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* According to one of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pinkie Pie]]'s party files, Twilight Sparkle has a phobia towards quesadillas.
-->'''Twilight:''' They're just so... ''cheesy.''
-->'''Twilight:''' They're just so... ''cheesy.''
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* ''Manga/SoulEater''. [[TheGrimReaper Death The Kid]] has Asymmetriphobia (a fear or strong disgust towards asymmetrical things) due to being [[SuperOCD extremely obsessive-compulsive.]] Because of this, anything slightly out of place will cause him to freak out. And don't reminds him that [[FashionableAsymmetry he only has stripes on one side of his hair.]]
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* ''Manga/SoulEater''. [[TheGrimReaper Death The Kid]] has Asymmetriphobia (a fear or strong disgust towards asymmetrical things) due to being [[SuperOCD extremely obsessive-compulsive.]] Because of this, anything slightly out of place will cause him to freak out. And don't reminds remind him that [[FashionableAsymmetry he only has stripes on one side of his hair.]]
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* Ranma of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' has a crippling phobia of cats. It's often played for laughs for being a WeaksauceWeakness. But then it's revealed that this was the intended result of learning a particularly brutal martial art that activates his BerserkMode whenever said fear reaches it's limit.
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* Ranma of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' has a crippling phobia of cats. It's often played for laughs for being a WeaksauceWeakness. But then it's revealed that this was the intended result of learning a particularly brutal martial art that activates his BerserkMode whenever said fear reaches it's its limit.
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** Creator/AlfredHitchcock is afraid of eggs.
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* Super-Villianess Titania had a crippling fear of Franchise/SpiderMan, despite the fact that she was far stronger than him and routinely took on stronger heroes (SheHulk in particular) with gusto.[[note]]Her debut story in ComicBook/SecretWars had her get defeated in embarrassing fashion by Spidey, and she fears he'll do it again every time she sees him.[[/note]] She gets over it when she realizes she's been in a battle with a disguised Spidey.
-->'''Titania''': S-S-Spider-Man? I can't fight you!
-->'''Spider-Man''': Really? You've been doing a pretty good job so far!
-->'''Titania''': [[BeatPanel [beat]...]] You know, you're right! (Goes on the attack)
-->'''Spidey''': Me and my big mouth.
-->'''Titania''': S-S-Spider-Man? I can't fight you!
-->'''Spider-Man''': Really? You've been doing a pretty good job so far!
-->'''Titania''': [[BeatPanel [beat]...]] You know, you're right! (Goes on the attack)
-->'''Spidey''': Me and my big mouth.
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* In ''Series/FullHouse'' "The House Meets the Mouse, Part 2", as Joey freaks out over seeing a shark swimming around their underwater radio station, he says this:
-->'''Joey:''' Some people are afraid of the dark. Some people are afraid of heights. Some people are afraid of eggs.\\
'''Jesse:''' Don't worry, Joey. We're safe in here[=--=] Eggs?\\
''[Joey shrugs]''
-->'''Joey:''' Some people are afraid of the dark. Some people are afraid of heights. Some people are afraid of eggs.\\
'''Jesse:''' Don't worry, Joey. We're safe in here[=--=] Eggs?\\
''[Joey shrugs]''
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* Omi of ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' is afraid of squirrels. Even Jack Spicer thought that was incredibly lame.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CampLakebottom'' "Cheeks of Dread": After much needling, [=McGee=] finds out that Gretchen has a phobia of chipmunks. [[spoiler: The [[MonsterOfTheWeek episode's monster]] turns out to be [[KillerRabbit vicious chipmunk]] that keeps a giant pile of skulls from the [[ImAHumanitarian people it has devoured]].]]
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* ''SoulEater''. [[TheGrimReaper Death The Kid]] has Asymmetriphobia (a fear or strong disgust towards asymmetrical things) due to being [[SuperOCD extremely obsessive-compulsive.]] Because of this, anything slightly out of place will cause him to freak out. And don't reminds him that [[FashionableAsymmetry he only has stripes on one side of his hair.]]
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* ''SoulEater''.''Manga/SoulEater''. [[TheGrimReaper Death The Kid]] has Asymmetriphobia (a fear or strong disgust towards asymmetrical things) due to being [[SuperOCD extremely obsessive-compulsive.]] Because of this, anything slightly out of place will cause him to freak out. And don't reminds him that [[FashionableAsymmetry he only has stripes on one side of his hair.]]
* When Momoko of ''Manga/SumomoMoMomoMo'' was six years old, her father tried to increase her protein by putting her on a diet of hardboiled eggs. Momoko has since developed a trauma-induced phobia of them, to the point she won't even use eggs in the food she cooks. She can handle it if they're normal hardboiled eggs, but the trauma kicks in to full gear if faces are drawn on them (since her well-meaning father did that to ''all'' of the eggs to try and make it more enjoyable for her).
* When Momoko of ''Manga/SumomoMoMomoMo'' was six years old, her father tried to increase her protein by putting her on a diet of hardboiled eggs. Momoko has since developed a trauma-induced phobia of them, to the point she won't even use eggs in the food she cooks. She can handle it if they're normal hardboiled eggs, but the trauma kicks in to full gear if faces are drawn on them (since her well-meaning father did that to ''all'' of the eggs to try and make it more enjoyable for her).
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[[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Everyone is afraid of something.]] While phobias are defined as irrational fears, most of the time they still make perfect sense. Fears of things that can hurt you like spiders, heights, needles, and snakes are perfectly understandable.
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[[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Everyone is afraid of something.]] While phobias are defined as irrational fears, most of the time they still make perfect sense. Fears of things that can hurt you like spiders, heights, needles, and snakes are perfectly understandable.
