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Sometimes, an [[Extreme Omnivore]] will have just that one item they don't like, and this trope will be played for laughs. In this case, it's usually something very mundane, so that while a character might be willing to eat disgusting and probably poisonous mixtures, they absolutely refuse to eat something everyone else enjoys.
 
(Ironically, although SpamSPAM is an acquired taste for most people, it's not actually that horrible, and it's very popular in much of the Pacific, particularly Hawaii and South Korea.)
 
See also [[Picky Eater]].
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* BT from ''[[.hack//Sign]]'' named her character based on the removal of this from her favorite food. I'll give you a hint. It's not Bacon and it's not Tomatoes.
** Mimiru points out it has no taste upon being informed of this which leaves her bewildered as to why BT dislikes it.
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'': Each of the Sailor Senshi have a least favorite food listed in their profile. Usagi's is, [[Meaningful Name|ironicallyUsagi]]'s is, ironically, carrots.
* ''[[Crayon Shin-chan]]'': Shin-chan hates green peppers. Possibly the reason why he always asks older girls if they like them is to allow him to keep hitting on them.
* Similar to ''Sailor Moon'', most of the cast of ''[[Naruto]]'' has a food they dislike, with the exception of Lee, who cannot dislike any kind of food. Naruto in particular hates vegetables, and a brief flashback shows Kakashi appearing in his window to offer him some vegetables with his ramen.
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* Akisame Koetsuji of ''[[Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple]]'' loathes bell peppers to the point that they're occasionally used as a threat for dinner if he doesn't do something or other. He ''always'' complies.
* ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'': Misty loathes carrots and peppers.
* in ''[[One Piece]]'', the [[Trademark Favorite Food]] of each Straw Hat crew member is established, and in an SBS question, a fan asked Oda what each crew member's ''least'' favorite food was:
** Monkey D. Luffy: Cherry pie, or at least a certain shop's brand of it.
*** He also doesn't like mochi, something that becomes a problem when he fights Katakuri, who has a Devil Fruit power that creates and manipulates mochi. He clearly can't win such a fight the same way he dealt with Cracker's army of biscuit monsters.<ref>As in, by eating them, possibly the one time in his life he ever became full.</ref>
** Roronoa Zoro: Chocolate (Too sweet!)
** Nami: Orangette (likes actual oranges better)
** Usopp: Mushrooms (They make him sick)
** Sanji: Konjac (Unhealthy)
** Tony Tony Chopper: Spicy food
** Nico Robin: Chewing gum (Can't swallow it)
** Franky: Marshmallows (Prefers hard candy)
** Brook: Lemons (No point in eating something sour if they don't change your expression)
*** Non Straw Hat examples include Buggy not likeing tomatoes, Trafalgar Law not likeing bread, and Blackbeard not liking well-done meat, something that, along with Luffy's dislike for cherry pie (Blackbeard's favorite) is the reason they disliked each other at first sight.
*** A purely fantasy example, Devil Fruit is a universal Stock "Yuck!" in the series; while nobody ever eats more than one in their lives (well, no one has and lived) they are known to taste absolutely horrible. Those who eat them feel as thought they've been poisoned, which they have, seeing as the powers they bestow are technically curses.
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In ''[[Spider-Man]]'' comics, Peter may love his aunt's wheatcakes, but according to Uncle Ben, he doesn't like her meatloaf. He also claims in one story he "can't stand" corn fritters.
** During a ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]'' storyline, Aunt May pulls a [[Bluff the Imposter]] on the Chameleon (who is disguised as Peter) by offering him oatmeal raisin cookies. The real Peter hates oatmeal raisin cookies ("Yes, even mine," says May) so when the villain eats them, she knows it isn't him - [[Never Mess with Granny|she also spikes them with sedatives, by the way]].
 
