Top 10 Fictional Foods That Would Kill You in Real Life

“Futurama” (1999-2003; 2008-13)

Slurm is the ubiquitous soda of the futuristic, odd world of “Futurama”. It’s weird, green, and “highly addictive!” In the episode “Fry and the Slurm Factory,” Fry wins a chance to see how Slurm is made, but the whole thing ends up being a front. The characters then find out about the drink’s true and extremely disgusting origins. Somehow, even this discovery doesn’t stop Fry from continuing to consume it at will. At one point, he actually drinks so much Slurm Loco, that his skin becomes radioactive and glows green! That can’t be good for anyone…

“The Lost Boys” (1987)

The scene with the maggot rice from “The Lost Boys” plays out a lot like one of our worst takeout nightmares! In this 1987 groundbreaking film about hot teenage vampires, Michael Emerson finds himself in a vampiric hideout eating chinese food. Except everything is not as it seems when he looks inside the carton and finds not rice, but maggots. Or, is it rice? The back-and-forth is enough to cause a lot of confusion and leads Michael to just start accepting whatever food or beverage is handed to him… A deadly choice when surrounded by the undead.

“Spaceballs” (1987)

From the sci-fi parody “Spaceballs” comes the iconic, funny, and super gross Pizza the Hutt. Pizza, a Jabba the Hutt spoof, is a giant burping pizza slice, oozing with cheese, pepperoni, and olives. One bite alone will probably clog your arteries to the point of peril! The Hutt is also an alien mafia overlord who will literally murder you if you don’t pay him what he is owed. Whether you have debt to pay or a craving to fill, if you’re up against Pizza the Hutt, don’t expect it to end well.

“Alice in Wonderland”(1951)

In the Disney classic “Alice in Wonderland,” the main character eats a magic mushroom and grows in size. This iconic scene has long made us think of parallels to another kind of mushroom that might also make someone believe they’d gone to a strange and magical land with talking cats and wild tea parties. This link is actually not that far off, as it turns out, because during the 1974 theatrical re-release of the film, Disney advertised it as hip to the psychedelic mood of the decade. Of course, in real life, partaking in that kind of thing really can be a risk to your health. The more you know, right?

“Calvin and Hobbes” (1985-95)

For a decade, millennials loved to steal their parents newspapers for one very important reason. They wanted to see what kind of unsupervised shenanigans “Calvin and Hobbes” got up to that day. Many of those adventures featured the super sugary cereal Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs. They are sort of like coco puffs but caffeinated, frosted, and with even more sugar. Calvin is pretty accustomed to eating more than one bowl, so it’s no wonder he sometimes ends up with the shakes! This is not the sort of breakfast one eats if they expect to live a long time. Somebody warn Calvin!

“The Simpsons” (1989-)

The fictional fast food restaurant Krusty Burger from “The Simpsons” is clearly making fun of that other fast food chain with a clown. (Wink, wink.) Over the decades, the Krusty Burger has been home to many artery-clogging menu items, which even Krusty himself isn’t overly fond of. One of the worst offenders is the Clogger. It's piled with bacon and seems sure to send someone straight to the cardiologist. There’s also the “Ribwich” which is so addicting Homer eats about a dozen in a processed meant-induced haze. The whole menu seems designed to be as unhealthy as possible, which means if you want to live, it's probably best to follow Krusty the Clown’s lead!

“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” (1998)

Maggoty Haggis was cut from the film version of “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” but, in the book, Harry and friends discover it at the Deathday Party of Nearly Headless Nick. Apparently, ghosts love rancid, rotting food because it's potent enough for them to almost smell. The worst culprit has to be the Maggoty Haggis. Haggis is already not for the faint of heart. It’s a meat concoction containing body parts like liver and heart which are boiled inside a sheep's stomach. All you have to do is add maggots and let it rot in order to end up with something that is sure to give any human enough food poisoning to… well, poison them! We’ll leave this one to the ghosts.

“Regular Show” (2010-17)

On the search for wings for Skips’ cousin’s bachelor party, the gang from “Regular Show” discover the world’s most dangerous wings at the world's sketchiest wing place. The sauce is made from mutated ghost peppers, hot magma extract, and black widow venom, so it’s not super suprising when the wings arrive actually on fire. They’re so potent, in fact, that the sauce sizzles right through the plate and the table. In order to actually acquire them for the bachelor party, Skip has to eat one huge cauldron full. Somehow, he manages, but we think that might be the kind of thing only an immortal yeti could do.

“South Park” (1997-)

In the “South Park” episode “Scott Tenorman Must Die,” Eric Cartman goes full psychopath, and makes one killer chili – and we do mean that literally. In a grandiose and diabolical plan to get revenge on his nemesis, Cartman arranges for the death of Scott’s parents and disposes of their bodies in chili that he tricks Scott into eating. It’s all super disturbing, but the worst of it comes when the proof appears in the pudding, so to speak. This episode marked a change in the way the writers portrayed Cartman, as he went from a generally bad kid to horrifically evil. This is an iconic moment for the series, but also one for horrible fictional foods.

“SpongeBob Squarepants” (1999-)

The moldy Krabby Patty, in case you don’t remember, is a spore-filled Krabby Patty found under the oven on the kitchen floor of the Krusty Krab. In the episode “Born Again Krabs,” SpongeBob tries to throw the moldy meat out, but Mr. Krabs won’t allow it. In a desperate attempt to convince everyone there is nothing wrong with this toxic, potentially sentient, extremely gross patty, Mr. Krabs eats it. It nearly kills him and sends him on a journey that almost reforms his cheapskate ways. Almost. With its clear toxicity, greying color, and general “ugh” factor, the moldy Krabby Patty more than earns its spot on our list.