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Some shows seem to use this trope especially. It has been observed that ''[[The Simpsons]]'' use it to shift the Character Focus of the episode by eliminating not needed characters. Examples: the oysters eliminated everyone leaving only Bart and Skinner, on which the episode was focused. (They even acknowledged that it made no sense that Lisa got ill but they just [[Handwaved]] it.) The vegetables make the whole family sick so Lisa started her singing career.
Compare [[Water Source Tampering]], [[Tampering with Food and Drink]] and [[Spitting in the Customer's Food]].
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== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* One [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] Smackdown skit in 2004 revolved around [[Eddie Guerrero]] giving [[The Big Show]] a tainted Burrito and then the lucky people in the audience got to watch Big Show plead for toilet paper while a fairly nasty fart recording was played.
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==
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