Line #90 Main/Gesundheit


1	[[GratuitousGerman German equivalent of "Bless you"]] (lit. "health").
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3	A joke in which one character says an unusual name or a long, odd-sounding or uncommon word, and another character reacts by saying "Gesundheit" or "bless you," as though the first character just sneezed.
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5	A common form of the joke is for the IdiotHero or TheBigGuy to start things off by using an [[{{Malaproper}} incorrect term]], only to reply "Gesundheit" when corrected by another character, as in the following hypothetical example:
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7	->'''Big Guy:''' TrueArt is Dialectic.\
8	'''Smart Guy:''' ''Didactic.''\
9	'''Big Guy:''' Gesundheit.
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11	In this form, the trope is used to illustrate the character's lack of intelligence: not only did he get the original word wrong, he failed to recognize the correct word when provided with it, mistaking it for nonsense (whether it actually sounds anything like a sneeze or not). It can also be used by a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} or someone so naive that they honestly don't recognize the word.
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13	The trope is also employed more knowingly by {{Deadpan Snarker}}s in order to comment on odd and hard-to-pronounce names and words. In some cases they may intentionally set the gag up for themselves by making an error deliberately, counting on the other character to unwittingly play the StraightMan and correct them. In this form, it can overlap with AccidentalMisnaming.
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15	Compare CallingMeALogarithm and ScaryScienceWords.
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18	!!Examples:
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20	[[foldercontrol]]
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22	[[folder:Audio Plays]]
23	* In ''AudioPlay/LeDonjonDeNaheulbeuk'', the Dwarf averts it:
24	-->'''The Enchantress:''' ''[reading a location on the map]'' Chnaffon!\
25	'''The Ranger:''' Gesundheit.\
26	'''The Barbarian:''' Gesundheit.\
27	'''The Dwarf:''' Die!
28	* Creator/TheFiresignTheater's ''AudioPlay/TheFurtherAdventuresOfNickDanger'' has the butler, Catherwood, blurting out [[Music/TheBeatles "Goo goo ga joob"]] and Nick responding "Gesundheit."
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31	[[folder:Comic Books]]
32	* Played with in one story of ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', where they come to an aid of a young foreign prince. Jughead always says Gesundheit whenever the prince mentions the name of his country, "Kashew".
33	* In ''Comicbook/UncannyXMen'' #275, when ComicBook/JubileeMarvelComics meets an alien called Ch'od:
34	-->'''Ch'od:''' I'm Ch'od.\
35	'''Jubilee:''' Gesundheit!\
36	'''Ch'od:''' That's my name, small mammal.\
37	'''Jubilee:''' Oh. I knew that.
38	* In the ''Comicbook/JohanAndPeewit'' book introducing ComicBook/TheSmurfs, Peewit says "bless you" the first time they are mentioned. Note that "Smurf" is only their English name; they were originally "Les Schtroumpfs", which arguably sounds more like a sneeze than "Smurf" does.
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41	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
42	* ''ComicStrip/BabyBlues'':
43	** In one early strip, Darryl responds this way when Mike and Yolanda reveal that they've named their baby girl "Keesha."
44	** In a later strip, Hammie tries and fails to say Gesundheit multiple times. His mother asks why he doesn't just say "Bless you."
45	-->'''Hammie:''' Too hard to say.
46	[[/folder]]
47
48	[[folder:Fan Works]]
49	* ''Webcomic/{{Hoofstuck}}'':
50	-->''RD: Look, Twah, I know you love your magic and all, but there must be a better place to practice your long distance tellykismesis.''\
51	''RD: Gesundheit.''
52	* ''FanFic/SonicGenerationsFriendshipIsTimeless'':
53	-->'''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Applejack]]:''' Ah don't know what that is, but Ah don't think Pinkie Pie knows anythin' about no nin... ten... du...\
54	'''[[VideoGame/SonicGenerations Espio]]:''' Ninjutsu.\
55	'''Rainbow Dash:''' Gesundheit.
56	* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/471059/1/Samurai-Powerpuffs Samurai Powerpuffs,]]'' whenever WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack says "Aku", Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls think he's sneezing and say "Gesundheit". Since Jack has never heard of this expression, he thinks the girls are using InsistentTerminology on how to say Aku's name. Later, the group catches on to the misunderstanding. Later, when the girls say "Aku", Jack playfully says "Gesundheit".
