Automoderated users, Autopatrolled users, Bureaucrats, Comment administrators, Confirmed users, Moderators, Rollbackers, Administrators
213,510
edits
Fundamentally Funny Fruit: Difference between revisions
→Print Comics
m (update links) |
|||
| (14 intermediate revisions by 6 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{trope}}
[[File:
Certain fruits are just really funny, and not only because their names are [[Inherently Funny Words]]:
Line 6:
* '''Bananas'''. [[Ludwig Van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s favorite fruit. Watch for the [[Dancing Banana]], and try not to slip on any [[Banana Peel|banana peels]]. If you can't remember how many "na"s to say before the word is over, you're suffering from the condition known as "anananany." Also, [[Freud Was Right]].
* '''Durians'''. Textbook example of [[Foreign Queasine]]. They are so renowned for their foul smell that they're banned from many transportation outlets in Southeast Asia (where they're native to). They also [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Durio_kutej_F_070203_ime.jpg look like] the business end of a "Mace of Vitamin C."
* '''Eggplants'''. Despite the eggplant being a bitter vegetable (and your inner child still [[Stock Yuck|doesn't have a fondness for bitter vegetables,]] does it?), it still has popularity in popular imagery because of its funny bouncy, phallic, shape and it being purple with a bit of green on the tip (i.e. looks nothing like an egg).<ref>The name comes from an old variety of the fruit which was small, white, and egg-shaped.</ref> They were known as "mala insana", or mad apples, in medieval times, and are called aubergines (oh-ber-sheen) in Britain. Also note that if you're going with a strictly biological definition eggplants are a fruit, [[Captain Obvious|which is why we listed it in this article]].
* '''Kiwis'''. Just plain fun to say. Properly called Chinese gooseberries, but that doesn't sound half as good. Called kiwifruit in New Zealand, to avoid confusion with the bird or the demonym.
* '''Kumquats'''. The name sounds vaguely dirty. Also: see Kiwis.
* '''Pineapples'''. No other edible fruit looks anything like them.<ref>Well, that's because they're bromeliads!</ref>
* '''Pumpkins'''. Especially when things get turned into them. Also inherently funny in terms of smashing. Or chucking.
* '''Zucchini'''. See Kumquats. That, and zucchini plants are known to be [[Spam Attack|a little]] [[Alien Kudzu|prolific]]. Known as courgettes in Britain.
When a character is carrying a piece of fruit for no reason, it's [[Fruit of the Loon]]. See also [[Trademark Favorite Food]], [[Blessed Are the Cheesemakers]], [[Everything's Better with Chocolate]], [[Fantastic Fruits and Vegetables]].
= Avocados: =▼
== [[Fan Fiction]] ==▼
* The [[Harry Potter]] [[Crack Fic]] [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3134657/1/bAvocado_b_bKedavra_b Avocado Kedavra!]▼
{{examples}}
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲* The ''[[Harry Potter]]'' [[Crack Fic]] ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3134657/1/bAvocado_b_bKedavra_b Avocado Kedavra!]''
▲=== [[Literature]] ===
* ''The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death'' by [[Daniel Pinkwater]]. The [[MacGuffin]] of the story is an [[Organic Technology]] "vegputer" named the Alligatron, using the thought power of a giant avocado (''Persea gigantica'') to protect 750,000 licensed real-estate brokers from alien thought forms.
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* Avocado Soldier, an avocado-themed superhero, in ''[[Axe Cop]]''.
* [http://threepanelsoul.com/view.php?date=2009-08-27 This] ''[[Three Panel Soul]]'' comic.
== Bananas
=== [[Advertising]] ===▼
▲== [[Advertising]] ==
* During the 1970s, commercials for BIC pens featured the BIC Banana (''[[Match Game]]'' alum Charles Nelson Reilly in costume).
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' has the infamous [[Banana Peel]] [[Running Gag|gag]] AT LEAST [[Once Per Episode]] in the anime version.
* ''[[Banana no Nana]]'''s entire premise. Any heartwarming or dramatic moments between the [[Lovely Angels|two female leads]] are ruined by the fact that [[Role Called|Nana]] [[Improbable Weapon User|fights with a banana]].
=== [[Film]] ===
* [[Marx Brothers|Groucho Marx]]: "Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana."
