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* A significantly more serious example occurs in ''{{Otherland}}'', when Renie manages to give herself a heart attack to set off her system's emergency escape system.

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* A significantly more serious example occurs in ''{{Otherland}}'', ''Literature/{{Otherland}}'', when Renie manages to give herself a heart attack to set off her system's emergency escape system.
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* Happens with Robin on HowIMetYourMother, in flashback. After being told she can no longer have lobster, she decides to go on a binge. Realizing that after this, she no longer craved lobster, she decided she would do the same thing when it came to the one man she couldn't stop thinking romantically about, [[spoiler:Barney]].
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** This is a citation from RealLife: in 1920's Dublin, there was a self-scourging religious manic called Matty Hislop, who in addition to delf-denial and literally wearing a hairshirt, was seriously allergic to cats and who did indeed take to carrying a kitten to provoke an asthmatic reaction. There was, and maybe still is, a religious movement dedicated to Hislop being elevated to sainthood, although most people of his time thought he was a nutjob. BrendanBehan described him as dangerous, dissapprovingly citing of his doing unpaid 14 hour working days for no doubt grateful bosses, noting he was doing some other fella out of a paying job in a time of want, and how bloody Christian was ''that''?
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* ''RulesOfEngagement'': Jeff eats a strawberry to get out of an interminable dinner date with an annoying co-worker of his wife, Audrey.

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* ''RulesOfEngagement'': ''Series/RulesOfEngagement'': Jeff eats a strawberry to get out of an interminable dinner date with an annoying co-worker of his wife, Audrey.
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* A significantly more serious example occurs in ''{{Otherland}}'', when Renie manages to give herself a heart attack to set off her system's emergency escape system.
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* ''SouthPark'': To keep from telling Stan and Kyle where the ballots are, Butters eats an almond M&M. Since Butters is allergic to almonds he goes to a hospital.

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* ''SouthPark'': ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': To keep from telling Stan and Kyle where the ballots are, Butters eats an almond M&M. Since Butters is allergic to almonds he goes to a hospital.
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* ''SouthPark'': To keep from telling Stan and Kyle where the ballots are, Butters eats an almond M&M. Since Butters is allergic to almonds he goes to a hospital.
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* In ''FatherTed'', Ted mentions a priest called Matty Hislop who, despite being allergic to cats used to carry a kitten with him and 'sniff it from time to time'. His reason for doing this was that he was part of a religious sect that involved self-punishment.
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* ''That70sShow'' has Kelso doing this, while Jackie watches in silence after being told to wait to tell him something until after he drinks some eggs, she was trying to tell him that he is allergic to eggs.
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* In Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''GloryRoad'', Oscar Gordon mentions one of his classmates who avoided [[{{Conscription}} the draft]] by having extreme allergies. No fake, he was allergic to draft boards...

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* In Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''GloryRoad'', ''Literature/GloryRoad'', Oscar Gordon mentions one of his classmates who avoided [[{{Conscription}} the draft]] by having extreme allergies. No fake, he was allergic to draft boards...
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* Zipzee does this with flowers repeatedly in ''MyLittlePony'': ''[[MyLittlePonyG3 The Princess Promenade]]''. Not for any strategic reason like the above examples, she just really likes the smell of flowers and Spring, and refuses to let her allergies get in the way of it.
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* Used on [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/2720/ this]] ''CyanideAndHappiness''. Peanut Allergy, Bitches!

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* Used on in [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/2720/ this]] ''CyanideAndHappiness''. Peanut Allergy, Bitches!
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* Used on [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/2720/ this]] ''CyanideAndHappiness''. Peanut Allergy, Bitches!
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* In RobertAHeinlein's ''GloryRoad'', Oscar Gordon mentions one of his classmates who avoided [[{{Conscription}} the draft]] by having extreme allergies. No fake, he was allergic to draft boards...

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* In RobertAHeinlein's Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''GloryRoad'', Oscar Gordon mentions one of his classmates who avoided [[{{Conscription}} the draft]] by having extreme allergies. No fake, he was allergic to draft boards...
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* In ''Series/RedDwarf: Back To Earth'', Lister eats a tomato because he's allergic to them. Why? So he can induce a sneezing fit with which he can do his ironing.

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* In ''Series/RedDwarf: Back To Earth'', Lister eats a tomato because he's allergic to them. Why? So he can induce a sneezing fit with which he can do his ironing.
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* In one episode of ''{{Regular Show}}'', Rigby attempts to eat a huge plate of eggs to win a truckers hat. But ends in the hospital after only two bites.

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* In one episode of ''{{Regular Show}}'', ''RegularShow'', Rigby attempts to eat a huge plate of eggs to win a truckers hat. But ends in the hospital after only two bites.

