Dinner Deformation/Playing With

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Basic Trope: A character takes the shape of something he's swallowed.

  • Straight: Bob swallows a canoe, and Bob's belly takes the shape of a canoe.
  • Exaggerated: Bob swallows a skyscraper, and takes the shape of a skyscraper.
  • Downplayed: Bob swallows a banana. His throat takes the shape of a banana.
  • Justified: Bob has unusual anatomy which allows his body to stretch and morph around anything he eats.
  • Inverted: Anything Bob eats takes the shape of Bob.
  • Subverted: Bob swallows something much larger than he is, planning to take it's shape, but nothing happens.
  • Double Subverted: It just took some time. Bob suddenly takes the shape of whatever he ate.
  • Parodied: ???
  • Zig Zagged: ???
  • Averted: Bob doesn't eat anything larger than his face.
  • Enforced: ???
  • Lampshaded: ???
  • Invoked: ???
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: ???
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???

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