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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:~~homertoad_3794~~homertoad 3794.jpg\|link=The Simpsons\|frame\|Turn on, tune in, toad out.]] {{quote\|''"I'd like to remind all my readers, especially you impressionable young people, that if you must lick a toad, make sure it's wearing a condom. Thank you."''~~\|'''[[Dave Barry]]'''}}~~ \|'''[[Dave Barry]]'''}} Licking the backs of toads to [[Mushroom Samba\|get high]]. Line 12 ⟶ 13: In fiction, the psychoactive toad is commonly used as a [[G-Rated Drug]]. {{See ~~Also: [[~~also\|Mushroom Samba~~]].~~}} Compare: [[Alien Catnip]], [[Fantastic Drug]], [[I Can't Believe It's Not Heroin!]] {{examples}} == [[Comic Books]] == * One ''[[X-Men]]'' spinoff series featured Toad Boy, a young mutant who secreted a powerful narcotic. == [[Film]] == * There is an Australian documentary about cane toads, which covers using toads as hallucinogens. {{quote\| '''Hippy''': Don Juan the Yaqui brujo says that when you take peyote, you become as one with the spirit of the cactus ... yer toad's the same. }} == [[Literature]] == Line 29: * A character in ''[[Big Trouble]]'' has an encounter with a toad of this nature, and spends the rest of the book firmly believing that a politician's wife is trying to eat his soul. * [[Carl Hiaasen]]'s eccentric governor-turned-hermit Clinton "Skink" Tyree frequently licks toads. * ~~The~~ ''[[The Anarchist Cookbook]]'' has a recipe to make dried toad skin powder for smoking. It's not good for your toad karma. == [[Live Action TV]] == * One episode of ''[[The X-Files]]'' (Quagmire) had a bunch of slackers licking toads to get high. {{quote\| '''Snorkel Guy:''' Dude, what is wrong with you? You made me drop my toad!}} * A hallucinogenic toad turned out to be a major plot point in an episode of ''[[~~Jonathan Creek (TV)\|~~Jonathan Creek]]''. The toad wasn't native to England and had been imported by a local hippie colony for this very purpose. The presence of the toad, allegedly in the prime suspect's house, was what led to Jonathan solving the case he was working on. * An episode of ''[[Skins]]'' ([[Trans -Atlantic Equivalent\|the American version]]), features the kids trying to get high from licking a toad. * When the gang from ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' riffed ''Jack Frost'', there was a talking mushroom man; the characters wondered what a talking mushroom would eat to get high, and the only answer anyone can come up with was, "I think they lick toads." * The solution to the ''[[Eleventh Hour]]'' episode "Cardiac" involves kids attempting to get high off frogs. Line 41: == [[Music]] == * The [[~~M 83~~M83]] track "Raconte-Moi Une Histoire"<ref>[[Gratuitous French\|"Tell Me a Story"]]</ref> is nothing more than an instrumental with a voice-over of a little girl telling of the wonders of touching a special little frog in the rainforest. == [[Tabletop Games]] == Line 47: == [[Web Comics]] == * [http://headtrip.keenspot.com/d/20100219.html One strip] from ''[[~~Head Trip (Webcomic)\|~~Head Trip]]'' claims that James Cameron came up with the inspiration for ''[[Avatar (~~Film~~film)\|Avatar]]'' after licking a toad. * ''[[The Perry Bible Fellowship]]'' has gnomes running a [http://www.pbfcomics.com/201/ toad race]. Evidently, in some sports elimination begins before the start. == [[Web Original]] == * From ''[[Things I Am ~~Not~~No Longer Allowed toTo Do ~~at [[Harry~~At ~~Potter\|~~Hogwarts]]'': "I will not lick Trevor." == [[Western Animation]] == * Homer in ''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~animation)\|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Missionary: Impossible" is depicted at one point lying on a hammock and picking up toads at random and licking them to get high while stranded on a South Pacific island. {{quote\| '''Bart:''' Dad, are you ''licking toads?''~~<br />~~ '''Homer:''' I'm not ''not'' licking toads! }} ** In another episode, Homer resorts to licking the toads in a pet shop in an attempt to intoxicate himself after being kicked out of Moe's Tavern. Line 60 ⟶ 61: * On ''[[Family Guy]]'', "toad" becomes such a popular fad at James Woods High School, after a Colombian drug cartel's plane transporting the toads crashes near Quahog, that Peter winds up going undercover at the school as "Lando Griffin" to get the students to stop. ** There was even a hilarious [[Drugs Are Bad\|anti-drug]] PSA directly spoofing the classic Tootsie Pop commercial with Mr. Owl. {{quote\| '''Kid:''' Mr. Toad, how many licks of you does it take to get to the center of a Rhode Island State Prison?~~<br />~~ ''[Jail Door Closes]''~~<br />~~ '''Voiceover:''' Just one. }} * In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', toad-licking is used as a fever cure. Line 70 ⟶ 71: [[Category:Index of Exact Trope Titles]] [[Category:This Is Your Index On Drugs]] [[Category:~~Toad Licking~~{{PAGENAME}}]]