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== [[Comic Books]] ==

* ''[[Watchmen (~~Comic Book~~)|Watchmen]]'': In prison, Rorschach uses hot frying oil as a weapon in the cafeteria. He burns the other guy badly enough to kill him.

* ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'': In prison, Rorschach uses hot frying oil as a weapon in the cafeteria. He burns the other guy badly enough to kill him.

** [[I Am a Humanitarian|Am I the only one who got hungry for bacon after reading that?]] Nah. Of course not....

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* In an extra feature on the DVD of ''[[Super Size Me]]'', Morgan Spurlock visits a fish and chip shop that also experiments with deep-frying candy bars. Since Morgan is still on his McDonald's-only diet while they visit, he defers to his cameraman.

* In the Irish movie ''The Van'', the main characters renovate a chipper (a food service truck) and go into business selling fried food. Although the battered and deep-fried [[Toilet Humor|used diaper]] may be presumed to be an inversion of this trope.

* In ''[[~~Shrek (Animation)|~~Shrek]] 2'', this appears to be the Fairy Godmother's standard way of dealing with stress.

* In ''[[Shrek]] 2'', this appears to be the Fairy Godmother's standard way of dealing with stress.

{{quote| '''Fairy Godmother:''' I don't care whose fault this was, just get it sorted! And could someone please bring me something deep fat fried and smothered in chocolate... }}

* Bill Forsyth's ''Comfort and Joy'', set in Glasgow, ends with protagonist Alan creating a truce between rival ice cream vendors (from the same family) by getting them to collaborate on selling ice cream fritters. Since only he knows the secret ingredient essential to making them, he gets to call the shots on the deal.

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== Literature ==

* In ''[[Discworld ~~(Literature)~~/I Shall Wear Midnight|I Shall Wear Midnight]]'', both Tiffany and the Nac Mac Feegle themselves list one of their good points as the invention of the deep-fried stoat. Although the Feegles acknowledge that it's mostly a good point because it saved some other poor devil from inventing it. It's still probably better than a non-deep-fried stoat.

* In ''[[Discworld/I Shall Wear Midnight|I Shall Wear Midnight]]'', both Tiffany and the Nac Mac Feegle themselves list one of their good points as the invention of the deep-fried stoat. Although the Feegles acknowledge that it's mostly a good point because it saved some other poor devil from inventing it. It's still probably better than a non-deep-fried stoat.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* On a Christmas episode of ''[[Men Behaving Badly]]'', Tony gets given a deep-fat fryer for Christmas. Over the course of the episode he deep-fries an array of unlikely foodstuffs, culminating in him deep-frying the telephone.

* ''[[Arrested Development (TV)|Arrested Development]]'' featured the Cornballer, one of the Bluth family's more unfortunate business ventures. A deep-fat fryer for making fried corn balls in the home, it was discontinued in the US because the device was scalding hot to the touch. It was still being sold in Mexico, where angry citizens imprisoned an escaped George Sr. after recognizing him from the [[Infomercial]] for it.

* ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' featured the Cornballer, one of the Bluth family's more unfortunate business ventures. A deep-fat fryer for making fried corn balls in the home, it was discontinued in the US because the device was scalding hot to the touch. It was still being sold in Mexico, where angry citizens imprisoned an escaped George Sr. after recognizing him from the [[Infomercial]] for it.

* Used brilliantly on ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'' in the episode with four thanksgivings. Sookie's husband Jackson deep-fried the turkey, then got drunk and began deep frying other things. As Sookie lamented that the only reason the mattresses were intact was that they wouldn't fit, a yell was heard in the background of: 'Deep-fried Shoe!' At which point she buried her face in her hands.

* In an episode of ''[[~~Farscape (TV)|~~Farscape]]'', [[Fish Out of Water|Crichton]] doesn't even have the standard [[Food Pills|food cubes]] to eat, and so he decides to fry the little creatures that are used for brushing teeth. When told they aren't edible, Crichton says "You can eat anything if it's fried!" Unfortunately for him, [[Foreign Queasine|he's wrong.]]

* In an episode of ''[[Farscape]]'', [[Fish Out of Water|Crichton]] doesn't even have the standard [[Food Pills|food cubes]] to eat, and so he decides to fry the little creatures that are used for brushing teeth. When told they aren't edible, Crichton says "You can eat anything if it's fried!" Unfortunately for him, [[Foreign Queasine|he's wrong.]]

* During one [[Myth Busters]] test, Grant announced that he would [[Tempting Fate|eat his multitool pouch]] if anything went wrong with his R/C rig. [[Genre Savvy|You can guess what happened.]] We don't get to see Grant chowing down, but he ''does'' announce that he gets to pick the recipe, and he's thinking deep fried with powdered sugar.

* ''[[Kenan and Kel]]'': In one episode, Kenan and Kel are asked by a famous celebrity to hold on to her shirt that her grandmother knitted for her before she died. Three guesses as to what happens next.

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{{quote| '''TV's Frank:''' There, I'm deep fried. Can we be friends now?}}

* Naturally, ''[[Good Eats]]'' has done several episodes on the subject of frying. In the first dedicated episode, ''Fry Hard'', Alton makes fish and chips in an attempt to silence his busybody sister Marsha, who is (at the moment) on an anti-fat crusade, by pointing out that frying is only unhealthy if you do it wrong.

