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* In ''WesternAnimation/CodeNameKidsNextDoor'', Numbah Two's mother uses chicken soup to defeat the Common Cold after the O.J. launcher has no effect on his machine.

* In the ''Series/TodaysSpecial'' episode "Soup," Jodie is sick and can't come to work, but it happens that "today's special" at the department store is soup, so Jeff has Sam take her a can of soup from the display to help her feel better.

* The 19th century gruel variant is found in ''Literature/Little Women'': when the March family brings breakfast to the poor Hummel family on Christmas morning, Mrs. Hummel is sick, so Marmee gives her gruel and [[HotDrinkCure tea]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BlueEyeSamurai''. Mizu's apprentice Ringo is a former soba chef, so naturally he uses this trope while his master is recovering from fighting the Four Fangs. However given the time period he is making medicine rather than soup; he warns against eating too much of a particular plant because it's toxic, which serves as a ChekhovsGun when he later poisons a GiantMook by cooking a meal for him.

* ''WesternAnimation/BlueEyeSamurai''. Mizu's apprentice Ringo is a former soba chef, so naturally he uses this trope while his master is recovering from fighting the Four Fangs. However given the time period he is making medicine rather than soup; he warns against eating too much of a particular plant because it's toxic, which serves as a ChekhovsGun when he later poisons a GiantMook by cooking a meal for him.

* The Website/SCPFoundation has a bowl that fills with soup whenever someone nearby is sick or hurt. The soup has varying levels of helpfulness and its quality is linked to the eater's relationship with their parents.

* In one episode of ''Series/SesameStreet'', Snuffy gets a cold and David recommends that Big Bird gives him soup. He then has to fill a washtub full of the stuff, since a regular serving is too small for Snuffy. Later, Big Bird catches the cold, so David makes a regular portion for him, and finally David himself comes down with the cold and makes himself some soup.

** In ''Fanfic/AfterYamiko'', [[Anime/DelicousPartyPrecure Yui and Rosemary]] make vegetable soup for an ailing [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Nagisa]], who is suffering from Bad Energy poisoning.

See also SickEpisode and HotDrinkCure. If the characters' "illness" is ''emotional'', then the soup falls under the category of ComfortFood. Of course, the best soup for what ails you is probably GrandmasRecipe.

** In ''VideoGame/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.

* ''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, and Neggdrop Soup is described as being "good for when you're not well". Usually, however, this trope is averted due to the Soup Kitchen's rations, which are given to poor, but for the most part healthy, Neopets.

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': When [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie]] gets a cold Tim decides to fix homemade chicken soup for her and bring it over even though he doesn't have a car anymore. With Dana's help, he's able to fix the soup and then he has to take it by subway to get to Stephanie's house where she is appreciative of the food. It helps her nose clear up right away and she recovers from her illness the next day.

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

* In one of the ''Orphan Train Adventures'' stories, Megan brings Ada Haskill chicken soup when the latter is ill (not that Ada [[UngratefulBastard appreciates it]]).

* In the ''Morris The Moose'' book "Morris Has a Cold", Morris the moose has a cold and Boris the bear gives him a checkup and believes his stomach is upset so he feeds him some soup to heal it. Morris doesn't know what soup is, so when he's served it, he tries to lap it up like a dog and when Boris says "Use the spoon", he licks the spoon and when Boris says "No, put the spoon in your mouth", Morris [[LiteralMinded puts the whole spoon in his mouth]] so Boris spoon-feeds him.

* Apparently this trope still applies in the twenty-fourth century. ''Franchise/StarTrek''

* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'':
** In "The Pancake Batter Anomaly", Sheldon gets sick and demands to have some soup, bothering his roommate Leonard (who runs off, because dealing with a sick Sheldon is too much to take) and his across-the-hall neighbour Penny (who is at work; she's a waitress). He specifically requests "this split pea with little frankfurter slices and these homemade croutons" that his mother used to make him.
** In "The Large Hadron Collision", both Penny and Sheldon get sick. Penny prepares two bowls of soup for them, and Sheldon is being annoying about it as always.
--->'''Penny:''' Here’s your soup.\\
'''Sheldon:''' Chicken?\\
'''Penny:''' Yes.\\
'''Sheldon:''' With the little stars?\\
'''Penny:''' Yes.\\
'''Sheldon:''' Heated to 180 degrees?\\
'''Penny:''' Why don’t I pour it in your lap, and you can tell me.\\
'''Sheldon:''' You don’t have to be mean. I’m sick.\\
'''Penny:''' Yeah, well, I’m sick, too.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', "How Lily Stole Christmas": Barney gets sick, though he tries to deny it for almost the entire episode and behaves like a spoilt child. At one point, Robin must feed him soup and generally treat him like an annoying child.
-->'''Robin:''' Come on, you need eat something.\\
'''Barney:''' Too weak... to hold... bowl.\\
'''Robin:''' Fine, I'll feed you.\\
'''Barney:''' Ouchie in my mouth! I don't want it. I want ice cream.\\
'''Robin:''' No, you're not having ice cream for dinner just 'cause you're sick.\\
'''Barney:''' But my throat hurts.\\
'''Robin:''' No!

* In the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode where Monica has a cold, Phoebe makes her chicken noodle soup. Except Phoebe's vegetarian, so it's just noodle soup. And there's no stock, so it's just noodle water.
* In the ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll'' episode "The Flu", Clarissa sends Ferguson to the grocery store to get the ingredients to make chicken soup for their sick parents. But Ferguson only buys the chicken, then spends the rest of the money on chocolate. Clarissa is forced to make soup that's just chicken boiled in water. In the end, when [[HereWeGoAgain Clarissa and Ferguson are sick]] and [[CaretakerReversal their parents are well]], their mother serves them the soup made the right way.
* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'':
** [[Recap/BrooklynNineNineS2E20ACDC "AC/DC"]]: Jake gets hurt and is visibly in pain but insists he can work. Charles Boyle, obsessed with food, brings him 'healing soup'.
--->'''Charles:''' I was out getting him some healing broth. I was torn between chicken or beef, but then it hit me. Goat!
** [[Recap/BrooklynNineNineS3E14KarenPeralta "Karen Peralta"]]: Karen says Jake's father used to be selfish, but claims he's nicer now. He even brought her some weird Canadian soup when she was ill.
--->'''Karen:''' Last month when I had bronchitis, he flew in on his day off just to bring me soup. It was this weird Canadian soup — I think it was just all cheese. But it was really nice.
* ''Series/SexEducation'': Jakob brings Jean some soup when she's sick while he's fixing her bathroom. She finds him irresistible and later tells him the soup was a nice touch.
-->'''Jakob''': It's for you. It's soup. For a sick person.\\
'''Jean''': Oh, no! Oh, you shouldn't have done that. I'm feeling so much better today. Just a scratchy throat.\\
'''Jakob''': Still, uh... eat the soup. It's good for you.
* In one episode of ''Series/SesameStreet'', Snuffy gets a cold and David recommends that Big Bird gives him soup. He then has to fill a washtub full of the stuff, since a regular serving is too small for Snuffy. Later, Big Bird catches the cold, so David makes a regular portion for him, and finally David himself comes down with the cold and makes himself some soup.
* In ''The Riddlers'' episode "In the Soup", Mossop and Mr. Grimly make soup for a sick Majorie - or try to, [[LethalChef at least]]. Tiddler buys some soup and gives it to Majorie instead.
* ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'':
** In "The Meershatz Pipe", Laura gives Rob chicken-rice soup while he's sick.
** In "The Death Of The Party", Sally and Buddy try to give their sick co-worker soup to help him feel better, and get into an argument about whether they should reheat it or not.
* The 1995 TV remake of ''Theatre/ByeByeBirdie'' adds a new song for [[MyBelovedSmother Mae Peterson]], "A Mother Doesn't Matter Anymore," and among its guilt-tripping lyrics are the lines "That time you caught the croup, who made you chicken soup?"

* ''Series/FraggleRock''

* In "Missing on a Star", which is a mission in ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'', Judder catches the flu. When you feed him soup with chicken, peas, and noodles, it ''cures'' him. Non-chicken soup, however, does not seem to be associated with illness.
* Elixir Soup, which is a soup made by Link's grandma in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', is the best healing item in the game, as it not only refills Link's health and [[ManaMeter magic]] and has two servings, it also grants double attack power until Link is damaged.
* In ''VideoGame/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.

