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6	->''"All the guys keep bringing me ice cream, trying to win my heart. I'll tell you a secret. I'm actually lactose intolerant. I can't drink milk, and I'm a cow!"''
7	-->-- '''Henrietta''', ''VideoGame/EpicMickey''
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9	A trope that usually occurs when a character reveals they have an allergy that is [[{{Irony}} ironic]] or contradicts their profession, personality, or biology. For example, an animal character that usually produces or loves eating dairy will have lactose intolerance or be allergic to something typically included in their respective StockAnimalDiet. Especially absurdist examples will have a character allergic to (part of) ''themselves'', [[PuffOfLogic which often manifest as soon as mentioned]].
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11	See also PlotAllergy. Compare IronicFear, AbnormalAllergy, and WeaksauceWeakness.
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13	!!Examples:
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17	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
18	* In ''Anime/AJourneyThroughFairyLand'', Michael has a GreenThumb and loves taking care of plants and flowers, but is allergic to them. His sneezes due to working in the nearby greenhouse are one of the things that cause problems during his music classes.
19	* Rin Hoshizora from ''Anime/LoveLive'' is [[AnimalMotifs heavily associated with cats]] to the point that she [[VerbalTic frequently ends her sentences]] with "nya" (the Japanese sound effect for a cat's meowing), but supplementary materials reveal that she's actually allergic to them.
20	* Junpei from ''Manga/NyanKoi'' is deathly allergic to cats. After accidentally disturbing the shrine of a cat god, he is cursed to gradually transform into a cat and eventually die from his allergies. The only repentance is to listen to the problems of the cats in the city and help them solve their troubles.
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23	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
24	* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'':
25	** In a strip with four ducks, one of them is horribly swollen and puffed up. His wife says "Oh, that's just Hank's little cross to bear... He's allergic to down and that's that."
26	** A strip titled "When careers and allergies collide" has a shepherd in a similar condition due to his allergy to sheep.
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29	[[folder:ComicBooks]]
30	* In one comic, ComicBook/TheJoker managed to kill an interviewer even from inside Arkham Asylum and not having any access to lethal weapons. The asylum let him bake some cookies, which they confirmed were completely non-toxic, but they didn't account for the ground peanuts in the flour, which killed the interviewer when he ate them. Joker did it entirely because he was amused that a man named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carver George Carver]] had a peanut allergy.
31	* For a long time, [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Superman's]] only weakness was to the radioactive remnants of his own home planet, Krypton, which cause him to lose access to his powers and become weak. While some writers have added a weakness to magic too, Kryptonite is still his most well-known weakness, becoming the TropeNamer for KryptoniteFactor.
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34	[[folder:Fan Works]]
35	* ''Fanfic/WinterBells'': As revealed in "Reconciliation", the Princess of Love, Cadence, is allergic to [[spoiler:[[UnderTheMistletoe mistletoe]]]].
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38	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
39	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxtrolls'': Mr. Snatcher, the BigBad, is obsessed with climbing up the social ladder by any means necessary. He also has the belief that eating cheese is a sign of high social status, so he eats it constantly. He is allergic to the stuff, to the point that he spends the final act horribly swollen because the reaction is finally catching up with him [[spoiler:and eventually even kills him.]]
40	* The young seahorse Sheldon from ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' claims to be "H[[subscript:2]]O intolerant" and sneezes.
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43	[[folder:Literature]]
44	* Creator/TanithLee's fantasy novel ''Literature/TheDragonHoard'' contains a story-within-the-story featuring a dragon who cannot follow his natural inclination to [[DragonHoard hoard gold]] because he is allergic to it.
45	* In the kids' book ''Eppie the Elephant Who Was Allergic to Peanuts'', Eppie is allergic to peanuts, even though they're the StockAnimalDiet for elephants.
46	* The wizard Ebenezum in ''Literature/TheExploitsOfEbenezum'' is allergic to magic.
47	* In ''Literature/TwoPercentPower'', Patrick derives his powers from milk. He's also lactose intolerant.
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50	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
51	* In ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', Hitchcock and Scully love to eat cheese, cheese pizzas, lasagna, and pretty much anything with cheese on it, despite being lactose intolerant. [[{{Gasshole}} It has predictable effects, much to the dismay of everyone else in the precinct.]]
52	* In the ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' franchise, whenever two immortals are close enough to each other, they get a kind of [[SpiderSense warning sensation]] (nicknamed "the Buzz") that another, potentially hostile, immortal is nearby. In one episode of the ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' TV series, main character Duncan had a friend who would break out into sneezing fits whenever the Buzz was triggered for him. Being allergic to a danger warning is bad enough, but even worse was the fact that the Buzz was explicitly shown to vary in terms of how far apart two immortals would be when it would go off. Sometimes it might be triggered when the other immortal would still be a fair distance away, sometimes they'd be right around the corner. Being incapacitated by a sneezing fit due to your warning system while someone who truly believes ThereCanBeOnlyOne is that close can be a very bad thing.
53	* Big Red from ''Series/HighSchoolMusicalTheMusicalTheSeries'' comes from a long line of pizza chefs, and is lactose intolerant - though whenever he's the one eating pizza he says it's made with soy cheese.
