History Main / FollowYourNose

* Non-intentionally hilarious: ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler'' shows us how reanimating the frozen body of the Jurassic man, Pickle, seems unattainable... but he awakes on his own after smelling [[spoiler:a T-Rex steak]].

In comedic or cartoony situations, a character will be shown being physically lifted off the ground and floating toward the source of a delicious smell. In older WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes-style shorts the vapors of scent will often be clearly visible, physics aside, and sometimes the vapor will actually develop hands that will lift the character.

* ''WebAnimation/CyanideAndHappiness'' short [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7_c8T4zXeM Prison Pie]] is about a prisoner using a pie that makes him do this to escape prison.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Homer Simpson can not only smell food, but can actually smell the writing on a birthday cake. [[UpToEleven "That's nothing. He can hear pudding".]]

-->-- '''Glenn Quagmire''', ''{{WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy}}'', "Amish Guy"

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* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': In Season 3 episode 49, Sweet S. makes food using some mushrooms sprinkled with special powder Big M. accidentally got on them, and they produce a pleasant aroma that attracts a bunch of robots, who float in the air as they sniff it. Several ''vehicles'' being driven float at the scent as well.
* ''Animation/MotuPatlu'': At the beginning of "John Banega Don", Motu picks up the scent of samosas and floats into the air as he follows it.
* In episode 3 of ''Animation/YamuchasKungFuAcademy'', Jubby floats in the air as she follows the scent of some steaks that the squid thieves have set out as a trap for her.
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* The ''WebVideo/Creamheroes'' has a ''Kittisaurus Villains'' episode where Lulu gives this advice to Dodo when he's too sick to participate in that day's heist. Dodo manages to locate the snacks via this method but needs DD to open the cupboard to get them.

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* ''Webcomic/KarateBears'' [[http://www.karatebears.com/2011/06/bbq.html can smell your BBQ]]
* [[https://web.archive.org/web/20140209181819/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4245 Squidley]] in ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}''.
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* Non-intentionally hillarious: ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler'' shows us how reanimating the frozen body of the Jurassic man, Pickle, seems unattainable... but he awakes on his own after smelling [[spoiler:a T-Rex steak]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy episode "A Yard Too Far". Ren and Stimpy catch on a visible green scent which leads them to a nearby fence, to the tune of ''Toy Flutes'' from ''The Nutcracker Suite'', even arriving in a Car made of the scent of hog jowls.

* After sniffing around for a while, Mikoto in ''Anime/MaiHime'' is drawn to a kendo dojo in the second episode and initiates a FireBreathingDiner after stealing some super-spicy curry bread.

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->''"Wait. A pie with hobo-lifting aroma? Who baked it?"''
-->-- '''Bender''', ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'', "The 30% Iron Chef"

* The page quote comes from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode where Bender attempts to become a chef, and this trope is parodied by a couple of hobos who float off the ground thanks to jetpacks upon smelling Spargel's pie.

** Parodied in one episode, where Peter tries to resist the old gag of pie steam trying to lure him and caress him to lure him to the pie. Then, things take a twisted turn when the steam tries to '''rape him''', and is holding Quagmire's eyes open [[ForcedToWatch to force him to watch]].

* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': In Season 3 episode 49, Sweet S. makes food using some mushrooms sprinkled with special powder Big M. accidentally got on them, and they produce a pleasant aroma that attracts a bunch of robots, who float in the air as they sniff it. Several vehicles being driven float at the scent as well.

* ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy episode "A Yard Too Far"
** Ren and Stimpy catch on a visible green scent which leads them to a nearby fence, to the tune of ''Toy Flutes'' from ''The Nutcracker Suite'', even arriving in a Car made of the scent of hog jowls.

* Rolly does this many times throughout ''[[Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians 101 Dalmatians: The Series]]''

* ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy episode "A Yard Too Far''
** Ren and Stimpy catch on a visible green scent which leads them to a nearby fence, to the tune of ''Toy Flutes'' from ''The Nutcracker Suite'', even arriving in a ar made of the scent of hog jowls.

* Parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', where Peter tries to resist the old gag of pie steam trying to lure him and caress him to lure him to the pie. Then, things take a twisted turn when the steam tries to '''rape him''', and is holding Quagmire's eyes open [[ForcedToWatch to force him to watch]],

** Ren and Stimpy catch on a Visible green scent which leads them to a Nearby Fence To the tune of Toy Flutes from The Nutcracker Suite, even furthering this gag with them arriving in a Car made of the Scent of Hog Jowls.

* Spider-Ham from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' is a FunnyAnimal who operates on ToonPhysics, so he apparently has this trope as an actual ability. When the heroes interrogate Miles Morales about his abilities, he asks Miles if he can "float in the air when you smell a delicious pie".

* Spider-Ham from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' is a FunnyAnimal who operates on ToonPhysics, so he apparently has this trope as an actual ability. When the heroes interrogate Miles Morales about his abilities, he asks Miles if he can "float in the air at the smell of a delicious pie".