History Main / DeepFriedWhatever

** For the vegetarian, there's also [[https://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-recipe/fried-avocado-tacos-with-jalapeno-slaw/ deep-fried avocado,]] which amounts to much the same thing.

** Glasgow also boasts the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonner_kebab Stonner kebab]] aka deep fried pork sausage kebab. Clocking in at 1.4 kilograms, it contains 1,000 calories and 46 grams of fat. FYI, "Stonner" is a portmanteau of "sausage" and "donner" (Scottish for döner kebab), but is also evocative of the Weegie slang word "stoner", which in the immortal words of Creator/StephenFry, means "a stiffie, aye".

!Examples:

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* Used in an unusual way in the Japanese movie ''Film/TheMachineGirl'': Tempura is a deadly weapon. Several characters get their limbs fried off.
* In ''Film/ScotlandPA'', the [=McBeths=] threaten to kill Norm Duncan by shoving his face into the frying oil, then end up actually doing so by accident. Sort of. You really had to be there. This also serves as the source of Pat [=McBeth's=] OutDamnedSpot scenes: When Duncan dies, a small splash of frying oil burns her hand; as she goes mad, she becomes convinced that the burn is getting worse, even though it's completely healed.
* In an extra feature on the DVD of ''Film/SuperSizeMe'', Morgan Spurlock visits a fish and chip shop that also experiments with deep-frying candy bars. Since Morgan is still on his [=McDonald's=]-only diet while they visit, he defers to his cameraman.
* In the Irish movie ''Film/TheVan'', the main characters renovate a chipper (a food service truck) and go into business selling fried food. Although the battered and deep-fried [[ToiletHumour used diaper]] may be presumed to be an inversion of this trope.

* Bill Forsyth's ''Comfort and Joy'', set in Glasgow, ends with protagonist Alan creating a truce between rival ice cream vendors (from the same family) by getting them to collaborate on selling ice cream fritters. Since only he knows the secret ingredient essential to making them, he gets to call the shots on the deal.
* ''Film/{{Doomsday}}'' brings us deep-fried Sean Pertwee, courtesy of the Glaswegian punk cannibals.
* Doc Hopper's French Fried Frogs' Legs in ''Film/TheMuppetMovie''.
* The maternal figure in 1997's ''Film/SoulFood'' has diabetes due to her ''weekly'' diet of. . . you guessed it. Soul food.
* The Edinburgh-set scenes in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' feature a chippy with a prominent sign in the window saying "We will deep fry your kebab".

* Crusty Sean from ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' is a humanoid shrimp who appears to ''be'' this trope. He's not actually shrimp tempura, however; he only looks that way because of the fuzzy orange designer jacket he's wearing. Somewhat ironically, he runs a food truck in ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' specializing in deep-fried food.

* Many [[VideoGame/SpaceStation13 Space Station 13]] codebases include a deep fryer in the station's kitchen/cafeteria, which can most often be used to deep-fry anything to make it edible. ''[[IAteWhat Anything]]''. '''Repeatedly'''. From actual food like deep-fried hamburgers (or simply deep-fried raw meat), to [[ExaggeratedTrope inorganic items]] like clothing, radios, ''floor tiles'', or the [[AppliedPhlebotinum valuable, normally highly-toxic]] ''[[GreenRocks plasma]]'', to [[SerialEscalation rare or even irreplaceable one-of-a-kind items]] like the [[SkeletonKey Captain's Spare ID]]. Deep-frying items is also one of the most common methods of trolling/griefing, as it requires very little actual effort and tends to annoy people to no end. Especially if it's their stuff you're frying.

'''Bob''': Of course there is, [[IAteWhat you think a rat problem like this side of town had just suddenly goes away?]]\\
'''Duckman''': *spits it out*

** Cracklin's (yes, spelled without the "g" in local vernacular) are a delicacy in southern Louisiana made from deep-fried, highly seasoned cubes of pork belly with the rind. Yup, it's bacon, Cajun style!

* To add insult to an injury, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Kiev Chicken Kiev]]. If you discount the chicken, it's basically a deep-fried butter. With herbs, though. Everything's healthier with herbs.

