaos'' recently revealed his problems with alcohol abuse and the influence it had on his work - and the fact that it is (partially) responsible for his frequent ScheduleSlip.
* ''FanFic/WithPearlAndRubyGlowing'' was in fact made on antidepressants and trauma, which covers the premise at least. Several chapters, including one entire story collection, run on UnconventionalFormatting and MindScrew narration.

* ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''

%% * ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia''. History and politics become so much stranger when you imagine the countries as [[MoeAnthropomorphism people]].

* In the AltText of [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/25p92/ this strip]] of ''WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'', the author claims he gets this question all the time, and that none of the wackiness of Dr. [=McNinja=] is actually the result of mind-altering substances. Except the Dubstep Quartet. That one was [[NotSoAboveItAll totally the result of alcohol]].

%% * The LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2SpecialEdition''. The game itself [[MindScrew is drugs]].

%% * Almost all animators who use the Source-manipulation program Garry's Mod to make videos, most notably ''WebAnimation/RubberFruit'', ''Minifett'', ''WebAnimation/STBlackST'', ''WebAnimation/Eltorro64Rus'' and so on. Some of their stuff makes you feel like you are on some form of stimulant.
%% * Ladies and gentlemen, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQO-aOdJLiw&feature=plcp surreal]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Xa4bHcJu8&feature=plcp genius]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX3iLfcMDCw&feature=plcp of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ZvII57p_M Cyriak]]... Naturally, he's received questions of this nature, though according to him, the strongest thing he takes is just tea, as he doesn't want to threaten his [[CloudCuckoolander already-tenuous grip on sanity]].

%% * Almost everything made by [=andywilson92=], especially the advertisements for [[BlandNameProduct Bari Buti]].

%% * One might consider Peter Shaeffer's ''Equus''...
%% * ''Theatre/StarlightExpress'' attracts three main demographics: children, lovers of {{Camp}}, and stoners.

%% * The WebAnimation/AwesomeSeries, WebAnimation/GirlchanInParadise, etc. These are some of the most bizarre flash animations anywhere on the internet. The creator of these, Creator/{{Egoraptor}}, doesn't even drink.

%%* ''WebAnimation/SaladFingers'' and ''WebAnimation/CharlieTheUnicorn''

%% * Disney's film ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'' makes a lot of efforts on this page look positively mundane in comparison.

%% * ''[[WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story]]'' looks as if it had been written and produced on several drug trips.

%% * "The Story Of Chinese Gods (1976)" is a Hong Kong animated film with very surreal visuals, most audiences would be completely lost if they're not familiar with any of the Chinese stories associated with the film.

* LatvianMedia gifts us {{Series/Fantadroms}}, a show about a yellow shape-shifting cat robot named Indrikis. He flies through the universe mediating various arguments between people. The show has no dialog and the main way to communicate is through grunts, groans and laughter. There's also a LoveTriangle between him, a flying purple cat octopus and a rat. It seems we aren't the only ones who think this, because it was supposed to be released in the United States but the company rejected it because it was to bizarre.

* LatvianMedia gifts us [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Animation/Fantadroms]], a show about a yellow shape-shifting cat robot named Indrikis. He flies through the universe mediating various arguments between people. The show has no dialog and the main way to communicate is through grunts, groans and laughter. There's also a LoveTriangle between him, a flying purple cat octopus and a rat. It seems we aren't the only ones who think this, because it was supposed to be released in the United States but the company rejected it because it was to bizarre.

* Latvia gifts us [Animation/Fantadroms], a show about a yellow shape-shifting cat robot named Indrikis. He flies through the universe mediating various arguments between people. The show has no dialog and the main way to communicate is through grunts, groans and laughter. There's also a LoveTriangle between him, a flying purple cat octopus and a rat. It seems we aren't the only ones who think this, because it was supposed to be released in the United States but the company rejected it because it was to bizarre.

* Latvia gifts us Animation/Fantadroms, a show about a yellow shape-shifting cat robot named Indrikis. He flies through the universe mediating various arguments between people. The show has no dialog and the main way to communicate is through grunts, groans and laughter. There's also a LoveTriangle between him, a flying purple cat octopus and a rat. It seems we aren't the only ones who think this, because it was supposed to be released in the United States but the company rejected it because it was to bizarre.

* Areas of mathematics such as Statistics, since the hypothesis of many statistical distributions makes you wonder if Statistics [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs is math on drugs]].
* Comedian Music/BillBailey is eager to point out (in response to TV show pitches along the lines of "It's X, but on acid!") that watching someone on acid is ''boring''.

