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* Anthy's curry in ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''--not only explosive, but causes the people who eat it to [[BodySwap swap bodies]].
* In one episode of ''Manga/SgtFrog'', Keroro attempts to make a traditional New Year's soup by combining a bunch of different recipes, but the resulting concoction turns Angol Mois into a smiling maniac who forces the soup down everyone else's throats, even when it proves nearly-lethal to Keronians.
* Akiko's special jam in ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'', so much so that it received a [[ContinuityNod nod]] in ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} After Story''.
* [[GeniusBruiser Sadaharu]] [[BadassNormal Inui]] from ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'' is ''infamous'' among his peers for making disgusting vegetable juices. He often uses them [[LethalChef as punishment]] for players that fail their training exercises. One drink was even called "Penal Tea". The only two known survivors of these drinks are Tezuka and Fuji, though once even ''Fuji'' was [=KOed=] by one of the drinks and swore "never again" to be incapacitated by it by winning the next outing event.

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* Anthy's curry in ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''--not only explosive, but causes The suicide sauce from ''Manga/AirGear''. From the people who eat ingredients described, we know it has ginger ale, coffee with milk, plum-flavored seaweed tea, chestnut juice, raw egg, spicy barbecue sauce (which, it should be noted, caused Kazu to [[BodySwap swap bodies]].
* In one episode of ''Manga/SgtFrog'', Keroro attempts
freak out and say "He's gonna kill us dead!"), chipotle mayonnaise, oyster sauce, fish sauce, and habanaro pepper sauce. Then, upon losing a race, [[spoiler:Ikki is forced to make a traditional New Year's soup by combining a bunch of different recipes, but the resulting concoction turns Angol Mois into a smiling maniac who gulp it down while wearing something that forces the soup down everyone else's throats, even when it proves nearly-lethal his mouth to Keronians.
stay open]]. '''Yuck'''...
* Akiko's special jam in ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'', so much so In ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula'', Asuka makes parsley and durian juice that it received a [[ContinuityNod nod]] in ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} After Story''.
* [[GeniusBruiser Sadaharu]] [[BadassNormal Inui]] from ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis''
is ''infamous'' among his peers meant for making disgusting vegetable juices. He often uses them [[LethalChef as punishment]] for players that fail their training exercises. One Hayato, who she says is lacking in vitamins, but he doesn't want to drink was even called "Penal Tea". The only two known survivors it because of these the smell. She drinks are Tezuka the juice instead, and Fuji, though once even ''Fuji'' was [=KOed=] by one a few seconds later, she faints from the bitterness of the drinks and swore "never again" drink.
* The Kamogawa energy drink in ''Anime/LagrangeTheFlowerOfRinne'' is deadly
to be incapacitated by it by winning the next outing event.anyone who isn't Madoka.



* The ungodly "energy drink" seems to be a fairly common trope in anime, and even ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' uses it, going so far as to include it as an item with very unusual effects.
* The suicide sauce from ''Manga/AirGear''. From the ingredients we heard, we know it has ginger ale, coffee with milk, plum-flavored seaweed tea, chestnut juice, raw egg, spicy barbecue sauce (which, it should be noted, caused Kazu to freak out and say "He's gonna kill us dead!"), chipotle mayonnaise, oyster sauce, fish sauce, and habanaro pepper sauce. Then, upon losing a race, [[spoiler:Ikki was forced to gulp it down while wearing something that forced his mouth to stay open.]] '''Yuck'''...
* The Kamogawa energy drink in ''Anime/LagrangeTheFlowerOfRinne'' is deadly to anyone who isn't Madoka.
* In ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula'', Asuka made parsley and durian juice that is meant for Hayato, who she said that he's lacking in vitamins but he doesn't want want to drink because of the smell and she drinks the juice instead and a few seconds later, she faints from the bitterness of the drink.

