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3->''"Memo to self: ''never'' refuse to kiss the Queen of the Gypsies!"''
4-->-- '''Jimmy Olsen''', ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman''
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6A common occurrence in the {{horror}} movie is a curse laid down by a [[MagicalRomani stereotypical Romani]], often an old woman.
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8These {{curse}}s come as a unique brand. They'll be done out of vengeance (usually seen by the victim as DisproportionateRetribution) but also as some LaserGuidedKarma that's being used as a morality tale. Hey kids, don't do that nasty deed because otherwise, one day, you might do it to someone who'll go totally apeshit and ''curse you!'' [[CurseEscapeClause And the only way to get rid of the curse]] might be to pass it on to another person.
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10On the other hand, even when being used for that particular SpaceWhaleAesop, there seems to be a law of conservation of Gypsy Curses. The cursed person will find properly getting rid of the curse [[ClingyMacGuffin impossible]] but there will be [[CurseEscapeClause some rule]] that allows them to transfer the curse onto somebody else like it's a forged banknote. As soon as the character finds this out, expect to have the next scene full of the most adorable, [[BusFullOfInnocents innocent looking]] people in the world for the character to try to pass the curse off onto.
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12This trope was often used to demonize the Romani, portraying them as revenge focused, not justice-focused, uncaring of collateral damage and inspiring selfishness in others. In other words, like a lot of supernatural stereotypes surrounding the Romani, it carries some pretty UnfortunateImplications. Also, don't ask about [[ReedRichardsIsUseless why these Romani slinging out curses are always portrayed as impoverished and homeless despite possessing amazing magical powers]].
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14SubTrope of {{Curse}} and MagicalRomani. Compare HollywoodVoodoo and IndianBurialGround, curse related tropes tied with comparable ethnic stereotypes.
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22* In the ''Manga/ThusSpokeKishibeRohan'' "At the Confessional", the titular Kishibe Rohan listens in on a confession of a man who, in his youth, refused to share his lunch with a homeless man (though not really implied to be Romani) unless he did his job for him, untill the homeless man died of exhaustion. The homeless man, now a ghost, cursed the man that he would come for him during the best day of his life. Nothing happens for years, the man becomes successfull, rich, and has a family, and one day he's with his daughter and butler he thinks 'This is the best day of my life' and [[spoiler: is decapitated. The chapter ends revealing that the man implanted his head onto his butler's body. The butler also cursed him, and the episode ends with the man exiting the church, vengeful ghost behind him.]]
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26* In ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'', Jimmy Olsen believes he was cursed with bad luck after refusing to kiss the queen of the Gypsies. It's never stated whether this has any basis in fact, but considering [[http://www.superdickery.com/ all the insane things that happen to him on a monthly basis,]] it wouldn't be surprising.
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30* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'':
31** [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2013/01/25 Back when he was in school,]] Jon annoyed a gypsy woman who cursed him, saying he'd never get a date to the prom. Garfield considered it "a waste of a perfectly good curse".
32** In another strip, Jon tells Garfield about how he put his gum on a fortune teller's crystal ball after she took one look at his palm and just laughed, and that she promptly cursed him. While telling this story, Jon's head has been shrunk to the size of an apple. Garfield barely notices.
33--->'''Garfield:''' So what's the curse?
34** [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2014/04/24 Jon believes Garfield to be one.]]
35* The collection of ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' cartoons ''The Curse of Madame C'' includes a comic-book style short story where the first-person narrator (implied to be an AuthorAvatar of Gary Larson) claims he was cursed by a gypsy with a ''cow's head'' named Madame C while backpacking through Europe; it is implied this is why he had an urge to become a cartoonist. (ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext, but then, this ''is'' [[{{Camp}} Gary Larson's brand of humor here...]]
36* ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'s mom once didn't have enough money to cover her visit to a gypsy, so her son was struck with the "Curse of Competence". Dilbert's mom didn't see why it was so bad, but twenty years later, Dilbert is screaming in wonder why he always got stuck with the projects.
