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** ''Fanfic/EverydayCrazinessInPontypandy'': In "Lightning Flu BLues", Elvis is knocked out with the flu.

* The ''ComicBook/DialHForHero'' story featured as a back-up in issue 31 of ''New Adventures of Superboy'' has Chris King suffer from having a cold, finding to his misfortune that using his dial to change into a superhero doesn't instantly cure him and still leaves him sick.
* [[https://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=I+TL+1386-A One story]] in the ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse has Donald harassed by an anthropomorphic common cold that only he can see, able to counter medication by taking pills of his own. He manages to get rid of him after noticing machines can see him too, but since no story can end happily for Donald, on the last page he's greeted by an anthropomorphic ''headache''.
* In the ''ComicBook/{{Futurama}}'' comic "A Cure for the Common Cold", Fry catches a disease that's similar to a cold except with a few strange symptoms, the most noticeable being regressing to a primal state. He spreads it to everyone except Bender, Farnsworth, and Zoidberg. Eventually, everyone gets better but they sneeze up giant germs, except the mutants, who save the day by sneezing up giant antibodies.
* ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW'' has a sick arc for Pizzazz. She [[spoiler:gets into a car accident]] and injures her larynx. She can't sing or scream, two things she's [[HairTriggerTemper known for]], and her bandmates have to find a temporary replacement (which turns out to be [[spoiler:Blaze]]). The arc ends with Pizzazz picking herself up after the TraumaCongaLine of feeling useless combined with [[spoiler:her father not caring at all that she nearly died]] leaves her a sobbing mess. [[spoiler:Blaze ends up a permanent member of the band]].
* In one of the ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendsForever'' comic books, Ponyville's population come down with something which makes them sneeze, become tired, [[PolkaDotDisease break out in red spots]], have sore throats, and occasionally lisp or [[NonSequitur talk nonsense]]. [[spoiler:Zecora ends up contracting it too, but then the Sick Episode trope is subverted when it turns out to be an allergy to a certain type of mould, allowing Spike to cure it.]].
* In the ''ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}}'' ([[BatFamilyCrossover and others]]) during ''ComicBook/BatmanContagion'' Tim was infected with the Ebola Gulf-A virus and lay dying in the Batcave for the last five issues before a cure is invented.
** During ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand'' Tim had a fight in the sewers with Ratcatcher that left him ill after ending up in the sewage with scratches and bites and having to deal with Mr. Freeze and Killer Croc while trying to get back on his feet.
** Stephanie Brown (Spoiler) picked up a 24 hour cold in ''ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}}'' issue #102 that left her struggling to be understood with a stuffy nose before Tim stops by with some chicken soup he made for her that help clear her sinuses.
* The ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' one-shot "It's Not Lupus" features Molly and Chase becoming inexplicably ill. This later turns out to be the result of Nico accidentally casting a spell on them.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Peter was always getting sick for an issue or two, but then his spider-strength would allow him to recover in record time. Unfortunately, he always [[RuleOfDrama happened]] to get this ''right'' when the MonsterOfTheWeek showed up.
** The most famous is probably Spider-Man having a cold ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied.
** A special mention goes out to the ''ComicBook/GrimHunt'' storyline, in which the villains actually plan their attack to take place when he's sick [[spoiler:using the precognitive abilities of Madame Web.]]
** One comedic short in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Annual (2014) had Spider-Man terrifying a group of villains by not speaking, which is considered a massive OutOfCharacterMoment for him, as it meant he was pissed. [[spoiler:Actually, he had laryngitis this time.]]

A character comes down with an illness, and may be bedridden. This may be in order to pad out the season, to provide an excuse as to [[DeusExitMachina why that character isn't present]] when [[StoryBreakerPower their skills or powers would wrap up the plot neatly in a few minutes]], or to give the [[LoveInterests love interest]] an excuse to [[FlorenceNightingaleEffect nurse them back to health]], often using [[FoulMedicine bad-tasting medicine]], a [[HotDrinkCure hot mug of whatever]], and/or [[SoupIsMedicine soup]]. In romances, the sickness is ''all about'' the worried, tender nursing. And in the comedies, they frequently end with the sick character now all healthy and looking forward to doing whatever... [[HereWeGoAgain only for their friend to start showing symptoms, almost nearly out of the blue.]] The latter may invoke CaretakerReversal if said friend was doing the nursing, but on the other hand, the "symptoms" might only be minor and lead to a JumpingToConclusionsDiagnosis, and if it's outright stated that the character isn't sick after all, that is a ShockAndSwitchEnding.