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* The ungodly "energy drink" seems to be a fairly common trope in anime, and even ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' [[GeniusBruiser Sadaharu Inui]] from ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'' is ''infamous'' among his peers for making disgusting vegetable juices. He often uses it, going so far them [[LethalChef as to include it as an item with very unusual effects.
* The suicide sauce from ''Manga/AirGear''. From the ingredients we heard, we know it has ginger ale, coffee with milk, plum-flavored seaweed tea, chestnut juice, raw egg, spicy barbecue sauce (which, it should be noted, caused Kazu to freak out and say "He's gonna kill us dead!"), chipotle mayonnaise, oyster sauce, fish sauce, and habanaro pepper sauce. Then, upon losing a race, [[spoiler:Ikki was forced to gulp it down while wearing something
punishment]] for players that forced his mouth to stay open.]] '''Yuck'''...
* The Kamogawa energy
fail their training exercises. One drink in ''Anime/LagrangeTheFlowerOfRinne'' is deadly to anyone who isn't Madoka.
* In ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula'', Asuka made parsley
was even called "Penal Tea". The only two known survivors of these drinks are Tezuka and durian juice that is meant for Hayato, who she said that he's lacking in vitamins but he doesn't want want to drink because Fuji, though once even ''Fuji'' was [=KOed=] by one of the smell and she drinks and swore "never again" to be incapacitated by it by winning the juice instead and a few seconds later, she faints from next outing event.
* Anthy's curry in ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' -- not only explosive, but causes
the bitterness people who eat it to [[BodySwap swap bodies]].
* In one episode
of ''Manga/SgtFrog'', Keroro attempts to make a traditional New Year's soup by combining a bunch of different recipes, but the drink.resulting concoction turns Angol Mois into a smiling maniac who forces the soup down everyone else's throats, even when it proves nearly lethal to Keronians.



* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'':
** The renowned Secret Potion that turns the Gauls into unstoppable fighters, plus other druidic beverages.
** After being whacked over the head with a menhir, Getafix starts producing these instead of the SuperSerum in ''Recap/AsterixAndTheBigFight''. They mainly cause people to change colours and, on one occasion, fly.
** Happens in ''Recap/AsterixAndTheLaurelWreath'', with the added twist that Obelix, who is an incredibly overweight BigEater, complains that it was "somewhat insipid" while the rest of the house turns technicolour and incredibly lethargic. However, their owner's drunkard son is cured of his massive hangover by this concoction, [[ItMakesSenseInContext which eventually led to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire]].



* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': the renowned Secret Potion that turns the Gauls into unstoppable fighters. Plus other druidic beverages.
** Happens in ''Asterix and the Laurel Wreath'', with the added twist that Obelix, who is an incredibly overweight BigEater, complains that it was "somewhat insipid" while the rest of the house turns technicolour and incredibly lethargic. However, their owner's drunkard son is cured of his massive hangover by this concoction, [[ItMakesSenseInContext which eventually led to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire]].
** After being whacked over the head with a menhir, Getafix starts producing these instead of the SuperSerum in ''Asterix and the Big Fight''. They mainly cause people to change colours and, in one occasion, fly.



* The 1950's screwball comedy ''Film/MonkeyBusiness'', where a scientist's lab monkey accidentally creates a youth serum (or at least, it makes the drinker ''act'' like a kid again).



* In ''Film/MonkeyBusiness1952'', a scientist's lab monkey accidentally creates a youth serum (or at least, it makes the drinker ''act'' like a kid again).



* ''Literature/GeorgesMarvellousMedicine'', also by Creator/RoaldDahl is essentially built around amusing instances of this trope.
* There's an Australian poem about 'Feral Mixed Grill', made from virtually every creature in the Australian outback (and probably illegal, given many of them are endangered or protected). It tends to turn the consumer into an outback animal themselves, temporarily.



** Nanny Ogg's chocolate pudding in ''Maskerade''. All you need to know about its effects is the phrase "My boots caught fire on the second lap."
** Most of her cooking seems to have a somewhat... enhancing effect. It's never explicitly stated what the Surprise of her "Bananana Soup Surprise" is, but apparently glancing at a ruler will help you visualize it.
** And the Carrot and Oyster Pie; carrots to let you see in the dark, and oysters to give you something to look at.

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** Nanny Ogg's chocolate pudding in ''Maskerade''.''Literature/{{Maskerade}}''. All you need to know about its effects is the phrase "My boots caught fire on the second lap."
** Most of her Nanny Ogg's cooking seems to have a somewhat... enhancing effect. It's never explicitly stated what the Surprise of her "Bananana Soup Surprise" is, but apparently glancing at a ruler will help you visualize it.
** And the The Carrot and Oyster Pie; carrots to let you see in the dark, and oysters to give you something to look at.



** And KlatchianCoffee would certainly qualify as a Screwball Serum: it not only induces instant sobriety, it pushes the drinker a long way out on the other side into the ''Knurd'' state of being anti-drunk.
* Creator/GeorgeMacDonaldFraser's ''{{Literature/Flashman}}'' gets one of these from a lover who needs him not to be a coward for just long enough.
* Ms Mush's mushroom surprise in the ''Literature/WaysideSchool'' series.
* In one of the bad endings to ''Twistaplot #12: Journey to Vernico 5'' your character, having accidentally ended up piloting a ship full of dangerous contraband from the planet Japponn, decided to sample some Choco-Raspberry Lunch Meat that was two years out of date and mutated into a giant green and purple celery-like plant that smelled exactly like a chocolate-raspberry milkshake.

