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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:BeavisButtheadFire.jpg\|link=Beavis and ~~Butthead (Animation)~~Butt-Head\|thumb\|400px\|[[Catch Phrase\|FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!]]]] {{quote\|''It's like a hell in my mouth and everyone's been'' '''''damned!'''''~~\|'''Minmax''', ''[[Goblins (Webcomic)\|Goblins]]''}}~~ \|'''Minmax'''\|''[[Goblins]]''}} Excessively spicy food invariably results in a (usually metaphorical) [[Breath Weapon\|blast of flame from the mouth]] of the diner, often after he or she has quickly turned red from feet to top of head (in the manner of a rising thermometer, sometimes with a distinctive rising "boooOOOP!" or whistling kettle sound effect). Line 13 ⟶ 14: Not to be confused with the [[Unsatisfiable Customer]], for whom the fire breathing is verbal, rather than metaphorical or literal. {{examples}}▼ ▲{{examples}} == [[Advertising]] == * A [http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=J31hjRbC3SA Dairy Queen Flamethrower] commercial uses this, sort of a live-action [[Memetic Mutation\|Spicy burger is spicy]]. [http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=zuk4uHzk25M Another with three unfortunate customers.] Line 20 ⟶ 21: * Don't forgot [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3s9WvoTtxc Red Robin], okay okay so only smoke in this case, but hey where there's smoke... == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼ * In ''[[~~Sister Princess (Light Novel)\|~~Sister Princess]],'' the first breakfast at Welcome House turns out to be horrendously spicy, prompting a classic fire-breathing act from Wataru.▼ ▲== [[Anime]] == * ''[[~~Project A-ko (Anime)\|~~Project A-ko]]'': [[Lethal Chef]] C-Ko breathes fire for a few seconds after eating her own cooking.▼ ▲* In ''[[Sister Princess (Light Novel)\|Sister Princess]],'' the first breakfast at Welcome House turns out to be horrendously spicy, prompting a classic fire-breathing act from Wataru. * Happens at least once in ''[[~~Saber Marionette J (Anime)\|~~Saber Marionette J]]''. Otaru and Bloodberry have crashed a flying machine in the mountains; Bloodberry finds two fruit-bearing plants and hopes the juice from one will revive Otaru. Unfortunately, the pink one is more of a chili pepper than a fruit; Otaru not only breathes fire upon being revived, his lips swell up to the size of a bratwurst.▼ ▲* ''[[Project A-ko (Anime)\|Project A-ko]]'': [[Lethal Chef]] C-Ko breathes fire for a few seconds after eating her own cooking. * Mikoto from ''[[Mai-HiME (~~Manga~~manga)\|Mai-HiME]]'' gets this after she takes a bite of a spicy curry roll she ganked from one of the kendo students.▼ ▲* Happens at least once in ''[[Saber Marionette J (Anime)\|Saber Marionette J]]''. Otaru and Bloodberry have crashed a flying machine in the mountains; Bloodberry finds two fruit-bearing plants and hopes the juice from one will revive Otaru. Unfortunately, the pink one is more of a chili pepper than a fruit; Otaru not only breathes fire upon being revived, his lips swell up to the size of a bratwurst. ** In ''[[~~Mai-Otome (Anime)\|~~Mai-Otome]]'', Bruce Blan de Windbloom pretends to be drunk, then takes a drink and spits fire in Kid's face to distract him long enough for Lena to overpower the Schwarz agents in the train car in order to rescue Sifr.▼ ▲* Mikoto from ''[[Mai-HiME (Manga)\|Mai-HiME]]'' gets this after she takes a bite of a spicy curry roll she ganked from one of the kendo students. * ''[[~~School Rumble (Manga)\|~~School Rumble]]'' has a few instances of this, like Hanai ([[media:~~School_Rumble_~~School Rumble -~~_Fire_breathing~~ Fire breathing.gif\|here]]) after drinking really hot tea. Yes, "hot" as in "spicy."