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* The myths of elephants being having a phobia to mice has an element of truth. Elephants' eyesights are not keen enough to clearly see small creatures on the ground, and so they react with fear when they detect unexpected movement from below, not because they hate mice, but because they can't tell the difference between a harmless mouse and a dangerous threat like a snake. Thus their phobia reacts with equal fear, to both harmless creatures and genuine threats. When a mouse is brought up close to the elephant's face, elephants do not tend to fear them at all.
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* "Bang" ("Frightened") by Music/DoeMaar from their album ''Music/{{Virus}}'', about somebody who feels anxious and frightened of all kinds of things but is unsure why?
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* Nicky's fear of swans is a running gag in ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn''. [[JustifiedTrope To be fair]], [[KillerRabbit swans are some of the most violently territorial animals on Earth.]] This fear, which it turns out her older sister secretly shared, is revealed to have a specific cause: [[spoiler:they both had the same [[CreepyDoll exceedingly creepy]] toy swan when they were kids.]]
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* Nicky's fear of swans is a running gag in ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn''. [[JustifiedTrope To be fair]], [[KillerRabbit swans are some of the most violently territorial animals on Earth.]] This fear, which it turns out her older sister secretly shared, is revealed to have a specific cause: [[spoiler:they both had the same [[CreepyDoll exceedingly creepy]] toy swan when they were kids.]]]]
** [[JustifiedTrope To be fair]], [[KillerRabbit swans are some of the most violently territorial animals on Earth.]]
** [[JustifiedTrope To be fair]], [[KillerRabbit swans are some of the most violently territorial animals on Earth.]]
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** Luposlipophobia: The fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor. Different than most example in that it's clearly something ''bad'', but also overly specific.
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** Luposlipophobia: The fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor. Different than most example in that it's clearly something ''bad'', but also overly specific.
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** Luposlipophobia: The fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor.
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** Luposlipophobia: The fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor. Different than most example in that it's clearly something ''bad'', but also overly specific.
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* Nicky's fear of swans is a running gag in ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn''. [[JustifiedTrope To be fair]], [[KillerRabbit swans are some of the most violently territorial animals on Earth.]] This fear, which it turns out her older sister secretly shared is revealed to have a specific cause: [[spoiler:they both had the same [[CreepyDoll an exceedingly creepy]] toy swan when they were kids.]]
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* Nicky's fear of swans is a running gag in ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn''. [[JustifiedTrope To be fair]], [[KillerRabbit swans are some of the most violently territorial animals on Earth.]] This fear, which it turns out her older sister secretly shared shared, is revealed to have a specific cause: [[spoiler:they both had the same [[CreepyDoll an exceedingly creepy]] toy swan when they were kids.]]
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* Nicky's fear of swans is a running gag in ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn''. [[JustifiedTrope To be fair]], [[KillerRabbit swans are some of the most violently territorial animals on Earth.]]
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* Nicky's fear of swans is a running gag in ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn''. [[JustifiedTrope To be fair]], [[KillerRabbit swans are some of the most violently territorial animals on Earth.]] This fear, which it turns out her older sister secretly shared is revealed to have a specific cause: [[spoiler:they both had the same [[CreepyDoll an exceedingly creepy]] toy swan when they were kids.]]
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* ''SoulEater''. [[TheGrimReaper Death The Kid]] has Asymmetriphobia (a fear or strong disgust towards asymmetrical things) due to being [[SuperOCD extremely obsessive-compulsive.]] Because of this, anything slightly out of place will cause him to freak out. [[BerserkButton And don't get him started on the fact he only has stripes on one side of his hair.]]
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* ''SoulEater''. [[TheGrimReaper Death The Kid]] has Asymmetriphobia (a fear or strong disgust towards asymmetrical things) due to being [[SuperOCD extremely obsessive-compulsive.]] Because of this, anything slightly out of place will cause him to freak out. [[BerserkButton And don't get reminds him started on the fact that [[FashionableAsymmetry he only has stripes on one side of his hair.]]
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* ''SoulEater''. [[TheGrimReaper Death The Kid]] has Asymmetriphobia (a fear or strong disgust towards asymmetrical things) due to being [[SuperOCD extremely obsessive-compulsive.]] Because of this, anything slightly out of place will cause him to freak out. [[BerserkButton And don't get him started on the fact he only has stripes on one side of his hair.]]
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* Subverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' where Hank develops a serious crippling fear of propane, the thing he sells for a living. Justified, in that he had survived a gas leak explosion in the previous episode. Played straight in another episode where the entire cast treats Hank's fear of bats like this.
-->'''Hank:''' You know, we've all got fears. What about Bill's fear of balloons?
-->'''Bill:''' ''(alarmed)'' Where!?
-->'''Hank:''' You know, we've all got fears. What about Bill's fear of balloons?
-->'''Bill:''' ''(alarmed)'' Where!?
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* Subverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' where Hank develops a serious crippling fear of propane, the thing he sells for a living. Justified, in that he had survived a gas leak explosion in the previous episode. episode.
** Played straight in another episode where the entire cast treats Hank's fear of bats like this.
-->'''Hank:''' --->'''Hank:''' You know, we've all got fears. What about Bill's fear of balloons?
-->'''Bill:''' --->'''Bill:''' ''(alarmed)'' Where!?
** Played straight in another episode where the entire cast treats Hank's fear of bats like this.
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[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHorrific A crippling fear of grass, on the other hand, not so much.]]
