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== Comic Strips ==
== Comic Strips ==
* Even well past age 20, [[Nemi (Comic Strip)|Nemi]] still does this.
* Even well past age 20, [[Nemi]] still does this.
* ''[[Garfield (Comic Strip)|Garfield]]''
* ''[[Garfield (Comic Strip)|Garfield]]''
** Odie once gets his tongue stuck on a frozen fire hydrant. The strip then shows six panels' worth of outstretched Odie tongue, leading to Garfield saying, "We need a blow dryer and a really, really long extension cord."
** Odie once gets his tongue stuck on a frozen fire hydrant. The strip then shows six panels' worth of outstretched Odie tongue, leading to Garfield saying, "We need a blow dryer and a really, really long extension cord."
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== Fan Works ==
== Fan Works ==
* [[Good Is Dumb|Sora]] gets dared to do this in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'' fanfic ''[[Other Halves and Other Tales (Fanfic)|Other Halves and Other Tales]]''.
* [[Good Is Dumb|Sora]] gets dared to do this in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts (video game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'' fanfic ''[[Other Halves and Other Tales]]''.
* In the [[Doujinshi|fanworks]] of ''[[Touhou (Video Game)|Gensokyo]]'', [[Baka|Cirno]] the [[An Ice Person|Ice Fairy]] is prone to have certain characters stuck to her by their tongues, including [[Big Eater|Yuyuko]].
* In the [[Doujinshi|fanworks]] of ''[[Touhou|Gensokyo]]'', [[Baka|Cirno]] the [[An Ice Person|Ice Fairy]] is prone to have certain characters stuck to her by their tongues, including [[Big Eater|Yuyuko]].




== Films -- Animation ==
== Films -- Animation ==
* As a colt, the eponymous ''[[Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron]]'' gets his tongue stuck to a large icicle. He then snaps it off and carries it away with him until he melts his tongue free in his mouth.
* As a colt, the eponymous ''[[Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron]]'' gets his tongue stuck to a large icicle. He then snaps it off and carries it away with him until he melts his tongue free in his mouth.
* In ''[[Brother Bear (Disney)|Brother Bear]]'', Koda relates a story to Kenai wherein some bear licked an iceberg and got his tongue stuck to it. It then floated away, so to save him "They had to, like, rip his tongue off, so now, he hath t'talk like dis alla time..."
* In ''[[Brother Bear]]'', Koda relates a story to Kenai wherein some bear licked an iceberg and got his tongue stuck to it. It then floated away, so to save him "They had to, like, rip his tongue off, so now, he hath t'talk like dis alla time..."
* The ''[[Ice Age]]'' movies:
* The ''[[Ice Age]]'' movies:
** Scrat gets his tongue stuck to a glacier.
** Scrat gets his tongue stuck to a glacier.
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* ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]''. Happens on a ski lift, and Harry doesn't need any goading or triple-dog dares; he just says [[What an Idiot!|"Oh look, frost!" and sticks his tongue on it]].
* ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]''. Happens on a ski lift, and Harry doesn't need any goading or triple-dog dares; he just says [[What an Idiot!|"Oh look, frost!" and sticks his tongue on it]].
* ''[[The Great Race]]''
* ''[[The Great Race]]''
* Happens in ''[[Jack Frost 1997 (Film)|Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman]]''
* Happens in ''[[Jack Frost (1997 film)|Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman]]''
* Happens in ''[[Epic Movie]]'', with tongue-tearing results.
* Happens in ''[[Epic Movie]]'', with tongue-tearing results.
* A variation occurs in ''[[A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas (Film)|A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas]]''. Hint: it's not Harold's tongue that gets stuck.
* A variation occurs in ''[[A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas]]''. Hint: it's not Harold's tongue that gets stuck.
{{quote| '''Kumar:''' [[Shout Out|This is just like that scene in]] ''[[A Christmas Story]]''.<br />
{{quote| '''Kumar:''' [[Shout-Out|This is just like that scene in]] ''[[A Christmas Story]]''.<br />
'''Harold:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|Oh, is it really?]] }}
'''Harold:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|Oh, is it really?]] }}


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* ''The Watsons Go to Birmingham'' had a scene like this too.
* ''The Watsons Go to Birmingham'' had a scene like this too.
