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Being eaten alive. Probably one of our oldest [[Primal Fear|Primal Fears]], and quite universal, given that we used to share this planet with some rather nasty predators. In this modern world, we have little to fear from most animals on land (though the sea is another matter), but stories of monsters of all kinds ([[Our Dragons Are Different|dragons]], [[Alien Tropes|aliens]], [[Our Demons Are Different|demons]], [[Zombie Apocalypse|zombies]], etc.) keep us very aware that we can become prey quite easily. It's probably the most common fear we have as kids.▼
▲Being eaten alive. Probably one of our oldest [[Primal Fear
Sometimes the victim is [[Swallowed Whole]], but other times, he or she is savagely ripped apart piece by piece (this is especially common if one is overtaken by multiple creatures out to eat you).
See also [[Fed to the Beast]], where someone is deliberately consigned to this awful fate. See also [[Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth]], for when the eater changes its mind.
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Not to be confused with [[Eaten Alive (film)|the movie of the same name]].
== Advertising ==▼
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▲== [[Advertising ]]==
* A Fruit Roll-Up and Fruit By the Foot get eaten by a photo booth.
* This happens to the cinnamon toast crunches in their commercials.
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Region]]'': The victims of the plague of starving rats swarming over Tokyo suffer this fate.
* ''[[Bio
* The common fate of anyone branded for sacrifice to the Godhand in ''[[Berserk]]''. Quite a few Apostles are fond of this too, such as the female Apostle that Guts kills in the very beginning of the manga.
* {{spoiler|Mami Tomoe}} of ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' goes out this way courtesy of a [[One-Winged Angel|monstered-out]] [[Eldritch Abomination|Witch]]. It is one of the most [[Cruel and Unusual Death|Cruel And Unusual Deaths]] of the entire series and considered by many <ref>if massive posts in this site's and other anime site's forum is anything to go by</ref> as one of the most shocking moments in anime this decade.
** In the [[Spin-Off]] manga ''[[Oriko Magica]]'', {{spoiler|Mami}} manages to [[Spared by the Adaptation|avert this fate.]] {{spoiler|Too bad someone else suffers it: none other than ''Kazuko-sensei'', who's devoured by one of Witch!Kirika's familiars ''in front of her students''.}}
* Happens a lot in ''[[Hellsing]]''. Special mention goes to Luke Valentine, who gets both his legs blown off and becomes "dog food" after Alucard goes [[One-Winged Angel]].
** In the TV series, Incognito eats Helena because he sees her as a threat.
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion
* In the ''Amon: Apocalypse of [[Devilman]]'' OVA, Amon proves himself to be one of [[Go Nagai]]'s absolute worst [[Complete Monster
* Happens to {{spoiler|Nene and Nono}} in ''[[Blood C]]''. {{spoiler|Subverted, they turn out to be alive. And their following ''real'' deaths are very different. Though one of the Elder Bairns ''does'' chomp on a struggling civilian as the group destroys Saya's hometown.}}
* In ''[[Hekikai no AiON
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* "[[Fritz the Cat (comics)|Fritz the Cat]], Secret Agent for the C.I.A." contains what is probably the earliest depiction of ''
== Comics ==▼
▲* "[[Fritz the Cat (comics)|Fritz the Cat]], Secret Agent for the C.I.A." contains what is probably the earliest depiction of ''[[Eaten Alive|vore]]'' in comics. Fritz is swallowed whole by a giant creature, along with a female Chinese agent who betrays her country because she loves Fritz. Together, the two escape out ''the back way''.
* In [[Old Man Logan]] {{spoiler|a mutated and insane Hulk does this to Wolverine: him and his inbred clan have been eating their enemies for years. None of them had adamantium claws and a healing factor, however...}}
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]/[[Worm]]'' crossover ''[[A Wand for Skitter]]'', Taylor assassinates Dolores Umbridge by having her eaten alive by a magical insect swarm.
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* In ''[[Dinosaur]]'', a scout got eaten by a Carnatourus.
** And Aladar pretended to eat one of the little lemurs.
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* Ratigan feeds a hapless lackey to his pet cat Felicia in ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]''.
* In ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' the Walrus eats all the baby oysters behind the carpenter's back.
* The common fate of anyone overtaken by the zombies in any [[Zombie Apocalypse]] movie, if they don't [[The Virus|join them]].
* In ''[[Little Shop of Horrors (film)|Little Shop of Horrors]]'', Audrey II eats Mr. Mushnik ''[[Just in Time]]''.
** In the alternate ending, Audrey was eaten after she died and Rick Moranis' character got eaten too.
*** So I guess for Audrey it was technically eaten dead then.
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* The ship's cook in the 2005 version of ''[[King Kong]]''.