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* A character has an exaggerated fear of something that s/he consciously deals with on a daily basis. [[{{IronicFear}} (e.g., a circus owner who's afraid of clowns)]]
A ComedyTrope, this kind of phobia is usually PlayedForLaughs. In the rare instance that this phobia is PlayedForDrama or characters sympathize with the phobiac because of it, then it is considered a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] if a logical reason is given for said fear.
A ComedyTrope, this kind of phobia is usually PlayedForLaughs. In the rare instance that this phobia is PlayedForDrama or characters sympathize with the phobiac because of it, then it is considered a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] if a logical reason is given for said fear.
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* A character has an exaggerated fear of something that s/he consciously deals with on a daily basis. [[{{IronicFear}} [[IronicFear (e.g., a circus owner who's afraid of clowns)]]
A ComedyTrope, this kind of phobia is usually PlayedForLaughs. In the rare instance that this phobia is PlayedForDrama or characters sympathize with the phobiac because of it, then it is considered a[[SubvertedTrope subversion]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] {{subver|tedTrope}}sion. {{Justified|Trope}} if a logical reason is given for said fear.
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* Ranma of ''RanmaOneHalf'' has a crippling phobia of cats. It's often played for laughs for being a WeaksauceWeakness. But then it's revealed that this was the intended result of learning a particularly brutal martial art that activates his BerserkMode whenever said fear reaches it's limit.
* ''OnePiece'': Sugar, a member of Donquixote Pirates, developed a phobia to long noses or anything that resembles them, due to the long-nosed Usopp accidentally scaring her with a NightmareFace (after being unknowingly fed with a spicy pepper) that made her faint.
* ''OnePiece'': Sugar, a member of Donquixote Pirates, developed a phobia to long noses or anything that resembles them, due to the long-nosed Usopp accidentally scaring her with a NightmareFace (after being unknowingly fed with a spicy pepper) that made her faint.
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* Ranma of ''RanmaOneHalf'' ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' has a crippling phobia of cats. It's often played for laughs for being a WeaksauceWeakness. But then it's revealed that this was the intended result of learning a particularly brutal martial art that activates his BerserkMode whenever said fear reaches it's limit.
*''OnePiece'': ''Manga/OnePiece'': Sugar, a member of Donquixote Pirates, developed a phobia to long noses or anything that resembles them, due to the long-nosed Usopp accidentally scaring her with a NightmareFace (after being unknowingly fed with a spicy pepper) that made her faint.
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* ''MyBalls''. Elyse has a literal fear of penises, picturing a horrifying monster whenever she looks at one.
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* ''MyBalls''.''Manga/MyBalls''. Elyse has a literal fear of penises, picturing a horrifying monster whenever she looks at one.
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* In the ''Series/HappyDays'' episode "Fearless Malph", Ralph admits to having literally every phobia in the book. The episode centers on Ralph becoming fearless through hypnotic suggestion.
** The episode "The Muckrakers" also has Richie potentially exposing the Fonz's fear and disgust for liver. Fonzie eventually chokes down the fear and eats some.
** The episode "The Muckrakers" also has Richie potentially exposing the Fonz's fear and disgust for liver. Fonzie eventually chokes down the fear and eats some.
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* In the ''Series/HappyDays'' episode "Fearless Malph", Ralph admits to having literally every phobia in the book. The episode centers on Ralph becoming fearless through hypnotic suggestion.
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* In ANTFarm, [[InsufferableGenius Olive Doyle]] claims she has many phobias, including "ghosts, vampires, witches, zombies, leprechauns, giraffes, double decker buses, balloons and...''(shudders)'' curly fries." Cue Fletcher sitting next to her with a tray of curly fries.
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* In ANTFarm, ''Series/ANTFarm'', [[InsufferableGenius Olive Doyle]] claims she has many phobias, including "ghosts, vampires, witches, zombies, leprechauns, giraffes, double decker buses, balloons and...''(shudders)'' curly fries." Cue Fletcher sitting next to her with a tray of curly fries.
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* Buddy of VideoGame/MySimsAgents is afraid of pudding, and casually mentions [[ArtisticLicenseHistory Pudding War I]]. Justified, as he's allergic to it.
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* ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings''. [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/the-tale-of-commanders-irrational-millipede-phobia These]] [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/of-course-the-millipede-planet-has-an-oxygen-rich-atmosphere-how-else-would-the-millipedes-survive three]] [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/i-think-this-page-sumarizes-a-lot-of-what-i-like-about-commander comics]] talk about [[CommanderBadass Commander's]] irrational millipede phobia.
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* ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings''. [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/the-tale-of-commanders-irrational-millipede-phobia These]] [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/of-course-the-millipede-planet-has-an-oxygen-rich-atmosphere-how-else-would-the-millipedes-survive three]] [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/i-think-this-page-sumarizes-a-lot-of-what-i-like-about-commander comics]] talk about [[CommanderBadass [[ColonelBadass Commander's]] irrational millipede phobia.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpzKMr4fJwg This]] CollegeHumor sketch features [[FearSeer the Scarecrow]] using his fear gas to fight Batman. The results are... unexpected.
* The NecroCritic has an admitted fear of babies that is PlayedForLaughs in his ''Baby Geniuses'' review.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpzKMr4fJwg This]] CollegeHumor ''WebVideo/CollegeHumor'' sketch features [[FearSeer [[IKnowWhatYouFear the Scarecrow]] using his fear gas to fight Batman. The results are... unexpected.
*The NecroCritic WebVideo/TheNecroCritic has an admitted fear of babies that is PlayedForLaughs in his ''Baby Geniuses'' review.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Fear Of Flying" it is revealed that Homer has a fear of sock puppets.
* Subverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' where Hank develops a serious crippling fear of propane, the thing he sells for a living. Justified, in that he had survived a gas leak explosion in the previous episode.
** Played straight in another episode where the entire cast treats Hank's fear of bats like this.
--->'''Hank:''' You know, we've all got fears. What about Bill's fear of balloons?
--->'''Bill:''' ''(alarmed)'' Where!?
* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddparents''
* Subverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' where Hank develops a serious crippling fear of propane, the thing he sells for a living. Justified, in that he had survived a gas leak explosion in the previous episode.
** Played straight in another episode where the entire cast treats Hank's fear of bats like this.
--->'''Hank:''' You know, we've all got fears. What about Bill's fear of balloons?
--->'''Bill:''' ''(alarmed)'' Where!?
* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddparents''
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Fear Of of Flying" it is revealed that Homer has a fear of sock puppets.
* Subverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' where Hank develops a serious crippling fear of propane, the thing he sells for a living. Justified, in that he had survived a gas leak explosion in the previousepisode.
**episode. Played straight in another episode where the entire cast treats Hank's fear of bats like this.
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--->'''Bill:''' -->'''Bill:''' ''(alarmed)'' Where!?
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** In "A Bad Case of Diary-Uh!", one of the embarrassing secrets revealed in Vicky's journal is her fear of cows.
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*** In the same episode, Timmy is revealed to have a fear of both clowns and feet. Vicky manages to use both [[ItMakesSenseInContext (along with his allergy to oranges)]] against him by going to his school and declaring "Barefoot Orange-Juggling Clown Day".
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** In "A Bad Case of Diary-Uh!", one of the embarrassing secrets revealed in Vicky's journal is her fear of cows.
***cows. In the same episode, Timmy is revealed to have a fear of both clowns and feet. Vicky manages to use both [[ItMakesSenseInContext (along with his allergy to oranges)]] against him by going to his school and declaring "Barefoot Orange-Juggling Clown Day".
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* Chucky from ''{{Rugrats}}'' has a long list of these. The most famous being his unexplained fear of [[BlandNameProduct "that guy on the oatmeal box"]].
** Taken UpToEleven in another episode where Chucky meets a kid who has even more ridiculous fears than he does, including the fear of being '''eaten''' by oatmeal.
* The plot of many ''InvaderZim'' episodes revolve around him developing an insane phobia of a random mundane Earth object/group/action, and taking [[HilarityEnsues drastic measures to be rid of them.]]
* Nicky's fear of swans is a running gag in ''PepperAnn''.
** [[JustifiedTrope To be fair]], [[KillerRabbit swans are some of the most violently territorial animals on Earth.]]
** Taken UpToEleven in another episode where Chucky meets a kid who has even more ridiculous fears than he does, including the fear of being '''eaten''' by oatmeal.
* The plot of many ''InvaderZim'' episodes revolve around him developing an insane phobia of a random mundane Earth object/group/action, and taking [[HilarityEnsues drastic measures to be rid of them.]]
* Nicky's fear of swans is a running gag in ''PepperAnn''.
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* Chucky from ''{{Rugrats}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' has a long list of these. The most famous being his unexplained fear of [[BlandNameProduct "that guy on the oatmeal box"]].
**box"]]. Taken UpToEleven in another episode where Chucky meets a kid who has even more ridiculous fears than he does, including the fear of being '''eaten''' by oatmeal.
* The plot of many''InvaderZim'' ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' episodes revolve around him developing an insane phobia of a random mundane Earth object/group/action, and taking [[HilarityEnsues drastic measures to be rid of them.]]
* Nicky's fear of swans is a running gag in''PepperAnn''.
**''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn''. [[JustifiedTrope To be fair]], [[KillerRabbit swans are some of the most violently territorial animals on Earth.]]
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* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' titled "The Squirrels" the kids in Elwood City all develop a temporary phobia of squirrels after seeing a movie called The Squirrels a la The Birds.
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* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' titled "The Squirrels" the kids in Elwood City all develop a temporary phobia of squirrels after seeing a movie called The Squirrels "The Squirrels" a la The Birds.''Film/TheBirds''.
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* There are a wide variety of real-life phobias that can come across as this to normal people. Including fear of clowns, ducks, babies, hair, colors, numbers, words, etc...
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* Israeli comedic education show ''Ronen and Renana'' featured a skit where a librarian blackmails someone by threatening to splash water on him. She figured out his fear of water based on his aversion towards the book ''Literature/ThreeMenInABoat'' and that he once ran screaming at the site of a glass of water.
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* Israeli comedic education show ''Ronen and Renana'' featured a skit where a librarian blackmails someone by threatening to splash water on him. She figured out his fear of water based on his aversion towards the book ''Literature/ThreeMenInABoat'' and that he once ran screaming at the site sight of a glass of water.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Fear Of Flying" it is revealed that Homer has a fear of sock puppets.
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* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'': In "The Nightmoon Mare Zone":
-->'''Narrator:''' What are you afraid of? Is it death? Perhaps spiders? Why not be afraid of something ''original'' for once? You know what, from now on, you're afraid of farts. ''[Fart sound]'' Did I scare you?
-->'''Narrator:''' What are you afraid of? Is it death? Perhaps spiders? Why not be afraid of something ''original'' for once? You know what, from now on, you're afraid of farts. ''[Fart sound]'' Did I scare you?
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* ''TheFarSide'' introduces us to Anatidaephobia: The fear that somewhere, somehow, [[MorallyAmbiguousDucktorate a duck is watching you.]]
