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[[File:Igotarock.gif|link=It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown|frame|Poor [[Butt Monkey|Charlie Brown...]]]]
{{quote|''"I don't understand it. I went trick-or-treating and all I got was a bag full of rocks."''|'''[[Peanuts|Charlie Brown]]''', ''[[It's the Great Pumpkin,
In [[Halloween Episode
Also can happen from the adult's point of view. If it is in this form, the adult will desperately try to convince the children that the item is tasty ''and'' nutritious. The adult will then be truly and sincerely shocked that their house has been targeted.
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Note that the "treat" does not always have to be edible, or even a likely one, like the eponymous rock.
The [[Trope Namer]] is from the ''[[Peanuts]]'' [[Halloween Special]], ''[[It's the Great Pumpkin,
Compare [[My New Gift Is Lame]].▼
▲Compare [[My New Gift Is Lame]]
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== Anime and Manga ==
* In the OEL ''[[I Luv Halloween]]'', the first house the main characters go to gives them an apple, and after that all the houses give them Hostess Snack-like treats. They attempt to break the 'curse' by hiding a razor blade in the apple and giving it to the chief of police, who has the old lady who gave it to them arrested.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
== Card Games ==▼
* While there is a ''[[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]]'' card with this name, it refers to a treasure chest rather than Halloween. Still counts. (Oddly, the rock can come in extremely handy to break a tie or instantly smash the Glass Jaw).▼
* Also a card name in the [[Too Good to Last]] CCG ''[[Net Runner]]'', where the "Rock" in question was a mass driver launch from orbit which the corp could launch at the runner. A tough card to deploy, but if you could get it off, it squashed the runner flat.▼
== Comics ==▼
* A ''[[Looney Tunes (comics)|Looney Tunes]]'' comic had [[Bugs Bunny]] and [[Daffy Duck]] trick or treating. Daffy gets only charcoal and rocks. On the other hand, Bugs gets candy and money, but is annoyed he didn't get carrots.
* In an issue of the ''[[
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* In ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho Abridged]]'', the neighborhood watch committee warns about this when trick or treating at houses with old people.▼
* The original line was parodied in an early ''[[I'm a
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Spaced Invaders]]'' has C.W. Clembecker giving cigarettes to the kids. One of them mentions that he's given them dead rats in years past.
* Max Goldman gives out ''office supplies'' to the kids in ''[[Grumpy Old Men]]''.
* [[Adam Sandler]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS7I7inPSZw&feature=fvsr gets a guy to hand out items] in ''[[Big Daddy]].''
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the ''[[Goosebumps]]'' book "The Haunted Mask", Carly Beth gets apples. Since [[Evil Feels Good]] with the mask on, she throws it at the house.
==
* In
▲{{quote| '''Kitty''': "Raisins are nature's candy!"<br />
'''Red''': "And eggs are nature's hand grenade." }}
** From that same episode:
{{quote|
* In a ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch from the 1970s, the extraterrestrial Coneheads give out beer and "fried chicken embryos" (eggs). None of the children retaliate, but the Coneheads do get an angry visit from neighbourhood parents, who are mollified when the aliens give their explanatory [[Catch Phrase]], "We are from France." They apologize about the beer but continue dispensing the fried eggs when assured that's okay
** ''[[Saturday Night Live|Wayne's World]]'' did a [[Top Ten List|Top Five list]] of worst Halloween candy.
* In a ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' episode, Cindy Walsh gave out raisins, calling them "nature's candy".
* In an episode of ''[[Married... with
* The Halloween episode of ''[[Good Eats]]'', which is about making various kinds of candy, uses this as the impetus; Alton's nephew Elton has been given health-food candies by his mother for his school's Halloween event, and Alton offers to replace it.
* On his [[Character Blog]], Lassiter of ''[[Psych]]'' says to note down the people who do this and [http://twitter.com/Psych_Lassie/status/5295826161 he will arrest them].
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* In ''[[Do Over]]'', Joel's parents gave people energy bars.
* In an episode of ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]'' a depressed man gives young Frank Black a cigarette.
* In the [[Christmas Special]] ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]'', there's not only a rock, it's a ''regifted''
* In an episode of ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'', Frank runs out of candy, but starts giving out what he thinks are chocolate coins to keep the neighborhood kids from egging the house. Angry parents soon start to arrive to find out why their kids are being given condoms.
* [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] [[In Name Only|ECW]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0qxyaBrzO4 Guess what the Boogeyman gives out on Halloween.]