57	* In the ''Animorphs'' fanfic ''[[Fanfic/{{Eleutherophobia}} THX 1138]]'', Tom says "bless you" in response to his dad talking about synaptic pruning.
58	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2857962/26/Browncoat-Green-Eyes Browncoat, Green Eyes]]'' Harry discusses password choices with Dumbledore's portrait and the leader of the last of the goblins.
59	-->'''Dumbledore:''' You know I like to use sweets as passwords.\
60	'''Harry:''' Perhaps there's a goblin sweet or dessert you'd like to use in compromise?\
61	'''Ripruck:''' Well, there is ''blvkdarrakvabk''.\
62	'''Dumbledore:''' Gesundheit.
63	* In ''[[http://jeconais.fanficauthors.net/This_Means_War/10b__Werewolves_Goblins_and_Dragons_Oh_My_Part_2_of_3/ This Means War]]'' a group of people try to come up with ways to defend Hogwarts during an attack.
64	-->'''Graeme Thomas:''' Well, I’ll make my contribution and go back to playing with my kids. Caltrops.\
65	'''Blaise:''' Bless you.
66	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6626972/9/Harry-Potter-and-The-Little-Door Harry Potter and the Little Door]]'' the Other Mother summons a broomstick to prove that ten-year-old Harry is magical.
67	-->'''Other Mother:''' Accio.\
68	'''Harry:''' Bless you.
69	* In the ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' fic ''Fanfic/ImperialServant'', Dabbler says this to her summoner after he asks her to "Destroy Ranma Saotome"
70	-->'''Dabbler:''' Let me tell you something, whatever-your-name-is.\
71	'''Gosunkugi:''' Gosunkugi Hikaru.\
72	'''Dabbler:''' Gesundheit. If you want some kind of bully taken care of, you could have taken care of it yourself with some push-ups or some kind of poltergeist. Succubus usually aren't built for this sort of thing.
73	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12849405/1/Off-The-Rails Off the Rails]]'' a comment regarding the diary [[SoulJar Horcrux]] reminds Viktor of ''Literature/TheDeathOfKoscheiTheDeathless''.
74	-->'''Viktor:''' ''Kossoi Bezsmurten!''\
75	'''Hufflepuff boy:''' Gesundheit?
76	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13208832/5/Out-Of-Sight Out of Sight]]'':
77	-->'''Hermione:''' Pilaf.\
78	'''Harmony:''' Bless you?\
79	'''Hermione:''' No you dummy, it's the name of what you're eating. You looked a little unsure what it was.
80	* In ''Fanfic/TheMaretian'', when Starlight is suggesting new books to read, Fireball says "Bless you," after hearing the name Creator/IsaacAsimov.
81	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2141723/4/Attraction Attraction]]'':
82	-->'''Harry:''' Now who do you have your sights on?\
83	'''Ron:''' Mandy Brocklehurst.\
84	'''Harry:''' Gesundheit.
85	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13886549/3/Ascension-The-Silver-Spears Ascension: The Silver Spears]]'':
86	-->'''Harry:''' My parents left it for me in a box with my name on it. I don't know why they would leave me a dagger though. Isn't that irresponsible?\
87	'''Griphook:''' Kindjal.\
88	'''Harry:''' Bless you.\
89	'''Griphook:''' No! That's what the weapon is called!
90	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13820683/18/The-Potioneer-s-Assistant-Rebrewed The Potioneer's Assistant Rebrewed]]'':
91	-->'''Flitwick:''' Severus? You brought this in, what is it?\
92	'''Snape:''' It's a haiku.\
93	'''Babbling:''' Bless you.\
94	'''Snape:''' I said 'haiku' not 'achoo'.
95	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4745329/7/On-the-Way-to-Greatness On the Way to Greatness]]'' some of Harry's friends agree to try finding out who put his name in the Goblet of Fire.
96	-->'''Padma:''' It's going to be great! Just like our own murder mystery. I love those.\
97	'''Harry:''' I'd prefer if you enjoyed them at someone else's expense.\
98	'''Anthony:''' Schadenfreude.\
99	'''Harry:''' Bless you.
