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* Villainous example: [[OneSceneWonder Snowflame]], a ''NewGuardians'' villain who got his power from cocaine.

* In the Literature/HarryPotter / JusticeLeague crossover ''Terminal Justice'', after drinking fourteen ''pots'' of iced mocha, Harry started skipping down the hallway singing and babbling a mile a minute and was described by the author as "greatly resembling Flash on a sugar high".

CaffeineBulletTime is when a hyperactive character of some sort, usually a comic SideKick, ends up saving the day by increasing their speed to superhuman levels with some sort of stimulant. [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Coffee, sugar, drugs,]] whatever the source, sometimes the speed increase is so great that it seems like TimeStandsStill. Since this is a {{comedy trope|s}}, the stimulant is usually [[MustHaveCaffeine caffeine]].

* The nuclear powered "Bonk! Atomic Punch" Energy Drink Scout unlockable weapon in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''. [[YesButWhatDoesZataproximetacineDO Contains several hundred times the daily recommended allowance of sugar. Side effects include a feeling of lethargy that can last for several seconds (since removed in one of the subsequent updates).]] It also comes in two delicious [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience team-colored]] flavors: Blutonium Berry and Cherry Fission. He doesn't move faster, but every attack at him misses.

* In the live-action ''GeorgeOfTheJungle'' film, George sees a commercial for "Chock Full o' Nuts" coffee which suggests that drinking coffee will stimulate a romantic relationship. He proceeds to get the can from the pantry and ''eat the grounds.'' Cue several minutes of him running around the apartment at top speed, acting insane and chanting "Javajavajavajavajavajavajavajavajavajavajava..."

* In the live-action ''GeorgeOfTheJungle'' film, George sees a commercial for "Chock Full'o Nuts" coffee which suggests that drinking coffee will stimulate a romantic relationship. He proceeds to get the can from the pantry and ''eat the grounds.'' Cue several minutes of him running around the apartment at top speed, acting insane and chanting "Javajavajavajavajavajavajavajavajavajavajava..."

->''"Brooahhh! Coffeecoffeecoffee! Coffee! It's not as strong as [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness methamphetamine]], but it lets you keep your teeth!"''

** When she realizes how little she has to show for her time as a Congresswoman, she decides to do this deliberately to ensure she has a legacy. When she comes down, [[spoiler: Series/{{Community}} is America's top comedy, WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated is in its fourth season, Justin Bieber is in line for the Nobel Peace Prize, and WORLD PEACE has been declared. Unfortunately, this all comes at the cost of her relationship with Leslie. And the World Peace is later overturned [[WarForFunAndProfit because it's bad for war industries]].]]

* In ''{{RWBY}}'', the history professor Bartholomew Oobleck is in a constant state of this, as implied by his rapid dashing.

** After Peter is introduced to Red Bull by Quagmire. He becomes addicted to it and becomes this for the first act of the episode

* ''WebVideo/TheAnnoyingOrange'' epsiode "''ZOOM!!!''" After Orange accidentally drinks an energy drink of the episode's name, he winds up going through this. HilarityEnsures

* Subverted in ''Series/UltramanMax'' when an Alien Monster named "''Moyatalanka''" appears and generates a virus that spreads throughout Japan. The virus makes everyone, including both DASH and Ultraman Max act extremely hyper-active, but in doing so does their nervous system become damaged from their hyperactivity. However, Moyatalanka's virus proves useful to the elder members of DASH, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain who wind up using their "hyperactivity" to find a cure for the virus before they succumb to its side effects]].

* In ''{{Gothic}}'', you can achieve similar effect by smoking swampweed.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' [[TheMovie movie]], there's a scene of Stewie driving an RV offroad in Nevada while wired on caffeine pills, [[NoIndoorVoice yelling]] about being like "the pioneers, man!" They promptly crash, and while Stewie doesn't seem to notice at first, as soon as the airbag deploys as a makeshift pillow, he falls asleep.

* ''{{Futurama}}'' contained this one in the episode ''Three Hundred Big Boys''. In it, all the characters are given $300 tax refunds. Rich girl Amy points out that this isn't much, only 'a hundred cups of coffee', inspiring Fry to buy a hundred cups of coffee with his refund. As time goes on, his caffeine addiction becomes stronger and more hilarious as he twitches and babbles his way through the episode. Every time he drinks a cup of coffee on screen a small counter appears in the corner of the screen showing how many he's drunk so far. At the end of the episode, the characters are in a burning building, but Fry is too overdosed on caffeine to notice, and throws back another cup. The counter hits 100, and time slows to a crawl for him. A hummingbird seems to be flapping extremely slowly, in a ShoutOut to the time-slowing scene from ''Film/StarTrekInsurrection''. Fry is now calm and serene, as if he has achieved caffeine enlightenment. He then carries each character out of the building, before putting out the fire. Leela later remarks that she thinks they were saved by a 'mysterious orange blur'.

* Hyper Candy from the ''{{Kirby}}'' series, which makes Kirby invincible and, sometimes, hyperfast.

* The {{VideoGame/Kirby}} series has the [[InvincibilityPowerUp Invincibility Candy]], which makes Kirby hyper, making him flash yellow and move faster while being invincible.

* The VideoGame/Kirby series has the [[InvincibilityPowerUp Invincibility Candy]], which makes Kirby hyper, making him flash yellow and move faster while being invincible.

->''"Brooahhh! Coffeecoffeecoffee! Coffee! It's not as strong as methamphetamine, but it lets you keep your teeth!"''

* In the Literature/HarryPotter fic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6690487/1/Growing-Up-Kneazle Growing Up Kneazle]]'', after spending nearly his entire pre-Hogwarts childhood in his Kneazle animagus form, Harry discovered that in human form, catnip had a stimulant/hallucinogen effect on him.

** When she realizes how little she has to show for her time as a Congresswoman, she decides to do this deliberately to ensure she has a legacy. When she comes down, [[spoiler: Series/{{Community}} is America's top comedy, WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated is in its fourth season, Justin Bieber is in line for the Nobel Peace Prize, and WORLD PEACE has been declared. Unfortunately, this all comes at the cost of her relationship with Leslie.]]

--> The Wolf: [[CrowningMomentOfFunny What have I done?]]