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56	[[folder:Video Games]]
57	* Henrietta the cow from ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' is lactose intolerant, even [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] the irony of it. Despite this, in one mission, she asks you to bring her ice cream just as a reminder of the pirate Damien Salt who she fell in love with.
58	* In ''VideoGame/HappyHospital'', bees suffer from pollen allergies.
59	* In ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2'', the boss battle against [[WhenTreesAttack Whispy Woods]] has him wearing glasses and a face mask in his first phase, indicating that he has a pollen allergy, even though he's a tree.
60	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'': The Cucco Lady in Kakariko Village is allergic to cuccos and gets goosebumps when touching them. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with her specially bred Pocket Cuccos, saying she does not receive goosebumps from touching them.
61	* Katsuya Suou from ''VideoGame/Persona2'' is a KindheartedCatLover and his Persona Helios takes the form of a humanoid cat; he's just severely allergic to them. It gets to the point that in some cutscenes he's allergic to a demon who's disguised as a cat. It's a wonder Helios doesn't cause a reaction. The form of his Persona - which is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]], by the way - is a means to ''mock'' Katsuya for his inability to obtain anything he desires.
62	* One of the Temmies in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' is allergic to Temmies. [[PuffOfLogic When it mentions this]], it promptly breaks out into "hOIVS!"
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65	[[folder:Web Animation]]
66	* ''WebAnimation/SocietyOfVirtue'': The ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'' parody, Juan Marine, is deathly allergic to shrimp.
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70	* Az from ''Blog/GaijinSmash'' is allergic to fish, but lives in Japan.
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73	[[folder:Web Videos]]
74	* Rich Evans of ''WebVideo/RedLetterMedia'' has a cat allergy that causes his face to swell up. Therefore, whenever a video the group is watching deals with cats, they have Rich Evans be the one to talk about it, [[RunningGag often accompanied by a picture of Rich's allergy acting up]]. Despite this, Rich has said that he does like cats, preferring them over dogs, and he would have one if he wasn't allergic.
75	* ''WebVideo/SandersSides'': Patton (and presumably Thomas, since Patton [[AnthropomorphicPersonification represents his morality and emotions]]) is revealed to be allergic to cats in "Moving On Part 2", despite owning a cat onesie and otherwise being a KindheartedCatLover. Discussed by him and Logan, after Logan gives him a cat hoodie:
76	-->'''Logan''': It even has a front pouch to place an actual cat, if you so desire.
77	-->'''Patton''': Oh, I can't, I'm allergic.
78	-->'''Logan''': ''(angry pause)'' Then WHY the cat onesie?!
79	--> '''Patton''': ''(shrugs)'' I like cats!
80	* Website/YouTube personality WebVideo/{{Tobuscus}} claims to be allergic to alliteration. His real name is [[AlliterativeName Toby Turner]].
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83	[[folder:Western Animation]]
84	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Baymax}}'': Mbita is a fish soup salesman. Unfortunately, he learns he's developed a fish allergy and panics that he can't continue his family business because of it.
85	* Malloy from ''WesternAnimation/{{Brickleberry}}'' is a bear who's allergic to bees.
86	* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': Cheese is lactose-intolerant, but likes chocolate milk. Not to mention, he's [[IronicName named]] after a type of dairy.
87	* Earth Queen Hou-Ting from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' is allergic to most animals, so much so that she bans them from her presence. This is ironic for two reasons:
88	** [[LikeParentUnlikeChild Her father]], featured in the [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender prequel series]], was best friends with his pet bear, Bosco.
89	** She and her court nonetheless feast on rare animals, verging into CruellaToAnimals.[[note]] Made even worse by the fact that, according to [[WordOfGod creator commentary]], she ''ate Bosco'' after her father's death. [[/note]]
90	* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3''. Zipzee the breezie loves flowers, despite her hay fever.
91	* Verminious Snaptrap from ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'' is a rat who has a severe cheese allergy which gives him massive swelling if he comes in contact with it. When [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]], he says he is well aware of the irony.
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94	[[folder:Real Life]]
95	* Creator/ClintEastwood became famous as a leading man in Westerns and particularly iconic as "The Man with No Name" in the ''Film/DollarsTrilogy''. Despite being considered the quintessential film cowboy, Eastwood is actually allergic to horses and that allergy is the source of his famous ClintSquint.
96	* [[https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/02/matilda-the-echidna-beats-crippling-ant-allergy-with-a-little-help-from-science An echidna known as Matilda turned out to be]] allergic to ''ants''... which happen to be the main thing echidnas eat. Folks at the Melbourne Veterinary Specialist Centre had to develop a vaccine to desensitize the poor echidna so that she could safely eat her natural diet.
97	* There is an UrbanLegend that claims that Creator/MelBlanc was allergic to the carrots he had to bite when voicing WesternAnimation/BugsBunny. In reality, he just didn't like the taste of carrots.
98	* Creator/KiernanShipka is allergic to cats, unfortunate since she was cast as the titular character on ''Series/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina'' which meant the character of Salem, played by a real cat this time, had to be downplayed in that adaptation.
99	* The "lactose-intolerant cow" example from ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' is TruthInTelevision. Cow's milk is only intended to be drunk by the calves, so they lose their ability to digest it as they grow up, just like other mammals. Humans are the weird ones in that some populations from Europe, India, the Middle East, and Africa developed mutations that allows them to digest milk even as adults.
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