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An early reference to Robitussin being used as a recreational drug appears in the 1967 song "Hey Grandma" by Moby Grape. Robitussin (spelled as "Robotussin" to avoid trademark issues) is referenced in the mc chris song "The Tussin (Robotussin)".
Tussin, an off-brand of Robitussin, was the basis of a running gag by Chris Rock in the 1999 DVD Bigger and Blacker in reference to its use when he was growing up, so the children did not have to go to the doctor. Robitussin is also mentioned often in the show Everybody Hates Chris, and is used to treat any ailment that the family members may have.
One of the characters in Douglas Coupland's 2006 novel jPod (and the CBC television show of the same name) uses "Chugatussin" as means of getting high, referring to this as "getting 'tussed up." It appears too in Microserfs, another novel of the same author, when one of the characters is addicted to "PayLess Tussin".
Robitussin was featured on an episode of Dr. Phil that dealt with drug addiction. An episode of the TV series House, "Ignorance is Bliss", dealt with Robitussin abuse, using the term "Robotripping".
It is also referenced in the song "Bass Down Low" by Dev featuring The Cataracs in the lyrics "Straight buzzin', Robitussin Wanna get your mitts in my oven."
A bottle of Robitussin is seen in video to the song Naked from Dev debut album The Night the Sun Came Up (2011) featuring Enrique Iglesias
In the sitcom 2 Broke Girls, Season 2, Max refers to Robotussin as the only thing she has ever loved. She also claims to have invented the Robotussin smoothie in 2006, which made that "pretty much a blackout year".
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