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A [[Super-Trope]] to [[Screaming At Squick]] (a specific reaction to this).

 

 

For those subjects that make you or the audience want to reach for the Brain Bleach, don't list them here. This is for in-universe reactions only.

 

== Anime & Manga ==

** For those who don't know, Kokoro looks like [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/d/db/Kokoro_mermaid.jpg this].

** Lampshaded by Chopper, who notices that peoples memories about Kokoro disappear when they meet Camie.

* In ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', Mirajane decides to imagine what Elfman and Evergreen's child would look like, then is traumatized.

** In the first [[OVA]], Natsu, Gray, and Gajeel accidentally see Makarov naked, with accompanying horror and disgust. "My eyes!"

* In ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index]]'', during the [[Freaky Friday Flip]] incident, this is Touma's reaction to his mother in Index's body and Index in Aogami Pierce's body.

 

* [[Spider-Man]] goes to shower after seeing J. Jonah Jameson Sr. in bed with his Aunt May.

{{quote| '''Peter:''' "[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5bcfpMCxb6I/SgbNV8-fMTI/AAAAAAAAFOg/siYBDHIV5lI/s1600-h/Spider-Man+%23593+003.jpg Must...Wash...Brain...]"}}

{{quote| "Just keep going, Peter, it's nothing that gouging out your eyes and washing them in sulphuric acid won't fix..."}}

* After having her suit stolen by...[[Gonk|A less-than-attractive guy]]... [[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]]'s thought bubbles read as follows:

{{quote| '''Emma Frost:''' J. Jonah Jameson'll be tongue-kissing Spider-Man before the X-Men catch a little public favor.<br />

'''Shadowcat:''' Why do you insist on saying things I can never unhear? }}

{{quote| ''And she thinks, "How long have I been married to...?" And she thinks, "How many times did...?" And she knows what the bad thing is, and where the stench is coming from.''}}

** To give people ample warning on that spoiler: scrubbing her flesh until she passes out with horror and blood loss is so far removed from what's under the spoiler, that people reading the comic frequently forget that Abby likely mutilated herself in an unsuccessful attempt to get clean after her realization. You have been warned.

(''beat'')<br />

'''Amelia''': (''[[Breaking the Fourth Wall|voice over]]'') Why don't I give you a minute to erase that horrible image...Okay, ready? }}

** In another example, Jeremy peeks around the corner only to catch his mother in a leotard practicing for her Zumba dance class (with her boobs jiggling in the air). He promptly asks his dad if there's a way to erase an image burned into his retina.

** And the time his mother commented on an oldie he was strumming on his guitar: his parents had that song playing when he was conceived. Cue Jeremy with his head under the tap, running hot water into his ear.

{{quote| "Only death can release me!"}}

* [http://nerdiest-kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Deadpool24.jpg This] little moment, courtesy of [[Deadpool]].

** This is also done in [[Dragon Ball Abridged]] in response to the [[Eye Scream]].

{{quote| '''Vegeta''': This is like looking at Freeza in the shower, Wait he's always naked....*Vegeta screams in disgust at the mental image*}}

** And [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND39-Halloween-prequel2-102070423 this] when picturing [[The Phantom of the Opera|Erik]] as a basement dwelling [[Otaku]]

{{quote| '''[[The Phantom of the Opera|Christine]]''':"[[Sailor Moon|Moon Healing Power]] Erase the bad mental images!!"}}

{{quote| '''[[The Phantom of the Opera|Erik]]''':"...can't unsee..." *whimper*}}

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4469720/1/SLASH One really funny FanFiction] involves [[Batman]], Barbara Gordon, Alfred, and Robin discovering someone had posted disturbing Joker/Batman slashfic online for everyone to read. Barbara and Dick react ''very badly'' to reading it (and no doubt the reader as well, unless they ''like'' [[Foe Yay|that sort]] [[Rule 34|of thing]]):

* [[Chew Toy|Often invoked to no avail]] in the Sailor Horus continuity of [[Lovehammer Inc]].