100	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14009079/137/The-Family-that-Chooses-You The Family that Chooses You]]'':
101	-->'''Hermione:''' Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. [Harry looks confused] Shakespeare.\
102	'''Harry:''' Bless you.
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105	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
106	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm''. Andrea Beaumont discovers Bruce Wayne practising a martial arts kata on his lawn.
107	-->'''Andrea:''' What is ''that''?\
108	'''Bruce:''' Jujitsu.\
109	'''Andrea:''' Gesundheit. ''[Bruce shoots her a DisapprovingLook]'' That was a joke.\
110	'''Bruce:''' Jujitsu is no joke. It takes years to master. ''[Andrea walks over, grabs his arm, and executes an awesome shoulder throw]'' HEY!
111	* In ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'', during the song "Nobody Else But You":
112	-->'''Goofy:''' And your values may be, so to speak, askew.\
113	'''Max:''' Gesundheit.\
114	'''Goofy:''' Thanks.
115	* Played with in ''{{WesternAnimation/Mulan}}'' when Mushu is giving Mulan suggestions for a boy's name to use for her {{Masquerade}}:
116	-->'''Mushu:''' Try Ah... ah... Chu!\
117	'''Mulan:''' Achoo.\
118	'''Shang:''' Achoo?\
119	'''Mushu:''' Gesundheit. I kill myself.
120	* '' WesternAnimation/PocahontasGoldenFilms'': When the eagle says he must help Pocahontas, Little Fluffy Wing reacts by saying "bless you," as though the eagle just sneezed.
121	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'': When Rapunzel first tells Flynn her name. Justified due to Flynn's status as the film's chief DeadpanSnarker.
122	-->'''Flynn:''' All right, Blondie--\
123	'''Rapunzel:''' Rapunzel.\
124	''[{{beat}}]''\
125	'''Flynn:''' Gesundheit.
126	* ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'', after Old Fred pleads his case to Ringo:
127	-->'''Ringo:''' Oh, your story has touched me heart. Jump in [the car], we'll get me friends.\
128	'''Old Fred:''' Oh, bless you!\
129	'''Ringo:''' Did I sneeze?
130	* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011'', much to Owl's frustration.
131	-->'''Owl:''' Yes, well, the thing to do is as follows: First, issue a reward...\
132	'''Pooh:''' Gesundheit.\
133	'''Owl:''' I beg your pardon?\
134	'''Pooh:''' Well, you sneezed just as you were going to tell me what the first thing to do was.\
135	'''Owl:''' I didn't sneeze.\
136	'''Eeyore:''' Oh, you did, Owl.\
137	'''Owl:''' No, I didn't! You can't sneeze without knowing it!\
138	'''Pooh:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic Well, you can't know it without something haven't been sneezed]].\
139	''[{{beat}}]''\
140	'''Owl:''' As I was saying, first: issue a reward--\
141	'''Pooh:''' He's doing it again. You must be catching a cold.\
142	'''Eeyore:''' [[DeadpanSnarker I'll probably catch it too.]]\
143	'''Owl:''' No, no, no! I'm not catching a cold! The word is ISSUE, not AH-CHOO! And "ah-choo" isn't even a word! It's just some sort of sneezy sound, like "Ah-choo!"\
144	'''Pooh:''' Perhaps you should lie down, Owl.\
145	'''Owl:''' Oh! ''[{{facepalm}}s and falls over backwards]''
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148	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
149	* A self-deprecating example from ''Film/LastActionHero''. It's especially funny, because Jack Slater is using a word from Schwarzenegger's native language while denying that he is him.
150	-->'''Danny:''' You think you're funny, don't you?\
151	'''Jack:''' I know I am. I'm the famous comedian Arnold Braunschweiger.\
152	'''Danny:''' Schwarzenegger!\
153	'''Jack:''' Gesundheit.
154	* Played with in ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights''. The character played by Dave Chappelle is actually named Achoo. His name is mistaken for a sneeze -- Ahsneeze is his father -- [[PhraseCatcher every time a character hears it for the first time]], and one character follows up by thinking he's a Jew.
155	* In ''Film/DerSchuhDesManitu'', a German comedy, one character is named Abahachi (''"hatschi"'' is the German onomatopoeia for a sneeze. In one scene, he meets a half-concious drunk who is revealed to be Creator/KarlMay (who wrote the novels which inspired the movies which ''Schuh'' parodies). When May hears Abahachi's name, he mumbles "Gesundheit".
