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Doesn't cover characters just speaking metaphorically.<ref>A key difference between this trope and [[Tastes Like Feet]] is that normally it would be impossible for people to taste or hear colors, but it is quite possible for people to taste things like feet and motor oil. The exception of course is those with the condition synesthesia. And most of the color examples at [[Tastes Like Feet]] are metaphors: a food with color X is described as tasting like color X. Those don't belong here. Only include examples where a character is made to taste (or hear or see, but taste is most common) something which rightfully does not have a taste at all.</ref> The character tastes something which rightfully does not have a taste at all, or experiences other synesthetic weirdness. May be related to [[Insubstantial Ingredients]], where whatever they're eating actually ''contains'' abstract concepts.

 

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== Comic Books ==

* Happens in a strip of ''[[Hsu and Chan]]'', where the game they make ends up being [[Nintendo Hard|so hard, the console ejects the disc at high velocity into their test player's skull.]]

'''Stephanie:''' "You say that like it's a bad thing." }}

 

* In ''[[In Flight]]'', Shirou's ability to sense magical phenomena is interpreted by his brain in terms of smells. Normally when trying to identify the various Sekirei's powers, this is pretty straightforward, however in [[Lady of War|Miya's]] case, one aspect of her aura, he can only describe as smelling like "remorse".

* In ''[[My Immortal]]'', Ebony says something "indigoally" at one point.

* Nightmare from ''[[Nightmarefics]]'' asks for square-flavored licorice in one chapter.

 

== Film ==

* ''[[History of the World Part One]]'': "Everything's so ''green''!"

* One of the [[tagline]]s for ''[[Fantasia]]'' was "Hear the pictures! See the music!"

* In ''[[Hudson Hawk]]'', while pretending to be crazy, Anna intones: "What does the color blue taste like? Bobo knows!"

 

== Literature ==

{{quote|'''Ridcully''': What sound ''looks'' like. Hey, [[Sarcasm Mode|we've got some cheese in the kitchen, why don't we go listen to how it smells?]]}}

** Also in [[Discworld]]: {{smallcaps|Infinity is blue. Trust me}}.

** There also exists a cult of monks who are determined to find out what the creation of the universe sounded like. In order to become an member, one has to listen to a coin being flipped 50 miles away and correctly identify if it landed heads or tails. In order to become a master, one has to also be able to identify the color of the coin.

* ''[[Neuromancer]]'': Molly suffers this due to the side effects of some painkillers 3Jane gives her. Case, being jacked into her senses, gets to "enjoy" it too.

* An ''[[Animorphs]]'' book offhandedly mentioned that Jake and Marco once spend an entire afternoon [[Seinfeldian Conversation|arguing]] on whether cheese could taste green.

* In ''[[The Hunger Games]] Catching Fire'', when Katniss and Peeta are at the capital, Katniss mentions in passing eating a soup that she describes in her narration as "tasting like springtime."

 

* ''[[Firefly]]'', where everything goes bendy for Jayne.

* ''[[Ugly Betty]]'': This trope is said word-for-word by Betty, who at the time was accidentally drugged by perfume. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].

* ''[[Survivor]]'': The final 4 tie vote in Survivor: Marquesas was decided by a random drawing of rocks. Whoever gets the purple rock goes home. One of the contestants said "Oh, it feels like purple" when he picked his rock. Guess who got sent home?

* ''[[Greg the Bunny]]'': In the first episode, Tardy the Turtle is eating crayons and says "Crayons taste like purple"

* ''[[Glee]]'': In "Blame it on the Alcohol", Rachel declares that the wine cooler "tastes like pink!"

 

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* ''[[Eberron]]'' 's Dal Quor is the region of dreams, and the kalashtar are descended from refugees. The "Races of Eberron" [[Splatbook|supplement]] mentions that they may have memories of "tasting colors or smelling sounds."

 

== Theatre ==

''Osborne'': Its got a very deep yellow flavour }}

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* In ''[[Adventure Quest]]'', the elemental type of damage for wyverns' poison attacks is "purple".