'''Student 3: Fries?\\

'''Student 4: Car keys?\\

** One of Greendale's many [[ADegreeInUseless weird and worthless classes]] is called "Can You Fry This?", during which students shout out foods (and occasionally nonfoods), for the professor to unfailingly respond that yes, you can fry those.
--->'''Student 1:''' Car keys?\\

'''Student 2:''' French fries!\\
'''Professor:''' ''(beat)'' GetOut. ''(door closes)'' There's always one.

** By the same token, traditionally-produced shmaltz--that is, rendered poultry fat produced in the Ashkenazi Jewish tradition[[note]]Ashkenazim needed to use poultry fat for frying meats/frying things that would be eaten with meat dishes/use with meat. Unlike the Mediterranean/Middle Eastern regions where the Sephardim and Mizrahim lived, they couldn't get ''pareve'' vegetable oils, like olive oil and sesame oil; the only widely available fats in northern Europe were butter--which was kosher but couldn't be used with meat--and animal fats. The gentiles all used lard, which of course is not kosher, so the Ashkenazim came up with shmaltz as a substitute.[[/note]]--is usually made by the same process, with the fatty bits fried with onions to produce the fat. The cracklings--called ''gribenes''--are a favorite in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine. (Note: Shmaltz is distinct from ''Schmalz'', which is the German word for any rendered animal fat, including lard and clarified butter; similarly, ''Grieben'', the German term for pork cracklings, is different from ''gribenes'' even though clearly the Yiddish is derived from the German.)

* In the Irish movie ''The Van'', the main characters renovate a chipper (a food service truck) and go into business selling fried food. Although the battered and deep-fried [[ToiletHumour used diaper]] may be presumed to be an inversion of this trope.

* In what is arguably the least useful implementation of this trope, one person managed to [[https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/78mdyx/some-guy-figured-out-how-to-fry-water-and-now-humanity-is-doomed deep fry water]].

[[caption-width-right:320:Pffft. Lame. They didn't [[ComicallyMissingThePoint deep-fry the]] [[UpToEleven ketchup]].[[note]]For those who can't quite make it out, yes, that is ''indeed'' a deep fried ''double'' cheese burger.[[/note]]]]

In the practice of deep-frying, your item of choice is submerged in hot oil or fat, where it cooks extremely quickly and gains a crispy, crunchy and very tasty exterior. Soaking things in boiling-hot fat can make ''anything'' delicious. A common practice is to take something already delicious, [[NutritionalNightmare loaded with fat and sugar]], and deep-fry it '''[[UpToEleven FOR EXTRA FLAVOR]]'''. When this trope is pushed to absurd levels, it is always PlayedForLaughs.

* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKidTheLongHaul'': During the Heffley's road trip, they stop at a county fair, during which Greg, Rodrick, and Mr. Heffley get some sticks of [[UpToEleven deep fried butter]]. ([[TruthInTelevision Which, as mentioned under Real Life, does actually exist]].)

* On the ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' episode "Bloggers & Butterflies", Trish and Dez get a job at a fish fry restaurant, where Dez has fun frying everything, from a football to Trish's cell phone. The two of them try to find a way to get fired in order so that they can be with Ally when she [[StageFright performs]]. Dez's idea? To [[UpToEleven deep fry the entire restaurant, including the chairs, tables, and walls.]]

* Many [[VideoGame/SpaceStation13 Space Station 13]] codebases include a deep fryer in the station's kitchen/cafeteria, which can most often be used to deep-fry anything to make it edible. ''[[IAteWhat Anything]]''. '''Repeatedly'''. From actual food like deep-fried hamburgers (or simply deep-fried raw meat), to [[UpToEleven inorganic items]] like clothing, radios, ''floor tiles'', or the [[AppliedPhlebotinum valuable, normally highly-toxic]] ''[[GreenRocks plasma]]'', to [[SerialEscalation rare or even irreplaceable one-of-a-kind items]] like the [[SkeletonKey Captain's Spare ID]]. Deep-frying items is also one of the most common methods of trolling/griefing, as it requires very little actual effort and tends to annoy people to no end. Especially if it's their stuff you're frying.

