Extreme Omnivore: Difference between revisions

[[File:Matter_Eater_LadMatter Eater Lad.jpg|link=Legion of Super-Heroes (comics)|frame|Matter-Eater Lad, the [[Patron Saint]] of this trope.]]

* Hororo on ''[[Bottle Fairy (anime)|Bottle Fairy]]'' is usually a [[Big Eater]], but her constant sleepiness and the fact that everything reminds her of food sometimes leads her to unconsciously try to eat the first thing in front of her, whatever it may be.

* Guu from ''[[Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Haré+Guu|Haré+Guu]]'' is capable of eating ''anything'', up to elephants, whales, and people with a single bite. In one occasion she even ate such metaphysical things as another person's dream of herself. She is fully capable of spitting out anything she's eaten completely unharmed, making the effect comically disturbing rather than disturbingly sinister.

** To a lesser extent is Jessie of Team Rocket, who can stomach the [[Lethal Chef|horrible cooking skills]] of Misty and May where others (humans or Pokémon) cannot, and even ''enjoy'' them.

* Similarly, the title character of ''[[ToA AruCertain Majutsu noMagical Index]]'' can eat any food. In the very first season, she ate '''decomposing salad''' and complimented Touma for the "revitalizing" sour taste. Touma, who was purposely trying to scare her away with inedible food, was thoroughly [[Squick|squickedsquick]]ed out by it.

* Eriko Futami from ''[[KimiKiss]]'' has been called taste blind due to her eating stuff like Berry Ramen and putting honey and mayonnaise on chips.

* While some of the cast of ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' are prime examples of [[Big Eater|Big Eaters]]s, some of them would also fall under this heading. In his youth, Goku was very naive about the outside world and thought with his stomach a lot, which more than once lead to him believing a person, thing or concept he'd never heard of before was something to eat.

* The eponymous ''[[Toriko]]'' graduates to this in the "Gourmet Casino" arc. With the help of Komatsu's cooking skills {{spoiler|and Coco's [[Batman Gambit]]}}, Toriko is able to eat ''explosive and poisonous'' ingredients. When Livebearer taunts him for eating the equivalent of dynamite, Toriko retorts that there is no such thing as a "miss" ingredient -- toingredient—to him, all ingredients are blessings.

* Dead Master in ''[[Black RockBlack★Rock Shooter: Innocent Souls (manga)||Black Rock Shooter]]: Innocent Soul'' doesn't just [[Your Soul Is Mine|eat souls]], she also while sleeping in the same bed as Rock, ate a teddy bear and half of Rock's pig tail.

* In [[Tanya Huff]]'s Confederation novels, the Krai are an entire alien race of [[Extreme Omnivore|Extreme Omnivores]]. This comes in handy when they want to impress other alien races by downing whatever local food is offered them, no matter how disgusting.

*** Errol was described as eating a kettle, a can of lamp fuel, armor polish, and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|one of Dibbler's sausages]].

* In the ''[[Perry Rhodan]]'' setting, the inhabitants of the planet Halut -- fourHalut—four-armed and only somewhat loosely humanoid giants routinely growing taller than ten feet -- arefeet—are capable of chewing and digesting virtually anything, including rock.

** The Taxxons are, as a race, plagued by insanity-inducing hunger. If one sees something that looks like it might be edible and isn't likely to kill him eating it-- evenit—even if it's his own entrails after being shot in half, or a similarly-wounded buddy-- CHOWbuddy—CHOW TIME!

* Muppet monsters in general are [[Extreme Omnivores]], but special mention goes to The [[The Muppet Show|Lunch Counter Monster]] and [[Muppets Tonight|Carl the Big Mean Monster]], whose sketches seem to revolve around the abnormal things they eat. Then there's Animal, who, amoung other things, once ate a TV set without unplugging it.

* ''[[Man vs. Wild]]'' host Bear Grylls has to be one if he's willing to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu3FlOksBjY put this in his mouth.]

* Vyvyan in ''[[The Young Ones]]'' inepisode "The Television Inspector", literally ''eats the television'' to hide it from the television inspector:

* Part of the mission of the chefs of [[Future Food]] is encouraging people to expand their definitions of what is edible.

* ''[[iCarly]]'': Sam Puckett from iCarly eats many different forms and amounts of food including chugging of pickle juice.

