History Main / UnconventionalSmoothie

** Blendtec has been running a similar campaign on their [[www.willitblend.com Will it Blend?]] web series for years. It helps that the blenders are made of a material similar to bulletproof glass.

-->-- '''[[SaturdayNightLive Dan Akyroyd]]'''

* In one ''ArchieComics'' story, a baby food company discontinues its Pizza flavored brand, which is too bad because little Jellybean Jones loves the stuff. Jughead tries to make his own kind by sticking whole pizza slices into the blender and setting it to 'puree'. After several false starts he calls the company and ask for their recipe. It turns out that the secret ingredient is anchovies, which is why it was discontinued- aside from Jellybean, nobody else liked it.

* Subverted in ''StoneCold'', where the protagonist makes a smoothie out of all sorts of odd ingredients (vegetables, raw meat, leftover pizza, candy bars, etc.), but it turns out to just be food for his pet iguana. The lizard doesn't seem to want it, either.

* A staple of ''FearFactor'' round 2.

* [[GetFuzzy Bucky]] has a fondness for tuna smoothies.

* ''GreatLiesToTellSmallKids'': "Everyone loves a meat smoothie!" And it shows the kid chucking in steak, lamb chops, sausages...

* ''TopGear'': The "Man's V8" made with the V8 blender. (Starting with raw beef, and finishing with a brick)
* ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'': ''TheKillerShrews'' episode involves a drink called the Killer Shrew, which includes a candy bar with the wrapper on, among other very sugary foods.
* The Bass-O-Matic in ''SaturdayNightLive''. Followed in a later episode by the Bat-O-Matic.

* On a ''KenanAndKel'' episode, the title duo managed to stumble upon a cure for the Common Cold by just throwing stuff like chicken, eggs, sardines, and, of course, orange soda. Unfortunately, neither one of them can remember the exact ingredients when Chris and Roger ask for some for their own colds, and they end up make a completely different smoothie that [[InstantSedation immediately puts people to sleep]].

* The ''FreaksAndGeeks'' episode "Tricks & Treats" begins with Bill accepting a challenge to drink one of these. Sam and Neil mix cayenne pepper, mustard, pickle juice, pickles, a generous handful of salt, sardines, vinegar, soy sauce, chili, a spoonful of grape jelly, powdered dairy creamer, and after-dinner mints. Bill actually ''likes'' it.

* Sheldon Cooper's experiments with unorthodox smoothies in ''TheBigBangTheory'' have included mango-and moth and caterpillars. his intention is to see if Leonard notices. Sheldon has no intention of drinking the smoothies ''himself''....

* The Cake Incident in ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei''.

* When Beezy gets a butler in ''JimmyTwoShoes'' he becomes too lazy to chew, making his butler mix his sandwiches in a blender ('''with''' the plate it was on).

* ''WillItBlend''

** [[{{Homage}} Paid homage to]] by Tom Dickson of Blendtec in one of his WillItBlend [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICuxBf1Ieu4 videos]];

* ''{{CSI}}'' has an episode where [[spoiler: Someone makes such a shake using human organs.]]

* The video game ''DeadRising'' allows players to combine any two foodstuffs (including all juices, meats, vegetables, fruits, breads, frozen foods, rotten foods, etc.) in blenders around the shopping mall and turn them into smoothies that grant the player with limited power-ups, abilities, etc.

* ''TheSims 2'''s Seasons expansion includes a smoothie maker that sims can use to turn the produce of their gardens into various juice blends or smoothies, which, depending on the quality of the produce involved can provide nifty beneficial effects (tomato soup warms the drinker, strawberry lemonade puts them into Platinum Aspiration, etc.). One can also make "pureed boot" from [[FishingForSole the boots caught while fishing]], which causes sims to [[CrowningMomentOfFunny spaz out in various animations for a few seconds]].

* The Coffee of Doom café in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' serves a banana smoothie. Which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a banana.]] Still in the peel. Smashed with a hammer and stuck into a glass.

* In ''WapsiSquare'', Alan made Jin a spaghetti smoothie when she was [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/no-chew-food/ too injured to chew.]]

* The Coffee of Doom café in QuestionableContent serves a banana smoothie. Which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a banana.]] Still in the peel. Smashed with a hammer and stuck into a glass.

* An American company manufacturing kitchen blenders does this to demonstrate exactly how tough its products are. Unlikely items up to and including a whole laptop computer have been ground to powder in the promotional videos.

At some point in your favorite Movie or TV show, one of the characters decides to make a smoothie, using all the usual ingredients. Into the blender goes blueberries, fruit juice, a banana, sausage? A chocolate bar with the wrapper on? A pen?

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* In one ''ArchieComics'' story, a baby food company discontinues its Pizza flavored brand, which is too bad because little Jellybean Jones loves the stuff. Jughead tries to make his own kind by sticking whole pizza slices into the blender and setting it to 'puree'. After several false starts he calls the company and ask for their recipe. It turns out that the secret ingredient is anchovies, which is why it was discontinued- aside from Jellybean, nobody else liked it.

** Made better by the fact that Randy tries a sip and seems to find it acceptable. The whole time, though, his face is like "Natalie, why are you using a drill?"

* In the ''Series/{{Monk}}'' episode "Mr. Monk Is On The Run, Part 1", Monk is on the lam, and hiding in Natalie's house. Natalie needs a drill to remove the shackles on Monk's jumpsuit. But Randy happens to be there, also looking for Monk. To explain the drill, Natalie claims that her blender broke. She then puts a bunch of random, and very questionable ingredients into her blender, then uses the drill to blend them up and comes out with a very unusual looking substance that looks very disgusting. She then takes a sip:

* In the ''{{Monk}}'' season six finale, to give Randy an excuse for having out a drill to take off Monk's handcuffs, Natalie claims that her blender broke and puts a bunch of random (questionable) ingredients in, then uses the drill to blend them up and comes out with a very unusual looking substance. She then takes a sip. In deadpan, Randy asks her if there's oil in it.

%% Official URL for the Fast Food Smoothie is http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/351/Fast-Food-Smoothie -- but the video is not available there.

** [[http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/351/Fast-Food-Smoothie Fast Food Smoothie]], in which each contestant chooses a fast food value meal (sandwich, fries, apple pie, soda) to throw in the blender.