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* ''Pure Drivel'' by Steve Martin contains an essay entitled "Side Effects," which lists the side effects for a medication that relieves joint pain. The side effects start with joint pain and go on for about ''ten pages'', including "May cause stigmata in Mexicans." "May cause compulsion to stand up in Catholic Mass and yell "I'm gonna whup ya wit' da ugly stick!"

* ''[[Order of the Stick]]'' manages to hide [[Foreshadowing]] in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0324.html such a list].

** Also, the [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0688.html spice].

{{quote|'''Belkar''' No, it doesn't say anything about [[Dune|eye color change]]. Just a disclaimer that the distributor is not liable for any gruesome violent death resulting from consuming this product in an open desert. [[Explain, Explain, Oh Crap|So, see? It's perfectly safe for - ... Ah, crap]]. }}

* The humorous song "Pillagers" contains an ad for Liquiflox, a fluid to help you take more pills. Its side effects include "an urge to buy a house from Ikea" and "death and reincarnation as a slug."

* ''[[Bloom County]]'' had a Sunday comic about the incredible dangers of snorting dandelions, which included spontaneous decapitation and turning into Woody Allen. In the last panel, Steve Dallas snorts it anyway.

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* Foamy the squirrel quips about this - "Side effects may cause hallucinations. I'd rather have the runny nose! Fine! I may have some snot on my upper lip, but at least I'm not seeing Elvis in my refrigerator! Dammit!" Also, he has a friend Pilz-E who rambled off a list of side-effects of all the medication he takes. He finishes off with death, but says "but I have a pill, to cure the death."

* A viral site for the Pixar movie ''[[WALL-E]]'' contains an ad for Xanadou, a medication to induce shopping euphoria. "Side effects may include unpleasant taste, headache, drowsiness and dizziness, headaches, intestinal discomfort and cramping, temporary blindness, bleeding of the gums. Failure to use Xanadou during shopping specific excursions may result in a desire to wear drab clothing, redistribute wealth and property and attend socialist summer camps."

* [[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines]] features a cigarette warning with side effects including "jock itch", "alien invasion" and "the death of cute little puppies".

* ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines]]'' features a cigarette warning with side effects including "jock itch", "alien invasion" and "the death of cute little puppies".

* In a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44yrY9YO3tc particularly amusing Avatar Abridged episode], Haru advertises a shampoo called Sexyfine that rearranges a person's DNA and turns them, well, sexyfine. Side effects included headaches, blood clots, green rashes, gonorrhea, albinism, thumb cancer, chocolate cravings, heroin addiction, pregnancy, ear mutation, increased risk of cyborg koala attack, the apocalypse, and [[Portmanteau Couple Name|Zutara]].

* [[Robin Williams]]' routine for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBb5v1sJhuU Fuckitol: "Fuckitol]... for those times when you don't want to give a damn..." (Not to be confused with [[wikipedia:Fucitol|Fucitol]].) He also talked about side effects, and how one list included "may cause anal leakage."

{{quote| "That's not a side effect, that is an ''effect''. It's like, "How you doin', Bob?" - "Oh, just a bit of anal leakage." - "Bob, you wanna get out of the pool right now?"}}

* From [http://www.otterdude.com Dume], [http://www.otterdude.com/?Strip=24 "...Gruesome, Screaming, Meaty Death."]

* The drug Dylar in ~~Don DeLillo~~'s novel ''White Noise'' has a stated effect that's pretty weird in itself: eliminating the fear of death. However, its side effects are even stranger: causing the user to confuse words with the things they represent, resulting in hallucinations. {{spoiler|And it doesn't work for its intended purpose anyway.}}

* The drug Dylar in ''[[White_Noise_(novel)|White Noise]]'' has a stated effect that's pretty weird in itself: eliminating the fear of death. However, its side effects are even stranger: causing the user to confuse words with the things they represent, resulting in hallucinations. {{spoiler|And it doesn't work for its intended purpose anyway.}}

* Zydrate from ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]''. Ask a gentern if Zydrate is right for you.

{{quote| Side effects of Zydrate may include [http://www.zydrate.com/drug-information.php arrhythmia, faintness, moderate to severe amnesia, flushing of the face, dry mouth, blurry vision, visual distortions or white spots, nausea and vomiting, constipation, muscle twitches, confusion, euphoria, sedation, itchiness, and increased anxiety, Respiratory or cardiac arrest, coma, hypoventilation (inadequate ventilation), and possibly death.]}}