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** And KlatchianCoffee would certainly qualify as a Screwball Serum: it not only induces instant sobriety, it pushes the drinker a long way out on the other side into the ''Knurd'' state of being anti-drunk.
anti-drunk.
* Creator/GeorgeMacDonaldFraser's ''{{Literature/Flashman}}'' There's an Australian poem about "Feral Mixed Grill", made from virtually every creature in the Australian outback (and probably illegal, given many of them are endangered or protected). It tends to turn the consumer into an outback animal themselves, temporarily.
* ''Literature/{{Flashman}}''
gets one of these from a lover who needs him not to be a coward for just long enough.
* Ms Mush's mushroom surprise in the ''Literature/WaysideSchool'' series.
* In one
''Literature/GeorgesMarvellousMedicine'' is essentially built around amusing instances of the bad endings to ''Twistaplot #12: Journey to Vernico 5'' your character, having accidentally ended up piloting a ship full of dangerous contraband from the planet Japponn, decided to sample some Choco-Raspberry Lunch Meat that was two years out of date and mutated into a giant green and purple celery-like plant that smelled exactly like a chocolate-raspberry milkshake.this trope.



* In one of the bad endings to ''Twistaplot #12: Journey to Vernico 5'', your character, having accidentally ended up piloting a ship full of dangerous contraband from the planet Japponn, decided to sample some Choco-Raspberry Lunch Meat that was two years out of date and mutated into a giant green and purple celery-like plant that smelled exactly like a chocolate-raspberry milkshake.
* Ms. Mush's mushroom surprise in the ''Literature/WaysideSchool'' series.



* In the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E07TheKillerShrews The Killer Shrews]]", the 'Bots invent the Killer Shrew, a drink that combines about twelve different types of sugar in a blender (chocolate ice cream, Captain Crunch ''with Crunchberries'', peanut M&Ms, Mrs. Butterworths syrup, circus peanuts, Mr. Pibb, Marshmallow Peeps, Sweet Tarts, vanilla cake frosting, Good'n'Plenty, and "garnished with a wind-up shrew"). Joel has one taste, goes into diabetic shock and passes out; Frank, on the other hand, has one sip and goes hyperglycemic, singing "Ladies' Night" and attempting to dance with Dr. Forrester.



* The cast of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' invented the Killer Shrew, a drink that combined about twelve different types of sugar in a blender (chocolate ice cream, Captain Crunch ''with Crunchberries'', peanut M&Ms, Mrs. Butterworths syrup, circus peanuts, Mr. Pibb, Marshmallow Peeps, Sweet Tarts, vanilla cake frosting, Good'n'Plenty, and "garnished with a wind-up shrew"). Joel had one taste, went into diabetic shock and passed out; Frank, on the other hand, had one sip and went hyperglycemic, singing "Ladies' Night" and attempting to dance with Dr. Forrester.
* In ''Series/TheYoungOnes'', Vyvyan invented a potion "where when the patient drinks it he turns into an axe-wielding, homicidal maniac! It's basically a cure. For not being an axe-wielding, homicidal maniac. The potential market's enormous!" He stores it in a Coke can in the fridge "so nobody'd drink it by mistake". Neil leaves it on top of the fridge, observing " I just bet a bit later on somebody does drink that and turns into an axe-wielding, homicidal maniac!" Later on, [[spoiler:someone drinks it and turns into an axe-wielding, homicidal maniac]].



* In ''Series/TheYoungOnes'', Vyvyan invented a potion "where when the patient drinks it he turns into an axe-wielding, homicidal maniac! It's basically a cure. For not being an axe-wielding, homicidal maniac. The potential market's enormous!" He stores it in a Coke can in the fridge "so nobody'd drink it by mistake". Neil leaves it on top of the fridge, observing " I just bet a bit later on somebody does drink that and turns into an axe-wielding, homicidal maniac!" Later on, [[spoiler:someone drinks it and turns into an axe-wielding, homicidal maniac]].



* In ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' Oliver's father mistakenly drinks the extract of dandelions that Oliver was about to experiment on. It causes him to hallucinate that Erik Estrada is coming out of his belly button and later, while chewing Oliver out, envisions Brook Shields' head on his son's body.

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* In ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'', Oliver's father mistakenly drinks the extract of dandelions that Oliver was about to experiment on. It causes him to hallucinate that Erik Estrada is coming out of his belly button and later, while chewing Oliver out, envisions Brook Shields' head on his son's body.