-->Peanut: "If that's true how did you come up with meeeeeeee?!"
** In "Controlled Chaos", Peanut suggests that Jeff came up with Jose Jalapeno (On A Steek!) while drunk off his ass. Jeff denies it, but says that that's how he came up with Peanut.

* “THE FINAL GOOGLE FEUD” on WebVideo/DanAndPhilGAMES gets this reputation. It was filmed in the middle of the ''Theatre/InteractiveIntroverts'' tour so Creator/DanAndPhil were likely exhausted, but they get especially loopy in the second half, causing people to wonder if they drank or took something with their pizza.

%% * ''Animation/SonOfTheWhiteHorse''. Its main claim to fame, routinely mentioned in viewer reactions and reviews? A trippy, psychedelic experience that gives ''Yellow Submarine'' a run for its money. But as far as its creators are concerned, it was an earnest, no-nonsense, artistic, symbolism-filled undertaking that was so tough to make, it brought animators to tears. Besides, they had no time to use drugs, the crew had to take up extra jobs to buy animation equipment their budget couldn't afford.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z54dT7RTUs The infamous 1980s UK ad for Kia-Ora juice]]. A racist caricature is chased after for his Kia-Ora by scat-singing crows, one of whom ''takes the sun of the sky and uses it as a basketball''.

%% * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG__-RN8lLA These railway crossing safety ads]] from Latvia. Now you wonder how much fuel or coal was in the trains.

%% * Travel Oregon's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doVV1a7XgyQ Only Slightly Exaggerated]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIC-XmyEfhI Only Slightly (More) Exaggerated]]. Though there is some speculation that the ads are a reference to recreational marijuana being legal in the state.

%% * Most Bangladesh commercials fill the quota if you're not a Bangla speaker: in asecending order of WTF - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFiTORwgESo Citycell]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBy_FO6srrw Seftol rubbing alcohol]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyMj4b2d7N8 Goalini condensed milk]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHrlRZrvts4 Marshall Chips]].
%% * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt6H63ASOvQ This Korean video game console commercial]].
%% * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai3RvxSoCdk This rather infamous anti-drug PSA]]. We know this PSA was an attempt to [[ScareEmStraight scare the kids straight]] [[JumpScare quite literally]], but it feels more like the ad execs ''were'' using drugs rather than a [[OlderThanTheyThink really early]] ScreamerPrank.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2hQGOOR5g0 This]] compilation of Japanese Fanta commercials. It almost makes sense.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PD4f5uTOU Old Spice ads]] featuring Creator/TerryCrews. As they were directed by Creator/TimAndEric, little more needs to be said other than, "''Yes'', it was made on drugs, you idiot! (Between trips though.)"

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG__-RN8lLA These railway crossing safety ads]] from Latvia. Now you wonder how much fuel or coal was in the trains.

* Travel Oregon's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doVV1a7XgyQ Only Slightly Exaggerated]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIC-XmyEfhI Only Slightly (More) Exaggerated]]. Though there is some speculation that the ads are a reference to recreational marijuana being legal in the state.

* Most Bangladesh commercials fill the quota if you're not a Bangla speaker: in asecending order of WTF - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFiTORwgESo Citycell]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBy_FO6srrw Seftol rubbing alcohol]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyMj4b2d7N8 Goalini condensed milk]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHrlRZrvts4 Marshall Chips]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt6H63ASOvQ This Korean video game console commercial]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai3RvxSoCdk This rather infamous anti-drug PSA]]. We know this PSA was an attempt to [[ScareEmStraight scare the kids straight]] [[JumpScare quite literally]], but it feels more like the ad execs ''were'' using drugs rather than a [[OlderThanTheyThink really early]] ScreamerPrank.

* Quoth Creator/MCEscher, "I don't use drugs--my dreams are frightening enough."
* The pictured artist, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Kush Vladimir Kush,]] just has a thing for metaphors.

* Averted by [[http://bryanlewissaunders.org/drugs/ Bryan Lewis Saunders.]] This guy purposely took drugs and then created self-portraits, to see the effect the substances would have on his art...

* {{Crack Fic}}s are essentially this. Many writers even attempt to advertise their fics through claims that they were under chemical influence while writing. This is not always effective, and many readers take such claims as a warning to avoid the fic entirely.

* Some {{Troll Fic}}s. Particularly, ''FanFic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami''.

