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11	->''"Oh wow, that was REALLY scary. And if you don't mind me sayin', if that don't work, your breath will certainly get the job done, 'cause you definitely need some Tic Tacs or somethin', 'cause your breath ''STINKS!''"''
12	-->-- '''Donkey''', ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1''
13	{{Stock Phrase\|s}} used when someone comments on another one's bad breath. Variants to the phrase can include brushing your teeth, or with mouthwash.
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15	See also AnticipatoryBreathSpray. Compare StinkSnub.
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18	!!Examples:
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22	[[folder:Advertising]]
23	* Cited in a commercial for [=CreditStinks.com=]. "If someone told you you had bad breath, you'd brush your teeth."
24	* Spider-Man when interviewing the animated adoption of Sony's Godzilla for Fox Kids about his fire.
25	* Unspoken, but strongly implied, in an Orbit gum [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21-S3lSD-Mg commercial]] set during a zombie apocalypse.
26	* Tic Tac candies had a long-running series of ads featuring someone or something with horrible breath that frightened everyone around them before someone said "Dude! Tic Tac!" and offered them a mint.
27	* An InvokedTrope in numerous mouthwash commercials as late as the 90s.
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30	[[folder:Animation]]
31	* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': In Season 8 episode 6, Huo Haha has a rancid smell coming out of his mouth and he apologizes to Big M. since he ate garlic earlier. Later in the same episode, Smart S. notices the smell, and Huo Haha apologizes again, realizing too late that he also forgot to brush his teeth. This second instance distracts Huo for long enough to give Careful S. a chance to grab the fire wand from him.
32	-->'''Smart S.:''' Who ate a lot of garlic?!
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35	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
36	* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
37	** Tai in the ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' movie makes a remark about Koromon's breath after he kisses him.
38	** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'':
39	*** David and Veemon both say Tortomon has bad breath after he pants near them from exhaustion.
40	*** Later, with Arukenimon and Mummymon after he attempts to kiss her only to be swatted in the face by her:
41	---->'''Arukenimon:''' Anyone ever tell you you have bad breath?!\
42	'''Mummymon:''' Why, that's impossible. I believe I brushed my teeth at least a year ago.
43	** Takato from the dubbed version of ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' mutters in his sleep "bad breath" after sleeping directly next to Guilmon's mouth. The original version didn't have Takato or Guilmon saying anything during this scene.
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46	[[folder:Comedy]]
47	* Creator/GeorgeCarlin:
48	-->'''Carlin:''' No one is safe from halitosis; dad's got a little problem but his problem seems to be more paranoia than halitosis.\
49	'''Dad:''' (''as played by Carlin'') Mark, I don't know what it is...what I mean to say is that I don't know what it is. But I just can't seem to get close enough to make a sale. Now do you think that I could have (''forceably'') '''''BAAAD BREEAATH??'''''\
50	'''Mark:''' (''Carlin again; coughs'') It's possible, dad. You wilt the dandruff. You should try Listerine.\
51	'''Dad:''' [[{{Malapropism}} Mr. Clean?!]]\
52	'''Mark:''' Listerine! Listerine kills germs!\
53	'''Dad:''' What have germs go to do with bad breath?\
54	'''Mark:''' Silly, germs ''have'' bad breath!
55	* Creator/JeffDunham:
56	-->'''Peanut:''' ''[to Jeff]'' Dude, you need a Tic-Tac. Don't you know what you breath smells like?\
57	'''Jeff:''' What?\
58	'''Peanut:''' Dun-'''ham'''!! ''Dot com!''
59	* Creator/ChristopherTitus: "And Jesus, you need a Tic-Tac."
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62	[[folder:Comic Books]]
63	* In ''ComicBook/TheBadEggs'', Furman the Proto-Human tells Ript that his breath doesn't "smell like a field of lilacs" when the raptor tries to eat him, and after Ript remarks that the Proto-Humans smell like shit.
64	* In ''ComicBook/{{Elephantmen}}'', Tusk saves an old woman from drowning and holds her in front of his face. Although she thanks him for saving her, she mentions how he has terrible bad breath as well.
65	* In the one-shot humor issue ''ComicBook/TheFantasticFour Roast'', Ben "The Thing" Grimm says that there's only one person besides Reed with enough on the ball to sabotage the ceremony--Dr. Doom.
66	-->'''Dr. Doom:''' (''approaching the dias'') '''''[[NotMeThisTime WRONG,]]''''' '''Camel Breath!!'''
67	* Implied in the final Marvel issue of ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse''. A typical episode of the show is being filmed at CBS studios with Scrappy Mouse filling in for Pearl Pureheart (who is boycotting the rest of the issue because of the appearance of [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Andrew "Mice" Clay"]]). The director (a caricature of series producer Ralph Bakshi) gives instructions:
68	-->'''Director:''' Okay, we'll pick it up with the scene of Mighty and Pearl's kiss.\
69	'''Scrappy!Pearl:''' '''YUCK!!!'''\
70	'''Mighty Mouse:''' What? I flossed.
71	* Parodied in ''ComicBook/LePetitSpirou'', where the chronic general failure that is the P.E. teacher freshens his breath with a deodorant spray and his armpits with Tic Tac mints.
72	* ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'': In "Pizza My Heart" (issue #41), Buttercup is addicted to garlic. Her garlic breath causes everyone--even an invading monster--to evade her. When an invading dragon steals her garlic necklace, she tries to attack and is [[DeusExMachina knocked into a formula vat at a mouthwash factory]]. Buttercup defeats the dragon with refreshed breath and comes to her senses.
73	* In ''ComicBook/{{Rexodus}}'', when Amber first meets Kelvin, she thinks he's just an animatronic. It isn't until after she notices and comments on his bad breath and drool that she begins to realize he's real.
74	* In ''ComicBook/{{Violine}}'', Violine tells the captain of the oil tanker to "clean his tanker" when smelling his breath, after remarking on the smell of the oil tanker itself.
75	* In ''Uncanny ComicBook/XMen'' #423, Jubilee's response to being told by Wolverine that she was just revived after being crucified, is "You ever hear the words Mouth Wash?" In his review, [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] responds with "You ever hear you just came back from the dead and no one is the slightest bit overjoyed or asking about the theological implications of all this?" Well, [[DeathIsCheap it is the X-Men]].
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78	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
79	* ''ComicStrip/NineChickweedLane''
80	-->'''Seth's Boyfriend:''' I'd be more inclined to dish the dirt if you'd stop lunching on garlic pizza.
81	* A ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip shows Garfield wondering how to tell Jon that he has bad breath. He approaches him carrying a breath mint that's bigger then he is and offers it to him. Other strips have jokes either on Odie's breath, or Garfield distressing his house mates after eating something particularly vile.
82	* Sherman of ''ComicStrip/ShermansLagoon'' is noted several times to have bad breath. In one strip, Ernest notes how he's never seen Sherman brush his teeth. Sherman explains that since sharks' old teeth are constantly being replaced by new ones, they don't need to brush their teeth.