▲== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* ''[[FoxTrot]]'' has Andy giving out health foods.
** ''FoxTrot'' also had a comic where Jason and Marcus went to each house in the neighborhood to get a sample of what they'd be giving out on Halloween so that they could avoid this. Of course, everyone gave them lame foods so that they wouldn't come back.
** While watching the [[Trope Namer]], Jason concocts a scheme were Charlie Brown would eat the rocks, get surgery for his intestines and sue the pants off the people who gave him rocks, for not telling him they weren't candy.
▲* While there is a ''[[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]]'' card with this name, it refers to a treasure chest rather than Halloween. Still counts. (Oddly, the rock can come in extremely handy to break a tie or instantly smash the Glass Jaw).
▲* Also a card name in the [[Too Good to Last]] CCG ''[[Net Runner]]'', where the "Rock" in question was a mass driver launch from orbit which the corp could launch at the runner. A tough card to deploy, but if you could get it off, it squashed the runner flat.
==
* Dentists:▼
** Good or nice dentists will give out toothbrushes, to the disappointment of the kids.▼
** Mean dentists will give out the best candy, eagerly rubbing their hands together at the idea of <s> torturing the kids in the dentist's chair soon</s> getting a couple thousand bucks from the kid's insurance provider for services rendered.▼
** The best dentists will open their door in full dentist garb, a scary smile, and give regular candy to those who haven't run in fear yet.▼
*** Complete with functioning power drill.▼
** ''My'' dentist always gives me sugarless candy. It's delicious.▼
* A common tactic used by fundamentalist religious types is apparently to hand out [[Chick Tracts]] to trick-or-treaters, to show them the error of participating in a Satanic ritual and show them the truth about yadda yadda yadda... Hey, why does my front door smell of eggs?▼
** Don't forget those folded over "$20's" which when opened are revealed not to be cash but "even more valuable than money" scripture verses.▼
*** The really odious fundies give those as tips at restaurants.▼
* During the 2008 election season, a woman made local news because she asked trick-or-treaters who their parents were voting for...and refused to give any candy to the kids who said, "Obama." [[Internet Counterattack|Then Anonymous struck]], and there was much rejoicing.▼
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkBE0lWeYU Here's the incident]. Can't find anything on Anonymous's response, though.▼
* A pediatrician who was offering money to the kids at her door, and asking that they give their loot to her. The newspaper however did not report if her trees/shrubbery got [[T Ped]] or not, but I have no doubt it did.▼
* Apples and popcorn balls are commonly subject to this trope because unless the giver is a trusted friend, most parents will make their children throw them away.▼
* Those incredibly flimsy spider-shaped plastic rings that are supposed to glow in the dark but don't.▼
== Video Games ==▼
* In ''[[City of Heroes]]'', the Halloween event includes a [[Mini Game]] in which you can "trick or treat" for Halloween-themed items or temporary abilities. One of these is a rock (ranged weapon, minor damage).
** It's common in-game for a
* In the early days of ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', Blizzard used to occasionally release audio plays featuring a band of gnome adventurers who are frequently mistaken for children. It became a running gag during the [[Christmas Special|holiday episodes]] that one of them would get a rock as a gift, causing another to ask if it's one of the many types of ore or gems in the game. "No, just a rock."
* The name of this trope is a cheat code in ''[[Geneforge]]''. It [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|gives you one rock]]. {{spoiler|No use has ever been found for this.}}
* Early on in ''[[Costume Quest]]'', when the siblings Wren and Reynold go trick-or-treating, the adult in the very first house they visit is so repulsed by their costumes that all they give them is some old marzipan they dug up from their couch.