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* ''[[ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents The Wide Window]]'': The Baudelaire siblings eat peppermints so they have an excuse to escape from dinner and decode a secret message.
* There is a children's book in which a horse is extremely allergic to roses and sneezes loudly when he smells one. At the end, he deliberately sniffs a rose to muster a huge sneeze to stop a robbery in progress. [[spoiler:It turns out that this final sneeze somehow cured him of the allergy.]]
* In ''[[TheThrawnTrilogy Heir to the Empire]]'', Mara Jade devises a plan to disguise Luke from Imperial patrols while they're on Myrkr: she rubs the leaves of a poisonous plant all over his face and he breaks out in hives.
* In ''HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', Hermione uses a similar strategy to the previous example to hide Harry from the Snatchers. It doesn't entirely work, though, and he has to rely on Draco Malfoy's sympathy to keep up the disguise when the trio are brought to Malfoy Manor.
* In RobertAHeinlein's ''GloryRoad'', Oscar Gordon mentions one of his classmates who avoided [[{{Conscription}} the draft]] by having extreme allergies. No fake, he was allergic to draft boards...



* In Series/RedDwarf: Back To Earth, Lister eats a tomato because he's allergic to them. Why? So he can induce a sneezing fit with which he can do his ironing.

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* ''[[ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents The Wide Window]]'': The Baudelaire siblings eat peppermints so they have an excuse to escape from dinner and decode a secret message.
* There is a children's book in which a horse is extremely allergic to roses and sneezes loudly when he smells one. At the end, he deliberately sniffs a rose to muster a huge sneeze to stop a robbery in progress. [[spoiler:It turns out that this final sneeze somehow cured him of the allergy.]]
* In ''[[TheThrawnTrilogy Heir to the Empire]]'', Mara Jade devises a plan to disguise Luke from Imperial patrols while they're on Myrkr: she rubs the leaves of a poisonous plant all over his face and he breaks out in hives.
* In ''HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', Hermione uses a similar strategy to the previous example to hide Harry from the Snatchers. It doesn't entirely work, though, and he has to rely on Draco Malfoy's sympathy to keep up the disguise when the trio are brought to Malfoy Manor.
* In RobertAHeinlein's ''GloryRoad'', Oscar Gordon mentions one of his classmates who avoided [[{{Conscription}} the draft]] by having extreme allergies. No fake, he was allergic to draft boards...

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* In Series/RedDwarf: ''Series/RedDwarf: Back To Earth, Earth'', Lister eats a tomato because he's allergic to them. Why? So he can induce a sneezing fit with which he can do his ironing. \n\n[[AC:{{Literature}}]]\n* ''[[ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents The Wide Window]]'': The Baudelaire siblings eat peppermints so they have an excuse to escape from dinner and decode a secret message.\n* There is a children's book in which a horse is extremely allergic to roses and sneezes loudly when he smells one. At the end, he deliberately sniffs a rose to muster a huge sneeze to stop a robbery in progress. [[spoiler:It turns out that this final sneeze somehow cured him of the allergy.]]\n* In ''[[TheThrawnTrilogy Heir to the Empire]]'', Mara Jade devises a plan to disguise Luke from Imperial patrols while they're on Myrkr: she rubs the leaves of a poisonous plant all over his face and he breaks out in hives.\n* In ''HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', Hermione uses a similar strategy to the previous example to hide Harry from the Snatchers. It doesn't entirely work, though, and he has to rely on Draco Malfoy's sympathy to keep up the disguise when the trio are brought to Malfoy Manor.\n* In RobertAHeinlein's ''GloryRoad'', Oscar Gordon mentions one of his classmates who avoided [[{{Conscription}} the draft]] by having extreme allergies. No fake, he was allergic to draft boards...



* In WarcraftIII, the Druid of the Talon is able to transform into a bird, and one of his joke quotes is sneezing and hoping that he's not allergic to feathers.

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* In WarcraftIII, ''WarcraftIII'', the Druid of the Talon is able to transform into a bird, and one of his joke quotes is sneezing and hoping that he's not allergic to feathers.



* In one episode of {{Regular Show}}, Rigby attempts to eat a huge plate of eggs to win a truckers hat. But ends in the hospital after only two bites.

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* In one episode of {{Regular Show}}, ''{{Regular Show}}'', Rigby attempts to eat a huge plate of eggs to win a truckers hat. But ends in the hospital after only two bites.
* ''ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'': In "The Creeping Creatures", Daphne uses her allergy to synthetic animal skin to prove that a shipment of gator skin products are counterfeits.
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* In RobertAHeinlein's ''GloryRoad'', Oscar Gordon mentions one of his classmates who avoided [[{{Conscription}} the draft]] by having extreme allergies. No fake, he was allergic to draft boards...
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* In RedDwarf: Back To Earth, Lister eats a tomato because he's allergic to them. Why? So he can induce a sneezing fit with which he can do his ironing.

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* In RedDwarf: Series/RedDwarf: Back To Earth, Lister eats a tomato because he's allergic to them. Why? So he can induce a sneezing fit with which he can do his ironing.
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* In one episode of {{RegularShow}}, Rigby attempts to eat a huge plate of eggs to win a truckers hat. But ends in the hospital after only two bites.

