History Main / WackyCravings

* ''Series/UnderTheUmbrellaTree: In "Special Delivery," when Mrs. Chickadee is expecting [[FurryReminder an egg]], she mentions having been craving ice cream and pickles.

* An episode of ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'' had a pregnant Julie eating pencils and ''coal''.

A [[PregnancyTropes Pregnancy Trope]]. During any pregnancy, at some point the mother will experience cravings -- however, they will never be cravings for any standard foodstuff (such as pickles, ice cream, etc), but will instead be cravings for the most ''[[HilarityEnsues hilariously]]'' inappropriate and mismatched foods (chocolate covered kippers, boiled eggs and ice cream, peanut butter-dipped pickles, etc). Bonus points are awarded if the woman craves something that is (a) extremely difficult if not ''[[BeyondTheImpossible physically impossible]]'' to find; (b) isn't actually ''[[ExtremeOmnivore food]]'' or (c) both.

* A print ad from the 1970s for Camel Cigarettes -- whose tag line was "I'd walk a mile for a Camel" -- had a picture of a man next to a jar of pickles and an empty box of vanilla ice cream, and in this case it was not that he had run out of cigarettes, which is why they usually had to leave. The caption at the bottom, "Start Walking", meaning in this case he had to walk a mile for a half-gallon of ice cream for his (presumably) pregnant wife instead of for his cigarettes.

* One ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' strip has a termite queen ordering her workers to bring pickles and ice cream. Since termite queens are basically giant egg laying machines, the implication is that they must suffer wacky cravings all the time.

* In ''Literature/TheDiscreetPrincess'', a prince seduces two daughters of a king he hates, but the third, Finette (the one he ''really'' hates), manages to outwit him (with the added bonus of a number of injuries to him). Naturally, he holds a grudge. So, in order to draw her out of the tower where the sisters are locked, he leaves a few fruits outside, fully aware that the sisters will be begging Finette to get them these at all cost.

** Cadance apparently had one for cucumber and banana slices mixed with cold rice and bleu cheese dressing, which Aria finds weird but Cadance says is good for replenishing electrolytes (and Shining Armor admits to liking it too). She'd also craved anchovy, sour cream and steak sauce tacos at one point, which Sonata also liked. Aria and Shining Armor, however, react with disgust when they're reminded of ''that'' particular combo.

-->'''Lyla:''' The other day I cried because I wanted chocolate cake and I didn't have any so I have no idea how I'm feeling.
-->'''Laurel:''' ''(chuckles)'' I've been there. When I was eight months pregnant, I had this intense craving for fried chicken from Ezell's slathered in honey mustard. I sent my husband out to get it at like eight thirty at night and he came home with the chicken... and honey. Not honey mustard. Just plain honey. No mustard in sight. I sat down on my kitchen floor and cried. Like, full on sobbed.
-->'''Lyla:''' But did he rectify his mistake?
-->'''Laurel:''' No, that was the worst part. By the time he got the food home to me, Ezell's was closed.
-->'''Lyla:''' That might be the saddest story I've ever heard.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6686569/1/Meeting-Bill Meeting Bill]]'' Hermione eats peanut-butter curry, asparagus, rice and chicken.

'''Harry:''' No I'm not. Last night when you all had fallen asleep I was in the kitchen having a fish sticks, ice cream and chocolate syrup snack.

* In ''Fanfic/OSMUFanfictionFriction'', Oswald, who mistakenly believes he's pregnant after becoming paranoid that the author will write him as such, decides to eat Cheerios and jalapeno peppers bathed in 7-Up soda, with Orla (who is not pregnant) following him to eat the same thing. He eventually is determined by Oprah to not be pregnant, as the author had no intentions to make him pregnant.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11310705/1/Pineapple-Cravings Pineapple Cravings]]'' a pregnant Harry has an omelet with cinnamon, jalapenos, strawberry yogurt, relish and Nutella, with a side of grapefruit with hot sauce.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4642294/32/Sacrifices Sacrifices]]'' a pregnant Harry has an omelet with blue cheese, olives and pickles, topped with hot sauce. This is accompanied by a radish and onion smoothie.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7559833/11/Unexpected Unexpected]]'' a pregnant Harry has a bowl of lemon custard with peanut butter cups, Bertie Botts beans and candy cane bits.