** The same comic is also responsible for the trope image.
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* ''TheFarSide'' introduces us to ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' had several cartoons describing implausibly detailed phobias, including:
** Anatidaephobia: The fear that somewhere, somehow, [[MorallyAmbiguousDucktorate a duck is watching you.]]
** Luposlipophobia: Thesame comic is also responsible for the trope image.fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor.
** Anatidaephobia: The fear that somewhere, somehow, [[MorallyAmbiguousDucktorate a duck is watching you.]]
** Luposlipophobia: The
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* Guenièvre in ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'' is afraid of birds because they don't have arms.
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* Aunt Josephine from ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' suffers from phobias of everything, tripping over the door mat, getting electrocuted by using a telephone, and finally, ''realtors''.
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* Aunt Josephine from ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' suffers from phobias of everything, tripping over the door mat, getting electrocuted by using a telephone, and finally, ''realtors''. In TheFilmOfTheBook, her fears of them prove amusingly rational for just one evening, when a hurricane strikes her house and causes all her appliances to malfunction in exactly the way she claimed they would.
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->'''[[SassyBlackWoman Varla:]]''' You afraid of milk? How old are you, man? I got a two-year-old nephew who’s not afraid of milk!
->'''Monk:''' You must be very proud of him.
->'''Varla:''' For what? Not bein’ afraid of milk? That just means he’s normal!
-->--''{{Monk}}'', "Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf"
[[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Everyone is afraid of something.]] While phobias are defined as irrational fears, most of the time they still make perfect sense. Fears of things that can hurt you like spiders, heights, needles, and snakes are perfectly understandable.
[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHorrific A crippling fear of grass, on the other hand, not so much.]]
Sometimes, in a work, a character has a phobia of something that is so ridiculous that people have a hard time comprehending it. Often comes in one of three flavors:
* A character being afraid of something so mundane and/or harmless that it borders on absurdity. [[NightmareRetardant (e.g., a fear of cardboard boxes)]]
* A character established as being extremely tough and imposing has an exaggerated common fear. [[EekAMouse (e.g., elephants being terrified of mice)]]
* A character has an exaggerated fear of something that s/he consciously deals with on a daily basis. [[{{IronicFear}} (e.g., a circus owner who's afraid of clowns)]]
A ComedyTrope, this kind of phobia is usually PlayedForLaughs. In the rare instance that this phobia is PlayedForDrama or characters sympathize with the phobiac because of it, then it is considered a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] if a logical reason is given for said fear.
Compare FauxHorrific, NightmareRetardant, and WeaksauceWeakness. An IronicFear can be considered one of these. If one of these phobias is a recurring plot point, then it is WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes.
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!Examples
[[AC:AnimeAndManga]]
* Ranma of ''RanmaOneHalf'' has a crippling phobia of cats. It's often played for laughs for being a WeaksauceWeakness. But then it's revealed that this was the intended result of learning a particularly brutal martial art that activates his BerserkMode whenever said fear reaches it's limit.
* ''OnePiece'': Sugar, a member of Donquixote Pirates, developed a phobia to long noses or anything that resembles them, due to the long-nosed Usopp accidentally scaring her with a NightmareFace (after being unknowingly fed with a spicy pepper) that made her faint.
* Mio Akiyama in ''Manga/KOn'' (mostly the anime) has a fear of barnacles, mold, cray fish, other people's blisters, the covers of horror films and pretty much any string of scary words involving blood, injury, or ghosts. In TheMovie, she gains a fear of things that turn (including conveyor belt sushi and ''The London Eye'' of all things).
* ''MyBalls''. Elyse has a literal fear of penises, picturing a horrifying monster whenever she looks at one.
[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* There is a MickeyMouse comic that shows Minnie being [[FurryConfusion afraid of]] [[EekAMouse mice]].
[[AC:ComicStrip]]
* TheFarSide introduces us to Anatidaephobia: The fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.
** The same comic is also responsible for the trope image.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''.
** Snoopy suffers from Weed Claustrophobia -- a fear of standing in tall grass.
** Lucy once admitted to being afraid of small pieces of fuzz.
* Walter the Softy from ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK'' had a few of those, among others from things like butterflies as part of his extra-wimpy characterisation from the late [[TheSeventies '70s]] to the [[TheNineties '90s]]. He'd run in tears to his mother for shelter whenever he encountered one of these.
* Wade the Duck of ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' suffers from paranoia and Panphobia (Fear of Everything). Both of which are almost always PlayedForLaughs
[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Aunt Josephine from ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' suffers from phobias of everything, tripping over the door mat, getting electrocuted by using a telephone, and finally, ''realtors''.
* The Nomes from the ''Literature/LandOfOz'' series are terrified of eggs. They claim they're toxic to them, but it's heavily implied that's not true.
* In ''Literature/TheSavannahReidMysteries'', the tough, manly-man cop Dirk is terrified of chickens. Savannah finds this amusing.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''Series/{{Monk}}''. Adrian Monk has a '''''VERY''''' long list of these, including milk, glaciers, clouds, chalk, bees, blenders, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs bees in blenders]], soccer riots, round things, dryer lint, underwear, harmonicas, mixed vegetables, "the miracle of birth", and [[LiteralMetaphor fear itself]].
* Sheldon from ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' has a fear of birds. The guys often tease him for it, particularly about the time he was chased up a tree by a chicken. Amy and Penny help him get over his fear when a bird flies into the apartment.
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': In the ''Barber Shop Sketch'' the barber has a fear of ''cutting hair'', which makes him murder every client he gets. As it turns out he would have rather been a lumberjack...
* In the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode, "The One with the Embryos", it comes out that Michael Flatley, Lord of the Dance scares the bejeezus out of Chandler.
-->'''Joey:''' The Irish jig guy?