83	-->'''Ernest:''' New teeth, old breath.\
84	'''Sherman:''' Is that a hint?
85	* ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'': In [[https://comicskingdom.com/trending/blog/2019/10/18/101819-friday-hurray-hits this]] strip, Jeremy passes on Hector's offer a breath mint, and then his breath causes Sara to faint. He then turns back to Hector and says "On second thought, I'll take that breath mint".
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88	[[folder:Fan Works]]
89	* ''Fanfic/LucysSecret'': Lucy shudders when she smells Huck's bad breath, wondering if he hasn't brushed his teeth in days.
90	* In ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', Clair apparently has gotten a bit of a reputation of this due to the fact she likes eating garlic, though these are mostly rumors spread by challengers who lose to her (and Whitney).
91	* There are dozens of characters from ''Fanfic/WhatLiesBeyondTheWalls'' who have horrible breath, and many characters outright tell them so. Even some of the hares in the Long Patrol (who are usually clean) care little about their oral hygiene.
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94	[[folder:Films — Animated]]
95	* The Leopard from ''WesternAnimation/AnimalsUnited'', whom Charles knows is a carnivore after being grossed out by his "unpleasant breath."
96	* During "Fixer Upper" in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen\|2013}}'', the trolls mention how Kristoff always ends up sort of smelly no matter how well he washes (word of Jennifer Lee is that he reeks of Sven) as they ask Anna what's turning her off from dating him. Earlier, when Kristoff and Anna first meet at Wandering Oaken's Trading Post & Sauna, Kristoff gets up close to Anna (as he's trying to get some carrots from a shelf Anna is standing in front of) and she almost promptly turns her head away from him as if reacting to the smell.
97	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}'', the Wolf is poorly impersonating Red Puckett's grandmother. As [[PaperThinDisguise she pokes holes in his disguise]], he gets up close to her and makes a last-ditch effort to get answers out of her, prompting Red to respond, "Oh, Granny! What bad breath you have!"
98	* ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'':
99	** ''[[WesternAnimation/IceAgeTheMeltdown The Meltdown]]'': When Crash and Eddie try to save an unconscious Sid from drowning, one of them grabs him by the mouth and opens it, causing one of them to say, "You really need to brush."
100	** ''[[WesternAnimation/TheIceAgeAdventuresOfBuckWild Adventures of Buck Wild]]'': Just before Crash and Eddie venture back to the Lost World, one of Orson's two raptors sneaks up on them and tries to eat them. Eddie, unaware of its presence, gets a whiff of its breath and groans, mistakenly telling Crash, "You gotta brush more."
101	* Master Shifu in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'' tells Po not to stand so close to him so he won't smell his breath.
102	* Timon tells Simba in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf'' to aim his foul morning breath in a different direction after he yawns in his face.
103	* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/MickeysTwiceUponAChristmas'', when Santa yawns in Louie's face, causing him to recoil. He suddenly says that his breath smells like peppermint and mocha.
104	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' has this exchange:
105	-->'''Louis:''' You okay, li'l bug?\
106	'''Ray:''' I'm fine. Just your breath done near killed me to death.
107	* Happens subtly in ''Animation/RoadsideRomeo'', when Romeo gets a whiff of [[TheDragon Chhainu's]] breath and waves a paw in front of his nose.
108	* Nonverbal, but Darwin in ''WesternAnimation/RugratsGoWild'' clearly can't stand Spike's breath when he's yelling at him, and repeatedly waves a hand in front of his face and tries to get away from him.
109	* The wolf in ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'' is stalking Angelica and Spike. Angelica, oblivious to the wolf, smells its breath and thinks it's from Spike. Spike notices the vicious wolf, and quickly manages to drag the unsuspecting Angelica out of the wolf's clutches.
110	* In ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'', after Shrek roars at Donkey to try and scare him, Donkey says the page quote above. Inverted when Donkey woos Dragon, where he instead comments there is a minty freshness.
111	* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'', while trying to sneak past a sleeping Al, Woody ends up standing in front of his face right as he burps, making Woody gag.
112	* In ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'', we get Jim doing this while Mr. Scroop is trying to scare him into minding his own business.
113	-->'''Jim:''' Too bad my nose is working just fine.
114	* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': While not word-for-word, Vanellope, King Candy, and Sour Bill have commented on Ralph's halitosis. Especially Sour Bill, right after ''Ralph puts him in his mouth''. And King Candy notably calls him an "halitosis-ridden warthog".
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117	[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
118	* ''Film/{{Angel\|1984}}'': During their highly argumentative game of cribbage, Solly [[SecondFaceSmoke blows cigar smoke in Mae's face]] to distract her. Mae says that it is not the smoke she objects to, but Solly's breath.
119	* ''Film/TheBigRedOne''. The Sarge gets snogged by a German doctor while held prisoner in Tunis. Sarge chokes him until he desists.
120	-->'''Sarge:''' I can understand you being horny, Fritz, but you've got bad breath.
121	* Weaponized bad breath also occurs in ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', with Gabby Johnson during the big brawl in Rock Ridge.
122	* ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'': [[AxCrazy Patric]] of [[LaResistance the Fishes]] attempts to intimidate Theo in the van by describing how they'll be watching him constantly. Theo, whose head is under a bag, simply replies "Jesus, your breath stinks", to which Patric, taken aback, lamely replies "No, it doesn't."
123	* Émile in ''Film/LaCiteDeLaPeur''
124	-->"Take a piece of gum, Émile."
125	* In ''Film/CodeNameTheCleaner'', Jake tells the BigBad that his breath "smells like ass" after he angrily demands information from him.
126	* Holly from ''Film/DieHard2'' advises Dick Thornburg to use stronger mouthwash after he gets too close to her a few times.
127	* Draco from ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}'', when Bowen says that his breath is foul after sitting in his mouth for several hours.
128	* Lucky from the first ''Film/DrDolittle'' film, after he barks next to Rodney.
129	-->'''Rodney:''' You know, a Tic-Tac wouldn't kill ya.
130	* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves'': At the movie's climax, as Edgin is [[spoiler:pretending to be caught in a ''time stop'' to distract]] Sofina delivering some evil gloating, he breaks the pretense to tell her that her "breath smells like... old clothes." [[spoiler:No surprise here, since she revealed herself to be undead.]]
131	* In ''Film/TheEnforcer'', Harry Callahan tells Lieutenant Briggs, after Briggs gives Harry a too close dressing down, "Your mouthwash ain't cutting it".
132	* In ''[[Film/{{Garfield}} Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties]]'', the titular cat runs into Prince towards the end of the movie and thinks he's merely looking at a reflection of himself, leading to a MirrorRoutine. He finds out that his "reflection" is actually a different cat when he exhales in Prince's face, which causes him to faint.
133	* Godzilla from ''Film/{{Godzilla\|1998}}'' (1998), after he roars in Nick's face.
134	* Eddie Murphy's character does this to a biker in ''Film/TheGoldenChild'':
135	-->'''Chandler Jarrell:''' Hey, hey, hey... In my pocket, there's a whole thing of Tic-Tacs. Take as many as you want.