* Akiko's 'special' jam in ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}''. Its contents and recipe known only to her, side effects on non-Akiko eaters include a distorted sense of reality, a visible aura of discolouration, and the violent urge to run away screaming at the sight of more of the stuff. To be completely fair, though, she's otherwise a very good cook.
** Akiko's jam even makes an appearance in ''VideoGame/EternalFighterZero'' as Akiko's Final Memory attack. Characters from ''Kanon'' that already know how horrible her jam is have special reactions during the attack; other characters simply eat it unwittingly.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' gives us the Nogginfogger Elixir [[IncrediblyLamePun diet drink]]--as in, it shrinks the ingester, makes them lighter than air, or turns them into a skeleton.
** Then you have Deviate Fish (no, not THAT [[AccidentalInnuendo deviant]]) , which can heal or buff the ingester--or shrink him, make him sleepy, or make him feel like throwing a party. Savory Deviate Delights, which are cooked versions of this fish, turn one into a [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything pirate]] or a [[GratuitousNinja ninja]].
* Making one of these to escape the ForcedTransformation inflicted on you by the eponymous Doctor Q is the entire point of ''VideoGame/TheSecretIslandOfDrQuandary''. The ingredients you might have to find could include frog eggs, candle wax, sunscreen, and/or ''tax papers''.
* In the RPG DungeonCrawler ''VideoGame/ClassOfHeroes,'' where food items (riceballs, bacon, french toast, prosciutto, etc.) replace the usual findings of health potions and the like, despite the dish not being "mysterious," per se, finding the delicacy of frog liver and consuming it will cause the party to "escape the dungeon."
* ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'' features the "Mood Reversal Medicine" Town Event in which you're given a potion which flips a person's personality by scent. You're tasked with delivering it to Arthur so he can properly dispose of it, and while you are told to avoid other people you can still talk to other people before doing so. If you do they'll become affected, resulting in general hilarity: one girl starts acting like a robot, for example, while the resident tough guy declares his love for you.
* ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS}}'': Sasha's black tar. [[spoiler:It is later found out that this is how Reapers are made.]] Besides the original drug dealers, [[spoiler:every day citizens are taken hostage, get black tar poured on them and then go insane]] and become Reapers.
* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series, the most popular means of becoming a [[OurLichesAreDifferent lich]] is to drink a potion made with numerous rare and powerful magical ingredients. Some of the rumored ingredients in the potion include the tongue of a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]], blood-tainted herbs, [[{{Wutai}} Akaviri]] poison, dust from saints, sheaves of [[ImAHumanitarian human skin]]... The result is a transformation into an extremely magically powerful undead wizard.
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies'' has the Perk-a-Colas. The first map they debut in confirm they have been chemically altered, and grant the player a number of useful (though sometimes not so useful) perks and abilities, such as increased health, increased reload speed and so on. The system was switched up in ''Black Ops 4'' to focus on those added abilities rather than standard stat increases. The tastes of the drinks varies from Perk to Perk, though they ''all'' supposedly taste awful by ''Black Ops 4''.

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* Akiko's 'special' jam in ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}''. Its contents and recipe known only to her, side effects on non-Akiko eaters include a distorted sense of reality, a visible aura of discolouration, and the violent urge to run away screaming at the sight of more of the stuff. To be completely fair, though, she's otherwise a very good cook.
''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies'':
** Akiko's jam even makes an appearance in ''VideoGame/EternalFighterZero'' as Akiko's Final Memory attack. Characters from ''Kanon'' that already know how horrible her jam is have special reactions during the attack; other characters simply eat it unwittingly.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' gives us the Nogginfogger Elixir [[IncrediblyLamePun diet drink]]--as in, it shrinks the ingester, makes them lighter than air, or turns them into a skeleton.
** Then you have Deviate Fish (no, not THAT [[AccidentalInnuendo deviant]]) , which can heal or buff the ingester--or shrink him, make him sleepy, or make him feel like throwing a party. Savory Deviate Delights, which are cooked versions of this fish, turn one into a [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything pirate]] or a [[GratuitousNinja ninja]].
* Making one of these to escape the ForcedTransformation inflicted on you by the eponymous Doctor Q is the entire point of ''VideoGame/TheSecretIslandOfDrQuandary''.
The ingredients you might have to find could include frog eggs, candle wax, sunscreen, and/or ''tax papers''.
* In the RPG DungeonCrawler ''VideoGame/ClassOfHeroes,'' where food items (riceballs, bacon, french toast, prosciutto, etc.) replace the usual findings of health potions and the like, despite the dish not being "mysterious," per se, finding the delicacy of frog liver and consuming it will cause the party to "escape the dungeon."
* ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'' features the "Mood Reversal Medicine" Town Event in which you're given a potion which flips a person's personality by scent. You're tasked with delivering it to Arthur so he can properly dispose of it, and while you are told to avoid other people you can still talk to other people before doing so. If you do they'll become affected, resulting in general hilarity: one girl starts acting like a robot, for example, while the resident tough guy declares his love for you.
* ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS}}'': Sasha's black tar. [[spoiler:It is later found out that this is how Reapers are made.]] Besides the original drug dealers, [[spoiler:every day citizens are taken hostage, get black tar poured on them and then go insane]] and become Reapers.
* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series, the most popular means of becoming a [[OurLichesAreDifferent lich]] is to drink a potion made with numerous rare and powerful magical ingredients. Some of the rumored ingredients in the potion include the tongue of a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]], blood-tainted herbs, [[{{Wutai}} Akaviri]] poison, dust from saints, sheaves of [[ImAHumanitarian human skin]]... The result is a transformation into an extremely magically powerful undead wizard.
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies'' has the
Perk-a-Colas. The first map they debut in confirm that they have been chemically altered, and they grant the player a number of useful (though sometimes not so useful) perks and abilities, such as increased health, increased reload speed and so on. The system was switched up in ''Black ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps4 Black Ops 4'' 4]]'' to focus on those added abilities rather than standard stat increases. The tastes of the drinks varies from Perk to Perk, though they ''all'' supposedly taste awful by ''Black Ops 4''.



