History Main / HiccupHijinks

* ''Series/TheManFromUncle''. In "The Mad Mad Tea Party Affair" all kinds of bizarre things are happening in UNCLE headquarters, including an InnocentBystander who accidentally stumbles into the building. Our heroes are playing GoodCopBadCop, causing her to start hiccuping nervously. Solo fetches a glass of way, only for her to scream as there's a fish swimming in it. It does however cure her hiccups.

* In chapter 134 of ''Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku'', Noriko spent the whole chapter with hiccups even with the hiccup doctor's extreme scare tactics. She got cured when the doctor estimates the enormous surgical cost. Noriko gets it again in chapter 405. According to Jin, you die if you hiccup 100 times nonstop. Her hiccuups stop when she got close to 100. Kotetsu's grandfather gets the hiccups and fears that he'll die. He makes his goodbye when he's at 100, but got electrocuted and thinks he died. [[AmusingInjuries He's fine]].

* The ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' album "Asterix and the Normans" mentions that among the Vikings, hiccups are incurable. [[DontExplainTheJoke (Because the usual cure is scaring someone, and Vikings are afraid of nothing...)]] [[spoiler:Well, except for Cacofonix's singing.]]

* Bull on ''NightCourt''

* A ''Kipper the Dog'' episode called "Hiccups" in which Kipper gets the hiccups and tries all kinds of remedies from his friends to cure it.

* Occurred in two separate episodes of WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}. Once with Pesto from an episode of Goodfeathers where he was worried that the hiccups could damage his health; [[spoiler:(The Godpigeon managed to scare them away)]] and again with Wakko where his siblings flew him across the world to find a cure.

-->--'''Hobbes''', ''CalvinAndHobbes''

* In one anime adaptation episode of ''{{Kochikame}}'', officer Kankichi Ryotsu spends the entire episode with hiccups. Every curing technique fails and goes so far as trying to kill Ryotsu with military weapons to scare him.

* In chapter 134 of ''Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku'', Noriko spent the whole chapter with hiccups even with the hiccup doctor's extreme scare tactics. She got cured when the doctor estimates the enormous surgical cost. Noriko gets it again in chapter 405. According to Jin, you die if you hiccup 100 times nonstop. Hers stop when she got close to 100. Kotetsu's grandfather gets the hiccups and fears that he'll die. He makes his goodbye when he's at 100, but got electrocuted thinking he died. [[AmusingInjuries He's fine]].

* The entire plot of the picture book ''Hanna Hippo's Horrible Hiccups'', part of the Animal Antics A to Z series.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' spent the episode "One Good Scare Ought to Do It!" setting up a haunted house so they could cure Isabella of her hiccups, but to no avail. [[spoiler:She eventually does becomes scared enough to lose her hiccups when Phineas's life is put in danger.]]

* In chapter 134 of ''Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku'', Noriko spent the whole chapter with hiccups even with the hiccup doctor's extreme scare tactics. She got cured when the doctor estimates the enormous surgical cost. Noriko gets it again in chapter 405. According to Jin, you die if you hiccup 100 times nonstop. Her's stop when she got close to 100. Kotetsu's grandfather gets the hiccups and fears that he'll die. He makes his goodbye when he's at 100, but got electrocuted thinking he died. [[AmusingInjuries He's fine]].

* In chapter 134 of ''Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku'', Noriko spent the whole chapter with hiccups even with the hiccup doctor's extreme scare tactics. She got cured when the doctor estimates the enormous surgical costs. Noriko gets it again in chapter 405. According to Jin, you die if you hiccup 100 times nonstop. Her's stop when she got close to 100. Kotetsu's grandfather gets the hiccups and fears that he'll die. He makes his goodbye when he's at 100, but got electrocuted thinking he died. [[AmusingInjuries He's fine]].

* In chapter 134 of ''Urayasu Tekkin Kozuku'', Noriko spends the whole chapter with hiccups even with a hiccup doctor's extreme scare tactics. She got cured when the doctor estimates the enormous surgical costs. Noriko gets it again in chapter 405. According to Jin, you die if you hiccup 100 times nonstop. Her's stop when she got close to 100. Kotetsu's grandfather gets the hiccups and fears that he'll die. He makes his goodbye when he's at 100, but got electrocuted thinking he died. He's fine.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'' episode "The Dreaded Nolox", Krumm gets a nasty case of hiccups after getting doused with air-freshening spray. The eponymous "Dreaded Nolox" causes Krumm to cough up [[ExtremeOmnivore all manner of items he's eaten]], and can only be cured by a powerful scare; fortunately, [[ChekhovsGun it was established earlier in the episode]] that Krumm is afraid of heights...