* A [[Running Gag]] (and theme) in ''[[Of Love and Bunnies]]" is that [[Power Rangers Dino Thunder|Kira and her teammates]] find it very hard to see their mentor, [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Tommy]], as a person, much less a person with a sex life. As such, they frequently try to unsee things they have seen. Including the entire original Power Rangers team ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]) doing the Tootsie Roll in the middle of the sidewalk.

{{quote| '''Utsuho ''(referring to Nitori)'':''' She's really shy! It's so cute! You have to see it sometime!<br />

'''Ryan ''(thoughts)'':''' Well, now you have a whole bunch of images of shy lolis running through my mind. Oh, that can ''not'' be healthy. [[Invoked Trope|Brain bleach, gooooooo!]]<br />

{{quote| '''Sam:''' ''Your parents...well, our parents...are all upstairs.''<br />

'''Jet:''' ''"Upstairs? but there's nothing you've got upstairs but...'' ([[Fridge Horror]] as Jet realizes what their parents are doing...) ''Get over here, Sam. You fucking owe me vodka.'' }}

** Another example in ''Once Bitten, Twice Shy''. After Applejack learns...through experiment...the significance of [[Fantastic Arousal|a unicorn's horn]], she sprints away from Rarity planning to scrub clean her hoof ''and'' her brain. It takes the poor girl several pages before she can look a unicorn in the face without flinching.

{{quote| '''Edgeworth:''' This is just like that one episode of the Steel Samurai where he meets the Pink Princess! '''''WHEEEEEEE!!!!'''''<br />

''[Back to the real world]''<br />

'''Phoenix:''' ''(Doctor, I'd like the part of my brain responsible for that image lobotomized, please...)'' }}

 

 

*** '''''[[Animal Reaction Shot|SO DOES THE GODDAMN DOLPHIN!]]''''' (er, both of them, as in Dan Marino and Snowflake.)

*** There's more to that. {{spoiler|When Ace strips her down to her underwear but she still appears to lack the evidence, Dan Marino calls his attention to reveal one more detail. Ace strolls back to her and turns her around, revealing that she still has her equipment...''[[Squick|on her ass]]''.}} Cue the SWATs doing the retching routine. And they even put in the same music as when he had his own revelation!

* ''[[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]]'' is about what it would be like if Brain Bleach really existed. Note that [[Jim Carrey]], responsible for the ''Ace Ventura'' example above, plays it painfully straight here.

{{quote| '''K:''' I've just been down the gullet of an interstellar cockroach. That's one of a hundred memories I don't want.}}

* ''Quick Change''. After witnessing a faux-medieval event in a poor Hispanic neighborhood with two men ''jousting on bicycles with rakes'', Loomis sums up the mood perfectly.

{{quote| '''Loomis:''' It's bad luck just ''seeing'' something like that!}}

* In ''[[Whip It]]'', Pash is incredibly drunk and about to puke, but it won't come out. Bliss tells her to imagine her dad naked. It works.

* ''[[Inland Empire]]'': ''The face''.....th............th-THE FACE!

'''Mal:''' Oh, God! I can't ''know'' that!<br />

'''Jayne:''' [[Handsome Lech|I could stand to hear a little more.]] }}

 

== Literature ==

* Done heartbreakingly in the ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'' novelization, where Obi-Wan wishes he could tear his eyes out after seeing Anakin's [[Face Heel Turn]] (particularly, his {{spoiler|[[Moral Event Horizon|murder of the younglings]]}}).

* In ''Paths Not Taken'', [[Nightside|John Taylor]] intuits what disturbing source the Time Tower draws its power from. Having learned this, he says that he's seriously considering scrubbing out his frontal lobes with steel wool.