-->'''Chandler:''' His legs flail about as if independent from his body!
* In the ''Series/HappyDays'' episode "Fearless Malph", Ralph admits to having literally every phobia in the book. The episode centers on Ralph becoming fearless through hypnotic suggestion.
** The episode "The Muckrakers" also has Richie potentially exposing the Fonz's fear and disgust for liver. Fonzie eventually chokes down the fear and eats some.
* ''Series/KenanAndKel''. Until seeing a hypnotist for a cure, Chris had an irrational fear of sandwiches; Kenan thought it was ridiculous.
-->'''Chris:''' If it wasn't for hypnotism, I would have never gotten over my fear of sandwiches.
-->'''Kenan:''' ''You were afraid of a sandwich?!''
-->'''Chris:''' ''Not anymore!''
* In ANTFarm, [[InsufferableGenius Olive Doyle]] claims she has many phobias, including "ghosts, vampires, witches, zombies, leprechauns, giraffes, double decker buses, balloons and...''(shudders)'' curly fries." Cue Fletcher sitting next to her with a tray of curly fries.
* In the ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' episode "Murdochophobia", Murdoch admits he's phobic of butterflies. At first Dr. Ogden believes he's rather patronisingly attempting to connect with her phobic patients, but starts laughing when she realises he's serious.
-->'''Murdoch''': I hope you don't react to your patients like that.
* Israeli comedic education show ''Ronen and Renana'' featured a skit where a librarian blackmails someone by threatening to splash water on him. She figured out his fear of water based on his aversion towards the book ''Literature/ThreeMenInABoat'' and that he once ran screaming at the site of a glass of water.
[[AC:{{Music}}]]
* Liam Payne of the band Music/OneDirection has a phobia of spoons, exaggerated for comedic effect in the fanvid series ''The Adventurous Adventures of One Direction''.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* Guybrush Threepwood of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' has a crippling fear of porcelain that is never explained.
* Buddy of VideoGame/MySimsAgents is afraid of pudding, and casually mentions [[ArtisticLicenseHistory Pudding War I]]. Justified, as he's allergic to it.
[[AC:{{Webcomics}}]]
* ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings''. [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/the-tale-of-commanders-irrational-millipede-phobia These]] [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/of-course-the-millipede-planet-has-an-oxygen-rich-atmosphere-how-else-would-the-millipedes-survive three]] [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/i-think-this-page-sumarizes-a-lot-of-what-i-like-about-commander comics]] talk about [[CommanderBadass Commander's]] irrational millipede phobia.
* Yuki of ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' has her fear of phalluses. Not especially comic in itself, but played for (rather cruel) laughs in that she hallucinates tentacles whenever she sees a penis, and then goes into a berserk fugue state. Which is kind of rough on Gary, her sometime boyfriend.
[[AC:WebOriginal]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpzKMr4fJwg This]] CollegeHumor sketch features [[FearSeer the Scarecrow]] using his fear gas to fight Batman. The results are... unexpected.
* The NecroCritic has an admitted fear of babies that is PlayedForLaughs in his ''Baby Geniuses'' review.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* Subverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' where Hank develops a serious crippling fear of propane, the thing he sells for a living. Justified, in that he had survived a gas leak explosion in the previous episode.
** Played straight in another episode where the entire cast treats Hank's fear of bats like this.
--->'''Hank:''' You know, we've all got fears. What about Bill's fear of balloons?
--->'''Bill:''' ''(alarmed)'' Where!?
* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddparents''
** The Yugopotamians have a species wide phobia of such innocent things as candy, flowers, small children, displays of affection, and anything cute, safe, or fun. Justified in that, biologically, [[GoodHurtsEvil these things can actually hurt and/or kill them.]]
** In "Deja Vu", Francis appears to have a phobia of getting wet.
--->''Timmy threw a water balloon at him''
--->'''Francis:''' WATER! IT BURNS! AAAAAAAAH!!
** In "A Bad Case of Diary-Uh!", one of the embarrassing secrets revealed in Vicky's journal is her fear of cows.
*** In the same episode, Timmy is revealed to have a fear of both clowns and feet. Vicky manages to use both [[ItMakesSenseInContext (along with his allergy to oranges)]] against him by going to his school and declaring "Barefoot Orange-Juggling Clown Day".
** [[MemeticMutation Super Toilet.]]
* Chucky from ''{{Rugrats}}'' has a long list of these. The most famous being his unexplained fear of [[BlandNameProduct "that guy on the oatmeal box"]].
** Taken UpToEleven in another episode where Chucky meets a kid who has even more ridiculous fears than he does, including the fear of being '''eaten''' by oatmeal.
* The plot of many ''InvaderZim'' episodes revolve around him developing an insane phobia of a random mundane Earth object/group/action, and taking [[HilarityEnsues drastic measures to be rid of them.]]
* Nicky's fear of swans is a running gag in ''PepperAnn''.
** [[JustifiedTrope To be fair]], [[KillerRabbit swans are some of the most violently territorial animals on Earth.]]
* [[BigGuy Norman]] of ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'' has arachnophobia so extreme that he once jumped through a ceiling in response to a tiny spider landing on his shoulder. Justified when you learn that [[spoiler:he is destined to die by being eaten by a giant spider.]]
* ''LittlestPetShop2012'':
** Russell apparently has a phobia of marshmallows, justifying it by claiming they're "soft and...squishy..."
** Sunil in "Heart of Parkness":
--->'''Sunil:''' I am scared of creatures with six or more legs, loud noises, curtains, [[Main/ArsonMurderAndJaywalking avocados, and quiet jazz music]], but no, not cobras.
* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' titled "The Squirrels" the kids in Elwood City all develop a temporary phobia of squirrels after seeing a movie called The Squirrels a la The Birds.
* Stan from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' has an unexplained phobia of seagulls.
-->'''Stan:''' A SEAGULL? WHERE? Don't let it touch me with its feet!
[[AC:RealLife]]
* There are a wide variety of real-life phobias that can come across as this to normal people. Including fear of clowns, ducks, babies, hair, colors, numbers, words, etc...
->'''[[SassyBlackWoman Varla:]]''' You afraid of milk? How old are you, man? I got a two-year-old nephew who’s not afraid of milk!
->'''Monk:''' You must be very proud of him.
->'''Varla:''' For what? Not bein’ afraid of milk? That just means he’s normal!
-->--''{{Monk}}'', "Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf"
[[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Everyone is afraid of something.]] While phobias are defined as irrational fears, most of the time they still make perfect sense. Fears of things that can hurt you like spiders, heights, needles, and snakes are perfectly understandable.
[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHorrific A crippling fear of grass, on the other hand, not so much.]]
Sometimes, in a work, a character has a phobia of something that is so ridiculous that people have a hard time comprehending it. Often comes in one of three flavors:
* A character being afraid of something so mundane and/or harmless that it borders on absurdity. [[NightmareRetardant (e.g., a fear of cardboard boxes)]]
* A character established as being extremely tough and imposing has an exaggerated common fear. [[EekAMouse (e.g., elephants being terrified of mice)]]
* A character has an exaggerated fear of something that s/he consciously deals with on a daily basis. [[{{IronicFear}} (e.g., a circus owner who's afraid of clowns)]]
A ComedyTrope, this kind of phobia is usually PlayedForLaughs. In the rare instance that this phobia is PlayedForDrama or characters sympathize with the phobiac because of it, then it is considered a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] if a logical reason is given for said fear.
Compare FauxHorrific, NightmareRetardant, and WeaksauceWeakness. An IronicFear can be considered one of these. If one of these phobias is a recurring plot point, then it is WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes.
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!Examples
[[AC:AnimeAndManga]]
* Ranma of ''RanmaOneHalf'' has a crippling phobia of cats. It's often played for laughs for being a WeaksauceWeakness. But then it's revealed that this was the intended result of learning a particularly brutal martial art that activates his BerserkMode whenever said fear reaches it's limit.
* ''OnePiece'': Sugar, a member of Donquixote Pirates, developed a phobia to long noses or anything that resembles them, due to the long-nosed Usopp accidentally scaring her with a NightmareFace (after being unknowingly fed with a spicy pepper) that made her faint.
* Mio Akiyama in ''Manga/KOn'' (mostly the anime) has a fear of barnacles, mold, cray fish, other people's blisters, the covers of horror films and pretty much any string of scary words involving blood, injury, or ghosts. In TheMovie, she gains a fear of things that turn (including conveyor belt sushi and ''The London Eye'' of all things).
* ''MyBalls''. Elyse has a literal fear of penises, picturing a horrifying monster whenever she looks at one.
[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* There is a MickeyMouse comic that shows Minnie being [[FurryConfusion afraid of]] [[EekAMouse mice]].
[[AC:ComicStrip]]
* TheFarSide introduces us to Anatidaephobia: The fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.
** The same comic is also responsible for the trope image.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''.
** Snoopy suffers from Weed Claustrophobia -- a fear of standing in tall grass.
** Lucy once admitted to being afraid of small pieces of fuzz.
* Walter the Softy from ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK'' had a few of those, among others from things like butterflies as part of his extra-wimpy characterisation from the late [[TheSeventies '70s]] to the [[TheNineties '90s]]. He'd run in tears to his mother for shelter whenever he encountered one of these.
* Wade the Duck of ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' suffers from paranoia and Panphobia (Fear of Everything). Both of which are almost always PlayedForLaughs
[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Aunt Josephine from ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' suffers from phobias of everything, tripping over the door mat, getting electrocuted by using a telephone, and finally, ''realtors''.
* The Nomes from the ''Literature/LandOfOz'' series are terrified of eggs. They claim they're toxic to them, but it's heavily implied that's not true.
* In ''Literature/TheSavannahReidMysteries'', the tough, manly-man cop Dirk is terrified of chickens. Savannah finds this amusing.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''Series/{{Monk}}''. Adrian Monk has a '''''VERY''''' long list of these, including milk, glaciers, clouds, chalk, bees, blenders, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs bees in blenders]], soccer riots, round things, dryer lint, underwear, harmonicas, mixed vegetables, "the miracle of birth", and [[LiteralMetaphor fear itself]].
* Sheldon from ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' has a fear of birds. The guys often tease him for it, particularly about the time he was chased up a tree by a chicken. Amy and Penny help him get over his fear when a bird flies into the apartment.
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': In the ''Barber Shop Sketch'' the barber has a fear of ''cutting hair'', which makes him murder every client he gets. As it turns out he would have rather been a lumberjack...
* In the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode, "The One with the Embryos", it comes out that Michael Flatley, Lord of the Dance scares the bejeezus out of Chandler.
-->'''Joey:''' The Irish jig guy?
-->'''Chandler:''' His legs flail about as if independent from his body!
* In the ''Series/HappyDays'' episode "Fearless Malph", Ralph admits to having literally every phobia in the book. The episode centers on Ralph becoming fearless through hypnotic suggestion.
** The episode "The Muckrakers" also has Richie potentially exposing the Fonz's fear and disgust for liver. Fonzie eventually chokes down the fear and eats some.
