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* Invoked in the ''Westernanimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' episode "[[Recap/ScoobyDooWhereAreYouS1E2HassleInTheCastle Hassle in the Castle]]" - Scooby uses this, as well as a FootBathTreatment, to pretend that he has a cold so that he won't have to sniff out the Phantom. The others aren't fooled in the slightest.
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* The Granada version of ''Series/SherlockHolmes'': In "The Musgrave Ritual", the great detective has a blanket wrapped around his shoulders when he and Watson arrived at Musgrave's mansion as he's feeling sick. In "The Devil's Foot", Watson brings Holmes to Cornwell for a holiday to help him recover his health and Holmes is usually wrapped in a blanket.
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* Rare (semi) reality game show example from ''Series/{{Raven}}'': One warrior, Kefra, is wrapped in a blanket at the beginning of day 2 of week 2 after first falling ill at the end of day 1. She then [[NonGameplayElimination leaves the tournament as a result of being too ill to continue]].
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* The episode of ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' titled "Dough Re Mi" has Peter's voice changing just as the kids are scheduled to record a song, so he is wrapped in a blanket while being steamed [[ItMakesSenseInContext) to try and keep his voice from changing]].
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* Rare (semi) reality game show example from ''Series/{{Raven}}'': One warrior, Kefra, is wrapped in a blanket at the beginning of day 2 of week 2 after first falling ill at the end of day 1. She then [[NonGameplayElimination leaves the tournament as a result of being too ill to continue]].
* Rare (semi) reality game show example from ''Series/{{Raven}}'': One warrior, Kefra, is wrapped in a blanket at the beginning of day 2 of week 2 after first falling ill at the end of day 1. She then [[NonGameplayElimination leaves the tournament as a result of being too ill to continue]].
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* ''Disney/PeterPan'': Captain Hook is shown wrapped in a blanket and [[FootBathTreatment soaking his feet in hot water]] when he [[CatchYourDeathOfCold catches a cold]] after being chased through the water by the crocodile at Skull Rock.
* At the end of ''Disney/FrozenFever'', the sick Elsa is wrapped in Oaken's "cloaken" that was originally a birthday present for Anna.
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* In the ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' episode "[[Recap/MurderSheWroteS2E6ReflectionsOfTheMind Reflections of the Mind]]", Jessica's plan involved the local sheriff standing outside while she attempted to trick the perpetrators into confessing. This happens during a stormy day and at the end of the episode, he is sitting by the fire in a blanket and worried that he's [[CatchYourDeathOfCold catching a cold]] (although we never find out if he really does catch one).
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->'''Crawford''': "Actually, right now I'm under this little blanket."
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->'''Crawford''': "Actually, right now I'm under this little blanket."
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* ''Disney/PeterPan'': Captain Hook is shown wrapped in a blanket and [[FootBathTreatment soaking his feet in hot water]] when he [[CatchYourDeathOfCold catches a cold]] after being chased through the water by the crocodile at Skull Rock.
* ''Disney/PeterPan'': Captain Hook is shown wrapped in a blanket and [[FootBathTreatment soaking his feet in hot water]] when he [[CatchYourDeathOfCold catches a cold]] after being chased through the water by the crocodile at Skull Rock.
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* Two examples in the original production of ''Theatre/LesMiserables'':
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** Likewise, in the final scene, the dying Jean Valjean is wrapped in a blanket. After his death, he rises from his chair as a spirit, leaving the blanket behind to represent his body.
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* Two examples in the original production of ''Theatre/LesMiserables'':
** Late in Act II, Marius has a blanket around his shoulders as he recovers from his gunshot wound (and, going by the novel, resulting infection and fever) from the barricade.
** Likewise, in the final scene, the dying Jean Valjean is wrapped in a blanket. After his death, he rises from his chair as a spirit, leaving the blanket behind to represent his body.
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* In the ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' episode "Reflections of the Mind", Jessica's plan involved the local sheriff standing outside while she attempted to trick the perpetrators into confessing. This happens during a stormy day and at the end of the episode, he is sitting by the fire in a blanket and worried that he's [[CatchYourDeathOfCold catching a cold]] (although we never find out if he really does catch one).
