History Main / HighOnCatnip

** When ElectroCute was being examined after her manifestation, the doctor decided to test her reaction to catnip, figuring that it was better to find out under controlled conditions. This proves to be a wise choice, as the results were both embarrassing and dangerous.

* Fanfic/SithAcademy: After the rather... remarkable outcome when the main cast attended a Jabba's Witnesses wedding[[note]] which led to Darth Maul being branded 'The Anti-Jabba'[[/note]], Darth Mary Sue gives My Apprentice catnip; she spends the rest of the day telepathically singing "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds".

* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': It's mentioned that some felinoid mutants react to catnip.

* In ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'', guards capture Shrek and friends and one finds a bag of catnip on Puss In Boots' person. Puss denies that it's his.
** The joke is repeated in ''WesternAnimation/PussInBoots''. Puss claims it's for his glaucoma.

* Canadian comic Drennon Davis chronicles his relationship with four precocious and talkative cats in a series to be found on Tik Tok and Facebook. Their relationship with[[https://www.tiktok.com/@drennondavis/video/7291624504399383838 catnip]] is a topic Davies returns to again and again and again: for comedic purposes it is treated as an illegal drug with lots of interesting side-effects.

* In ''ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'', Alley-Kat-Abra/Felina Furr actually gets a catnip high, tells her team-mate Captain Carrot/R. R. Rabbit that he is "really cute, but would be cuter if he was a cat," uses her magic powers to ''turn him into one'', and offers him some catnip. No, this comic wasn't from [[Creator/VertigoComics Vertigo]]...
* In ''ComicBook/AmericanFlagg'', while serving as mayor of Chicago, Raul (an actual cat, albeit an intelligent talking one) becomes addicted to Gato Blotto™, a super-potent variety of catnip.

* Used [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/?s=catnip several times]] in ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}''. One early Sunday strip takes a more literal approach to this: Garfield (looking visibly stoned) silently stares at his waterbowl as strange things appear entering and exiting it. The last panel has Garfield saying "That was some good catnip". Not surprisingly, the strip was never published after the comic premiered in 1978, though it was featured in the 25th anniversary book for the series.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', resident CatGirl Meulin wonders if she "toked on some bad nip" [[spoiler:after experiencing Kurloz's mind control]], which at least implies that she's done it before.

* In ''Webcomic/TheCyantianChronicles'', not only are feline Cyantians susceptible to catnip but so are some foxes, particularly Khaelis who ends up naked and playing fetch after Julie discovers his weakness.
* In ''Webcomic/FauxPas'', [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?895 a cat assumes]] this trope is in play.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'', catnip is often presented in an analogous manner to drugs or alcohol for the feline characters. There have also been a couple of mentions of anise having a similar effect on dogs and a ferret getting high on Ferretone. Though [[DrunkOnMilk orange soda]] is also presented as an analogue for alcohol for pets.

-->'''Gatomon''': I found catnip; it cures it all!

* ''ComicBook/TheFabulousFurryFreakBrothers'': Fat Freddy walks in with a little plastic bag full of crumbled leaves - his cat sniffs it and starts leaping and cavorting with delirious joy. Freddy bawls "I spent my last fifteen dollars on ''catnip!''"

-->'''Bucky''': [[ContemplatingYourHands Have you ever, like, really looked at your paws? Like,]] ''[[ContemplatingYourHands really]]'' [[ContemplatingYourHands looked at them?]] Whoaa...\\
'''Rob''': Bucky get into the catnip again?\\
'''Satchel''': Yeah, he's kinda loopy right now.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', resident CatGirl Meulin wonders if she "toked on some bad nip" [[spoiler: after experiencing Kurloz's mind control]], which at least implies that she's done it before.

SubTrope of GRatedDrug, ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin.

* In ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'', a female cat is turned into an attractive young woman, who gains the attention of another young man before Samantha can change her back. Samantha 'spikes' the cat's drink with catnip, and the resulting intoxication (and angry hissing when the young man takes it away) is enough to cool his ardor.

This is TruthInTelevision. Not only does catnip have similar effects to marijuana for felines, but it also can have a soothing effect on humans and has often been brewed into tea and, yes, even smoked. It is a muscle relaxant, and catnip and hop brew makes a good sauna water additive.

* Valerian (the herb) has the same effect as catnip. In some countries such as Russia, valerian is the cats' drug of choice in popular perception. Especially because it is readily available in drugstores as an over-the-counter anxiolytic, hence, cats can readily obtain valerian from their masters' closets.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'', catnip is often presented in an analogous manner to drugs or alcohol for the feline characters. There have also been a couple of mentions of anise having a similar effect on dogs.

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* The ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime featured this with "poké-nip." [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Ash's Bulbasaur]] smelled some in one episode, at which point it got a big, goofy grin on its face, walked over to Ash, and nuzzled against his legs.

* In ''Manga/HyperPolice'' catnip tea is Natsuke Sasahara's usual choice of intoxicating beverage.

* [[CatGirl Eris]] in ''LightNovel/CatPlanetCuties'' accidentally got into some catnip. Considering that it made her hyper ([[GenkiGirl well, more hyper than usual]]) it came across as being closer to an analogy for cocaine than pot.

** Yeowww! has a mascot who looks [[CaptainErsatz suspiciously]] like [[ComicBook/TheFabulousFurryFreakBrothers' Fat Freddy's Cat.]]

* Catnip appears as a consumable item in the ''VideoGame/{{Postal}}'' series. In both ''VideoGame/Postal2'' and ''VideoGame/PostalIII'', The Dude can smoke it, creating brief BulletTime. In ''Postal III'', it can even be sprayed on cats in order to catch them.

->'''Roofshadow''': Your friend is either a glutton or a fool — or both. He stinks of catmint. Only a mad one would eat enough to make him reek like that.\\
'''Pouncequick''': What will it do to him?\\
'''Roofshadow''': I don't know with surety, youngest hunter. It is known that too much of the catmint leaf and root will frighten and speed the heart, but he is young and strong. What it does to the spirit, though, that is a difficult question. A little lightens the ka, and brings out song and happiness. Much more and the taker grows strong and fell, full of odd dreams. As much as your friend has had... Harar, I do not know. We must have patience.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_Abx205F5o This]] episode takes it even further, making it seem like Catnip has gone from being merely a marijuana stand in to some seriously warped version of LSD of the like. Sylvester completely seems to lose his mind. ...2 hours later, he jumps at the chance for more.