* The narrator in ''Popular Music From Vittula'' climbs to a mountain in the Himalayas, and kneels over to kiss a metal plate on the ground. He has to pee in a cup to free himself.
* The narrator in ''Popular Music From Vittula'' climbs to a mountain in the Himalayas, and kneels over to kiss a metal plate on the ground. He has to pee in a cup to free himself.
* In ''[[Little House On the Prairie (Literature)|Farmer Boy]]'', Almanzo is egged on to lick a pump handle, but knows better than to rise to the bait.
* In ''[[Little House on the Prairie|Farmer Boy]]'', Almanzo is egged on to lick a pump handle, but knows better than to rise to the bait.
* While not using the tongue, it is mentioned in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Hogfather|Hogfather]]''. Albert reminisces about a toy horse he wanted as a kid. "I must have spent hours staring at it with my nose pressed against the glass, until someone heard my cries and unfroze me."
* While not using the tongue, it is mentioned in ''[[Discworld/Hogfather|Hogfather]]''. Albert reminisces about a toy horse he wanted as a kid. "I must have spent hours staring at it with my nose pressed against the glass, until someone heard my cries and unfroze me."
* One of the stories in ''The Book of Heroic Failures'' tells of a man who knelt down to breathe on the lock of his car door in an effort to defrost it and ending up spending a freezing night outside with his lips stuck to the car door.
* One of the stories in ''The Book of Heroic Failures'' tells of a man who knelt down to breathe on the lock of his car door in an effort to defrost it and ending up spending a freezing night outside with his lips stuck to the car door.
* ''[[Warrior Cats]]''
* ''[[Warrior Cats]]''
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== Live-Action TV ==
== Live-Action TV ==
* Tested and confirmed on ''[[Myth Busters (TV)|Myth Busters]]''. Evidently, enough people thought it to be a myth to justify it. This also showed how much damage it could cause. They stuck a pig's tongue to it, and when they pulled it off by force...
* Tested and confirmed on ''[[Myth Busters]]''. Evidently, enough people thought it to be a myth to justify it. This also showed how much damage it could cause. They stuck a pig's tongue to it, and when they pulled it off by force...
* The [[Paul Jennings]] story mentioned above was one of many adapted as an episode of ''[[Round the Twist]]''. The ice statue Bronson kissed was of a girl who had red hair -- who turned out to be his cousin.
* The [[Paul Jennings]] story mentioned above was one of many adapted as an episode of ''[[Round the Twist]]''. The ice statue Bronson kissed was of a girl who had red hair -- who turned out to be his cousin.
* An episode of ''[[Kenan and Kel]]'' where they get stuck in a refrigerator in a restaurant and one of them gets his tongue stuck on a fish (can't remember who though).
* An episode of ''[[Kenan and Kel]]'' where they get stuck in a refrigerator in a restaurant and one of them gets his tongue stuck on a fish (can't remember who though).
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* Jeremy Clarkson on ''[[Top Gear]]''. In a variant, it was a metal hex nut he was holding with his mouth -- but since he was standing on the polar ice north of Canada at the time, it had the same effect.
* Jeremy Clarkson on ''[[Top Gear]]''. In a variant, it was a metal hex nut he was holding with his mouth -- but since he was standing on the polar ice north of Canada at the time, it had the same effect.
* An episode of ''[[Rescue 911]]'' had this happen on one of their segments where a kid got his tongue stuck in a freezer and the rescue squad had to come and free him.
* An episode of ''[[Rescue 911]]'' had this happen on one of their segments where a kid got his tongue stuck in a freezer and the rescue squad had to come and free him.
* Referenced in ''[[Scrubs (TV)|Scrubs]]''. Turk is keeping his boxers in the freezer and JD's brother warns him to make sure he is completely dry 'down there' before putting them on or he could end up with "a tongue on the flagpole situation".
* Referenced in ''[[Scrubs]]''. Turk is keeping his boxers in the freezer and JD's brother warns him to make sure he is completely dry 'down there' before putting them on or he could end up with "a tongue on the flagpole situation".




== Music ==
== Music ==
* There's a verse about this in ''There Are Many Dangers'' by [[Crash Test Dummies (Music)|Crash Test Dummies]].
* There's a verse about this in ''There Are Many Dangers'' by [[Crash Test Dummies]].