* An early, funny [[Woody Allen]] movie only tangentially mentions bananas once, but that's its title, owing to [[Rule of Funny]].
Line 41:
* ''The Gang's All Here'' has a [[Busby Berkeley Number]], "The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat," which included a line of [[Chorus Girls]] waving giant bananas.
=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'':
{{quote|"Now, it's quite simple to defend yourself against a man armed with a banana. First of all you force him to drop the banana; then, second, you eat the banana, thus disarming him."
Line 58:
* [[Bananas in Pajamas|"Bananas In Pajamas are coming down the stairs...Bananas in pajamas are coming down in pairs...bananas in pajamas are chasing teddy bears..."]]
=== [[Newspaper Comics]] ===
* [[Garfield]] once "dressed up" as [http://garfield.nfshost.com/?s=banana+man the Banana Man.]{{Dead link}}
=== [[Theatre]] ===
* ''[[Cirque Du Soleil]]'''s [[Vaudeville]]-inspired show is titled ''[[Banana Shpeel]]'', playing on the fruit's slapstick history.
* One song from ''[[A Year With Frog and Toad]]'' contains the line "Bananas are the funniest fruit."
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* ''[[Worms]]'' has the explosive Banana Bomb.
=== [[Web Animation]] ===
* ''[[Banana-nana-Ninja!]]'' centers around a ninja that is a banana.
=== [[Web Original]] ===
* The [[Dancing Banana]].
* In the [[Jargon File]], the "banana problem" is not an example of this trope. The [http://catb.org/jargon/html/O/one-banana-problem.html "one-banana problem",] on the other hand, is.
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* In [[Don Hertzfeldt]]'s ''Rejected'', an anthropomorphic banana appears and says, "I am a '''banana'''!"
* [[The Amazing World of Gumball|Banana Joe.]]
* [[The Simpsons (animation)|"Go, banana!"]]
=== [[Real Life]] ===
* In Britain there are banana fritters, similar to pinapple fritters below but tastier.
* Japanese author Mahoko Yoshimoto writes under the pen name Banana. The icon for her website is also a banana.
== Durians
=== [[Film]] ===
* A film by Fruit Chan (yes that's his real name), ''Durian Durian'', uses the comedic potential of said fruit's unbearably stinky smell. It's also used as a weapon by one of the characters, who [[Tap on the Head|knocks somebody out]] with it.
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' had durians as being so bouncy, they could be used like ''soccer balls''. And they can't be picked up, only kicked or FLUDD'd around.
* ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'' introduces the Ferroseed line which is based on these fruits. Like the durian, they have a hard shell ([[Stone Wall|good defence]] and [[Extra Ore Dinary|Steel typing]]), as well as [[Spikes of Doom]] that damages anything using a physical contact move on it.
* ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' has Dureek's. Which are obviously the Sonic world equivalent of the Durian. The inventory even describes them as the "King of fruits" and in a reference to their [[Love It or Hate It]] reputation in the real world, also suggests that you "try it and see". Chip can't make up his mind about how he feels about them after being fed one but Sonic seems to absolutely love them going by the extremely high EXP value he gains from ''just one''.
=== [[Web Original]] ===
* In one episode of ''[[The Cinema Snob|Brad Tries]]'', Brad Jones and his wife try durian.
=== Real Life ===
* Durians are a big favourite in Singapore. However, that doesn't make the citizens of this country averse to poking fun at the fruit, like with this joke that plays on the 'Newton's apple' tale:
{{quote|Newton wasn't the first person to realize the theory of gravitation. A man from Singapore was - only, he didn't survive to publish his findings because it was a durian that fell on his head, not an apple.}}
== Eggplants
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* Fennis in ''[[Edens Bowy]]'' carries a lot of things with an anthropomorphic sunglasses-wearing eggplant on it, kinda like a [[Hello Kitty]] merchandise.
* The anime ''[[Onegai My Melody]]'' and its sequels (based on the Sanrio bunny My Melody) have the character Baku, a purple, rotund tapir with the ability of flight. Basically the [[Butt Monkey]] with a heart of gold, he is repeatedly called (and sometimes self-identifies with) an eggplant. Later it is revealed that he has a guardian angel of sorts in the form of an eggplant god.
