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* In ''[[Go (film)|Go]]'' Manny takes a handful of ecstacy and while in a grocery store starts hearing 'Macarena' and hallucinates that he is dancing with the checkout lady and they are feeding each other bananas.

* In ''[[Suck]]'', Joey mistakes two ecstasy tablets for aspirin before going out on stage. The result: an aptly titled musical number "This Is Your Brain On Drugs" with distorted colors and visions of three vampire band members leering at Joey.

* In ''[[~~The~~ Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans|Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans]]'', in what is probably the film's best-known sequence, the protagonist snorts some heroin that he thought was cocaine, snorts some actual cocaine to try to balance it out, and ends up hallucinating about iguanas. Later on, after a climactic shootout, he orders that a dead man be shot again because "his soul is still dancing!" And the camera switches to his perspective to show that, yes, he is hallucinating the man's spirit break-dancing over his body.

* In ''[[Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans|Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans]]'', in what is probably the film's best-known sequence, the protagonist snorts some heroin that he thought was cocaine, snorts some actual cocaine to try to balance it out, and ends up hallucinating about iguanas. Later on, after a climactic shootout, he orders that a dead man be shot again because "his soul is still dancing!" And the camera switches to his perspective to show that, yes, he is hallucinating the man's spirit break-dancing over his body.

* The Canadian film ''[[Men with Brooms]]'' had a lead character whose father was a regular 'shroom user. There were plenty of jokes about it, though no explicit hallucinatory scenes onscreen.

* When Jerry of ''[[Conspiracy Theory]]'' is first captured by Dr. Jonas, his system is pumped full of LSD to make torturing him easier. His hallucinations and distorted perception of the world are notably played for drama rather than laughs.

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* ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'', "Altared States": Gabrielle eats some laced bread meant for Ikus. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* Parodied in ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'': Pearl Forrester decides to test LSD on the robots ([[MST3K Mantra|yeah...]]) and they hook them up to screens so we can see what they see. Servo sees everyone as monsters, but cheerfully says they always look like that to him. The only thing that's different for Crow is that the Milky Way bar Mike was holding suddenly turns into a Snickers, which causes him to freak out. Crow is also surprised to learn that Mike isn't a clown.

* ''[[Star Trek: ~~Voyager|Star Trek~~ Voyager]]'' has a variation when the Doctor programs himself with the ability to daydream, which soon gets out of control and causes him to switch rapidly between various fantasies. The most amusing parts are the other characters using the holodeck to see his daydreams themselves and as they simply watch his reactions to the different scenarios he's entering and leaving.

* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' has a variation when the Doctor programs himself with the ability to daydream, which soon gets out of control and causes him to switch rapidly between various fantasies. The most amusing parts are the other characters using the holodeck to see his daydreams themselves and as they simply watch his reactions to the different scenarios he's entering and leaving.

* The ''[[Dollhouse]]'' episode "Echoes" features the entire cast on one big tripout. The highlight of the whole thing is Topher desperately trying to stay lucid while explaining the situation to their dolls in the field on the phone, while in the background Adelle is jumping on a trampoline and shouts "Say hi for me!" just before he hangs up.

{{quote|[[Crowning Moment of Funny|Adelle: ''I find lentils completely incomprehensible!"]]}}

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** Stages 4–1 and 6-3 also have the Fuzzies, so be prepared for some [[Interface Screw]] in those stages, too.

** Youtube user [[Lightning Wolf 3]] has made some videos based on the above mentioned "Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy," featuring [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzYq07N1YHU Mario], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR-Ij_DvUI4 Toad], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfKUDqY3QA4 Luigi], all feeling the effects of touching fuzzy (or, in Luigi's case, a fuzzy ''mushroom''.)

* Well, hello there, ''[[~~Earthbound~~]]''. A woman in Summers allows Ness to eat "[[G-Rated Drug|Magic Cake]]", which allows Ness to have a vision of Poo.

* Well, hello there, ''[[EarthBound]]''. A woman in Summers allows Ness to eat "[[G-Rated Drug|Magic Cake]]", which allows Ness to have a vision of Poo.

** Being hit by a walking mushroom's blast can make a mushroom grow from your head, which randomly changes the direction keys. Also causes confusion in battle until removed by a guy... who eats it.

** To say nothing of the coffee a Mr. Saturn offers. Though really, {{spoiler|Speaking to your dad inside a Kaleidoscope}} is nowhere near as bizarre as...everything else in the entire game.