▼ ▲** In ''[[Mai-Otome (Anime)\|Mai-Otome]]'', Bruce Blan de Windbloom pretends to be drunk, then takes a drink and spits fire in Kid's face to distract him long enough for Lena to overpower the Schwarz agents in the train car in order to rescue Sifr. * Although the fire is absent here, the second episode of ''[[~~Azumanga Daioh (Manga)\|~~Azumanga Daioh]]'' has Osaka getting a long, bad case of [[Hiccup Hijinks]] after eating a croquette filled with chili peppers.▼ ▲* ''[[School Rumble (Manga)\|School Rumble]]'' has a few instances of this, like Hanai ([[media:School_Rumble_-_Fire_breathing.gif\|here]]) after drinking really hot tea. Yes, "hot" as in "spicy." * One episode of ''[[Pokémon (~~Anime~~anime)\|Pokémon]]'' had some of Ash's Pokémon eating some spicy food; the one who ended up breathing fire was ''Squirtle''...▼ ▲* Although the fire is absent here, the second episode of ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)\|Azumanga Daioh]]'' has Osaka getting a long, bad case of [[Hiccup Hijinks]] after eating a croquette filled with chili peppers. ▲* One episode of ''[[Pokémon (Anime)\|Pokémon]]'' had some of Ash's Pokémon eating some spicy food; the one who ended up breathing fire was ''Squirtle''... ** This has happened a few other times as well: In one episode, Ash ate a Tamato berry (a ''spicy'' berry that looks like a tomato with spikes on it) and breathed fire. He was later shown with lips swollen from that. It's also happened to Team Rocket a few times. * In ''[[Kirby: ofRight ~~the~~Back ~~Stars~~at ~~(Anime)\|Kirby of the Stars~~Ya!]]'', an entire episode had an [[Escalating War]] between two restaurants in making spicier and spicier foods. Everybody ended up doing this, except Kirby. Finally food spicy enough to affect him was found, just in time, as the flame spewing Kirby did allowed him to beat the [[Monster of the Week]]. * ''[[Galaxy Fraulein Yuna]]'': ~~(Video~~ ~~Game)\|~~Yuri Cube]]'s recipe for curry has this effect. Yuri loves it. Yuna couldn't stand it (but it was her only option for lunch that day). * In the ~~dvd~~DVD special ''Gundam Seed Character Theater'' for ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny ~~(Anime)\|Gundam Seed Character Theater~~]]'' this happens to Ray, after trying to sabotage Kira's dinner... But Kira unfortunately loves spicy foods. * The episode in ''[[~~Sailor Moon (Manga)\|~~Sailor Moon]] R'', the one with the upgrade to the locket, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlSVpj28oR0 has the "Rei Eats Wasabi" scene that was cut from the dub.] (starts at 4:32) * In one episode of ''[[Super ~~Gals (Manga)\|Super Gals~~GALS!]]'', Ran accidentally becomes a meek girly-girl. Her rival, Mami Honda, tries to crack Ran's unflappable smile by spiking a couple of fast food burgers with Tabasco sauce and hot mustard, which Ran eats without even breaking a sweat. Mami tries a burger herself and suffers from this effect, even after taking a drink. However, Ran does notice a burning in her mouth (though no fire) after turning back to normal. * Pandaikon of ''[[~~Nerima Daikon Brothers (Anime)\|~~Nerima Daikon Brothers]]'' suffers from this after biting a bok choy soaking in kimchee sauce. * In one episode of ''[[~~Shugo Chara (Manga)\|~~Shugo Chara]]'', Amu's charas give her a spicy drink to make her breathe fire and make Rima laugh. Rima's response is simply, "Super spicy gags are so out." * Happens occasionally in ''[[~~One Piece (Manga)\|~~One Piece]]'', the most prominent example would be when Mr 5 lets out a big ball of fire after being tricked into swallowing tabasco. * While the victims are more likely to breathe smoke then flames, this is pretty much the result of anyone who eats food made by Lum in ''[[~~Urusei Yatsura (Manga)\|~~Urusei Yatsura]]''. As part of their [[Bizarre Alien Biology]], Onis have a ''much'' higher tolerance for spice, and this desire to replicate her native tastes means Lum's [[Alien Lunch~~\|Alien Lunches~~]]es are too hot for humans to handle. Case in