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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Detective Conan (Manga)|Detective Conan]]'', Conan is given a kind of Chinese alcohol called baigar for his cold. This leads to the discovery that {{spoiler|as later realized, in combination with a cold - even one artificially induced - it temporarily cancels out the effects of [[Fountain of Youth|Apotoxin]], making him a teenager again (though he initially thought [[It Only Works Once|it would only work once]]).}}
* In the ''[[Galaxy Angel (Animeanime)|Galaxy Angel]]'' manga, Chitose (under a very complex example of [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]) uses a special poppyseed to poison the entire Angel Troupe. After escaping and kidnapping Tact, it turns out that the antidote was an uncommon spice - that happened to be in the fried chicken Milfeulle had just made and they had all been eating. (In spite of one of the group supposedly being a religious Vegetarian.) Milfie's power is extreme luck, though, so...
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* ''[[Holes]]'' deals with a particularly deadly lizard with a particularly deadly poison. {{spoiler|Fortunately, the sweet onions growing out in the desert act as a natural antidote, and also serve as a repellent to the lizards.}}
* ''[[The Andromeda Strain]]'' causes instantaneous and lethal blood coagulation throughout the body. It also {{spoiler|can't survive outside of a very narrow pH range, so doing something that messes with your blood pH will make you immune.}}
* Book Four of ''[[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy]]'' contains an off-hand mention that Arthur's lunch when he first gets back to Earth (which consists of the three least mouldy things in his fridge) actually cured him of a space-disease he'd unknowingly picked up which, uncured, would have killed or rendered infertile everyone on the planet.
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Unicorn and the Wasp", the Doctor cures himself of cyanide poisoning by covering himself in ginger beer, eating walnuts and anchovies, and getting kissed. Don't ask.
** [[Justified Trope|Justified]] by the Doctor's well-known [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]. Not to mention the [[Rule of Funny]].
* An interesting usage by ''[[House MD|House]]'', as well as an example of [[Truth in Television]]. One episode featured a death row inmate who has tried to kill himself by drinking several bottles of copier fluid. House sits by the guy's bedside as his poisoning worsens, and the two of them each down several shots of high-proof rum. Only after a while does House reveal the truth: copier fluid is about 90% methanol, or wood alcohol, and the treatment for that is large amounts of ethanol, or ''grain alcohol''. All those shots he had the guy drinking were slowly curing him.
* An episode of ''[[MacGyver]]'' had Pete poisoned by prussic acid ([[wikipedia:Prussic acid|Hydrogen Cyanide]]) gas in a mall. Mac recognizes the poison by its [[Bitter Almonds|distinctive almond smell]] and dashes toward a photo developer booth, whose printing machine contains [[wikipedia:Sodium thiosulfate|Sodium Thiosulfate]], an antidote for cyanide poisoning.
* An episode of ''[[The Invisible Man (TV series)|The Invisible Man]]'' series was centered on quicksilver-producing bacteria, which had eventually proven to be lethal. At the climactic moment, the cure was conveniently found... in ''mayonnaise''.
** BAD mayonaise to be specific, they realized it when one character who they had presumed was sick like everyone else turned out to just have food poisoning from his favorite lunch place. The bacteria in the food out-competed the quicksilver-producing bacteria, essentially saving everyone's lives by making them puke out their guts.
* In the 2006 ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'' series second season episode had the town being poisoned by the Sheriff. Once the heroes know what the origin of the poison is, Little John realizes the cure is giving the people the dangerous herb belladonna, aka Nightshade.
 
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