History FireBreathingDiner / WesternAnimation

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'' featured Agent Jay consuming alien salsa, resulting in him temporarily developing fire powers.

* No literal fire, but ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' did an episode where Peter takes stupid dares for $10, and the first one involves drinking a shot glass of hot sauce. Immediately after drinking, Peter sees visions of an inferno, a volcano eruption, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers the Carneval in Rio]].

** In ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials A Garfield Christmas Special]]'', Grandma spikes Mom Arbuckle's sausage gravy with chili powder ("Who am ''I'' to tell you how to make gravy? The Green Country gravy champion, that's who!"), and Garfield ends up spewing a gout of flame as a result. ("Perfect.")

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'': Stay away from Scrooge's chili! In "Ducks of the West", Scrooge cooks up a potful. It turns everybody who eats it (aside from Scrooge) into a FireBreathingDiner. Scrooge's unintentional victims then head to a nearby horse trough to cool out their mouths.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'' cartoon, ''What? No Spinach?'', Wimpy puts hot sauce on some roast duck, making Popeye breathe fire.
* Pick any WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales cartoon featuring WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck or Sylvester the Cat tasting the local food.
* In the Tex Avery cartoon, ''Garden Gopher'', a bulldog attempts to foil the titular animal by sticking a hot pepper into the hole in the ground that he occupies. [[ExtremeOmnivore The gopher eats it completely with no ill effects]]. The bulldog takes '''[[SchmuckBait just a nibble]]'''... [[RuleOfFunny cue the fire engine siren]] as he becomes the trope.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', the kid [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep known only as]] "Chocolate Boy" displays this after eating peppers in an attempt to kick his chocoholic habit.
* This even happens in ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' ...[[FridgeLogic even though the show is set underwater]]. In the episode "Swamp Mates", Patricks drinks all of the illegal hot sauce the Alligators have been making. True to Luther's statement, it blows Patrick's head clean off, acting like a train and gets caught by Bubble Bass. Patrick then burnt the hot sauce maker that the Alligators used. Patrick is later used as a propeller for him and Bubble Bass to escape from the Alligators.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' episode "Hidden Talent", Ron Stoppable purposely performs the trope using hot sauce for a talent show. Also shows up as one of his abilities in the show's third game on UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance.
* Averted and [[LampshadeHanging a lampshade hung thereupon]] by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' in "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer;" as Homer eats bowl after bowl of red-hot chili containing "insanity peppers" with no ill effects, Dr. Hibbert remarks "By all medical logic, steam should be shooting out of his ears." Adds Krusty, "His ears if we're ''lucky''." He coated the inside of his mouth with wax for protection from the pepper's heat, but soon after swallowing they ''do'' cause him to hallucinate for a whole night.
** Played straight earlier in the same episode, as Homer's uninsulated tongue glows neon red when it comes in contact with a Guatemalan Insanity Pepper. It evaporates anything less than an armful of liquid on contact.
** Also played straight in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', when Homer is revived by the Inuit woman.
** Used realistically, but still hilariously, in "Homer and Apu".
--->'''Marge:''' Lisa, is that too spicy for you?\\
'''Lisa:''' I can see through ''time!''
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'' episode "Have a Joyous Little Animas", eating a plate of wasabi causes Adam to breathe fire ''through his nose''.
* ''Franchise/{{Garfield}}'':
** In ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials A Garfield Christmas Special]]'', Grandma spikes Mom Arbuckle's sausage gravy with chili powder ("Who am ''I'' to tell you how to make gravy? The Green Country gravy champion, that's who!"), and Garfield ends up spewing a gout of flame as a result. ("Perfect.")
** The ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' episode "Peace and Quiet" has Binky the Clown trick Garfield into eating chocolate-covered Tabasco hot peppers, which causes Garfield to exhale fire.
* An early example comes in the Walt Disney cartoon ''Donald's Nephews'' (1938), when Huey, Dewey, and Louie feed WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck a slice of pie that's been filled with Volcano Brand Mustard.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'', Dojo (a dragon) needs two bottles of Clay's family recipe hot sauce to breathe enough flame to beat the [[ArtifactOfDoom Sapphire Dragon]]. Normally he can only breathe small soot clouds. (He was clearly a little rusty, having not done it for several centuries.)

* WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}} once ate a bushelful of hot peppers that caused him to breathe fire every time he opened his mouth. He had to live with fire-breathing dragons until the effect wore off.
-->'''Mung Daal:''' Chowder, look what you've done! [[BreakingTheFourthWall Now the animators are gonna have to draw all this fire!]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SushiPack'' episode "Red Hot Chili Planet," Ben had to pass along a message from Wasabi to the others, but since Wasabi [[TheUnintelligible speaks "mustard"]], Ben has trouble getting the inflection right. Ikura suggests he drink some hot sauce to get it right, and with one drop, Ben is breathing fire (and starts speaking "mustard")!
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', Elmyra accidentally feeds Dizzy Devil a can of hot chili instead of dog food. Cue the eyes watering up, breaths of flame, then running to the shower to put out the fire.

* Done realistically in one of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''' earlier episodes, "[[Recap/RugratsS1E2BarbecueStoryWaiterTheresABabyInMySoup Waiter, there's a Baby in My Soup]]", where Stu has no choice but to bring Tommy with him to an important business dinner with the president of Mucklehoney Industries (a toy factory). Tommy wriggles out of his baby chair under their notice and wanders into the kitchen where he pours garlic powder, pepper, and hot sauce into a chef's soup prepared for the president. Upon sampling the concoction, the president struggles all over the floor, gasping for water while Tommy returns inside a bowl of spaghetti.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
** In the pilot episode, Twilight Sparkle accidentally drinks some hot sauce thinking it's a normal drink, and though her face does turn red with a kettle-whistle effect out her ears, it's her ''mane'', not her breath, that catches fire.
** Played straighter in the episode "Griffon the Brush-Off," when Gilda eats some vanilla-lemon drops tainted with hot pepper. [[RuleOfFunny Pinkie Pie even whips out a marshmallow to roast using her breath!]]
** Even Pinkie Pie herself falls victim to this; she breathes fire for a moment after literally [[MemeticMutation tasting the rainbow]][[note]]a sip of it in liquid form, to be exact[[/note]] in "Sonic Rainboom". She turns multiple colors, and upon reaching red, she breathes out a small flame; after that, she goes weak in the knees. Keep in mind that Pinkie is seen eating a cupcake drenched in the same hot sauce that set Twilight aflame in the above example, so she's no stranger to BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'' featured Agent Jay consuming alien salsa, resulting in him temporarily developing fire powers.
* Semi-invoked in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. When Iroh attempts to teach Zuko [[ShockAndAwe lightning bending]], they start off with tea.
-->'''Iroh:''' To perform the technique requires peace of mind.\\
'''Zuko:''' I see. That's why we're drinking tea. To calm the mind.\\
'''Iroh:''' ({{beat}}) ... [[SureLetsGoWithThat Oh yeah, good point!]]
** Why do I say semi-invoked? Second season finale...
---> '''Iroh:''' Did I ever tell you how I got the nickname the "Dragon of the West?"
*** Because after he's chugged a whole cup of tea, he can ''[[BreathWeapon breathe enough fire]] to overfill a good-sized room.'' That's right, tea is a ''Fire Breathing Din'''N'''er'' for Iroh!
* Happens a couple of times in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland'' when Scooby and Shaggy eat the Moonscar Island peppers.
* Scooby suffers this again in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheMonsterOfMexico'' when he eats some hot peppers.
* This happened to Iggy in the ''[[ComicStrip/LittleLulu The Little Lulu Show]]'' episode "Tiny Tots Syrup", after eating some apparently spicy candies in order to get the terrible taste of said tonic out of his mouth.
* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'':
** When Heffer eats Hot Tamales in the episode "Spitballs" and is about to do this, Rocko points him to the opposite direction. The duck that was sitting next to him becomes a cooked goose.
** Happens to Rocko in "Rocko's Happy Sack" when he eats a free sample for a pastry at the supermarket. He puts out the fire by drinking from a lobster tank, leading to the lobsters attacking him.
* ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'': Happens in "Francis Takes a Stand" when Francis switches Taz's lemonade recipe for a hot sauce recipe. Taz's resulting fire breath scorches Francis like a flamethrower. When Francis tries to turn the tables on Taz and takes a swig of the lemonade/hot sauce, his fire breath acts like a jet engine and propels him into a cliff.
* ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'':
** This shows up in the first claymation short shown during the intro before the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS1E5ShopAroundTheClock Shop Around The Clock]]", where Bogus attempts to put some pepper on tomato soup, but there isn't any pepper. This prompts Bogus to eat ''an entire container'' of ground pepper without any ill effects, but it's when he takes a taste of the tomato soup that he starts blowing fire.
** Averted in the third act of the episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS2E2BabysittingBogus Babysitting Bogus]]", as while Bogus does inadvertently suck up a bowlful of chili peppers, he doesn't turn red in the face or breathe fire as he just has a spastic reaction to the spiciness of the peppers.
* Other metaphors are used in ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' when the trio tastes Eddy's Brother's Armenian secret hot sauce. Ed's head resembles a burnt match, Edd has steam come from his ears and under his hat, and Eddy's hairs act as fuses for his head to explode.
* Happens in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', when Monkey eats some lava, thinking it is candy, making him breathe fire. This episode was a parody of ''Anime/SpeedRacer'', so the cartoon logic is even looser than normal.

