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Out of all the unusual things that someone can eat, shoes tend to be the most popular choice in fiction. Probably because they are the type of clothing one misses the least. [[Trope Maker]] is probably [[Charlie Chaplin]], who did it first in his classic ''[[The Gold Rush]]'' (1925). |
Out of all the unusual things that someone can eat, shoes tend to be the most popular choice in fiction. Probably because they are the type of clothing one misses the least. [[Trope Maker]] is probably [[Charlie Chaplin]], who did it first in his classic ''[[The Gold Rush]]'' (1925). |
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* ''[[The Gold Rush]]'': Charlie Chaplin and Big Jim, the man he's rooming with at an isolated cabin, are so starved that they start eating one of Chaplin's shoes. It seems to taste to him very well by the way. |
* ''[[The Gold Rush]]'': Charlie Chaplin and Big Jim, the man he's rooming with at an isolated cabin, are so starved that they start eating one of Chaplin's shoes. It seems to taste to him very well by the way. |
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** Fun fact: The shoe was made out of licorice. |
** Fun fact: The shoe was made out of licorice. |
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