* ''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, and Neggdrop Soup is described as being "good for when you're not well". Usually, however, this trope is averted due to the Soup Kitchen's rations, which are given to poor, but for the most part healthy, Neopets.
* In 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."
* The ''Freetime'' expansion of ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' gives new abilities to the various aspirations. Family Aspiration Sims gain the ability to make "Grandma's Comfort Soup", which cures all illnesses.

* ''Webcomic/MyMilkToof'': In the "Sick Lardee" story, ickle offers Lardee some soup in an attempt to help him feel better. Lardee refuses it at first but changes his mind after ickle reads him a story where he's a brave hero and ickle is a wizard.
* In [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/tubby-and-tummy/till-death-do-us-part/viewer?title_no=427220&episode_no=19 this]] ''Webcomic/TubbyAndTummy'' comic, Tubby gives Tummy a bowl of soup when the latter is sick in bed.

--> So before you grab the thermometer, heat up the chicken soup, and call your boss, you might want to consider the possibility that something besides germs is invading your home.

--> 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.

* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y920S14SPtM When Abuela Knows You're Sick]]'' from the ''WebVideo/{{Abuela}}'' series, Abuela offers chicken soup to her sick grandchild to get rid of germs.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' episode "Egg-stra Protection", Genie gives both Aladdin and Jasmine chicken soup when they break their ribs.

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* In a ''ComicStrip/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 [[CarnivoreConfusion it's nobody they know.]]
* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': When [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie]] gets a cold Tim decides to fix homemade chicken soup for her and bring it over even though he doesn't have a car anymore. With Dana's help, he's able to fix the soup and then he has to take it by subway to get to Stephanie's house where she is appreciative of the food. It helps her nose clear up right away and she recovers from her illness the next day.
* In one issue of ''ComicBook/TotallyAwesomeHulk'', a de-Hulked Bruce Banner has the flu (and is delighted, because getting sick is a sign that the Hulk is gone). Amadeus Cho is more panicky about it and tries to make his mother's soup recipe and tea simultaneously while muttering about "clear liquids". Then Rick Jones shows up with a six-pack of beer: "[[LoopholeAbuse Clear liquids, right?]]"
* In one ''ComicStrip/OffTheMark'' comic, a fortune teller tells a chicken that she sees that he is destined to be a success in the field of healthcare. The next panel shows that the chicken has been turned into soup, and is being eaten by a man with a cold.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' comic story "Sick Day", Sandy makes a super-spicy soup for Spongebob when he's sick in bed.

* In one ''ComicStrip/RoseIsRose'' strip, Rose's mother comes over with homemade soup when Rose is sick.

* In ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' comic story "Doctor Smurf", Papa Smurf tells Sickly Smurf to drink some vegetable soup and rest. Played with in that Sickly isn't actually sick, he just thinks he is.
** In the comic story "Little Peter's Christmas", the titular Peter is introduced giving his sick mother a bowl of soup.
** In "The Clockwork Smurf", the Smurfs ask Clockwork Smurf to give a sick Smurf a bowl of sarsaparilla soup. Unbeknownst to them, the Clockwork with them is Gargamel's evil creation, and the soup is actually a potion that turns them into hideous monsters.
* In one ''Daddy's Home'' strip, Peter makes soup for his wife Peg when she gets sick.
* In one ''VideoGame/DeCapAttack'' strip from the ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'', Stein's nanny feeds Head a disgusting green broth to help him get over [[ItMakesSenseInContext his drinking problem]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' comic story "Amoeba? I Don't Even Know Ya!", Professor Utonium gives the girls soup when they're sick with flu.
** In the comic story "Suddenly, Everything Went Fuzzy!", Blossom makes chicken soup for Fuzzy Lumpkins when he gets sick with a cold.
* In ''Recap/AsterixAndTheGriffin'', Getafix's attempt to remake the magic potion results in a nourishing soup that cures the cold he had caught earlier in the book.
* ''ComicBook/DonaldDuck'': In "Donald Duck and Isabella", Donald and his nephews are given soup by the people living on the sea bed (ItMakesSenseInContext) to perk them up after being dragged underwater.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' comic story "Devil With a Blue Dress On", She-Devil offers gruel to a sick Taz, then tries to catch Bugs in order to make rabbit soup for her patient.
** In another Looney Tunes comic story, [[WesternAnimation/FromAToZZZZ Ralph Phillips]] daydreams that he is an astronaut delivering chicken soup to TheManInTheMoon with the latter has a cold.
** In the comic story "Sneezy Does It", Slyvester tries (and fails) to make Tweety Bird soup to cure his cold.

