History Main / PineappleRuinsPizza

* ''Website/GoAnimate'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_UuWSfI2-8 Caillou Goes to Italy and Orders Pineapple Pizza/Executed/Grounded]], Caillou says that they should get pineapple on pizza. Boris yells at him for such a suggestion and claims that it's an "insult to pizza". When Caillou goes to an Italian restaurant to prove him wrong, [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] is infuriated and [[DisproportionateRetribution has two men shoot him dead]].

by putting chunks of fruit on it that ''aren't'' tomatoes or peppers and might sound bad on paper. That said, pineapple is still a popular topping in pizzerias around the world, making it the BaseBreakingCharacter of pizza.

To make a Hawaiian pizza, all you need is two toppings: cooked ham and chunks of pineapple. Thing is, though, putting pineapple on a pizza can be controversial to some[[note]]Which is 2/3 of people according to [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2022_09_09_at_95043_am.png this 2017 online survey]] from Time Magazine[[/note]]. Pizza typically falls under the "savoury" side of food groups, so adding "sweet" to that flavouring

To make a Hawaiian pizza, all you need is two toppings: cooked ham and chunks of pineapple. Thing is, though, putting pineapple on a pizza can be controversial to some[[note]]Which is 2/3 of people according to [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2022_09_09_at_95043_am.png this 2017 online survey]] from Time Magazine[[/note]]. Pizza typically falls under the "savory" side of food groups, so putting chunks of fruit on it that ''aren't'' tomatoes or peppers and adding "sweet" to that flavoring might sound bad on paper. That said, pineapple is still a popular topping in pizzerias around the world, making it the BaseBreakingCharacter of pizza.

In pop culture, people who don't like pineapple pizza are on the front lines. Fans of pineapple on pizza get weird looks at best or outright vilified at worst. Dissidents, on the other hand, will range from picking the pineapple off, to politely declining, to choosing death by starvation as a preferable alternative. In general though, the way this trope is portrayed will vary [[DependingOnTheWriter depending on the preferences of the author.]]

To make a Hawaiian pizza, all you need is two toppings: cooked ham and chunks of pineapple. Thing is, though, putting pineapple on a pizza can be controversial to some. Pizza typically falls under the "savory" side of food groups, so putting chunks of fruit on it that ''aren't'' tomatoes or peppers and adding "sweet" to that flavoring might sound bad on paper. That said, pineapple is still a popular topping in pizzerias around the world, making it the BaseBreakingCharacter of pizza.

To make a Hawaiian Pizza, all you need is two toppings: cooked ham and chunks of pineapple. Thing is, though, putting pineapple on a pizza can be controversial to some. Pizza typically falls under the "savory" side of food groups, so putting chunks of fruit on it that ''aren't'' tomatoes or peppers and adding "sweet" to that flavoring might sound bad on paper. That said, pineapple is still a popular topping in pizzerias around the world, making it the BaseBreakingCharacter of pizza.

** In "[[Recap/TheGoodPlaceS1E08MostImprovedPlayer Most Improved Player]]", the various Demons from the Bad Place prank Michael by ordering dozens of Hawaiian Pizzas -- "the worst pizza" -- and leaving them in Michael's office.
** In "[[Recap/TheGoodPlaceS2E10RhondaDianaJakeAndTrent Rhonda, Diana, Jake, and Trent]]", Hawaiian Pizza is used as one of the confections at a Bad Place party in the Museum of Low-Grade Crappiness.

* The government's dislike of Pineapple Pizza is implied in ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'', with one of the NCPD's wanted posters being for an Animals ganger named Mauler, wanted for "Illegal use of pineapple or pineapple-adjacent products", citing a "Pizza Desecration Act". Which is made even funnier by the fact that "Tofu'd Tuna and Pineapple Pizza" is a commonly found food item.

