History Main / UnaffectedBySpice

** On comic shows Catana eating an "extra hot double spiced ghost pepper crusted meal."

* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': Mapo tofu also appears in FSN and its spinoffs as one of the favorite foods of Kotomine Kirei. When he offers to share some with Shirou Emiya, Shirou seriously considers whether this might be an off-the-cuff assassination attempt. It's implied that it's not so much that he's unaffected by the spice so much that he ''relishes'' the pain as part of his own sadistic impulses, given how he unbuttons his collar and breathes heavily while eating it.

* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': Mapo tofu also appears in FSN and its spinoffs as one of the favorite foods of Kotomine Kirei. When he offers to share some with Shirou Emiya, Shirou seriously considers whether this might be an off-the-cuff assassination attempt. It's implied that it's not so much that he's unaffected by the spice so much that he ''relishes'' the pain as part of his own sadistic impulses, given how he unbuttons his collar and breathes heavily while eating it.

* ''[[VisualNovel/AmnesiaMemories Amnesia: Later]]'': Ukyou puts tabasco sauce on top of the spaghetti dish he ordered that, unbeknownst to him, the other guys have covered in habanero sauce and eats it without even commenting on the intense spice.

* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': Mapo tofu also appears in FSN and its spinoffs as one of the favorite foods of Kotomine Kirei. When he offers to share some with Shirou Emiya, Shirou seriously considers whether this might be an off-the-cuff assassination attempt. It's implied that it's not so much that he's unaffected by the spice so much that he ''relishes'' it as part of his own sadistic impulses, given how he unbuttons his collar and breathes heavily while eating it.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E9ElViajeMisteriosoDeNuestroJomer El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)]]": At Springfield's annual chili cook-off, it's revealed that Homer is renowned for being able to eat ''extremely'' hot food. Chief Wiggum's chili made of Guatemalan insanity peppers is too much even for him. However, once he coats his mouth with wax, he swallows several of those peppers whole and wins the chili-eating competition. Zig-zagged when Homer gets a different adverse reaction: [[MushroomSamba hallucinations]].
-->'''Mayor Quimby:''' Good Lord, this can't be happening!\\

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': La Barbara Conrad's goat curry is spicy enough to burn through the floor all the way down to Robot Hell and make the Robot Devil scream in pain, but her husband Hermes thinks it could use more seasoning. In a later episode, Hermes eats some extremely spicy gumbo that turns him into a FireBreathingDiner, and his only reaction is to say it's "kinda mild".

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': In "[[Recap/RugratsS3E1DummiBearDinnerDisasterTwinsPique Dummi Bear Dinner Disaster]]", when Paul Gatsby, the creator of ''[[ShowWithinAShow The Dummi Bears]]'' comes to the Carmichaels' house for dinner, the babies worry that if the dinner goes well, Susie will have to move away. One of the ways Angelica tries to ruin the dinner is by spiking the main course with "Volcano Brand" hot sauce. This plan backfires when it turns out that Paul loves spicy food and applauds the cooking as delicious.

* Some people have fewer [=TRPV1=] receptors, which are responsible for the burning sensation caused by capsaicin, or lack them entirely. This allows such individuals to eat spicy food with little or no ill effects.