37* Boot of ComicStrip/{{The Perishers}} believes himself to be an 18th century Lord transformed into a dog by a vengeful gypsy.
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41* ''Film/TheWolfMan1941'' contains a sort of subversion. Larry Talbot is indeed cursed when he is bitten by the gypsy werewolf Bela, but the curse is unintentional, and in fact, Bela's mother Maleva proves to be the one character that believes and attempts to aid Larry once he sprouts his own fur and fangs.
42* ''Film/{{Thinner}}'':
43** The greedy and gluttonous lawyer Billy Halleck runs over a gypsy woman while [[AutoErotica receiving a hand-job from his wife while driving]]. When he uses his connections to avoid getting charged for the death, the victim's father curses Billy [[WeightLossHorror to waste away no matter what he eats]], a curse to mock his greedy nature. However, these gypsies discover the problem with cursing someone who really is enough of a douche to deserve it, when he sics the mob on them to force them to remove it. The curse can't be erased, but the gypsies reluctantly transfer it into a pie, so that if Billy can get someone else to eat the pie, they'll die instead of Billy.
44** The judge who acquitted Halleck and the police chief who soft-pedaled the charges against him and kicked the gypsies out of the town are also cursed. The former has scales grow on his skin, the latter gets a horrifyingly extreme case of acne. They both commit suicide.
45* In ''Film/DragMeToHell'', an elderly Romani woman curses a loan officer who has refused to extend her mortgage ''for the third time'' to be haunted by a demon who will [[DraggedOffToHell drag her to Hell]] after three days.
46* In ''Film/MysteryMen'' The Spleen, to avoid fessing up to a fart, accuses an old gypsy woman of it. She curses him to forever be the one who "dealt it", and he is BlessedWithSuck and [[{{Fartillery}} KO capable farts]]. [[CursedWithAwesome He actually considers it a positive thing all things considered]].
47* A group of friends accidentally run over a Gypsy woman with their RV in ''Film/{{Roadkill|2011}}''. Before she dies, the woman summons a giant bird to stalk and kill them all in order to avenge her death.
48* Instead of a gypsy, it is a DepravedDwarf working at a burlesque show that curses the protagonist of ''Film/TheDevilWithinHer'' who spurned his sexual advances and groping, by saying “You will have a baby, a monster, an evil monster conceived in your womb, as big as I am small, and possessed by the devil himself!” Nine months later she gives birth to a demonically possessed EnfantTerrible with TheStrengthOfTenMen.
49* In ''Film/AreYouBeingServed'', Mr. Humphries annoys a gypsy by not purchasing more of his goods, so he is cursed by him:
50-->'''Gypsy''': I have put a curse on '''chu!'''
51-->'''Mr. Humphries''': Ha-huh! You're too late, love.
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55* A common legend in English football is that a group of gypsies, angry about being ejected from their land so that Derby County could build their ground, cursed the club never to win a trophy (at the time, the only two trophies that professional English clubs could compete for were the League and FA Cup). The club then went on to come agonizingly close to winning the FA Cup on several occasions, but lost either in the semifinal or the final (in one final, they lost [[CurbStompBattle 6-0]]). However, after the club reached the FA Cup final in 1946, an agreement between the club and the gypsies was reached and the curse was lifted. They won.
56* There's also the story that a woman claimed to have put a similar curse on Nottingham Forest (maybe she was a Derby fan...), but it clearly failed, since it was just before they won the European Cup two years in a row.
57* In Creator/FranzXaverVonSchonwerth's collection of 19th century Bavarian folklore, "Gypsies" (''"Zigeuner"'') are, as a rule, skilled in magic, and are feared for their curses. For this reason, people take care not to insult Gypsies or to deny a Gypsy's request. It is believed someone cursed by a Gypsy won't ever prosper again. Gypsies can wish lice or fleas on someone or (just like witches) curse cows so they don't give milk anymore. A farmer's wife refused lodging to a band of Gypsies and because of that was cursed by an old Gypsy woman; all the children the women gave birth to from that time on were sickly, crippled, or insane, and the [[HereditaryCurse women's descendants suffer from the curse to this day.]]