* In the ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Eleventh Hour", the [[The Nth Doctor|newly-regenerated]] Eleventh Doctor finds almost everything in young Amelia Pond's fridge revolting to his new taste buds. He retorts to her "[[National Stereotypes|You're Scottish! Fry something!]]"

* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Eleventh Hour", the [[The Nth Doctor|newly-regenerated]] Eleventh Doctor finds almost everything in young Amelia Pond's fridge revolting to his new taste buds. He retorts to her "[[National Stereotypes|You're Scottish! Fry something!]]"

* In a ''[[Mad TV]]'' parody of [[Aaron Spelling]] [[Action Girl]] shows, a trio of fast-food workers find a bomb in their restaurant. So one of the girls dunks the bomb in batter and deep-fries it, and it explodes harmlessly within the breading shell. The audience cheers.

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== [[Music]] ==

* The [[~~Danielson (Music)|~~Danielson]] song "Lil Norge" briefly contrasts the culinary preferences of Norway and the US:

* The [[Danielson]] song "Lil Norge" briefly contrasts the culinary preferences of Norway and the US:

{{quote| We prefer fresh bread over things that are fried.<br />

There's no limit to what you fry, <br />

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* One ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' arc involved a quest for The Ultimate Food Preparation/Additive. Competitors included Chocolate, Salt, Garlic Butter and, finally, 'Battered and Deep Fried'. Which won out in the end.

** Salt was a clear contender, and may have won without the intervention of Bun-bun.

* ''[[~~The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|~~The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'': [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/0p9 Your friend is a bit too crispy and delicious to talk now.]

* ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'': [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/0p9 Your friend is a bit too crispy and delicious to talk now.]

== [[Web Original]] ==

* [http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-807 Heart Attack on a Plate.]

* [[~~EPICMEALTIME (Web Video)|~~EPICMEALTIME]] deepfries a lot of things in beer batter.

* [[EPICMEALTIME]] deepfries a lot of things in beer batter.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* In an ''[[~~American Dad (Animation)|~~American Dad]]'' episode, the Smiths own a deep fryer and have a conversation at the beginning of the episode about how good the food they cook with it is. Then Francine drops her ink pen in the fryer, takes a bite out of it and remarks that "it even makes this pen taste good".

* In an ''[[American Dad]]'' episode, the Smiths own a deep fryer and have a conversation at the beginning of the episode about how good the food they cook with it is. Then Francine drops her ink pen in the fryer, takes a bite out of it and remarks that "it even makes this pen taste good".

** Francine developed something of an obsession with frying stuff in that episode to the point that she appeared borderline insane. She was planning on deep frying a live chick, and later she takes Steve's new bunny right out of his hands and cheerily declares that "I'm gonna pop you right in the fryer!"

* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'', when Moe's becomes a family-friendly TGI Friday's-type restaurant, he purchases a deep-fryer which deep fries ''everything'', including champagne bottles.

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{{quote| '''Bill:''' If everyone deep-fried their food, there would be no war.}}

* ''[[Ren and Stimpy]]'' had a cartoon about "Billy the Beef Tallow Boy," who deep-fried everything that was brought before him, even inedible objects like a car and a pair of shoes.

* ''[[~~Spongebob~~ SquarePants]]'' - Squeaky Boots: When Spongebob's new squeaky boots began to drive Mr. Crabs crazy, he steals them, dumps them in frying oil, and eats them in a bout of insanity.

* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' - Squeaky Boots: When Spongebob's new squeaky boots began to drive Mr. Crabs crazy, he steals them, dumps them in frying oil, and eats them in a bout of insanity.

** And a more recent episode features an escalating grease-war between Krabs and Plankton.

* ''[[~~Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Animation)|~~Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' - during a barbecue, Shake and Carl deepfry an ENTIRE cow injected with cheese in its udders and force fed bacon and ranch dressing before it died.

* ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' - during a barbecue, Shake and Carl deepfry an ENTIRE cow injected with cheese in its udders and force fed bacon and ranch dressing before it died.

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*** "Fried dough" likely refers to funnel cake-- cake batter dripped through a funnel into the fryer-- a staple fair food typically served with powdered sugar on top.

**** Fried dough is basically funnel cake without the funnel. A slight difference, but a difference nonetheless, and some individuals in New England will proceed to [[Gannon Banned|Gannon Ban]] you if you mistake their fried dough for funnel cake or vice versa.

** Seen at a state fair: Deep-Fried Key Lime Pie. [[X On a Stick|On A Stick]]. [[Flat What|What]].

** Seen at a state fair: Deep-Fried Key Lime Pie. [[X on a Stick|On A Stick]]. [[Flat What|What]].

* Chimichangas, i.e. deep fried burritos.

* [[Refuge in Audacity|To add insult to an injury]], [[wikipedia:Chicken Kiev|Chicken Kiev]]. If you discount the chicken, it's basically a [[Up to Eleven|deep-fried butter]]. With herbs, though. Everything's healthier with herbs.