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[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Surprisingly, no relation to]] smallpox blankets, which would be more aptly called an ill''ing'' blanket.
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-->'''Amethyst:''' I need another blanket...
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* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': After Kat's LoveInterest Aly hurriedly breaks things off, she [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=249 finds him]] swaddled in a blanket and fears he might be sick. [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}} since he's just {{Metamorphosi|s}}ng into a bird.]]
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There is a bit of TruthInTelevision to this: in the early stages of a fever, one's body thinks it's colder than it needs to be, which brings the illusion of being cold. There's also a false, but persistent, bit of "conventional wisdom" that states that the best way to treat a fever is to "sweat it out" with blankets. Additionally, many illnesses make the sufferer tired so they may be wrapped in a blanket if they want to sleep on the couch or wherever.
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There is a bit of TruthInTelevision to this: in the early stages of a fever, one's body thinks it's colder than it needs to be, which brings the illusion of being cold. There's also a false, but persistent, bit of "conventional wisdom" that states that the best way to treat a fever is to "sweat it out" with blankets. Additionally, many illnesses make the sufferer feel tired so they may be wrapped in a blanket if they want to the point of needing to sleep on wrapped up in a blanket; pneumonia is one such example, with electric blankets typically being used in tandem with humidifiers to keep the couch or wherever.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlePrincess'': At the end of "I Don't Want a Cold", the Princess thinks the adults have caught her cold and wraps the General and Chef in blankets (but not the others).
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Picture this: you're a cartoonist, and someone asks you to draw [[SickEpisode a sick person]]. Do you draw them wrapped up in a blanket? Well, that's what this trope is about.
Like [[SoupIsMedicine eating soup]], being wrapped up in a blanket is something that's relatively normal unless the weather is hot but is often associated with disease in fiction. In fact, fiction sometimes acts as if the ''only'' reason to be wrapped up in a blanket and not in bed (barring hypothermia, blizzards, being a baby or small child, and ''occasionally'' when watching TV) is being sick. So strong is this association that occasionally, being wrapped up in a blanket (along with an "out-of-it" look) is the first sign that something ain't right with a character, and a sick character might be wrapped up in a blanket even if it's summer.
There is a bit of TruthInTelevision to this: in the early stages of a fever, one's body thinks it's colder than it needs to be, which brings the illusion of being cold. There's also a false, but persistent, bit of "conventional wisdom" that states that the best way to treat a fever is to "sweat it out" with blankets. Additionally, many illnesses make the sufferer tired so they may be wrapped in a blanket if they want to sleep on the couch or wherever.
This does not include instances where the sick person is in bed, as [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs if you're in bed, you're likely to be wrapped up in a blanket anyway unless the weather is really hot]].
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* Spoofed in ''Anime/SSSSGridman'', where Hass wears a blanket along with a white mask over her mouth. According to Rikka in one episode, Hass is not sick, she just wears those items for fun.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' fanfiction ''[[https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:BigFanofEntertainment/One_Flu_Over_the_Loud_House_-_Alternate_Ending One Flu Over the Loud House - Alternate Ending]]'', the picture shows all the sick people wrapped up in blankets, except Lily. This is in contrast to the actual episode it was based on, wherein only Rita was wrapped in a blanket.
* In [[https://www.wattpad.com/69903466-mork-mindy/page/2 this]] unnamed ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' fanfiction, when Mindy finds Mork the alien sick, he is wrapped in a blanket.
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* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'': In "Sick Days", Sister Bear watches TV while wrapped in a blanket as she recovers from her ambiguous disease.
* ''Literature/BooksOfTheRaksura'': Moon attends a tense meeting at a rival Raksuran Court while recovering from nearly dying when someone tried to poison him. He becomes very embarrassed when the Queen interrupts the meeting to order him an extra blanket.
* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': In "The Last Straw", Greg gets sick, and he's illustrated sitting on the couch in a blanket with a thermometer in his mouth.
* Parodied in ''Literature/{{Saturnin}}'': the narrator says that Aunt Katerina's solution for everything (even getting rained on, having soot on one's eye, and getting locked in a room) is wrapping the person up in a blanket.
* In the book ''Spongebob Goes to the Doctor'', based on the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "Suds", Spongebob is seen on the cover wrapped in a blanket sick with a disease called the suds. In the episode the book is based on, however, Spongebob did get the suds but he didn't wrap himself in a blanket.
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* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'':
** In one ValentinesDayEpisode, Sheldon and Penny catch the flu so they have to stay at home instead of going to Switzerland with Leonard. They are seen in the living room wrapped in heavy blankets, eating soup.
** Leonard once pretends to be sick to avoid going to a party with Penny. When Penny video-calls him, he [[ExploitedTrope wraps himself in a blanket to make him look sicker]].
* ''Series/BigTimeRush'': When their mother is feeling sad about Kendall no longer needing her help, Katie decides to [[PlayingSick fake being sick]] to make her feel needed. She then wraps Katie up in so many blankets she can't move.
* In the ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' episode "Reflections of the Mind", Jessica's plan involved the local sheriff standing outside while she attempted to trick the perpetrators into confessing. This happens during a stormy day and at the end of the episode, he is sitting by the fire in a blanket and worried that he's [[CatchYourDeathOfCold catching a cold]] (although we never find out if he really does catch one).
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* In ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', the "Shadows of Yog-Sogoth" adventure "The Worm That Walks" has Mr. Edwin having been infected with a mysterious disease that confined him to a wheelchair. He has a blanket to protect him from the chill.
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* ''WebComic/GunnerkriggCourt'': After Kat's LoveInterest Aly hurriedly breaks things off, she fears he might be sick after finding him swaddled in a blanket. [[spoiler: Subverted in that he isn't sick; he's just turning into a bird.]]
* In the ''WebVideo/JaidenAnimations'' video "Injuries and Being Sick", whenever Jaiden draws a sick person who isn't in bed, they're wrapped in a blanket.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'':
** In "Mom Tiger is Sick", Daniel's mother has a cold and takes a nap on the couch wrapped up in a blanket. The episode's song also depicts Katerina wrapping Henrietta (who's implied to be sick) in a blanket.
** In "Daniel's Neighbors Help", Mrs. Tiger has a cold ''again'' and is wrapped in the same blanket on the couch (although she's not taking a nap).
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlePrincess'': At the end of "I Don't Want a Cold", the Princess thinks the adults have caught her cold and wraps the General and Chef in blankets (but not the others).
* Downplayed in ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode "One Flu Over the Loud House". All the Louds get sick, but only the mother Rita is wrapped in a blanket.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In "Put That Putter Away", Candace is sick and sneaks out of bed with a blanket wrapped around her.
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Like [[SoupIsMedicine eating soup]], being wrapped up in a blanket is something that's relatively normal unless the weather is hot but is often associated with disease in fiction. In fact, fiction sometimes acts as if the ''only'' reason to be wrapped up in a blanket and not in bed (barring hypothermia, blizzards, being a baby or small child, and ''occasionally'' when watching TV) is being sick. So strong is this association that occasionally, being wrapped up in a blanket (along with an "out-of-it" look) is the first sign that something ain't right with a character, and a sick character might be wrapped up in a blanket even if it's summer.
There is a bit of TruthInTelevision to this: in the early stages of a fever, one's body thinks it's colder than it needs to be, which brings the illusion of being cold. There's also a false, but persistent, bit of "conventional wisdom" that states that the best way to treat a fever is to "sweat it out" with blankets. Additionally, many illnesses make the sufferer tired so they may be wrapped in a blanket if they want to sleep on the couch or wherever.
This does not include instances where the sick person is in bed, as [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs if you're in bed, you're likely to be wrapped up in a blanket anyway unless the weather is really hot]].