* Happens to Pete in the ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' episode "Calling All Goofs" after he gets a sample of Aunt Goofelia's chili.
* The result of eating the super-hot chilies in the ''WesternAnimation/CampLakebottom'' episode "High Plains Garbage Eater".
* This happens to Paw Rugg in ''WesternAnimation/TheHillbillyBears'' cartoon "Going Gopher" after he dipped some turnips in spicy mustard to try and get rid of a gopher, after seeing it have no effect on the gopher he tries on resulting in this.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': Happens to the Earl of Lemongrab in "Too Young" when he gets fed Bubblegum's incredibly spicy cleaning potion.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' episode "The Spice Game", the Titans, sans Robin, all become addicted to spicy foods, using peppers and such on everything, to the point where even the mighty Habanero does nothing for them. They then consume the "Tears of Zephos" and begin breathing fire uncontrollably, forcing them to quest for milk from the Dairy King to put out the fires.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
** In "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E21JokingVictim Joking Victim]]," [[CoolBigSis Amethyst]] uses magical "fire salt" on some fries she gives [[KidHero Steven]] at the start of the episode. Later, he and [[StraightMan Sadie]] try using it on a donut for [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Lars]] as revenge for him skipping work ([[WomanScorned among other things]]); between them using too much and it getting stuck in his throat, he winds up running crazily through the town, breathing fire. In this case, it's actually played semi-seriously, as Lars sets numerous things on fire and [[DeadlyPrank nearly chokes]].
** Played with by one joke in "Gem Harvest": Amethyst burps up some fire once, not because she ate something spicy, but because something ''flammable''--specifically [[ExtremeOmnivore straight cooking oil]].
* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' suffers this more than once. In "[[Recap/DarkwingDuckS1E15CantBayouLove Can't Bayou Love]]" he tries some brownies, which make him belch fire out of his mouth. Same goes to him in "[[Recap/DarkwingDuckS1E8ComicBookCapers Comic Book Capers]]", where he drinks some lemonade, making him breathe fire. Then in "Bad Luck Duck", when he eats a burger with hot peppers, which makes him breathe fire a bit. Also in "Monsters-R-Us", where he eats some Transylvanian goulash, which makes him breathe fire.
* Happens once to ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'', when he eat some spicy chili.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'' episode "Mixel Moon Madness", the Orbitons' food is this to the Infernites, who already have fire-breathing abilities, but this food just kickstarts it even further. Possibly justified, as space can dull taste buds considerably, so extra heat is needed to even have the ability to taste the food. But even then, not even the ''other'' Orbitons are interested in Rokit's [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce hot sauce]].
* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard'', the animals' SitcomArchNemesis Snotty Boy gives them personal pizzas full of hot sauce, causing all of them to breathe fire. The exception is Pip, who being Spanish [[UnaffectedBySpice has a resistance to spicy foods]] and calls the others lightweights.
* ''WesternAnimation/MarthaSpeaks'': In "Martha Makes Scents", OG Kennelly ([[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} TD]]'s father and an inventor) draws Martha eating a chili and then breathing fire on a blackboard.

* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bordertown}}'', Pepito sneaks a pair of red chili peppers into Bud's taco at J.C's graduation party, and Bud immediately starts spewing flames...from both his mouth ''and his anus''. He gulps down a bottle of water, only for the water to pour out his ass from the damage the fire did.

* In ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', the candy-obsessed Heinrich von Marzipan eats some caramel made from someone else's most valued quality (ItMakesSenseInContext) only to shriek in pain when it sets his mouth aflame.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'':
** In "Best Fronds", after Hop Pop insists that Anne and Sprig stay home, Sprig suggests that they have some fun by tasting Hop Pop's "pain peppers". He starts breathing fire about a second after merely touching his tongue to one. [[ChekhovsGun He later uses it against the lake serpent to induce the same effect]].
** In "Lost in Newtopia", Anne talks about how her mother refused to let her eat any spicy food out of concern that her childhood diet of American food would mean her stomach wouldn't be able to handle it. Anne ends up proving her mom right when she and Polly spew flames after consuming burritos made with fire ants later in the episode.
** In "All In," Captain Grime takes a bite out of [=ThaiGo=]'s spicy food shortly after his [[GrowlingGut stomach growls]], causing him to expel fire out of his mouth. Hop Pop offers him some water.
-->'''Grime:''' AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! I'M DYING!!!!!!
-->'''Hop Pop:''' Here, Grime, have some water.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
** In "Nectar of the Odds", when Timmy is trying to see which secret ingredient he should use in his lemonade, the second cup he drinks is made with taco sauce, which makes him breathe fire briefly.
** In "The Good Ol' Days", Timmy introduces his grandfather to pizza, but one bite sets his {{tongue|Trauma}} on fire.
* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB'' when Bessie and Happy eat some peppers on skewers that cause them to shoot fire out of not only their mouths but also their noses, ears, and butts, also accidentally making {{Instant Roast}}s of a nearby rack of lawn flamingos.
* ''WesternAnimation/MiddlemostPost'': When Parker and Angus merely poke hot sauce with their tongues in the "Challenges" short, they explode into fire.

** In "All In," Captain Grime takes a bite out of ThaiGo's spicy food shortly after his [[GrowlingGut stomach growls]], causing him to expel fire out of his mouth. Hop Pop offers him some water.

** "Lost in Newtopia" shows Anne and Polly spewing flames after consuming burritos made with fire ants.

* Semi-invoked in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. When Iroh attempts to teach Zuko [[ShockAndAwe lightning bending]], they start off with ASpotOfTea.

** In "Best Fronds", after Hop Pop insists that Anne and Sprig stay home, Sprig suggests that they have some fun by tasting his "pain peppers". He starts breathing fire about a second after merely touching his tongue to one. [[ChekhovsGun He later uses it against the lake serpent to induce the same effect]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode "Nectar of the Odds", when Timmy is trying to see which secret ingredient he should use in his lemonade, the second cup he drinks is made with taco sauce, which makes him breathe fire briefly.

* An early example comes in the Walt Disney cartoon ''Donald's Nephews'' (1938), when Huey, Dewey, and Louie feed DonaldDuck a slice of pie that's been filled with Volcano Brand Mustard.

-->'''Marge:''' Lisa, is that too spicy for you?
-->'''Lisa:''' I can see through ''time!''

** In a high-quality restaurant, dog eats the sample chili peppers which cause Cat to belch out flames. This catches his dream-interest who happened to be in the restaurant, whom he entertains by fire-broiling her steak. This backfires later when he accidentally turns her pet dog into ashes.

* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard'', the animals' SitcomArchNemesis Snotty Boy gives them personal pizzas full of hot sauce, causing all of them to breathe fire. The exception is Pip, who being Spanish [[NoSell has a resistance to spicy foods]] and calls the others lightweights.