* ''Series/KenanAndKel''. Until seeing a hypnotist for a cure, Chris had an irrational fear of sandwiches; Kenan thought it was ridiculous.
-->'''Chris:''' If it wasn't for hypnotism, I would have never gotten over my fear of sandwiches.
-->'''Kenan:''' ''You were afraid of a sandwich?!''
-->'''Chris:''' ''Not anymore!''
* In ANTFarm, [[InsufferableGenius Olive Doyle]] claims she has many phobias, including "ghosts, vampires, witches, zombies, leprechauns, giraffes, double decker buses, balloons and...''(shudders)'' curly fries." Cue Fletcher sitting next to her with a tray of curly fries.
* In the ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' episode "Murdochophobia", Murdoch admits he's phobic of butterflies. At first Dr. Ogden believes he's rather patronisingly attempting to connect with her phobic patients, but starts laughing when she realises he's serious.
-->'''Murdoch''': I hope you don't react to your patients like that.
* Israeli comedic education show ''Ronen and Renana'' featured a skit where a librarian blackmails someone by threatening to splash water on him. She figured out his fear of water based on his aversion towards the book ''Literature/ThreeMenInABoat'' and that he once ran screaming at the site of a glass of water.
[[AC:{{Music}}]]
* Liam Payne of the band Music/OneDirection has a phobia of spoons, exaggerated for comedic effect in the fanvid series ''The Adventurous Adventures of One Direction''.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* Guybrush Threepwood of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' has a crippling fear of porcelain that is never explained.
* Buddy of VideoGame/MySimsAgents is afraid of pudding, and casually mentions [[ArtisticLicenseHistory Pudding War I]]. Justified, as he's allergic to it.
[[AC:{{Webcomics}}]]
* ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings''. [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/the-tale-of-commanders-irrational-millipede-phobia These]] [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/of-course-the-millipede-planet-has-an-oxygen-rich-atmosphere-how-else-would-the-millipedes-survive three]] [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/i-think-this-page-sumarizes-a-lot-of-what-i-like-about-commander comics]] talk about [[CommanderBadass Commander's]] irrational millipede phobia.
* Yuki of ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' has her fear of phalluses. Not especially comic in itself, but played for (rather cruel) laughs in that she hallucinates tentacles whenever she sees a penis, and then goes into a berserk fugue state. Which is kind of rough on Gary, her sometime boyfriend.
[[AC:WebOriginal]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpzKMr4fJwg This]] CollegeHumor sketch features [[FearSeer the Scarecrow]] using his fear gas to fight Batman. The results are... unexpected.
* The NecroCritic has an admitted fear of babies that is PlayedForLaughs in his ''Baby Geniuses'' review.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* Subverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' where Hank develops a serious crippling fear of propane, the thing he sells for a living. Justified, in that he had survived a gas leak explosion in the previous episode.
** Played straight in another episode where the entire cast treats Hank's fear of bats like this.
--->'''Hank:''' You know, we've all got fears. What about Bill's fear of balloons?
--->'''Bill:''' ''(alarmed)'' Where!?
* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddparents''
** The Yugopotamians have a species wide phobia of such innocent things as candy, flowers, small children, displays of affection, and anything cute, safe, or fun. Justified in that, biologically, [[GoodHurtsEvil these things can actually hurt and/or kill them.]]
** In "Deja Vu", Francis appears to have a phobia of getting wet.
--->''Timmy threw a water balloon at him''
--->'''Francis:''' WATER! IT BURNS! AAAAAAAAH!!
** In "A Bad Case of Diary-Uh!", one of the embarrassing secrets revealed in Vicky's journal is her fear of cows.
*** In the same episode, Timmy is revealed to have a fear of both clowns and feet. Vicky manages to use both [[ItMakesSenseInContext (along with his allergy to oranges)]] against him by going to his school and declaring "Barefoot Orange-Juggling Clown Day".
** [[MemeticMutation Super Toilet.]]
* Chucky from ''{{Rugrats}}'' has a long list of these. The most famous being his unexplained fear of [[BlandNameProduct "that guy on the oatmeal box"]].
** Taken UpToEleven in another episode where Chucky meets a kid who has even more ridiculous fears than he does, including the fear of being '''eaten''' by oatmeal.
* The plot of many ''InvaderZim'' episodes revolve around him developing an insane phobia of a random mundane Earth object/group/action, and taking [[HilarityEnsues drastic measures to be rid of them.]]
* Nicky's fear of swans is a running gag in ''PepperAnn''.
** [[JustifiedTrope To be fair]], [[KillerRabbit swans are some of the most violently territorial animals on Earth.]]
* [[BigGuy Norman]] of ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'' has arachnophobia so extreme that he once jumped through a ceiling in response to a tiny spider landing on his shoulder. Justified when you learn that [[spoiler:he is destined to die by being eaten by a giant spider.]]
* ''LittlestPetShop2012'':
** Russell apparently has a phobia of marshmallows, justifying it by claiming they're "soft and...squishy..."
** Sunil in "Heart of Parkness":
--->'''Sunil:''' I am scared of creatures with six or more legs, loud noises, curtains, [[Main/ArsonMurderAndJaywalking avocados, and quiet jazz music]], but no, not cobras.
* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' titled "The Squirrels" the kids in Elwood City all develop a temporary phobia of squirrels after seeing a movie called The Squirrels a la The Birds.
* Stan from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' has an unexplained phobia of seagulls.
-->'''Stan:''' A SEAGULL? WHERE? Don't let it touch me with its feet!
[[AC:RealLife]]
* There are a wide variety of real-life phobias that can come across as this to normal people. Including fear of clowns, ducks, babies, hair, colors, numbers, words, etc...