136	* The BigBad in ''Film/GoodBurger'' threatens Ed while standing too close to his face. Ed calmly tells him afterwards that he needs a Tic-Tac.
137	* ''Film/HerculesReturns''. Brad [=McBain=] is fighting with CorruptCorporateExecutive Michael Kent who's trying to stop the movie.
138	-->'''Kent:''' I'm going to chew you up and spit you out, you little turd!\
139	'''[=McBain=]:''' Well if that's any indication of your dietary habits it certainly explains your breath.
140	* ''Film/HocusPocus'': After the newly-risen zombie Billy Butcherson has the chance to insult his lover-turned-murderer Winnie like he's wanted to for a long time:
141	-->'''Billy:''' ''[to Winifred]'' Wench! Trollop! You buck-toothed, mop-riding, firefly from Hell! (aside to Max) I've waited centuries to say that!\
142	'''Max:''' Say what you want, just don't breathe on me.
143	* In ''Film/{{Marmaduke}}'' (and in the novel), the titular dog exhales in Mazie's face, causing her to back away and tell him that he has garbage breath.
144	* ''Film/MissPeregrinesHomeForPeculiarChildren'': Mr Barron says this to Emma, after she has been holding him back against the wall with her exceptionally long and powerful breath.
145	* ''Film/PacificRim'': One [[HilariousOuttakes blooper]] had Newt commenting on Hermann's bad breath.
146	* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':
147	** Subverted with the Kraken in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest second film]]. A few people mentioned that the monster had horrible breath, but after it roars in Captain Jack Sparrow's face, he simply shudders and mutters, "Not so bad."
148	** Then again, Jack himself has really bad breath. In the same movie, Elizabeth reacts to it. In the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third movie]], Jack manages to ''weaponize'' it, exhaling directly into Will's face with breath so bad that it makes Will pass out. He even uses it to his advantage in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' by breathing in Luxord's face to get him out of the way.
149	* Steven from ''Film/{{Primeval}}'' offers Jojo Tic-Tacs as a friendly gesture. He later tells Tim that he did it only because his breath was bad.
150	* After one of the demons in ''[[Film/ScoobyDoo2002 Scooby-Doo]]'' roars in Velma's face, she responds by saying it has a great mask, but bad breath.
151	* In ''Film/TheodoreRex'', Katie remarks about Theodore's bad breath several times. At one point she even squirted breath spray in his mouth.
152	* The Great Vincento from ''Film/UpTheFront'' has nasty breath:
153	-->'''The Great Vincento:''' I will take your ''breath'' away.\
154	'''Lurk:''' I wish you'd take ''yours'' away.
155	* ''Film/LesVisiteurs'': The two protagonists are medieval men who TimeTravel to further eras in time that have better standards of hygiene than TheDungAges they come from, especially about the mouth.
156	** The stinkiness of Jacquouille's mouth is the stuff of nightmares for most 20th and 18th century people who come across it. He does get toothpaste to "not rot" in the climax of the first film, but doesn't follow through on its use in the sequel.
157	** When 1990s character Jacquart is stranded in 1123 in the sequel, he's exposed to the mouth smell of Boniface, one of the peasants in Montmirail, which makes him think of an "ebbing sewer".
158	* The wyvern from the Film/SyFyChannelOriginalMovie ''Film/{{Wyvern\|2009}}''. One of the characters makes a comment about a horrible smell in the air after it roars for a rather long time inside the bar she and other characters are hiding in.
159	%%* A Brazilian comedy has the main character going on a date with a woman played by the lovely Carol Castro. Too that at a certain point he realizes her breath is bad enough for him to need something in front of his face.%% insufficient context: need a title.
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162	[[folder:Literature]]
163	* ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'': In ''The Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman'', George and Harold rearrange the letters on a sign so that instead of "Have a Blissfully Grand Retirement, Ms. Ribble" it says "Ms. Ribble Really Needs A Breath Mint".
164	* ''Literature/CodexAlera'': Tavi to Ambassador Varg. Made more badass by their relative size difference, the fact that Tavi had assumed a command that he didn't have, Tavi's total lack of magical protection, and so he [[RefugeInAudacity put a knife to Varg's throat and then insulted him]]. Retrospectively, Varg [[spoiler:knew from that encounter that Tavi was a Gaius]].
165	* ''Literature/DisgustingMcGrossface'' has the boy say, "Ever heard of toothpaste?!" when commenting on Disgusting's bad breath.
166	* ''Literature/TheGreenEmber'': Captain Frye. In ''The Last Archer'', he gets too close to Wilfred Longtreader and insults him. Wilfred calmly and snidely tells him that he has foul breath afterwards.
167	* ''Literature/{{Legatum}}'': A lot of characters in the franchise don't seem to care much about oral hygiene, which many people comment upon.
168	** Some of the main characters in ''Literature/SmirvlaksStone'' (most notably the Corveel brothers) aren't fond of hygiene--oral or otherwise. It doesn't take much for any of the side characters to openly tell them that their breath smells awful.
169	** Marrox from ''Literature/TheGreenWanderer'' wastes no time mocking a [[DraconicHumanoid drako]] after he gets too close to his face.
170	--->'''Gilennes:''' Mmm... that orc stench. So sweaty and manly... I love it.\
171	'''Marrox:''' Mmf... that drako breath. Smells of brimstone and hot carrion. [[DeadpanSnarker I adore it so much it's making me physically ill]].
172	** ''Literature/HelpNotWanted'': Someone at some point makes a comment to each of the four goblins about their foul breath. Chapter 1 in particular has Grovmar telling his older brother that his morning breath smelled worse than the pile of trash they were sleeping in.
173	** ''Literature/TheRoadToHell'': Multiple characters have commented that [[BigBad King Chorn Torgash]] has awful breath. Krun goes as far as telling the orc that he'd be fine having his nose cut off just so he doesn't have to smell his breath anymore.
174	** ''Literature/ScrambledEgg'' has Sonya snarkily telling Trellorv that his breath stinks of rot.
175	* ''Literature/PinotNoir'' has Pinot and Big D both telling Greta that she needs a breath mint. The latter outright tried to give her one in chapter 6.
176	* ''Literature/ThePiratesCoveredInFur'': Carson the crocodile. His friends and his girlfriend repeatedly poke fun at his bad breath, and it gets to a point where he manages to [[BreathWeapon weaponize it]] against a wolf.
177	* ''Mariel of Literature/{{Redwall}}'': Foremole jokingly tells Burgo that his garlic breath is so strong that he could slay enemies with it.
178	** Lask Frildur (and his Monitor lizards) from ''Pearls of Lutra''. Nonverbal though since anyone who actually smelled Lask's breath simply scowled and turned their head away.
179	** Eefera from ''Taggerung'' after he eats wild ramsons. Vallug Bowbeast jokes that his breath is so bad that he could climb into Redwall and knock out the guards just by breathing on them.
180	** Diggs from ''The Sable Quean'', after he eats wild ramsons. Ambrevina was so grossed out by his breath that she told him to wash out his mouth or else she'd leave him behind and travel alone.