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* Spoofed in ''Anime/SSSSGridman'', where Hass wears a blanket along with a white mask over her mouth. According to Rikka in one episode, Hass is not sick, she just wears those items for fun.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' fanfiction ''[[https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:BigFanofEntertainment/One_Flu_Over_the_Loud_House_-_Alternate_Ending One Flu Over the Loud House - Alternate Ending]]'', the picture shows all the sick people wrapped up in blankets, except Lily. This is in contrast to the actual episode it was based on, wherein only Rita was wrapped in a blanket.
* In [[https://www.wattpad.com/69903466-mork-mindy/page/2 this]] unnamed ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' fanfiction, when Mindy finds Mork the alien sick, he is wrapped in a blanket.
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* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'': In "Sick Days", Sister Bear watches TV while wrapped in a blanket as she recovers from her ambiguous disease.
* ''Literature/BooksOfTheRaksura'': Moon attends a tense meeting at a rival Raksuran Court while recovering from nearly dying when someone tried to poison him. He becomes very embarrassed when the Queen interrupts the meeting to order him an extra blanket.
* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': In "The Last Straw", Greg gets sick, and he's illustrated sitting on the couch in a blanket with a thermometer in his mouth.
* Parodied in ''Literature/{{Saturnin}}'': the narrator says that Aunt Katerina's solution for everything (even getting rained on, having soot on one's eye, and getting locked in a room) is wrapping the person up in a blanket.
* In the book ''Spongebob Goes to the Doctor'', based on the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "Suds", Spongebob is seen on the cover wrapped in a blanket sick with a disease called the suds. In the episode the book is based on, however, Spongebob did get the suds but he didn't wrap himself in a blanket.
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* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'':
** In one ValentinesDayEpisode, Sheldon and Penny catch the flu so they have to stay at home instead of going to Switzerland with Leonard. They are seen in the living room wrapped in heavy blankets, eating soup.
** Leonard once pretends to be sick to avoid going to a party with Penny. When Penny video-calls him, he [[ExploitedTrope wraps himself in a blanket to make him look sicker]].
* ''Series/BigTimeRush'': When their mother is feeling sad about Kendall no longer needing her help, Katie decides to [[PlayingSick fake being sick]] to make her feel needed. She then wraps Katie up in so many blankets she can't move.
* In the ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' episode "Reflections of the Mind", Jessica's plan involved the local sheriff standing outside while she attempted to trick the perpetrators into confessing. This happens during a stormy day and at the end of the episode, he is sitting by the fire in a blanket and worried that he's [[CatchYourDeathOfCold catching a cold]] (although we never find out if he really does catch one).
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* In ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', the "Shadows of Yog-Sogoth" adventure "The Worm That Walks" has Mr. Edwin having been infected with a mysterious disease that confined him to a wheelchair. He has a blanket to protect him from the chill.
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* ''WebComic/GunnerkriggCourt'': After Kat's LoveInterest Aly hurriedly breaks things off, she fears he might be sick after finding him swaddled in a blanket. [[spoiler: Subverted in that he isn't sick; he's just turning into a bird.]]
* In the ''WebVideo/JaidenAnimations'' video "Injuries and Being Sick", whenever Jaiden draws a sick person who isn't in bed, they're wrapped in a blanket.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'':
** In "Mom Tiger is Sick", Daniel's mother has a cold and takes a nap on the couch wrapped up in a blanket. The episode's song also depicts Katerina wrapping Henrietta (who's implied to be sick) in a blanket.
** In "Daniel's Neighbors Help", Mrs. Tiger has a cold ''again'' and is wrapped in the same blanket on the couch (although she's not taking a nap).
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlePrincess'': At the end of "I Don't Want a Cold", the Princess thinks the adults have caught her cold and wraps the General and Chef in blankets (but not the others).
* Downplayed in ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode "One Flu Over the Loud House". All the Louds get sick, but only the mother Rita is wrapped in a blanket.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In "Put That Putter Away", Candace is sick and sneaks out of bed with a blanket wrapped around her.
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