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== Video Games ==
== Video Games ==
* The (very surreal) [[Interactive Fiction]] game ''So Far'' ''dares you to lick a frozen pole.'' {{spoiler|It's a bad idea, because you will get stuck and eventually freeze.}} While your tongue is stuck, all descriptions come back muddled, as if the narrator ith thalking with ith thung thuck to a thlagthole.
* The (very surreal) [[Interactive Fiction]] game ''So Far'' ''dares you to lick a frozen pole.'' {{spoiler|It's a bad idea, because you will get stuck and eventually freeze.}} While your tongue is stuck, all descriptions come back muddled, as if the narrator ith thalking with ith thung thuck to a thlagthole.
* In the [[Canada, Eh?|Canada]] level of ''[[Tony Hawks Pro Skater (Video Game)|Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3]]'', there is an objective to help a guy called Chuck (specifically, "[[Rhymes On a Dime|Get Chuck Unstuck]]") who has got his tongue stuck on a pole and is being taunted and having snowballs thrown at him by two bullies. This being a skateboarding game, what's the solution? Plow into him at full speed.
* In the [[Canada, Eh?|Canada]] level of ''[[Tony Hawks Pro Skater|Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3]]'', there is an objective to help a guy called Chuck (specifically, "[[Rhymes on a Dime|Get Chuck Unstuck]]") who has got his tongue stuck on a pole and is being taunted and having snowballs thrown at him by two bullies. This being a skateboarding game, what's the solution? Plow into him at full speed.
* In ''[[Leisure Suit Larry]] 7: Love for Sail!'', Larry can lick an ice sculpture and get his tongue stuck.
* In ''[[Leisure Suit Larry]] 7: Love for Sail!'', Larry can lick an ice sculpture and get his tongue stuck.
* Not performable, but mentioned in ''[[Dragon Age (Video Game)|Dragon Age]]''. [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|"Have you ever licked a lamppost in winter?"]]
* Not performable, but mentioned in ''[[Dragon Age]]''. [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|"Have you ever licked a lamppost in winter?"]]
* One loading screen video loop in ''[[Monday Night Combat (Video Game)|Monday Night Combat]]'' features the Ice Men Pit Girl trying to pull free an Ice Men Tank... whose tongue is stuck to a ShaveIce turret.
* One loading screen video loop in ''[[Monday Night Combat]]'' features the Ice Men Pit Girl trying to pull free an Ice Men Tank... whose tongue is stuck to a ShaveIce turret.




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== Web Comics ==
== Web Comics ==
* [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01688.htm This strip] of ''[[Freefall (Webcomic)|Freefall]]'', with ''a friggin' adult [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]'' instead of a kid.
* [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01688.htm This strip] of ''[[Freefall]]'', with ''a friggin' adult [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]'' instead of a kid.
* A variation occurs in [http://www.squidi.net/comic/amd/view.php?series=amd&ep=1&id=242 this] ''[[A Modest Destiny]]'' strip, in which Maxim sticks his tongue to a metal shelf in a freezer.
* A variation occurs in [http://www.squidi.net/comic/amd/view.php?series=amd&ep=1&id=242 this] ''[[A Modest Destiny]]'' strip, in which Maxim sticks his tongue to a metal shelf in a freezer.
* Probably classified as something else, but [http://www.gaiaonline.com/newsroom/index.php?type=weekly&id=51&page=1&start=1#reading this picture] from ''[[Gaia Online]]'' is pure [[Fan Service]] and it knows it. But hey, hot guys!
* Probably classified as something else, but [http://www.gaiaonline.com/newsroom/index.php?type=weekly&id=51&page=1&start=1#reading this picture] from ''[[Gaia Online]]'' is pure [[Fan Service]] and it knows it. But hey, hot guys!
* ''[http://lostandfoundcomic.com/d/20090206.html Lost and Found.]''
* ''[http://lostandfoundcomic.com/d/20090206.html Lost and Found.]''
* Dare one mention the ''very'' [[NSFW]] ''[[Oglaf (Webcomic)|Oglaf]]'' [http://www.oglaf.com/snowqueen/1/ strip] where a traveler visits the Ice Queen?
* Dare one mention the ''very'' [[NSFW]] ''[[Oglaf]]'' [http://www.oglaf.com/snowqueen/1/ strip] where a traveler visits the Ice Queen?