point, the first time she ever cooks in the anime, she gives Ataru a homemade lollipop... stuffed full of ''cayenne peppers''. * The ''[[~~Naruto (Manga)\|~~Naruto]]'' fillers have a particularly infamous arc named for the Curry of Life. Even though it is the titular character who truly invokes the trope, the only part that makes it truly worth watching is [[The Comically Serious\|Neji's]] reaction to tasting it. [[Masochist's Meal\|On]] ''both'' [[Ship Tease\|occasions]]. ** Completely averted by Rock Lee, who has a fondness for the stuff... He and Neji at a contest would play out akin to [[The Lord of the Rings (~~Film~~film)\|Legolas and Gimli drinking]]. * Dora-nichov, one of ''[[Doraemon ~~(Anime)\|The Doraemons~~]]''{{'}}s spin-off characters, has the ability to transform into a wolf when he looks at a moon-like object and can breathe fire when eating something spicy. == [[Card Games]] ==▼ * Lampshaded on some printings of the ''[[Magic the Gathering (Tabletop Game)\|Magic the Gathering]]'' card [http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?id=3445 Firebreathing].▼ ~~== Comics ==~~ * Peter Fox from ''[[FoxTrot (Comic Strip)\|FoxTrot]]'' spent an entire week having to live down his girlfriend Denise's April Fool's joke- a chocolate rabit filled with hot sauce, which he of course ate in about two bites before his mouth was set aflame.▼ * A ''[[Garfield (Comic Strip)\|Garfield]]'' [http://garfield.nfshost.com/2000/09/17/ strip] featured Garfield and Jon having a contest to see who can eat the hottest pepper without invoking this trope. Garfield loses after eating a [[Meaningful Name\|Peruvian Death Pepper]].▼ == [[Film]] == * Featured in ''[[The Mask (~~Film~~film)\|The Mask]]'', after the titular entity has just [[Eat the Bomb\|swallowed a bomb]] and had it explode inside him. {{quote\| '''The Mask''' ''(fake Italian accent)'': Now ''that's'' a ''spicy'' meatball!}} * Happens to the titular hero in ''[[Condorman]]'' after consuming a triple "[[Gargle Blaster\|Istanbul Express]]". * ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)\|Aladdin]]'': Jasmine accidentally causes a street performer to swallow a torch, immediately after which he belches out fire. * In [[Mel Brooks]]' ''[[Silent Movie (~~Film~~film)\|Silent Movie]]'' the character drive past a Thai restaurant. All the patrons have smoke coming out of their mouths. * In the first ''[[~~Critters (Film)\|~~Critters]]'' one of them swallows a fire cracker; it burps up a flame after it explodes inside of it and it dies. * Played straight in ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]'', when Harry and Lloyd laced their traveling companion's diner burger with "atomic" peppers. The result was so intense that it nearly killed him by making his stomach ulcer flare up. Then Harry fed him rat poison - thinking it was his ulcer medication - and actually killed him. * In ''[[Rango]]'' the title character belches flame on an outlaw's face after ingesting both fermented cactus juice and a lit cigar. The outlaw seems annoyed more than anything else. == [[Literature]] == * In the [[~~Discworld (Literature)\|~~Discworld]] book ''[[~~Discworld (Literature)/Hogfather\|~~Hogfather]]'', the wizards are somewhat disappointed that Bilious, the Oh God of Hangovers, doesn't display this as part of the "humorous side effects" of the [[Hideous Hangover Cure]] they'd just made for him. * The SF short story ''Buck and the Gents from Space'' features a young boy from the Southwest US serving a group of aliens a meal made primarily of chili peppers. Their reaction is described as being "sort of like the Apache snake dance, except they didn't have no snakes in their mouths. Maybe they would've ''preferred'' a snake, at that." He then offers them some of the hired hand's rotgut tequila to wash it down with, prompting much the same reaction. == [[Live -Action TV]] ==▼ * One of the side effects of eating at Curryworld in ''[[~~Red Dwarf (TV)\|~~Red Dwarf]]'' was ~~firebreathing~~fire-breathing after the first mouthful. Kryten didn't quite get the programming right...