* In ''VideoGame/ClassOfHeroes'', food items (riceballs, bacon, french toast, prosciutto, etc.) replace the usual findings of health potions and the like, despite the dish not being "mysterious", per se, finding the delicacy of frog liver and consuming it will cause the party to "escape the dungeon".
* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'', the most popular means of becoming a [[OurLichesAreDifferent lich]] is to drink a potion made with numerous rare and powerful magical ingredients. Some of the rumored ingredients in the potion include the tongue of a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]], blood-tainted herbs, [[{{Wutai}} Akaviri]] poison, dust from saints, sheaves of [[ImAHumanitarian human skin]]... The result is a transformation into an extremely magically powerful undead wizard.
* Akiko's 'special' jam in ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}''. Its contents and recipe known only to her, side effects on non-Akiko eaters include a distorted sense of reality, a visible aura of discolouration, and the violent urge to run away screaming at the sight of more of the stuff. To be completely fair, though, she's otherwise a very good cook. Akiko's jam even makes an appearance in ''VideoGame/EternalFighterZero'' as Akiko's Final Memory attack. Characters from ''Kanon'' that already know how horrible her jam is have special reactions during the attack; other characters simply eat it unwittingly.
* ''VideoGame/InFamous'': Sasha's black tar. [[spoiler:It is later found out that this is how Reapers are made.]] Besides the original drug dealers, [[spoiler:everyday citizens are taken hostage, get black tar poured on them and then go insane]] and become Reapers.
* ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'' features the "Mood Reversal Medicine" Town Event, in which you're given a potion which flips a person's personality by scent. You're tasked with delivering it to Arthur so he can properly dispose of it, and while you are told to avoid other people you can still talk to other people before doing so. If you do they'll become affected, resulting in general hilarity: one girl starts acting like a robot, for example, while the resident tough guy declares his love for you.
* Making one of these to escape the ForcedTransformation inflicted on you by the eponymous Doctor Q is the entire point of ''VideoGame/TheSecretIslandOfDrQuandary''. The ingredients you might have to find could include frog eggs, candle wax, sunscreen, and/or ''tax papers''.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'':
** The Nogginfogger Elixir [[{{Pun}} diet drink]] -- as in, it shrinks the ingester, makes them lighter than air, or turns them into a skeleton.
** Then you have Deviate Fish (no, not ''that'' [[AccidentalInnuendo deviant]]), which can heal or buff the ingester -- or shrink him, make him sleepy, or make him feel like throwing a party. Savory Deviate Delights, which are cooked versions of this fish, turn one into a [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything pirate]] or a [[GratuitousNinja ninja]].



[[folder:Web Comics]]
* From ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': [[http://www.shortpacked.com/comic/cadbury Cadbury Egg Cereal.]] Skips over the entire wild bender and shows us only the result, to great comical effect: [[spoiler:the victim has been elected to Congress.]] When she tries it a second time? [[spoiler:She and another Congressman who tried it achieve world peace...]]
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', [[MadScientist Dr. Germahn's]] Shrink Soda and its derivatives. Their effects may include: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin shrinking]]; usually [[IncredibleShrinkingMan down to the size]] of [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-08-15 a doll]], [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever growing to the size]] of [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2008-10-11 a building]], [[LittleBitBeastly growing animal anatomy]] [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2004-09-23 like cow ears, horns and tail]], and [[FountainOfYouth regressing to the age]] of [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2004-08-31 a child]].
** A recent storyline has a bowl of [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink spiked punch]] that most of the people at a party have been drinking. It turns them into [[spoiler:{{Brainwashed}} slaves of the [[BigBad Big Bad]] du jour, makes all of the guys [[GenderBender female]], and makes them all look like copies of one of the protagonists]]. None of the victims seem aware that anything unusual is going on.

