History Main / GreenAroundTheGills

->''"This is 'sickness green'. My whole life I've seen cartoon characters, comics, emojis... they all turn this exact same shade of green when bad things are about to happen."''

** Lola turns green when she accidentally eats mayonnaise instead of pudding.

** In the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] take on ''Literature/HortonHatchesTheEgg'', Horton's face turns green at one point from seasickness.

** In "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS3E24TheMan]]", during Richard and Louie's "man-off", the "Man Washing" portion has Louie exhaling a breath at Anais that causes her to turn green.

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!!Examples

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[[folder:Asian Animation]]
* ''Animation/BoBoiBoyGalaxy''
** In "Katakululu's Hypnosis", when Gopal turns [[DishingOutDirt BoBoiBoy Earth]]'s earth barrier into a pile of [[VisibleOdor visibly putrid]] alien food, the rest of the [=BoBoiBoy=] elementals present clamp their hands over their noses in disgust, but [=BoBoiBoy=] Leaf in particular coughs and turns green in the face as well.
** In "Emotion Manipulation", when the power sphera Emotibot imprints emotions on others in the TAPOPS station, he inflicts Fang with the green "nauseated face" emote (🤢), compelling Fang to puke every once in a while, additionally indicated each time by his face turning green.
* ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'': In "Alien Again", Slim Doc's reaction to the taste of alien food is nausea, green face included.
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* Grimsby's face turns a very unflattering shade of green right before he [[VomitDiscretionShot bends over the ship's rail]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989''.

* In Film/NightOfTheGrizzly when Jim’s niece Megan is given some punch laced with alcohol she begins to feel sick and the lighting on her face is green to evoke this trope, in an otherwise realistic film.

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[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Lucy understandably does this when Linus tells her that he's eating [[NutritionalNightmare sugar lumps with honey.]]
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* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'': In the game "Barf Boat", Captain Arf will periodically turn green in the face before projectile vomiting from seasickness.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown'', Applejack has no sea legs whatsoever on the cruise. She manages to get seasick just from someone shaking her hand.

--> '''Nurse Robot:''' Oh dear! Your skin has turned green!
--> '''Ema:''' Huh? No, I'm ''supposed'' to be green! It's my friends that are sick!
* In the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' film ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMusicOfTheVampire'', as the gang is driving across a high, rickety bridge during the song 'Done With Monsters', Shaggy looks down at the water below and becomes nauseous and green as a result.
** Shaggy also becomes green around the gills after smelling some rotten leftovers near the beginning of the ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo '' episode "A Scooby-Doo Valentine".

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS6E27TheAwareness The Awareness]]", Gumball compliments Tobias on his green rainbow costume for Green Week at school, but Tobias states that he just has food poisoning and [[VomitDiscretionShot bends over to throw up]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' episode "The Birthday Cruise", princess Chloe turns greens from getting seasick on her birthday cruise.

* Happens to [[IllGirl Hyatt]] in ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', when she feels sick before she vomits up blood and dies (as opposed to the times when she just drops dead).

* [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/ugqa71/amity_vs_human_realm/ This]] Creator/{{Moringmark}} ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' fancomic has Amity turn a shade of green when she gets carsick.

* [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/ugqa71/amity_vs_human_realm/ This]] Webcomic/{{Moringmark}} ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' fancomic has Amity turn a shade of green when she gets carsick.

-->-- '''[=TheJWittz=]''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoVY_w1pnUA Top 10 WORST Shiny Pokemon]]"

** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0430.html Happens to a motion-sick Roy]], immediately followed by a VomitIndiscretionShot.

** The WesternAnimation/BugsBunny short "Falling Hare". Bugs is in a plane that's in a power dive. As he looks out the window, he puts his fingers to his mouth and turns green. Watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1xqrdtJs8w#t=7m47s here]].

* ''Anime/FutureBoyConan'': In episode 3, Jimsy gets Conan to inhale a cigarette. He feels ill, turns a dull shade of green, and passes out with the smoke coming out of his nostrils.

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''

--> '''Nurse Robot''': Oh dear! Your skin has turned green!
--> '''Ema''': Huh? No, I'm ''supposed'' to be green! It's my friends that are sick!

* ''WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons'': In ''WesternAnimation/ScrewballSquirrel'', Meathead the dog is looking for Screwy Squirrel on a deserted ship, and Screwy draws a picture of water and waves it out the port window. Meathead turns bright green and runs offscreen to vomit, Screwy laughs at him for falling for the gag, only to end up doing it to himself and getting the same results.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan'' episode "The Mardi Gras Caper", Henry gets green in the face when he and Stanley hit a Chan Plan that results in some rather crazy driving.

* [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/ugqa71/amity_vs_human_realm/ This]] Webcomic/MoringMark ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' fancomic has Amity turn a shade of green when she gets carsick.

* [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/ugqa71/amity_vs_human_realm/ This]] ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' fancomic has Amity turn a shade of green when she gets carsick.

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* ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'': Fern's entire body is constantly green. Other characters have commented on it, but [[WeirdnessCensor Fern sees herself normally-colored.]] [[spoiler:She may or may not be an [[TyphoidMary asymptomatic carrier]] of [[TheVirus the Parliament's manufactured disease.]] ]]

-->'''Sakura:''' Are you all right? Your face is turning green.
-->'''Ataru:''' Y-yeah? Gee, too bad we're not [[BreakingTheFourthWall published in color!]]
* In episode 3 of ''Anime/FutureBoyConan'', Jimsy gets Conan to inhale a cigarette. He feels ill, turns a dull shade of green, and passes out with the smoke coming out of his nostrils.

-->'''Emmett:''' Thanks, Molly, but I think I'll wait 'til dinner.
-->'''Molly:''' ''(oblivious)'' Don't you want one?
* In ''ComicBook/SupermanSmashesTheKlan'', Roberta gets motion sick easily and frequently has to throw up after a bumpy ride, often turning purple or green in the process.