** More than just the cook, the cook just got assaulted by giant leeches which seemed to be the most horrendous.
* In ''[[Willow]]'', when
▲== Literature ==
* In ''[[Animorphs]]'', ''In The Time of the Dinosaurs'' Rachel and Tobias get eaten by a kronosaurus which they subsequently break out of, thus killing it. This was also the fate of Elfangor, who gave the kids their morphing powers; moments afterward, [[Big Bad|Visser 3]] arrives, morphs a huge alien and devours Elfangor alive. The screaming features in several of the Animorphs' nightmares.
* In [[RL Stine]]’s ''[[Goosebumps]]'': ''The Blob That Ate Everyone'' Adam got eaten just like he did in the TV show, and two police officers got eaten and so did a bunch of citizens.
** In another book, one of the [[Choose Your Own Adventure]] type books, various non-reader characters are transformed into monsters and intend to send the reader on something resembling a haunted scavenger hunt. If the reader makes a choice to doubt the reality of the transformation, it's implied the monster kids' ringleader, some kind of lizardman, eats the doubtful reader -- [[The Many Deaths of You|obviously]] [[Have a Nice Death|ending that read-through]].
* In Homer’s ''[[
* In ''[[Nation]]'', First Mate Cox gets eaten by [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks|sharks]]. Even with [[Rasputinian Death|an axe in his chest, too]], he's still alive enough to be [[Slasher Smile|Slasher]] [[Go Out with a Smile|Smiling]] when they get there.
* In ''[[Gormenghast|Titus Groan]]'', Titus's father Sepulchrave is eaten alive by a flock of owls. {{spoiler|Voluntarily, because he's batshit insane and suicidal.}}
* {{spoiler|Cato}} in ''[[The Hunger Games]]'' is ripped apart by dogs for ''twenty hours on end''. By the time he gets a [[Mercy Kill]], his skin and limbs have been gnawed off. ''And he was alive the whole time, on live television''.
* Curly in ''[[The Call of the Wild]]'' gets her face ripped apart by dogs, then after they knock her down, they surround her and eat her alive.
* In the novels
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' Kermit, Miss Piggy, Shaky Sanchez, Lenny Lizard, a chef, and Rowlf's little ''sidekick'' all get eaten by either Gorgon Heap or Sweetums.▼
* In the original ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' series, Robin gets eaten by a giant clam and continues to wiggle around in it in the resolution to the cliffhanger.
* In [[RL Stine]]’s ''[[Goosebumps]]'': ''The Blob That Ate Everyone'', the jerk Adam gets eaten by, well, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|the blob; that ate everyone]]. Duh.
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* Happens a lot in ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
* In the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode ''Basics, part 2'', Hogan was killed at the mouth of a cave where a giant snakeasaurus lived in a lightning-quick [[Gory Discretion Shot|discretion shot]]. Later, more of the ''Voyager'' crew were attempting to sneak across a cavern where the snakeasuraus slept in a pit. It didn't work. A nameless crewman slipped, awoke the beast, and got [[Swallowed Whole]] just like Hogan.
* In ''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (TV series)|Honey, I Shrunk the Kids]]'', Grandpa Murdock accidentally swallowed Wayne, Amy and Diane.
== [[New Media]] ==
* In ''[[Descendant of a Demon Lord]]'', Wrath's high priestess, Nem, killed her lord, Lord Wrath. Lord Wrath was a demon, and [[Word of God|according to the]] [[Game Master|Quest Master]], [[No Body Left Behind|demons bodies are destroyed when a demon dies]]. Nem claims she "killed and ate [Lord Wrath]". But you can do the math on the order of how things actually happened. By the way, parts of a demons body can presumably survive if they are separated before the demon dies, so it's possible she did something like dismember Lord Wrath alive, kill him, and then ate the limbs. Here is a hint though: there were no arm and leg bones visible in the chamber. Here is another hint: If Lord Wrath was simply slain before Nem took in some of his domain (perhaps by eating him alive) to become a demon blooded, his domain (the thing that makes a demon a demon) would have passed on to someone likely outside Nem's society, which would have undermined why Nem killed lord wrath.
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▲* ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' Kermit, Miss Piggy, Shaky Sanchez, Lenny Lizard, a chef, and Rowlf's little ''sidekick'' all get eaten by either Gorgon Heap or Sweetums. In fact, this happens to Muppets so often there's even a page on Muppets Wiki [https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Muppets_eating_other_Muppets dedicated to it.]
