Malfunction Malady: Difference between revisions

== Literature ==

 

* The entire plot of ''[[The Exploits of Ebenezum]]'' (and further sequels [[The Wanderings of Wuntvor]]) by Craig Shaw Gardner revolves around this. Ebenezum, a talented hedge wizard, accidentally summons a demon and is somehow cursed by the Netherhells while sending him back. This causes him to develop an "allergy" to magic, interrupting every one of his spells with a thunderous sneeze. At first this is thought to be the work of said demon, but later even he proves unable to reverse it. So his bumbling apprentice Wuntvor has to help him get from one place to another looking for a cure. In case it wasn't obvious, this is a quite funny modern fantasy parody.

* In ''[[Young Wizards|So You Want To Be A Wizard?]]'', Nita and Kit unintentionally transport [[Some Call Me... Tim|Fred]] the sentient white hole to them. White holes emit stuff - usualy energy. Most of his mass and energy is stored in a [[Hammerspace|temporal-spatial pocket]] so that he can travel at all, and the act of traveling has made him a bit woozy - it gives him a bad case of the hiccups. When he hiccups, he emits stuff. And by stuff...good luck trying to explain the Learjet that just appeared in the middle of the field.

* In [[The Wheel of Time]] Elayne Trakand becomes pregnant, and the Aiel Wise Ones inform her that she will occasionally be unable to channel.

== Live Action TV ==

 

* ''[[The Secret World of Alex Mack]]'': Alex got bubble hiccups, sneezed herself into a puddle, and lost control of her electricity. Exposure to several chemicals in other episodes reacted with the [[Super Serum|GC-161]] and made her sick in ways like: parts of her body randomly morphing into water, out of control aggression, and static electricity.

* ''[[Star Trek]],'' "Plato's Stepchildren": One of the Platonians (or whatever they were called) was sick, and since they had telekinetic powers, that made furniture fly around as if there was a hurricane. Dr. McCoy cured him, and they showed their gratitude by forcing the Starfleet officers to star in a [[Kissing Under the Influence|sadistic puppet show]].

* ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' used it at least twice. One was when Sabrina caught spellfluenza, which is a 24-hour sickness that causes one's powers to be transferred to the nearest person when one sneezes. Assuming they are the nearest person again during the next sneeze, the powers come back. Wouldn't you know it, the person who got her powers was Libby. The other was when Hilda caught punitis, a disease in which everything she said resulted in a bad [[Visual Pun]] occurring (for example, when she asked for some ice cream, a screaming disembodied eye appeared in the freezer).

** Another example occurs in "Centennial Charmed" when Paige gets a cold and accidently teleports whenever she sneezes.

* [[Smallville]]: Clark Kent discovers his super breath when he catches a cold, sneezes, and blows the barn door off its hinges and across the entire county, almost decapitating Lois. Much of the episode is spent trying to come up with believable reasons why the Kent barn door appeared in the middle of nowhere.

== Western Animation ==

 

** When Starfire went through Tamaranian puberty, she developed a number of strange and unattractive features before returning to normal and having the ability to fire starbolts [[Eye Beams|out her eyes]].

** Similar to Beast Boy above, her allergy to metallic chromium also causes her to sneeze rather explosively.

* In an episode of ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'', Cosmo's Phygigly Gland (which controls a fairy's transforming powers) starts acting up, necessitating a transplant from Cosmo's [[Evil Twin]] Anti-Cosmo.

** A much earlier episode had Cosmo catching the "Fairy Flu", which caused him to randomly lose control over his powers every time he sneezed (one sneeze summoned a merry go round, another transported the house to the moon, etc.). For [[Rule of Funny|some reason]], feeding him lots of sauerkraut cured him.

** The plan ultimately turns on the Predacons when Rhinox gets sick of being an [[Annoying Patient]] and decides to inflict himself on them.

* In one episode of [[Care Bears|Adventures in Care-a-Lot]], Funshine got a case of Bubbles, which made him cough up bubbles every time he hiccuped and start floating away.