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'''Spike:''' Obnoxious talking frog.|''[[Cowboy Bebop (Anime)|Cowboy Bebop]]''}}

Implied or accidental use of mind-altering substances by characters, but notably by the protagonists (villains, of course, can do anything). Usually very obvious to the attentive audience but may have to get around the censors under a different/invented name or by making the usage involuntary. Sometimes, the hallucinations are passed off as a side-effect of overconsumption of an [[I Can't Believe ~~Its~~ Not Heroin|otherwise legal and legitimate foodstuff]] such as sugar, ice cream, chocolate, or steak sauce.

Implied or accidental use of mind-altering substances by characters, but notably by the protagonists (villains, of course, can do anything). Usually very obvious to the attentive audience but may have to get around the censors under a different/invented name or by making the usage involuntary. Sometimes, the hallucinations are passed off as a side-effect of overconsumption of an [[I Can't Believe It's Not Heroin!|otherwise legal and legitimate foodstuff]] such as sugar, ice cream, chocolate, or steak sauce.

What makes this trope generally different from [[Intoxication Ensues]] is the hallucinations and the person in question is otherwise acting normally. To them, the hallucinations are either commonplace or a mere curiosity. The narrative might jump back and forth between the hallucination and the real world to show they are holding a normal, intelligent conversation with a plant. Typically great comedic fodder with a believable setup on network television, but safer to do on cable. If it's animated, expect those affected to [[Open the Iris]].

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If it doesn't contain [[An Aesop]] about the dangers of drug abuse with [[Anvilicious]] subtlety, it tends to just show off a character's carelessness.

May involve a [[G Rated Drug]]. See also [[Acid Reflux Nightmare]] for a food-related version. Sometimes leads to a [[Disney Acid Sequence]]. If it's a whole group of people experiencing it simultaneously, it's [[Everybody Must Get Stoned]]. See also [[Through the Eyes of Madness]].

May involve a [[G-Rated Drug]]. See also [[Acid Reflux Nightmare]] for a food-related version. Sometimes leads to a [[Disney Acid Sequence]]. If it's a whole group of people experiencing it simultaneously, it's [[Everybody Must Get Stoned]]. See also [[Through the Eyes of Madness]].

'''No [[Fanon]], please!''' If it doesn't explicitly involve hallucinations caused by substances, don't reinterpret it as if [[Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory|Everyone Is Ringo On LSD]].

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* In ''[[Superman and Batman Generations]]'', Dick Grayson as Batman is tricked into falling down a shaft lined with razor blades that are coated with hallucinogenics, so when he ends up fighting the Joker posing as Joker Junior, things get...really weird.

* In the ''[[Lucky Luke]]'' episode ''The Ballad of the Daltons'', an Indian witch doctor spikes the Daltons' drink with mushroom powder, giving them some pretty weird hallucinations.

* Jesse takes some peyote to commune with genesis late into [[Preacher]]. The effects are... not pleasant.

* Jesse takes some peyote to commune with genesis late into [[Preacher (Comic Book)]]. The effects are... not pleasant.

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* In 1996's ''[[The Brady Bunch|A Very Brady Sequel]]'', conman Trevor Thomas is served hallucinogenic mushrooms in a plate of spaghetti by clueless maid Alice; the subsequent sequence features animation (including dancing pandas and a helicopter-tailed wizard bird from the [[Filmation]] ''[[The Brady Kids|Brady Kids]]'' cartoon) and the trippy Sixties anthem "Good Morning, Starshine" from ''[[Hair]]''.

* ''[[Across the Universe (Film)|Across the Universe]]'' uses this. It's also taken to a greater level with all the visual imagery used and the fact that the music used is the music of the Beatles...

* In ''[[Nightmare On Elm Street|Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare]]'', [[The Stoner|Spencer]], [[Hey ~~Its~~ That Guy|played by]] [[Breckin Meyer]], sees all kinds of trippy imagery coming out of the TV, set to [[Iron Butterfly]]'s "Innagaddadavida", and ends up [[Nightmare Retardant|in a video game]].

* In ''[[Nightmare On Elm Street|Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare]]'', [[The Stoner|Spencer]], [[Hey It's That Guy|played by]] [[Breckin Meyer]], sees all kinds of trippy imagery coming out of the TV, set to [[Iron Butterfly]]'s "Innagaddadavida", and ends up [[Nightmare Retardant|in a video game]].

* In ''[[A Serious Man]]'', the protagonists son Danny becomes a Bar Mizvah stoned.

* ''[[The Bear (Film)|The Bear]]''. The eponymous bear cub finds some toadstools and, curious, eats some. He spends the next few minutes tripping out and whimpering, which is to be expected given what he sees.