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61* ''Literature/{{Holes}}'' had the Yelnats family subject to a gypsy curse / HereditaryCurse combo. However it was a condition of a promise between friends, and when the Yelnats family ancestor broke his promise, Madame Zeroni cursed him. [[spoiler:As soon as it was inadvertently fulfilled by descendants of the participants in said deal, the entire family was showered with good luck and fortune.]] Oddly enough, in TheFilmOfTheBook, Madame Zeroni and her descendants are all portrayed as black, despite the backstory taking place in a [[{{Ruritania}} fictionalized]] UsefulNotes/{{Latvia}}, where there would be a sizable population of actual Romani (especially in the late 19th century, before [[ThePurge certain]] [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust events]] cut the Latvian Romani population in half).
62* In Creator/HPLovecraft's ShortStory "Literature/TheCatsOfUlthar", the curse of a mysterious travelling people causes the eponymous cats to take vengeance on an old couple that kills cats for fun. The mysterious travelers are implied to come from Egypt, making them ''literal'' "Gypsies".
63* Creator/StephenKing's book ''Literature/{{Thinner}}'', as mentioned above in Film.
64* Creator/StephenKing's short story ''The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands'' has a man cursed by an Indian when the Indian's kid accidentally electrocutes himself on the man's early automobile. The curse is that anyone he shakes hands with soon dies.
65* The ''Literature/GhostsOfFearStreet'' novel ''Eye of the Fortuneteller'' is about a girl named Kelsey who insults the ghost of a powerful and evil gypsy named Madame Valda. The enraged Madame Valda proceeds to curse Kelsey, making it so that she will spend the rest of her days being tormented by illusions of her greatest fears unless she can find some way to break "The Fool Card Curse."
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70* Hey, a ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' example! Angel's soul is a result of him killing a very important girl in the gypsy hierarchy. It may seem like he's CursedWithAwesome -- except that, before, he was a gleeful killer, but now he's wracked with guilt and a fear of ever being truly happy, since, if he is, he loses his soul and becomes the monster again. Of course, when that did happen, he ended up killing another couple of highly important gypsies, so maybe they regret that condition.
71* Played with on ''Series/TopGear'' when the presenters visit Romania.
72-->'''Jeremy Clarkson:''' ''[pointing at his much shorter co-presenter Richard Hammond]'' Did you shrink that man, gypsies?
73* ''{{Series/Misfits}}'': As punishment for his selfishness, a woman places a "gypsy curse" on Alex that causes him to spew up filthy water whenever he refuses to help another person.
74* The ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' Digital Short "The Curse": A businessman ([[Music/TheLonelyIsland Andy Samberg]]) is cursed by a homeless gypsy (Fred Armisen) after he accidentally steps on his sacred talisman. The curse in question causes everything he does to be interrupted by a shirtless man called Sergio ([[Series/MadMen Jon]] "MrFanservice" [[Series/MadMen Hamm]]) bursting through the wall while playing a [[{{Sexophone}} sexy saxophone]] solo.
75-->''Sergio!''
76* A Romani woman in ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' puts a Gypsy Curse on Inspector Brackenreid when he arrests the men of the clan for a crime they didn't commit, although it's not clear how much she takes it seriously, and how much she's just playing into the stereotype. The curse is that he will never succeed in his political ambitions, and by the end of the episode he's ''abandoned'' his political ambitions, which surprises her when she offers to remove it.
77* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': Four centuries ago, in an English village named "Lower Uncton", a blacksmith named Shamus [=McBundy=] insulted a witch who, in DisproportionateRetribution, cursed the town into total darkness until Shamus and [[SinsOfOurFathers all of his male descendants]] died within the limits of the village. Shamus, being practically as polite to her as Al is with the fat ladies who enter Gary's shoe store, asked the witch if she'd float over the town to block sunlight. She cursed his feet into sweating for this. In present time, Al and Bud are (or so it's believed by the people of Lower Uncton) Shamus' last male descendants and they lure him into the village. Meanwhile, people from the neighboring village of Upper Uncton want the Bundys to be killed anywhere outside Lower Uncton so they'll continue prospering as a tourist attraction. The two villages eventually makes a deal: Al will duel against Igor (the witch's descendant) and they'll film it all. Al fights dirty and wins, which somehow ends the curse, much to the displeasure of the Upper Unctoners (no longer able to attract tourists) and even the Lower Unctoners (who dislike the fact everyone can now see they have no plantations). That's right, the very same people who spent practically a whole three-episode arc trying to get the Bundys killed within the limits of their town to break a curse don't like to see it broken. Also, they don't like the fact they can't sell the video of Al winning the fight.
78* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': According to Barney, this is the reason why he and his brother are so horny.
79* Captain Montgomery in ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' talked about how that during his first year in homicide, he and his partner chased a suspect through a gypsy fortuneteller's window. The gypsy cursed at the both of them and that the curse will remain until they fix her window. Two hours later, Montgomery's partner dropped dead of a heart attack. The next morning, Montgomery fixed the window.
80* Subverted on ''Series/HannahMontana'' when a fortuneteller puts a curse on [[BadBoss Rico]], which will give him bad luck until he learns to be nice. As soon as he becomes nice and races off, Jackson reveals it's a set-up and pays all the people who helped him. Rico, naturally, [[StatusQuoIsGod finds out and goes back to the way he was]].
81* On ''Series/YesDear'', Greg gets a call that a great aunt of his is about to pass away, and would like to see him one last time. Greg and Jimmy go alone to the hospital, and on the way there Greg reveals to Jimmy that he doesn't actually ''have'' a great aunt by that name and the call was a wrong number, but he decided to roll with it and use it as a convenient excuse to get the two of them out of whatever activity their wives were forcing them to do. Jimmy, however, feels bad for the dying old woman who won't get to see her great nephew because he never received the call, and makes Greg go visit her anyway. The woman can't see very well and mistakes Greg for her actual great nephew. After beckoning him to come closer, [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished she calls him a no-good bum who has brought nothing but shame to the family, hands him some kind of amulet, and uses her last breath to give him a curse]]. In TheTag, Greg tracks down the great nephew and passes the curse on to its rightful recipient by giving him the medallion and repeating the curse verbatim.
82* In a Halloween episode of ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', the family visit a fortune teller to contact Hilary's dead fiancée Trevor. Will is dubious of the teller's authenticity and constantly mocks him. When he proclaims the man as a "fake", this is enough for the teller to place a curse on him and the family. Carlton's hair dye from his costume doesn't wash out, Phil is suddenly accused of bribery and loses his job as a Judge, Geoffrey is deported, Ashley's tennis machine goes haywire and breaks her racket before a big game, Hilary falls for ''Jazz'' of all people who actually throws ''Phil'' [[RunningGag out of the house when he tries to do it to him]]. Eventually it gets too much that Vivian orders Will out of the house. Will tries to go the teller to break the curse but finds he's just some ordinary man now with no idea what Will is talking about. Just when all seems lost, [[AllJustADream Will wakes up finding that it was a dream]]. [[OrWasItADream At least until the start of episode starts playing out again much to his horror.]]
83* In the miniseries ''Series/The10thKingdom'', after on of the heroes frees some talking birds a tribe of Gypsies were planning to sell as pets, the leader of the Gypsies her with Rapunzel-length hair, which naturally becomes problamatic.
84* In ''Series/TheWindsors'', Pippa casts a gypsy curse on Kate that makes her unable to touch gold. As Kate does a lot of handing out gold trophies, it's a big problem for her.
85* The ''Series/PainkillerJane'' episode "The Beast of Bolnar" was about a monster that terrorized a small Hungarian village every night between 8:00pm and 9:00pm. One of the villagers at one point claims that the beast is the result of a curse that was put on the town by local gypsies that were persecuted during World War II.
