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* 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.
## Mung (they didn't actually know what it was)
## Hurl (they did know what ''that'' was)
## Candy apples (especially when that house has cats that shed on the apples)
## Pop Rocks (the old [[Urban Legends]])
## Pennies (self evident)
* In a ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' episode, Cindy Walsh gave out raisins, calling them "nature's candy".
* In an episode of ''[[Married... with Children|Married With Children]]'', the Bundys' yuppie neighbours (you know the ones) give out potatoes on Halloween...
* 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 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.
* [[WWE]] [[In Name Only|ECW]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0qxyaBrzO4 Guess what the Boogeyman gives out on Halloween.]
 
 
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