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[[folder:Web Comics]]
* From ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': [[http://www.shortpacked.com/comic/cadbury Cadbury Egg Cereal.]] Skips over the entire wild bender and shows us only the result, to great comical effect: [[spoiler:the victim has been elected to Congress.]] When she tries it a second time? [[spoiler:She and another Congressman who tried it achieve world peace...]]
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', [[MadScientist Dr. Germahn's]] Shrink Soda and its derivatives. Their effects may include: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin shrinking]]; usually [[IncredibleShrinkingMan down to the size]] of [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-08-15 a doll]], [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever growing to the size]] of [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2008-10-11 a building]], [[LittleBitBeastly growing animal anatomy]] [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2004-09-23 like cow ears, horns and tail]], and [[FountainOfYouth regressing to the age]] of [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2004-08-31 a child]].
** A recent storyline has a bowl of [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink spiked punch]] that most of the people at a party have been drinking. It turns them into [[spoiler:{{Brainwashed}} slaves of the [[BigBad Big Bad]] du jour, makes all of the guys [[GenderBender female]], and makes them all look like copies of one of the protagonists]]. None of the victims seem aware that anything unusual is going on.
[[folder:Webcomics]]



* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'':
** [[MadScientist Dr. Germahn]]'s Shrink Soda and its derivatives. Their effects may include: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin shrinking]] (usually [[IncredibleShrinkingMan down to the size]] of [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-08-15 a doll]]), [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever growing to the size]] of [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2008-10-11 a building]], [[LittleBitBeastly growing animal anatomy]] [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2004-09-23 like cow ears, horns and tail]], and [[FountainOfYouth regressing to the age]] of [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2004-08-31 a child]].
** One storyline has a bowl of [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink spiked punch]] that most of the people at a party have been drinking. It turns them into [[spoiler:{{Brainwashed}} slaves of the BigBad du jour, makes all of the guys [[GenderBender female]], and makes them all look like copies of one of the protagonists]]. None of the victims seem aware that anything unusual is going on.
* From ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': [[http://www.shortpacked.com/comic/cadbury Cadbury Egg Cereal.]] Skips over the entire wild bender and shows us only the result, to great comical effect: [[spoiler:the victim has been elected to Congress.]] When she tries it a second time? [[spoiler:She and another Congressman who tried it achieve world peace...]]



* ''WesternAnimation/DrZitbagsTransylvaniaPetShop'' -- the doctor mixes up a potion with "enough E-numbers to drive anybody loopy" so that Zombunny will actually get up and go deliver Easter eggs,instead of just sitting there. It works a little too well, as it's transformed into an egg-throwing whirlwind that pelts everyone with chocolate.
* To transform into cartoon hero ''WesternAnimation/SuperChicken'', millionaire playboy Henry Cabot Henhouse ingests Super Sauce (served up by sidekick Fred from a martini glass) - he goes through wild contortions in the 'transformation', but doesn't make any notable change.

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* ''WesternAnimation/DrZitbagsTransylvaniaPetShop'' -- In the ''WesternAnimation/BuzzyTheCrow'' cartoon "Cat-Choo", Buzzy makes a concoction of mustard, black pepper, hot sauce, and other spicy foods for a "remedy" for Katnip's cold. When Buzzy finishes stirring it, the spoon has completely melted. After drinking it, Katnip's tail shoots out fireworks like a cannon.
* ''WesternAnimation/DrZitbagsTransylvaniaPetShop'': The
doctor mixes up a potion with "enough E-numbers to drive anybody loopy" so that Zombunny will actually get up and go deliver Easter eggs,instead eggs instead of just sitting there. It works a little too well, as it's transformed into an egg-throwing whirlwind that pelts everyone with chocolate.
* ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle'': To transform into cartoon hero ''WesternAnimation/SuperChicken'', Super Chicken, millionaire playboy Henry Cabot Henhouse ingests Super Sauce (served up by sidekick Fred from a martini glass) - -- he goes through wild contortions in the 'transformation', 'transformation' but doesn't make any notable change.change.
* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'':
** Rigby's homemade Rig-Juice. It's the counter to an overdose of GeniusSerum they took that made them too smart to understand anyone.
** "The Mississippi Queen", [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce a concoction so absurdly spicy]] that Mordecai, Rigby, and Benson spend the rest of the party they're attending experiencing a DisneyAcidSequence played to the tune of "Mississippi Queen" by 1970s rock band ''Mountain''. It even comes with a little umbrella.



