History Main / TheFoodPoisoningIncident

* A RunningGag in ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' is the quality (Or lack thereof) of the fish sold by fish-monger Unhygenix, and the fights that start when discussing it. In ''Asterix and the Great Crossing'', Vitalstatistix complains that the fish have made his shield-bearers too sick to carry him. We learn shortly after that instead of doing his own fishing, Unhygenix gets his fish from sellers in Lutentia because they're better quality--even though the best quality fish will lose their freshness during a long trip from the city to the village.
* In ''Comicbook/{{Bone}}'', what got the Bone Cousins chased out of Boneville was that at Phoney's disastrous campaign picnic, he served prune tarts he got from a discount prune dealer. After the giant Phoney-baloon went amok, the "Bad prunes kicked in". As Smiley later states, they gave the entire town a case of the "Fast-Track Sallies", though Fone Bone implies that this was just TheLastStraw after many of Phoney's NoodleIncidents.
* In ''ComicBook/FatherChristmas Goes on Holiday'', Father Christmas eats at a restaurant, then has a [[AcidRefluxNightmare nightmare about the food]] and wakes up nauseous and going to the bathroom a lot.
* In one ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' story, Hal Jordan found his power ring going haywire and refusing to respond to his commands. He eventually discovers this was due to food poisoning from eating tainted mushrooms (with those who had consumed them being warned 'not to operate heavy machinery').
* A bizarre PlayedForDrama example occurs in Gilbert Hernandez's graphic novel ''Julio's Day'' (first serialized in ''ComicBook/LoveAndRockets''). Julio's father bites into a bean taco that, although wrapped, has become contaminated with "blueworms" in a mudslide. He immediately [[TearsOfBlood bleeds profusely from the eyes]] and staggers around in delirium, until an eccentric elderly couple saves his life with a folk remedy. [[spoiler:The father later has a relapse of the food poisoning and dies from the same symptoms; worse yet, he's inadvertently passed the incurable infection to Julio's brother.]]
* Implied in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' story "Monkey Business." Mojo Jojo gives up his life of crime and opens his own restaurant which is the hit of Townsville. When he explains this to the girls, Bubbles reactively claims the food is poisoned, causing a frantic exodus for the exits. Among the mess, the girls actually taste the wares and are duly impressed.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': After days of starving in the Whole Cake Island arc, when the crew finally manages to catch a giant fish, Luffy digs right in before he can learn from Chopper that the fish's skin is extremely poisonous. Nami manages to cook it into something edible, but Luffy is soon left on the floor in agony. It's at first PlayedForLaughs as Luffy often puts himself in situations like that due to being an IdiotHero, yet comes out no worse for the wear later. However, it's soon afterwards PlayedForDrama when the crew realizes that Luffy's condition is becoming extremely serious. Fortunately, they meet someone who manages to SuckOutThePoison, curing Luffy.

In ''Fanfic/ThePokemonSquad'' episode "Ash! Eats! Waffles!", Ash gets severe food poisoning and nearly dies after eating frozen waffles that expired the day before. The fact that [[ExtremeOmnivore he ate the toaster]] along with it may have had something to do with the severity.

!!!''Animation/NoonboryAndTheSuper7''
* ''Fanfic/InTentsLySick'': Totobory gets food poisoning due to an overcooked fish.

* {{Invoked|Trope}} in ''Fanfic/AngerManagement'', when Lynn deliberately gives herself food poisoning by making a questionable sandwich and eating it [[IntentionalMessMaking so she can stink up the bathroom]].

!!!''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''
* ''[[Fanfic/RaiseYourselvesUp Raise Yourselves Up (We're Done)]]'': After Marinette and Chloé are forbidden from joining their classmates on Miss Bustier's annual class trip, they refuse to help out with any of the fundraising efforts. Without the support of the Dupain-Cheng bakery, their bake sale turns out to be an utter ''disaster''; Rose is the only one whose sugar cookies turn out to be any good, while the rest of the students are {{Lethal Chef}}s. Kim and three of their customers wind up with food poisoning, and it's noted that they're lucky nobody gets sued over the debacle.

