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** In one episode, Binky is revealed to be allergic to peanuts, for similar reasons as the above ''Daniel Tiger'' example. Binky's peanut allergy is occasionally mentioned in later installments.

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* In the ''Series/AdventuresInWonderland'' episode "Something to Sneeze At," the Mad Hatter starts sneezing whenever he's near the March Hare and they think they can never share a tea party again. But in the end they realize he's allergic to the flowers the Hare has been wearing in his lapel.

* ''WebOriginal/LoomingGaia'': Being a lycanthrope, Evan is allergic to silver. In “Evangelites Skip, Matuzans Sway" Jelani invites him for dinner, and all the untensils are made of silver. This leads to him only eating finger food and cracking his tooth on an ekumela pit, which leads to him going to the dentist and Dr. Asha finding out about his lycanthropy.

Can result in an IllTimedSneeze or CongestionSpeak.

* ''WesternAnimation/JoJosCircus'': [=JoJo=] has a plot allergy to merryberries, a type of berry [[FantasticFlora found only within the show's setting of Circus Town]]. In "Tickled Pink," [=JoJo=] eats some merryberries, which causes her nose to swell and honk and her skin to turn pink and tingly. Fortunately, she visits her friendly family doctor, Skeebo's mother Dr. Seltzer, who gives her an easy cure -- to pat her tummy and rub her nose, then rub her tummy and give her nose a pat. The [[AnAesop moral]] of the story is "''So if you feel low / If you feel sad / If allergies make you feel real bad / For upset tummies or aching heads / Listen to your doctor and do what she says / If you wanna get better / Listen to your doctor and do what she says.''" Also "If you are allergic to a food, never eat it because it can make you really, really sick, and don't be afraid to tell someone if you have an allergy."

** In "[[Recap/TotalDramaDialMForMerger Dial M for Merger]]", Courtney angrily retorts that she's lactose intolerant when she's asked if she's happy to have won a trip to a local cheese factory.

** A victim in "[[Recap/CSINYS0E0 Blacklist]]" has to be rushed to the hospital when his would-be murderer causes him to eat peanut dressing on his salad and he goes into anaphylaxis.

** There a case where some guys played a prank on another guy by lacing his soup with shellfish. He went into anaphylaxis and left to retrieve his medication, but died before he got to it.
** A victim in another episode had to be rushed to the hospital when his would-be murderer caused him to eat peanuts and he went into anaphylaxis as well.
** Det. Don Flack is allergic to cats. From "Zoo York":
--->'''Mac:''' [examining human remains in the tiger exhibit] Hey! Sneezing on my crime scene.\\

*** Comes up in another episode when he and Danny visit a club whose owner keeps his pet jaguar on the premises.

** Downplayed late in season 8 when it is harmlessly revealed through a prank of Flack's that Mac is deathly allergic to blueberries.

* PointyHairedBoss: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhzfGbvrplQ Ali's boss]] is an anger-prone boss who abused his power and kept saying that he would hit women if they were men. He especially bullied Ali by forcing her to attend a party at a seafood restaurant, even though she is allergic to seafood. When he saw that Ali wasn't enjoying herself, he says that he would punch her if she was a man. Ali egged him on and he ''actually'' decided to do it. This resulted in him getting fired and arrested.

** In "The Ugly Truth", he lies that Mnany is allergic to peaches to try to convince the advertisers of peach ice cream to make him their mascot instead of Manny.

** In "Cheesy Con", we learn from the lyrics of a song that Donkey is allergic to parmersan cheese.

* In the ''Series/DonkeyHodie'' episode "Growing the Ungrowdenia'', we learn that Clyde can't be by flowers because he is allergic to them. This, among other problems, causes Donkey to try to ungrow the titular flower.

* In ''Living Loud: Surprise Party'', a LicensedGame for ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', you cannot hand Clyde the lavender essence or any of the pets since he's allergic to them. This is odd, since it includes Cliff, and Clyde is explicitly not allergic to cats.

* ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza 3}}'': Taichi suddenly starts to display asthma-like symptoms, and is worried that it might kill his dream of becoming a pro wrestler. [[spoiler: He turns out to be mildly allergic to buckwheat, the key ingredient in last night's dinner. The only reason he presents symptoms at all is that he missed lunch that day, and ate a lot more for dinner than he usually does.]]

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47inNCHuDX4 Katsura]] often gets sick after eating, however several doctors insist that he is fine. His condition worsens and he is forced to see another doctor, she reveals that he is [[spoiler: allergic to rice since he was a baby.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsn05Gaaxxo Kuroki]] bought a cake for his wife Yuzuriha, however Yuzuriha was rushed into a hospital after eating the cake. It is later revealed that several orange slices were accidentally put onto the cake and Yuzuriha is allergic to fruit. Their relationship gradually falls apart after the incident, and Yuzuriha attempts to get revenge on Kuroki by throwing soba powder, which he is allergic of, at him to make him suffer for [[DisproportionateRetribution bringing the cake to her in the first place]], causing him to be admitted into a hospital as well, though he recovers later and divorces her, and she is also arrested for attempted murder. Kuroki ends up getting a cat, however he is also allergic to cats and he only gets one because it is cute.

--->'''Tokusa''': But wait, why are you wearing a mask? And Gloves?
--->'''Kuroki''': Huh? Because I'm allergic to cats.
--->'''Tokusa''': What? Wait, so why did you get a cat...?
--->'''Kuroki''': Because they're cute!

* ''Webcomic:JupiterMen'': Bearers of the Star Seed are able to [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling get a vague feeling of cosmic energy activity]] when a starstruck monster or supervillain has appeared. In Quintin's case, he tends to sneeze a thick, gooey mucus when he gets that feeling of where the cosmic energy is.

* An episode of the first ''LightNovel/DirtyPair'' TV series had as the antagonist a man allergic to women. Mostly played for laughs[[spoiler:, and eventually revealed to be psychosomatic.]]

* In episode of ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'', Touka is allergic to cats, so when her younger sister Rikka brings one home, she requests Yuuta to help her get rid of it. When Yuuta expresses reluctance, she [[{{Blackmail}} presents him an audio clip]] of [[OldShame one of his rants as the "Dark Flame Master"]].
* Anime gives us an example of allergy as code phrase: in ''Anime/WeissKreuz Verbrechen & Strafe'', one of the operatives signals her team that something is amiss by referring to a flower allergy she doesn't actually have. (They know she's faking because the other operatives are all florists.)

* In the ''Series/GilligansIsland'' episode "Allergy Time," first the Skipper, then all the other castaways suddenly start sneezing when they're around Gilligan. But in the end, it turns out they're not allergic to him, but to the papaya nut oil he's been using as hair tonic.

* ''Series/HouseMd'': In Season 5, House subconsciously attempts to kill [[spoiler:Chase]] with his strawberry allergy by hiring a stripper to the latter's bachelor party who uses strawberry body butter. House only realizes what he did when he learns of [[spoiler:Chase]]'s an anaphylactic shock and deems his hallucination of [[spoiler:Amber]] dangerous.