Line 106 ⟶ 107:
* When [[Azumanga Daioh|Chiyo]] comes to her class looking for an [[Baka|idiot]] for the scavenger hunt race, an eggplant appears by Tomo's head when she thinks she knows what the item is.
=== Comedy ===
* From [[George Carlin]]'s "Fussy Eater" routine: "Well which is it, an egg or a plant? Tell it to make up its mind and then come on back."
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* F. Ibanez loves them and the eggplants have become one of his [[Running Gag|running gags]] on the series ''[[Mortadelo Y Filemon]]'', where he uses them as props everywhere (you see, portraits of eggplants, eggplant trees, people with eggplants instead of hair, etc.).
=== [[Film]] ===
* The mysterious killer in the slasher parody ''Student Bodies'' kills one of his victims with an eggplant.
* As Prymaat went shopping in the ''[[Coneheads]]'' movie, she screamed real loudly upon witnessing them, then placed several of them in her cart.
=== [[Literature]] ===
* In [[Daniel Pinkwater]]'s book ''Borgel'', the title character tells his nephew a fable called "The Rabbit and The Eggplant", about an an eggplant who challenges a rabbit to a footrace. The townsfolk assume the eggplant has some big secret way it's going to win, so they bet all their money on it. On the day of the race, the rabbit runs to the finish line, while the eggplant sits there. Later, the spectators eat the eggplant. (MORAL: Never bet on an eggplant.)
=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===
* A character in the British Indian sketch comedy series ''[[Goodness Gracious Me]]'' can make anything "at home for nothing", provided that she has "a ''small'' aubergine".
* Occasionally mentioned in ''[[Friends]]'' as a result of Pheobe's vegetarianism, most obviously in "The One With Five Steaks And An Eggplant".
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* One of the classic [[Spamusement]] characters is Eggplant Mike.
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* To quote ''[http://sydlexia.com/eggplants_of_the_nes.htm SydLexia]'', "it's disconcerting to realize that the eggplant appears in more NES games than a vegetable that actually tastes good, like an avocado or a cucumber." Cases in point of Nintendo's love of eggplants:
** The Eggplant Wizard from ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' and ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]'' may well be one of the most famous anthropomorphic eggplants around. His power being turning you into an Eggplant (actually just dropping a giant eggplant on your head).
Line 141 ⟶ 142:
* ''[[Parodius]] Da!'' had a volcano spewing eggplants.
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* In ''[[Mezzacotta|Comments on a Postcard]]'', Antoinette used to date an [http://www.mezzacotta.net/postcard/?comic=260 undead dimension-hopping three-armed eggplant].
=== [[Web Original]] ===
* This is one of the few real-life veggies that appear in ''[[Neopets]]'' on a regular basis, and the one that appears the most often.
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* [[Mr. Magoo]] runs an eggplant factory.
* One episode of ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'' has Courage saving Muriel from a bunch of evil eggplants.
=== Real Life ===
* In [[Real Life]], the eggplant is one of the three symbols of New Year in Japan. (The other two are Mt. Fuji and the hawk.)
* The Philippines' favorite funny fruit. This troper once watched a Filipino game show where the answer to the question was eggplant, or "talong". The audience could not help giggling.
== Kumquats
=== Comedy ===
* [[Lampshaded]] by [[George Carlin]] as a Fundamentally Funny Fruit.
* [[W. C. Fields|What about my kumquats?]]
* Again with "Fussy Eater": "There's another thing I can't eat. Kumquats. I just sit there laughing and they go to waste."
=== [[Film]] ===
* [[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes|We be of one blood, this fruit and I.]]
=== [[Literature]] ===
* In Edward Eager's children's book ''Seven-Day Magic'', the father of the protagonists works as a backup singer, and it's because he's short not because he doesn't sing well enough for a star. So the kids make a wish that he'll be noticed during a TV show... and all the other music falls silent, leaving the father's voice to ring out, singing the lines that the backups had been scatting: "Chickadee kumquat, chickadee kumquat, skedaddle skedaddle pow!" It's a sensation, of a sort: the newspapers rave about what a novel comedy idea that was, and how "the look of surprise on the little man's face was priceless." And he gets an offer to sing about some other kind of fruit, which he turns down; but it comes out all right in the end.