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** ''[[Mother 3]]'' continues the tradition when the party is forced to eat some strange mushrooms found in the jungle—in this case, it serves as a rather spiteful [[Journey to the Center of the Mind]], as the hallucinogen preys on 'guilts and fears' (the party's [[Evil-Detecting Dog|dog]] is the only one not taken in). The events were apparently supposed to be even more horrible, but the creator decided to tone it down. It's still unrefined Nightmare Fuel, though.

{{quote|'''Claus:''' Everyone's waiting, Lucas. Everyone's waiting to spit at you, throw rocks at you, and make your life Hell. Who's "everyone"?... ''everyone you love.''}}

** Thankfully for poor Lucas, his next high—the return of the Saturns' coffee from the [[~~Earthbound~~]]—is much less horrific.

** Thankfully for poor Lucas, his next high—the return of the Saturns' coffee from the [[EarthBound]]—is much less horrific.

* ''[[Nethack]]'' has a hallucination status effect caused by (among other things) eating violet or yellow fungus, getting zapped by a black light, or drinking a [[Intoxication Ensues|potion of hallucination]]. It randomizes the appearance of every creature and item in the dungeon every time you take a step, and causes [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|just about every in-game message]] to be rewritten in [[Surfer Dude]] speak.

** [[Z Angband]] has a similar effect. Monsters also receive new names so you don't know what your fighting—the names change every turn along with the appearance of the monster, and run along the lines of Cosmic Horror, Incredible Lovemaking Robot, and so on.

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** To say nothing about Vault 106 in the base game, whose experiment was to pump hallucinatory drugs into the air system and observe how the occupants reacted; said reaction was to go insane and murder everyone else inside the vault. If the Lone Wanderer goes inside for a length of time, he starts to experience the effects firsthand, which manifest as unusual messages ''to himself'' on the computers and multiple illusions of his father and childhood friend.

* The first ''[[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]]'' game has two levels like this, once when Mona knocks him out with some unidentified substance in a drink, and later when the [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] [[Big Bad]] forcibly administers an overdose of V.

* In ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]'' and ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City|Vice City]]'', when you take the adrenaline pills everything becomes very slow and everyone speaks in low, distorted voices. Also, the player becomes super strong and fast. One mission in ''Vice City'' starts after you encounter a side character's boomshine. You have to drive him to the hospital while very, very drunk. Something similar happens in ''[[Grand Theft Auto San Andreas]]'', where you end up driving a van under the influence of weed after helping the van's owner torch an entire field of weed with a flamethrower.

* In ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]'' and ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City|Vice City]]'', when you take the adrenaline pills everything becomes very slow and everyone speaks in low, distorted voices. Also, the player becomes super strong and fast. One mission in ''Vice City'' starts after you encounter a side character's boomshine. You have to drive him to the hospital while very, very drunk. Something similar happens in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'', where you end up driving a van under the influence of weed after helping the van's owner torch an entire field of weed with a flamethrower.

* In ''[[King's Quest VI]]'', the character drinks a fake suicide potion, and {{spoiler|hallucinates a key clue to the endgame}}.

* In ''[[Deus Ex]]'', you can make the main character smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol and even do drugs. The cigarettes make him cough and lose health. The booze actually increases health a little, but makes vision worse. The drug (called "Zyme") has no effect on health.

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{{quote|"But this is just herbal tea..."

"I know, I just wanted to draw all this cool stuff." }}

* The blue mushrooms of ''[[~~College Roomies from Hell~~]]'' have this effect. Merely touching them can cause you to see tiny windows on them, with Smurfs inside.

* The blue mushrooms of ''[[CRFH]]'' have this effect. Merely touching them can cause you to see tiny windows on them, with Smurfs inside.

* ''[[Bob and George]]'': Mega Man goes on a trip after being attacked by [[Just for Pun|Needle Man]] in which he encounters a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|spirit guide in the form of a yet to be created communist robot]] whom he proceeds to throw at the monstrous apparation of Needle Man in order to [[Stuff Blowing Up|to defeat him]].

* Liquid Snake and Decoy Octopus of ''[[The Last Days of Foxhound]]'' decided to try some of Vulcan Raven's "medicine" to see if they can see the future... [http://www.gigaville.com/comic.php?id=110 this happens.]

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