* Theon Greyjoy/Asha Greyjoy. Groping, near-sex. Poor Theon needs some [[Brain Bleach]], stat!

* In ''[[Discworld|Unseen Academicals]]'', Glenda views a stored memory {{spoiler|of [[Ax Crazy]] orcs in battle}} at the Department of Post-Mortem Communications. The memory is three seconds long, and she spends the several seconds to follow trying to excise the previous three seconds from her own.

* The protagonist of Algernon Blackwood's "The Man Who Found Out" learned something so repellent from an ancient tablet that he ''literally'' had his brain bleached, demanding that a hypnotist eliminate the abhorrent knowledge via [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]].

* In the [[Manly Wade Wellman]] story "The Desrick on Yandro", there's a creature called a Behinder. Nobody knows what it looks like, for it always attacks its victims from behind. John happens to be looking at Yandro when one makes its move:

{{quote| "The Behinder flung itself on his shoulders. Then I knew why nobody's supposed to see one. I wish I hadn't. To this day I can see it, as plain as a fence at noon, and forever will I be able to see it. But talking about it's another matter. Thank you, I won't try."}}

''[Martin enters with water and sees the commotion.]''<br />

'''Martin''': I leave you alone with him for two seconds! }}

{{quote| '''[[Nightmare Fetishist|Sam]]:''' Check out this new video I found called Neck Infection.<br />

'''Carly:''' Okay.<br />

'''Chandler:''' Oh come on, we're roommates. ''(enters bathroom, runs out screaming)'' GAAAAAAH! MY EYES! ''MY EYES!'' }}

** In "The One Where Everyone Finds Out", Phoebe sees Chandler and Monica having sex, and screams the ''exact'' same dialogue.

{{quote| '''Ethan:''' Dear God, what is this?!<br />

'''Kat:''' It's a tongue!<br />

'''Ethan:''' It's not in a mouth! }}

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** There was another episode, "Two and A Half Deaths", wherein a man accidentally sees a man and a woman get down to business in front of him (he was hiding in a closet with wooden-slat doors).

{{quote| "Some things, once you see 'em, you can't unsee."}}

{{quote| '''Tony:''' Is there a way you can psychologically ''un''see something?}}

* In ''[[Hannah Montana]]'', after finding out that {{spoiler|the reason Oliver calls Lily "Lilypop"}} is because {{spoiler|he liked her even when she had a pimple}}, Miley replies, "I could have lived my whole life without knowing that."

{{quote| '''Hagrid:''' ''(to Hermione)'' Hello, who are you?<br />

'''Hermione:''' Hagrid, it's Hermione.<br />

'''Hagrid:''' ''(pause)'' Nope. }}

* ''[[Web Soup]]'' offers a "Palate Cleanser" clip (usually cute animals acting cute) to serve as much-needed [[Brain Bleach]] following the disturbing "Things You Can't Unsee" segment.

{{quote| ''Greg has just performed a song about vacuum cleaners as a German cabaret girl''<br />

'''Drew:''' $1,000 to whoever can find me a brain scrubber, so that I can get the image of that tongue-wagging out of my head so I can sleep tonight... }}

{{quote| '''Max''': Our dad kisses your poster!}}

* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Beast Below" had the characters receiving horrified messages from themselves, recorded just before they applied Brain Bleach to themselves. {{spoiler|The ship they were on could only keep its inhabitants alive by torturing the last surviving [[Space Whale|Star Whale]], and anyone who got in trouble in sight of the [[Monster Clown|Monster Clowns]], not including children, was fed to the whale to keep on a perpetual motion device of suffering.}}

** Another episode sees Al after a seeing a fat woman's underwear at the shoe store.

{{quote| '''Al:''' First thing they teach you when you're a rookie salesman is never look up. I looked up, Peg. I saw underwear. It said Saturday.<br />

'''Al:''' TODAY'S WEDNESDAY! }}

* On ''[[The Daily Show]]'', during a January 2011 segment on how all the zodiac signs have changed, Jason Jones reveals a rather...Um...Revealing tattoo. Jon Stewart replied that he'd probably have to get the image burned from his brain by laser.

* ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'': Upon hearing about his father swimming nude at the lodge, Ray says, "I'm gonna gouge out my eyes." Which in turn prompts Robert to reply, "But you can't gouge out your ''mind's'' eye."

* Quoth Sean of ''[[Hustle]]'', after seeing Eddie pretending to be a [[Fan Disservice|stripper]]: "I'm gonna wash my eyes out, with ''mouthwash''."

{{quote| '''Annie:''' First, he said it was 69. I wanna rub Purell on my brain.}}

* ''[[Dollhouse]]'' recruited its doll volunteers from people who were desperate to forget something.

* ''[[Scrubs]]'' - This dialogue between Dr. Cox and Carla:

{{quote| '''Dr. Cox:''' Just the organs, Bob, don't need the visual of old men with erections.<br />

 

== Mystery Science Theater 3000 ==

* ''[[Eegah]]''

{{quote| '''Tom:''' I'm being punished for something, I know it. What did I do? I DIDN'T ASK TO SEE THIS MOVIE!}}

* ''[[I Was a Teenage Werewolf]]''

{{quote| '''Crow:''' Mike, I'm going to ask you to kill me now... Mike, please kill me.}}

{{quote| '''Crow:''' How can we make a sketch when we have to watch...uh...uh...uh...'''MANOS! THE HANDS OF FATE...'''}}

* ''[[Hobgoblins]]''

* ''[[Invasion of the Neptune Men]]''

{{quote| '''Crow:''' To be dead...To be nothing...To watch ''Neptune Men'' no more...}}

{{quote| '''Crow:''' ''[mocking the narration]'' There was no ''dignity'' for anyone who worked on this film!}}

* "Robot Rumpus", a [[Gumby]] cartoon short preceding ''[[The Screaming Skull]]'', after the Bots seeing a robot's head hung on a wall:

{{quote| '''Crow:''' Now I need years of powerful Adlerian therapy.<br />

'''Tom:''' They hung his ''head!'' This is worse than ''[[Film/Seven|Seven]]''. }}

{{quote| '''Servo:''' Smolkin's naked sometimes, Mike.<br />

'''Mike:''' ''(cringing)'' Damn you, Servo! }}

* ''[[Attack of the Eye Creatures|Attack Of The The Eye Creatures]]''. The final scene with the the [[Covert Pervert]] [[The Scrappy|Scrappy Military Officers]]:

{{quote| '''Tom:''' Joel, I ''demand'' you take my head off.}}

{{quote| '''Crow:''' Wh-wha-WHOA! ''That'' took my soul, right there!}}

* ''[[The Giant Spider Invasion]]''. The cast screams upon seeing filthy Wisconsin hick Dan Kester in his ''stained'' pajamas.

'''Crow:''' That's it. I'm gonna be a monk.<br />

''(Crow and Servo make gagging noises as they kiss.)'' }}

{{quote| '''Crow:''' Now, wait a minute -- how did ''she'' turn into a bat? The only contact she had with him was in the hotel, and... ''[long, awkward pause]'' [[Squick|...Oh my God.]]<br />

'''Tom:''' Gahh!<br />

** ''[[The Horror of Party Beach]]''. The bots' reaction to Mike dancing in tiny bikini briefs.

{{quote| '''Crow:''' Part of me will never be back. Part of me is gone forever.}}

* Special Mention goes to ''Child Bride''. When watching this movie, the producers decided that they would never use it in their show. There's a hilarious moment in one interview.

{{quote| '''Kevin:''' ''"I remember now that hillbilly... teenage..."''<br />

 

== Mythology ==

* There's also nepenthe, which really is [[Brain Bleach]].