* ''[[MASHM*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'': In one episode, Klinger's [[Failure Is the Only Option|attempt of the week]] to get a Section 8 discharge is to declare that he's going to eat a jeep. He is seen on screen consuming the windshield wipers and swallowing a bolt dipped in motor oil.

* More than one death in ''[[1000 Ways to Die]]'' involves someone eating something they shouldn't and dying as a result. I.e, there's the French nobleman in ''Bank Ruptured'' who has ''[[wikipedia:Pica (disorder)|pica]]'' and eats metal regularly, which cuts the veins and arteries in his stomach and ends up killing him.

* The Tyranids from ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'' are the ultimate Omnivores, eating everything up to and including entire ''planets'' right down to the bedrock, ''including the atmosphere.''

** [[Space Marine|Space Marines]]s are capable of eating pretty much anything, since their [[Bio Augmentation]] gave them a 'pre-stomach' organ called the Preomnor which neutralizes anything indigestible or poisonous to them before it enters the stomach. This can also be tactically beneficial, as other organs allow their taste to be strong enough to notice specific chemicals, allow them to potentially track targets by tasting an area. Their bones are also extremely strong, because yet another organ allows them to digest ceramic-based chemicals put into their diet to toughen them.

* The Ogres from ''[[Warhammer Fantasy]]'' are an entire race of [[Big Eater]]/[[Extreme Omnivore]]. Their whole society revolves around eating, their magic is practiced by Butchers who devour meat, rocks, or other objects to cast spells, and their god is called The Great Maw. A section in their army book involves someone autopsying one and finding fourteen kilograms of raw meat, a whole horse skeleton, rocks, bones, clothes, a sword, and a pistol, which was the cause of death (it went off when the Ogre swallowed the arm holding it, and shot into the base of the Ogre's brain). Gnoblars (small goblin-like creatures) are virtually the only thing they ''don't'' think are good for eating -- theyeating—they use them as pets, servants, and cannon fodder (sometimes literally).

* In ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' 3rd edition, there was a prestige class called the "Flux Adept" which, among other abilities, allowed you to derive sustenance from any substance. Gold, poison, dust, ''anything''.

** D&D dragons can eat any thing but prefer anything that can be affected by their breath weapon (makes it easier to digest)

* In the 3E [[Ravenloft]] supplement ''Van Richten's Guide To The Walking Dead'', the Weathermay-Foxgrove twins take on an undead [[Extreme Omnivore]]: the Glutton of G'henna. This ravenous ghoul-like creature broke into houses or barns and ate every scrap of food there, whole livestock included; it could be tracked cross-country by the large bite marks it left behind in trees and boulders. It ''did'' eat people, or parts thereof, if they got between it and food, but was not a man-eater by preference.

** Let's not forget he earned this position by ''eating'' the Demon Princes of Sloth and Oblivion.

** [[Promethean: The Created|Prometheans]] are also capable of eating practically anything organic -- moundsorganic—mounds of dead leaves are specifically cited as perfectly valid sustenance. Developing an extra gallbladder or the ''Acid Stomach'' Merit expands this to include anything that the character can swallow, though the book does point out that it only reduces the obvious consequences of consuming such things as shards of broken glass, and does not increase the Promethean's jaw strength for ''chewing'' the matter in question. Gulping down small pellets of, say, titanium would work; trying to eat one's way out of a thick-barred iron cage is another question entirely.

* ''[[Rune QuestRuneQuest]]'' [[All Trolls Are Different|trolls]] definitely fit this trope. They're cannibalistic (and will eat other intelligent species), and they can eat things like leather boots, wax candles, and even ''rocks'' for food.

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** Frontman Robert Pollard--formerPollard—former fifth-grade school teacher--referredteacher—referred to his songwriting style as "[[Nursery Rhyme|nursery rhymes]] for grown-ups." Prolific? Even the most obsessive fans might tremble, faced with [[Attention Deficit Creator Disorder|the enormity]] (and complexity!) of the sprawling discographies of Pollard's erstwhile band, solo recordings and uncountable side-projects.

* Wario can also eat pretty much anything in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'' with his Chomp move, making him similiar to the other Ommnivores that appear in the game.

* In a reference to [[Metal Gear Solid]] 3, Snake, in his Codec Taunt in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'' turns the tables on Yoshi and wonders what it'd taste like.

