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* ''[[Toriko]]'' is built on this trope and others like it.
* Not used for laughs in the manga ''[[Sugar Dark]]'' where one of a series of monstrously sized, practically unstoppable undead [[Eldritch Abomination]] called "The Dark" had been buried under an tree, tainting and mutating its growing fruits with its essence. The adorable, yet horribly [[woobie]]ish [[Moe]], Meria, ate one of the fruits of the tree and absorbed its power, turning her into a [[Nigh Invincible]] creature whom members of the [[Masquerade]] use to lure the "The Dark" into killing and torturing her in various ways before they become incapacitated by the upcoming sunlight and buried into the ground, which is the only way of sealing them off from harming humanity.
* the ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' franchise:,
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** Ensenji fruit is like Senzu only much more powerful and rarer, growing only in [[Hell| the HFIL]]. Something of a [[Mythology Gag]] here, as they are a reference to the Peaches of Immortality in ''[[Journey to the West]]''; in that work, the hero Sun Wukong (who Goku is loosely based on) steals several of these peaches and increases his own lifespan by several thousand years. To his credit, Goku only steals ''one'' of them.
* Apricorns in ''[[Pokémon]]'' are large nuts that were used to make PokéBalls before modern technology replaced them with the more common ones. Kurt the blacksmith in Azalea town can still make specialized PokéBalls from them.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Pokémon]]'' has a wide variety of berries since their introduction in generation II that can improve a Mon's abilities. Since generation III, they have [[Punny Name]]s like the titular [[Mons]].
** Heck, there's even Pokemon who are fruits or vegetables: Exeggecute, Sunkern, Seedot, Ludicolo, Tropius (technically its banana beard), Cherubi, Cherrim, Whimiscott (based on the cotton plant as well as the [[wikipedia:Vegetable Lamb of Tartary|Vegetable Lamb of Tartary]]), Ferroseed and Ferrothorn (if horse-chestnuts are considered as "fruit").
** And ''[[Pokémon Scarlet and Violet]]'' introduces [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Capsakid_(Pok%C3%A9mon) Capsakid] and its evolved form, [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Scovillain_(Pok%C3%A9mon) Scovillain], which are hot pepper Mons.
** There are also a series of inedible fruits in the Johto region called apricorns that served as the invention of the first Pokeball.
* The mushrooms from the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' series.
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* Much of the action in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "Family Appreciation Day" involves the Apple family being busy with the harvest of Zap Apples, a magical breed of apple that sprouts delicious rainbow-colored fruit... fruit which only grows following a series of ominous-looking signs, and which disappears not long after if it's not picked as soon as possible.
* Tomacco, from ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "E-I-E-I-D'oh!", a hybrid of tomato and tobacco created when Homer accidentally planted both near dumped plutonium rods. They taste terrible (Ralph Wiggum says they "taste like grandma", an opinion his father quickly agrees with) but are highly addictive, both to humans and animals. They made Homer quite a lot of money until the wildlife ate the entire crop, except one plant that was stolen by executives from the Laramie cigarette company. They would have gotten away too, had not a tomacco-crazed sheep gotten onboard their helicopter and caused it to crash, killing ''almost'' everyone on board - the sheep, fortunately, survived.
* In the original ''[[ThunderCats (1985 series)|ThunderCats]]'', the Berbils raised a wide variety of fruits that mimiced the taste and nutritive qualities of other fruits, including Meat Fruit, Veggie Fruit, Bread Fruit, and Candy Fruit, the last being the most popular. There are also Trollberry bushes, the leaves of which are the sole food in a Trollog's diet; an evil race called the Giantors are extorting the Trollogs in one episode, occupying the mountains where the Trollberry bushes grow and threatening to destroy them unless the Trollogs do their bidding.
* Gummi Berries in ''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]'', bush-grown fruit that comes in red, yellow, orange, green, blue, and purple varieties. The berries are edible and tasty, but do nothing on their own, but are the primary ingredients of Gummiberry Juice, a potion that makes the Gummis themselves able to bounce, and acts as [[Super Strength|a strength potion]] for humans and ogres.
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