History Main / IdiotsCannotCatchColds

* ''PaniPoniDash''

* ''SailorMoon'': A sick Luna told Artemis that he was safe because idiots don't catch colds. He was offended.

* This trope is hilariously played with in one episode (165) of ''Manga/{{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!]]

* Subverted in OuranHighSchoolHostClub in a (manga-only) particularly memorable arc when resident IdiotHero [[{{Keet}} Tamaki]] [[{{Bishonen}} Suoh]] gets a fever, much to everybody's shock, gets delirious, and ends up kissing [[{{Bifauxnen}} Haruhi]] on the forehead as a gesture of [[MyCrushIsOblivious 'parental affection']]. He, of course, forgets the entire exchange when he gets better.

* In ''KamenRiderKiva'', [[ActionGirl Yuri Aso]] comes to this conclusion after 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.
* 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. At the end of the arc, Shotaro sneezes, causing both Akiko and Phillip to re-evaluate their past comments.

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. If there is any RealLife explanation, it may be that idiots are [[AchievementInIgnorance too stupid to realize they even have a cold]], then ignore it until it goes away. Another possible explanation; only an idiot would do the things that Japanese conventional wisdom says cause colds; when they don't catch the cold they should have, [[CircularReasoning it's because they're idiots.]]

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. If there is any RealLife explanation, it may be that idiots are [[TooDumbToLive too stupid to realize they even have a cold]], then ignore it until it goes away. Another possible explanation; only an idiot would do the things that Japanese conventional wisdom says cause colds; when they don't catch the cold they should have, [[CircularReasoning it's because they're idiots.]]

* An episode of TheRealGhostbusters was set in Japan. In one scene, a Japanese schoolboy is taunted by other children by stealing his hat. The head bully says "You can't catch us! You can't even catch a cold!" At first, it seems that they're making a pun that probably only works in English, but [[FridgeBrilliance makes sense]] when you remember this trope.
** 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 coincidental.

* When Kagami has the flu in ''LuckyStar'', Konata [[LampshadeHanging mentions]] off-handedly that since she's an idiot, she's not afraid of catching a cold. After some [[ConversationalTroping discussion]] on whether the flu is an upgraded version of a cold, Konata acts disappointed that she hadn't been contradicted on the "idiot" part.
** Plus, she's not an idiot so much as [[BrilliantButLazy a slacker]] and does get a summer cold not long after.
** There was some more discussion of that in later manga, when Kagami got the flu the second time-- Miyuki mentioned the other variation of this trope: ''idiots catch colds in summer''. Of course Miyuki quickly apologized. On the other hand, Yutaka [[IllGirl kept catch colds summer or winter]], so is she an idiot or not?
** In the manga, Kagami points out that [[TheDitz Tsukasa]] never seems to get sick...

* When Kagami has the flu in ''LuckyStar'', Konata mentions off-handedly that since she's an idiot, she's not afraid of catching a cold. After some [[ConversationalTroping discussion]] on whether the flu is an upgraded version of a cold, Konata acts disappointed that she hadn't been contradicted on the "idiot" part.

* 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.

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. If there is any RealLife explanation, it may be that idiots are [[TooDumbToLive too stupid to realize they even have a cold]], then ignore it until it goes away. Another possible explanation; only an idiot would do the things that Japanese conventional wisdom causes colds; when they don't catch the cold they should have; [[CircularReasoning it's because they're idiots.]]

* During the [[JukenSentaiGekiranger Gekiranger]] / [[GoGoSentaiBoukenger Boukenger]] teamup, Mele mentions that the MonsterOfTheWeek gets sick the least out of all their troops. He's also ''very'' sensitive about being called an idiot.

* BugsBunny tells of a snowman effigy of Elmer Fudd in "Fresh Hare" (1942, Freleng):

* BugsBunny tells of a snowman effigy of Elmer Fudd in "Fresh Hare" (1942, Freleng)"

* In ''{{Eyeshield21}}'', Otawara is the only one of the Ojou White Knights to never miss a single practice, because, well, idiots don't catch colds.

* In ''{{Bleach}}'', after Ichigo [[spoiler:defeats Grimmjow]] he asks [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Orihime]] if she's ok. She responds "Well I'm pretty tough too! When I was a kid I never caught colds."

* Seto Kaiba says this to Jonouchi on one occasion in ''YuGiOh''.

-> '''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...
--->--''{{BlazBlue}}: Calamity Trigger''

* ''VideoGame/{{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]].

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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. If there is any RealLife explanation, it may be that idiots are [[TooDumbToLive too stupid to realize they even have a cold]], then ignore it until it goes away.

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

A common superstition in Japanese culture, which states that stupid people are immune to colds.

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