* ''VideoGame/PineappleOnPizza'' by Majorariatto, which has "Can a video game convey a flavor?" as its {{Tagline}}. The description compares eating a pizza to holding a party in your mouth, stating that the game is about finding a way to ruin it. At first glance, it seems to be the case of NeverTrustATitle, being a TropicalIslandAdventure instead... [[spoiler:up until you jump into an active volcano, causing it to erupt and destroy everything around it. The WhamShot afterwards reveals that the island now looks like a Hawaiian Pizza, with the volcano representing a slice of pineapple. The original version featured in ''Majorariatto Museum'' as a hidden bonus game made the message even clearer, as the line with a text greeting player changes into "[[WhatTheHellPlayer You had to ruin it.]]" In short, the game compares pineapple on pizza to a tragic event that cost many innocent lives.]]

* ''WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions'': In "History Summarized: Hawai'i", Blue says that not only is putting pineapples on pizza an atrocity to nature but calling it "Hawaiian Pizza" is a slap to the face due to the icky history concerning the pineapple industry in Hawai'i.

* ''[[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4's Mario Bloopers]]'': In "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Mario Waits For Pizza]]", Bowser hosts a party and orders pizza, asking everyone what toppings they want. [=SMG4=] himself asks for pineapple, prompting looks from everyone. Bowser then orders the pizza and reluctantly orders [=SMG4=] a pineapple pizza.

-->'''Danno''': I don't care where we are. Pizza and pineapple do not belong in the same air space.

* Averted in ''VideoGame/RuneScape'' - out of the four kinds of pizza the player can make (plain, meat, anchovy, and pineapple), pineapple pizza heals the most health (and is one of the highest-healing foods in the game), with anchovy pizza healing the second-most health among the pizzas.

* Creator/JimmyDavis' [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong64 DK Rap]] YoutubePoop, [[https://youtu.be/1ECec9YoHYs The Decayer App]], ends with [[spoiler: the narrator saying that “Pineapple’s great, but it sucks on pizza.”]]

-->'''Security Guard''': You need to leave.

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* ''VisualNovel/ADateWithDeath'': On Night 4, you play a game of "twenty questions", with one of them being your opinion of pineapple on pizza. Grim likes it; whether you agree with him or not depends on which option you pick.
* In ''VisualNovel/PerfectMatch'', Hayden (the main character's partner) and Steve (the main character's cousin Nadia's boyfriend) get into an argument about pineapples on pizza. Steve loves Hawaiian pizza, while Hayden hates it and can't fathom anyone liking it. However, Hayden apparently changed their mind by the finale.
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* ''WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'': In "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Mario Waits For Pizza]]", Bowser hosts a party and orders pizza, asking everyone what toppings they want. [=SMG4=] himself asks for pineapple, prompting looks from everyone. Bowser then orders the pizza and reluctantly orders [=SMG4=] a pineapple pizza.

