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* A hot-pepper challenge episode of ''{{Series/Chopped}}'' had habanero as an ingredient in the appetiser basket. One of the chefs was an elderly Malay lady who thought the pepper was pretty ''mild'' [[ImmuneToSpice compared to what she was used to]] and used generous amounts in her dish. Cue all three judges - even ''Aaron Sanchez'' - practically smoking out their ears.

* A hot-pepper challenge episode of ''{{Series/Chopped}}'' had habanero as an ingredient in the appetiser basket. One of the chefs was an elderly Malay lady who thought the pepper was pretty ''mild'' [[ImmunetoSpice compared to what she was used to]] and used generous amounts in her dish. Cue all three judges - even ''Aaron Sanchez'' - practically smoking out their ears.

* A hot-pepper challenge episode of ''{{Series/Chopped}}'' had habanero as an ingredient in the appetiser basket. One of the chefs was an elderly Indo-Chinese lady who thought the pepper was pretty ''mild'' compared to what she was used to and used generous amounts in her dish. Cue all three judges - even ''Aaron Sanchez'' - practically smoking out their ears.

* A hot-pepper challenge episode of ''{{Series/Chopped}}'' had habanero as an ingredient in the appetiser basket. One of the chefs was an elderly Chinese lady who thought the pepper was pretty ''mild'' compared to what she was used to and used generous amounts in her dish. Cue all three judges - even ''Aaron Sanchez'' - practically smoking out their ears.

* One of the side effects of eating at Curryworld in ''Series/RedDwarf'' was firebreathing after the first mouthful. Kryten didn't quite get the programming right...
* Lampshaded in a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch with Creator/ChristianSlater. He and Creator/VictoriaJackson go to a restaurant to try the Buffalo wings, available in mild, medium, hot, or "super fire hot'. Slater says he wants to try the super fire hot. The waiter tries to talk him out of it -- "They're very hot" -- it escalates, the manager is called out to explain "They're very hot" -- finally he has to sign release forms -- he bites one, freeze-frame, and then the conventional effects of the trope are narrated in detail by a voice-over. The final joke is that he did all that, and they had secretly given him the medium-hot wings.
* Played straight in an episode of ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond''. Frank loses his sense of taste as a result of a side-effect of some herbal pills he got from a friend (for his "foot"), and can't taste anything; at first, Ray and Robert think it's just that he can't properly taste Marie's cooking, so they give him a loaded quiche with jalapeno peppers, wasabi sauce, and horseradish. When he doesn't react to that either, Robert eats the rest to check if they got something wrong. Turns out that their mix was just fine.
* Done in ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' to break a BigEater of his habit of eating other peoples' food.

* In the episode "Leslie's House" of ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'', Leslie's is hosting a dinner party at her home and Ron eats a whole red pepper which impresses his date... who happens to be Tom's ex-wife. A jealous Tom tries to eat a pepper as well, despite Ron's warning. Immediately after biting into it, he has to leave the table, and spends a good chunk of the party recovering in Leslie's bedroom holding a pillow against his mouth to drown out his screams of agony.

* ''Series/DeathInParadise'': He doesn't end up literally breathing fire, but in episode #3.4 Inspector Humphrey Goodman accidentally eats a Scotch bonnet pepper, thinking it is a tomato. He is then shown being force-fed vast quantities of milk, as this the only alternative to taking him to hospital.
* This is the result of eating one of the samosas made by Indie's grandfather in the ''Series/HowToBeIndie'' episode "How to Have Your Samosa and Eat It Too".
* An episode of ''Series/MythBusters'' showed Jamie trying a drop of habanero paste. Since [[TheStoic his reactions are generally not visual]], some special-effects wizardry was added in post to give him a red face and steam coming out of his ears.
* A major plot in the ''Series/IZombie'' series. The only way zombies can taste real food is putting a LOT of pepper sauce.
* A hot-pepper challenge episode of ''{{Series/Chopped}}'' had habanero as an ingredient in the appetiser basket. One of the chefs was an elderly Chinese lady who thought the pepper was pretty ''mild'' compared to what she was used to and used generous amounts in her dish. Cue all three judges - even ''Aaron Sanchez'' - practically smoking out their ears.
* {{Invoked}} in an episode of ''Series/GuysGroceryGames'' with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYdyZJ4-7f4 "Spicy Dish Challenge"]] episode and deliberately choosing a judge (the late Carl Ruiz) who had a low tolerance for capsaicin. Guy, being a good natured {{Troll}} kept [[Funny/GuysGroceryGames several ridiculous methods of dispensing whole milk on hand.]]