86* ''Series/TheHauntingHour'' episode "Wrong Number" had two mean girls be cursed by the main one's elderly Eastern European neighbor. When they seek aid from an acquaintance's occultist uncle, he rather bluntly states, "Adriana call me about you. She tell me you need protection. Old gypsy woman put curse on you, yes?"
87* The final episode of ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'' has an angry gypsy curse Gordon so that his cooking becomes lethal to anyone who eats it.
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91* British folk-rockers Music/SteeleyeSpan revived an old Yorkshire ballad about the ugliest witch on the borders, who one day tries to seduce a passing man who is having none of it, and rebuffs her with scorn. She offers gifts and riches, but he gets even more insulting. Humiliated and vengeful, she takes his good looks away and turns him into an ugly wriggling worm, to see how ''he'' likes it.
92-->''Alison Grose, she must be, the ugliest witch in the north country!''[[note]] Pronounced "Gross" for very good reasons, possibly the earliest example of the word "gross" being used to describe an ugly person anywhere in the English language. The song can be dated back to 1600 and is probably even older.[[/note]]
93* "Break The Spell" from Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}' ''Music/SteelWheels''.
94-->''There's a gypsy all dressed in white\
95Put my hand out, ask the question\
96Here's the silver, do you have the gift of sight?\
97Can you break the spell?''
98* The song "Love Potion No. 9" by The Clovers (famously covered by Music/TheSearchers) has the voice of the song being cursed with a magic potion from Madame Ruth the gypsy, which turns them into a serial kisser, until a policeman destroys the potion's container.
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102* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeXdx5Ab9x4 Jonathan Winters' appearance on]] ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' involved one in which a lot of things go wrong in the theatre, and the final stage of the curse involves everybody turning Swedish.
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106* ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'':
107-->'''Jack Dee:''' These days we have to be very careful not to stereotype Romany travelers. [[HypocriticalHumor In case they put a curse on us]].
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111* In ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' SpinOff ''The Program'', Durriken Lovel comes from a Romani family. The family legend is that the youngest born child of each generation is cursed to have horrible luck. Durriken is the youngest of his siblings, and then his name gets called out on Announcement Day...
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115* ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'': Truth be told, this happens a ''lot'' in the setting. A good rule of thumb while you're there is, don't make the Vistani angry at you. The most famous example is likely Dr. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_van_Richten Rudolph van Richten]]. He was cursed by the [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Vistani]] "to live forever among monsters and see all whom you love die by them." But then himself cursed ''this whole tribe'' to be targeted by TheUndead... and he kind of had a valid excuse (they had kidnapped his son to sell to a vampire... ''and'' he didn't know about either curse until many years later when the SoleSurvivor told him so. It turned out that curses invoked by Vistani aren't so special, but they have some traditional guidelines and a better chance that the curse will work.
116** The vistani are also pretty terrible judges of character, which often results in them handing out curses that the recipients will either enjoy very much, or that will just cause more suffering by extension. Toben the Many, an insane serial killer that absorbs his victims into a HiveMind, is theorized to be the result of a vistani curse gone wrong. Jacqueline Montarri ''does'' suffer from her curse, but so does everyone around her, since she has to kill people and use their heads (with [[AndIMustScream the souls still inside]]) in place of her own.
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120* In ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', the main protagonist Raz's circus family is said to have been cursed by psychic gypsies to die in water. This is used to explain why Raz's dad hates psychics and is used to justify the SuperDrowningSkills enacted by [[MurderWater the Hand of Galochio]]. This is also an extremely rare example of a gypsy curse applied to ''other'' gypsies, because the Aquato family are themselves Roma (or at least half, as the sequel establishes them being from [[{{Ruritania}} Grulovia]]). ''Videogame/Psychonauts2'' reveals the truth behind the "Curse", specifically that [[spoiler:it was a form of hydrophobia psionically implanted by Ford Cruller into his grandmother (actually great-aunt) Nona as a way of making sure she doesn't reawaken her Hydrokinesis abilities (and more importantly, her "Maligula" personality) that she proceeded to pass onto the rest of her family. By the end of the game, by defeating Maligula the Aquatos conquer their fear of water and [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration falling into water no longer damages Raz]]]].