181	* ''Literature/RoysBedoys'': In "What's That Smell, Roys Bedoys?", everyone gags and runs away when Roys has bad breath.
182	* '' Literature/TailsSeries'':
183	** Rast, Seamus, and Douglas from ''Literature/TailsOfFame'' all have foul breath, which multiple characters openly say to their faces. Rast in particular, cannot even kiss someone because his breath stinks of cheese and garlic.
184	** ''Literature/TailsOfTheBountyHunter'' has Cale tomlik, whom multiple people have said has got bad breath due to his rotting gums.
185	** ''Literature/TailsOfTheSpaceGladiators'' has David telling Unklok that he ''needs'' him to either give him some space or to eat breath mints after David gets blasted by Unklok's rancid breath.
186	* ''Literature/{{TOT}}'': Maximus Slade has horrible breath, and several characters in the story either joke or openly tell him how much his breath stinks.
187	-->'''Maximus:''' How long did it take you to buy all this black clothing and ski masks?\
188	'''Toby:''' UGH! A lot longer than it took for you to brush your teeth this morning!
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191	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
192	* ''Series/AustinAndAlly'': When Austin has to kiss a girl for his music video, he stumbles upon Kira and chooses to work with her. Unfortunately, she turns out to have foul breath, but Austin and his friends refuse to tell her the truth directly. The cause for her bad breath turns out to be anchovies and garlic pizza, which she used to eat everyday. After she stops eating the stuff, Austin and Kira enter a brief relationship.
193	* ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'': In one sketch, Benny plays a gunslinger named The Halitosis Kid, who is infamous for his horrible breath. It's so bad that wherever he goes, trees wilt, flowers and birds die, cacti deflate, wallpaper peels, and people flee in terror. He barely even needs to use his gun, as his volatile breath is enough of a weapon.
194	* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': In "The Cohabitation Experimentation", [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Amy, who is initially enthusiastic about sharing the bed for the first time with Sheldon, is in for a rude awakening when Sheldon keeps her up at night with breathing in her face with his bad breath.]] Her reaction is a non-verbal version, namely closing his mouth shut manually.
195	* ''Series/BreakingBad'': Hank and his partner bicker over the name of an upcoming drug bust. Hank wants to call it "Operation Icebreaker", which his partner points out is the name of a brand of breath mints. Hank says "I'm thinking 'Operation Breath Mint' every time you and me are on a stake out together, all right? Breath could knock a buzzard off a shit wagon."
196	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
197	** In "Prophecy Girl".
198	--->'''Master:''' Did you really think you could best me here when you couldn't below?\
199	'''Buffy:''' [[PreAssKickingOneLiner You have fruit-punch mouth.]]
200	** In "As You Were" Buffy is on the way home from her shift at a GreasySpoon when a vampire tries to eat her, only to back off because she smells terrible. Buffy naturally takes offense. "You're dead! You smell like it! How do you get to say I'm the one who's stinky?"
201	* [[Recap/CommunityS1E02Spanish101 During a protest on]] ''Series/{{Community}}'':
202	-->'''Abed:''' Conflicts like this will ultimately bring us together as an unlikely family.\
203	'''Troy:''' You have horrible breath right now.
204	* ''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'': During a practice takedown, the "suspect" jokes that Sam's breath needs to be classified as less-lethal (they're old army buddies).
205	* ''Series/ForeverKnight'':
206	** In "For I Have Sinned", Nick Knight enters vampire/goth hangout The Raven. A [[VampireDance vampire on the dance floor]] shows the VampireDetective his fangs.
207	--->'''Nick:''' Immortality's no excuse not to floss.
208	** In the pilot episode Don Schanke has been chewing garlic and trolls Nick by breathing on him. Nick staggers in response, but [[VampiresHateGarlic not for the reason Schanke thinks]].
209	** In "Killer Instinct", Schanke is telling his precinct captain that he "lives and breathes" the murder case. She reels back a tad and tells him to keep his bodily functions out of this.
210	* ''Series/FullHouse'': Kimmy in the episode "Under the Influence" stays over at the Tanner residence after getting drunk at a fraternity party, and Michelle gets the full brunt of her alcohol-induced bad breath at one point, with her reaction being this trope from a LittleMissSnarker.
211	-->'''Michelle:''' Whoa. Next time Dragon Breath sleeps in here, I want to be notified.
212	* ''Series/{{House}}'': In the episode "House Divided", Cuddy is trying to sober up House's team.
213	-->'''Cuddy:''' Wait! Everyone's getting breath mints!
214	* Dee gives Mac a particularly colorful variant in one episode of ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'', describing his breath as smelling "like an old-lady fart passing through an onion."
215	* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': The episode "Tooth or Consequences" makes it clear [[LowerClassLout Al]]'s teeth have seen better days.
216	** Steve's remark about Al's dental hygiene, after Al boasts of having never had any cavities despite having never visited a dentist, overlaps this trope with SarcasmMode.
217	--->'''Al:''' I haven't had a cavity my whole life and I've never been to the dentist.\
218	'''Steve:''' And still you have that delightful breath.
219	** Marcy's initial reaction upon close inspection to Al's teeth is this trope, but with outright disgust instead of sarcasm.
220	--->'''Marcy:''' Oh my God, it smells like a hamper.
221	* ''Series/TheMuppets2015'': Creator/KristinChenoweth is crammed in a bus with the Electric Mayhem, and Animal is literally breathing down her neck. She finally pulls out a container of Tic-Tacs and pours them down his throat, which he happily takes.
222	* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': In one episode, a suspect's repeat offender breath makes Ziva request mints.
223	* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'': Salem is looking up a bunch of his old girlfriends, but each one turns out to have some flaw or bad habit that made him break up with them. At one point, he can't remember why he dumped "Hallie", but on meeting her realizes it was short for Halitosis.
224	* ''Series/ShakeItUp'': Flynn says this to Deuce when the latter growls in his face while in their zombie costumes.
225	-->'''Deuce:''' You know? You could really use some lotion!\
226	'''Flynn:''' And you could really use a mint.
227	* ''Series/TedLasso'': Roy's niece Phoebe gets toothpaste and mouthwash from her Secret Santa, along with a note saying she needs them to fix her bad breath. This greatly upsets Phoebe, though it turns out her bad breath is actually a medical issue, since it's caused by the medicine she's been taking for her cat allergy.
228	* ''Series/TheTonightShow'': Creator/JohnnyCarson would run down a legitimate list of things from a given subject, followed by Ed [=McMahon=] stating that he's covered just about every thing we wanted to know about it. Johnny would then retort "You are wrong, (''derogatory adjective'') breath!"
229	[[/folder]]
230
231	[[folder:Music]]
232	* ''Music/TheAquabats'': "It's Crazy, Man!" is about a guy who goes to a rock show with a girl, only to [[MinorFlawMajorBreakup bail on his date]] when he learns just how bad her halitosis is.