* The transitions in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin'' are quite trippy, but the movie itself isn't.
* ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' unsurprisingly became one of the popular "trip movies" during TheSixties. This did nothing to help their reputations, but it sure hasn't ''hurt'' their reputations either.
* ''Anime/BelladonnaOfSadness'' comes across as this with its surreal imagery. It is also apparently what got Creator/KunihikoIkuhara interested in working in anime, and its influence is obvious in ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''.
* ''Anime/{{Cleopatra}}'', by Creator/MushiProductions. At least if you take in account that every second comment on Website/YouTube asks this question.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'' has its disturbing opening sequence, but then stays relatively sane up until the first trip to Otherworld. Then, all hell breaks loose.
* Let’s just say that the DisneyAcidSequence trope exists for a reason. There is the "Pink Elephants On Parade" scene in ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'' or the "Heffalumps and Woozles" scene in ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh''.

* ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatTheMovie'' required a lot of Padding to work at all as an adaptation. (Un)fortunately, a lot of it was very trippy to compensate.
* ''Anime/GhostInTheShell Innocence''. The intro sequence was quite comprehensible with the symbolic, half 3D animation of the construction of a puppet. Later sections, especially the carnival part are awfully trippy and full of meaningless (or maybe not?) detailed diversions for the eye, a lot more enjoyable on drugs.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'' is essentially a series of loosely connected and animated sequences that frequently get extremely trippy.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Igor}}'' can well be seen as this, especially if you listen to their dialogue. The characters themselves look like they had too much crack, too.
* The Abstract Thought sequence in ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', where Joy, Sadness and Bing Bong abstract into different phases.

* Creator/JanSvankmajer, a Czech surrealist artist, is known for making [[MindScrew incomprehensible to rather disturbing]] films.

* Disney's film ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'' makes a lot of efforts on this page look positively mundane in comparison.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story]]'' looks as if it had been written and produced on several drug trips.

* "The Story Of Chinese Gods (1976)" is a Hong Kong animated film with very surreal visuals, most audiences would be completely lost if they're not familiar with any of the Chinese stories associated with the film.
* ''Animation/SonOfTheWhiteHorse''. Its main claim to fame, routinely mentioned in viewer reactions and reviews? A trippy, psychedelic experience that gives ''Yellow Submarine'' a run for its money. But as far as its creators are concerned, it was an earnest, no-nonsense, artistic, symbolism-filled undertaking that was so tough to make, it brought animators to tears. Besides, they had no time to use drugs, the crew had to take up extra jobs to buy animation equipment their budget couldn't afford.

* From a western perspective, Slavic folk tales often sound like this. For example, the [[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/ftr/chap06.htm Baba Yaga]]. There even weirder versions of this tale.

* To anyone who has heard some of Alan Maxwell of KIPM's stuff. The Serpent Princess Tiamat is a wonderful Sci-fi story; the God, Illuminator of Our Lives broadcast? Downright out there.

* The LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2SpecialEdition''. The game itself [[MindScrew is drugs]].
* Most of Music/Susumu sounds like something straight off amphetamines, but apparently the creators are clean.

* Anything booked by an unfiltered Wrestling/VinceRusso, including the waning years of Wrestling/{{WCW}}, [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]]'s Asylum years, and TNA's DorkAge, the Hogan/Bischoff era. It's to the point that whenever a promotion (particularly WWE or TNA) puts on a nonsensical PPV, the first question everyone asks is if they rehired Russo.

* The puppet music video for Music/TheWiggles ''Point Your Finger and Do the Twist'', as well as the fan edit of the more hilariously creepy acid trip known as "Scary Finger."
* ''Series/WonderShowzen''. Since one of the head writers is the voice actor for [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Towelie]], this was probably the case.

* ''Series/{{Telechat}}'', a 1980's French-Belgian TV show. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QluFmgYTjo See]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCXf4MvMW9c for yourself]].

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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
** Every list of silly monsters from ''D&D'' includes the pinnacle of fabulous-ness, the Senmurv. Sad thing is, it's based off the Simurgh from Persian mythology.
** Website/{{Cracked}} [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17455_15-retarded-dungeons-dragons-monsters.html has a list of bizarre D&D monsters here.]] Of course, it includes the Senmurv, but there are some other trippy monsters there as well.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Normality}}''. Pretty much the entire thing is a MindScrew, and ''[[UpToEleven even the rules are incomprehensible]]''.
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* ''Theatre/StarlightExpress'' attracts three main demographics: children, lovers of {{Camp}}, and stoners.