▼ ▲== [[Live Action TV]] == * Lampshaded in a ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch with Christian Slater. He and Victoria Jackson go to a restaurant to try the Buffalo wings, available in mild, medium, hot, or "super fire hot'. Slater says he wants to try the super fire hot. The waiter tries to talk him out of it -- "They're very hot" ~~-- it~~—it escalates, the manager is called out to explain "They're very hot" ~~-- finally~~—finally he has to sign release ~~forms -- he~~forms—he bites one, freeze-frame, and then the conventional effects of the trope are narrated in detail by a voice-over. The final joke is that he did all that, and they had secretly given him the medium-hot wings.▼ ▲* One of the side effects of eating at Curryworld in ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)\|Red Dwarf]]'' was firebreathing after the first mouthful. Kryten didn't quite get the programming right... * Played straight in an episode of ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]''. Frank loses his sense of taste as a result of a side-effect of some herbal pills he got from a friend (for his "foot"), and can't taste anything; at first, Ray and Robert think it's just that he can't properly taste Marie's cooking, so they give him a loaded quiche with ~~jalape?eppers~~jalapeno peppers, wasabi sauce, and horseradish. When he doesn't react to that either, Robert eats the rest to check if they got something wrong. Turns out that their mix was just fine.▼ ▲* Lampshaded in a ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch with Christian Slater. He and Victoria Jackson go to a restaurant to try the Buffalo wings, available in mild, medium, hot, or "super fire hot'. Slater says he wants to try the super fire hot. The waiter tries to talk him out of it -- "They're very hot" -- it escalates, the manager is called out to explain "They're very hot" -- finally he has to sign release forms -- he bites one, freeze-frame, and then the conventional effects of the trope are narrated in detail by a voice-over. The final joke is that he did all that, and they had secretly given him the medium-hot wings. * Done in ''[[~~Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (TV)\|~~Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]'' to break a [[Big Eater]] of his habit of eating other peoples' food.▼ ▲* Played straight in an episode of ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]''. Frank loses his sense of taste as a result of a side-effect of some herbal pills he got from a friend (for his "foot"), and can't taste anything; at first, Ray and Robert think it's just that he can't properly taste Marie's cooking, so they give him a loaded quiche with jalape?eppers, wasabi sauce, and horseradish. When he doesn't react to that either, Robert eats the rest to check if they got something wrong. Turns out that their mix was just fine. ▲* Done in ''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (TV)\|Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]'' to break a [[Big Eater]] of his habit of eating other peoples' food. * In one episode of ''[[Bottom]]'', Richie invents a dish called "sprouts Mexicaine" which turns people into Fire ''Farting'' Diners. * Played for laughs during a scene transition on ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)\|Home Improvement]]''. Al had been asked to fill in as host of a cooking show, with Tim as his assistant (in a reversal of their usual roles on the ''Tool Time'' show). Tim accidentally eats some hot peppers and scrambles around the scene to try to find a way to cool his burning mouth, concluding just before the transition with Tim guzzling down milk, then [[Funny