History StockYuck / Anchovies

* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': There is one strip where Garfield is pretending to be a shark, and attacks a pizza in a feigned "feeding frenzy". His game is ruined in the last panel where he spits out the bite he took and says "Yuck! Anchovies!"

* Inverted in the ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' episode "Nighty Nightmare," where Garfield complains because a pizza ''doesn't'' have anchovies on it.
** After all, [[StockAnimalDiet Garfield's a cat]].
** Then again, there is one strip where Garfield is pretending to be a shark, and attacks a pizza in a feigned "feeding frenzy". His game is ruined in the last panel where he spits out the bite he took and says "Yuck! Anchovies!"

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* ''Main/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''; Whether the protagonists like them or not [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the continuity]]. They seem okay with them in the [[Westernanimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 1987 version]], where the special pizzas Michaelangelo gets for Irma's birthday party includes "anchovy butterscotch" flavor. However, in [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 the first movie]] Mikey clearly hates them telling the pizzeria on the phone: "...no anchovies, and I mean ''no'' anchovies. You put anchovies on this thing and you're in ''big trouble'', okay?"
* Inverted in the ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' episode "Nighty Nightmare," where Garfield complains because a pizza ''doesn't'' have anchovies on it.
** After all, [[StockAnimalDiet Garfield's a cat]].
** Then again, there is one strip where Garfield is pretending to be a shark, and attacks a pizza in a feigned "feeding frenzy". His game is ruined in the last panel where he spits out the bite he took and says "Yuck! Anchovies!"
* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. Fry buys the last can of anchovies in existence to serve to his friends on a pizza. He enjoys them, but his friends [[AndZoidberg (except Zoidberg)]] do not (which he puts down to them being an "acquired taste"). Ironically, Zoidberg's species are actually ADDICTED to anchovies and are the reason the species is extinct in the future.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}'' featured a BlobMonster that was vulnerable to salt. This was discovered when it always passed on Anchovies in foods it consumed. A RunningGag throughout the episode was someone saying "I can ''understand'' about the anchovies!" every time they came up.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', the Penguin likes pizza with anchovies. (He tends to like fish in general in most incarnations.)
* Another group of villains that like anchovies are the Delightful Children from Down the Lane in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor''. The Kids Next Door, however, are repulsed by them.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Susan trolls Nanase by pretending to order a pizza with [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=374 "as many anchovies as you can manage"]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Talespin}}'' episode, "Pizza Pie in the Sky", Louie mentions to Baloo and Kit that he hates anchovies, but unfortunately doesn't get to explain why to them. When Baloo and Kit have to find some anchovies for Louie's pizza delivery business, they get irregular ones from a discount fish market. Just one whiff of them [[Main/WeaksauceWeakness makes Louie severely ill]]. Rebecca, on the other hand, loves anchovies [[spoiler:and sure enough, the pizza with anchovies is to be delivered to her]].
* In ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', Norm likes his pizza with anchovies, which also assures that nobody asks him to share it.
* ''Webcomic/FullFrontalNerdity'': When Shawn rejoins the table, [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=63 Lewis points out that the by-laws state everyone has to chip in on pizza]], regardless of how little they eat. Shawn quickly counters by stating his preferred toppings are pineapple, anchovies and onions, and encourages them to chow down.
* ''FanFic/FrozenMoonlight'': Sano likes anchovies. Everyone hates him for it.

* At one bar, they use one humorous CodeEmergency that signals [[OhCrap the arrival of the health inspector]] spoken over the phone: "I would like to order one anchovy pizza".
* In WesternAnimation/MonsterBusterClub's "Frogs in Space", the MBC hates anchovy-flavored pizza but Cathy eats it. [[spoiler:She finds out from her grandfather that she's allergic to anchovies.]]
* In one instalment of ''NewspaperComics/TheBornLoser'', Brutus, the titular loser, is overjoyed at having an evening at home to himself, as he can order his favorite pizza, which the rest of his family can't stand. He gets on the phone and orders a large pizza with anchovies. The pizza place hangs up on him, assuming it to be a crank call.
* On an episode of ''Series/TheCosbyShow'', Claire and her partner at the law firm order a pizza one night. The partner loves anchovies, Claire does not. Being lawyers, they manage to negotiate; the anchovies will not come into contact with any part of the pizza until it arrives, kept in a sealed, separate container. They draw the line at Claire's suggestion of the anchovies being delivered in a separate car.