* The WebAnimation/AwesomeSeries, WebAnimation/GirlchanInParadise, etc. These are some of the most bizarre flash animations anywhere on the internet. The creator of these, Creator/{{Egoraptor}}, doesn't even drink.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xeR3TdBW-Y The Return of John Frum]].
* Almost all animators who use the Source-manipulation program Garry's Mod to make videos, most notably ''WebAnimation/RubberFruit'', ''Minifett'', ''WebAnimation/STBlackST'', ''WebAnimation/Eltorro64Rus'' and so on. Some of their stuff makes you feel like you are on some form of stimulant.
* Ladies and gentlemen, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQO-aOdJLiw&feature=plcp surreal]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Xa4bHcJu8&feature=plcp genius]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX3iLfcMDCw&feature=plcp of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ZvII57p_M Cyriak]]... Naturally, he's received questions of this nature, though according to him, the strongest thing he takes is just tea, as he doesn't want to threaten his [[CloudCuckoolander already-tenuous grip on sanity]].

* The "WebAnimation/FingerFamilyVideos" has got them all beat. Need proof? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmgqsb6flRI&t=12s Here]].

* Almost everything made by [=andywilson92=], especially the advertisements for [[BlandNameProduct Bari Buti]].
* Before they made ''Anime/KillLaKill'', Creator/StudioTrigger created a series that took every single anime and manga trope in existence, parodied it to the point of insanity, removed any semblance of plot known to man, supped it up with every hallucinogenic in the known universe and boil all that down to about 30 minutes. [[MemeticMutation The Savivor of Anime Itself]], ''WebAnimation/InfernoCop''!
* Everything made by [=PilotRedSun=] or Ben Wheele fits this trope to a T.

* The Laziest Men on Mars -- ''[[http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/terriblesecret The Terrible Secret of Space]]. It was derived from an IRC prank that the creators were involved in.
* The CGI animations of Creator/WendyVainity, with their surreal visuals and trippy music.
* WebAnimation/YouTubePoop. In fact one maker answered the question "Did any of your ideas for Poops come from recreational drugs or alcohol?" with a "Yes.".
* ''WebAnimation/FunnyHorsie'' is basically what happens when you drop acid whilst watching old British childrens' programmes.

* This ink pawah strip http://evacabrera.com/blog/?p=632
* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia''. History and politics become so much stranger when you imagine the countries as [[MoeAnthropomorphism people]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Kukuburi}}'' can be summed up as "Whoa."
* ''Webcomic/TheLifeOfNobTMouse'' is a surreal jaunt through a childlike interpretation of quantum physics; written and drawn by a teatotaller and featuring a talking mouse that runs a café.
* ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' starts off a [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=000261 a little wacky]], but then quickly [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=000615 flies]] [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=000789 off]] [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=001259 the]] [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=001561 deep]] [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=001715 end]]. Once you realize that [[InteractiveComic everything that happens is fan-suggested]], though, the (probable) lack of drugs inherent in the creative process is a little easier to accept.

* ''Webcomic/PokeyThePenguin'': A [[CutAndPasteComic barely "drawn"]] [[DadaComics surreal comic]] about [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguins]] [[PolarBearsAndPenguins living in the Arctic]], chronicling their adventures which commonly consist of a string on non-sequiturs.

* ''Keithiscoolbykeith'' used to be a fine example of a badly-drawn yet compellingly surreal webcomic. Sadly it now seems to have disappeared from the net, making illustration difficult... unless anyone out there cached the damn thing.

* What was going through the head of the creator of ''Webcomic/MassEffect3Generations'', a comic done in entirely blue-purple hues and which featured things like vorcha bats and spider-like quarian husks, remains a mystery. However, the creators of its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSDGvG17ZWY/ audio drama]] did admit to being stoned while making it.
* Webcomic/TCTheCartoon

* Almost everything made by [=andywilson92=].

* Everything made by [=PilotRedSun=] fits this trope to a T.

* There's the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okapi Okapi]], once believed to be a myth, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_eye Celestial Eye goldfish]], the prehistoric [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucigenia Hallucigenia]] - the latter's name means "strange and dream-like", and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituriaspida Pituriaspida]] - pituri is an Australian shamans' drug, and the guy who discovered them must have believed he was high.

* [=Sirenhead=] is one of the few cryptid myths that qualifies as this, being an Lovecraftian EldritchAbomination with [[ExactlyWhatSaysOnTheTin a tornado siren for a head]].

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