233	--> ''Can I be honest with you?\
234	I'll be real brief\
235	You're such a beautiful girl\
236	But go brush your teeth!''
237	* This lyric in [[Music/BowlingForSoup Bowling For Soup's]] "Sometimes":
238	--> '' We made out at the show\
239	I think I should let you know\
240	That you could sure use a breath mint...\
241	Sometimes''.
242	* Done by country music parodist Music/CledusTJudd in "Breath", a takeoff of Music/FaithHill's "Breathe":
243	--> ''[='=]Cause I can smell your breath\
244	It's gagging me to death\
245	Something must have died inside of you\
246	What you ought to do\
247	Is chase a Cert or two\
248	With Listerine...''
249	* Music/DelThaFunkeeHomosapien's "If You Must" is about the importance of personal hygiene, which Del contrasts with some guys he's met:
250	--> ''I'm 'bout to get into some shit that I've seen\
251	This fool's breath hummin' so bad it'll melt your ice cream\
252	They say don't say nothing if you can't say nice things\
253	Sittin' too close to him on BART, like my eyes sting\
254	I try to be subtle, hand him a stick of gum\
255	I was a victim of breath on hum''
256	* The [[Music/MFDoom Madvillain]] song "Operation Lifesaver AKA Mint Test" is about Doom going out with a cute girl with really bad breath.
257	* PlayedForLaughs in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC7csaSN9xM Chanson dégueulasse]]" (literally "gross song") by French singer Renaud. It is about the love story between Hugues (who suffers from an extremely bad breath) and Julie (who has really stinking feet).
258	* In the music video for Creator/WillSmith's "Film/MenInBlack", a rather ugly alien roars right in K's face. No words are said, but the hand waving gesture K/Will Smith makes illustrates the intent of the phrase.
259	* ''Series/{{Victorious}}'': The song "Take A Hint" has the lyric:
260	--> ''I am not your missing link''\
261	''Let me tell you what I think''\
262	''I think you could use a mint...''\
263	''Take a hint, take a hint!''
264	[[/folder]]
265
266	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
267	* Wrestling/JimCornette once compared Wrestling/JillianHall's breath to "kiwi boot polish".
268	* Wrestling/ShawnMichaels made this joke about Gene Snitsky, though it was more so "you need to brush your teeth".
269	[[/folder]]
270
271	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
272	* In the speech game, ''No Glamour'', one of the situation cards features a girl named Annette, who is [[NiceGirl very sweet]] [[TheCutie and pretty.]] The only problem is that she has bad breath, and the players' job is to figure out ways to deal with that without hurting her feelings.
273	* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': Due to a diet composed chiefly of carrion and garbage, goblin snakes have such godawful halitosis that their breath is by itself enough to cause physical nausea in other creatures.
274	[[/folder]]
275
276	[[folder:Theater]]
277	* ''Theatre/CinderellaLloydWebber'': During "So Long" Cinderella insults Sebastian's breath.
278	-->'''Cinderella:''' Ugh, you know, you use your breath as a defense mechanism to stop people from getting too close to you.
279	[[/folder]]
280
281	[[folder:Video Games]]
282	* In ''VideoGame/BrokTheInvestiGator'', you can provoke R.J. into a fight in Chapter 3 by repeatedly insulting him. One of Brok's insults is snidely telling R.J. that he'll buy him a toothbrush because his breath is terrible, implying he's so poor he can't even afford one.
283	* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' has Eddie's reaction to meeting the Lamprey:
284	-->'''Lamprey:''' [screams at Eddie]\
285	'''Eddie:''' Ugh! Smells like a whale... ate some cabbage... then died in your mouth... like a ''year'' ago!
286	* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'': Primordial Serpent Kingseeker Frampt apparently has terrible breath according to the Crestfallen Warrior. And he transports you in his mouth... {{Justified\|Trope}} in his case, since you have the option of offering him Dung Piles in exchange for an amazing 200 souls. One can only imagine how many travelers have given him piles of shit to eat for such a great bargain...
287	* ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans'': Pox mentions that the Blisk aliens have "withering halitosis." The first game also has Armquist. If Crypto reads a soldier's thoughts during the Capitol City level, sometimes this will pop up:
288	-->'''Soldier:''' Man, Armquist's breath really stinks! [[AmbiguouslyGay But he's so dreamy...]]
289	* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'': Hawkgirl uses this to taunt Lex Luthor when he starts a Clash:
290	-->'''Lex Luthor:''' I could use that belt![[note]]Which is what actually allows her to fly; the wings are part of it[[/note]]\
291	'''Hawkgirl:''' Or a breath mint.
292	* ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' has a couple of the characters, most of which involve Daxter telling said person about their breath.
293	* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'':
294	** Mission comments her best-buddy Zaalbar has dog breath.
295	--->'''Mission:''' The Vulkar was so scared, he fainted. Either that or Big Z's breath just knocked him out. I keep telling Zaalbar to brush those choppers of his, but he never listens. Just stay upwind when he's talking and you'll be fine.
296	** Also applies to the PC -if you believe [[UnreliableNarrator Jolee Bindo]], anyway:
297	--->'''Jolee:''' You remind me of someone I used to know. [[TheChosenOne Great destiny]], all of that. Breath like a Bantha.\
298	'''PC:''' Is that a comment on my breath?\
299	'''Jolee:''' No, but it could be. An [[CallARabbitASmeerp Anduvian salt tablet]] would clear that right up, you know.
300	* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry1InTheLandOfTheLoungeLizards'': Throughout the game, Larry frequently gets reminded that his breath smells horrible and has to use his breath spray to fix it. Failing to do so will render him unable to interact with any characters as they are put off by his bad breath.
301	* ''VideoGame/MOTHER3'': When Kumatora first meets Duster, she suddenly approaches his face. After a few moments, she backs away and comments "his breath kinda stinks".
302	* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'': Nonverbal it may be, but [[HeroicMime Amaterasu]] is clearly thinking this when she gets a faceful of [[DrunkenMaster Mr. Orange's]] sake breath.
303	* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'': Petuni makes a remark saying that Bowser is a scary "Giant Bad Breath Monster." There's also the [[ManEatingPlant putrid piranhas]], who appear throughout the series. Their breath is so foul that it's used [[BreathWeapon as an attack that can poison Mario]]. Goombella responds with "Breath Mint, table four!"
304	* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime'': While zombies affected by the Stunion's bad breath don't say anything, it's safe to say that their stunned reaction speaks for this trope.
305	* ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked'': Gleeman Vox laughs airily in Ratchet's face, prompting him to wave a hand in front of his nose.
306	* In ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'', Guybrush can't even ''talk'' to the prisoner in the town jail until he finds some breath mints, the poor guy's halitosis is so bad (it apparently stems from not being fed regularly and being forced to feed on rats).
307	** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', when [=LeChuck=] asks Guybrush for hints on solving a puzzle, the latter has the option of saying to eat breath mints. [=LeChuck=] appears not to realize the point.
308	* ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'':
309	** In ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'', Bentley insults [[DumbMuscle Muggshot]] by saying he gargled with raw sewage overnight. Muggshot doesn't even try to deny it, stating that the smell of his breath helps him maintain his "personal space."