** On ''[[Muppets Tonight]]'', Big Mean Carl seems to take Gorgon Heap's place as the predatory Muppet. Carl also has a comedy act on the show where [[Extreme Omnivore|he eats bagpipes.]]
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon Magazine Annual #1]]'' detailed the potent Sul Armor, a suit of armor that is made of still-living scarab-like insects. This armor is lighter than Leather Armor, but as strong as Chain Mail, can be put on or taken off in less than a minute, and very rarely, gives the owner powers of Regeneration, which the armor itself has. A Thief who isn’t afraid of bugs would pay any price for a Sul swarm, but the catch is, [[Power At A Price| you ''should'' be afraid of this sort of thing]]. The scarabs might turn on the wearer and devour him, which they might do if the wearer takes 10 or more points of damage in a single hit (5% cumulative chance per hit) and the user also has to feed it daily (simply grain and water) and should he forget to do so, the chance increases by a cumulative 8% each time.
* In the ''[[Planescape]]'' Splat book ''Hellbound: The Blood War'', it states this is a common strategy for fiends in the Blood War. Both sides of the conflict have grunts that can regenerate [[From a Single Cell]] (lemures and nupperibo on the devils' side, manes on the demons') and because fiends cannot easily use holy weapons (which prevent this regeneration) they often do so by devouring the enemy grunts. The "official" theory is that if fiend's physical body is consumed by another being, its essence is destroyed and it is forever slain. Whether this works on higher-ranking fiends, possibly as a way to keep them from being reborn if their material form is destroyed, is not known. Very few mortal beings are willing to try it.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Lego Star Wars]] II'' and ''The Complete Saga'', you can call down a LEGO Gammorean guard which gets eaten by the LEGO Rancor after it chases the guard for a little.
* In ''[[Star Wars Battlefront]]'' you can go to Jabba’s Palace and if you approach the great Hutt you get sent down the infamous trapdoor and there is the Rancor. If you get too close it will pick you up and eat you.
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* Failing the quick time event against the T-Rex in ''[[Tomb Raider]] Anniversary'' results in Lara being flung up into the air by the dinosaur and then being swallowed alive on the way down.
* ''[[Dark Souls]]'' has several enemies that can do this to you [[For Massive Damage]]. Most horrify is the [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family|Gaping Dragon.]]
* Many of Luka's death scenes in ''[[Monster Girl Quest]]'' end with the foe devouring him; if a player isn't a fan of vore, the game has a setting that lets you skip these scenes.
* Lighthearted example [[Black Comedy|(well, sort of)]] in ''[[Skullgirls]]''; in one of Ms. Fortune's specials, she throwns her head at her opponent and it bites the foe many times, with a cheerful "Om-nom-nom-nom-nom-nom!" from Ms. Fortune.
* Due to how death in ''[[Kenshi]]'' for non-animals requires the head or torso be ''destroyed'' or a lengthy bleed out (which characters who didn't get into battle already injured have a good chance of recovering during), and unconscious characters can't otherwise be targeted, this is actually one of the primary sources of death for characters in the game world. Hungry carnivores and cannibals that find a disabled character will begin eating it. There's even a unique description for this state, called "BEING EATEN ALIVE!!" (with the twin exclamation points). Killing off defeated enemies is a major reason to keep pets.
▲== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[Nodwick]]'', this happens to the protagonist so often, that even in one of the earliest strips, [http://comic.nodwick.com/?comic=2001-01-19 he was asked to give a seminar on monster digestive systems.]
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Part of the backstory of Helen Goodkind, mother of Phase, in the [[Whateley Universe]]. As a small child, she was kidnapped by two mutants. One ate her sister alive in front of Helen, piece by piece. Helen spent years in an institution afterward, and now hates and fears mutants.
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
*
▲== Western Animation ==
▲* The fact that [[Transformers: The Movie|Unicron]] does this to your ''entire planet'' and '''every man woman and child living on it''' is what makes him so fucking scary.
* In ''[[Adventures from the Book of Virtues]]'', they showed the story of Odysseus and the cat that ate too much and ate all his neighbors.
* In ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'' they do this a lot: the first time Buster wrote a comic making fun of Francine in which she was a giant slime the ate Mr. Ratburn and Bionic Bunny
** In Rhyme For Your Life Dr. Rhyminstein gets eaten by the Purple Orange.
* In one ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' episode, Robin meets a girl running from Clay Face who eats her later on in the episode. This of course ticks Robin off and he tries to kill Clay Face when he says he can’t bring her back.
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** In SpongeBob SquarePants Frozen Face Off Krabs reveals he was once eaten by the huge squid-like monster and in the end Plankton gets eaten by the monster getting mistaken for a Jellybean.