156	* In ''Film/AFairlyOddSummer'', Timmy's parents react this way when he meets them in Hawaii and greets them with, "Mahalo".
157	* Inverted in ''Film/JMenForever''.
158	-->'''J-Man:''' What do you know about this?\
159	''[analyst gives substance the sniff test, then sneezes]''\
160	'''Analyst:''' Ha-a-a-''hashish!''\
161	'''J-Man:''' Hashish oil, eh?
162	* In ''Film/{{Babe}}'', Babe says "Nasty cough" the first time Duchess the cat [[CatsAreMean hisses at him]], and then "Bless you" when she does it again.
163	* ''Film/JojoRabbit'': After Elsa tells Jojo to say out loud what she is, he says "a Jew" (sounding like he is sneezing). Elsa replies with a condescending "Gesundheit".[[note]]In the German dub, she says "Hallelujah" since the sneezing pun doesn't work -- ''eine Jüdin'' (a female Jew) and ''hatschi'' (the German onomatopoeia for sneezing) don't sound anything alike.[[/note]]
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166	[[folder:Literature]]
167	* In ''Literature/BigNate Flips Out'', neat freak Francis points out a crooked poster in the hallway, saying it detracts from the room's overall feng shui. A confused Nate says, "Feng ''what''?", to which Teddy comes in from behind to whack him in the head with a notebook saying, "Gesundheit!"
168	* From ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'':
169	-->"What's ''that''?" said Ron, pointing at a large dish of some sort of shellfish stew that stood beside a large steak-and-kidney pudding.\
170	"Bouillabaisse," said Hermione.\
171	"Bless you," said Ron.
172	* ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'': The original book contains a dragged-out scene where Owl says they must "issue" a reward for Eeyore's tail, and Pooh replies "What did you say we should do with a reward? You sneezed just as you were about to tell me." They go back and forth on this several times.
173	** [[WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011 The 2011 film]] has the same joke (see under Films: Animated).
174	** The Russian version, and its animated adaptation, achieved the same joke by having Owl use various words that ''sound'' like sneezes. And to top it all off, in the animated version [[ShesAManInJapan she]] really ''does'' have a sneezing fit by the end of the conversation.
175	* Subverted in ''[[Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar The Mage Winds Trilogy]]'' by Creator/MercedesLackey, where a wolf-like creature's name is mispronounced as "Hashi." He doesn't correct them because his real name really DOES sound like a sneeze.
176	* There's a moment in ''Literature/TheWarlockInSpiteOfHimself'' where Rod Gallowglass is talking with a ghost who makes a reference to "the chamber with the strange device." Rod recognizes this as resembling a recurring line from a famous poem, and adds the word that always comes next in the poem: "Excelsior." The ghost, who apparently doesn't know the poem, replies, "Gesundheit."
177	* Lampshaded in ''Literature/{{Scoop}}'' when a foreign gentlemen introduces himself by making a sneezing sound, then says, "That is my name."
178	* In ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresOriginalSin Original Sin]]'', Benny says "Bless you" when offered a tisane by Provost-Major Beltempest. Beltempest doesn't realise she was making a joke, and explains what a tisane is.
179	* Used in ''Literature/Section31Rogue''.
180	* In ''Literature/TheDragonHoard'', Prince Jasleth exclaims "It's Maligna!" when he realizes that the author of their current predicament is the same sorceress who cursed him at the start of the story. Prince Fearless replies, "Bless you."
181	* In one of the vignettes in Ian Stewart's ''Math Hysteria'', two stone-age masons have discovered a geometry problem in their latest assignment, and one of them proposes visiting the numerosophist Snitchswitcher Wishsnitchersdorter for advice. His associate replies "May the gods preserve you against possession by demons!"
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184	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
185	* ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' had a song where they could only make up one word at a time. Wayne almost messes up, but Drew covers for him by saying, "Ooh..." Ryan ends up saying "Gesundheit."
186	* ''Series/TopGear'':
187	-->'''James:''' What would you say if I said, [[TheUnpronounceable Perodua Kelisa]]?\
188	'''Richard:''' Ooh, bless you!