* This is the express purpose of the waters of the river Lethe -- to utterly remove one's memories of his or her past life.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

 

 

== Video Games ==

{{quote| '''Joker:''' ''Me? In a thong?''}}

** Speaking of ''Sam and Max'', in one of their comic book adventures, Max, in the previous panel having been unarmed, is suddenly waving around a rather large firearm. Sam asks, [[Hyperspace Arsenal|"Where did you have that thing hidden, li'l buddy?"]] Max's response exemplifies this trope: "None of your damn business."

** Happens again in ''Beyond The Alley Of The Dolls.'' Flint Paper leaves to go "kill a few neurons" after seeing {{spoiler|Girl Stinky kiss Sam.}}

** In ''Ice Station Santa'', Sam and Max both want their eyes clawed out after seeing Bosco's latest disguise. {{spoiler|He's not wearing one.}}

** Another, and possibly funnier, exchange occurs when you accept a male hooker's invitation with Bethany in the party, but decline when she protests

{{quote| '''Bethany:''' Maker's breath! Can't you...do this when I'm not around?<br />

'''Hawke:''' Fine. I'll do this some other day.<br />

'''Bethany:''' It's too late. The images are already in my mind and they will never, ever go away. }}

** Prior to that:

{{quote| '''Phoenix:''' So the particular feature you recognize about the waitress is...her outfit!? But anyone could wear just such a uniform! ''Even me!''<br />

'''Judge:''' Mr. Wright! Please spare the court of any further mental anguish from that image. }}

{{quote| '''Kott:''' "'The sky boils, the sea burns, the soil begs forgiveness.' You ever heard anything like that?"<br />

'''Qualstio:''' "No, but, it's pretty creepy. I wish I could un-hear it." }}

 

 

'''Staghorn:''' We gotta run! RUN!<br />

'''Oxhorn:''' ''RETREAT TO THUNDER BLUFF!''<br />

{{quote| '''Homestar Runner:''' Mainly, I just want to keep 'em from making out.<br />

'''Strong Bad:''' Ewww! The disgust! It won't wash off! }}

{{quote| '''Dream James Joyce:''' I wrote you a letter.<br />

'''Hark:''' Get away from me, James Joyce! }}

* The author of ''Handsome Fungus'' is [http://www.savetinytim.com/handsomefungus/ already carsick], and [[It Got Worse]].

* ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]''. [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2000/03/03/ This strip].

{{quote| "My stomach is in my throat now. It's trying to spit acid on the parts of my brain that remember reading his message."}}

** The incident during the cloning of General Hugo Matsui Xinchub in an effort to be paid five times for one job. [[Squick|Clones are grown in slime-filled]] [[People Jars]] [[Squick|and do not have clothing.]] This frequently elicits minor comments of disgust when main characters are being partially cloned as an extreme medical measure -- but Xinchub is morbidly obese, to boot.

{{quote| '''Kevyn:''' That's overkill. I'm shooting for "Don't think about Elf." and you're taking us all the way to "I need to gouge out my eyes."}}

** While they are at brain-fixing, 'Chelle wants [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2012-01-05 to wipe the memories of her clarinet lessons].

{{quote| '''Roy:''' Excuse me, I need to soak my brain in acid now....Maybe my ears, too.}}

** It should be noted that this was fully intentional on Belkar's part. He could tell that it was Roy by the scent, and is apparently secure in his masculinity — not to mention extremely sadistic.

** "Am I drunk enough yet that I won't remember getting out-logicked by [[Cloudcuckoolander|Elan]]?"

** 753 has Belkar attacking Roy mentally once again. He's definitely getting a lot out of that feat level in Craft Disturbing Mental Image.

{{quote| '''Kat:''' Ugh! I need new eyes and a new brain!}}

** Annie was shocked merely by observing two kissing Merostomatozons ("very distantly related to eurypterids and xiphosura").

