History Main / SoupIsMedicine

* On a little Internet game based on ''Series/SesameStreet'' to do with counting chickens, Elmo sings a song. One lyric is "When Elmo's sick he gobbles down some delicious [[UnfortunateImplications chicken soup."]]

* In an episode of ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'', SupremeChef Hannibal visits Will in a hospital with some very fancy chicken soup. [[note]] Some of the ingredients would make what Will had worse in RealLife. [[/note]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Simon and Marcie", the part-way-insane Simon Petrikov becomes obsessed with getting soup for a sick Marceline.

* ''Literature/LittleRaccoon Catches A Cold'':[[spoiler: Little Raccoon at the end catches a cold [[CatchYourDeathOfCold by falling into the river]] and is served hot soup by his brother]].

** In the episode "The Great McGrady", when Mrs McGrady (the lunch lady) is diagnosed with cancer, Arthur and D.W. offer her chicken soup.

** Zigzagged in a later episode "Daniel's Neighbours Help". Lady Elaine serves chicken soup to a sick Mrs Tiger [[spoiler: And Daniel]], and even calls it Get-Well-in-a-Jiffy Chicken Soup, but Mr Tiger eats it too, despite being in perfect health.

* The SickEpisode page on ThisVeryWiki plays on this trope.
---> The [[TitleDrop Sick Episode]] may also entail characters [[WorkingThroughTheCold having to work through their illness when they'd really rather be at home in bed with bowls of chicken soup.]]
---> Yikes, you don't look so good. Just get back to [[SickEpisode the unabridged version]] and I'll bring you up some soup.

** Another song, with the same name, has the lyric "I got a cold in my nose, I'll drink a ton of chicken soup, I suppose"

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}}'' entitled "Madeline's Christmas", all the little girls except Madeline, along with a mouse, Miss Clavel, and Dr Cone get sick with a severe cold. [[note]] In case you were worried, they get better before the end. [[/note]]. The girls then sing a song about being sick, one line being "Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. A hankie and some chicken soup is all I want today."

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/LittleEinsteins'', one of Rocket's relations (also a spacheship) is sick/broken and is being delivered Rocket Soup.

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* ''Literature/LittleRaccoonCatchesACold'':[[spoiler: Little Raccoon at the end catches a cold [[CatchYourDeathOfCold by falling into the river]], and is served hot soup by his brother]].

** In the episode "The Great McGrady", when Mrs McGrady (the lunchlady) is diagnosed with cancer, Arthur and D.W. offer her chicken soup.

* In "Kick Some Asteroid", which is a mission in a game called ''Moshi Monsters'', Judder catches the flu. When you feed him soup with chicken, peas and noodles, it ''cures'' him.

* On a little Internet game based on ''Series/SesameStreet'' to do with counting chickens, Elmo sings a song. One lyric is "When Elmo's sick he gobbles down some delicious chicken soup."

** Zigzagged in a later episode"Daniel's Neighbours Help". Lady Elaine serves chicken soup to a sick Mrs Tiger [[spoiler: And Daniel]], and even calls it Get-Well-in-a-Jiffy Chicken Soup, but Mr Tiger eats it too, despite being in perfect health.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/LittleEinsteins'', one of Rocket's relations is sick/broken and is being delivered Rocket Soup.
* The ''WesternAnimation/LittlePrincess'' episode "I Don't Want a Cold" has the Princess catch a cold. On the second day of having a cold she is hungry and wants a picnic. She gets broth instead, which she doesn't like.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNimh'', Mrs. Brisby's sick son Timmy is given medicine which is served in a broth.

Soup has been around for centuries, and lots of people eat it. However, this trope is when it is associated with illness somehow. In addition to being wrapped up in a blanket with thermometer in their mouth and tissue boxes surrounding them, a common shorthand for when a character is sick is to have them be eating a bowl of soup. Soup is often offered to or left on hold for sick people.

This is a common trope in the United States, and most often applies to chicken soup. Somewhat TruthInTelevision as chicken has been confirmed by scientists to have healthy properties which can help if you have a cold and soup is easy to eat, however it can be rather off-putting if a healthy person wants to eat it.

See also SickEpisode. If the characters' illness is ''emotional'', then the soup falls under the category of ComfortFood.

* In a ''ComicBook/TheFarSide'' comic, a mother hen is feeding chicken soup to her chick who is bedridden with a cold. She tells the chick to just drink it because it's good for colds and it's nobody they know.