310	** ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'' has Carmelita getting into a shooting competition with Red-Eye the coyote. Before the competition starts, he tells her that if she loses, she has to kiss him, and Carmelita says his breath smells like fermented gym socks.
311	* The Game Boy Advance ''VideoGame/{{Teen Titans\|2005}}'' game has its first level end with Gizmo escaping the moment the Titans see him. Beast Boy brags on how the mere sight of him was enough to make Gizmo retreat, to which Starfire responds by saying that it may just be that Beast Boy's breath lacks freshness.
312	* ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'': Yu Nanba, being a homeless bum, suffers from horrible breath. In gameplay, he can weaponize this to inflict status ailments against enemies. His [[LimitBreak Kiwami ability]] even allows him to revive fallen teammates by attempting CPR and awakening them before even getting to breathe into their lungs due to his halitosis being so awful that it practically functions as smelling salts.
313	[[/folder]]
314
315	[[folder:Web Animation]]
316	* ''WebAnimation/MinilifeTV'': In "[[Recap/MinilifeTVSeason2Episode12 Home Alone]]", while the burglar tries to pry the phone from Chris's hand after he threatens to call the police, there's this exchange:
317	-->'''Chris:''' Your breath smells horrible!\
318	'''Burglar:''' My cellmate used all of my toothpaste!\
319	'''Chris:''' Then borrow some from the other prisoners!\
320	'''Burglar:''' Do you have any idea how awkward that is?!
321	[[/folder]]
322
323	[[folder:Webcomics]]
324	* The ''Webcomic/BasicInstructions'' page [[http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2008/3/27/how-to-deal-with-somebody-who-has-bad-breath.html How to deal with somebody who has bad breath]] suggests offering a mint for hinting someone about the problem.
325	* ''Webcomic/ErikaAndThePrincesInDistress'': To prevent a Princess to kiss him and thus awaken him from his eternal slumber, Morphine {{curse}}d Prince Aurel with a terrible breath, which causes most people to faint on the spot if they get too close.
326	* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': Sydney Scoville likes food that starts at BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce and goes ''up'' on the Scoville scale from there. [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-42-unconventional-judo/ As a result]], [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-46-yoga-hwarf/ her breath hits people like tear gas]]. The breath mint thing ends up being ''doctor's orders''.
327	* ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'': In one [[http://loserzcomic.comicgenesis.com/d/20021023.html strip,]] Ben remarks that Jodie's breath smells like penis and offers her a mint.
328	* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
329	** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0615.html "It's a Real Life-Saver"]]:
330	--->'''Haley:''' Hey, Bozzok!! I've got two things you've needed desperately for some time: An arrow to the gut, and a breath freshener!
331	** This is Minrah's reaction upon meeting Elan for the first time, because he ate lots of garlic in preparation for fighting vampires.
332	--->'''Minrah:''' ''Hmmm.'' Your words are sweet, but your breath is pungent. I doubt someone who stinks of so much garlic could be working with vampires. I believe you, smelly human.\
333	'''Elan: ''Hooray!'''''\
334	'''Minrah:''' Please stop breathing on me.
335	[[/folder]]
336
337	[[folder:Web Videos]]
338	* One of WebVideo/ThomasSanders' ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' Website/{{Vine}}s has him showering "Herbert"[[note]]played by friend/Viner Taylor Shrum, who plays Herbert in a ''lot'' of Thomas' "Stewie" Vines[[/note]] with [=LifeSavers=] mints after getting a blast of his breath.
339	[[/folder]]
340
341	[[folder:Western Animation]]
342	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'': Not surprisingly, Dr. Robotnik is confirmed to have pretty bad breath in some episodes, such as "Hedgehog of the Hound Table".
343	-->'''Robotnik:''' WHIP UP A MAGICAL SPELL AND TURN MERLYNX BACK TO NORMAL!\
344	'''Grounder:''' Yes, Your Bad Breathness!
345	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'':
346	** Tina. Penny, jealous that Gumball didn't choose her for a date to Rachel's party, tells Gumball that she didn't realize he likes "lizard breath." Cue Tina sniffing her breath and then looking embarrassed.
347	** Earlier, in the episode "The Ghost", Gumball drinks a disgusting blend of slop so he'll have nasty breath and gross out Carrie. He grosses out everyone ''but'' her, [[NightmareFetishist because it smelled like death.]]
348	** Mentioned offhand in the episode "The Pest": apparently, Gumball replaced Anais' powdered pills with turtle food, resulting in her having the school nickname "Kraken Breath".
349	* ''WesternAnimation/AlmostNakedAnimals'': Howie, after he and Octo are roped together in "Cowboy Cabana".
350	-->'''Howie:''' One of us could really use a breath mint.\
351	''[Howie sniffs twice]''\
352	'''Howie:''' Yeeeeah, that's me.
353	* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'''s breath starts powering up. The result of this is horrid breath that at one point causes one of his classmates to stuff an entire container's worth of breath mints into his mouth while commenting on it.
354	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': In a conversation between Binky and George about creating a new language:
355	-->'''Binky:''' Guess what this means. ''[belches in George's face]''\
356	'''George:''' Ugh! "I want a breath mint"?
357	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' does this during the "Ember Island Players" episode:
358	-->'''Actor Sokka:''' You're the only girl who's ever managed to take my mind off food. Did you have pickled fish for dinner?\
359	'''Actor Yue:''' I must go, Sokka. I have important moon duties to attend to. And yes. I did have pickled fish for dinner.
360	* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'':
361	** The episode "The Low Road" has this exchange between Dinobot and Rattrap:
362	--->'''Dinobot:''' Wait! I detect a scent! Vile corruption... a whiff of festering putrification!\
363	'''Rattrap:''' So I ate a limburger sandwich for lunch! I'm a rat, gimme a break!\
364	'''Dinobot:''' I've been... uncomfortably aware of your stench for the past hour, vermin.
365	** And then later, from the same episode:
366	--->'''Dinobot:''' Unlike you, I do not spend my time scurrying through sewers!\
367	'''Rattrap:''' Yeah? Well, a sewer smells better than your breath, bronto-brain!
368	* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': Wildmutt, after he lands in front of Gwen in the pilot episode.
369	-->'''Gwen:''' Ew! Two words: breath mints!
370	* ''WesternAnimation/BrandyAndMrWhiskers'': Mr. Whiskers. Not only have characters commented about his breath, but he managed to kill a flower with it. Whiskers lampshades this with Ed in the same episode after realizing many animals are avoiding them. When Ed exhales in Whisker's face, his fur falls out.
371	* ''WesternAnimation/BunsenIsABeast'': The episode "Boodle Loo" has Amanda comment on the bad breath of Bunsen's invisible dog Boodle by asking if he ever heard of a dog breath mint.
372	* ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'': In the episode "Strange Invasion", a Roswellian scientist exhales at XR and wipes off some of the dirt covering the robot Space Ranger's helmet. XR then remarks that the scientist should stop having scallions for lunch.