* [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-807 Heart Attack on a Plate.]][[labelnote:Note]]To clarify, [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP-807]] is a ceramic plate that turns any food that is served on it into an artery-clogging delight with enhanced [[UpToEleven flavor & aroma]]. Unfortunately, said food is [[NutritionalNightmare so unhealthy]] that most creatures ''undergo cardiac arrest five minutes after eating it''.[[/labelnote]]

* The Big E state fair in New England strives to up its deep frying game every year. Deep fried offerings have included: oreos, [=KoolAid=], jelly beans, apple pie, butter, and even deep fried ''[[UpToEleven martinis]]''.

* To add insult to an injury, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Kiev Chicken Kiev]]. If you discount the chicken, it's basically a [[UpToEleven deep-fried butter]]. With herbs, though. Everything's healthier with herbs.

-->--'''Ted Allen''', ''{{Series/Chopped}}''

-->'''Student 1:''' Car keys?\\

* On the Cooking Network program "David Rocco's La Dolce Vita", David Rocco explains that a common Italian snack is a "fried pizza" which involves taking individual-sized portions of pizza dough and frying them in a skillet until they're crispy, sauteeing a tomato sauce (with garlic and basil) in a separate skillet, then topping the fried pizza dough with the tomato sauce and some parmesan. He also made a sweet variant where the fried pizza dough is topped with honey.

* One picture from ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' shows America eating what suspiciously looks like fried butter on a stick.

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* Creator/OsamuTezuka's ''Manga/{{Ode to Kirihito}}'' has a character who is a sideshow freak, 'the human tempura'. She covers herself in batter and is deep-fried, then with split-second timing is brought out again and bursts through the dough, alive. [[TrainingFromHell Her training was hell]] and normal circuses won't take her because her act is too depraved. [[spoiler: She ultimately tragically dies doing this with an improvised spoon to make money.]] Apparently she didn't realize that her basic tumbling talents were much safer and easier and just as likely to net some dough performing on the street.
* Tempura is an even deadlier weapon in ''Manga/IchiTheKiller''.
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-->'''Homestar:''' [[OwMyBodypart Ah! My face!]] [[ITasteDelicious My delicious fried face!]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'': During a 4th of July barbecue, Shake and Carl deep-fry an ''entire'' cow injected with cheese in its udders and force fed it bacon and ranch dressing before it died. Afterwards, they just leave the oil to fester in the front yard until Frylock forces them to dispose of it properly. This being Shake and Carl, they just dump it in the woods, provoking the wrath of the trees inside of it.

* In a probable aversion, a woman reported finding a [[http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/friedrat.asp fried chicken head]] in a box of UsefulNotes/McDonalds wings. "Probable" because, hey, if you're gonna eat a chicken head at all...

* In a probable aversion, a woman reported finding a [[http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/friedrat.asp fried chicken head]] in a box of UsefulNotes/McDonalds wings. But hey, if you're gonna eat a chicken head at all...

* Many [[VideoGame/SpaceStation13 Space Station 13]] codebases include a deep fryer in the station's kitchen/cafeteria, which can most often be used to deep-fry anything to make it edible. ''[[IAteWhat Anything]]''. '''Repeatedly'''. From actual food like deep-fried hamburgers (or simply deep-fried raw meat), to [[UpToEleven inorganic items]] like clothing, radios, ''floor tiles'', or the [[AppliedPhlebotinum valuable, normally highly-toxic]] ''[[GreenRocks plasma]]'', to [[SerialEscalation rare or even irreplaceable one-of-a-kind items]] like the [[SkeletonKey Captain's Spare ID]], Space Station 13 may very well be the triumphant example of this trope. [[note]]It's also one of the most common methods of trolling/griefing, as it requires very little actual effort and tends to annoy people to no end. Especially if it's their stuff you're frying.[[/note]]

* Crusty Sean from ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' is a humanoid shrimp who appears to ''be'' this trope. He's not actually shrimp tempura, however; he only looks that way because of the fuzzy orange jacket he's wearing. Somewhat ironically, he runs a food truck in ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' specializing in this trope.

* Creator/BillEngvall's (approving) description of hush puppies: "Deep-fried breaded bread."

* In ''Discworld/IShallWearMidnight'', both Tiffany and the Nac Mac Feegle themselves list one of their good points as the invention of the deep-fried stoat. Although the Feegles acknowledge that it's mostly a good point because it saved some other poor devil from inventing it. It's still probably better than a non-deep-fried stoat.

* Fried shrimp is deadly in the eyes in ''Film/{{RoboGeisha}}'' by the same people.