** In one episode a bunch of giant sea whelks came and ate everyone in town.
* In one
* In one ''[[Winx Club]]'' episode Musa got knocked out and eaten by a giant turtle however, they managed to save her fortunately.
* In a ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'' Eustace gets eaten by a dragon that wasn't meant to eat him, in which later the water dragon lets him out. Later in the episode a real man-eating dragon eats him and then... ''the end''.
* In [[Regular Show]] a demon-thing named Susan got eaten by a bigger demon-thing that looked like her.
** In one episode, ‘Ello Gov’nor, they watch a movie about a taxi cab that gets possessed by it’s old driver and kills everyone who was involved with someone that killed him and then eats a man who was just walking his dog after running him over.
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* In one episode of ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina's Secret Life]]'' Sabrina went to a Halloween Party with the Gargoyle Flu and spreads it to the rest of the guests. When Sabrina and Salem go to the magic world they encounter a ghost that was at the party and is completely paranoid. When trying to avoid Sabrina and Salem it bumps into a goblin that Sabrian danced with the other night. The Ghost begs for forgiveness but the goblin replies: "Forgive you?! I'm going to eat you!" The gobling grows in size and fulfills his threat. The goblin then threatens to eat Sabrina and Salem but however turns into a doll before he can.
* A very cruel example of this happens in ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' when Terrance imagines a living (and very loving) Pizza-slice, then proceeds to eat it as it screams in agony.
* This is what [[Fallen Angel|Nightmare]] [[Mad God|Moon]] from ''[[My Little Pony:
** [[Fridge Horror]] ensues when thinking about dragons, and the fact [[Extreme Omnivore|there seems to be nothing they won't eat]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgHgssyuqvI Ponykind seems to be well aware of this.]
* ''[[Star Trek: Lower Decks]]'':
** Played for laughs and subverted in the first episode, where a [[Giant Spider|Giant Alien Spider]] that chases after Mariner and Bolmier is a herbivore and has no teeth, it is simply after moisture from sweat (going after Bolmier because he is ''far'' more afraid of it and panic makes his sweat more). Not that what it does to him is all too ''pleasant'', of course, but [[The Chew Toy|given all the things that happen to him in this series]], this was likely the ''least'' dangerous.
** Played straight (but again, played for laughs) in "The Spy Humungous", where Tendi is devoured by a giant space slug. (One of many hazards the Ensigns experience while on "anomaly consolidation duty", which is basically disposing of [[Self-Deprecation|the leftovers among dangerous stuff that higher ranking Starfleet members tend to deal with]].) Fortunately, it could not digest her; ''unfortunately'', that made the end result rather... undignified.
* One of the most chilling scenes in ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' is the scene in "Marabounta" where Yumi is devoured by the out-of-control [[Grey Goo| Marabounta]]. Fortunately, it's only her Lyoko Avatar (her true self survives, as usually the case for anyone who "dies" on Lyoko), but that doesn't make the scene or the episode in general any less frightening. Especially since it's after Aelita, who, at the time, ''could not'' have survived if it happened to her.
== [[Real Life]] ==
* All too common in nature, whenever a famished predator is sufficiently formidable that it doesn't need to kill its prey to halt its struggling first. Lions, wolves, African wild dogs, cheetahs, snakes, hyenas, fish, lizards, turtles, dogs, leopards, eagles, baboons, vultures, bears, dholes, pelicans and probably more have been caught doing this.
* The kea, a giant parrot from New Zealand, will cling to a living sheep's back and take bites out of it.
* Army ants. They tear things apart, bit by bit, and their victim is alive throughout.
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* There is a video on youtube of a ''cow'' of all things eating a ''baby chick alive''. There's also one of a ''deer'' eating a ''bird''. [http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/news/press/ontape.htm Apparently this is not as unusual as it sounds,] at least for the deer.
* Swallowing live prey is more common in nature than you might think. All amphibians and most fish swallow all their prey alive, and a good number of reptiles and birds will at least do this to small prey. And of course there's anything that eats ants or krill/plankton which simply gulp their prey down by the dozens, if not hundreds.
* One of the most nightmarish diseases in real life is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necrotizing_fasciitis necrotizing fasciitis], aka "flesh-eating bacteria". Survivors of this horrid infection often only did so as a result of the infected areas being amputated. One notable case was science fiction writer Peter Watts, who after recovering, wrote: "I’m told I was a few hours away from being dead...If there was ever a disease fit for a science-fiction writer, flesh-eating disease has got to be it. This...spread across my leg as fast as a ''[[Star Trek]]'' space disease in time-lapse."
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