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A character comes down with an illness, and may be bedridden. This may be in order to pad out the season, to provide an excuse as to [[DeusExitMachina why that character isn't present]] when [[StoryBreakerPower their skills or powers would wrap up the plot neatly in a few minutes]], or to give the [[LoveInterests love interest]] an excuse to [[FlorenceNightingaleEffect nurse him or her back to health]], often using [[FoulMedicine bad-tasting medicine]], a [[HotDrinkCure hot mug of whatever]], and/or [[SoupIsMedicine soup]]. In romances, the sickness is ''all about'' the worried, tender nursing. And in the comedies, they frequently end with the sick character now all healthy and looking forward to doing whatever... [[HereWeGoAgain only for their friend to start showing symptoms, almost nearly out of the blue.]] The latter may invoke CaretakerReversal if said friend was doing the nursing, but on the other hand, the "symptoms" might only be minor and lead to a JumpingToConclusionsDiagnosis, and if it's outright stated that the character isn't sick after all, that is a ShockAndSwitchEnding.

** A special mention goes out to the ''Grim Hunt'' storyline, in which the villains actually plan their attack to take place when he's sick [[spoiler:using the precognitive abilities of Madame Web.]]

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
** Peter was always getting sick for an issue or two, but then his spider-strength would allow him to recover in record time. Unfortunately, he always [[RuleOfDrama happened]] to get this ''right'' when the MonsterOfTheWeek showed up.
** A special mention goes out to the Grim Hunt storyline, in which the villains actually plan their attack to take place when he's sick [[spoiler:using the precognitive abilities of Madame Web.]]
** One comedic short in ''Amazing Spider-Man Annual (2014)'' had Spider-Man terrifying a group of villains by not speaking, which is considered a massive OutOfCharacterMoment for him, as it meant he was pissed. [[spoiler:Actually, he had laryngitis this time.]]

* In the ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'' ([[BatFamilyCrossover and others]]) during ''Batman Contagion'' Tim was infected with the Ebola Gulf-A virus and lay dying in the Batcave for the last five issues before a cure is invented.
** During No Man’s Land [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim]] had a fight in the sewers with Ratcatcher that left him ill after ending up in the sewage with scratches and bites and having to deal with Mr.Freeze and Killer Croc while trying to get back on his feet.
** Stephanie Brown (Spoiler) picked up a 24 hour cold in ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]] #102'' that left her struggling to be understood with a stuffy nose before Tim stops by with some chicken soup he made for her that help clear her sinuses.

A character comes down with an illness, and may be bedridden. This may be in order to pad out the season, to provide an excuse as to [[DeusExitMachina why that character isn't present]] when [[StoryBreakerPower their skills or powers would wrap up the plot neatly in a few minutes]], or to give the [[LoveInterests love interest]] an excuse to [[FlorenceNightingaleEffect nurse him or her back to health]], often using [[FoulMedicine bad-tasting medicine]], a [[HotDrinkCure hot mug of whatever]], and/or [[SoupIsMedicine soup]]. In romances, the sickness is ''all about'' the worried, tender nursing. And in the comedies, they frequently end with the sick character now all healthy and looking forward to doing whatever... [[HereWeGoAgain only for their friend to start showing symptoms, almost nearly out of the blue.]] The latter may invoke CaretakerReversal if said friend was doing the nursing, but on the other hand, the "symptoms" might only be minor and lead to a JumpingToConclusionsDiagnosis, and if it's outright stated that the character isn't sick after all, that's a ShockAndSwitchEnding.

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD:'' In Volume 6 of ''Fanfic/MarriageOfHeavenAndHell,'' Rias falls ill after unkowingly drinking poisoned champagne and Makoto has to lead her peerage in the Rating Game against Sairaorg Bael.

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* SoapOperaDisease
* VictorianNovelDisease
* DefinitelyJustACold
* IllnessBlanket
* TheFoodPoisoningIncident
* HotDrinkCure
* SoupIsMedicine
* PlagueEpisode
* GettingSickDeliberately

** In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/46374523 Needed Water, Got Love Instead]]'', [[Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure Nodoka]] is suffering from a fever.