== [[Film]] ==
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* The goblins in ''[[Troll 2]]'' are so repulsed by bologna that the kid-hero is able to protect himself from them by eating it. Supposedly, it's the cholesterol that repels them, but that's hardly the ''most'' ridiculous part of the plot.
* ''[[Leprechaun (film)|Leprechaun]]''; in an early scene, the hungry title character raids a cabinet and finds a box of cereal called [[Bland-Name Product| Lucky Clovers]]; he clearly doesn't like them at all. This was, by the way, a [[Take That]] aimed at General Mills, who market the Lucky Charms cereal; the studio had wanted GM to partner with them in a mutually beneficial [[Product Placement]] deal, but they turned it down.
* From ''[[The Super Mario Bros Movie]]'', Mario ironically does not like mushrooms. When he first finds out about the Super Shrooms (as in, the [[Power-Up]]s in the video games he has used since the start of his career), Peach has to force-feed him the first one to convince him to use them.
* Iago from ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' hates crackers, [[Stock Animal Diet| despite being a parrot]]. Likely because Jafar is an abusive master who often force-feeds them to him.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
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{{quote|'''Andrew Zimmern:''' Mmmm. That's some good lutefisk
'''Adam Richman:''' (face contorted in disgust) How can you tell? }}
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
** Anya from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' explaining alternative universes, bearing in mind that her example is bound to be self-centered: "Suppose you don't like shrimp. Well, blahh, you say, I wish there was a world without shrimp." This is in addition to bunnies of course.
** Amy spends five years as a rat, having turned herself into one to escape a lynch mob and being unable to change back. After finally becoming human again, the ''last'' thing she wants to eat is cheese.
* Yuto from ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'' hates shiitake mushrooms.
* ''[[Iron Chef]]'' play-by-play announcer Kenji Fukui hates bell peppers.
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* The Cookie Monster on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' may love cookies, but his little cousin doesn't like them at all; in one skit, he tells her to bring him something that starts with the letter "C", hoping to teach her about cookies, only for her to bring him all sorts of other C-objects, eventually thinking he [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming| wants a hug from her, his cousin.]]
* In one episode of ''[[ALF]]'' the title character orders a pizza with everything ''except'' beets. He emphasizes that he does ''not'' want beets.
* In ''[[Too Close for Comfort]]'', Ted has three, salmon cakes, brussel sprouts, and rhubarb pie. In an episode where Muriel is angry at him, she makes ''all three'' for dinner, with ''red wine'' no less!<ref>Wine lovers "know" that fish is "properly" served with ''white'' wine.</ref>
* On ''[[The Daily Show]]'', Jon Stewart rants about [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzXIpp59eoU how much he hates Chicago-style deep dish pizza]. Naturally, folks in Chicago didn't take it well...
 
== [[Music]] ==
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** And shredded coconut - he says it resembles "tiny albino spiders."
** As well as Spinach. "It looks bad, it tastes bad, it smells bad". (turns bowl over, spinach splats on table) "It even SOUNDS bad."
* ''[[Dennis the Menace]]{{context|reason=Which one?(US UKcomic orstrip)|Dennis US?}}the Menace]]'' hates vegetables and milk - But not things ''made from milk'', like ice cream or chocolate.
 
