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Related to [[Magic Feather]] (which is what The Placebo Effect is called around here).
See also [[I Can't Believe
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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{{quote| '''Niles:''' Well someone must feel pretty out of it, being the only one here who isn't completely burnt!<br />
'''Frasier:''' Oh, knock it enough, you imbecile! You're as sober as I am! }}
* Raj on the ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' needs alcohol before he can talk to women. In one episode he starts hitting on [[Summer Glau]], until Howard points out the beer was non-alcoholic, and Raj [[
* In ''[[Burn Notice]]'', pretending to get drunk is one of the spy skills Michael has cultivated.
* ''[[Arrested Development (TV)|Arrested Development]]'': Maeby drinks some virgin martinis and thinks she's drunk. George Michael tries to explain that "virgin" means non-alcoholic, but the venture is fruitless.
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{{quote| '''Faye''': I think you're confusing bisexuality with substance abuse.<br />
'''Raven''': No, but I think they were. }}
* ''[[Girls With Slingshots]]'': After Hazel gets uncharacteristically prudish while accompaniying Jamie and her younger sister, Fiona on a trip to a lingerie store, Fiona offers Hazel a pull from her [[Victoria's Secret Compartment|hidden flask]]. Hazel goes from mortified to [[Genki Girl]] after a couple of swallows. Fiona confesses to Jamie that her flask [http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1294/ was just water.] [[I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!|Her boobs are just that awesome.]]
* [[Two Lumps|Snooch]] made the mistake of watching a special on rock stars and copying their cocaine use ... [http://twolumps.net/d/20070801.html sort of.]
{{quote| Eben: Tell me you didn't actually SNORT an entire box of Pixie Stix from 1987.}}
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** Also happens in the episode "Raisin the Stakes," which is about teens going wild and hippie after smoking... raisins.
* ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'': Unfortunately the victim of the prank was allergic to oregano.
* Inversion/parody/whatever of this trope happens to Candace in the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "The Ballad of Badbeard." She touches Orange Moss in the woods, which she was told causes wild hallucinations and begins acting insane, "thinking" [[
* In one episode, ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'' got drunk on non-alcoholic beer. They knew it was non-alcoholic. They just didn't know alcohol is the part that makes you drunk.
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'', "Deep Space Homer": To prove that space travel is within reach of the common man, NASA selects Barney and Homer to go through a training course before one of them gets an actual rocket trip. Once deprived of alcohol, Barney passes with flying colours and is given a congratulatory glass of champagne. He immediately goes nuts ("It begins!"), chugs the rest of the bottle, grabs a jetpack and flies off. The scientists don't understand, as it was non-alcoholic champagne.
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