Pepper Sneeze: Difference between revisions

* Used on Inspector Zenigata at least once in ''[[Lupin III]]''.

* Ranma was briefly [[Hypno Fool|cursed]] in one episode of ''[[Ranma ½]]'' to hug anyone who sneezes. Naturally, Shampoo followed him home with a shaker of black pepper. [[Hilarity Ensues]] when Akane develops a cold in the same episode.

** First seen when, upon learning that sneezing is the Ren/Run's transformation trigger, Lala chases Ren with a pepper shaker trying to get Run to come out and play.

* Usopp from ''[[One Piece]]'' has his Pepper Star, which explodes into a huge cloud of pepper causing the enemy to sneeze. Usually goes hand-in-hand with his Caltrops Hell.

* ''[[Mr. Bean]]'' smashed up some pepper with his hankie for a sandwich, and then, while using the same hankie as a bib, dropped his sandwich after sneezing.

* ''[[Blackadder]]'' General Melchett is rehearsing his pickup lines in the mirror, including the line; "Darling, I want to cover you in pepper and sneeze all over you!"

** A later episode has them using tobacco snuff instead, since pepper proved to be unreliable in producing sneezes. In case you're curious, they were testing how far/fast the spray from a sneeze can go.

* Referenced in ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', with Miss Piggy and Billy Crystal parodying ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]''. When Piggy demonstrates how a woman can [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|fake a sneeze]] to get out of a date, the woman at the next table says "I'll have what she's having ... but with less pepper."

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