* Inverted in the ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' episode "Meanwhile, Back at the Ramp." After failing to get an award, Goofy is bummed. Max tries to make him feel better by offering to get pizza with him. Goofy declines, until Max offers to add "the little fishies" to the pizza.
* Played with in the pilot episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' where anthropomorphic anchovies terrorize the Krusty Krab.

* Bad Anchovy from ''Toys/TheTrashPack'' is a mini and disgusting anchovy that is part of the "Grubz" team (food gone bad). His trading card has him popping up from the cheese strings of a now-moldy pizza, much to the horror of both the chef and his customer.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'', Ralph mentions that his dad will order anchovies on a pizza if he doesn't want Ralph to eat it.

* On an episode of ''LiveActionTV/TheCosbyShow'', Claire and her partner at the law firm order a pizza one night. The partner loves anchovies, Claire does not. Being lawyers, they manage to negotiate; the anchovies will not come into contact with any part of the pizza until it arrives, kept in a sealed, separate container. They draw the line at Claire's suggestion of the anchovies being delivered in a separate car.

* Creator/CartoonNetwork's ''WhatACartoon'' had the episode "No Tip", about a pizza boy who has to deliver a pizza to an eskimo couple and a polar bear living in the Arctic in less than five minutes. When they order the pizza, the polar bear requests " hold the anchovies". Of course the pizza maker still puts anchovies on the pizza, costing the pizza boy his tip once he almost kills himself reaching the Arctic, leading to him giving the customers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and ending up in jail. (The pizza was also signifigantly worse for wear because of the trip, but it didnt seem to bother the customers)

* CartoonNetwork's ''WhatACartoon'' had the episode "No Tip", about a pizza boy who has to deliver a pizza to an eskimo couple and a polar bear living in the Arctic in less than five minutes. When they order the pizza, the polar bear requests " hold the anchovies". Of course the pizza maker still puts anchovies on the pizza, costing the pizza boy his tip once he almost kills himself reaching the Arctic, leading to him giving the customers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and ending up in jail. (The pizza was also signifigantly worse for wear because of the trip, but it didnt seem to bother the customers)

* In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'', Michaelangelo, on the phone with the pizzeria, is saying: "...no anchovies, and I mean ''no'' anchovies. You put anchovies on this thing and you're in ''big trouble'', okay?"

* In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTalesTheMovieTreasureoftheLostLamp'', the {{Genie}} mentions that the EvilSorceror Merlock wished for Atlantis to sink and Mt. Vesuvius to erupt. The ComicBookAdaptation adds that Merlock was also responsible for [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the creation of anchovy pizza.]]

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. Fry buys the last can of anchovies in existence to serve to his friends on a pizza. He enjoys them, but his friends [[AndZoidberg (except Zoidberg)]] do not (which he puts down to them being an "acquired taste").

* In the first ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movie, Michaelangelo, on the phone with the pizzeria, is saying: "...no anchovies, and I mean ''no'' anchovies. You put anchovies on this thing and you're in ''big trouble'', okay?"

* Webcomic/FullFrontalNerdity: When Shawn rejoins the table, [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=63 Lewis points out that the by-laws state everyone has to chip in on pizza]], regardless of how little they eat. Shawn quickly counters by stating his preferred toppings are pineapple, anchovies and onions, and encourages them to chow down.
* FanFic/FrozenMoonlight: Sano likes anchovies. Everyone hates him for it.
* In WesternAnimation/DuckTalesTheMovieTreasureoftheLostLamp, the {{Genie}} mentions that the EvilSorceror Merlock wished for Atlantis to sink and Mt. Vesuvius to erupt. The ComicBookAdaptation adds that Merlock was also responsible for [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the creation of anchovy pizza.]]

* Played for drama in ''{{Stargirl}}.'' The title character, as part of an effort to be more "normal" so that her peers will like her again, goes to a pizza place with her boyfriend Leo. When she orders pizza with anchovies, he tells her that nobody likes anchovies. Her response is to pick all the anchovies off the pizza and dump them in her glass of water.