* Near the end of the ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons'' comic "One Flu Over Springfield," a sick Krusty is shown [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/Da_Alh-aYk3idX7umBkhciW9OedX7c8KpHv5B47WUonz_ijUcnX0NEjnarQowhc-UO-DKCPUPHDR6Q=s1600 giving Mr. Teeny a bowl of chicken soup with a rubber chicken in it]].

* ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' fanfic:
** In an unnamed fanfiction, [[AmusingAlien Mork]] catches a cold [[CatchYourDeathOfCold from the rain]] and then [[NiceGirl Mindy]] gives him chicken soup. Later, in his report to Orson, he says that Earthlings often give their sick acquaintances soup.
** In ''Mork and Mindy'' fanfiction ''[[https://www.wattpad.com/story/38581815-together Together]]'', Mindy gets sick and Mork and their neighbour Lily feed her soup.
* In a fanfic of ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'', Velma is sick with a flu-like illness and Fred spoon-feeds her soup.

* Fanfic/TheKedaboryVerse:

--> '''Antonio''': Yeah, {Julieta} loves making you soup. She says it's easy to prepare and it makes your tummy fat.\\
'''Bruno (with a chuckle)''': Yup, that sounds like something she'd say.

* Ganondorf from ''Fanfic/BlindCourage'' makes a nutritious Gerudo broth for a feverish Zelda.
* After Fluttershy takes in an injured and half-starved Trixie in ''Fanfic/KindnesssReward'', she offers her soup for lunch.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/111401/1/The-Vigil The Vigil]]'', [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 Miyako]] brings Wormmon chicken soup so he can feed it to a sick Ken. According to Takeru, his mother claims that chicken soup will cure anything.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1222142/1/A-Rainy-December A Rainy December]]'', [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold Arnold]] makes Helga chicken noodle soup and lemon tea when she gets sick. She returns the favour by making him vegetable soup and warm milk with honey when HE gets sick.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12307755/1/The-Fraggle-500 The Fraggle 500]]'', [[Series/FraggleRock Boober]] makes radish soup for Wembley when the latter is bedridden after ending up in a nasty crash during the Fraggle 500.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/824225/1/Handkerchiefs-and-Mushroom-Soup Handkerchiefs and Mushroom Soup]]'' (a ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' fic), Frodo makes mushroom soup for a sick Pippin.
* Referenced in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/987358 Lady Octopus' Necklace]]'' - [[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} Obelix]] contemplates buying some soup for a heavily injured Asterix, on the grounds that soup is what sick people eat.
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24102415 to be cared for]]'', [[Music/{{BTS}} Hoseok]] is given [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congee congee]] (the Korean equivalent of okayu) to help settle his stomach after he throws up.
* In ''Fanfic/SimpleGifts'', Literature/SherlockHolmes gives Watson some of the meaty soup Mrs. Hudson left in order to help Watson shake off the flu.
* In Chapter 5 of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13139211/1/Lady-Lucks-Favor Lady Luck's Favor]]'', [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Sam]] is eating soup due to being sick with a cold.
* In Chapter 17 of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13480209/1/After-Many-Dates-Danny-and-Makoto After Many Dates: Danny and Makoto]]'', [[Anime/SailorMoon Makoto]] dresses up as a nurse and feeds [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Danny]] chicken noodle soup when he's sick in bed.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13828922/1/Take-Two-And-DON-T-Call-Me-in-the-Morning Take Two (And DON'T Call Me in the Morning!)]]'', [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget2015 Penny]] consumes five bowls of chicken noodle soup while in bed with the flu. Gadget also makes her a special (but disgusting) soup from electric eels and ice from Siberia, which he claims is an old family recipe.
* In ''Fanfic/TheUnwantedHaremOfNathanAdams'', Blizzaria makes oyaku for a sick Nate...ice-cold okayu. Sailornyan, on the other hand, makes him proper chicken soup.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' fan comic [[http://modmad.tumblr.com/post/132026241580/part-one-of-three-yeah-basically-this-got-out-of The]] [[http://modmad.tumblr.com/post/132222035635/part-two-of-three-part-one-here-part-three Fe]] [[http://modmad.tumblr.com/post/132409096335/part-three-of-three-part-one-here-part-two ver]], Sylvia makes kelp soup for a sick Wander.
* In the Disney fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10280710/1/Wanted-Mickey-Mouse Wanted: Mickey Mouse]]'', WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse makes soup for a sick WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11929204/1/Doctor-s-Orders Doctor's Orders]]'', [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Jack]] makes lizard soup for Sally when she's in bed with a cold.
* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/myrling/art/Turtle-Tots-React-Being-sick-542312280 this]] piece of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' fanart, a sick Michelangelo is given soup by Leonardo.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3509790/1/The-Wizard-of-Gotham The Wizard of Gotham]]'', [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry]] brings a sick [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Selina Kyle]] soup.
* In ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' fanfiction ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9909983/1/Cold Cold]]'', Anna tries to give a sick Elsa a bowl of soup. Elsa sneezes it out of her hands.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3980146/1/Usagi-s-Struggles Usagi's Struggles]]'', a sick [[Franchise/SailorMoon Usagi]] is given soup by her mother.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6777159/1/Goodnight Goodnight]]'', [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Cosmo]] makes soup for a sick Timmy. Despite the soup being green and trying to escape from the pot, Timmy enjoys the taste.
* In ''Fanfic/TheSailorRainbowSeries'' story "Promises, Flowers & Farewells", Lita makes chicken noodle soup for Lydia after the latter goes out in the rain and gets sick.