{{quote| '''Robin:''' I don't care if trepanning is no longer considered a valid medical procedure. I need you to cut a hole in my skull and ''pour in this bleach''.}}

* [http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/308 This strip] of ''[[Loserz]]''.

** When a security guard saw Helix's topiary rendition of Sam as a reclining nude, he [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1300/fc01274.htm had to be physically restrained]: "''My eyes! I have to '''[[Eye Scream|pull out my eyes]]!''' If I don't I might see it again! I have to pull out my eyes!''"

** Robots commit data from short term memory to long term memory about every 24 hours in a procedure similar to sleep. Thus "staying awake" for extra 24 hours after a particularly nasty day will overwrite that day's memories and experiences, serving as general purpose [[Brain Bleach]].

* Mark from ''[[Sexy Losers]]'' plaintive cry (brought on by the antics of his roommate and his roommate's sister) of "I don't want my eyes anymore!"

** In one guest comic, he goes for a more "realistic" solution when his roommate {{spoiler|uses him as masturbation fodder}} -- incredible amounts of cocaine.

{{quote| '''Aeris:''' SWEET HOLY HELL! SOMEONE GOUGE OUT MY EYES!}}

** Also, the infamous Fox/Falco [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=221 comic.] For the readers. [[Yaoi Fangirl|Unless you're into that.]]

{{quote| '''Evil Soldier #???:''' AAAGH! The goggles! They do nothing!<br />

'''Evil Soldier #565:''' Okay, I'm going to go dump chemically potent cleaning solutions into my eyes now. Join me if the mood arises. }}

** Made all the more funny when {{spoiler|1=eventually, [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1079 it] [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1080 did] [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1081 happen].}}

** And then commemorated in a [http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=QC-RUINED-BLACK&Category_Code=QC shirt.]

** There's also [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=513 Jimbo's, erm, wallet picture]. "[[I Need a Freaking Drink|Now I DO need a drink.]] To throw into my EYES."

** [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=810 Happy birthday, Grandma!]

{{quote| '''Cypress:''' Doing any better down there?<br />

'''Jigsaw:''' ''(weakly)'' My brain wants bleach please... }}

* ''[[Full Frontal Nerdity]]'' gave us a number of unpleasant mental images, including [[Hot Skitty-On-Wailord Action|mind flayers and lizardmen reproducing]]. Considering that mind flayers are [[Naughty Tentacles|betentacled]] [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]], the screams of "THIS IS WORSE THAN HENTAI!" and "MUST DUMP CLOROX IN EARS!" seem entirely justified.

** It should be noted that Frank was intentionally trying to [[Squick]] the other characters in that panel.

** And [http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/cad/20090909 this one].

* [http://wapsisquare.com/2009/03/13/ These] [http://wapsisquare.com/2009/03/16/ two] ''[[Wapsi Square]]'' strips.

** It is even the title of the strip [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/brain-bleaching/ here.] And it is used as a verb.

* In ''[[Nip and Tuck]]'', after being shown a picture of [http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00583.html previous Pop's Girls], Nip asks about the fox cutie, stating that she was hot. Pop responds that that is Nip's mom. He then asks his brother to take a toilet brush and run it through his brain a few times.

{{quote| '''Riff:''' Whisky double straight up.<br />

'''Bun-Bun:''' Alfalfa margarita, hold the alfalfa.<br />

** And now we have Lau [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/100630 in response to Dr. Nofun explaining] how even dating is better without women.

** In "Safehouse", Riff is looking a way to undo the effects of a hypnotic pattern spread via the Internet, and in the process runs across some [[Rule 34|zombie pornography]] on its creator's computer. When he does manage to send out hypnotic patterns to undo the previous ones, he also includes the command "unsee the zombie porn".

