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{{quote|'''[[Badass Damsel|Rarity:]]''' Uh! What is that smell?<br />
'''[[Pity the Kidnapper|Diamond Dog:]]''' Smeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell?<br />
'''Rarity:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|Ah, mystery solved. It's your breath.]]|''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E19 A Dog and Pony Show|A Dog and Pony Show]]"}}
 
[[Stock Phrases]] used when someone comments on another one's bad breath.
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* Subverted in ''Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas'', when Santa yawns in Louie's face, causing him to recoil. He suddenly says that his breath smells like peppermint and mocha.
* Timon tells Simba in ''[[The Lion King|The Lion King 1 ½]]'' to aim his foul morning breath in a different direction after he yawns in his face.
* When Crash and Eddie from ''[[Ice Age (Animation)|Ice Age]] 2'' try to save an unconscious Sid from drowning, one of them grabs him by the mouth and opens it, causing one of them to say, "You really need to brush."
* Nonverbal, but Darwin in ''[[Rugrats Go Wild]]'' clearly can't stand Spike's breath when he's yelling at him, and repeatedly waves a hand in front of his face and tries to get away from him.
* ''[[Shrek]]'', after Shrek roars at Donkey to try and scare him:
{{quote| '''Donkey:''' Wow, that was really scary. And if you don't mind me saying, if that doesn't work, your breath will certainly get the job done, 'cause you definitely need some Tic Tacs or something, 'cause your breath ''stinks!''}}
* In ''[[Hoodwinked]]'', after Wolf's useless attempt at posing as Red's granny, demands to know Granny's recipe from her. He gets too close to her face, prompting her to say, "Oh, Granny, what bad breath you have!"
* Master Shifu in ''[[Kung Fu Panda (Animation)|Kung Fu Panda]]'' tells Po not to stand so close to him so he won't smell his breath.
* The wolf in ''[[The Rugrats Movie]]'' growls and opens its mouth as it prepares to eat Angelica. She becomes disgusted by its breath, although blames the smell on Spike.
* ''[[The Princess and The Frog (Disney)|The Princess and Thethe Frog]]'' has this exchange:
{{quote| '''Louis''': ''You okay, li'l bug?''<br />
'''Ray''': ''I'm fine. Just your breath done near killed me to death.'' }}
* Happens subtly in ''[[Roadside Romeo (Animation)|Roadside Romeo]]'', when Romeo gets a whiff of [[The Dragon|Chhainu's]] breath and waves a paw in front of his nose.
* In ''[[Treasure Planet (Disney)|Treasure Planet]]'', we get Jim doing this while Mr. Scroop is trying to scare him into minding his own business.
{{quote| '''Jim''': ''Too bad my nose is working just fine.''}}
 
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* In the [[Live Action Adaptation|live-action]] ''[[Marmaduke]]'' film (and in the novel), the titular dog exhales in Mazie's face, causing her to back away and tell him that he has garbage breath.
* Subverted in ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' with the Kraken. A few people mentioned that the monster had horrible breath, but after it roars in Captain Jack Sparrow's face, he simply shudders and mutters, "Not so bad."
* Godzilla from 1998 ''[[Godzilla (Filmfilm)|Godzilla]]'', after he roars in Nick's face.
* Lucky from the first ''[[Doctor Dolittle]]'' film, after he barks next to Rodney.
{{quote| '''Rodney''': "You know, a Tic-Tac wouldn't kill ya."}}
* In ''[[Theodore Rex]]'', Katie remarks about Theodore's bad breath several times. At one point she even squirted breath spray in his mouth.
* After one of the demons in the [[Live Action Adaptation|live-action]] ''[[Scooby Doo (Filmfilm)|Scooby Doo]]'' film roars in Velma's face, she responds by saying it has a great mask, but bad breath.
* In the ''[[Dirty Harry (Film)|Dirty Harry]]'' film ''[[The Enforcer]]'', Harry tells Lieutenant Briggs, after Briggs gives Harry a too close dressing down, "Your mouthwash ain't cutting it".
* The [[Big Bad]] in ''[[Good Burger]]'' threatens Ed while standing too close to his face. Ed calmly tells him afterwards that he needs a Tic-Tac.
* Eddie Murphy's character does this to a biker in ''[[The Golden Child (Film)|The Golden Child]]'':
{{quote| '''Chandler Jarrell''': ''Hey, hey, hey...In my pocket, there's a whole thing of Tic-Tacs. Take as many as you want.''}}
* Draco from ''[[Dragonheart]]'', when Bowen says that his breath is foul after sitting in his mouth for several hours.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* [[Community (TV)/Recap/S1 E02 Spanish 101|During a protest on]] ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]'':
{{quote| '''Abed:''' Conflicts like this will ultimately bring us together as an unlikely family.<br />
'''Troy:''' You have horrible breath right now. }}
* In ''[[Flashpoint (TV series)|Flashpoint]]'', during a practice takedown, the "suspect" jokes that Sam's breath needs to be classified as less-lethal (they're old army buddies).
* In one episode of ''[[NCIS (TV)|NCIS]]'' a suspect's repeat offender breath makes Ziva request mints.
* In the ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' episode "House Divided", Cuddy is trying to sober up House's team.
{{quote| '''Cuddy''': "Wait! Everyone's getting breath mints!"}}
 
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* ''[[Nine9 Chickweed Lane (Comic Strip)|Nine Chickweed Lane]]''
{{quote| '''Seth's Boyfriend''': ''I'd be more inclined to dish the dirt if you'd stop lunching on garlic pizza.''}}
 