** Later, after Derpy becomes pregnant with hers and Blueblood's second child, she asks for tomato sauce on her pancakes. Dinky, who is nearby, reacts with disgust.

* [[SubvertedTrope Nicely subverted]] in ''Film/{{Fargo}}'', as Marge Gunderson's appetite is pretty normal for any average woman... except the vast quantities of [[MustHaveCaffeine coffee]]. Incidentally, the pregnancy was only written in to accommodate Creator/FrancesMcDormand.

-->'''Murray:''' ''(on phone)'' What do you want, Mimi? A corned-beef sandwich and strawberry malted?\\

* One of the signs of that the baby conceived while Tim was wearing the Mask isn't normal in ''Film/SonOfTheMask'' is that Tonya eats silly string on crackers like spray cheese, to no ill effect.

* During Alisande's pregnancy in ''Literature/AWizardInRhyme,'' she finds herself craving a hot fudge sundae. The "wacky" part comes from the fact that she lives in an AlternateUniverse medieval France where ice cream ''doesn't exist'', so all she can do is describe a food she that she doesn't even have a name for.

* ''Series/ColdCase'': In "Runner", the VictimOfTheWeek is Joe Washington: a cop killed in the 1970s. He and his partner both had pregnant wives. When his partner is complaining about his wife busting his balls for forgetting her mint chip ice cream, Joe laughs and talks about his wife sending him out for pickles and fish sauce.

* On ''Series/QuantumLeap'', after Sam leaps into the body of pregnant woman, he craves Jello and onions. In another scene, Sam is eating radishes after dipping them in marshmallow fluff.

* In ''Series/{{V 1983}}'', Robin craves red meat to the point that she wakes in the night and yanks it uncooked from the refrigerator to eat. However this is implied to be due her being pregnant with a [[HalfHumanHybrid child of the secretly reptilian Visitors]] rather than the usual version. In the 2009 remake ''Series/{{V 2009}}'', [[spoiler: Valerie (also pregnant with a hybrid),]] almost eats a mouse caught in a trap.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Scully was portrayed as a health nut for seven seasons, very rarely indulging in junk food. She even went as far as stirring bee pollen into yogurt for lunch (even though Mulder tells her she's a scientist and should know better...) While pregnant in season eight, she keeps ordering junk food--specifically pizza--which is mentioned later that same episode to have been a regular habit of hers.

-->'''Murray:''' ''(on phone)'' What do you want, Mimi? A corned-beef sandwich and strawberry malted?\\

-->'''Tiny:''' Jill asked me to deliver a bento box for her lunch, but I cannot believe I wrote her special request down correctly. Could she actually want a maki filled with eel, olives, peanut butter and Milk Duds?

-->"For the love of God, man! Get these home to her before you’re in even more trouble! You can come back and pay me later!"
** Played with in [[http://notalwaysright.com/showered-with-irresponsibility this]] entry from the ''Not Always Working'' section. The customer's pregnant daughter ''doesn't'' have a craving for mayonnaise, she's making a large batch of [[http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/classic-deviled-eggs-recipe.html deviled eggs.]]

** In [[https://notalwaysright.com/been-awake-for-a-maternity/77847/ this story]] a husband is sent for anchovies, asparagus, and bacon-flavored potato chips. A fellow customer is able to use these items (and the fact that the husband is wearing pajamas) to guess the situation, and is even willing to pay for it when the husband is short on money.