Background Event\|spraying flame into the air as Al smiles for the camera.]] * In an episode of ''[[~~Parks and Recreation (TV)\|~~Parks and Recreation]]'', at a dinner party at Leslie's house Ron eats a whole red pepper which impresses his date, who happens to be Tom's ex-wife. A jealous Tom tries a pepper as well, despite Ron's warning. Immediately after popping it into his mouth he has to leave the table. He spends the rest of the party in Leslie's bedroom with sucking a pillow, because his mouth feels like it's on fire. ▲== [[~~Card~~Newspaper ~~Games~~Comics]] == ▲* Peter Fox from ''[[~~FoxTrot (Comic Strip)\|~~FoxTrot]]'' spent an entire week having to live down his girlfriend Denise's April Fool's joke -- a chocolate ~~rabit~~rabbit filled with hot sauce, which he of course ate in about two bites before his mouth was set aflame. ▲* A ''[[Garfield (Comic Strip)\|Garfield]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20110814162947/http://garfield.nfshost.com/2000/09/17/ strip] featured Garfield and Jon having a contest to see who can eat the hottest pepper without invoking this trope. Garfield loses after eating a [[Meaningful Name\|Peruvian Death Pepper]]. == [[Tabletop Games]] == * A magic item available in ''Forged By Dragon's Fire'', an ''[[~~Old World of Darkness (Tabletop Game)\|~~Old World of Darkness]]'' supplement, is the "ginger dragon", a small candy most often produced in rural China. They produce real fire. ▲* Lampshaded on some printings of the ''[[Magic: ~~the~~The Gathering ~~(Tabletop Game)~~\|Magic the Gathering]]'' card [https://web.archive.org/web/20080312132902/http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?id=3445 Firebreathing]. == [[Video Games]] == * Some video games, such as ''Trog'' and ''[[~~Boogerman (Video Game)\|~~Boogerman]]'', even make use of this trope as a ~~powerup~~power-up: eating a chili pepper will allow the player to breathe (or fart) fire for a period of time. * ''[[Kirby]]'s Dream Land'' had a Super Spicy Curry item that let you breathe fire. ** The same item appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros ~~(Video Game)~~.\|Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', with much the same effect. * ''[[~~Kingdom of Loathing (Video Game)\|~~Kingdom of Loathing]]'' has a similar ability, ''Chronic Indigestion''. From eating an ultra-spicy burrito made with enchanted beans. Does 10-15 HOT damage + however full you are. * Blast Seeds cause you to exhale an explosion when you eat them in ''[[~~Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Video Game)\|~~Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]''. Anyone caught in the blast takes damage. * Dhalsim of the ''[[Street Fighter]]'' games had a fire-breathing ability that the English instruction manual originally attributed to "spicy curry." Recently adaptations accredit it to spirituality ([[Religion Is Magic\|more exactly, the blessings of the Hindu god of fire, Agni]]). * One of the mini-games in ''[[Rayman]]: [[~~Raving Rabbids (Video Game)\|~~Raving Rabbids]] 2'' has the titular Rabbids using this as a means to cook chicken. * There's a craftable food in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' called Dragonbreath Chili. Eating it will cause the player to occasionally breathe fire that does minor damage to nearby enemies. During the Midsummer Fire Festival, some vendors sell a drink that causes the player to breathe fire, although unlike the chili it doesn't harm enemies. ** The Pandaren Brewmaster hero in ''[[Warcraft\|Warcraft III]]'' also sports a flame breath attack where in he swigs alcohol from a giant keg and then spews the ignited mixture all over his enemies. If one casts "Drunken Haze" (more or less hurling booze on the enemy and rendering them instantly drunk!) they'll also ignite and take additional damage over several seconds as they burn! * In the ''[[~~Touhou (Video Game)\|~~Touhou]]'' series, we have Suika Ibuki, last boss of ''[[Gaiden Game\|Immaterial And Missing Power]]'', who actually has this trope as an attack. * Doppel Nanase pulls this trope using ramen for one of her attacks in ''[[Eternal Fighter Zero]]''. * The Spicy Curry from ''[[Super Smash Bros ~~(Video Game)\|Super Smash Bros~~.]]