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** He also wasn't happy in one episode when the cafeteria was serving peas and carrots - ''again''.
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'':
** Pizza may be the heroes' [[Trademark Favorite Food]] but Splinter doesn't like it, [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987| at least in the 1987 version.]] In fact, in one episode, when he and the Shredder are victims of a [[Freaky Friday Flip]], seeing "Splinter" enjoy it is the first thing that makes the Turtles suspicious. At the end of the episode, when the two are supposedly switched back to normal, Michelangelo offers him a slice [[Impostor -Exposing Test| just to make sure]]; when he is repulsed by it, they're certain it's the real Splinter. Of course, this is probably justified due to the Turtles' [[Bizarre Taste in Food| choices of toppings.]]
** April turned up her nose at pizza too in the pilot, preferring the sushi Splinter gave her, but she'd get used to it later. Consequently, Donatello expresses his dislike of sushi in the same scene.
** Whether the Turtles like [[Stock Yuck|anchovies]] or not depends on the continuity. They have no problems with them in the aforementioned cartoon, but Mikey doesn't like them in the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|first live-action movie]], emphasizing this when ordering for delivery. Shredder, on the other hand, clearly does not like them in the 1987 version, given [[Anything But That|how he reacts]] when Michelangelo [[Pie in the Face| hits him in the face]] with a pizza with anchovy topping.
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* In ''[[The Emperor's New Groove]]'', Yzma isn't too fond of gravy, or at least dishes that use too much of it, as she complains about such dishes at a restaurant she and Kronk are dining at. She also hates spinach puffs - at least the way [[The Dragon| Kronk]] makes them.
* In the [[DuckTales (2017)|2017 reboot of ''Duck Tales'']], Louie hates hot dogs. When the boys and Webby are planning a boat trip in one episode, Webby [[Sarcasm Mode|suggests dressing like hot dogs]], so when they get lost (as they always do) he wouldn't try to eat them when he went mad with hunger. Louie actually seems to acknowledge this as a good idea.
* ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]'':
* In the ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]'',* The Joker isn't fond of raisins, and becomes furious at Harley for bringing him raisin pudding. He's a little embarrassed when she tells him they're actually chocolate chips, which he ''does'' like.
** Toyman hates noodles ''so'' much that he crashes {{spoiler|Nightwing's funeral}} with his [[Mini-Mecha]] in order to destroy a noodle vendor's truck.
* In the mostly-forgotten series ''[[Popeye and Son]]'', Junior hates spinach; unfortunately for him, he often has to force himself to eat it, as it gives him the same strength boost it does for [[Popeye|his dad.]]
* ''Everybody'' in ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' shorts seems to have a problem with onions; whenever someone is cooking something (like Bugs does in "French Rarebit") someone tells him to "Hold the onions!"
* In ''[[Kim Possible]]'', Ron may be a [[Big Eater]], but clearly hates sushi; when he is chosen to be an exchange student for a school in Japan, he's more than willing, but says, "If push any of that raw fish on me, I swear I'll chuck."
* Alastor from ''[[Hazbin Hotel]]'' considers himself a gourmet, and as such will not eat processed foods, including canned meat, Easy-Mac, or ketchup.
* In ''[[Star Trek: Lower Decks]]'', Boimler ''really'' hates raisins, seeing as his family is in the business of producing and dealing them; while growing up, he was around them ''all the time''. In the episode "Grounded" he has to work on his family's vineyard while the crew is on mandatory furlough, and he is clearly miserable, not at all aroused by [[Chick Magnet| the attractive young female hired hands trying to hit on him.]]
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
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* Pythagoras (of Pythagorean Theorem fame) was known for his hatred of beans. To wit, Pythagoreanism was a religion based off his work and philosophy, and beans were verboten in said religion, deemed "unclean."
* [[H.P. Lovecraft]] was allergic to seafood. This explains the cephalopoidic and piscine nature of a great many of the monsters that appeared in his works. It probably didn't help that he [[Lovecraft Country|lived in New England]], where [[Cuisines in America|seafood can be a little hard to avoid.]]
* For some, a food allergy is the reason that [[Justified Trope|is the reason why]] they would avoid a certain food.
* [[Gordon Ramsay]] and the [[Trope Namer]]; he makes no secret of how much he hates SpamSPAM. In fact, he claims this is one big reason why he became a chef to begin with, he was so ''sick'' of processed food, which he recalls his parents tended to use a lot of.
* [[Gwyneth Paltrow]] notoriously said, "I'd rather smoke crack than eat cheese from a can." [[Dude, Not Funny|It didn't exactly go over well.]]
 
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