* The ''[[Narbonic (Webcomic)|Narbonic]]'' parody of ''[[A Christmas Story]]'' briefly shows a young Dave Davenport yelling "I'm thtuck!"
* The ''[[Narbonic]]'' parody of ''[[A Christmas Story]]'' briefly shows a young Dave Davenport yelling "I'm thtuck!"
* Apparently, a pile of shoggoth(s?) grew some tongues for the specific purpose of sticking them onto a glacier when teleported to the Antarctic by the Elder Things in [http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/339/ this] ''[[The Unspeakable Vault of Doom]]'' comic.
* Apparently, a pile of shoggoth(s?) grew some tongues for the specific purpose of sticking them onto a glacier when teleported to the Antarctic by the Elder Things in [http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/339/ this] ''[[The Unspeakable Vault of Doom]]'' comic.
* And in [http://gucomics.com/comic/?cdate=20060201 this panel] of ''GU Comics'', we find a party whose tank has managed to stick his tongue to a ''Frost Giant''!
* And in [http://gucomics.com/comic/?cdate=20060201 this panel] of ''GU Comics'', we find a party whose tank has managed to stick his tongue to a ''Frost Giant''!
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== Western Animation ==
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Tom and Jerry (Animation)|Tom and Jerry]]'': ''The Fast and the Furry'' movie. Gorthon, an evil-looking racer voiced by Tom Kenny, is tricked by Biff and Buzz (the race announcers) into sticking his tongue to the South Pole (because he thinks his tongue won't stay there).
* ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'': ''The Fast and the Furry'' movie. Gorthon, an evil-looking racer voiced by Tom Kenny, is tricked by Biff and Buzz (the race announcers) into sticking his tongue to the South Pole (because he thinks his tongue won't stay there).
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb (Animation)|Phineas and Ferb]]'': In "Out to Launch", Dr, Doofenshmirtz gets his tongue stuck on the giant ice cube tray he was using to hold Perry the Platypus prisoner.
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'': In "Out to Launch", Dr, Doofenshmirtz gets his tongue stuck on the giant ice cube tray he was using to hold Perry the Platypus prisoner.
* Interesting, if sick, take on the subject in ''[[Superjail (Animation)|Superjail]]'': The Warden gets his tongue stuck on Alice's frozen body, while trying to lick her breasts...
* Interesting, if sick, take on the subject in ''[[Superjail]]'': The Warden gets his tongue stuck on Alice's frozen body, while trying to lick her breasts...
* In the first episode of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', Aang gets his tongue frozen to his glider. Since he appears in the next scene not attached to the glider, he presumably detached himself.
* In the first episode of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', Aang gets his tongue frozen to his glider. Since he appears in the next scene not attached to the glider, he presumably detached himself.
* ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]''
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''
** One of the winter hazards faced by Lewis and Clarke (a.k.a. Lenny and Carl) in the episode "Magical History Tour".
** One of the winter hazards faced by Lewis and Clarke (a.k.a. Lenny and Carl) in the episode "Magical History Tour".
** And Homer gets his tongue stuck to the ice sculpture at Otto's wedding.
** And Homer gets his tongue stuck to the ice sculpture at Otto's wedding.
** And in "The Springfield Files", Channel 6 News uses a file photo of Homer that shows him with his tongue stuck to a lamppost.
** And in "The Springfield Files", Channel 6 News uses a file photo of Homer that shows him with his tongue stuck to a lamppost.
** In "My Fair Laddy'', Bart stores Lisa's saxophone in the freezer and then hands it to her. Her tongue gets stuck when she attempts to blow it.
** In "My Fair Laddy'', Bart stores Lisa's saxophone in the freezer and then hands it to her. Her tongue gets stuck when she attempts to blow it.
* In ''[[Yvon of the Yukon (Animation)|Yvon of the Yukon]]'', Harland and the Duke find themselves lost in the middle of the arctic tundra when they come across a set of train tracks. Wondering if a train is coming, Harland gives the sage advice: "If you stick your tongue to the train track and it doesn't stick, then a train has gone by, and if it does stick, then a train is coming". The Duke tries this, and naturally gets his tongue stuck to the tracks.
* In ''[[Yvon of the Yukon]]'', Harland and the Duke find themselves lost in the middle of the arctic tundra when they come across a set of train tracks. Wondering if a train is coming, Harland gives the sage advice: "If you stick your tongue to the train track and it doesn't stick, then a train has gone by, and if it does stick, then a train is coming". The Duke tries this, and naturally gets his tongue stuck to the tracks.