. Brawl''. The fireballs are actually a weapon that are difficult to defend against. * Done to solve a puzzle in ''[[Simon the Sorcerer]]''. To get rid of a [[Snowlems\|living snowman]], eat some mints to make the titular character breath fire on it. * Mr. Luggs in ''[[~~Luigis Mansion (Video Game)\|~~Luigi's Mansion]]'' apparently eats something hot enough to cause this effect, shooting fifteen fireballs at Luigi at a time before getting tired and able to be attacked. * In ''[[~~Dragon Quest VIII (Video Game)\|~~Dragon Quest VIII]]'', it is possible to feed Munchie, your mouse, a very spicy cheese to make it breath fire. However, this isn't only its ability. Feed it a variety of cheese and it will spew out things accordingly (including, but not limited to, frozen cheese, steel cheese for buffing, and even angel cheese to revive allies). * In ''[[Nancy Drew (~~Video~~video ~~Game~~game)\|Legend of the Crystal Skull]]'', feeding Bess Marvin several servings of hot-sauce-drenched Cajun cooking will cause the screen to turn reddish as she belches a puff of flame. * In ''[[~~Super Sentai Battle Dice O (Video Game)\|~~Super Sentai Battle Dice O]]'', one of [[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger ~~(TV)~~\|Gokai Yellow's]] special attacks involves inflicting this on her opponents. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEVCPvVVTj0 Seriously.] == [[Web Comics]] == * Ozymandias from ''[[~~Ozy and Millie (Webcomic)\|~~Ozy and Millie]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130821153513/http://ozyandmillie.org/2000/07/15/ozy-and-millie-432/ deliberately invokes this trope] to impress the matriarch of his extended (draconic) family, and get out of an arranged marriage. He's adopted. ** In a more recent example, the same character [https://web.archive.org/web/20130809155554/http://ozyandmillie.org/2007/02/27/ozy-and-millie-1834/ makes use of the trope again], this time as part of an attempt to let his friend to go on a field trip without a permission slip. * [[The Legend of Zelda ~~(Franchise)~~\|Link]] from ''[[~~Awkward Zombie (Webcomic)\|~~Awkward Zombie]]'' likes ''Super Smash Bros'' curry so much, he set the group's apartment on fire several times and burnt through his stomach wall. == [[Western Animation]] == * Pick any [[Speedy Gonzales]] cartoon featuring [[Daffy Duck]] or Sylvester the Cat tasting the local food. * In an episode of ''[[Hey Arnold ~~(Animation)\|Hey Arnold~~!]]!'', the kid [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"\|known only as]] "Chocolate Boy" displays this after eating peppers in an attempt to kick his chocoholic habit. * This even happens in ''[[~~SpongeBob SquarePants (Animation)\|~~SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' ...[[Fridge Logic\|even though the show is set underwater]]. * In the ''[[~~Kim Possible (Animation)\|~~Kim Possible]]'' episode "Hidden Talent", Ron Stoppable purposely performs the trope using hot sauce for a talent show. * Averted and [[Lampshade Hanging\|a lampshade hung thereupon]] by ''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~animation)\|The Simpsons]]'' in "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer;" as Homer eats bowl after bowl of red-hot chili containing "insanity peppers" with no ill effects, Dr. Hibbert remarks "By all medical logic, steam ought to be pouring out of his ears." Adds Krusty, "His ears if we're ''lucky''." This is because his mouth is coated with wax, to cancel the heat. Played straight earlier in the same episode, as Homer's