== [[Web Animation]] ==▼
* The ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' Halloween cartoon, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131103182437/http://www.homestarrunner.com/halloween2001.html The House That Gave Sucky Treats], is a game where you hand out candy, and some of the treats are traditional "unpopular" treats or otherwise unsuitable. You can give [[Granola Girl|Marzipan]] (who is vegan) a steak, which causes her to complain "Is this a joke? It's not funny." (While Strong Bad slips several of them into her treat pail) You can give [[Butt Monkey|Strong Sad]] a can of Campbell's soup (he's dressed as [[Andy Warhol]]), Necco wafers or some Baker's chocolate. Also, you can give Mary Jane (a sort of cheap honey-flavored taffy) to Pom-Pom and the Poopsmith, prompting the Poopsmith to [[Talking with Signs|hold up a sign]] reading "Give us something good instead." Furthermore, Strong Bad will complain about any of the treats you can give him: a fun-size Butterfinger ("What's 'fun' about less candy?"), an apple ("What are you, a dentist? Or a hippie? Or some kind of hippie dentist?"), or a marshmallow bunny ("All you've got is old freakin' Easter candy?!"). Finally, you can give Homestar change, at which point he sarcastically thanks you for "adding a step to my Halloween process".▼
▲== Web Animation ==
▲* The ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' Halloween cartoon, [http://www.homestarrunner.com/halloween2001.html The House That Gave Sucky Treats], is a game where you hand out candy, and some of the treats are traditional "unpopular" treats or otherwise unsuitable. You can give [[Granola Girl|Marzipan]] (who is vegan) a steak, which causes her to complain "Is this a joke? It's not funny." (While Strong Bad slips several of them into her treat pail) You can give [[Butt Monkey|Strong Sad]] a can of Campbell's soup (he's dressed as [[Andy Warhol]]), Necco wafers or some Baker's chocolate. Also, you can give Mary Jane (a sort of cheap honey-flavored taffy) to Pom-Pom and the Poopsmith, prompting the Poopsmith to [[Talking with Signs|hold up a sign]] reading "Give us something good instead." Furthermore, Strong Bad will complain about any of the treats you can give him: a fun-size Butterfinger ("What's 'fun' about less candy?"), an apple ("What are you, a dentist? Or a hippie? Or some kind of hippie dentist?"), or a marshmallow bunny ("All you've got is old freakin' Easter candy?!"). Finally, you can give Homestar change, at which point he sarcastically thanks you for "adding a step to my Halloween process".
** When Strong Mad and The Cheat show up, a pile of rocks shows up as one of the treat choices. Give it to them, and [[Too Dumb to Live|Strong Mad]] will just eat the rocks like normal candy, and wash them down with cola. [[Your Head Asplode|Then The Cheat's head a'splodes.]]
*** If you give Homestar the Circus Peanuts instead, he'll start singing "Entry of the Gladiators" ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0CyOAO8y0 this bugger right here]) until you shut the door in his face. Then he'll knock again ''so he can keep singing at you''.
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* The [[Gag Dub]] "It's the Great Dolemite, Charlie Brown" has African-American Charlie Brown receive baked potatoes when he and his friends trick-or-treat in the white neighborhood.
* [http://www.joesparks.com/radiskull/episodes/e02/radiskull_episode_02.html Hella Weenie], the second episode of [http://www.joesparks.com/radiskull/index.html Radiskull & Devil Doll]. A neighbour who looks like a cross between Ned Flanders and Weird Al Yankovik has a bowl with supersized chocolate bars. When a kid comes to his house, the man reaches into the bowl and pulls out a hidden tangerine, to the kid's disappointment.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Bug
* Inverted in ''[[Housepets]]'', since chocolate is toxic to cats and dogs alike:
{{quote|
Grape as devil: I got a piece of flint!
Sasha as witch: I got a bone!
Peanut with a blanket over him: I got a chocolate... }}
* A [[Basic Instructions]] strip has Scott tell the trick-or-treaters to go to hell, and they inform him that if he doesn't give them candy, they will egg his house. He responds "If you have eggs, you don't need candy". Later he decides that the best way to scare children is to act in a more subtle manner, and he starts pouring Mr. Pibb directly into a child's candy bucket.
{{quote|
'''Scott:''' Nonsense! There's no such thing as enough Mr. Pibb!
'''Kid:''' Really, sir...
'''Scott:''' ARE YOU REJECTING MY HOSPITALITY?!
'''Kid:''' No, sir! }}
== [[Web Original]] ==▼
▲== Web Original ==
▲* In ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho Abridged]]'', the neighborhood watch committee warns about this when trick or treating at houses with old people.
* [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]] shows an old video of himself trick-or-treating as [[Dick Tracy (comic strip)|Dick Tracy]], and mentions that he got a rock when he was (so he was not going to dress up like that for the review). Since the video is a real childhood home movie of [[James Rolfe]], this is also in [[Truth in Television]].
▲* The original line was parodied in an early ''[[I'm a Marvel And I'm a DC|I'm A Marvel... And I'm A DC]]'' episode. [[Spider-Man]] gets three supervillains to fight; [[Superman]] gets [[Kryptonite Factor|a rock]].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the [[Trope Namer]], ''[[It's the Great Pumpkin,
** If this were to happen in real life, the home-owner would run the risk of having the rock returned... through a window.
** Parodied in ''[[Family Guy]]'' when Cleveland, Joe and Quagmire compare their tax refunds.
{{quote|
'''Joe:''' I got $600!
