Thermometer Gag: Difference between revisions

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* In ''[[Get Fuzzy]]'', Rob takes Satchel's temperature when he's sick, and Satchel wants to know why he's putting the thermometer in his ear. He knew it wasn't an oral thermometer, but apparently he'd been using it somewhere else...

* One ''[[The Far Side]]'' cartoon has an image of a scientist with a giant thermometer approaching the backside of a dinosaur:

{{quote| "An instant later, both Professor Waxman, and his time machine are obliterated, leaving the cold-blooded / warm-blooded dinosaur debate still unresolved."}}

{{quote|"An instant later, both Professor Waxman, and his time machine are obliterated, leaving the cold-blooded / warm-blooded dinosaur debate still unresolved."}}

== [[Web Comics]] ==

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* An episode of ''[[Fairly Oddparents|The Fairly OddParents]]'' had Vicky become nice. After she checked Timmy's temperature, Cosmo remarked that she remembered to use the correct thermometer.

* Done, of course, in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' when Grampa is looking after Bart in the episode "Marge Gets a Job".

{{quote| "Oral thermometer, my eye! Think warm thoughts, boy, 'cause this is mighty cold."}}

{{quote|"Oral thermometer, my eye! Think warm thoughts, boy, 'cause this is mighty cold."}}

* An second season episode of ''[[Total Drama Island]]'', One Flu Over the Cuckoos, does this. When everyone but Leshawna and Duncan are sick, Duncan attempts to put a rectal thermometer in Harold's mouth.