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| - Basically, you don't know what you've got till it's gone. A character has agreed to give up a certain thing, like smoking or certain snack foods, or sex. Unfortunately, everywhere he looks, he's reminded of the item he's given up. As the episode goes on, his resolve is severely tested as his Jerkass friends and (clueless) bystanders will do their best to tempt him. You can expect karma to be a bitch and offer dozens of free "once in a lifetime, sent from heaven" opportunities to indulge in the vice. Examples of Cold Turkeys Are Everywhere include:
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| - Basically, you don't know what you've got till it's gone. A character has agreed to give up a certain thing, like smoking or certain snack foods, or sex. Unfortunately, everywhere he looks, he's reminded of the item he's given up. As the episode goes on, his resolve is severely tested as his Jerkass friends and (clueless) bystanders will do their best to tempt him. You can expect karma to be a bitch and offer dozens of free "once in a lifetime, sent from heaven" opportunities to indulge in the vice. If he sticks to his guns but later gives in, the opportunity is gone for good and he's made a laughingstock. If he pretends to abstain, he will get busted, big time, by everybody. If he's particularly strong willed and goes through the whole episode without giving in, he might even get a particularly awesome reward for his good behavior, which can be something obvious (a promised reward like concert tickets) or something he'll never even notice he got. Like, say, the chocolate he refused to eat was laced with cyanide (or laxatives), or the girl he didn't take home isn't actually a girl. If it's a Sadist Show, expect this abstinent behavior to leave him worse off than before. Only rarely will the abstinence be its own reward. Sometimes he isn't abstaining from a certain thing, but is trying not to think of something unpleasant or something he knows he can't get. If it's bathroom-related, it's a Potty Emergency. A case of Truth in Television. The forsaken item/activity isn't any more common, but the person who gave it up is more prone to notice its absence and to be tempted by the Delicious Distraction when it presents itself. If it's an entirely new vice to the character, it's a Compressed Vice. See also Warm Bloodbags Are Everywhere for the Horror version. See also Frequently-Broken Unbreakable Vow for general promises rather than abstinence. Often seen with We Want Our Jerk Back. Compare Going Cold Turkey, when the addiction is broken by a single self-imposed withdrawal phase. Can lead to Radish Cure where the character learns his lesson as a result of consuming too many "cold turkeys". Examples of Cold Turkeys Are Everywhere include:
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