* The Japanese porridge variation appears in ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'': Osono serves Kiki ''okayu'' (changed to oatmeal with honey in the English dub) when she's sick.

--> '''Miss Clavel''': "Tea, soup and covers. I want you to stay under the covers, eat your soup and drink your tea."

* ''The Day Snuffy Had the Sniffles'', which is a book based on ''Series/SesameStreet'', has Oscar the Grouch give some sardine and sour kraut soup to Big Bird to give to Snuffy, who's sick with something that's referred to exclusively as "The Sniffles". He claims that it's a family recipe that cures the sniffles, but it's best eaten while cold (and tastes its worst). Everyone else hates it.
* Sort of inverted in the Sesame Street book ''It's No Fun to be Sick'': Chicken soup is usually Herry's favourite food but when he's served it while sick, it tastes bad to him.
* In yet another Sesame Street book, ''Nobody Cares About Me'' (which has [[RecycledScript the same plot]] as ''It's No Fun to be Sick,'' just with different characters), Bert makes soup for a sick Ernie at the beginning and later makes some for Big Bird when he gets sick too.

* In the picture book ''Sick Day'' by David [=McPhail=], an unnamed boy has an unnamed ailment and ADogNamedDog tries to give him a bone to make him better but he eats his mom's chicken soup instead. He's fine in two days.
* In the children's book ''Sometimes You Barf'', a girl cites the flu bug as a reason to, well, barf (she cites that animals barf for different reasons, but flu is the only example she mentions of a human barfing), and then describes how the flu works. She mentions eating soup on the day before you get totally better.
* In ''Literature/TheTenPMQuestion'', [[LovableCoward Frankie]] is unwell (possibly either the flu, depression or [[InsomniaEpisode sleep deprivation]] or even a combination) at one point and his mother Francie serves him chicken soup, which apparently, he always eats when sick.