uninsulated tongue glows neon red when it comes in contact with a Guatemalan Insanity Pepper. It evaporates anything less than an armful of liquid on contact. Also played straight in ''[[~~The Simpsons Movie (Film)\|~~The Simpsons Movie]]'', when Homer is revived by the Inuit woman. * In the ''[[My Gym Partner's ~~a Monkey (Animation)\|My Gym Partners~~ a Monkey]]'' episode "Have a Joyous Little Animas", eating a plate of wasabi causes Adam to breathe fire ''through his nose''. * In ''[[Garfield Specials ~~(Animation)~~\|A Garfield Christmas Special]]'', Grandma spikes Mom Arbuckle's sausage gravy with chili powder ("Who am ''I'' to tell you how to make gravy? The Green Country gravy champion, that's who!"), and Garfield ends up spewing a gout of flame as a result. ("Perfect.") * An early example comes in the Walt Disney cartoon ''Donald's Nephews'' (1938), when Huey, Dewey, and Louie feed [[Donald Duck]] a slice of pie that's been doctored with mustard. * Lampshaded in ''[[American Dragon ~~Jake Long (Animation)\|American Dragon~~: Jake Long]]'' where after eating some super spicy fries, Jake has to breathe fire to cool his mouth down! ** Equivocation would like to have a word with you. * In an episode of ''[[~~Xiaolin Showdown (Animation)\|~~Xiaolin Showdown]]'', Dojo (a dragon) needs two bottles of Clay's family-recipe hot sauce to breathe enough flame to beat the [[Artifact of Doom\|Sapphire Dragon]]. Normally he can only breathe small soot clouds. * A variation is played in ''[[~~Saludos Amigos (Disney)\|~~Saludos Amigos]]'', where Donald drinks a glass of Brazilian ''cacha?'' (saying it's an ''extremely strong'' sugarcane spirit is a very great understatement) that causes him to spout flames. José then uses Donald's flame breath to light a cigar. * Even ''[[~~Beavis and Butthead (Animation)\|~~Beavis and Butthead]]'' got a [[~~Pun~~A Worldwide Punomenon\|taste]] of this trope by eating tacos seasoned with "Mexican Death Sauce" in the [[Missing Episode]] "Way Down Mexico Way". * [[Chowder]] once ate a ~~bushelful~~bushel of hot peppers that caused him to breathe fire every time he opened his mouth. He had to live with fire-breathing dragons until the effect wore off. * In the ''[[Sushi Pack]]'' episode "Red Hot Chili Planet," Ben had to pass along a message from Wasabi to the others, but since Wasabi [[The Unintelligible\|speaks "mustard"]], Ben has trouble getting the inflection right. Ikura suggests he drink some hot sauce to get it right, and with one drop, Ben is breathing fire (and starts speaking "mustard")! * In one episode of ''[[~~Tiny Toon Adventures (Animation)\|~~Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', Elmyra accidentally feeds Dizzy Devil a can of hot chili instead of dog food. Cue the eyes watering up, breaths of flame, then running to the shower to put out the fire. * Happens more than once in ''[[~~Cat Dog~~CatDog]]'': In a high-quality restaurant, dog eats the sample chili peppers which cause Cat to belch out flames. This catches his dream-interest who happened to be in the restaurant, whom he entertains by fire-broiling her steak. This backfires later when he accidentally turns her pet dog into ashes. When [[~~Cat Dog~~CatDog]] get trapped in the reality of their favorite movie, Cat pours Dog's favorite candy snack, Red Hot Lip Smackers, into his mouth and uses him as a pistol to burn the enemy starships. ** A major problem for Cat whenever Dog uses too much hot sauce on his tacos. Because they're conjoined, the hot sauce passes from Dog's stomach to his, causing him to belch fire out of his mouth. * Done realistically in one of the ''[[~~Rugrats (Animation)\|~~Rugrats]]''' earlier episodes, "Waiter, there's a Baby In My Soup!", where Stu has no choice but to bring Tommy with him to an important business dinner with the president of Mucklehoney industries (a toy factory). Tommy wriggles out of his