** In the classic cartoon, Woody once met a villain named "Wild Bill Hiccup", who couldn't say (or even hear) "hiccup" without hiccuping for heal.

* The ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches'' episode "The Hiccup", Oggy suffers through a bought of them throughout the episode, with the Cockroaches using them to their full advantage to mess with Oggy even further. He's cured by the next day, only to suffer from a continuous sneezing fit.

* In ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'', Joyce is so surprised that Dorothy is an atheist that she gives herself hiccups. When Dorothy tries to talk to Walky about this, he is so lovestruck with her that he can't speak. With Joyce hiccuping in the background, Dorothy says "I have to get out of this place. It's full of--I can't say it." Helpfully, the comic is titled [[IncrediblyLamePun Hicks]].

** In the {{deleted|Scene}} soup scene, Dopey gets another case of hiccups after swallowing his spoon. This time, the other dwarfs notice and try to help him out. Happy eventually gives him a LitteralAssKicking, and not only does the spoon fly out of Dopey's mouth as a result, but so does the aforementioned bar of soap.

* In the album ''La frousse aux trousses'' (Fear On The tail), SpirouAndFantasio goes on an expedition to a war-torn Central Asian country, and reluctantly bring along a bunch of rich guys who are suffering from chronic hiccups. The idea is that the dangers they must face on this mission will eventually scare the hiccups out of them. [[spoiler:It works, but only when they think Spirou and Fantasio have been killed.]]

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[[folder: Anime and Manga]]

[[folder: Comic Books]]

* The {{Asterix}} album "Asterix and the Normans" mentions that among the Vikings, hiccups are incurable. [[DontExplainTheJoke (Because the usual cure is scaring someone, and Vikings are afraid of nothing...)]] [[spoiler:Well, except for Cacofonix's singing.]]

[[folder:Film]]

* Disney's ''Disney/{{Snow White|and the Seven Dwarfs}}'' has Dopey, who starts to hiccup out bubbles after swallowing a bar of soap. To make matters worse, no one comes to help him. Because he is unable to speak, it is unknown what he was feeling, though his facial expressions seem to show anger, fear, and even amusement at his situation.

[[folder: Live Action TV]]
* ''HeyDude''

* There's an episode of ''{{ER}}'' where Dr. Weaver has the hiccoughs.
* In an episode of ''{{Frasier}}'', no thanks to the spiciness of the beef jerky Martin bought, Frasier hiccups when he's about to say he and Martin are going to pay for Daphne's wedding flowers, which leads her to believe that they're going to pay for the whole wedding. Frasier describes his predicament thus:

** Frasier also had to deal with a case of the hiccups in an episode of ''{{Cheers}}''
* This plot appeared on the [[NamesTheSame Australian kids' show]] ''SwapShop''. This is an odd example, because in this case it dealt with an adult who was part-owner of the titular establishment.
* ''TheAndyGriffithShow:'' Barney is up for a periodic sherriff's department health review, which includes a weigh-in. He finds he's just underweight when he suddenly gets a horrible case of the hiccups and can't eat for days. He passes the weigh-in after Andy gives him his dog-tags on a huge iron chain.

* An episode of ''ImaginationMovers'' centers around finding Knit Knots a cure for his hiccups (they’re [[{{catchphrase}} “much too exciting”]] for him). In the end, all he had to do was to get his mind off them!

* Cody gets a bad case on an episode of ''StepByStep'', and all attempts to cure him (water, scaring, and hypnosis) fail. Eventually, it's revealed that time is the only true remedy.
* A season one episode of ''SaturdayNightLive'' had a sketch where a preacher, played by Chevy Chase, had a case of the hiccups while trying to deliver the eulogy at a funeral with the grieving family (even the widow) trying various methods to cure him. Each one more ludicrous than the last.

[[folder: Newspaper Comics]]
* ''CalvinAndHobbes''. After Calvin attempts to drink a glass of water upside-down from the far side of the glass, an amused Hobbes makes the above quote. And when Calvin suddenly stops having hiccups, Hobbes scares him, [[HereWeGoAgain causing him to start hiccuping ''again'']] .
* "SturmTruppen". A RunningGag was [[BlackComedy a SS officer and his fucilation squad trying to kill a Jewish prisoner]] [[EpicFail and failing to do so]]. An arc revolved around said officer's hiccup, which prevented him to order 'Fire!', and the attempts on the squad [[CrossesTheLineTwice and the Jewish's]] part to heal him. How did they stop the hiccups? '''The Führer ordered him to.'''
* One ''{{Garfield}}'' story arc in November 1998 had Garfield coming down with the hiccups. Jon decides to scare the hiccups out of him, which ends up transferring them to ''him''.

