Hacky plugin to allow removal of the tooltips created by jquery tools tooltip

jquery.tooltip-remove.js

/**
 * hacky plugin to allow removal of the jquery tools tooltip objects.
 *
 * Doesn't pay any attention to the special event configuration, and will blindly unbind all
 * mouse[enter|leave] listeners from the trigger element.
 */
(function($){
    var tooltip = $.fn.tooltip,
        slice = Array.prototype.slice;

    function removeTooltip($elements){
        $elements.each(function(){
            var $element = $(this),
                api = $element.data("tooltip"),
                tip = api.getTip(),
                trigger = api.getTrigger();
            api.hide();
            if( tip ){
                tip.remove();
            }
            trigger.unbind('mouseenter mouseleave');
        });
    }

    $.fn.tooltip = function(p){
        if( p === 'remove'){
            removeTooltip(this);
            return this;
        } else {
            return tooltip.apply(this, slice.call(arguments,0));
        }
    }
})(jQuery);