* This even happens in ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' ...[[FridgeLogic even though the show is set underwater]].

* A variation is played in ''WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos'', where Donald drinks a glass of Brazilian ''cacha?'' (saying it's an ''extremely strong'' sugarcane spirit is a very great understatement) that causes him to spout flames. José then uses Donald's flame breath to light a cigar.

* An early example comes in the Walt Disney cartoon ''Donald's Nephews'' (1938), when Huey, Dewey, and Louie feed DonaldDuck a slice of pie that's been doctored with mustard.

* In the second episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', when Hop Pop insists that Anne and Sprig stay home, Sprig suggests that they have some fun by tasting his "pain peppers". He starts breathing fire about a second after merely touching his tongue to one. [[ChekhovsGun He later uses it against the lake serpent to induce the same effect]]. Another episode also shows Anne and Polly consuming burritos with fire ants.

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials A Garfield Christmas Special]]'', Grandma spikes Mom Arbuckle's sausage gravy with chili powder ("Who am ''I'' to tell you how to make gravy? The Green Country gravy champion, that's who!"), and Garfield ends up spewing a gout of flame as a result. ("Perfect.")

* In the second episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', when Hop Pop insists that Anne and Sprig stay home, Sprig suggests that they have some fun by tasting his "pain peppers". He starts breathing fire about a second after merely touching his tongue to one. [[ChekhovsGun He later uses it against the lake serpent to induce the same effect]].

* Done realistically in one of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''' earlier episodes, "[[Recap/RugratsS1E2BarbecueStoryWaiterTheresABabyInMySoup Waiter, there's a Baby In My Soup!]]", where Stu has no choice but to bring Tommy with him to an important business dinner with the president of Mucklehoney industries (a toy factory). Tommy wriggles out of his baby chai under their notice, and wanders into the kitchen where he pours garlic powder, pepper, and hot sauce into a chef's soup prepared for the president. Upon sampling the concoction, the president struggles all over the floor, gasping for water while Tommy returns inside a bowl of spaghetti.

* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard'', the animals' SitcomArchNemesis Eugene a.k.a. Snotty Boy gives them personal pizzas full of hot sauce, causing all of them to breathe fire, barring Pip, who being Spanish has a resistance to spicy foods and calls the others lightweights.

* A variation is played in ''Disney/SaludosAmigos'', where Donald drinks a glass of Brazilian ''cacha?'' (saying it's an ''extremely strong'' sugarcane spirit is a very great understatement) that causes him to spout flames. José then uses Donald's flame breath to light a cigar.

* In the episode, "The Spice Game" from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' the Titans, sans Robin, all become addicted to spicy foods, using peppers and such on everything, to the point where even the mighty Habanero does nothing for them. They then consume the "Tears of Zephos" and begin breathing fire uncontrollably, forcing them to quest for milk from the Dairy King to put out the fires.

** In "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E21JokingVictim Joking Victim]]," [[CoolBigSis Amethyst]] uses magical "fire salt" on some fries she gives [[KidHero Steven]] at the start of the episode. Later, he and [[StraightMan Sadie]] try using it on a donut for [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Lars]] as revenge for him skipping work ([[WomanScorned among other things]]); between them using too much and it getting stuck in his throat he winds up running crazily through the town, breathing fire. In this case, it's actually played semi-seriously, as Lars sets numerous things on fire and [[DeadlyPrank nearly chokes]].

* No literal fire, but ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' did an episode where Peter takes stupid dares for $10, and the first one involves drinking a shot glass of hot sauce. Immediately after drinking, Peter sees visions of an inferno, a volcano eruption, and [[OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers the Carneval in Rio]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode "Nectar of the Odds", when Timmy is trying to see which secret ingredient he should use in his lemonade, the second cup he drinks is made with taco sauce, which makes him breathe fire.

* No literal fire, but ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' did an episode where Peter takes stupid dares for 10$, and the first one involves drinking a shot glass of hot sauce. Immediately after drinking, Peter sees visions of an inferno, a volcano eruption, and [[OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers the Carneval in Rio]].