* In ''[[National Lampoon]]'''s novel ''[[Doon]]'' (a parody of ''[[Dune]]''), Pall "Mauve'Bib" Agamemnides is the long-prophesied Kumquat Haagendasz.
===
* One ''[[Garfield]]'' comic has Garfield musing about funny foods. When Jon suggests pickles and ''kumquats'', he laughs hysterically.
* One of the very first ''[[U.S. Acres]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130807155855/http://www.garfield.com/usacres/vault.html?yr=2010&addr=100523 strips] with Booker the chick had Orson explaining why he chose that name: because he loves books. Booker's response is "[[Getting Crap Past the Radar|I'm just glad you don't like kumquats]]".
=== Theater ===
* From the top of the second act of ''[[The Fantasticks]]'': "You're . . . standing . . . in . . . my . . . '''kumquats!'''" "Sorry!"
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* In an episode of ''[[The Fairly Oddparents]]'' where Cosmo has magically hypnotized Britney Britney so he'll look better at his high school reunion, Britney Britney randomly blurts out "Kumquat!" at one point.
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' features a scene in "The Last Roundup" where Pinkie Pie rambles about how much fun "kumquat", among other words, is to say.
== Persimmons
* In addition to having a somewhat funny name, persimmons are sometimes used as practical jokes or as a way to describe someone's expression, viz.: "like he just ate a green persimmon." Ripe persimmons, which are yellowish-orange, taste a little bit like a cross between an orange and a pineapple. ''Unripe'' persimmons, which are greenish, taste ''a lot'' like cotton balls dipped in alum.
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* Daffy Duck, in one [[Looney Tunes]] cartoon, spits out a disgusted "Thanks for the sour persimmons, brother!" when something doesn't quite go his way.
==
* Characters with "Pineapple" hairstyles (ex: [[Naruto|Shikamaru, Sasuke, and Anko]] or [[Negima|Kazumi Asakura]]) tend to receive this word as a [[Fan Nickname]].
** Older example: [[Vision of Escaflowne|Folken Fanel]].
Line 191 ⟶ 194:
** Tetsunosuke from ''[[Peacemaker Kurogane]]'' has a bigger example of pineapple shaped hair.
** Much older example: [[Ganbare Goemon|Goemon Ishikawa]].
** Newer example: [[To
** [[Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star|Cure Bloom]].
** [[Digimon Tamers|Ruki Makino]]
Line 208 ⟶ 211:
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* In one ''[[Muppet Babies]]'' comic, the kids go to Upside-Down Land to find upside-down pineapples for a pineapple upside-down cake for Nanny's birthday.
=== [[Film]] ===
* ''[[Little Nicky]]'': The Devil personally shoves a pineapple up Hitler's rear end every day in Hell.
* ''[[Ice Age]]: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'' has this memorable line:
Line 219 ⟶ 222:
=== Literature ===
* ''[[Xanth]]'' uses pineapples as grenades.
* In the [[Discworld]], Vetinari famously comments on a pie tasting like pineapple in ''Making Money''.
** In ''[[The Last Continent]]'', the Senior Wrangler is suspicious of a deserted island because it may have pineapples on it; this is because he had an aunt that choked on one: "You're not supposed to eat them that way, we said, but did she listen?".
* In ''[[Jonathan Strange
* Ugly subversion, from [[The Brothers Karamazov]]: Lise's fantasy of watching horrendous child torture while eating stewed pineapple.
=== Live
* ''[[Psych]]'' loves this trope, as pineapples (both in word and as in actual pineapples seen on screen) are slipped into episodes at every possible opportunity. Pineapples are also Shawn's default housewarming/baby gift of choice.
** It comes from an ad-lib with an off-camera prop in the first episode. The scene was cut short immediately, but so funny that they re-shot it, pineapple and all. And thus, a running gag was born.