'''Quagmire:''' I got $850!
'''[[The Cameo|Charlie Brown]]''': I got a rock. }}
** Bad Gods presents the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120423114643/http://badgods.com/guitarsolocharliebrown.html remix].
** ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' had a skit where the [[Peanuts]] gang got various countries for a Geography assignment. What did Charlie Brown get? "[[Incredibly Lame Pun|I got Iraq.]]"
** And parodied in the NSFW [[Gag Dub]] ''It's the Great [[Dolemite]], Charlie Brown!'': "I got another mothafuckin' POTATO!!"
* In ''[[The Fairly
** Of course it's a [[Double Subversion]] when they go to the principal: she covers them in reflective tape without giving them anything, and threatens to have them held back a grade if they TP her house. However, Chester says he's ''already'' being held back.
* Billy gets a rock in his trick-or-treat bag in an episode of ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
** In the [[Poorly-Disguised Pilot]] ''Underfist'', Billy complains about getting pennies... because of how awful they taste.
* In one of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' Halloween specials Marge tries to serve fruit to the children. They boo her. When she reminds them [[Anvilicious|"Fruit is nature's candy!"]], they boo her even more.
** In another Treehouse of Horror opening Bart complains that Flanders gave them toothpaste, in which Lisa complains about it being [[Comically Missing the Point|''mini'' toothpaste]] and another when Bart empties his trick or treat bag ''(While dressed as Charlie Brown).''
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* ''[[King of the Hill]]'' subverted this when Hank had a flashback to trick-or-treating as a kid. One house gave out king sized chocolate bars, but was vandalized anyway, because the kids only got one bar. ''Total''.
** Also, it was his own house.
* On ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'', the title character's [[Annoying Younger Sibling]] Haley went trick-or-treating dressed first as a princess, and then as a dragon princess, and then as a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|dancing fire juggling dragon princess]] but all she got were apples. Meanwhile Grandpa, who was with her, kept getting lots of candy and complimented on his wise old man costume. Eventually, Haley received candy when she changed her costume to a wise old man.
* On an episode of ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'', Mr. Van Dreesan offered the trick-or-treaters a choice between organic nut clusters and a bumper sticker that said "My other car's a bike." Beavis and Butt-Head took the stickers.
* In the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "Pinkeye," Stan is carrying a taser as part of his Halloween kit:
{{quote|
'''Stan:''' For shocking people who try to give us granola treats, or something.
'''Cartman:''' Yeah, granola pisses me off. }}
* In a ''[[Baby Looney Tunes]]'' episode, the babies go trick or treating and they all get candy, except for [[The Chew Toy|Daffy]]. Strangely, Daffy keeps getting sucky treats like toothbrushes and combs from the same people who gave his friends candy. But then, [[Butt Monkey|it's Daffy]].
* On ''[[Family Guy]]'', [[Cloudcuckoolander|Adam West]] gives out cornish hens.
▲* Dentists:
▲** Good or nice dentists will give out toothbrushes, to the disappointment of the kids.
▲** Mean dentists will give out the best candy, eagerly rubbing their hands together at the idea of <s> torturing the kids in the dentist's chair soon</s> getting a couple thousand bucks from the kid's insurance provider for services rendered.
▲** The best dentists will open their door in full dentist garb, a scary smile, and give regular candy to those who haven't run in fear yet.
▲*** Complete with functioning power drill.
▲** ''My'' dentist always gives me sugarless candy. It's delicious.
▲* A common tactic used by fundamentalist religious types is apparently to hand out [[Chick Tracts]] to trick-or-treaters, to show them the error of participating in a Satanic ritual and show them the truth about yadda yadda yadda... Hey, why does my front door smell of eggs?
▲** Don't forget those folded over "$20's" which when opened are revealed not to be cash but "even more valuable than money" scripture verses.
▲*** The really odious fundies give those as tips at restaurants.
▲* During the 2008 election season, a woman made local news because she asked trick-or-treaters who their parents were voting for...and refused to give any candy to the kids who said, "Obama." [[Internet Counterattack|Then Anonymous struck]], and there was much rejoicing.
▲
▲* A pediatrician who was offering money to the kids at her door, and asking that they give their loot to her. The newspaper however did not report if her trees/shrubbery got
▲* Apples and popcorn balls are commonly subject to this trope because unless the giver is a trusted friend, most parents will make their children throw them away.
▲* Those incredibly flimsy spider-shaped plastic rings that are supposed to glow in the dark but don't.
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