History Main / IdiotsCannotCatchColds

* In ''{{Beelzebub}}'' Furuichi says these exact same words to Oga after the latter sneezes and wonders if he has caught a cold.

* In the ''ExcelSaga'' manga, Iwata catches a cold at some point and Sumiyoshi says something like "so idiots do catch colds!"

* This trope is hilariously played with in one episode (165) of {{Gintama}} when everybody (save for Shinpachi who's forced to take care of them) is sick with colds. When the air in his home is polluted by Hasegawa who's ''wearing'' numerous viruses, arrives the biggest idiot of them all, [[CloudCuckooLander Katsura]]. Yet somehow he doesn't even look like Katsura anymore. He has turned into Obama look-a-like "Ill Smith" for no apparent reason, who repeats the YES WE CAN at the end of his sentences and he can suck the diseases from everybody in a blink of an eye. He cures their colds, TheMessiah has arrived! [[spoiler: Until Kondo jabbed him in the ass and all the viruses he had adsorded flooded out. Gee, thanks Kondo!]]

* In SkipBeat, Ren denies that he's coming down with a cold and brags that he's never been sick. Before the arc's over he's sick as a dog, proving his only stupidity deals with his romantic feelings. His unawareness of this trope is nice foreshadowing of [[spoiler: his having not grown up in Japan]].

** She once got a cold due to excessive heat.
*** Intentionally in fact, [[DefiedTrope to prove that she's not an idiot]].
**** ... doesn't intentionally making yourself sick prove the opposite?

'''Kyrie''': Fighting spirit...?\\
'''Amitie''': Fighting spirit! With it overflowing from my body, a mere virus won't beat me!\\

'''Amitie''': Things like that... Can be taken cared by Fighting Spirit!\\

-->'''Gintoki''': "That damn Zura...I always thought he never caught colds because his body resisted viruses, but it's the opposite! His body absordes viruses which means his immune system was strengthened to a point when he can never catch colds!"

* ''{{Touhou}}'' has Cirno, who is doubly protected against colds by being 1.) [[AnIcePerson an ice fairy]], and 2.) the resident {{Baka}}. Naturally, numerous fanworks have [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded this trope]].

* A character accuses Moses Sandor from ''[[TalesOfLegendia Tales of Legendia]]'' to be "too stupid to catch a cold" when someone comments on his rather light choice of clothing regardless of where they go, cold places and all.

* In a "Teach me, Miss Litchi!" segment in ''{{BlazBlue}}'', [[StalkerWithACrush Bang]] is planning to infiltrate Litchi's clinic so he can get closer to her. One of his subordinates suggests going in as a patient, but Bang is an IdiotHero, see the quote at the top of this page.

* During the case of the aptly named [[spoiler:Virus]] dopant in ''KamenRiderDouble'', Akiko is sick with a cold during the whole two episodes and uses this excuse for why she didn't cover her mouth when she sneezes at Shoutaro. It of course leads Phillip to a WikiWalk about the origins of the phrase.

* An episode of the ''{{Kirby}}'' anime revolves around this when King Dedede is the only one in the land not to catch a cold, and desperately tries to to prove he's not an idiot. That episode had a few Japanese things that outsiders would find weird, such as everyone who got sick wearing a medical mask.

* This trope is hilariously played with in one episode (165) of {{Gintama}} when everybody (save for Shinpachi who's forced to take care of them) is sick with colds. When the air in his home is polluted by Hasegawa who's ''wearing'' numerous viruses, arrives the biggest idiot of them all, [[CloudCuckooLander Katsura]]. Yet somehow he doesn't even look like Katsura anymore. He has turned into Obama look-a-like "Ill Smith" for no apparent reason, who repeats the YES WE CAN at the end of his sentences and he can suck the diseases from everybody in a blink of an eye. He cures their colds, TheMessiah has arrived! [[spoiler: Until Kondo jabbed him in the ass and all the viruses he had absorded flooded out. Gee, thanks Kondo!]]

* In ''KamenRiderKiva'', [[ActionGirl Yuri Aso]] comes to this conclusion after [[HandsomeLetch Otoya Kurenai]] uses the IXA System without suffering the detrimental side effects it demonstrated on its previous user. In fact, he's well enough to [[CrowningMomentOfFunny dance around]] in a ShoutOut to the actor's musical past.

** The animation for ''The Real Ghostbusters'' was actually produced in Japan (by the same studio as ''LupinTheThird''), so the use of this trope may not be conincidental.

This has an equivalent in French, where Coryza is commonly known as "Rhume de cerveau" (brain cold), which people without a brain obviously can't catch. The English phrase "too slow to catch a cold" may or may not be related.

* ''UruseiYatsura''

--> '''Subordinate:''' Hey boss, if you're trying to infiltrate a hospital, you should just go in as a patient!
--> '''[[IdiotHero Bang]]:''' That's an excellent idea, but I've never been sick. I don't even know how to ''get'' sick...

* This trope is hilariously played with in one episode (165) of {{Gintama}} when everybody (save for Shinpachi who's forced to take care of them) is sick with colds. When the air in his home is polluted by Hasegawa who's ''wearing'' numerous viruses, arrives the biggest idiot of them all, [[CloudCuckooLander Katsura]]. Yet somehow he doesn't even look like Katsura anymore. He has turned into Obama look-a-like "Ill Smith" for no apparent reason, who repeats the YES WE CAN at the end of his sentences and he can suck the diseases from everybody in a blink of an eye. He cures their colds, {{Messiah}} has arrived! [[spoiler: Until Kondo jabbed him in the ass and all the viruses he had absorded flooded out. Gee, thanks Kondo!]]

* Hanajima says this about herself in {{FruitsBasket}}.

* Seto Kaiba says this to Jonouchi on one occasion in ''[[YuGiOh Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''.

--> '''Bang:''' That's an excellent idea, but I've never been sick. I don't even know how to ''get'' sick...

* In a "Teach me, Miss Litchi!" segment in ''{{BlazBlue}}'', [[StalkerWithACrush Bang]] is planning to infiltrate Litchi's clinic so he can get closer to her. One of his subordinates suggests going in as a patient, but... well, see the quote at the top of this page.