* In the female dominant webcomic ''[[Girly]]'', the most important male character, Officer Policeguy, has a clear sign of brain bleach. He begins the comic with long hair and bishounen looks. During the beginning of the comic, he almost has sex with El Chupacabre, a man with the ability to attract any woman or man that looks somewhat like a woman, even if they are straight. He is traumatized, cuts his hair shorter, and blocks out the event completely from his mind when questioned about it later. However, when El Chupacabre accidentally falls on him later on, the horrible memory comes rushing back and starts cursing dramatically at him.

* Used in a rhyming ''[[Captain SNES]]'' non-canon [[Wonderful Life]]-ish storyline (the angel was drunk, so she took him to the wrong "what if" universe) when Alex realizes that the chick he's been checking out is his own opposite-gendered parallel universe equivalent.

* ''[[Badly Drawn Kitties]]'': [http://www.badlydrawnkitties.com/new/20100422.html this strip].

* Sweden learns something new about his sister in this episode of [http://humon.deviantart.com/art/Bonding-over-Porn-160345368 Scandinavia and the World].

* In ''[[Blur the Lines]]'', Drew asks for ear bleach after Rick explains [http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=393 the difference between under armor and spandex.]

{{quote| '''Mimic''': Goal: Achieved! Also...Brain: Scarred!}}

* [http://www.akril15.com/wssquid/index.php?page=comics&s=255&pp=3 ''Who Says Space Quest is Dead''] - Xandra mentions she's seen a [[Crack Pairing]] [[Slash Fic]] between Vohaul (of ''[[Space Quest]]'') and Manannan (of ''[[King's Quest]]''). Roger goes off to get himself killed so that he can remove the image from his head. (Scary thing is, this is based on a ''real'' slashfic with that pairing that actually exists. It's ''just'' as mind-scarring as it sounds.)

{{quote| '''Citizen:''' Thank the Lord I brought my '''''lucky pliers''''' today! Nothing for it but to pull out my own eyeballs and '''''stamp''''' on them...Only way to be sure I never see that again.<br />

'''Citizen #2:''' Hey, after you with those pliers? }}

{{quote| "Hm...maybe I can destroy this memory by drinking turpentine."}}

* In ''[[Nip and Tuck]]'', [http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00583.html be wary of admiring photos from a time when your mother was a girl].

* Creepknight from ''[[Voodoo Walrus]]'' seemed to hold it together well through everything. Until finding out how his boss [http://voodoowalrus.com/?p=43 powered his underwater "Doomcano" publishing house].

** Justin could probably use some [[Brain Bleach]] [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-01-31 here.]

* ''[[Skin Horse]]'', [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/skinhorse/series.php?view=archive&chapter=49716#198418 here].

* In ''[[Exiern]]'', after [http://www.exiern.com/?p=1033 accidentally picturing her father] being involved in [[Orphaned Etymology|Yaoi Porn]], Princess Peonie has this reaction:

{{quote| Princess Peonie: It's only by sheer will that I'm not jamming a spoon up my nostril to scoop out the mental image in my head.}}

** Anything Fred Bedderhead sends in.

* ''[[Protectors of the Plot Continuum]]'' features Bleeprin, a mixture of bleach and aspirin, and Bleepka, which is Bleeprin in [[I Need a Freaking Drink|vodka]], which are taken to purge the memory of bad fanfic. The agents go through a lot of them.

* The original [[Hamster Dance]] did this to many people --it was even turned into a commercial to show how truly disturbing and annoying the site really was.

* Jericho's clothing in the [[Whateley Universe]]. Jericho is a (sort of) blind deviser who deliberately wears clothing so horrible that people - mutant superpowered people - flee in terror. He hangs with a guy who looks like a humanoid velociraptor, a girl who looks like a naga, monster-girl twins who cast a fear aura, and it's his clothing choices that upset nearby people.