Line 244 ⟶ 247:
=== Music ===
* [[The
===
* Drinking pineapple juice improves the flavour of a certain body fluid.▼
* [http://www.tomscott.com/fingerprints/ You Cannot Remove Your Fingerprints With Pineapple.]▼
* Many bars, even without the [[Hula and Luaus]] theme will serve certain drinks in cups shaped like pineapples, or a hollowed-out pineapple.▼
* [[Yagyu Jubei]].▼
* In some cultures, pineapples are a symbol of welcome and hospitality.▼
* [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|Three Words: Upside-Down Cake.]]▼
* Southern Hospitality ice cream. It is vanilla with pineapples, strawberries, and pecans, and it is extraordinary.▼
* Providence, Rhode Island's Little Italy (known locally as Federal Hill) has an archway over the main drag, Atwell's Avenue, with a large... thing... hanging from it. Since it has a scaly surface and big leafy bits attached to it, many people mistake it for a pineapple. ([[Word of God|Word of City Hall]] is that it's a pignolia pine cone.)▼
* There used to be a Creole custom of giving guests a pineapple (Usually left on the guest bed) as a polite (Or Passive-Aggressive) way of informing them that they should be concluding their stay and moving on. In a real life [[Lampshade Hanging]], there are examples of Creole furniture featuring carved pineapples, for instance on bedposts.▼
* [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|Pineapple Grenades]]▼
* Pineapples are one of the few fruits you can actually [http://www.grouprecipes.com/50757/coconut-grilled-pineapple.html grill.]▼
* The British present, for your "enjoyment," The pineapple fritter - Served in some fish and chip shops. In our tradition for battering just about anything we can get our hands on, The Pineapple Fritter is a pineapple slice, dipped in batter and fried. it's tastes better then you might think.▼
* Pineapple makes a good meat tenderizer. Really! Pineapple flakes are an easy way to tenderize meat.▼
** It's because of an enzyme called bromelain; the same reason that fresh pineapple ruins [[Stuck on Band-Aid Brand|Jell-O]].▼
*** This same enzyme is why you can literally die from eating too much pineapple; the enzyme essentially digests you. And before you ask, yes [[Undignified Death|people have died from this.]]▼
== Theater ==▼
* One adorable moment in ''[[Cabaret]]'' is the song "It Couldn't Please Me More," where the Jewish grocer, Herr Schultz, presents Fraulein Schneider with a pineapple (which would be rationed in this time period and therefore a very valuable gift).
=== Video Games ===
* In ''[[Boktai|Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand]]'', you can grow pineapple grenades that increase in power as the sunlight gets stronger.
=== Web Original ===
* "Pineapple" is used as a self censor in the http://www.southperry.net forums. It's also a common reply in the funhouse section.
===
* ''[[The
{{quote|'''Wight 1:''' Did-- did that halfling just hit me in the face with a pineapple??
'''Wight 2:''' I think he did. Also, I think no one has ever asked that exact question in the history of civilization, so bonus points there. }}
Line 286 ⟶ 270:
=== Western Animation ===
* "Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? [[SpongeBob SquarePants]]!"
* ''[[The Tick (animation)]]''
Line 299 ⟶ 283:
=== Real Life ===
▲* Drinking pineapple juice improves the flavour of a certain body fluid.
▲== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
▲* [http://www.tomscott.com/fingerprints/ You Cannot Remove Your Fingerprints With Pineapple.]
▲* Many bars, even without the [[Hula and Luaus]] theme will serve certain drinks in cups shaped like pineapples, or a hollowed-out pineapple.
▲* [[Yagyu Jubei]].{{context}}
▲* In some cultures, pineapples are a symbol of welcome and hospitality.
▲* [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|Three Words: Upside-Down Cake.]]
▲* Southern Hospitality ice cream. It is vanilla with pineapples, strawberries, and pecans, and it is extraordinary.
* Carmen Miranda. More accurately, her [[Nice Hat]]s.
▲* Providence, Rhode Island's Little Italy (known locally as Federal Hill) has an archway over the main drag, Atwell's Avenue, with a large... thing... hanging from it. Since it has a scaly surface and big leafy bits attached to it, many people mistake it for a pineapple. ([[Word of God|Word of City Hall]] is that it's a pignolia pine cone.)
▲* There used to be a Creole custom of giving guests a pineapple (Usually left on the guest bed) as a polite (Or Passive-Aggressive) way of informing them that they should be concluding their stay and moving on. In a real life [[Lampshade Hanging]], there are examples of Creole furniture featuring carved pineapples, for instance on bedposts.
▲* [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|Pineapple Grenades]]
▲* Pineapples are one of the few fruits you can actually [http://www.grouprecipes.com/50757/coconut-grilled-pineapple.html grill.]