* Izen from ''[[Gadget Trial]]'', being a bio-engineered [[Robot Girl]], eats just about anything she can get her hands on. She does have a fondness for dynamite, which, according to her, tastes like bean jelly.

* ''[[League of Legends]]'' Has Cho'gath, whose level 6 ability allows him to basically eat(or attempt to eat) anything with a health bar, <ref> such as humans, Yordles, [[Telescoping Robot|robots]], [[EskimoThe Great White LandNorth|humans]] [[A Boy and His X|riding]] [[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti|yetis]], [[Mini-Mecha|Yordles riding robots]], [[Robot Girl|formerly human robots]], [[Elemental Embodiment|elementals]], [[Living Shadow|shadows]], [[A Load of Bull|minotaurs]], [[Our Liches Are Different|liches]], giant armadillos, anthropomorphic dogs, anthropomorphic crocodiles, [[Our Werewolves Are Different|werewolves]], [[Our Vampires Are Different|Vampires]], [[Vampire Hunter|vampire hunters]], [[Rule of Three|Yordle]] [[Mummy|mummies]], [[Our Ghosts Are Different|wraiths]], [[Gorgeous Gorgon|gorgons]], [[Ninja|human ninjas]], [[Running Gag|Yordle ninjas]], [[An Ice Person|icy]] [[Phoenix|phoenixesphoenix]]es, [[Our Angels Are Different|angels]], [[Fallen Angel|other angels]], other [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]]s, [[Scary Scarecrows|scarecrows]], [[Big Badass Wolf|wolves]], [[Our Demons Are Different|scary demons]], [[Golem|golemsgolem]]s, [[Humanoid Abomination|scary humanoid demons]], [[When Trees Attack|mobile trees]], [[Our Trolls Are Different|trolls]], [[Our Gargoyles Rock|gargoyles]], [[Our Zombies Are Different|zombies]], [[Running Gag|Yordle]] [[Gadgeteer Genius|inventors]], ''[[Suspiciously Specific Denial|totally]]'' [[Averted Trope|non-]][[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|dwarves]], [[Silicon-Based Life|crystalline]] [[Scary Scorpions|scorpions]], [[Our Dragons Are Different|dragons]], [[The Power of Rock|METAL suits of armor]], [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|Purple Skinned Star Babes]], [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|human-raven-things]], [[Running Gag|Yordles]], giant lizards, [[You Dirty Rat|anthropomorphic rats]], [[Stock Ness Monster|sea monsters]], [[Frankenstein's Monster|zombie cyborg]] [[Giant Enemy Crab|crab things]], [[Journey to the West|anthropomorphic monkeys]], [[Running Gag|Yordles]], [[Mirror Match|himself]], [[My Friends and Zoidberg|and]] [[Overused Running Gag|Yordles]].</ref>, growing in size and gaining bonus HP if he is successful. His passive, "Carnivore", has him restore health and mana whenever he scores a killing blow on something, implying he eats at least a part of everything he kills.

** The player can eat, with the right perks, giant insects, mammals,people, boiled toxic cloud, most plant life,super mutants, 200 year old [[Indestructible Edible|Indestructible Edibles]]s,Ghouls (radioactive zombies), glowing mushrooms and mutant animal guts.

* Serena in ''[[Sailor Moon Abridged]]''. In her own words, "Crepes. Craps. My digestive system doesn't discriminate."

** He's even consumed some of the other characters at one point (although they eventually returned--afterreturned—after three days.) The incident involved a swimming pool full of Red Flavored Fluffy Puff Translucent Dessert Related Substance, submerged characters in said pool, and a straw.

** In one toon, it's hinted that he can eat ''Arbor Day''. Don't ask.

* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', one of the incarnations that the ever-evolving alien Aylee has gone through is a flying, fire-breathing, dragon-like [[Extreme Omnivore]]. The only thing she ''wouldn't'' eat was tofu.

* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'s'{{'}}s Monster in the Darkness eats pretty much everything, except [[Eats Babies|babies]].

* Sergeant Schlock from ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''. AboutAnything goes down the onlyhole, thingand heit ''canwon't'' eatcome isback out unless he lets it go. The only exceptions so far were plasma grenade (already primed, so it did go off too quickly to be "defused"), adaptive military-levelgrade [[Nanomachines]] (even then, the second portion was mopped up pretty quickly - Schlock learns) and concentrated solvent (if you count burping toxic vapours as escape).