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* In one episode of {{RegularShow}}, {{Regular Show}}, Rigby attempts to eat a huge plate of eggs to win a truckers hat. But ends in the hospital after only two bites.
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* In one episode of {{RegularShow}}, Rigby attempts to eat a huge plate of eggs to win a truckers hat. But ends in the hospital after only two bites.
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* ''TheBigBangTheory'': Howard eats a nut bar to stall Leonard so they could set up Leonard's surprise birthday party. And because Penny was going to hook him up with her easy girlfriends.

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* ''TheBigBangTheory'': ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': Howard eats a nut bar to stall Leonard so they could set up Leonard's surprise birthday party. And because Penny was going to hook him up with her easy girlfriends.



* ''ThirtyRock'': Kenneth intentionally eats strawberries so Jenna can have an excuse to see an EMT she likes.

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* ''ThirtyRock'': ''Series/ThirtyRock'': Kenneth intentionally eats strawberries so Jenna can have an excuse to see an EMT she likes.

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* In ''[[TheThrawnTrilogy Heir to the Empire]]'', Mara Jade devises a plan to disguise Luke from Imperial patrols while they're on Myrkr: she rubs the leaves of a poisonous plant all over his face and he breaks out in hives.
* In ''HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', Hermione uses a similar strategy to the previous example to hide Harry from the Snatchers. It doesn't entirely work, though, and he has to rely on Draco Malfoy's sympathy to keep up the disguise when the trio are brought to Malfoy Manor.
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* ''FamilyGuy'': Meg threatens this, saying that she will eat a bowl of peanuts. It has no effect, because her parents don't know that she's allergic to peanuts.

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* ''FamilyGuy'': Meg threatens this, this in the middle of a rant to her parents about how terrible they are, saying that she will she's just gonna go upstairs and eat a whole bowl of peanuts. It has no effect, effect on Peter and Lois, because her parents they don't know even remember that she's allergic to peanuts.
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* In RedDwarf: Back To Earth, Lister eats a tomato because he's allergic to them. Why? So he can induce a sneezing fit with which he can do his ironing.
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-->"If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if that thing is cats."
-->Lemony Snicket, ''[[ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents The Wide Window]]''

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* ''FamilyGuy'': Meg threatens this, saying that she will eat a bowl of peanuts. It has no effect, because her parents don't know that she's allergic to peanuts.
* In ''KiddVideo'', the fairy Glitter becomes super-strong when she sneezes, leading the band to find new sneeze stimuli for her [[OnceAnEpisode whenever they're in a tight spot]].


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* Katherine of ''WapsiSquare'' considers [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/anaphylaxisexcuse/ taking advantage of her strawberry allergy to get herself hospitalized and avoid a difficult situation at work.]]

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* ''FamilyGuy'': Meg threatens this, saying that she will eat a bowl of peanuts. It has no effect, because her parents don't know that she's allergic to peanuts.
* In ''KiddVideo'', the fairy Glitter becomes super-strong when she sneezes, leading the band to find new sneeze stimuli for her [[OnceAnEpisode whenever they're in a tight spot]].
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* In ''[[ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]'' Kenneth is terribly allergic to strawberries and drinks a bottle of strawberry spiced water so that he'll have an allergic reaction and the cute paramedic Jenna has a crush on will have to come out and save him. He does this as a gesture of gratitude and love for Jenna warning him that he was about to drink the water she had spiced with strawberries. This warning promotes her in the eyes of the TGS staff from sociopath to massive narcissist. But he had a kid, so she lost interest.

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* In ''[[ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]'' Kenneth is terribly allergic to strawberries and drinks a bottle of strawberry spiced water so that he'll have an allergic reaction and the cute paramedic Jenna has a crush on will have to come out and save him. He does this as a gesture of gratitude and love for Jenna warning him that he was about to drink the water she had spiced with strawberries. This warning promotes her in the eyes of the TGS staff from sociopath to massive narcissist. But he had a kid, so she lost interest.
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-->"If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if that thing is cats."
-->Lemony Snicket, ''[[ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents The Wide Window]]''
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* There is a children's book (the name of which escapes this troper at the moment), in which a horse is extremely allergic to roses and sneezes loudly when he smells one. At the end, he deliberately sniffs a rose to muster a huge sneeze to stop a robbery in progress. [[spoiler:It turns out that this final sneeze somehow cured him of the allergy.]]

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* There is a children's book (the name of which escapes this troper at the moment), in which a horse is extremely allergic to roses and sneezes loudly when he smells one. At the end, he deliberately sniffs a rose to muster a huge sneeze to stop a robbery in progress. [[spoiler:It turns out that this final sneeze somehow cured him of the allergy.]]
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* In ''[[ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]'' Kenneth is terribly allergic to strawberries and drinks a bottle of strawberry spiced water so that he'll have an allergic reaction and the cute paramedic Jenna has a crush on will have to come out and save him. He does this as a gesture of gratitude and love for Jenna warning him that he was about to drink the water she had spiced with strawberries. This warning promotes her in the eyes of the TGS staff from sociopath to massive narcissist. But he had a kid, so she lost interest.
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