▲* The British present, for your "enjoyment," The pineapple fritter - Served in some fish and chip shops. In our tradition for battering just about anything we can get our hands on, The Pineapple Fritter is a pineapple slice, dipped in batter and fried. it's tastes better then you might think.
▲* Pineapple makes a good meat tenderizer. Really! Pineapple flakes are an easy way to tenderize meat.
▲** It's because of an enzyme called bromelain; the same reason that fresh pineapple ruins [[Stuck on Band-Aid Brand|Jell-O]].
▲*** This same enzyme is why you can literally die from eating too much pineapple; [[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You|the enzyme essentially digests you]]. And before you ask, yes [[Undignified Death|people have died from this.]]
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* Also there's Blair's pumpkin themed magic in ''[[Soul Eater]]'' ([[The Smashing Pumpkins|Smashing Pumpkin]], [[Calling Your Attacks|Pumpkin Cannon]] and so on).
{{quote|"Pum-pumpkin, pumkin."}}
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* One issue of ''[[The Punisher]]'' had a guy who took a tranquilizer dart to the eardrum, he became enamored with a large pumpkin. He ended up leaving everything to camp out in the country, with his newfound love (and if the number of holes in the pumpkin is any indication, they are [[Squick|''very'' much in love]]).
* Subverted with [[Spider-Man|Green Goblin's]] pumpkin bombs.
=== [[Literature]] ===
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** In
** In ''[[
*** He's okay. He's just pumpkin-shaped now.
=== Poetry ===
* Apparently, putting your wayward wife in a pumpkin shell is a good way to keep her. ...?!?
=== Video Games ===
* The piranha plants in ''[[Something]]'' are replaced with Pumpkin Plants.
=== [[Web Animation]] ===
* [[Baman Piderman|Can I come over? I have a pumpkin!]]
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* [[MS Paint Adventures|What pumpkin?]]
** [[Problem Sleuth|THIS]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|FUCKING]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130826063729/http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=001298 PUMPKIN]
** [[Homestuck|Finally]], [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006122 an answer...]
=== [[Web Original]] ===
* [[The Nostalgia Critic|What? Pumpkin?]] [[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog|P-pumpkin what? What? What? Pumpkin what?]]
** This joke was so strange it earned a callback in his [[The Thief and the Cobbler]] review
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* [[Peanuts|On Halloween night, the Great Pumpkin will rise from a pumpkin patch and give toys to all the good little kids]].
== Various Foods
=== [[Stand-Up Comedy]] ===▼
▲== [[Stand-Up Comedy]] ==
* [[George Carlin]], in one of his stand-up performances, first subverts this trope by talking about some ''un-funny'' foods, including eggplant ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj0PH1zYqTc&t=3m37s starts at 3:37]), then moves on from there to play this trope straight ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj0PH1zYqTc&t=5m34s starts at 5:34]).
* [[Kip Adotta]]'s recording "Life in the Slaw Lane" is a [[Hurricane of Puns|Hurricane of Fruit and Vegetable Puns]] wrapped around a surprisingly tragic story for such a funny performance.
== Zucchini
=== [[Literature]] ===
* The pages of ''[[Dave Barry]] Hits Below the Beltway'' are infested with giant prehistoric zucchini.
** Not to mention that [[Bill Gates]], according to ''[[Dave Barry]] In Cyberspace'', "has over 743 billion 'megs' of RAM, and he still routinely feels the need to stuff a ZUCCHINI in his UNDERWEAR".
=== [[Newspaper Comics]] ===
* ''[[FoxTrot]]'' had a story arc where Andy planted 23 Zucchini plants, under the mistaken impression they only grow one Zucchini per plant.
=== [[Real Life]] ===
* An unfortunately common
* Many gardeners will attest to the prolific nature of the zucchini, telling stories of leaving bags full on neighbors' porches and running away.
** In our little town, we never lock our doors or cars, because we know everybody and nobody's going to steal our stuff. Except in August, when everybody locks up, lest they find a bag of zucchini waiting for them.
{{reflist}}
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Comedy Tropes]]
[[Category:Food Tropes]]
[[Category:Fruit and Vegetable Tropes]]
[[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]]
| |||