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* While in the Deadly Swamp in ''[[The Tenth Kingdom]]'', Virginia and Tony consume magic mushrooms (and drink swamp water, which is apparently some form of alcohol). What makes this especially amusing is its literalism: while the mushrooms don't actually dance, they do sway in time to the music and sing their consuming victims to sleep (to Procal Harem's "Whiter Shade of Pale" no less!). Cue [[Dream Sequence]]. But although the mushrooms seem hell-bent on their own suicidal destruction, this is subverted by the fact that it's all a ploy by the sentient man-eating swamp to shroud its victims in vines so they can be crushed, suffocated, and eventually consumed in turn.

* ''[[Six Feet Under]]''. David stows the E tablets he received from his club-hopping boyfriend in an aspirin bottle in the family kitchen. Ruth goes camping and packs the aspirin in her first aid kit. After getting a headache she does some serious wandering around in the woods. (See also [[Intoxication Ensues]] for other repercussions.)

* In ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'', Aunt Lily takes an overdose of [[G Rated Drug|homeopathic mood enhancers]] and starts hallucinating.

* In ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'', Aunt Lily takes an overdose of [[G-Rated Drug|homeopathic mood enhancers]] and starts hallucinating.

* In some of the early episodes of ''[[The Goodies (TV)|The Goodies]]'', Bill Oddie's hallucinations are crucial plot points. They are induced by

{{quote| '''Graeme:''' LEMON SHERBERT?<br />

:: Whenever the [[G Rated Drug|sherbert]] comes up, it's often mentioned that his ''grandmother'' sends him it. It's also described as "Not dangerous, but it turns him on". }}

:: Whenever the [[G-Rated Drug|sherbert]] comes up, it's often mentioned that his ''grandmother'' sends him it. It's also described as "Not dangerous, but it turns him on". }}

* In ''[[Flight of the Conchords]]'', Bret, after much fiddling around, accidentally takes a drug, leading to the lighthearted and whimsical "Prince of Parties" musical number.

* ''[[The X-Files (TV)|The X-Files]]''

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* In the Granada Television TV adaptations of ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' (starring Jeremy Brett as Holmes), the stories nearly always stayed very faithful to the original works. In "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot," Holmes deduces that several people have been murdered with an exotic poison unknown to British science. In order to be sure that the suspicious substance recovered from the scene of the crime is indeed the mysterious poison, he deliberately exposes himself to what he believes to be a small dose... According to the original story, terrifying hallucinations ensue. In the TV version, the hallucinations shown are actually not particularly terrifying, but Holmes is presumably experiencing far worse ones.

* ''[[Route 66]]'' has an episode where Tod gets a drugged drink at a party by mistake. As is typical of the show, it's not played at all for comedy.

* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' has a habit of replacing joints with sandwiches. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] by the show's [[Framing Device]]: Future Ted is supposed to be telling the story to his kids, and so the bit with the drugs is replaced with something more [[G Rated Drug|G-rated]].

* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' has a habit of replacing joints with sandwiches. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] by the show's [[Framing Device]]: Future Ted is supposed to be telling the story to his kids, and so the bit with the drugs is replaced with something more [[G-Rated Drug|G-rated]].

* In "Blind Man's Bluff," an episode from the second season of ''[[The Sentinel (TV)|The Sentinel]]'', [[The Woobie|Blair]] eats a slice of pizza which, unbeknownst to him, is laced with [[Fantastic Drug|"Golden"]]. A short time later he's wielding a gun in the police garage, and...well...

{{quote| '''Blair:''' You don't see them? They're coming through, through the walls and the floor, man.<br />

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* In a memorable episode of ''[[Barney Miller]]'', the detectives suffer interesting effects from munching a batch of brownies made by Wojo's current girlfriend.

{{quote| '''Fish:''' The best I've felt in years and it's illegal!}}

* In ''[[The Closer]]'' episode "Smells Like Murder", Brenda's niece Charlie bakes a pan of special brownies, which Brenda later discovers. Brenda eats at least three, oblivious of their cannabis content. [[Hilarity Ensues]]. When Fritz finds out, he is [[Berserk Button|not amused]], and tells Charlie to [[Get Out|start packing her bags]].

* In ''[[The Closer]]'' episode "Smells Like Murder", Brenda's niece Charlie bakes a pan of special brownies, which Brenda later discovers. Brenda eats at least three, oblivious of their cannabis content. [[Hilarity Ensues]]. When Fritz finds out, he is [[Berserk Button|not amused]], and tells Charlie to [[Get Out!|start packing her bags]].

* In an episode of ''[[Yes Dear]]'', Greg suffers from this in his desperation for nasal spray.

* People getting stoned on ''[[Fringe]]'' is fairly common, but the episode "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" <ref>that's the scientific name for LSD, kids!</ref> has some brilliant moments where Peter and ''Broyles'' start tripping. They're even funnier when compared to Walter and Bellivia, who take their LSD (don't worry, it's for [[Mad Science]]) and don't react at all.