* In ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (Animation)|Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', Scratch and Grounder are in the Arctic cold, Scratch kisses Grounder, [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* In ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', Scratch and Grounder are in the Arctic cold, Scratch kisses Grounder, [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* In the ''[[Grossology]]'' episode "Fangs a Lot", Professor Skinner gets stuck when he kisses a frozen, giant, genetically modified snake.
* In the ''[[Grossology]]'' episode "Fangs a Lot", Professor Skinner gets stuck when he kisses a frozen, giant, genetically modified snake.
* Happens to Sir Roderick in ''Gawayn''. Having won a fake Crystal of Gawayn in a game show, Roderick tries to get it to work by licking it. At this point, he discovers it is actually made of ice.
* Happens to Sir Roderick in ''Gawayn''. Having won a fake Crystal of Gawayn in a game show, Roderick tries to get it to work by licking it. At this point, he discovers it is actually made of ice.
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* Happens multiple times on ''[[Erky Perky]]''.
* Happens multiple times on ''[[Erky Perky]]''.
* In the ''[[Class of 3000]]'' episode "Eddie's Money", Madison gets her tongue stuck on an ice sculpture at Eddie's birthday party. Twice.
* In the ''[[Class of 3000]]'' episode "Eddie's Money", Madison gets her tongue stuck on an ice sculpture at Eddie's birthday party. Twice.
* ''[[The Venture Brothers (Animation)|The Venture Brothers]]'', "Now Museum, Now You Don't": Hank sticks his tongue to [[Human Popsicle|the ice block containing Ug-Ugh.]]
* ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'', "Now Museum, Now You Don't": Hank sticks his tongue to [[Human Popsicle|the ice block containing Ug-Ugh.]]
* Stimpy from ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' once did this, once it became stuck he pulled until his tongue got ripped off.
* Stimpy from ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' once did this, once it became stuck he pulled until his tongue got ripped off.
* In the ''[[Squirrel Boy]]'' episode "The Grim Cheaper", [[It Makes Sense in Context|imaginary future Andy]] gets his tongue stuck on an icicle during the sled chase through the deep frozen house (which also makes sense in context).
* In the ''[[Squirrel Boy]]'' episode "The Grim Cheaper", [[It Makes Sense in Context|imaginary future Andy]] gets his tongue stuck on an icicle during the sled chase through the deep frozen house (which also makes sense in context).
* In the ''Zekes Pad'' episode "The Artful Dodger", Zeke's dad gets the [[Captivity Harmonica]] he was playing inside the snowbound house stuck to his lips.
* In the ''Zekes Pad'' episode "The Artful Dodger", Zeke's dad gets the [[Captivity Harmonica]] he was playing inside the snowbound house stuck to his lips.
* In the ''[[Camp Lazlo]]'' episode "Beans Are From Mars", Chip and Skip get their tongues stuck to an ice cream truck. Which then drives off.
* In the ''[[Camp Lazlo]]'' episode "Beans Are From Mars", Chip and Skip get their tongues stuck to an ice cream truck. Which then drives off.
* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' [[Christmas Episode|episode]] "Hearth's Warming Eve", Scootaloo and some other poor anonymous filly get their tongues stuck to a huge (Christmas-tree-sized) candy-cane prop. They get better though.
* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' [[Christmas Episode|episode]] "Hearth's Warming Eve", Scootaloo and some other poor anonymous filly get their tongues stuck to a huge (Christmas-tree-sized) candy-cane prop. They get better though.
* ''[[Stoked]]'': In "Channel Surfers", Reef attempts to kiss Lo while they are standing in the cool room. He misses and ends up with his tongue stuck to a metal strut.
* ''[[Stoked]]'': In "Channel Surfers", Reef attempts to kiss Lo while they are standing in the cool room. He misses and ends up with his tongue stuck to a metal strut.
* ''[[Taz Mania]]'': Taz gets his tongue stuck to frozen dinner in "Take All of Me". Wendal's attempts to free him do not go well.
* ''[[Taz-Mania]]'': Taz gets his tongue stuck to frozen dinner in "Take All of Me". Wendal's attempts to free him do not go well.


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