121* In ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'', a gypsy is captured by the superstitious townsfolk and accused of being a werewolf and killing a town member. If you don't save him from being burned at the stake, he will curse you and everyone in the town with his last breath, resulting in game over. After clearing his name, you find out [[spoiler: that he really was a werewolf]].
122* In ''VideoGame/GabrielKnight: The Beast Within'', Grace discovers that the source of the werewolf curse that Gabriel is investigating stems from a gypsy curse. After Baron von Ralick rapes a young gypsy girl, an old woman of the tribe curses him with lycanthropy.
123* Killing Madame Toussaud in ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'' will permanently penalize your character's charisma.
124* Invoked in one of the missions of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'', in which Ezio must discreetly assassinate (specifically, with poison) Templars who try to take the local Romanies' money chest so that they'll think the chest itself is "cursed" and be too scared to try to steal it.
125* Played with in a ''Lance and Janice'' radio soap in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime''
126-->'''Lance:''' I don't have the capacity for love, Janice. I was... cursed by a tribe of Gypsys.\
127'''Janice:''' I know, Lance. I was in that tribe.
128* ''VideoGame/Waxworks1992'': The player character's family was cursed by a witch because they cut off her hand when they caught her trying to steal an apple. The curse causes every member of the family to have twins but one will always turn out evil (for example, one of your ancestors is ''Jack the Ripper''). The goal of the game is to travel back in time via the wax exhibits, deal with the evil twins in those timelines while surviving all the ordeals and hopefully stop the witch from enacting the curse.
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132* Near the end of the "Gigantic!" arc of ''Webcomic/TheBlondeMarvel'', it was revealed that the giant invader was actually a wealthy playboy, whom a gypsy had cursed as punishment for his philandering.
133* ''[[Webcomic/SamAndLilah Sam & Lilah]]'': Lilah was cursed (as a newborn) by an old Gypsy woman her parents accidentally ran down on a rain-slicked country road (on their way home from the hospital with baby Lilah). She cursed Lilah to have any man who falls for her suffer the same fate as the most prominent man who also bore the name. Her parents saw no need to tell Lilah about this... until she started dating a boy named [[Literature/TheBible "Jesus"]]. Oh, and Sam (the other half to the title)? His name is short for "Samson". Lilah is short for "Delilah". This is turning out (so far) to be CursedWithAwesome for those effected by Lilah's curse. Sam gains SuperStrength and SuperToughness (enough to get hit by a speeding car with nothing more than light bruising). We're not told explicitly what happened to Jesus; only that [[BackFromTheDead he rose from the dead]] three days later and is now a PhysicalGod.
134* Ozy from ''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie'' has a gypsy curse running in his family that makes his hair fall out every year. ([[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane Or not.]] [[UnreliableNarrator Maybe it's just his father inventing this.]]) Being a fox adopted by a dragon, he is the first family member to have hair, so the curse hadn't had effect before.
135* The trope is inverted in ''Webcomic/RasputinBarxotka'' when a Russian witch pretending to be a gypsy, puts a bloodline extinguishing curse on Gurkha Basma and his Romani family, to retaliate against the murder of her husband.
136* In ''Webcomic/GirlsWithSlingshots'', Jamie's [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey entrancing bustline]], shared by her female relatives, is apparently the result of a grateful Gypsy's ''blessing'' on the family for an unspecified good deed in the past.
137* Noah initially blames one for his crossdressing compulsion in ''Webcomic/MaterialGirl'', which began after he knocked over a young Gypsy girl and she swore he would regret it. When he finds and confronts her, she has no idea what he's talking about, and tells him that she can't actually curse people, [[LampshadeHanging that's just a rude stereotype]]. The source of Noah's compulsion is left MaybeMagicMaybeMundane, but he and [[LoveInterest Mars]] are seen helping the Gypsy girl out in the epilogue, implying they've become friends with her.