[[folder: Video Games]]
* The ''YoakeMaeYoriRuriIroNa'' spinoff ''Moonlight Cradle'' has one extra scene in which Mia gets the hiccups. Sayaka, Tatsuya, Mai, and Feena all attempt to cure her, but without success. Jin cures her by causing Mia and Feena to faint by showing them a bug, and Mai gets the hiccups...
* In ''PlanescapeTorment'', The Nameless one can be afflicted with a magical curse of [[AndIMustScream ETERNAL HICCUPS]]. However, it is possible to reverse the spell by threatening the one responsible with a MUCH nastier curse.

* ''PennyArcade'': Gabe's cure for Tycho's hiccups was to ''cut off his right hand'', leading to HighPressureBlood spurting out as Tycho screams "[=AAAAHhicAAAAAH...=]"
* In ''DumbingOfAge'', Joyce is so surprised that Dorothy is an atheist that she gives herself hiccups. When Dorothy tries to talk to Walky about this, he is so lovestruck with her that he can't speak. With Joyce hiccuping in the background, Dorothy says "I have to get out of this place. It's full of--I can't say it." Helpfully, the comic is titled [[IncrediblyLamePun Hicks]].

* ''{{Rugrats}}'' had an episode dealing with the fearless Tommy having the hiccups, and Angelica doing her best to scare them out of him. The comic book also had a story like this, but with fraidy-cat Chuckie as the patient, and in a piece of irony, the gang's attempts to scare him only made him laugh. Luckily for Angelica, she was more successful scaring the hiccups out of him than Tommy.
* ''FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' did this in the episode "Hiccy Burp". They then subverted it when Mac and Bloo decided to incorporate Bloo's case of hiccups into their act for an upcoming talent show, only for them to go away on the night of the show, with the result that Mac and Bloo desperately tried to get them back.
* The ''JohnnyBravo'' episode "As I Lay Hiccuping". Johnny gets the hiccups after eating his cereal too fast, which his mama warned him not to. He then goes to the doctor's office, and the doctor he sees is a hot lady. Johnny spends the entire episode losing the hiccups and getting them back. [[spoiler: Once he does get them back, he sees the doctor, only for her to actually be a male doctor wearing a costume, which scared Johnny pretty good.]]

* There was a ''CampLazlo'' short between commercials in which Clam got the hiccups, and Lumpus suggested Lazlo scare him. Lazlo spent the next 5 minutes feeding him to bears and pushing him off cliffs, scaring nobody but ''Raj''. By the end, Raj is so horrified at what Lazlo is doing to Clam that the ending where Raj gets the hiccups is actually ''funny''.
* The ''RandomCartoons'' short "Ivan The Unbearable" involved a clumsy viking getting hiccups... from a box of cursed cookies. Which meant every time he hiccuped, something broke or something fell out of nowhere and hit somebody nearby.
* In one episode of ''ShaunTheSheep'', Shirley (the big one) suffers from hiccups. Shaun and Bitzer try the usual remedies, but Shirley is cured when [[spoiler: the Farmer bends over in the bathroom while naked and turned away from the window. [[HereWeGoAgain Which also causes hiccups to the rest of the flock.]]]]
* The ''{{Jimmy Two-Shoes}}'' episode "There's Always a Hiccup" took it to its logical extreme. [[MadScientist Heloise]] had hiccups for so long she hadn't slept for days. She was cured [[spoiler: thanks to an AccidentalKiss with Beezy... at which point he got the hiccups]].

* In the ''MickeyMouseClubhouse'' episode "Donald's Hiccups" DonaldDuck and the gang get the hiccups which they try to cure.
* In the ''MaryokuYummy'' episode "Hiccles," hiccups are an actual disease with no known cure. As yummy after yummy is quarantined, Dr. Zuno has each one try something different in her search for a cure, from holding their breath to jumping while waving their arms. In the end, the cure is a certain food that Ooka, the only one unaffected, was snacking on.

* Happened in one episode of ''DeputyDawg''.

* ''TheNewWoodyWoodpeckerShow'': WoodyWoodpecker spent most of an episode trying to cure Wally. Once his efforts paid off, a News crew showed up to interview Wally about the hiccups. Wally lost the money the crew would pay him.

* ''TheFairlyOddParents'': In "Cosmo Rules", Jorgen had a case of Trick-ups (his magic did a parlor trick every time he hiccuped) and had to let Cosmo enforce Da Rules.