* ''[[Loading Ready Run]]'' had a sketch called "Forget About It" which was about Graham getting his brain bleached. It can be seen [http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/454/Forget-About-It here]

* From the [[Gag Sub]] of ''[[Mahou Sentai Magiranger]]: [[The Movie]]''

{{quote| [http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/comedy/watch/v158356834GaeCwxr "That's the second time today that I've heard WAY MORE THAN I NEEDED TO KNOW!!"]}}

* After [[Demyx Time|Axel]] discovers that Larxene slept with Xigbar (along with most of the rest of the Organization).

{{quote| '''Axel''': Xigbar?<br />

'''Larxene''': *nods* Uh-huh.<br />

'''Axel''': Tell you what, I'll be back in about a half an hour, there's some stuff I really, quite desperately need to bleach, so if you would please—* leaves the room followed by screams of pain* }}

{{quote| '''Snob:''' Wasn't ''that'' something? It was a [[Squick|comedically-dubbed rape film]]. ''Holy shit!'' The bath I just took now needs to take a bath!}}

** In his review of ''[[A Serbian Film]]'', Brad says it's the only film he regrets watching (and that includes gross [[Parallel Porn Titles]] and stuff such as ''[[Las Vegas Bloodbath]]''!) and that he "wishes to unsee it, but can't".

 

== Western Animation ==

** "Oh, I'm never gonna be able to eat ice cream aga-OH MY GOD!"

** "Can you imagine if two GUYS did that!? Let's Google it and see what comes up!"

** After he saw a picture of Meg in a two-piece, he prayed it wasn't his first memory.

** Upon seeing Brian dressed like Lois he said, "All right, so, uh, I'm just gonna go out in the hallway and throw up about something else."

** Hank voluntarily had his memory wiped after finding out that {{spoiler|the woman he lost his virginity to slept with his father and gave birth to his best friend.}}

** The episode where the Simpsons go skiing, Homer freaks out at [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|the sight of Flanders in a skin-tight ski suit.]]

{{quote| '''Flanders''': "Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all!"<br />

'''Homer''': "MUST WASH EYES!" }}

** Later in the same episode, Odysseus's crew see the sirens (Patty and Selma); one yells ''Someone, gouge out my eyes!''

** Aunt Patty declared herself a lesbian ("There goes the last lingering thread of my heterosexuality!") after seeing Homer run naked through the kitchen in the "Treehouse of Horror" segment, "Clown Without Pity."

** The police charge into Comic Book Guy's place and see him and Mrs. Skinner having sex -- Eddie promptly vomits at the sight, and Lou reassures him "It's okay, you wouldn't be human if you didn't react like that."

{{quote| '''Wiggum''': Uh, Comic Book Guy, you're under arrest for the possession of illegal videos. But we'll reduce your sentence if you put your pants on -- fast!}}

{{quote| '''Bart:''' ''(dreamily)'' I'll never wash these eyes again.}}

{{quote| '''Stan:''' Oh, come on! [Bullock] rode me like an animal for three hours! Do you have any idea what that's like?!<br />

''(Hayley folds her arms and cocks an eyebrow at her father)''<br />

{{quote| '''Batgirl:''' [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|What do you think they do on a date?]]<br />

'''Batman:''' ...I'd rather not think about it. }}

** In "Bucketheads" during Milo's fashion show, Helga eats her bacon dress off her body and ends up naked. One of the Hill kids yells, "Please, God, someone poke my eyes out!"

** If that doesn't double as a [[Writer Revolt]], I don't know what does.

* The ''[[Time Squad]]'' episode "The Prime Minister Has No Clothes":

'''Otto''': I gotta wash my eyes! }}

{{quote| '''Sheen:''' I have seen things so horrible they will never ever go away no matter how much I think of soap.}}

** In the [[Musical Episode]] when Doofensmirtz rips off his clothes to vent his feelings in song, Perry's priceless expression suggests that he wished he had some brain bleach.

* In the second Stinkmeaner episode of ''[[The Boondocks]]'', Grandpa Freeman takes off his ''underwear'' in front of Huey and Riley. Riley throws up.