History WebVideo / HotOnes

-->"It's starts to get.....there's like a ''chemical quality'' to it."

** Both WebVideo/RhettAndLink end up getting the hiccups simultaneously.

Running on Website/YouTube since 2014, ''Hot Ones'' is one of your more unique celebrity interview shows. Guests are offered [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce a succession of ten increasingly-spicy wings]], and they have to answer each question to the best of their ability [[FireBreathingDiner as their mouths light up.]] [[BerserkerTears Some cry]], [[RegeneratingHealth some have to take a lap]], a few have puked [[VomitDiscretionShot (off-camera, thank goodness)]], and at least one [[BringMyBrownPants had an accident]]. Most take advantage of the [[ClusterFBomb lack of censorship]]. But most make it through, lest they join the likes of Creator/RickyGervais and Music/DJKhaled in the Hall of Shame.

* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Since Sean has to eat these incredibly hot wings every single week, he's grown accustomed to them - which, combined with an already-formidable tolerance to spicy food, means that many episodes feature celebrities practically [[FireBreathingDiner breathing fire]] while Sean calmly asks them questions. Some guests, like Series/KeyAndPeele, have lampshaded this.

* AscendedFanboy: The legendary Brett Baker, creator of the Hot Ones Power Rankings and the subject of a magnificent serenade by Creator/RussellBrand, interviewed Sean to celebrate Hot Ones reaching one million subscribers.

* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: The whole point of the show: celebrities eat increasingly hot wings as they're interviewed, starting with something very mild and ending with a Hot Ones-branded sauce that's on par with the Carolina Reaper.

* ClusterFBomb: Naturally with Creator/GordonRamsay in the Season 8 premiere. When he returns to the show for the 2021 holiday fundraiser, it turns out they counted how many: 134.

** [[Series/{{Jackass}} Steve-O]] closed his second episode by pouring a bottle of his own hot sauce brand directly into one of his eyes. After chugging most of it straight.

* HiddenDepths: More often than not Sean asks very well-researched and very in-depth questions about his guests, which can often take them by surprise, considering the show's format. Often they expect to be asked softball questions, believing the real appeal of the show is to see them in pain. When in fact the appeal of the show is them being forced to actually give well-thought-out answers ''while'' in pain.

* UnaffectedBySpice: There have been a few episodes where the guest makes it through all 10 wings without hesitation, but a couple stand out:
** Guy Fieri not only didn't appear to even break a sweat, but he also noted as he was about to walk off the set that he didn't touch his water or his milk, which floored Sean when he noticed the differences in his glasses and Guy's.

** Alton Brown, aside from knocking back some of his half and half, barely showed any reaction to the heat in his wings. He also ranked the 10 sauces from best to worst, actually [[HotSauceDrinking took a swig of one of the mid-grade sauces]] and remarked on how he could improve it, and smelled the bottle of the hottest[[note]]a ''Hot Ones''-branded sauce rated at 2 million Scoville per the in-show graphic[[/note]] without flinching, even complimenting Sean on the flavor blend.

** Creator/JohnOliver described it as "not the ''worst'' thing humanity's ever done, but part of our worst instincts" and brought it up again near the end of the show as an example of the kind of really bad thing he's had to live through on his own show.

''Klaus doubles over in and starts panting''

** Ed Currie, in his appearances, doesn't show any outward reaction to the spice he ingests but does [[ThisMakesMeFeelAngry describe experiencing a burning sensation]] in the most deadpan voice possible. It helps that he's the creator of the Carolina Reaper and Pepper X, the main ingredients in the hottest sauces used on the show. To compare and contrast, Sean and Chili Klaus -- who are more than familiar with ultra spicy peppers -- sample Pepper X and immediately wince and cringe in pain while Ed stands calmly to the side after having consumed a whole pepper himself.