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** That's just one of the talks he's got. He has, if memory serves, book talks that make people nauseous, break out in a rash, and speak Urdu, among what must be others.
* In ''[[RPG World]]'', it's hinted that the four Mystic Keys are these. At least it was strongly hinted that reading the Tiger Book was what made Jeff go crazy and turn evil.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141018222756
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'', the [[Big Bad]] Xykon manages to kill an entire room full of Paladins armed only with a [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0448.html super-bouncy ball]. (Which has a magic symbol that cause insanity in anyone who look at it inscribed on it, of course.)
** Vaarsuvius [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0092.html prepared Explosive Runes this morning].
* [http://i33.tinypic.com/15zibf7.gif This comic] from ''[[The Parking Lot Is Full]]'' describes such an occurrence.
* In ''[[Freefall]]'', a unique tone, not
** Not to forget Sam's real er... face, which he theorizes triggers some sort of nurturing instinct in humans, since any time someone sees it they immediately disgorge their stomach contents. This is a big part of why he wears a full-body environment suit with an animated mechanical face.
{{quote|'''Helix''': Remember to keep your helmet on when you're photographed. They had to take your picture down in the post office because it gave seeing-eye dogs heart attacks. }}
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** And most recently, the [[Memetic Mutation|Sticky Notes of Doom]] that cause any robot who reads them while connected to the commnet to download an upgrade that lobotimizes them.
{{quote|'''Edge''': "Who wrote this note, [[H.P. Lovecraft]]?"}}
* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110919185727
* For [[Final Fantasy VII|Cloud]] in ''[[Ansem Retort]]'', "[[One-Winged Angel]]" is this: it makes him flash back to to Sephiroth.
{{quote|'''Cloud:''' The bad man with the sword is taking over my mind again!}}
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* Art in ''[[Sequential Art (webcomic)|Sequential Art]]'', aspiring to the full [[Mad Artist]] glory, "[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=665 created an image that combines all known fetishes]".
* ''[[A Miracle of Science]]'' has several texts including the book "Crank Theories on Robotics", that is a known vector of [[Science-Related Memetic Disorder]].
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** Agatha on the other hand, only seems mildly surprised.
{{quote|'''Mama Gkikka:''' Keeds today. Kent even take a leedle '''existential despair'''.}}
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* Draconic, the [[Language of Magic]] in ''[[Nahast: Lands of Strife|Nahast]]'', drives people mad if they don't learn it properly.
* ''[[Chasing the Sunset]]'' had a [http://www.fantasycomic.com/index.php?p=c311 moment] when [[The Fair Folk|Feiht]] suddenly screamed and fell to the ground at a party. Turns out, she ran into a witch.
{{quote|'''Cynthia''': I merely introduced her to a concept so revolting, so fearsome to [[Sticky Fingers|the pixie]] mind the mere name didst make her pass out. {{spoiler|(Income taxes)}} }}
* ''[[Does Not Play Well With Others]]'' has an arc about "[http://www.doesnotplaywellwithothers.com/comic/pwc-0135 The Yellow Boy King]" - something between ''The Yellow Kid'' and [[The King in Yellow]]'' (see a description of its effects 2 pages later).
* ''[[Vexxarr]]'' has a creature whose whining (whether vocal or in text form) can make AIs suffer, enough that they are incapacitated or self-destruct. Advanced ones can develop resistance via exposure to small doses, however.
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