Vomiting Cop: Difference between revisions

{{quote|'''Announcer''': Law and Order: Elevator Inspectors Unit.

'''Inspector 1''': See here's the thing, inspector, the button for 5 doesn't light up.

 

{{quote|''Any minute now, the cops'll be here to solve this mess out. I'd appreciate it if somebody could get some barf bags ready.''

 

A trope specific to murder mysteries, invoked to suggest that the crime is so gruesome (sight and/or smell) that it turns the stomachs of hardened investigators. Alternately, the Vomiting Cop is a rookie on his or her first case, or it is used to show how seasoned and jaded the veteran cop is.

 

Sometimes a [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]], but usually a [[Vomit Discretion Shot]]. Very often used as a variant on [[Gory Discretion Shot]], where the gory stuff has been done but the evidence remains. See also [[Selective Squeamishness Suppression]], [[Take Our Word for It]]. Contrast [[Autopsy Snack Time]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Ciel Phantomhive of ''[[Black Butler]]'' fame does this not once, but twice in the manga. First time was in reaction to witnessing the death throes of [[Jack the Ripper|Mary Jane Kelly]], which happens both in the anime and manga. The second one was manga only: {{spoiler|he vomits in reaction to his [[Stalker with a Crush]] rebuilding a sacrificial chamber, the very one Ciel almost died in pre-series. Combining the mental trauma with the brutal murder of children younger than he is a few chapters before likely did it.}} To be fair, Ciel is [[Improbable Age|only thirteen years old]] and is not technically a cop, though he does investigate on the Queen's orders.

* A variation happens in first season of ''[[The Wire]]'' to McNulty when he's listening to the tape of {{spoiler|Kima}} getting shot. He's not actually at the scene anymore, but he's so upset by it that he throws up.

* In the first season finale of ''City Homicide'', Matt throws up upon learning the corpse they dug up was his mother, who disappeared when he was a teenager.

 

 

* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' - a squad of cops break in on Comic Book Guy and Mrs. Skinner naked in bed - Lou promptly throws up, and Wiggum reassures him "It's okay, you wouldn't be human if you didn't react like that."

* In one ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' sketch, [[The Smurfs|Brainy]] throws up after seeing Baker Smurf [[Se7en|stuffed with cream and baked]]. This [[Vomit Chain Reaction|causes Papa Smurf to throw up too]]. The police photographer throws up [[Refuge in Audacity|after Baker explodes]].

 

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