373	* ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'': Nina offers Chip and Skip after-dinner mints after smelling their breath on her date with them.
374	* ''WesternAnimation/ClueClub'': One episode had D.D. and Pepper eating cloves of garlic to ward off a vampire chasing them. D.D. says "''H-h-h-h-h''ello, there!" and Pepper says "''h-h-h-h-h-h''i, ''h-h-h-h-h-h''andsome!" to the vampire, causing him to wilt and run away. As a gag, Pepper does this to the dogs Woofer and Wimper, who melt to the ground from repulsion.
375	* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'':
376	** In the episode "Parental Bonding", Sam (after she transformed into the Ghost Dragon) breaths her fiery breath at Danny. Although he dodges the attack, he still catches wind of her breath.
377	--->'''Danny:''' Whoa, Sam! Two words: breath mints.
378	** Used again in "Public Enemies", when he's captured by Walker.
379	--->'''Walker:''' ''[holding him by the neck]'' By the time I'm done with you, you'll be begging for the safety of your jail cell!\
380	'''Danny:''' The only thing I'm begging for is for you to ''seriously'' consider using some mouthwash!
381	* ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'': In the episode "T. Rex Teeth", Tiny whispers to Buddy that Dolores' breath smells awful. Buddy thinks it's because she ate carrion, and after he eats some and exhales in Tiny's face, she confesses that his breath smells too.
382	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'': In Doug's fantasy, Roger, portrayed as Klotzilla, carries Patti hostage and roars in Patti's face. The latter responds by throwing a whole pack of breath mints down Klotzilla's throat.
383	* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': Jonny, after he's force-fed anchovies, belches loudly in Ed's face. Ed then waves a hand in front of his nose before saying, "Low tide!"
384	* ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeDinosaurs'': "The Incredible Shrinking Dinosaurs" has Bullzeye saying this to Haxx after he's released from his mouth:
385	-->'''Bullzeye:''' UGH! What do you use for mouthwash: rotten eggs?
386	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
387	** In "Something's Fishy", after Timmy tries snorkeling in the ocean, he ends up coughing up a bunch of garbage... along with Cosmo and Wanda in their goldfish form.
388	--->'''Timmy:''' Oh, man! That's totally gross!\
389	'''Cosmo:''' You think ''that's'' gross? Have you smelled the inside of your mouth? [[TwoWordsICantCount Two words: Mouthwash.]]\
390	'''Wanda:''' Uh, that's one word.\
391	'''Cosmo:''' Then I'll say it twice: Mouthwash! Mouthwash!
392	** In "The Fairy Flu", Cosmo and Wanda contract the titular disease, which causes things to randomly transform when they sneeze, including Vicky into a fire-breathing dragon. Just as she's about to blow fire in Timmy's face, they get cured and transform her back just in time, so all that Vicky does once she's human again is roar in Timmy's face.
393	--->'''Timmy:''' ''(sniffs Vicky's breath after she roars)'' Halitosis.
394	** The episode "Teacher's Pet" has Mr. Crocker finally managing to capture fairies by splicing his genes with various animals, one of which being a chipmunk so he can store the captured fairies in his cheeks. One of the captured fairies is Juandissimo who complains that Mr. Crocker's breath stinks. When they're free to take their retribution on him before erasing his memory, Juandissimo angrily brushes Crocker's teeth and force-feeds him mouthwash.
395	* ''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman'': In "Good Dancing and bad Breath", [[TheGhost Charlene's]] [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Establishing Character Moment]] was when she tells Ruff he has halitosis, in which Ruff thinks it means "charm and good looks", but he's shocked to learn that the word acutally means "bad breath".
396	-->'''Ruff:''' (Gasps) '''''BAD BREATH!?''''' She said I had bad breath?.. But that's impossible! Everyone knows dogs have the cleanest mouth of the whole animal kingdom.
397	* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': Mr. Herriman gets a whiff of Bloo's morning breath, which smells so foul he demands Bloo brush his teeth as soon as possible.
398	* ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'': One of the teachers at the titular AllGhoulsSchool was a mummy with bad breath named Mr. Tutner. A minor running gag had the other characters make remarks about his halitosis.
399	* Jacala from the 2010 version of ''Animation/TheJungleBook''. In "The Tooth Of The Matter", Mowgli asks Jacala to open his mouth so he can remove a sore tooth. Cue Mowgli groaning and plugging his nose after getting blasted in the face with the crocodile's breath.
400	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': The Flash when he and the Justice League face the fire-breathing Hades:
401	-->'''Flash:''' Whoo, someone get this guy a breath mint!
402	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In the episode "Let's Play Doctors and Nurses", Bad Kaeloo [[NeckLift lifts Mr. Cat by the neck]] and roars in his face. He then remarks about her breath:
403	-->'''Mr. Cat:''' ''[looking in her mouth]'' Is there a skunk in there?
404	* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': Bill Dauterive, in addition to being overweight, has terrible body odor, and balding.
405	* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'': In the episode "Mama Told Me Not to Kung Fu", Po and Heilang get into a fight at close range and the former starts to slowly shove the latter backwards. Then this happens:
406	-->'''Heilang:''' You must be the Dragon Warrior.\
407	'''Po:''' And you must be... not a fan of brushing your teeth. Ugh, seriously, [[UselessUsefulStealth what's the point in being invisible if I can find you by smell?]]
408	* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'': In the episode "[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E25Nosy Nosy]]," Nosy exposes several of Lilo's secrets after reading her diary, two of which are that Stitch snores like a pig and has really bad breath. Stitch actually exhales in his hand just to prove him wrong and thinks it smells minty fresh... only for [[WiltingOdor a vase full of flowers to wilt mere seconds later.]]
409	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
410	** In the short "WesternAnimation/PigsInAPolka", TheBigBadWolf blows on the third pig's door three times in an effort to blow his brick house down. One of the pigs offers the wolf a bottle of mouthwash, which he promptly slaps away.
411	** The same thing happens in "A Gander at Mother Goose", except that the wolf responds with a combined reference to ''The Fred Allen Show'' and a tag line from an old Listerine commercial:
412	--->'''Big Bad Wolf:''' Why don't some of my best friends tell me these things?
413	** In "WesternAnimation/WildAndWoollyHare", Yosemite Sam gets too close to Bugs Bunny as he talks.
414	--->'''Bugs:''' You've been eatin' onions.\
415	'''Sam:''' And ''you're'' gonna be eatin' lead!
416	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': Lynn warns Lincoln that his teacher Mr. Bolhofner's breath reeks of sardines with a hint of red onions and farts. She's not kidding, as Mr. Bolhofner tends to force his breath on Lincoln to torture him.
417	* ''Westernanimation/TheMask'' comments the trope name ''and'' pulling out a pack of mints at a monster that just roared at his face.
418	* ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'': A HalloweenEpisode has Jake commenting on an old custodian's bad breath.
419	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
420	** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip Bridle Gossip]]", when the entire town seems to be deserted, Spike asks if his breath smells, with the obvious implication. Twilight's reply is a casual "No worse than usual."