* Lampshaded in a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch with Christian Slater. He and Victoria Jackson go to a restaurant to try the Buffalo wings, available in mild, medium, hot, or "super fire hot'. Slater says he wants to try the super fire hot. The waiter tries to talk him out of it -- "They're very hot" -- it escalates, the manager is called out to explain "They're very hot" -- finally he has to sign release forms -- he bites one, freeze-frame, and then the conventional effects of the trope are narrated in detail by a voice-over. The final joke is that he did all that, and they had secretly given him the medium-hot wings.

* A hot-pepper challenge episode of ''{{Series/Chopped}}'' had habanero as an ingredient in the appetiser basket. One of the chefs was an elderly Chinese lady who thought the pepper was pretty ''mild'' compared to what she was used to and used generous amounts in her dish. Que all three judges - even ''Aaron Sanchez'' - practically smoking out their ears.

* {{Invoked}} in an episode of ''Series/GuysGroceryGames'' with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYdyZJ4-7f4 "Spicy Dish Challenge"]] episode and deliberately choosing a judge (the late Carl Ruiz) who had a low tolerance for capsaicin. Guy, being a good natured {{Troll}} kept [[CrowningMomentOfFunny several ridiculous methods of dispensing whole milk on hand.]]

* In an episode of ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'', at a dinner party at Leslie's house Ron eats a whole red pepper which impresses his date, who happens to be Tom's ex-wife. A jealous Tom tries a pepper as well, despite Ron's warning. Immediately after popping it into his mouth he has to leave the table. He spends the rest of the party in Leslie's bedroom with sucking a pillow, because his mouth feels like it's on fire.

* Played straight in an episode of ''EverybodyLovesRaymond''. Frank loses his sense of taste as a result of a side-effect of some herbal pills he got from a friend (for his "foot"), and can't taste anything; at first, Ray and Robert think it's just that he can't properly taste Marie's cooking, so they give him a loaded quiche with jalapeno peppers, wasabi sauce, and horseradish. When he doesn't react to that either, Robert eats the rest to check if they got something wrong. Turns out that their mix was just fine.

* In one episode of ''{{Bottom}}'', Richie invents a dish called "sprouts Mexicaine" which turns people into Fire ''Farting'' Diners.

* In ''{{Reno911}}'', the sheriff's department was being sponsored by Hottie's Hot Wings, with all the hot wings they could eat. Even the mild wings were incredibly spicy. But the real fiery sensation didn't occur until a few hours after eating...

* Lampshaded in a ''SaturdayNightLive'' sketch with Christian Slater. He and Victoria Jackson go to a restaurant to try the Buffalo wings, available in mild, medium, hot, or "super fire hot'. Slater says he wants to try the super fire hot. The waiter tries to talk him out of it -- "They're very hot" -- it escalates, the manager is called out to explain "They're very hot" -- finally he has to sign release forms -- he bites one, freeze-frame, and then the conventional effects of the trope are narrated in detail by a voice-over. The final joke is that he did all that, and they had secretly given him the medium-hot wings.

* A hot-pepper challenge episode of ''{{Series/Chopped}}'' had habanero as an ingredient in the appetiser basket. One of the chefs was am elderly Chinese lady who thought the pepper was pretty ''mild'' compared to what she was used to. Que all three judges - even ''Aaron Sanchez'' - practically smoking out their ears.

* A hot-pepper challenge episode of ''Series/Chopped'' had habanero as an ingredient in the appetiser basket. One of the chefs was am elderly Chinese lady who thought the pepper was pretty ''mild'' compared to what she was used to. Que all three judges - even ''Aaron Sanchez'' - practically smoking out their ears.