* In a fanfic of ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'', Velma is sick with a flulike illness and Fred spoon-feeds her soup.

* ''Blue's Sniffly Day'', which is a book based on ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'', has Blue get a cold and be served vegetable soup.

* In an episode of ''Series/NewTricks'', Jack falls sick while investigating the murder of several dogs and a witness offers him some soup. [[spoiler:The witness is the killer and is using the dogs' insides to make soup, which can make someone sick if they eat too much of it.]]

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}}'' entitled "Madeline's Christmas'', all the little girls except Madeline, along with a mouse, Miss Clavel, and Dr Cone get sick with a severe cold. [[note]] In case you were worried, they get better before the end. [[/note]]. The girls then sing a song about being sick, one line being "Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. A hankie and some chicken soup is all I want today."

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* In a ''National Geographic: Kids'' magazine, there's a section explaining why chicken soup is associated with colds.
* The SickEpisode page on ThisVeryWiki plays on this trope.
---> The [[TitleDrop Sick Episode]] may also entail characters [[WorkingThroughTheCold having to work through their illness when they'd really rather be at home in bed with bowls of chicken soup.]]
---> Yikes, you don't look so good. Just get back to [[SickEpisode the unabridged version]] and I'll bring you up some soup.
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Soup has been around for centuries, and lots of people eat it. However, this trope is when it is associated with illness somehow. When a character is sick, in addition to being wrapped up in a blanket and having a thermometer in their mouth and tissues surrounding them, a shorthand for when a character is sick is to have them be eating a bowl of soup. Soup is often offered to or left on hold for sick people.

Soup has been around for centuries. Lots of people eat it. However, this trope is when it is associated with illness somehow. Maybe a character is sick or thought to be sick and another character says "Let me get you some soup", or maybe there is soup on hold for when somebody is sick. And when a character is sick, one of the signs that they are sick is a bowl of soup next to them, in addition to being wrapped up in a blanket and having a thermometer in their mouth and tissues surrounding them. This is a common trope in the United States, and often applies to chicken soup. Somewhat TruthInTelevision as chicken has been confirmed by scientists to have healthy properties which can help if you have a cold and soup is easy to eat, however it can be rather off-putting if a healthy person wants to eat it. This trope can also be justified if the soup has magical properties which can actually cure the sick character. In these cases, it invokes HyperactiveMetabolism.

Soup has been around for centuries. Lots of people eat it. However, this trope is when it is associated with illness somehow. Maybe a character is sick or thought to be sick and another character says "Let me get you some soup", or maybe there is soup on hold for when somebody is sick. And when a character is sick, one of the signs that they are sick is a bowl of soup next to them, in addition to being wrapped up in a blanket and having thermometers and tissues surrounding them. This is a common trope in the United States, and often applies to chicken soup. Somewhat TruthInTelevision as chicken has been confirmed by scientists to have healthy properties which can help if you have a cold and soup is easy to eat, however it can be rather off-putting if a healthy person wants to eat it. This trope can also be justified if the soup has magical properties which can actually cure the sick character. In these cases, it invokes HyperactiveMetabolism.

* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'': One April Fools' Day plot was having everyone's pet catch a disease called The Scourges. Several temporary "cures" were listed, one being Blazing Hot Soup.

* In an episode of ''Series/NewTricks'', Jack falls sick while investigating the murder of several dogs and a witness offers him some soup. [[spoiler: The witness is the killer and is using the dogs' insides to make soup, which can make someone sick if they eat too much of it. [[/note]]

* In ''Series/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', abominable snowman Yeto's wife Yeta is sick with what looks like a cold. Yeto, intent on making soup for her, gathers items and ends up with a powerful healing potion.

* ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighbourhood'': In the episodes "Daniel Gets a Cold" and "Mom Tiger is Sick", they are given vegetable soup, along with orange juice to make them recover faster. "Someone may help you take care of you, they might tuck you in or make you soup" is a line in the song of the day.
* ''WesternAnimation/HarryAndHisBucketfulOfDinosaurs'': The episode "Achoo" has Harry catch a cold and get served chicken soup. Later, when the dinosaurs get diseases they get served soup too.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNimh'', Mr Agnes's sick son Timmy is given medicine which is in a broth.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoon Puppy Tale, Tom gets all woozy due to almost drowning. Jerry fishes him out of the water and pours hot soup into his mouth, which revives him.