421	** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E19ADogAndPonyShow A Dog and Pony Show]]", Rarity questions a foul odor in the air after the Diamond Dogs' leader, Rover, yells at her. She quickly figures out the answer.
422	** And this moment from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E7MayTheBestPetWin May The Best Pet Win!]]":
423	--->'''Applejack:''' Does [Rainbow Dash] really understand what a pet really needs?\
424	'''Twilight:''' Yeah, like care and attention, love and affection...\
425	''[Winona licks her face]''\
426	'''Twilight:''' UGH! And ''breath mints''!
427	** One distinctive feature of the Timber Wolves -- wolves made out of logs and branches -- is their rancid breath.
428	** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E17TheEndInFriend The End in Friend]]", Rarity and Rainbow Dash encounter a large, frog-like creature called a bufogren while looking for the Amulet of Aurora, and try to learn where the amulet went from it. The issue is that the beast has terrible halitosis, bad enough that Rarity and Rainbow are visibly nauseated from being in its proximity. Rarity has to create an improvised batch of toothpaste out of a specific plant and a small cloud to clean its breath before they can continue talking to it.
429	* ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'':
430	** In the episode "Outta My Pit!", Lars orders the gang to leave their new hangout so he and his friends can takeover it. As he's challenging them, Otto tells Lars, "First, I suggest you brush your teeth". This is followed by Lars checking his breath and his friends recoling from the smell.
431	** "The Good Housekeeping Seal", when Twister gave a seal he and his gang name Bruce his breakfast burrito before taking off, Bruce burps it hard disgusting him.
432	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the episode "Barting Over", Bart gets legally emancipated from his parents after learning that when he was a baby, Homer put him in an embarrassing series of mouthwash ads where he played "Baby Stink-Breath", and subsequently squandered what should have been Bart's royalties.
433	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'':
434	** When Ox grabs Spidey in a BearHug, Spidey says "Look pal, if you needed a breath mint, you just had to ask!"
435	** When Lizard roars at him Spidey says "Yikes! Can you say 'halitosis'?"
436	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
437	** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E15SleepyTimeSuds Suds]]", when [[LethallyStupid Patrick]] doesn't want [=SpongeBob=] to see a real doctor to handle his titular illness, he tries ineffective treatments that causes the latter to bloat up like a balloon and give him a nasty case of halitosis that comes in the form of a green poisonous gas which kills plants, clams, and everything else in its path the moment he exhales. Sandy points out [=SpongeBob=]'s illness is much worse than she thought.
438	** The episode "Something Smells" centers around [=SpongeBob=] having rancid breath. However, everyone around him runs away (or dies in some cases) as opposed to telling him he needs a breath mint, making him think people are reacting negatively to him because he's ugly. [=SpongeBob=] does tell Patrick this after Patrick eats some of [=SpongeBob's=] leftover "peanut onion sundae", and [=SpongeBob=] realises with relief that "We're not ugly, we just stink!".
439	** Also this exchange from "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E20HookyMermaidManAndBarnacleBoyII Hooky]]":
440	--->'''Mr. Krabs:''' ''[yelling in random guy's face]'' THE HOOKS! '''THE HOOKS!'''\
441	'''Random Guy:''' ''[grimaces; takes out mint]'' How 'bout a mint?
442	** Triton gets disgusted over [=SpongeBob's=] breath as the latter talks to the former.
443	** "Ghost Host" has the Flying Dutchman attempt to scare an old woman, but it doesn't work since she has headphones in and is hard of sight, mistaking him for someone named Lonnie. His second roar only manages to make her waft away the smell of his breath:
444	--->'''Old Woman:''' There's this great new product called toothpaste. I think you should try it.
445	** "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS5E17 The Battle of Bikini Bottom]]" has [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick engage in a war of cleanliness. When Patrick's [[BreathWeapon morning breath]] causes [=SpongeBob=] to literally shatter into tiny pieces, [=SpongeBob=] responds that Patrick needs dental hygiene and strikes back by brushing his rotting and decaying teeth.
446	* ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'': The episode "Static Shaq" has Shaq saying this to Ferret when he tried to bite him:
447	-->'''Shaq:''' I've got one word for you: mouthwash!
448	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': During an attack on an underwater villain base, Beast Boy at one point transports the team by turning into a whale and having them hop in his mouth. After he spits them back out, Raven does the "Two words: breath mints" bit.
449	* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': In the episode "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E16RockNRoar Rock 'N' Roar]]", Rover, a ''T.rex'' licks Babs, causing her to say:
450	-->'''Babs Bunny:''' ''(thoroughly disgusted):'' UGH! YECCH!!! BLEAH! ''(spoken)'' Give that boy a breath mint!
451	* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
452	** In "[[Recap/TotalDramaFullMetalDrama Full Metal Drama]]", Duncan gets in Leshawna's face about how she's a liar and that he doesn't mess with liars. Leshawna retorts that he should get to messing with winter mint.
453	** In "[[Recap/TotalDramaWalkLikeAnEgyptianPartOne Walk Like An Egyptian, Part 1]]", Ezekiel brags that he'll never have to travel economy class on the Total Drama Jumbo Jet. Noah, who stands right next to him, asks if "never" is his policy on mouthwash too.
454	** When they finish the wedding challenge in "[[Recap/TotalDramaNiagaraBrawls Niagara Brawls]]", Courtney and Duncan can't help but insult each other when Chef asks if they have anything to declare. Among others, Duncan declares that Courtney could use some mouthwash.
455	** While racing along the Great Wall of China in "[[Recap/TotalDramaChineseFakeOut Chinese Fake-Out]]", Heather tells Blaineley to take a mint when she finds the other running too close to her.
456	** In "[[Recap/TotalDramaJurassicFart Jurassic Fart]]", when Julia has an encounter with a Raptor that roars in her face, the first thing she insults is the Raptor's breath, which "reeks of cavemen girls".
457	* ''WesternAnimation/TuffPuppy'':
458	-->'''Kitty:''' My claws are registered as deadly weapons!\
459	'''Dudley:''' Maybe you should register your breath!
460	* ''WesternAnimation/TurboDogs'':
461	** The episode "Turbo Toothache" has GT eating part of an onion in an attempt to soothe his sore tooth. After that doesn't work, Strut comes along and asks him to open his mouth so he can see what's wrong. You can see where this is going.
462	** Earlier in "Stink Positive", Stinkbert blows up a balloon and gives it to Dash, advising him not to let it pop. Dash quickly plugs his nose and groans, saying he "wouldn't dream of it."
463	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tutenstein}}'': Set, after disgusting Tut by yawning in his face.
464	* ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'': In the episode "Cube Wars", after Lenny Yogman gets too close to his brother Denny, Denny tells him to eat a breath mint.
465	* ''WesternAnimation/WildWestCowboysOfMooMesa'' had this memorable exchange in the episode "Thoroughly Moodern Lily".
466	-->'''Sheriff Terrorbull:''' Watch your mouth!\
467	'''Cowlarado Kid:''' Phew! Brush your teeth!
468	[[/folder]]

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