* When consuming a tiny bottle of absinthe in ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'', the resulting message says the absinthe "tastes like licorice, pain, and green.

* In ''[[League of Legends]]'' the champion Lulu the Fae Sorceress is a young Yordle girl who went off with [[The Fair Folk|a fairy]] for a few centuries to learn their magic and became total [[Cloudcuckoolander]] as a result. One of her lines is "Yup! That tasted purple!"

 

== Web Comics ==

* In ''[[Freefall]],'' Florence asks two robots "What does my name smell like?" Although is this case she was trying to get the robots to see things from other peoples point of view. It's actually an elegantly simple yet effective Turing test. Non-Sapient AIs simply [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff800/fv00725.htm declare the question nonsensical] and thus [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff800/fv00726.htm unanswerable] and move on; Sapient AIs ask themselves, "Why would she ask me what her name ''smells'' like?" and work from there (starting at [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff800/fv00727.htm this strip]).

* The result of a [http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1126.html bar fight concussion], in ''[[The Whiteboard]]''.

* In one ''[[Real Life Comics]]'' [http://reallifecomics.com/archive/090102.html strip], Liz and Greg bring "the world's first sparkling liqueur" to a new year's party.

{{quote|'''Liz:''' How does it taste?

'''Greg:''' ''Pink''. Very, ''very'' pink. }}

* Terezi from ''[[Homestuck]]'' was the victim of an [[Eye Scream]] incident and thus is technically blind, but she learned to effectively see again, well enough to view things that are at least several miles away, by smelling and tasting colors. Several other [[All Trolls Are Different|trolls]] have [[Psychic Powers]], but Terezi's ability is treated as a learned skill rather than a power. This probably [[It Runs on Nonsensoleum|runs on nonsenseoleum]], but it could also be [[Bizarre Alien Biology]].

* In ''[[Urban Jungle]]'':

{{quote|'''Phil''': Hold on, everything smells blue again.}}

* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'': Raven can [http://egscomics.com/?date=2012-01-23 taste magic]... With his ears.

 

== Web Original ==

* In one ''[[Ask That Guy With The Glasses|Ask That Guy]]'' episode: "You'll be able to hear colors and smell happiness."

** "...That, or... die."

* One edit of the infamous ''Sonic Joke Book'' features a Buzzbomber recommending some medication to a friend. When asked about them it responds "I can hear colors."

* ''[[Salad Fingers]]'': The famous line from episode 2: Marjorie Stewart-Baxter, you taste like sunshine dust!

* ''[[Marik Plays Bloodlines]]'', when Marik's character drinks blood for the first time. "Mmm, that's good homeless person. Wait, what am I doing? He probably tastes like shattered dreams and despair!

* When ''[[Ink City]]'' moved to Dreamwidth, one of the signs something had happened was that [[Animaniacs|Dot]] tasted purple.

 

== Western Animation ==

** In "Selma's Choice" Selma takes Bart and Lisa to Duff Gardens, and Lisa drinks the water from the boat ride on a dare: "Ooh, I can see the music!"

** In "Homer and Apu" Lisa has a similar quote on eating a [[Dune|Spice]] heavy meal: "I can see through time".

* An episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'' has Peter's toy company taken over by a tobacco company. They produce a line of smoking babies that puff a cigarette and giddily announce "Tastes like happy!"

* ''[[Jimmy Neutron]]'': Jimmy once broke the citizens of Retroville out of their addiction to his super-delicious home-made candies by giving then treats that shock them. [[The Ditz|Sheen]], however, enjoyed the sensation, and continued shocking himself until ''"Everything's bluuuuue!"''

 

== Real Life ==

** This is best seen in the weird phenomenon known as "Blue Raspberry." The only real way to describe the flavor is... "blue."

*** Blue raspberries do [[Aluminum Christmas Trees|really exist in nature]], but they taste very little like the candy flavor.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ychWp4dRHSM Yellow Chocolate].

* There is a certain fruit, native to South America: the ''Acca sellowiana'', or feijoa. It is commonly described as tasting like the color purple.

 

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