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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/LittleNuns'': The [[https://twitter.com/hyxpk/status/1543263239093465088 July 2, 2022]] post shows the Clumsy Nun (the one with blonde hair) attempting to put a giant pineapple ring on her pizza, with the rest of the clergy and flock of ducks appropriately reacting with disgust. Ironically, the two nuns on the upper right don't seem to mind it that much and are shown to be proud of her doing so, and some HypocriticalHumor is involved with the Froggy Nun on the left whose slice of pizza contains a more bizarre mix of toppings such as a banana, broccoli, and presumably chocolate or barbecue sauce.
* This ''WebComic/{{Polandball}}'' [[https://www.reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/6tfkr5/crimes_against_humanity/ strip]], which is a list of the worst crimes against humanity... and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking putting pineapple on pizza at the end]].
* ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'': In [[https://satwcomic.com/food-crimes this strip]], Denmark and Norway are disgusted to find pineapple on their pizza, and then even more disgusted when [[HypocriticalHumor Sweden proudly states his preference to use banana instead]].
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* The [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong64 DK Rap]] YoutubePoop, [[https://youtu.be/1ECec9YoHYs The Decayer App]], ends with [[spoiler: the narrator saying that “Pineapple’s great, but it sucks on pizza.”]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperheroGirls2019'' short "[=#SofaSoGood=]", Barbara and Karen run into a man carrying pizzas while trying to take a seemingly abandoned couch to their lair, with Barbara quipping that she and Karen did the guy a favor by making him drop the pizzas because the pizzas have pineapple on them. Later, a rat tries to steal one of the pizzas after it falls off the couch, but [[EvenTheRatsWontTouchIt rejects it]] after Barbara yells that it has pineapples on it.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperheroGirls2019'' short "[=#SofaSoGood=]", Barbara and Karen run into a man carrying pizzas while trying to take a seemingly abandoned couch to their lair, with Barbara quipping that she and Karen did the guy a favor because the pizzas have pineapple on them. Later, a rat tries to steal one of the pizzas after it falls off the couch, but [[EvenTheRatsWontTouchIt rejects it]] after Barbara yells that it has pineapples on it.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{DC Super Hero Girls|2019}}'' short "[=#SofaSoGood=]", [[EvenTheRatsWontTouchIt a rat tries to steal a pizza,]] but rejects it after Barbara yells that it has pineapples on it.

Note that, despite the name, Hawaiian pizza is neither Hawaiian nor Italian in origin. It was invented by Greek-Canadian Sam Panopoulus in 1962, and despite being served in pizzerias for decades since, it didn't rise to prominence in media until TheNewTens. Prior to this, {{anchovies|AreAbhorrent}} were more commonplace as the popular scrappy pizza topping, especially in TheEighties and TheNineties.

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* ''WesternAnimation/Nimona2023'': While Nimona, disguised as a little child, tries to kidnap the squire Diego as part of her and Ballister's plan to get evidence of his innocence, he throws many objects at Nimona's face, none of which even fazes her until a slice of pineapple pizza hits her, disgusting her.

--> '''Kemy:''' And this brings me to another sacred truth of the land! Hatred to tropical fruit on dough circles! It is okay to enjoy them!

* ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019S03E10Oblivion Oblivion]]", Klaus and Luther find themselves watching strange documentaries on TV while eating pizza, though Klaus is clearly annoyed by the fact that the pizza is Hawaiian. He spends most of this scene picking the pineapple chunks off his slices and throwing them away. [[spoiler:The twist is that the two of them are dead, courtesy of the big betrayal in the previous episode; while Luther is shocked once he realizes that he's dead, Klaus ([[ResurrectiveImmortality no stranger to the hereafter]]) knew it from the very beginning, and is just irritated by the fact that he's ended up in an afterlife where Hawaiian pizza exists.]]

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* ''WebOriginal/ArnoldsPizzaShop'': An impression of an answering machine in a pizza shop operated by Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger that went viral includes the line "If you want something crazy like pineapple, I'll kill you.".

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To make a Hawaiian Pizza, all you need is two toppings: cooked ham and chunks of pineapple. Thing is, though, putting pineapple on a pizza can be controversial to some. Pizza typically falls under the "savory" side of food groups, so putting chunks of fruit on it that ''aren't'' tomatoes and adding "sweet" to that flavoring might sound bad on paper. That said, pineapple is still a popular topping in pizzerias around the world, making it the BaseBreakingCharacter of pizza.

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[[spoiler:'''Casey:''' What is wrong with you?!]].

-->'''Garfield:''' (''covers ears'') [[IgnoringBySinging Lah! Lah! Lah! Lah!]]

SubTrope of StockYuck and HoldTheUnsolicitedIngredient. Compare KidsHateVegetables, EveryoneHatesFruitCakes, HaggisIsHorrible, YoureDrinkingBreastMilk, GarlicIsAbhorrent, FoulMedicine, and DisgustingVegetarianFood.