189	* Played with in an episode of ''Series/BabylonFive'', where it's part of [[KnockKnockJoke a joke]] being told[[note]]"Kosh" is the name of one of the ambassadors to the station[[/note]]:
190	-->"Knock, Knock."\
191	"Who's there?"\
192	"Kosh."\
193	"Kosh who?"\
194	"Gesundheit."
195	* In the ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' episode "Warrior...Princess...", a Xena look-a-like named Diana (who happens to be a princess!), is sharing a meal with some poor people;
196	-->'''Peasant girl:''' What is that? ''(referring to the chakram)''\
197	'''Diana:''' Oh, this? This is... my [[BuffySpeak round killing thing]].\
198	'''Gabrielle:''' "Chakram".\
199	'''Diana:''' Bless you.
200	* This became a running gag on the Trevor and Simon sketches in ''[[SaturdayMorningKidsShow Live And Kicking]]'' whenever ''Series/EastEnders'' star Letitia Dean was a guest.
201	-->'''Trevor:''' Pleased to meet you, Latoya.\
202	'''Letitia:''' "Letitia".\
203	'''Trevor & Simon:''' Bless you!
204	* Cordelia has this reaction when Series/{{Angel}} sends her to speak to some transuding furies in "That Old Gang of Mine".
205	* ''Series/{{Bones}}'':
206	-->'''Hodgins:''' ''Aegialia concinna''.\
207	'''Dr. Saroyan:''' Gesundheit.\
208	'''Hodgins:''' Also known as scarab beetles.
209	* A variation/subversion occurs on ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'':
210	-->'''John:''' Fantastic!\
211	'''Sherlock:''' Meretricious.\
212	'''Lestrade:''' And a Happy New Year.
213	* ''Series/{{MASH}}'': In "Margaret's Engagement," Hawkeye, B.J. and Potter are eavesdropping on Frank's phone conversation to his mother:
214	-->'''Hawkeye:''' He's crying.\
215	'''B.J.:''' Catharsis.\
216	'''Hawkeye:''' Gesundheit.
217	* Deeks does this three times in an episode of ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' during a case involving German agents. He even {{Lampshades}} RuleOfThree after the second one, promising that the third one will be awesome. Callen ends up agreeing that it is.
218	* In the episode of ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'' in which Paul Merton was teamed with a tub of lard, [[note]] The scheduled guest, Roy Hattersley MP, had backed out at the last minute and so was replaced by something "imbued with many of the same qualities"[[/note]] his headlines in the final Missing Words round were in languages other than English. One headline was the German "Die Bank von England gibt große ____ zu",[[note]] "The Bank of England expresses great ____"[[/note]] and after no-one correctly guessed the missing word, moderator Creator/AngusDeayton revealed it as "Besorgnis".[[note]] "Concern"[[/note]] Ian Hislop laughed and said, "Bless you!"
219	* Zigzagged in an episode of ''Series/Warehouse13'' when Artie has the flu and tells Pete and Myka that they're looking for an artifact related to Hatshepsut. Myka can't tell whether he's sneezing or saying the Pharaoh's name and alternately mistakes one for the other.
220	* ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'': During the episode "[[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball Fútbol Americano]]":
221	-->'''Don Ramón:''' And I could be your coach.\
222	'''El Chavo:''' Bless you!
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224
225	[[folder:Music]]
226	* Parodied in a cover of "Minnie the Moocher:"
227	-->'''Singer:''' Aaaaaaaaachoo!\
228	'''Audience:''' Aaaaaaaaachoo!\
229	'''Singer:''' [complex string of nonsense lyrics]\
230	'''Audience:''' Aaaaaaachoo!\
231	'''Singer:''' Gesundheit.
232	* In Fernando Delgadillo's [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs acid-fueled]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh6p4e7icgw song]] about a noontime traffic jam resembling the Sahara:
233	-->''Guarda ese que trae cara de fumador the hachís...'' [Watch out for that guy, who looks like a hashish smoker...]\
234	''Salud'' [Gesundheit.]\
235	''¡No, hachís!'' [No, hashish!]\
236	''¡Salud, menso!'' [Gesundheit, dunce!]\
237	''Gracias.'' [Thanks]\
238	''De nada, hermano.'' [Bless you, brother.]
239	[[/folder]]
240
241	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
242	* ''Series/SpittingImage'': In one sketch, Ronald Reagan is rambling about Mikhail Gorbachev, while (then) Vice President George Bush Sr. and US Chief of Staff Donald Regan listen and roll their eyes.