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141* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E1TreehouseOfHorrorXII Treehouse of Horror XII]]", Homer receives a stereotypical gypsy curse that brings misery on all those around him after trashing a fortune teller's office. He gets rid of it by [[FantasyKitchenSink attacking her with a leprechaun]]. The gypsy and the leprechaun then proceed to have sex in front of Homer. The episode ends with them getting married by [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]], where they proceed to have sex on the altar... It's a "WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror" episode, okay? ''Weird'' shit happens during those.
142-->'''Homer:''' Well, I guess everything's back to normal.\
143'''Marge:''' May I remind you that Bart is dead?\
144'''Homer:''' Well, saying sorry won't bring him back.\
145'''Marge:''' The gypsy said it would.\
146'''Homer:''' She's not the boss of me!
147* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' has Shirley the Medium, who repeatedly curses Eustace for [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk being Eustace]]. She's even shown to be monitoring several curses she's put on people who offended her in another episode. Despite this, she's also shown saving Eustace and Muriel in several episodes, including her introduction. She also shows herself willing to just remove the curse if her victim learned their lesson.
148* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/ActionLeagueNow'' in a parody of ''Thinner''. Basically, a gypsy curses the Chief by muttering the word "fatter". He gains an uncontrollable appetite until he basically becomes a bowling ball with a head and limbs. Eventually, he explodes and turns back to normal.
149* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS7E15TheCurseOfTheHexTheMainDrain The Curse of the Hex]]", a hagfish curses the Krusty Krab after being refused service. Mr. Krabs dismisses it at first, but then no-one comes into the Krusty Krab and he starts losing money. He and [=SpongeBob=] eventually convince the hagfish to remove the curse... which she does by [[spoiler:taking down a "Closed" sign she had posted in front]].
150-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' That's it? That's the curse?\
151'''Hagfish:''' I don't waste good curses on bottom-feeders like you.
152* In ''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian'', "the Nomads", known for being extremely touchy, curse the main character's homeland with a heatwave after Dave asks [[DisproportionateRetribution if their fishcakes are fresh]]. Then at the end of the episode, Dave accidentally smacks them with the door and they cast another curse that ends the show.
153* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'': Johnny is cursed to shrink in size by a gypsy he angered. In another episode, Johnny's attempts to flirt with a gypsy fortune teller get him cursed to [[GenderBender spend a day as a woman]].
154* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', [[TheDitz Cheryl]] frequently mentions an old gypsy woman who curses her and possibly her coworkers with various unfortunate fates that may or may not resemble their actual mishaps. Either that or she predicts the mishaps.
155-->Oh my God! I'm gonna die in a toilet stall! Just like the gypsy said!
156* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'' has a gypsy put a curse on Timon after he tried to eat her (she was a bug). While Pumbaa was worried, Timon didn't believe in the curse...until the next day when he woke up as a bug.
157* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'': When Garfield destroyed a gypsy's gig, she cursed him into becoming a wolf under the full moon. Even the gypsy didn't believe it would work until Jon confirmed it. She eventually ended the curse, but then Garfield retaliated by turning her into something even more horrifying: [[EveryoneHatesMimes a mime]].
158* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' once parodied ''Thinner'' in a cutaway gag called "Thicker!" that involved Music/BritneySpears.
159* ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'': in "The Very Littlest Pet Shop," the pets infuriate a slow loris who shrinks the shop. Though at the end, turns out it was just part of her imagination.
160* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TrippingTheRift'' has Chode cursed into becoming invisible by a Gypsy. Chode initially treats it as CursedWithAwesome, until he learns that the curse will leave him ErasedFromExistance. Fortunately, the crew are able to con the Gypsy into undoing the curse by claiming they cursed her with ugliness (the "mirror" they show her is really a video tablet showing T'Nuk in the Gypsies outfit, miming her).
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