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== Anime and Manga ==
* Ciel Phantomhive of ''[[Black Butler]]'' fame does this not once, but twice in the manga. First time was in reaction to witnessing the death throes of [[Jack the Ripper|Mary Jane Kelly]], which happens both in the anime and manga. The second one was manga only:
* Detective Suk in ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'' does this at a crime scene and is later made fun of for it.
* During the "Jungle Cruise" episode of ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]'', Togusa, the rookie of the team, has to run to the guardrail clutching his mouth after seeing a particularly gruesome murder caught on video.
** Not just seeing. He was using a direct cyber-link to the investigator on the scene, experiencing everything, including the smell in perfect clarity. The experienced members of the squad just watch the video feed. Ofcourse most of the experienced members could also turn off their sense of smell if they wanted to.
* Mentioned but not seen in ''[[Ghost in the Shell]]: Innocence'', where Ishikawa oversees a crime scene by himself, explaining that the rookie with him got reacquainted with his lunch, and he sent him to personally take the corpse to lab as a "learning experience".
== Comic Books ==
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* In ''[[X-Men]] Noir'', rookie Peter Magnus asks for a mint on the way to the crime scene for his first murder case. His veteran partner Fred Dukes refuses to give him one. When they see the body, Peter pukes; Fred didn't give him the mint because he knew that would happen and he would've just wasted it. This is a case where anyone would have done the same, though - the woman was missing her eyes, her nose, her upper lip...
* In the [[Batman]] spinoff ''Streets of Gotham,'' Robin calls the police for backup after finding that the orphans Humpty Dumpty had taken were actually corpses he'd found and was trying to heal. The boy barely gets half way through the call before handing the communicator over to Batman to go throw up. Mind you this is ''Damian Wayne,'' the resident stab-happy assassin of the Bat clan we're talking about here.
== Film ==
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* Probably not deliberate, but the boy who throws up repeatedly in ''Super 8'' just happens to be the one who plays the police detective in "The Case".
* Done in ''[[Demolition Man]]'' by a cop watching his colleagues (on a screen) getting killed by Simon Phoenix.
== Literature ==
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*** A hospital variation occurs in ''[[Pet Sematary]]'', with a candy striper being the one who vomits.
* [[Erast Fandorin]], on his first crime scene (in his defense, it was an exceptionally gruesome murder).
* ''[[
** Also, Cheery Littlebottom puked in ''[[Feet
* Not a murder mystery, but in the [[X Wing Series]], Gavin Darklighter throws up when he sees and smells someone in the worst throes of the [[The Plague|Krytos Plague]]. He's not a cop, but an extremely green pilot who, during the crisis, was sent to try and help the sufferers. He'd seen some bad ones before, but this was the worst. Gavin ''was'' able to pull himself together and do his job after, and later he told his love interest that he'll be all right, and that scares him.
{{quote|"There is a Gammorean in there who has been [[Body Horror|turned into a mass of jelly]]. The disease killed him, but it did so in a way that didn't let him die until he could experience every fragment of pain possible. [...] I've seen more death in my time with Rogue Squadron than I have ever seen before, but nothing was so hideous as this. A year ago I would have run screaming. Now I [[It Gets Easier|just clean my boots and wait]] for guys with sterilizer units to show up. I'm changing and I'm not sure I like it."}}
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* In [[Mercedes Lackey]]'s ''[[Heralds of Valdemar|Changes]]'', four spies are [[You Have Failed Me...|murdered by their replacements]] and left to decompose in a sealed room for a couple days in summer. The result makes several of "the most experienced and hardened Guardsmen ... violently ill." The crime scene investigators aren't fazed at all, though.
▲== Live Action TV ==
* Subverted in one episode of ''[[Taggart]]'' when on seeing a guy with the back of his head bashed in, experienced detective DCI Burke suddenly gags, but doesn't vomit. DS Reid says he's seen worse. Burke's reply is that it's indigestion from the falafels he ate- he's on a [[Health Kick]].
* In one episode of ''[[Without a Trace]],'' the Vomiting Cop (in fact a vomiting Coast Guardsman) was actually involved in the case - [[Detective Mole|as an accessory]].
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* In the first season finale of ''City Homicide'', Matt throws up upon learning the corpse they dug up was his mother, who disappeared when he was a teenager.
== Video Games ==
* Miller in ''[[Still Life]]'' is found vomiting upon locating one of the Ripper's victims. It's stated that it isn't the first time he's reacted as such.
* The "rookie cop" variation is used in the RPG ''[[Persona 4]]'' near the beginning. {{spoiler|It's more or less his handiwork he is vomiting at.}}
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* In ''[[Deadly Premonition]]'', after you find {{spoiler|Becky}}, [[Ambiguously Gay|Thomas]] heads over to the toilet and barfs. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|This same scene is used for the results screen]].
== Web Comics ==
* Parodied in '''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' (as part of a larger ''[[CSI]]'' parody), where one of the investigators vomits at nearly anything.
** It's also semi-implied that the investigator in question may be bulimic, since he mentions that he's lost a ''lot'' of weight from all that puking.
** [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20031022.html Some characters are immune], though.
* Seen in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0339.html this] ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' strip, titled "C.P.P.D. Blue".
== Web Original ==
* Both Sanchez and an unnamed cop become this upon discovering the titular character's crimes in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpTsUsPSSdo&feature=video_response episode 2] of Waverly Films' ''Puppet Rapist''.
* Used in the Season One finale of ''[[Shadow Unit]]'', in which the ever-impeturbable Nikki Lau vomits outside the old Villette house after {{spoiler|Chaz is evacuated}}. Subverted somewhat as her reaction is not just about the awfulness of what's been done in the house (and the mess it's made), but the fact that it was done to {{spoiler|and by}} a colleague and friend.
== Western Animation ==
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* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' - a squad of cops break in on Comic Book Guy and Mrs. Skinner naked in bed - Lou promptly throws up, and Wiggum reassures him "It's okay, you wouldn't be human if you didn't react like that."
* In one ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' sketch, [[The Smurfs|Brainy]] throws up after seeing Baker Smurf [[Se7en|stuffed with cream and baked]]. This [[Vomit Chain Reaction|causes Papa Smurf to throw up too]]. The police photographer throws up [[Refuge in Audacity|after Baker explodes]].
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