243	-->'''Donald Regan:''' What's he on about?\
244	'''George Bush:''' Glasnost.\
245	'''President Reagan:''' God bless you, George.\
246	'''George Bush:''' Oh, and perestroika.\
247	'''President Reagan:''' Will you guys stop sneezing!
248	* In a segment on ''Series/SesameStreet'', Grover is dressed up as a cowboy and sitting on a horse. He shouts out "Saskatchewan!" -- "Gesundheit!" replies the horse.
249	* Hilariously inverted in ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}''. After the Chief Elder in charge of naming babies dies after inadvertently naming Baby "Augh Ugh I'm Dying You Idiot" (the scribe was too LiteralMinded and would write down everything he said), Ethyl reminds Fran of her cousin "Hachoo", and Fran recalls a classmate back in school named "Urrap Excuse Me".
250	* ''Series/UnderTheUmbrellaTree'':
251	** In the episode "Hear! Hear!" one of the signs that Mrs. [=McMertree=] has become hard of hearing is that she says "Bless you" when Mrs. Higgins says "nasturtiums."
252	** In the "hanky" song from the SickEpisode "Hanky Panky," Jacob pronounces the words "a tissue" as if they were a sneeze, with Iggy saying "Bless you" each time.
253	* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': In the episode where Creator/PeterUstinov was the guest star, he plays a psychiatrist on the panel show discussing, of course, psychiatry (with Kermit, Miss Piggy, and a Muppet named Cynthia), and starts talking about psychiatric terms:
254	-->'''Doctor''': Terms like complex, sublimation, regression, gestalt!\
255	'''Miss Piggy and Cynthia''': [[SpeakInUnison Gesundheit]]!
256	[[/folder]]
257
258	[[folder:Theatre]]
259	* ''Theatre/WonderfulTown'' has several instances of this in the spoken patter of "Swing!" This is the fullest version, playing off a ShoutOut to the 1939 swing hit "Hold Tight":
260	-->'''Ruth:''' I want my favorite dish.\
261	'''Chorus:''' Fish!\
262	'''Ruth:''' Gesundheit.\
263	'''Chorus:''' Thanks.\
264	'''Ruth:''' It's nothing.
265	* ''Theatre/MerrilyWeRollAlong'' has one in "Bobby and Jackie and Jack" as the characters imagine the Kennedys' White House cultural events:
266	-->'''Beth:''' ''[in character as Jackie Kennedy]'' And Galina... Vishnevskaya --\
267	'''Charley and Frank:''' Gesundheit.\
268	'''Beth:''' -- the Russian soprano. Just pronouncing her name is refreshing enough!
269	* ''[[Theatre/JohnTartagliasImaginocean John Tartagalia's Imaginocean]]'' has two fish named Whipper and Snapper who are essentially the equivalent of JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf. When Snapper introduces the show as "[[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt John Tartaglia's Imaginocean]]", Whipper says "gesundheit" and they joke about wondering just who Creator/JohnTartaglia is.
270	* In "Words, Words, Words" from ''Bajour'', the heroine gives a crooked character a WordAssociationTest, and when she says "virtue," he replies "gesundheit."
271	[[/folder]]
272
273	[[folder:Video Games]]
274	* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'': Quoth recurring MetaGuy M'aiq the Liar:
275	-->'''M'aiq the Liar:''' M'aiq asked a Nord what she sought. "[[LegendaryWeapon Wuuthrad]]," she said. So M'aiq offered his kerchief.
276	* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' : One of the cheat codes of the game is "Gesundheit". Kind of funny considering the protagonist is not named and doesn't talk.
277	* From the InteractiveFiction game ''VideoGame/{{Planetfall}}'':
278	-->"'''VideoGame/{{zork}}'''"\
279	"Gesundheit!"
280	* From the 2011 Halloween event in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'': "A bat flies in through the window and lands on a sofa. There's a puff of smoke, and where the bat was sitting is a sorority girl vampire in a weirdly post-modern sexy Halloween costume. "N-n-n-nosferatu!" you stammer. "Um, like, bless you?" the vampire says, and leaps straight at your throat.
281	* ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode'': In "A Journey's End?", there's this short exchange during a match of Spleef.
