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* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' did the gag with a [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|forbidden spell]] designed to render its subject smart for six days:

{{quote|'''Negi:''' Side effects may include dry mouth, nausea and loss of about a million brain cells...}}

 

== Fan Works ==

* One [http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-10548-74/Cameron+In+Debt+Up+to+Our+Crossbows.htm fanfic] ad for viagra lists side effects including "stalker-like tendencies, dead goldfish, swords through your gut and the end of the world". It features [[Angel]][us] (of course).

 

== Film ==

* 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.]}}

 

== Literature ==

* ''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!"

* 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.}}

 

== Music ==

{{quote|"The makers of Dr. Misoi's Ass-Breath Killers are not responsible for corporate losses or topplings of local governments and/or regimes"}}

* The Austin Lounge Lizards lampoon these in their song and cartoon "The Drugs I Need" about a made-up drug called "Progenitorivox", whose side effects include (in song): "Agitation, Palpitations, excessive salivation, constipation, male lactation, rust-colored urination..."

 

== Newspaper Comics ==

* ''[[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.

* In ''Opus'', the titular penguin takes a medication whose side effects include lactation, so he then gets a medication that prevents that side effect, but then needs one to prevent ''its'' side effect, until he has a chain of medications. In the last panel, someone points out that, of course, penguins don't have nipples.

 

== Stand-Up Comedy ==

* [[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?"}}

 

== Tabletop Games ==

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

 

== Television -- Live-Action ==

** Another skit parodied the usual commercial side effects announced when taking these drugs. It stated that among the side effects would include hallucinations, in which it then described EXACTLY what type of hallucinations you would have: a horrifying surrealist nightmare ending in a choice between two doors. The wrong door leads to hellish misery, but the right one to eternal joy... and a moist, itch-free scalp. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|And maybe mild flatulence.]]

* Stephen Colbert of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' has a regular segment entitled "Cheating Death with Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, D.F.A." (a reference to his honorary doctorate of fine arts), sponsored by the fictional Prescott Pharmaceuticals, in which he constantly pushes drugs in the "Vaxadrin" family. The drugs have such side effects as minor heart explosions, vivid dreams of self-cannibalization, growing teeth ("often in the mouth"), spontaneous pregnancy, increased chances of vampire attack, involuntary [[Narnia]] adventures, and tracheal meerkat colonies.

 

== Video Games ==

* In ''[[Warcraft]] 3'', clicking repeatedly on the Priest unit (the human side's healer) eventually results in him issuing the following disclaimer: "Side effects may include: Dry mouth, Nausea, Water retention, Painful rectal itch, Hallucinations, Psychosis, Coma, Death, and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Halitosis]]. Magic is not for everyone, consult your doctor before use."

 

== Web Comics ==

** Followed-up [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/2/18/ here], with the success of the treatment being described in [[One of Us|typical nerdy fashion]].

** Also this one: [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/2/19/ "...not recommended for adults, or children interested in becoming adults."]

 

== Web Original ==

{{quote|(Crack may cause shivers, night terrors, gay for pay, heart palpitations, homicidal paranoia, or the sensation that you're on fire. Peeing blood and seeing your friends' faces as talking skeletons are possible side effects of crack. People who use crack may experience 5-7 years in prison where brutal raping may occur. If you experience one or more of these side effects, consult your dealer. You may need more crack.)}}

* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' had [http://youtube.com/watch?v=wzzkcYsgHuE a parody of a magical drug, Zinthos], during a [[Trapped in TV Land]] episode. Raven usually intones "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos" when using her powers, the commercial advertised Zinthos as from the makers of Azarath and Metrion. Some of the effects of this drug mirror her changes when she loses control of her powers: Multiple eyes, disturbing visions, fits of rage (though not bloating, cramping or loss of hair, thankfully). It also says not to get Zinthos wet, or feed it after midnight, a [[Shout-Out]] to the ''[[Gremlins]]'' movies.

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{{quote|Side effects of this All The Tropes entry may include [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|Ruining your life]], [[Author Appeal]], [[Gorn]], [[Brontophobia]], [[Somewhere a Palaeontologist Is Crying|Brontosaurophobia]], and [[Involuntary Shapeshifting]]. This All The Tropes entry is not for children under 12, women who are nursing or pregnant, are about to become pregnant, have been pregnant before, are trying to become pregnant while reading this entry, pregnant nurses or people with gall bladders. Prolonged use may result in [[Overly Long Gag|over-extending humourous situations to the point where they are no longer amusing]] or [[Hilarity Ensues|the ensuing of hilarity]].}}