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* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Slayer blood is this for Vampires. It's also mentioned that a vamp can become high by feeding off someone who is high.

* [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Kayle]] in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' gets what can only be described as a massive sugar high after encountering a magical disease within the Institute of War. The disease normally breaks down the infected person's organs at a cellular level. BizarreAlienBiology is [[DiscussedTrope offered as the reason]].

* The worms in ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'' are addicted to coffee as if it was a hard liquor; even to the point that they would suffer from withdrawal if the coffee machine ever broke. In one episode it is revealed coffee is reserved to only the elite in their planet.

* ''Literature/TheShipWhoSang'': In the chapter ''Dramatic Mission'', a KlingonsLoveShakespeare effort involves humans using Corviki tech to [[RemoteBody project themselves]] into [[StarfishAlien hydrazoan-like]] spare Corviki bodies or "envelopes" so they [[MyselfMyAvatar can act freely]] in the methane-ammonia atmosphere of the planet. The Corviki ''love'' the adapted performance of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', and their way of conveying this approval is intense and overpowering, even overwhelming - yanked back to herself, Helva is both relieved and [[SenseLossSadness saddened]] to lose the feeling. Many of the actors are reluctant to return, so powerful are Corviki accolades - but the aliens listen when this is explained to them and restrain themselves from that point forwards. Still, some of the actors choose to StayWithTheAliens and that's part of why.

* Played literally in Creator/AndreNorton's ''Literature/PlagueShip''. The protagonists are trying to trade with a CatFolk race for valuable gemstones. The problem is, the aliens are unwilling to sell the gems for regular goods... but once they get a sniff of catnip and valerian...
* At least one species in Keith Laumer's SF series ''Literature/{{Retief}}'' gets high on stale Pepsi. (Yes, explicitly Pepsi.)
* In ''Literature/TheShipWho Sang'' chapter ''Dramatic Mission'', a KlingonsLoveShakespeare effort involves humans using Corviki tech to [[RemoteBody project themselves]] into [[StarfishAlien hydrazoan-like]] spare Corviki bodies or "envelopes" so they [[MyselfMyAvatar can act freely]] in the methane-ammonia atmosphere of the planet. The Corviki ''love'' the adapted performance of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', and their way of conveying this approval is intense and overpowering, even overwhelming - yanked back to herself, Helva is both relieved and [[SenseLossSadness saddened]] to lose the feeling. Many of the actors are reluctant to return, so powerful are Corviki accolades - but the aliens listen when this is explained to them and restrain themselves from that point forwards. Still, some of the actors choose to StayWithTheAliens and that's part of why.

* In ''Literature/SpaceBeasts'', various Earth foodstuffs are dangerous to Extra Terrestrials and Magical Creatures. First of all [[IntelligentGerbil Intelligent Herons]] the Aves have extreme reactions whenever they eat strawberries; they don't get addicted, but for the male Aves they seem to have a similar effect as mixing ecstasy with Viagra. The male Aves get a painful long-lasting erection and also they get a fierce desire to hump anything they can get their hands on. Zander ends up assaulting his own wife in public after tasting a strawberry, and Revel rapes the Ant Girl Yin after she force-fed him some strawberry champagne; both felt extreme shame and embarrassment once they snapped out of it.
** As for [[TheFairFolk Magical Races]] (or more specifically their half human descendants), each species of Fae has its own drug: for Elves it's wasabi, for Fairies, peanut butter, for goblins, bananas. For half human/half Fae these addictions are extremely powerful. The only way to bring them 'back down to Earth' when they give in to their addiction is through physical pain--normally that means a spanking.
*** Some species of Humanimal (specifically prehistoric species like dinosaurs) can be extremely sensitive to modern foods. Rodan the Pteranodon Man finds that Chocolate has an effect on him similar to the effect that strawberries have on male Aves. He almost gets demoted when he rapes an enemy girl soldier.

* In the ''Literature/StarCarrier'' series the Agletsch get drunk off of acetic acid (vinegar).

-->They smell so delicious together, the two of them, Vriska and Karkat. A wild, crazy blue offset by a shocking, angry contrast that swirl together in her mind’s eye, so decadent she could lick it forever and never get tired of the taste.

* One ''Literature/ManKzinWars'' short story featured a mixed human and Kzin crew surveying a distant planet and discovering a substance that causes the felinoid Kzin to act just like cats on ... catnip. HilarityEnsues. Followed by quarantine.

** Inverted in a much later episode, "Mork and the Family Reunion", when Mindy accidentally eats an Orkan delicacy called flek, and [[IntoxicationEnsues begins performing spontaneous gymnastics and acting, well, Mork-like]]. Later, Mindy's uncle eats some and HilarityEnsues.