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door (Video Game)|Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door]]'', Petuni makes a remark saying that Bowser is a scary "Giant Bad Breath Monster."
** There's also the [[Man-Eating Plant|putrid piranhas]], who appear throughout the series. Their breath is so foul that it's used [[Breath Weapon|as an attack that can poison Mario]]. Goombella responds with "Breath Mint, table four!"
* A couple of the characters in the ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' series, most of which involve Daxter telling said person about their breath.
* In ''[[Ratchet: Deadlocked]]'', Gleeman Vox laughs airily in Ratchet's face, prompting him to wave a hand in front of his nose.
* In ''[[Sly Cooper]] 3'', Bently insults [[Dumb Muscle|Muggshot]] by saying he gargled with raw sewage overnight. Muggshot doesn't even try to deny it, stating that the smell of his breath helps him maintain his "personal space."
* Pox from ''[[Destroy All Humans!]]'' mentions that the Blisk aliens have "withering halitosis."
* Nonverbal it may be, but [[Heroic Mime|Amaterasu]] is clearly thinking this when she gets a faceful of [[Drunken Master|Mr. Orange's]] sake breath in ''[[Okami]]''.
* In ''[[The Secret of Monkey Island]]'', Guybrush can't even ''talk'' to the prisoner in the town jail until he find some breath mints, the poor guy's halitosis is so bad (it apparently stems from not being fed regularly and being forced to feed on rats).
* In ''[[Mother 3 (Video Game)|Mother 3]]'', when Kumatora first meets Duster, she suddenly approaches his face. After a few moments she backs away and comments "his breath kinda stinks".
* Primordial Serpent Kingseeker Frampt of ''[[Dark Souls]]'' apparently has terrible breath according to the Crestfallen Warrior. And he transports you in his mouth...
* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'': Mission comments her best-buddy Zaalbar has dog breath.
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{{quote| '''Jolee:''' "You remind me of someone I used to know. [[The Chosen One|Great destiny]], all of that. Breath like a Bantha."<br />
'''PC:''' "Is that a comment on my breath?"<br />
'''Jolee:''' "No, but it could be. An [[Call a Rabbit Aa Smeerp|Anduvian salt tablet]] would clear that right up, you know." }}
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In one ''[[Loserz]]'' [http://loserzcomic.comicgenesis.com/d/20021023.html strip], Ben remarks that Jodie's breath smells like penis and offers her a mint.
* The ''[[Basic Instructions (Webcomic)|Basic Instructions]]'' page [http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2008/3/27/how-to-deal-with-somebody-who-has-bad-breath.html How to deal with somebody who has bad breath] suggests offering a mint for hinting someone about the problem.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Jonny from ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'', after he's force-fed anchovies, belches loudly in Ed's face. He waves a hand in front of his nose before saying, "Low tide!"
* Wildmutt from ''[[Ben 10 (Animation)|Ben 10]]'', after he lands in front of Gwen in the pilot episode.
{{quote| '''Gwen''': "Ew! Two words: breath mints!"}}
* Mr. Herriman in ''[[FostersFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' gets a whiff of Bloo's morning breath, which smells so foul he demands Bloo brush his teeth as soon as possible.
* Set from ''[[Tutenstein]]'', after disgusting Tut by yawning in his face.
* On a ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short, Yosemite Sam gets too close to Bugs Bunny as he talks, and Bugs responds with "You've been eating onions."
* In the ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' episode "Parental Bonding", Sam (after she transformed into the Ghost Dragon) breaths her fiery breath at Danny. Although he dodges the attack, he still catches wind of her breath.
{{quote| '''Danny''': "Whoa, Sam! Two words: breath mints."}}
* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E19 A Dog and Pony Show|"A Dog and Pony Show"]], Rarity questions a foul odor in the air after the Diamond Dogs' leader, Rover, yells at her. She quickly figures out the answer, as per the page quote.
** And this moment from [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E7 May the Best Pet Win|"May The Best Pet Win!"]]:
{{quote| '''Applejack:''' Does [Rainbow Dash] really understand what a pet really needs?<br />
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* The ''[[Static Shock]]'' episode "Static Shaq" has Shaq saying this to Ferret when he tried to bite him:
{{quote| '''Shaq''': "I've got one word for you: mouthwash!"}}
* The ''[[SpongebobSpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "Something Smells" centers around Spongebob having rancid breath. However everyone around him runs away (or dies in some cases) as opposed to telling him he needs a breath mint.
** Spongebob does tell Patrick though, when he also gets bad breath near the end.
* Nina from ''[[Camp Lazlo]]'' offers Chip and Skip after-dinner mints after smelling their breath on her date with them.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'':
{{quote| '''Actor!Sokka''': ''You're the only girl who's ever managed to take my mind off food. Did you have pickled fish for dinner?''<br />
'''Actor!Yue''': ''I must go, Sokka. I have important moon duties to attend to. And yes. I did have pickled fish for dinner.'' }}
* The ''[[Turbo Dogs]]'' episode "Turbo Toothache" has GT eating part of an onion in an attempt to soothe his sore tooth. After that doesn't work, Strut comes along and asks him to open his mouth so he can see what's wrong. You can see where this is going.
** Earlier in "Stink Positive", Stinkbert blows up a balloon and gives it to Dash, advising him not to let it pop. Dash quickly plugs his nose and groans, saying he "wouldn't dream of it."
* A [[Halloween Episode]] of ''[[My Gym Partner's a Monkey (Animation)|My Gym Partners a Monkey]]'' has Jake commenting on an old custodian's bad breath.
* ''[[Arthur]]'', in a conversation between Binky and George about creating a new language:
{{quote| '''Binky''': "Guess what this means." *belches in George's face*<br />
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