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''We '''Triple Dog Dare''' ya to read this trope.''
A character, usually (but not always) a kid, is dared to place his tongue on a flagpole (or other metal object) in sub-zero temperatures. The tongue becomes stuck to the flagpole and [[Hilarity Ensues]].
[[Truth in Television]]. The saliva on your tongue ''will'' freeze on contact with a cold surface if it's cold enough, and it's possible to lose your tongue to severe frostbite. [[Schmuck Bait|Better not try it.]] Of course, if you breathe on it enough or get some hot water, that isn't a problem.
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* Even well past age 20, [[Nemi]] still does this.
* ''[[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."
** Jon once got his tongue stuck on the ''mailbox'', but it wasn't seen.
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* ''[[The Great Race]]''
* Happens in ''[[Jack Frost (1997 film)|Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman]]''
* Happens in ''[[Epic Movie]]'', with tongue-tearing results.
* 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]]''.
'''Harold:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|Oh, is it really?]] }}
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== Live-Action TV ==
* Tested and confirmed on ''[[
* 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).
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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.
* 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]]''. 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".
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* Dare one mention the ''very'' [[NSFW]] ''[[Oglaf]]'' [http://www.oglaf.com/snowqueen/1/ strip] where a traveler visits the Ice Queen?
* 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.
* 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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* 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]]'', 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]]''
** 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.
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* 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.
* ''[[Total Drama World Tour]]'': In the Yukon episode, Bridgette gets her tongue stuck to a flagpole thanks to [[Manipulative Bastard|Alejandro]]. Then Chris forces her to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmHB2UwgVAg sing] about it.
* [[The Ditz|Penny]] from ''[[The Mighty B!]]'' once tried to do this on purpose. [[Springtime for Hitler|She failed]].
* 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.
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