282	-->'''Lukas:''' Hang on, I just realized what this reminds me of! Spleef!\
283	'''Ivor:''' Gesundheit?
284	* From the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' game ''[[VideoGame/SpongebobSquarepantsBattleForBikiniBottom Battle for Bikini Bottom]]'':
285	-->'''Patrick:''' Here's your golden back scratcher!\
286	'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' ''Spatula''.\
287	'''Patrick:''' I don't speak Italian.
288	[[/folder]]
289
290	[[folder:Web Animation]]
291	* Used in the Rooster Teeth series ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' with Jaune Arc not knowing the word "Aura". Yes... Aura.
292	* Used in an episode of the flash series ''WebAnimation/UnforgottenRealms'' as a RunningGag with the word "delinquent".
293	* Parodied in ''WebAnimation/WeeblAndBob'', when shopping for a new computer to replace Bob's recently obliterated one...
294	-->'''Weebl:''' Relax, Bob! [[KnowNothingKnowItAll I know all about Hoovers!]]\
295	'''Bob:''' Computers.\
296	'''Weebl:''' Bless you. You there!
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298
299	[[folder:Web Comics]]
300	* In ''ComicStrip/{{Nodwick}}'', [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2004-08-04 Piffany gets one:]]
301	-->'''Yeagar:''' Look out! ''Shuriken!''\
302	'''Piffany:''' Gesundheit.
303	* {{Inverted}} in ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater''. The protagonists find a scroll which can summon an EldritchAbomination, but only if its unpronounceable name is read properly. Then [[TheDitz Fighter]] [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/10/05/episode-752-its-all-fun-and-games-until-everything-dies takes a look at it]] and...
304	-->'''Fighter:''' X'kzlpyg!\
305	''[everyone hides]''\
306	'''Fighter:''' Don't you know you're supposed to say "bless you" when someone sneezes?\
307	'''Black Mage:''' So that was a sneeze and ''not'' one of your patented piercing insights?
308	* Webcomic/DeanNalaVinny: Vinny asks Nala a question:
309	-->'''Vinny:''' What's the Flag of Finland called?\
310	'''Nala:''' Um...The Flag of Finland?\
311	'''Vinny:''' Nope. It's ''Siniristilippu''.\
312	'''Nala:''' Bless you. Here's a hanky.
313
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315
316	[[folder:Web Videos]]
317	* ''WebVideo/BumReviews'': Chester A. Bum turns this into a running gag when discussing Atreyu from ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory''.
318	[[/folder]]
319
320	[[folder:Western Animation]]
321	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' during "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E31MermaidManAndBarnacleBoyIIISquirrelJokes Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III]]" after Man-Ray begs for them take the tickle belt off (by saying "please"):
322	-->'''Patrick:''' Well, I guess he's reconstituted.\
323	'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Rehabilitated.\
324	'''Patrick:''' Gesundheit.
325	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', during a song.
326	-->'''Ferb:''' Shiatsu!\
327	'''Phineas:''' Gesundheit.\
328	'''Ferb:''' Thank you very much.
329	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' would have Wilma say "Bless you" in response to Pebbles calling out to the GreatGazoo.
330	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
331	** In the episode "May the Best Pet Win", Rainbow Dash writes to Princess Celestia that she's learned the best quality to look for in a potential pet (or friend):
332	--->'''Rainbow Dash:''' ...a certain kind of spirit, a stick-to-it-iveness. A never-give-up, can-do attitude that's the mark of a real winner, and this tortoise has it.\
333	'''Twilight Sparkle:''' Tenacity.\
334	'''Rainbow Dash:''' Gesundheit.
335	** Also used earlier in the show when, after Rainbow Dash describes the race course and finishes with a {{Sting}} on Ghastly Gorge, a lonesome eagle cry echoes across the land...to which she zooms over to said eagle and invokes the trope.
336	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''
337	-->'''Starfire:''' Do you wish to invite the Rekmas?\
338	'''Beast Boy:''' Gesundheit?
339	* ''WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat'', after some M.C. Escher-like staircases appear out of nowhere:
340	-->'''Sheba:''' Whoa. Escher!\
341	'''Felix:''' Gesundheit.
342	* The toy dragon on ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins'', Stuffy, does this when the titular Doc's new toy doll from Japan, Kiko, speaks in Japanese. This is also his reaction to Stanley's UnevilLaugh in "Welcome to the Toy Hospital."