* In ''Discworld/FeetOfClay'', Vimes fears Vetinari may be getting poisoned by something he's eating, so he orders the Patrician a pizza from a random takeaway. Vetinari has never even ''seen'' a pizza before, let alone expressed a toppings preference, yet Vimes specifically mentions it's got no anchovies.

* Webcomic/FullFrontalNudity: When Shawn rejoins the table, [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=63 Lewis points out that the by-laws state everyone has to chip in on pizza]], regardless of how little they eat. Shawn quickly counters by stating his preferred toppings are pineapple, anchovies and onions, and encourages them to chow down.

** It is - they taste like little meaty strips of pure salt, or at least they do if you've never eaten them before.

* FullFrontalNudity: When Shawn rejoins the table, [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=63 Lewis points out that the by-laws state everyone has to chip in on pizza]], regardless of how little they eat. Shawn quickly counters by stating his preferred toppings are pineapple, anchovies and onions, and encourages them to chow down.

* At one bar, they use one humorous EmergencyCode that signals [[OhCrap the arrival of the health inspector]] spoken over the phone: "I would like to order one anchovy pizza".

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* Anchovies. In fiction, when a pizza order is phoned in, [[HoldTheUnsolicitedIngredient "no anchovies"]] may be specifically mentioned.
** In the first ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movie, Michaelangelo, on the phone with the pizzeria, is saying: "...no anchovies, and I mean ''no'' anchovies. You put anchovies on this thing and you're in ''big trouble'', okay?"
** Inverted in the ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' episode "Nighty Nightmare," where Garfield complains because a pizza ''doesn't'' have anchovies on it.
*** After all, [[StockAnimalDiet Garfield's a cat]].
*** Then again, there is one strip where Garfield is pretending to be a shark, and attacks a pizza in a feigned "feeding frenzy". His game is ruined in the last panel where he spits out the bite he took and says "Yuck! Anchovies!"
** Played with in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. Fry buys the last can of anchovies in existence to serve to his friends on a pizza. He enjoys them, but his friends [[AndZoidberg (except Zoidberg)]] do not (which he puts down to them being an "acquired taste").
*** It is - they taste like little meaty strips of pure salt, or at least they do if you've never eaten them before.
** An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}'' featured a BlobMonster that was vulnerable to salt. This was discovered when it always passed on Anchovies in foods it consumed. A RunningGag throughout the episode was someone saying "I can ''understand'' about the anchovies!" every time they came up.
** In ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', the Penguin likes pizza with anchovies. (He tends to like fish in general in most incarnations.)
** Another group of villains that like anchovies are the Delightful Children from Down the Lane in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor''. The Kids Next Door, however, are repulsed by them.
** In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Susan trolls Nanase by pretending to order a pizza with [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=374 "as many anchovies as you can manage"]].
** In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Talespin}}'' episode, "Pizza Pie in the Sky", Louie mentions to Baloo and Kit that he hates anchovies, but unfortunately doesn't get to explain why to them. When Baloo and Kit have to find some anchovies for Louie's pizza delivery business, they get irregular ones from a discount fish market. Just one whiff of them [[Main/WeaksauceWeakness makes Louie severely ill]]. Rebecca, on the other hand, loves anchovies [[spoiler:and sure enough, the pizza with anchovies is to be delivered to her]].
** In ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', Norm likes his pizza with anchovies, which also assures that nobody asks him to share it.
* For some people, any fish at all is gross.
** It has to be said most children in the UK will only eat cod and tuna, so the idea of eating other fish is offputting for them.
** In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' where the families go camping, Betty feels revolted by the idea of Fred and Barney bringing back any sort of fish for eating.
** This mindset is also responsible for the Filet-O-Fish's reputation as the ButtMonkey of the [=McDonald=]'s menu.
** Averted in ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'', due to the main characters living on coastal areas with lots of rivers, lakes and islands and thus being used to seafood. [[ForeignQueasine What they make out of the seafood, however, is a little questionable...]]
--> '''Iceland:''' Heck no! Rotten fish is for pussies! I only eat rotten, poisonous '''shark''' that has been buried for ''12 weeks''!!!