Flatulence in popular culture

1996 film directed by Tom Shadyac

2016 film directed by Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan

2000 film by Peter Segal

Slow Horses is a British spy thriller television series based on the Slough House novels by Mick Herron, created for television by the English comedian and writer Will Smith. It follows an MI5 unit where disgraced or failed agents are consigned, under the supervision of Jackson Lamb. It also stars Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jonathan Pryce, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung and Aimee-Ffion Edwards.

2001 film by Brent Maddock

Thunderpants is a 2002 family absurdist comedy film about a boy whose incredible capacity for flatulence gets him a job as an astronaut. The film was directed by Pete Hewitt, with the script was written by Phil Hughes, based on a story by Pete Hewitt about a boy who dreams of being a spaceman, despite his chronic flatulence.

the practice of igniting the gases produced by human flatulence

1994 film by Duwayne Dunham

(, ), or , designates a humorous theme in a Japanese art scrolls (often also the titles of the scrolls themselves), created during the Edo period (1603–1868) and earlier by various artists, often preferring to remain anonymous, depicting flatulence humor.

2nd episode of the third season of South Park

1997 film by Stuart Gillard

4th episode of the 13th season of South Park

scatological humour found in writings and compositions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

humor with flatulence

In Innu mythology, Matshishkapeu ("The Farting God") is considered to be one of the most powerful spirits, and thought to be even more powerful than the Caribou Master. According to legend, the Caribou Master withheld caribou from the Innu out of greed, causing them to begin starving. Matshishkapeu approached the Caribou Master and asked him to provide the Innu with enough caribou to eat, but the Caribou Master refused. Matshishkapeu then said if he did not give the Innu caribou, he would be struck with illness. The Caribou Master refused again, subsequently being cursed with a painful case of