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->'''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."

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->'''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."

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* In ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'', Shizuka Nekonome has been occasionally seen with a bottle of 'catnip wine'. Her behaviour during such times... predictable.

** Though played straight in [[http://twolumps.net/d/20130130.html this strip]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2005-05-28 Percy on catnip]]. [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2005-05-30 with quite strong reactions]].

* PlayedForDrama in ''FanFic/WhatWorseLuck''. Apparently, Emilie once give Adrien catnip to pass the time while his father was getting ready to cast something on him and he was stuck in cat form. Adrien only has very vague and disjointed memories of what happened next, but neither he nor, as far as he knows, anyone else ever saw his mother again.

* Catnip appears as a consumable item in the [[VideoGame/{{Postal}} Postal series]]. In both ''Postal 2'' and ''Postal III'', The Dude can smoke it, creating brief BulletTime. In ''Postal III'', it can even be sprayed on cats in order to catch them.

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If you really want push the allegory, show Anthropomorphic cats [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything smuggling/hiding catnip as if it were an illegal drug]]. If a normal human can get high off the stuff, it may serve to enforce an AnimalMotif or give an impression of general [[CloudCuckoolander quirkiness]].

If you really want [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar to sneak past the radar]], show Anthropomorphic cats [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything smuggling/hiding catnip as if it were an illegal drug]]. If a normal human can get high off the stuff, it may serve to enforce an AnimalMotif or give an impression of general [[CloudCuckoolander quirkiness]].

->'''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."

If you really want to sneak past the radar, show Anthropomorphic cats smuggling/hiding catnip as if it were an illegal drug. If a normal human can get high off the stuff, it may serve to enforce an AnimalMotif or give an impression of general [[CloudCuckoolander quirkiness]].

* 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 ''Anime/TheCatReturns'' Haru is gifted with catnip among many other cat-related things for her rescue of the Cat Kingdom's prince in a previous encounter. Unaware she had catnip on her person, she finds herself pursued by literally dozens of cats all the way to school, and they're only warded off when she discovers she's been gifted with ''live mice''.

* In ''[[Anime/TheCatReturns]]'' Haru is gifted with catnip among many other cat-related things for her rescue of the Cat Kingdom's prince in a previous encounter. Unaware she had catnip on her person, she finds herself pursued by literally dozens of cats all the way to school, and they're only warded off when she discovers she's been gifted with ''live mice''.

* ''Film/{{Catwoman}}'' has a scene where the titular character reacts very... strangely to catnip.

->'''Roofshadow''': "Your friend is either a glutton or a fool-- or both. He stinks of catmint. Only a mad one to eat enough to make him reek like that."

->'''Roofshadow''': "I don't know with surety, young 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.fanfiction.net/s/11144716/3/Catnip Catnip]]'' has a similar plot, but is much, [[DoorStopper MUCH]] longer. This ''RWBY'' fic involves Weiss' (catnip-spiked) shampoo. HilarityEnsues, as does [[SlapSlapKiss a tenuous romantic relationship]] between Weiss and Blake.

So, sometimes the writer wants to show a character [[IntoxicationEnsues acting stoned, drunk]] or [[MushroomSamba hallucinating]] for the purpose of [
[[PlayedForLaughs comedy.]] When the character in question is a cat or other feline, the "drug" of choice will often be plain ol' catnip.

So, sometimes the writer wants to show a character [[IntoxicationEnsues acting stoned, drunk]] or [[MushroomSamba hallucinating]] for the purpose of [[PlayedForLaughs comedy.]] When the character in question is a cat or other feline, the "drug" of choice will often be plain ol' catnip.

* Parodied in the "Cat Orgy" episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. Mr. Kitty brings her tomcat friends in the house, dumps catnip on the floor, and one of the cats ''snorts it''. And then... Well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin see the episode's title]].

* In ''Literature/TailchasersSong'', Tailchaser has never seen catmint before but comes across a patch. Being strangely attracted to it, he ends up eating ''a lot'' of it. Afterwards Tailchaser overdoses, passes out, and has a weird dream. Most other cats ignore him and simply think he's a dunce who likes catmint too much, but Tailchaser's kitten friend Pouncequick freaks out thinking Tailchaser is dying.

* In Chloe's trailer for ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets2,'' she ends up [[LampshadeWearing wearing a lampshade]] after her owner gives her catnip. She then flops over on her back, gets surprised at her own purring, and makes a lot of weird noises.