** In an episode, Bart and Milhouse drink a [[GRatedDrug Squishee "made entirely of syrup"]]. It is treated exactly like a Gargle Blaster, and even leads to a DrunkenMontage.
** And there's the episode where Bart and Milhouse are in the Flanders house unsupervised, and they discover Ned's [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] collection; they each down a can of 40-year-old Beatles-themed novelty soft drink, and Bart's causes him to briefly hallucinate about Milhouse as John Lennon.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BuzzyTheCrow'' cartoon, ''Cat-Choo'', Buzzy makes a concoction of mustard, black pepper, hot sauce, and other spicy foods for a "remedy" for Katnip's cold. When Buzzy finishes stirring it, the spoon has completely melted. After drinking it, Katnip's tail shoots out fireworks like a cannon.
* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'':
** Rigby's homemade Rig-Juice. It's the counter to an overdose of GeniusSerum they took that made them too smart to understand anyone.
** "The Mississippi Queen". [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce A concoction so absurdly spicy]] that Mordecai, Rigby, and Benson spent the rest of the party they were attending experiencing a DisneyAcidSequence played to the tune of "Mississippi Queen" by 70's rockband ''Mountain''. It even came with a little umbrella.

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** In an episode, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E8BoyScoutzNTheHood Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood]]", Bart and Milhouse drink a [[GRatedDrug Squishee "made entirely of syrup"]]. It is treated exactly like a Gargle Blaster, GargleBlaster, and even leads to a DrunkenMontage.
** And there's the episode where In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E21TheBartOfWar The Bart of War]]", Bart and Milhouse are in the Flanders house unsupervised, and they discover Ned's [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] collection; they each down a can of 40-year-old Beatles-themed novelty soft drink, and Bart's causes him to briefly hallucinate about Milhouse as John Lennon.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BuzzyTheCrow'' cartoon, ''Cat-Choo'', Buzzy makes a concoction of mustard, black pepper, hot sauce, and other spicy foods for a "remedy" for Katnip's cold. When Buzzy finishes stirring it, the spoon has completely melted. After drinking it, Katnip's tail shoots out fireworks like a cannon.
* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'':
** Rigby's homemade Rig-Juice. It's the counter to an overdose of GeniusSerum they took that made them too smart to understand anyone.
** "The Mississippi Queen". [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce A concoction so absurdly spicy]] that Mordecai, Rigby, and Benson spent the rest of the party they were attending experiencing a DisneyAcidSequence played to the tune of "Mississippi Queen" by 70's rockband ''Mountain''. It even came with a little umbrella.
Lennon.
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* ''Series/{{Emergency}}'': One call-out for Squad 51 took them to another firehouse, where a fireman had collapsed with strong chest pains, suggesting a possible heart attack. The paramedics found that he had been working on cooking a stew for the station crew, which of course meant tasting it frequently. Whatever was in the pot, tasting it so much gave him a ''massive'' case of indigestion, hence the chest pains.
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* Making one of these to escape the BalefulPolymorph inflicted on you by the eponymous Doctor Q is the entire point of ''VideoGame/TheSecretIslandOfDrQuandary''. The ingredients you might have to find could include frog eggs, candle wax, sunscreen, and/or ''tax papers''.

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* Making one of these to escape the BalefulPolymorph ForcedTransformation inflicted on you by the eponymous Doctor Q is the entire point of ''VideoGame/TheSecretIslandOfDrQuandary''. The ingredients you might have to find could include frog eggs, candle wax, sunscreen, and/or ''tax papers''.
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** Rigby's homemade Rig-Juice.

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* The Kamogawa energy drink in ''Anime/RinneNoLagrange'' is deadly to anyone who isn't Madoka.

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* The Kamogawa energy drink in ''Anime/RinneNoLagrange'' ''Anime/LagrangeTheFlowerOfRinne'' is deadly to anyone who isn't Madoka.
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* From ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=216 Cadbury Egg Cereal.]] Skips over the entire wild bender and shows us only the result, to great comical effect: [[spoiler:the victim has been elected to Congress.]] When she tries it a second time? [[spoiler:She and another Congressman who tried it achieve world peace...]]

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* From ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': [[http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=216 com/comic/cadbury Cadbury Egg Cereal.]] Skips over the entire wild bender and shows us only the result, to great comical effect: [[spoiler:the victim has been elected to Congress.]] When she tries it a second time? [[spoiler:She and another Congressman who tried it achieve world peace...]]
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* ''Webcomic/DorkTower'''s [[http://www.dorkstock.com/IgorBars.html "Igor Bars"]].

