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* Handwaved in ''[[Andromeda]]'' by saying it was his unique physiology that made the cure work so fast. Reasonable enough because, the same physiology also made the disease work faster than usual.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "The Christmas Invasion". One minute he's sick enough to only have [[Bizarre Alien Biology|one heartbeat]], and the next he's [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|sword fighting]] the leader of an alien invasion force. The fact that the cure is apparently ''[[Spot of Tea|tea]]'' is just the icing on the weirdness cake.
** Are you saying tea ''isn't'' supposed to be a Magic Antidote?! At any rate, maybe he'd just finally got enough rest. As for the antibiotic in "New Earth"... apparently the slightest exposure to antibiotic turns staggering sacks of disease into peaky but fairly healthy people in an instant. That's Who soft science for you.
*** Tea also provided the fix for Craig's encounter with the "rot" in ''The Lodger''. From what sense can be made of the Doctor's mutterings, the (very strong) tea enhanced some natural process that was fighting the infection, and if Craig had touched the mold more than the tiniest amount, he'd be done for.
*** It's a British show. Of ''course'' tea is the Magic Antidote. There's a large chunk of the British population who would argue that this is true in [[Real Life]].
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== Tabletop Games ==
* Subverted in ''[[Dungeons
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* In ''[[Wakfu]]'' episode 7, Amalia is bitten by a devil rose, and the only cure for the poison is a very rare glowing sap from a magical tree. Note that, unlike with many other examples, the actual monetary value of the antidote outside of the current plot is implied: Ruel takes the time to fill several vials of sap that he intends to sell later. This ends up saving Amalia's life, since Yugo quickly loses the only vial he'd intended for his friend. Even though she was close to death, the effect on Amalia is instantenous, as usual.
* Averted in ''[[Korgoth of Barbaria]]'', where Korgoth must take the antidote for several seasons for it to work.
* Possibly [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in a [[Find the Cure]] episode of ''[[Generator Rex]]''. The individuals affected by the poison are shown on IV drips after the cure is found, implied to have been there overnight, and it's never said quite how long they had to find it.
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