* ''[[~~Thirty~~ Rock (TV)|Thirty Rock]]''

* ''[[30 Rock (TV)|Thirty Rock]]''

** On the 100th episode, a gas leak causes Jack to hallucinate alternate versions of himself.

** Inverted in the [[Live Episode]], where the different look and the [[Laugh Track]] are explained by Jack's ''lack'' of alcohol.

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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 (Video Game)|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 (Video Game)|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.

** What about Moonside? Or are we blaming that on {{spoiler|the Mani Mani statue}}?

** ''[[Mother 3 (Video Game)|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.

** ''[[Mother 3 (Video Game)|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.

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** In the Water Works area, there are some giant toads who produce secretions that cause the player's character to have "hallucinations," wherein the screen colors change and there are other visual effects. And you don't even have to lick the toads. (In addition, the mouseover text for the debuff icon says something like "You can taste rectangles and smell the color magenta.")

** One of the quests in Evendim involves sneaking a mixture into some giants' cookpot, after which they start hallucinating that millions of spiders are coming out of the woods.

* ''[[Bug (Video Game)|Bug]] Too!'' has the final stages of the game, Cicada Night Fever. The ''entire level'' is one hell of an acid trip- the platforms are unnaturally colourful, the background contains Dali's clocks, you fight toads (from the first game) and floating Cheshire Cats, and the [[Final Boss]]? Three of that smoking caterpillar from ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''... while deadly popcorn rains down from the sky.

* ''[[Bug! (Video Game)|Bug]] Too!'' has the final stages of the game, Cicada Night Fever. The ''entire level'' is one hell of an acid trip- the platforms are unnaturally colourful, the background contains Dali's clocks, you fight toads (from the first game) and floating Cheshire Cats, and the [[Final Boss]]? Three of that smoking caterpillar from ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''... while deadly popcorn rains down from the sky.

* ''[[Aquaria (Video Game)|Aquaria]]'' features the Rainbow Mushroom...which doesn't do anything on it's own, but mixed into Hot Soup it makes Rainbow Soup, whose effect is listed as "trippy". What this gets you is the same [[Interface Screw]] animation as a faceful of squid ink, but in rainbow colors. For about thirty seconds, anyway; after that the colors darken almost to black as Naija experiences the ''crash'' that almost never comes with this trope, letting out pained gasps at an alarming rate until the soup wears off after another thirty seconds or so.

* In ''[[Hatoful Boyfriend]]'', {{spoiler|Anghel Higure has a condition causing his body to produce hallucinogenic pheremones... to which [[Required Secondary Powers|he is himself not immune]]. His [[Cloudcuckoolander]] behavior is because he is on a permanent acid trip.}}

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* In ''[[Scary Go Round]]'', Shelley gets high on berry jam at the Tackleford Fair.

* The "Mushroom Samba" bit is taken literally in [http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/347 this] ''[[Loserz]]'' strip. (A bit [[NSFW]].)

* ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'': [[Take Our Word for It|Supposedly]], Grace and her [[G Rated Drug|catnip]].

* ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'': [[Take Our Word for It|Supposedly]], Grace and her [[G-Rated Drug|catnip]].

* Whenever Sandusky or Kashmir do catnip in ''[[Sandusky]]''.

* Subverted in Jin Wicked's ''Crap I Drew on My Lunch Break'':

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** Also, in the episode "The Farnsworth Parabox", the crew vists Universe 420, a universe where everyone is on drugs. We don't get to explicitly see anything there, but the main-story of the episode is mind-trippy enough in its own right. As Fry says about the situation: "It's like that drug trip I saw in that movie while I was on that drug trip."

* In an episode of ''[[Rocko's Modern Life (Animation)|Rocko's Modern Life]]'', Rocko and Filburt get "hangovers" from too much ice cream at Filburt's bachelor party and Heffer acts drunk. Another example is the Halloween episode "Sugar Frosted Frights", where Filburt eats Halloween candy for the first time and enters a sugar-rush-induced fantasy inspired by the "Night on Bald Mountain" segment from ''Disney/Fantasia''.

* In the ''[[~~Fosters~~ Home for Imaginary Friends (Animation)|Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' episode "Partying is Such Sweet Soiree", Bloo tricks Mac into eating sugar at a party, and the resulting sugar rush makes Mac act like he's on ecstasy.

* In the ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (Animation)|Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' episode "Partying is Such Sweet Soiree", Bloo tricks Mac into eating sugar at a party, and the resulting sugar rush makes Mac act like he's on ecstasy.

* ''[[Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi]]'', "Rock and Roe": After eating too much bad sushi at a cheap seafood restaurant, Ami and Yumi start hallucinating.

* Jason from ''[[Home Movies]]'' indulges in too much candy at Fenton's birthday party and begins behaving like a combative drunk. A concerned Melissa calls a cab for him.