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* ''Literature/GeorgesMarvelousMedicine'', also by Creator/RoaldDahl is essentially built around amusing instances of this trope.

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* In ''Series/TheYoungOnes'', Vyvyan invented a potion "where when the patient drinks it he turns into an axe-wielding, homicidal maniac! It's basically a cure. For not being an axe-wielding, homicidal maniac." He stores it in a Coke can in the fridge "so nobody'd drink it by mistake". Neil leaves it on top of the fridge, observing " I just bet a bit later on somebody does drink that and turns into an axe-wielding, homicidal maniac!" Later on, [[spoiler:someone drinks it and turns into an axe-wielding, homicidal maniac]].
* ''Series/TopGear'' has made what James May dubbed the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDlMLqdvHzI Bloody Awful]]" (Jeremy Clarkson, who came up with the recipe, called it "a man's V8 smoothie", while Hammond suggested "A Desperate Shag in a Skip"). It consists of several pounds of beef (raw, with bones), a dozen chillies, a half-gallon of bovril, what looks to be about two cups of Tabasco sauce, and, for extra bite, a BRICK. It was all mashed together with a V8-powered 'blender' of Clarkson's design. James May drank some down, because he is A MAN. Apparently, it wasn't particularly pleasant.

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* In ''Series/TheYoungOnes'', Vyvyan invented a potion "where when the patient drinks it he turns into an axe-wielding, homicidal maniac! It's basically a cure. For not being an axe-wielding, homicidal maniac." The potential market's enormous!" He stores it in a Coke can in the fridge "so nobody'd drink it by mistake". Neil leaves it on top of the fridge, observing " I just bet a bit later on somebody does drink that and turns into an axe-wielding, homicidal maniac!" Later on, [[spoiler:someone drinks it and turns into an axe-wielding, homicidal maniac]].
* ''Series/TopGear'' has made what James May dubbed the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDlMLqdvHzI Bloody Awful]]" (Jeremy Clarkson, who came up with the recipe, called it "a man's V8 smoothie", while Hammond suggested "A Desperate Shag in a Skip"). It consists of several pounds of beef (raw, with bones), a dozen chillies, a half-gallon of bovril, what looks to be about two cups of Tabasco sauce, and, for extra bite, a BRICK. It was all mashed together with a V8-powered 'blender' of Clarkson's design. James May drank some down, because he is A MAN. Apparently, it wasn't particularly pleasant.pleasant - May would admit in a much-later interview that he felt like it took years off his life.


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*''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies'' has the Perk-a-Colas. The first map they debut in confirm they have been chemically altered, and grant the player a number of useful (though sometimes not so useful) perks and abilities, such as increased health, increased reload speed and so on. The system was switched up in ''Black Ops 4'' to focus on those added abilities rather than standard stat increases. The tastes of the drinks varies from Perk to Perk, though they ''all'' supposedly taste awful by ''Black Ops 4''.
**''Black Ops 4'' also introduces Elixers, a creation of the Chaos Story and a replacement of the Gogglegums from ''3''. Instead of perks, they grant the drinker a number of effects (spawning a powerup, changing your gun, allowing purchases for free and so on), and also are repeatedly noted to taste foul.
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** Moist von Lipwig, who knows about ''splot'' the hard way, is given a goblin beverage in ''Discworld/RaisingSteam'' that turns him into a fearless berserk warrior for just long enough.
** Before that, King Verence had also been turned into a berserker thanks to a beverage of the Nac Mac Feegles in ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum''.

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** Moist von Lipwig, who knows about ''splot'' the hard way, is given a goblin beverage in ''Discworld/RaisingSteam'' ''Literature/RaisingSteam'' that turns him into a fearless berserk warrior for just long enough.
** Before that, King Verence had also been turned into a berserker thanks to a beverage of the Nac Mac Feegles in ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum''.''Literature/CarpeJugulum''.
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* ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'' features a quest in which you're given a potion which flips a person's personality. If you talk to anyone in town while carrying it, they'll decide to take it off your hands and consume it, resulting in general hilarity: one girl starts acting like a robot, for example, while the resident tough guy declares his love for you.

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* ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'' features a quest the "Mood Reversal Medicine" Town Event in which you're given a potion which flips a person's personality. If personality by scent. You're tasked with delivering it to Arthur so he can properly dispose of it, and while you are told to avoid other people you can still talk to anyone in town while carrying it, other people before doing so. If you do they'll decide to take it off your hands and consume it, become affected, resulting in general hilarity: one girl starts acting like a robot, for example, while the resident tough guy declares his love for you.

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