343	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'': Lydia's re-enactment of ''Literature/MobyDick'' for the Neitherworld's "Disasterpiece Theater" TV show starts off dubiously. Her first line, "Call me Ishmael," is greeted immediately with "Gesundheit!" being shouted by a stagehand.
344	** Also happens in "Robbin Juice of Sherweird Forest" when Beetlejuice gets into a sword fight with the Sheriff of RottingHam. The sheriff says "Touché! Touché!" during the fight, and Beetlejuice responds with "Gesundheit."
345	* Zig-zag: The 1960s cartoon ''WesternAnimation/RogerRamjet'' featured the Height Brothers: Horace, Cronk and Gesund.
346	* This is {{WesternAnimation/Pinky\|AndTheBrain}}'s response to ''Auf Wiedersehen'' (german for goodbye).
347	* Variant in ''WesternAnimation/TopCat'': In the episode "Space Monkey", Top Cat and his gang help Eek-Eek, a chimp from a space program, to escape and get home. Later on, when talking to Officer Dibble who's none the wiser about their scheme, they are delivered a crate of bananas and a letter signed by Eek-Eek.
348	-->'''Top Cat's gang:''' Eek-Eek!\
349	'''Officer Dibble:''' What's all this "Eek-Eek" stuff?\
350	'''Top Cat:''' Guess the boys just have a touch of indigestion.
351	* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy}}'': In "Test of Time", Billy has a magical remote from Grim that allows him to literally rewind time and generally uses it to goof off. After metting Mandy and getting her to say "pinhead" over for some laughs, Mandy starts getting a suspicion of events repeating themselves.
352	-->'''Mandy:''' Hmm, déjà vu.\
353	'''Billy:''' Gesundheit.
354	* In the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' special "Ghastly Goals," a creature called an Eshu terrorizes a Brazilian parade for a soccer match. The "Gesundheit" gag is pulled twice when the Eshu's name comes up.
355	* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'': DM and Penfold are in the Mark III car circling a castle in which Colonel K is held captive by a robot cat named Paws (episode "Cat-astrophe"):
356	-->'''Penfold:''' But DM, how are we going to get into the castle?\
357	'''DM:''' Parachute.\
358	'''Penfold:''' Bless you. How are we going to--?\
359	'''DM:''' Parachute.\
360	'''Penfold:''' Bless you! How are we--? (''DM presses the ejector seat button; he and Penfold pop out of the car and descend in parachutes'') Ooh! So that's what happened to my best set of sheets!
361	* [[WesternAnimation/TheArchieShow Archie]] pulls this on Big Moose in a blackout segment of ''The Archie Comedy Hour'':
362	-->'''Archie:''' Knock knock.\
363	'''Moose:''' Who's there?\
364	'''Archie:''' Arch.\
365	'''Moose:''' Arch who?\
366	'''Archie:''' Gesundheit!
367	* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheCatInTheHatKnowsALotAboutThat The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Halloween]]'' - Sally and Nick say it in unison when the Cat describes Bubbles as a "great haberdasher."
368	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In ''Margical History Tour'', Marge's take on Lewis and Clark's expedition of the western territories of the United States uses the trope.
369	-->'''Clark:''' We'll never forget you, Pocahontas.\
370	'''Sacagawea:''' Sacagawea.\
371	'''Clark:''' Gesundheit.
372	* In the banned [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Bugs Bunny]] cartoon "All This And Rabbit Stew," Sambo (the black Elmer Fudd expy) says "Gesundheit" after Bugs emits a loud hiccup.
373	** Played both straight and a gag in the cartoon "Early to Bet." The "Gesundheit" was a penalty the cat had to perform for losing to the dog at gin rummy. It involves bubble gum and pepper.
374	* ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'': In the "Lazy Jay Ranch" story, Rocky invokes the French proverb ''Noblesse oblige,'' prompting Bullwinkle to reply "Gesundheit" back to him.
375	* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'': Said by Dinobot when one of Rhinox's sneeze lasers destroys one of the pods.
376	* ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'': In "Shiny Thing", during the creative writing lesson, Miss Loon tells Adam "bless you" after hearing the word 'haiku' from him. Adam tells her what is actually a haiku.
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