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▲[[File:rsz_j195_2582.jpg|link=Archie|right|[[[[Weird Al Yankovic]] Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it!<br />Open up your mouth and feed it!]]
{{quote|''"This...this girl's stomach is a Cosmos unto itself! It's connected to the void of the universe!"''
|'''Eating Contest Judge''' (on Fuu), ''[[Samurai Champloo]]''}}
A character (who may or may not be fat) eats enough for an entire football team, usually devastating the whole
On occasion it can be used as a way to fulfill the needs of many [[Required Secondary Powers]] and thus make a character's abilities more believable. For instance, characters with a [[Healing Factor]], [[Super Speed]], or the ability to [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|change shape and size]], who would normally have to [[No Conservation of Energy|flout the laws of physics]] [[
In comics and manga it's become more common to make a [[Comically Serious]] character or [[Badass]] [[Action Girl]] a Big Eater as a way to add a humorous quirk that doesn't actually take away from the character's seriousness.
Occasionally the [[Extreme Omnivore]]. Tends to be [[Obsessed
Another common justification for a female big eater is that all the nutrition goes to her well-endowed bosom. Consequently, female characters with large bosoms are often big eaters.
Typical dialogue in a restaurant:
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'''Big Eater:''' [[
Another typical line goes thus:
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Or after finishing:
{{quote|'''Big Eater:''' So what's for dessert?}}
{{examples|Examples}}▼
Almost an [[Obligatory Joke]] occurs when said Big Eater and at least one other character is doing something requiring physical effort:
{{quote|'''Big Eater:''' All this work is making me hungry.
'''Other Character''' ''(usually under his breath)'': ''Breathing'' makes you hungry...}}
{{noreallife|we don't care, because it doesn't matter from a storytelling point of view.}}
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[[Category:Stock Characters]]
[[Category:Character Flaw Index]]
[[Category:Food Tropes]]
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