baby crib under their notice, and wanders into the kitchen where he pours garlic powder, pepper, and hot sauce into a chef's soup prepared for the president. Upon sampling the concoction, the president struggles all over the floor, gasping for water while Tommy returns inside a bowl of spaghetti. * In one episode of ''[[My Little Pony: ~~Friendship Is Magic (Animation)\|My Little Pony~~ Friendship Is Magic]]'', Twilight Sparkle accidentally drinks some hot sauce, and though her face does turn red with a kettle-whistle effect, it's her ''mane'', not her breath, that turns to fire. Played straighter in the episode "Griffon the Brush-Off," when Gilda eats some lemon drops tainted with pepper. Pinkie Pie even whips out a marshmallow to roast using her breath. Even Pinkie Pie herself falls victim to this; she breathes fire for a moment after literally tasting a rainbow in "Sonic Rainboom". The fire even turns multiple colors. Keep in mind that Pinkie is seen eating a cupcake drenched in hot sauce in the pilot episodes. * One episode of ''[[Men in Black (~~Animation~~animation)\|Men in Black]]'' featured Agent Jay consuming alien salsa, resulting in him temporarily developing fire powers. * Semi-invoked in ''[[~~Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)\|~~Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. When Iroh attempts to teach Zuko [[Shock and Awe\|lightning bending]], they start off with [[A Spot of Tea]]. {{quote\| '''Iroh:''' To perform the technique requires peace of mind.~~<br />~~ '''Zuko:''' I see. That's why we're drinking tea. To calm the mind.~~<br />~~ '''Iroh:''' ([[Beat]]) ... [[Sure, Let's Go ~~With~~with That\|Oh yeah, good point!]] }} Why do I say semi-invoked? Second season finale... {{quote\| '''Iroh:''' Did I ever tell you how I got the nickname the "Dragon of the West?"}} * Because after he's chugged a whole cup of tea, he can ''[[Breath Weapon\|breathe enough fire]] to overfill a good-sized room.'' That's right, tea is a ''Fire Breathing Din'''N'''er'' for Iroh! * Happens a couple of times in ''[[Scooby -Doo Onon Zombie Island]]'' when Scooby and Shaggy eat the Moonscar Island peppers. * This actually happened to Iggy in the ''[[Little Lulu ~~(Comic Strip)~~\|The Little Lulu Show]]'' episode, "Tiny Tots Syrup", after eating some apparently spicy candies in order to get the terrible taste of said tonic out of his mouth. * When Heffer eats Hot Tamales in the ''[[~~Rocko's Modern Life (Animation)\|~~Rocko's Modern Life]]'' episode "Spitballs" and is about to do this, Rocko points him to the opposite direction. The duck that was sitting next to him becomes a cooked goose. * ''[[Taz -Mania]]'': Happens in "Francis takes a Stand" when Francis switches Taz's lemonade recipe for a hot sauce recipe. Taz's resulting fire breath scorches Francis like a flamethrower. When Francis tries to turn the tables on Taz and takes a swig of the lemonade/hot sauce, his fire breath acts like a jet engine and propels him into a cliff. == [[Real Life]] == * Spicy foods really do make you feel hot due to a substance called capsaicin. One of the reasons hot peppers are so popular in hot countries is that they make the consumer break out in a sweat. * The method of food preparation known as ''flambé'', in which the meal is doused with alcohol and set alight. Although the flames are usually extinguished fairly quickly, some dishes, such as Bombe Alaska, can remain ablaze for several minutes. * Drinking 151, an over-proof rum made by Bacardi with 75.5% of alcohol ~~made by Bacardi~~, results in the feeling that one's mouth is burning. {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Food Tropes~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:~~Fire-Breathing~~Food ~~Diner~~Tropes]]▼ [[Category:Stock Visual Metaphors]] [[Category:This Index Is On Fire]] ▲[[Category:Food Tropes]] ▲[[Category:Fire-Breathing Diner]]