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[[File:Button Mash brain freeze.png|308px|thumbnail|This is why having a "Milkshake Race" is a bad idea.]] |
[[File:Button Mash brain freeze.png|308px|thumbnail|This is why having a "Milkshake Race" is a bad idea.]] |
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Characters eating cold food or drinks too fast will get a "Brain Freeze". Almost universally a [[Comedy Trope]]. Brain Freeze will be treated as the most searing pain imaginable. Expect to see rivers of tears, screams of anguish, and the victim frantically clutching his head in agony. |
Characters eating cold food or drinks too fast will get a "Brain Freeze". Almost universally a [[Comedy Trope]]. '''Brain Freeze''' will be treated as the most searing pain imaginable. Expect to see rivers of tears, screams of anguish, and the victim frantically clutching his head in agony. |
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[[Truth in Television]]; you most definitely can give yourself a headache by eating cold food too quickly. This is due to the blood capillaries in your sinuses; cold food causes them to constrict, and then experience extreme rebound dilation as they warm up again. This rebound triggers nearby pain receptors, which the brain interprets as coming from the forehead. You can recreate this effect when you put an ice cube on your forehead (and you don't have a headache, that is). |
[[Truth in Television]]; you most definitely can give yourself a headache by eating cold food too quickly. This is due to the blood capillaries in your sinuses; cold food causes them to constrict, and then experience extreme rebound dilation as they warm up again. This rebound triggers nearby pain receptors, which the brain interprets as coming from the forehead. You can recreate this effect when you put an ice cube on your forehead (and you don't have a headache, that is). |
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== [[Western Animation]] == |
== [[Western Animation]] == |
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* In one episode of ''[[The Angry Beavers]]'', there was a dare to drink a huge frozen jalapeno milkshake. There was reluctance to take this dare, for fear of a "brain freeze and burn", which is this |
* In one episode of ''[[The Angry Beavers]]'', there was a dare to drink a huge frozen jalapeno milkshake. There was reluctance to take this dare, for fear of a "brain freeze and burn", which is this Brain Freeze combined with [[Fire-Breathing Diner]]. |
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* ''[[Megas XLR]]'': Kiva gets one after drinking her first Mega Slush. Something similar appears in the opening credits. |
* ''[[Megas XLR]]'': Kiva gets one after drinking her first Mega Slush. Something similar appears in the opening credits. |
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* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'': played literally when Beast Boy throws [[Brain In a Jar|The Brain]] to be frozen. |
* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'': played literally when Beast Boy throws [[Brain In a Jar|The Brain]] to be frozen. |
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