** A book entitled ''Candy Soup'' has Kimi get sick and the babies try to make their Halloween candy into candy soup because they think that candy and soup have healing properties and therefore it would cure Kimi. [[note]] The candy part was possibly a belief they gained in the episode "A Very [=McNulty=] Birthday". In that episode, [[TheBully Timmy]] doesn't want Lil, Kimi, Susie, and Angelica to be at his birthday party because they're girls and he thinks GirlsHaveCooties. When Tommy, Chuckie and Phil try to FindTheCure for the girls' supposed cooties, Chuckie remembers one time when he was sick, after taking his medicine, he got given a lollipop, and then he recovered, which made him think lollipops made you better when you were ill. [[/note]]
* Near the beginning of ''Literature/EllaEnchanted'', Ella and her mother both get sick. Their fairy cook, Mandy, makes them a curing soup, containing hairs from a unicorn's tail. The hairs don't have to be consumed, but they do need to be left in the soup, or else it has no curing power. Ella leaves the hairs in hers, and fully recovers by the next day, but her mother is disgusted by the hairs and picks them out of the soup before eating it. [[spoiler:Result? She dies.]]
* The ''Literature/ChickenSoupForTheSoul'' franchise uses this metaphorically. It's a compilation of stories meant to emotionally soothe the reader, similar to how chicken soup does when you're sick.

* A variant in ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'': After a day of WorkingThroughTheCold, Scrooge is eating warm gruel by the fire when Marley's Ghost appears. Gruel was often used as a home remedy for colds in 19th century England, much like porridge is in Japan.
* In one of the ''Orphan Train Adventures'' stories, Megan brings Ada Haskill chicken soup when the latter is ill (not that Ada [[UngratefulBastard appreciates it]]).

** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "A Little Horse", Pipp requests Sunny to discreetly ask Queen Haven for her Special Sick Day Soup, which Haven used to make for Pipp's sick days when she was younger. Sunny tries dancing around the issue so Queen Haven won't freak out over Pipp's illness, but Haven finally admits that [[spoiler:she buys the soup from The Souper Ladle Food Cart and passes it off as her cooking because [[LethalChef she's bad at it.]]]] Sunny still buys the soup for Pipp, anyway, thinking that it will magically cure her illness, but Pipp tells her that [[spoiler:while she's aware of Haven's lie about it, she still appreciates the ''effort'' Haven went through to get it for her [[ComfortFood to cheer her up while she's sick.]]]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In "A Bird in the Hoof", Princess Celestia's pet bird Philomena is thought to be sick by Fluttershy because she keeps coughing and moulting. One of the cures Fluttershy tries on Philomena is soup, but she refuses.
** In "Three's a Crowd", [[RealityWarper Dis]][[TheTrickster cord]] asks for pumpkin soup to cure his [[spoiler: fake]] croup in his song "Glass of Water".
** In the short "Ail-icorn", Spike mentions that he tried to cure Twilight's spring allergies with poultices, soup, and even a [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs poultice made of soup]].
** In the ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyRainbowRoadtrip Rainbow Roadtrip]]'' special, a {{Flashback}} to Hope Hollow's glory days shows a sick pony being fed soup by a friend.

There is an element of TruthInTelevision to this. Soup is, after all, rather nutritious (obviously necessary when fighting an illness) and the fact that it's mostly liquid (with the solid parts made soft and easy to chew by being cooked in liquid) makes it easier to be consumed and less likely to be vomited afterwards (not to mention easier to clean up if vomiting ''does'' happen). In the case of a sore throat, the heat is soothing too. Since doctors often recommend that people consume lots of fluids while ill, a meal that ''is'' a fluid also helps follow those instructions. In addition to everything else, the PlaceboEffect also applies here; most people agree that soup is good for you, and [[YourMindMakesItReal if you're of the right mind to believe it can make you better, your symptoms will definitely be relieved for a while]]. Needless to say, it's not a coincidence that sales of tinned soup tend to consistently rise around the depths of winter, when not only is it freezing outside, but your odds of catching a common cold is significantly higher (and the hot soup helps warm you up in the cold).

* In the 1970 picture book ''Tell Me a Mitzi'', the second chapter, "Mitzi Sneezes," is about a day when Mitzi and her whole family gets sick. They eat soup both for lunch and for dinner that day.