!!!''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
In ''Fanfic/ThePokemonSquad'' episode "Ash! Eats! Waffles!", Ash gets severe food poisoning and nearly dies after eating frozen waffles that expired the day before. The fact that [[ExtremeOmnivore he ate the toaster]] along with it may have had something to do with the severity.

* ''{{Series/Emergency}}'':
** Johnny's takeout poisons the firemen in "[[http://web.archive.org/web/20010419124740/msnhomepages.talkcity.com/StudioRow/jrgage51/unchurned.html Leave No Stomach Unchurned]]''. Chet gets revenge by slipping him fluid extract of ipecac, but it's more potent than syrup of ipecac and makes John very sick.
** In ''[[http://audreys-efanfic.freeservers.com/goodgravy.html Good Gravy,]]'' Chet gets everyone, including himself, sick when he uses mushrooms from his neighbor's yard in the Thanksgiving gravy.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'':
** In ''Fanfic/LucysSecret'' Lucy tells a lie that Haiku and her sister had food poisoning and threw up on the carpet.
** Invoked in ''Fanfic/AngerManagement'', when Lynn deliberately gives herself food poisoning by making a questionable sandwich and eating it [[IntentionalMessMaking so she can stink up the bathroom]].
** Defied in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12950142/1/Party-of-None Party of None]]'' when Maria forbids Carl from participating in the pepper-eating contest lest he get food poisoning.
** Defied again in ''Fanfic/NicelyDone'' when Lincoln turns down the PB&J sandwich with cinnamon, lest he end up needing to take "several trips to the bathroom" afterwards.
** In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12718801/1/Bake-a-Load-Off Bake a Load Off,]]'' Lucy gets food poisoning after eating a burnt brownie.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':
** In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11371216/1/No-and-Uh-Huh No and Uh-Huh,]]'' Tommy says, "No" for the first time when [[AppetiteEqualsHealth refusing food]] due to "food poisons".
** In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12029318/1/The-New-Neighbor The New Neighbour,]]'' Tommy has the poops and is throwing up. Kira wonders if it's food poisoning from the food she was giving him, but Didi suspects that he caught a virus from Dil, who had been showing similar symptoms.
** Subverted in ''Fanfic/{{Prerugrats}}'', where Stu and Didi both get cramps after eating tacos and suspect the tacos were bad, but actually Stu had appendicitis and Didi was in labour.
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': In ''Fanfic/EnterpriseEnquirer'', Hoshi Sato gets food poisoning from eating a contaminated peach and Trip and Travis pretend she has MorningSickness instead. Luckily it only causes problems in her ''upper'' digestive tract so no bathroom-related jokes, but unluckily it makes her very sleepy.
* ''Series/TheWorstWitch'': Faked in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8325352/1/PMS-Potions PMS Potions,]]'' where the girls are sneaking around and [[BathroomSearchExcuse pretend they were in the bathroom]] because they have food poisoning from the cheese the cook put on pizza.
* In [[http://knapp-street.org/MsConan/Untitled1.html this]] unnamed ''Series/HappyDays'' fanfiction, everyone gets food poisoning after eating some badly-cooked sauce, though luckily, the worst that happens is they get a little nauseous. Marion was worried that Series/LaverneAndShirley had the runs, though they actually just walked off to tell off the people who cooked the sauce.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': In ''Fanfic/ThePokemonSquad'' episode "Ash! Eats! Waffles!", Ash gets severe food poisoning and nearly dies after eating frozen waffles that expired the day before. The fact that [[ExtremeOmnivore he ate the toaster]] along with it may have had something to do with the severity.
* ''Fanfic/InTentsLySick'': [[Animation/NoonboryAndTheSuper7 Totobory]] gets food poisoning due to an overcooked fish.

Compare WaterSourceTampering, TamperingWithFoodAndDrink and WayPastTheExpirationDate which all can lead up to this trope.

* In ''Film/{{Go}}'', the reason why Tiny and Singh don't accompany Simon and Marcus to the casino is that they loaded up on shrimp at the buffet; arguing that shrump was the most expensive item at the buffet and they wanted to get their money's worth. As a result they both come down with a case of food poisoning, with Marcus chiding them that he had warned them about the shrimp.