* In ''Series/BabylonFive'', Minbari become [[AxeCrazy psychotic and violent]] if they drink even [[CantHoldTheirLiquor a small amount of alcohol.]]

--> '''Spike:''' If every vampire who said he was at the Crucifixion was actually there it would've been like Woodstock. I was actually at Woodstock... that was a ''weird'' gig. I fed off a flower person and I spent six hours [[ContemplatingYourHands watching my hand move]].

** It's debatable just how "soft" butterbeer actually is. The simplest explanation is that it is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_beer#Small_beer a mildly alcoholic malt beverage]]: not enough alcohol to have a major effect on even a very young (Harry has his first nip at 14, and the stuff doesn't seem to be age-restricted like firewhisky) human, but if a house elf (roughly half the size of even an adolescent human) rips through a six-pack in under an hour, well.... We should note that historical [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfTudor Tudor-era England]] had a drink called butterbeer, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Jgq-VQE-o made of butter, eggs, sugar, nutmeg, and ale]]; it's not ''terribly'' alcoholic--since it involves diluting beer, and if you use a weaker English brew like session ale (beer in the 16th century would've been weaker, as it was the safe alternative to drinking water and the English hadn't gotten ahold of tea yet)--but still enough you could get drunk after a few pints. [[http://recipewise.co.uk/buttered-beere-1588 Here's one of numerous recipes.]]

** One of the suspected causes of the Salem Witch Trials was [[FridgeBrilliance ergot poisoning from spoiled rye bread]]

* ''Manga/MonsterMusume'': Rachnera, the spider-girl, gets drunk off of caffeine, [[ShownTheirWork just like real spiders]].

* In ''Series/BabylonFive'', Minbari become [[AxeCrazy psychotic and violent]] if they drink even [[CantHoldHisLiquor a small amount of alcohol.]]

* ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'': The Crystalian equivalent of alcohol happens to be nearly identical to Japanese tea. In one episode, Mabushina, who wasn't aware of this and apparently CantHoldHerLiquor, tries drinking tea and ends up going on a rampage, [[WhatDidIDoLastNight and then has to piece together what happened after it wears off]].

* On an episode of ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', Sabrina becomes addicted to pancakes (part of an old Spellman family curse, of which there were many), and at one point gorges herself to the point of bloating. When she tries to go [[ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere cold turkey]], she experiences withdrawal symptoms, hallucinating that Salem is a pile of pancakes asking whether she is hungry, imagining that the school is putting on an elaborate musical number imploring her to eat pancakes, and dreaming that a giant syrup bottle tries to persuade her to come away to a haven for witches addicted to pancakes, where she can eat to her heart's content. It was a really weird episode.

** Also note that most Cyantians are more susceptible to drug effects than humans, as such they don't have any caffeine and [[CantHoldHisLiquor very little alcohol]].

* In ''LightNovel/SoImASpiderSoWhat'' Shiraori can get drunk on alcohol like normal humans, but a single cup of coffee is enough to render her insensate along with a clone which tried to filter it our of her system. Oddly it has to be caffeinated coffee; decaffeinated coffee has no effect nor does caffeine or any of the other individual ingredients.

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' vampires will occasionally run into someone whose blood is like this for them, to the point of being nigh-irresistible. [[RuleOfDrama Like the main couple.]] To a notably lesser extent, ''any'' human's blood.

* In ''Wyjście z cienia'' by Creator/JanuszZajdel, the aliens came to Earth for the produce in the first place, but what made them stay is honey and livid pinkgill mushrooms, which are mildly poisonous to humans - upon ingesting them, the aliens start moving in a ''very'' wobbly way (one falls under a train). It's a hint to their true nature as [[spoiler: [[HiveMind sentient]] [[InsectoidAliens anthills]] ]].

** It's debatable just how "soft" butterbeer actually is. The simplest explanation is that it is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_beer#Small_beer a mildly alcoholic malt beverage]]: not enough alcohol to have a major effect on even a very young (Harry has his first nip at 14, and the stuff doesn't seem to be age-restricted like firewhisky) human, but if a house elf (roughly half the size of even an adolescent human) rips through a six-pack in under an hour, well.... We should note that historical [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfTudor Tudor-era England]] [[AluminumChristmasTrees had a drink called butterbeer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Jgq-VQE-o made of butter, eggs, sugar, nutmeg, and ale]]; it's not ''terribly'' alcoholic--since it involves diluting beer, and if you use a weaker English brew like session ale (beer in the 16th century would've been weaker, as it was the safe alternative to drinking water and the English hadn't gotten ahold of tea yet)--but still enough you could get drunk after a few pints. [[http://recipewise.co.uk/buttered-beere-1588 Here's one of numerous recipes.]]