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=== [[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]] ===
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* In ''[[National Lampoon]]'''s novel ''[[Doon]]'' (a parody of ''[[Dune]]''), Pall "Mauve'Bib" Agamemnides is the long-prophesied Kumquat Haagendasz.
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* 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]]".
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* ''[[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 & Mr Norrell]]'', {{spoiler|Strange goes mad and sees pineapples everywhere.}}
* 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.
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* 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.▼
* 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; 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).
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* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'': Belkar comes out of hiding to bean a wight with a pineapple:
{{quote|'''Wight 1:''' Did-- did that halfling just hit me in the face with a pineapple??
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* In [[The Simpsons]] Lisa's head is once mistaken for a pineapple.
▲* 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]].{{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.]]
== Pumpkins ==
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