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This article is about the type of condom. For other uses, see French tickler (disambiguation).

A French tickler is a latex condom that is designed with additional protrusions, for enhancing the sexual pleasure of the user.

A typical French Tickler uses a number of bumps, crests and falls in the lining of the latex ostensibly to make sexual intercourse more enjoyable or pleasurable for the recipient. They may also have hair-like protrusions.

In Popular Culture

French ticklers were mentioned in the Monty Python movie The Meaning of Life (1983), when Mr. Blackitt (a protestant) says: "I can wear whatever I want on my John Thomas. And Protestantism doesn't stop at the simple condom. I can wear French ticklers if I want." (See The Meaning of Life at Wikiquote)
In the Tenacious D song Double Team, a French tickler is one of the "tools" Kyle Gass is mentioned to be in possession of.
The novel Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk also features a mention, when the narrator goes back to the Creedish cult location in Nebraska.
In the Family Guy episode Mother Tucker, Quagmire flies a plane named "The French Tickler" at the airshow.
Former WWE Wrestler Rene Dupree performed a dance that was known to wrestling fans as "The French Tickler".
George Carlin joked about things that you rarely or never hear, one of them being "Mom, I have a big date tonight! Can I borrow a French tickler from you?"

In the Dumb and Dumber movie when Harry and Lloyd were arguing about who's the bigger backstabber, Harry says, "Don't deny it, Lloyd. Fraida told me the whole sleazy story, Mr. French Tickler! I guess we both learned a little something about each other today."
In the Spongebob Episode "Karate Island", one of the bad guys that Sandy must fight to rescue Spongebob is named "The Tickler" He is a fish modeled after a French stereotype, and equipped with extra hands on sticks which he uses to tickle.
Sonic Youth included a song on their 1998 album, A Thousand Leaves, entitled "French Tickler."
UW-Milwaukee's infamous 8th Note Coffeehouse in 2003 served (and still do) a drink named the "French Tickler," which was a blend of french vanilla cappuccino powder and coffee.