Pepper Sneeze: Difference between revisions

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When an animated character's nose is doused with black pepper, it causes the victim to explode in an exaggeratedly violent sneeze. The origin is uncertain, and although consuming amounts of pepper on food can make eyes water and cause sneezing, it probably has more to do with how recognizable a prop pepper shakers are.

 

Often used in conjunction with the [[Sneeze of Doom]]. Sometimes [[Anti-Sneeze Finger]] is used to attempt to stop this sneeze.

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Used on Inspector Zenigata at least once in ''[[Lupin III]]''.

* Ranma was briefly [[Hypno Fool|cursed]] in one episode of ''[[Ranma ½]]'' to hug anyone who sneezes. Naturally, Shampoo followed him home with a shaker of black pepper. [[Hilarity Ensues]] when Akane develops a cold in the same episode.

** First seen when, upon learning that sneezing is the Ren/Run's transformation trigger, Lala chases Ren with a pepper shaker trying to get Run to come out and play.

* Usopp from ''[[One Piece]]'' has his Pepper Star, which explodes into a huge cloud of pepper causing the enemy to sneeze. Usually goes hand-in-hand with his Caltrops Hell.

* ''[[Mr. Bean]]'' smashed up some pepper with his hankie for a sandwich, and then, while using the same hankie as a bib, dropped his sandwich after sneezing.

* ''[[Blackadder]]'' General Melchett is rehearsing his pickup lines in the mirror, including the line; "Darling, I want to cover you in pepper and sneeze all over you!"

** A later episode has them using tobacco snuff instead, since pepper proved to be unreliable in producing sneezes. In case you're curious, they were testing how far/fast the spray from a sneeze can go.

* Referenced in ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', with Miss Piggy and Billy Crystal parodying ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]''. When Piggy demonstrates how a woman can [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|fake a sneeze]] to get out of a date, the woman at the next table says "I'll have what she's having ... but with less pepper."

* Used in ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', in the episode, ''[[The Indestructible Man]]''; during a host segment, Joel and the Bots hold their "Undersea Kingdom" parade. Gypsy sneezes when the Pepper Institute float(a giant pepper shaker) passes under her, causing Tom Servo to burst into flames.

 

 

 

 

* [[El Goonish Shive|Magus]] briefly contemplated exploiting this trope to trick Ellen into sneezing so that she would-- [[It Makes Sense in Context|it's better not to go into too much detail.]]

 

* ''[[Total Drama Action]]'': Trent spills pepper on his breakfast and then tosses it over his shoulder, straight into Heather's face: causing her to sneeze for the rest of the episode.

* Happened in the [[Disney]] vignette ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'', causing Mickey to blow his cover.

 

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[[Category:Food Tropes]]

[[Category:Truth in Television]]