History Main / TomatoSkunkStinkCure

* In the ''Literature/LittleBear'' episode "The Wedding," where too skunks get married and Little Bear is accidentally sprayed by the bride, the final scene shows Little Bear in a bubble bath with a can of tomato juice added to it.

* In the ''Literature/{{Fudge}}'' book ''Fudge-a-Mania'', Turtle the dog gets sprayed by a skunk, and Buzzy Tubman Senior, Sheila's grandfather, is the first to suggest making him bathe in tomato juice.

* ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' has an episode, 'But the Memory Lingers On," where the Partridges all get skunked on the way to a show. Reuben comes up with the tomato juice bath cure.
* In the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode "The Smelly Car", Elaine's hairstylist offers tomato sauce as a backup plan to get rid of the super-strong and persistent bad smell from Jerry's car. Toward's the episode's ending, she accepts it.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "An Irish Goodbye", Jeff gets sprayed by a skunk. Hayley cleans him but can't quite get the smell out, so she asks Francine to get her a big can of tomato juice when she goes to Costco.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' episode "[=BoJack=] Kills", Todd and Mr. Peanutbutter get sprayed by a skunk and use this method to get rid of the smell.

* ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' had an episode where got skunked on the way to a show. Reuben came up with the tomato juice bath cure.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' episode "Market Forces", Spider-Man gets stuck with a persistent garbage smell after fighting Shocker in a dump. J. Jonah Jamerson upon smelling Peter, assuming he got the stench photographing the scene, tells him that tomato juice is the only thing that will get rid of the smell.

* ''Literature/ADogsPurpose'': Bailey comes across a skunk while wandering in the woods. He doesn't know what it is, goes to investigate, and ends up sprayed. His owners are forced to bathe him in tomato juice and he isn't let in the house for a few days. Unfortunately, Bailey doesn't correlate the smell with the skunk and tries to get near her a second time. After one more tomato bath he figures out that maybe he should avoid skunks.

* ''Series/FullerHouse'': Stephanie, Tommy and Max have to bathe themselves in tomato soup when a skunk ends up getting loose in the Harmon Veterinary.

* One of various myths tested by the ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}''. The result: the smell of the sauce masked the stench, but it didn't get rid of it completely. A better solution was to wash the sprayed part thoroughly with commercial cleaners, preferably those with an oxygen solution.

* The trope is {{invoked|Trope}} in [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4229 this]] ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' strip, mostly to embarrass Elliot.
* ''Webcomic/BreakingCatNews'':Elvis gets sprayed by a skunk and then put in a tomato juice bath. Naturally, he's extremely annoyed about it.
* ''Webcomic/SabrinaOnline'': In one strip Sabrina and her boyfriend R.C. get cornered by a mugger. Sabrina sprays the mugger, and R.C. gets caught in the crossfire. Cue this trope.

* Subverted in the WesternAnimation/PuppyDogPals episode "A Stinky Story". After Hissy gets sprayed by a skunk, this is one of the remedies Keia attempts to remove the smell. Needless to say, it doesn't work out so well.

* ''Series/Zoey101'': In the episode "Bad Girl", a skunk sprays Michael and Logan, making them seek odor removal. They try eating tomato juice at first, only to learn that they were supposed to bathe in it.

* In the ''Literature/{{Fudge}}'' book ''Fudge-a-Mania'', Turtle the dog gets sprayed by a skunk, and Mr. Tubman, Shiela's grandfather, is the first to suggest making him bathe in tomato juice.

* ''Series/FullerHouse'': Stephanie, Tommy and Max have to bathe themselves in tomato juice when a skunk ends up getting loose in the Harmon Veterinary.

* ''Webcomic/BreakingCatNews'':Elvis gets sprayed by a skunk and then put in a tomato juice bath. Naturally, he's extremely annoyed about it.
* ''Webcomic/SabrinaOnline'': In one strip Sabrina and her boyfriend R.C. get cornered by a mugger. Sabrina sprays the mugger, and R.C. gets caught in the crossfire. Cue this trope.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E19MegStinks Meg Stinks]]", Brian dumps and bathes himself with tons of tomato juice after getting sprayed by a skunk. Much like the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', [[Main/RealityEnsues it doesn't work.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E19MegStinks Meg Stinks]]", Brian dumps and bathes himself with tons of tomato juice after getting sprayed by a skunk. Much like the ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats'', [[Main/RealityEnsues it doesn't work.]]

* The trope is {{invoked|Trope}} in [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4229 this]] ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' strip, mostly embarrass Elliot.

* ''Camping Troubles'' sees the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTales Tales Seven]] having to deal with a skunk in their tent during a camping trip, with several of them getting sprayed. This is used to remove the smell at the end. The creator knew it didn't work in real life, but [[GrandfatherClause as it was commonly believed to be true when the show was airing, it was used anyway.]]

* ''Literature/ADogsPurpose'': Bailey comes across a skunk while wandering in the woods. He doesn't know what it is, goes to investigate, and ends up sprayed. His owners are forced to bathe him in tomato juice and he isn't let in the house for a few days. Unfortunately, Bailey didn't correlate the smell with the skunk and tries to get near her a second time. After one more tomato bath he figures out that maybe he should avoid skunks.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' episode "[=BoJack=] Kills", Todd and Mr. Peanutbutter get sprayed by a skunk. Guess what they bathe in to get rid of the smell?

''Webcomic/BreakingCatNews'':Elvis gets sprayed by a skunk and then put in a tomato juice bath. Naturally, he's extremely annoyed about it.

In real life, however, [[UrbanLegends this remedy doesn't actually work]]. At most, tomato juice will mask the scent of a skunk, not get rid of it. There are better remedies out there than dousing yourself in tomatoes. The [[https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/skunk-spray-tomato-juice1.htm most popular recommendation]], for those curious, is a combination of peroxide, baking soda, and liquid detergent.

* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama Action]]'' episode "Dial M for Merger", the gang needs to each diffuse a trash can stink bomb. They are unsuccessful as the next scene has them bathing in tomato juice to get rid of the scent.