** Anti-Wanda eats a sandwich made of couch cushions and cheese wiz, a door handle, a bite of Anti-Cosmo's chart of fairies and their Anti-Fairy counterparts, a camera and a phone in addition to trying to eat Anti-Cosmo's IdeaBulb when she is pregnant with Poof's Anti-Fairy counterpart Foop.
* In the 1993 "Hollyrock-a-bye Baby" post-series film for ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', Pebbles showcases the "wacky appetite increase" variant, where despite being in the last week of her pregnancy, she's shown devouring massive amounts of food. As in, portions equal to that of her BigEater father's usual fare -- followed by his own equally huge share! It struck such a chord that the 1994 run of Flintstones trading cards features, as part of the set honoring the film, a card that depicts Pebbles with a massive (and bitten into) drumstick in one hand and a spoonful of strawberry icecream with chocolate sauce in the other whilst her doting parents hover around her with a huge bowl of strawberry icecream and chocolate sace (with the obligatory massive pickle on the side), a big slice of blueberry pie, a huge ham, a pineapple, and two tomatoes.

** Geophagy (eating of dirt and clay) still happens with pregnant women in some poorer countries, and parts of the U.S. South.

** There's also an {{Inversion}} -- pregnant women often find that foods which they normally enjoy sound completely unappetizing.

* Music/WeirdAlYankovic and his wife, Suzanne, were both vegans when they got married. In an interview, however, Al noted how when Suzanne was pregnant with their daughter, she began craving meat. He's still vegan, but his wife not so much.

* Averted on ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': In "Forbidden Fruit," Lindsay (who is pregnant) has a whole bunch of weird food laid out on the lab table as part of an investigation into a poisoning. Mac walks in and comments that he hopes this isn't one of her cravings.

* A ''Series/MsMarvel'' fanfic [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/40425528/chapters/101269389 "A Stack of Fresh-Fried Parathas"]], covers various points in the relationship between Kamala and Bruno, from their meeting in kindergarten to being happily married in the future. In one chapter, a pregnant Kamala develops cravings for foods that combine Pakistani and Italian recipes; butter chicken lasagna and tandoor paneer parmigiana.

* In the ''Series/FaerieTaleTheatre'' episode that retells the story of ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}'', not only does Rapunzel's mother Marie have the traditional desperate craving for a vegetable from the witch's garden – in this version for radishes – but once she gets the radishes, she cooks and eats them in various odd ways, such as baking them in a pie, putting them in sandwiches and porridge, and even dipping them in chocolate fondue.

** Similarly, [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/rapunzel/stories/petros.html Petrosinella]] and [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/rapunzel/stories/fairang.html The Fair Angiola]] both had mothers who robbed the witch of her herbs and had to pay the same price. Herbs may not seem wacky -- unless you want to eat them plain, and ''have'' to have the ones owned by a dangerous sorceress.

* Klatchian Migratory Bog Truffles are a gourmet foodstuff on the Literature/{{Discworld}}. They are so prized by gourmets that they will pay vast sums for a meal where the chef has ensured there is no trace of bog truffles in it whatsoever. Johanna Smith-Rhodes, recently married Assassin, is happy for this state of affairs to continue with regard to her own diet. Until she gets pregnant and develops an inconvenient craving. For the foul-tasting Klatchian Migratory Bog Truffle. She discovers her taste buds have been out-voted by her foetus and its life support systems in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11536013/3/Hyperemesis-gravidarum Hyperemesis Gravidarum]]'' by Creator/AAPessimal.

* The ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' fanfic [[https://web.archive.org/web/20080913210126/http://ninpuchan.dreamhost.com/stories/onicandy/ "Oni Candy"]] uses the "gluttonous wacky cravings" variation for Ran. Having finally scored the hand of her beloved Rei, she learns the hard way the difficulties of having the child of such a notorious BigEater, with a baby that physically demands she incessantly consume food, savagely kicking her from inside her womb unless she's eating. By the end of the story, she's literally eaten herself into a coma, and her belly is physically vibrating as her unborn daughter throws a tantrum, kicking non-stop in an attempt to goad her mother into waking up and resuming gorging herself.
** It's mentioned that the also pregnant Lum is also consuming a lot more food than usual due to her pregnancy, which she explicitly states is a side-effect of pregnancy in oni, but she doesn't take it anywhere near the levels that Ran does.