Tropical Fantasy
Tropical Fantasy is an inexpensive
Juice Cocktails
- Apple Juice
- Blue Raspberry
- Citrus Delight
- Fruit Punch
- Grape
- Kiwi Strawberry
- Lemon Iced Tea
- Mandarin Orange
- Mean Green Lemonade
- Passion Fruit
- Piña Colada
- Raspberry Rush
- Strawberry Lemonade
- Lemonade
- Cherry blue lemonade
Soft Drinks
- Black Cherry
- Champagne Kola
- Coconut
- Cola
- Cotton Candy
- Flite
- Ginger Ale
- Golden Fruit Champagne
- Grape Drink
- Island Punch Finisher
- Kool Kombucha Kooler
- Lemon 'n Lime
- Mango
- Mountain Rush
- Orange
- Pineapple
- Watermelon
- Wild Blue Cherry
- Wild Pink Strawberry
- Sweet Tea
African-American conspiracy theory
In April 1991, rumors began circulating in Black neighborhoods that the beverage was laced with a secret ingredient that would sterilize black men.
Later that year the rumor spread rapidly and provoked violence in many city neighborhoods. Attacks occurred on delivery trucks and storekeepers who stocked Tropical Fantasy. Due to these rumors and rising suspicions, sales of the beverage plummeted by 70%.[citation needed]
Investigations found the claims to be as preposterous.
By mid June 1991 the attacks had stopped and the sales had rebounded, but the dark rumors about Tropical Fantasy were not forgotten. Even today, the rumors are still circulating. Many young teenagers refer to the beverages as "Bummies" and "Nutties", mainly due to the rumor that it kills sperm. This is not however limited to the Tropical Fantasy beverage. Other beverages such as "City Club", "Top Pop", and "C&C", are ridiculed in exactly the same way.[citation needed]
References
- ^ A Storm Over Tropical Fantasy. Newsweek. April 22, 1991.
- ^ Tropical Storm. Snopes.com May 2, 2007.
- ^ a b c d "Conspiracy Theories Can Often Ring True". people.duke.edu. Retrieved 17 October 2017.