* Not from the comic ''itself'', but Brian Clevinger (author of ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'') regularly makes his newsposts the latest episode of What Did Charlie Eat, starring his [[Extreme Omnivore]] cat. At the time of writing, the latest update was "iPhone earplugs".

* ''[[Girl Genius|]]'': The Jaegers[[Super Soldier|Jägers]] seem to fallbe underlike this trope, as illustrated [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050914 here].

* ''[[Homestuck|]]'': The Wayward Vagabond]] will eat anything, as long as it's green (or has been green at some point in time). This includes <s>a pumpkin</s>, a potted plant, several pieces of chalk, and a ''chunk of uranium''.

* Warp-Aci in ''[[DMFA]]'' will "eat" [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1020.php anything smaller than them]... which becomes a real problem if they grow. It helps that they have no actual digestive system - anything they 'eat' is simply teleported somewhere random.

* ''[[Freefall]]'' has Sam Starfall, who as a member of scavenger species is [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff300/fv00222.htm apparently] pretty tough in this department. Probably makes up for his general weakness in nearly every other one. Winston doesn't [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff900/fv00853.htm do too bad] for a human.

* According to ''[[Bug (webcomic)|BugMartini]]'', the [http://www.bugcomicbugmartini.com/comicscomic/one-mans-treat-is-another-mans-poison/ typical office worker] would eat almost everything.

* In ''[[Rusty and Co.|Rusty and Co]]'':

** [[SCP Foundation|SCP-524]], a rabbit which eats anything. No, really, [http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-524 anything]. ''[[Auto Cannibalism|Including himself]]''.

** Taz's entire family has shown signs of being [[Extreme Omnivore|Extreme Omnivores]], although none of them to the extent that Taz is.

** Cyborg, inIn the episode ''[[TeenCrash'', TitansCyborg (animation)|Teenwho Titansis a is a [[Big Eater]]'' episodeto ''Crash''begin with) is infected with a computer virus, making him perceive objects and various people as some of his favorite foods. Normally, Cyborg is aMayhem and [[BigHilarity EaterEnsues]]. MayhemDeconstructed, however, because once the virus is purged and [[Hilarityhe Ensues]]comes to his sense, he has a ''really'' bad tummy ache as a result.

** Starfire of the ''Teen Titans'' exhibits [[Extreme Omnivore]] behavior occasionally, though usually out of ignorance of what Earthlings consider food (or out of the habits borne of some of the really gross things that Tamaraneans ''do'' consider food). For instance, she considers mustard to be a most delicious beverage.

* Gonard from ''[[Kappa Mikey]]'' alternates between a [[Big Eater]] and an [[Extreme Omnivore]] on a whim, and is generally the epitome of either (when not the epitome of ''both''). During one scene, he took video cameras from people, put them on a sandwich, and, at the end of the chase scene, ate it on one bite.

* [[Evil Counterpart|Anti-Wanda]] from ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]'' will eat anything. [[The Ditz|Often with her feet]].

* A [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Drawn Together]]'' involving Toot is her habit of eating literally anything that she can grasp (she is a one-dimensional [[Acceptable Targets|fat joke]], after all). She has eaten remote controls, refrigerators, large automobiles and even people (she has eaten at least two housemates on separate occasions).

* Big Dog in ''[[Two Stupid Dogs]]'' is pretty much capable of eating anything he would want to eat, in one occasion even functioning as a canine vacuum cleaner. His eating habits are comparable to Guu (mentioned above), in a way that anything he eats is capable of coming out again in one piece (if mostly covered in saliva). Unless he actually chewed, of course.

* The cartoon ''[[Fat Dog Mendoza]]'' stars the titular dog (who's actually more spherical than fat) and literally stores things inside himself.

* One episode of ''[[The Life and Times of Juniper Lee]]'' featured a creature known as a "Batoot", which ate anything in its path, and had the added misery of bringing bad luck with it wherever it went, the severity of which was measured by its unhappiness. The more miserable it became, the worse the circumstances around it became. When Juniper was supposed to take care of it until its herd returned, the large green (but somehow endearing-looking) creature devoured the entire contents of both the attic and the basement of Juniper's home.

* Wakko Warner of ''[[Animaniacs]]'' fame is known to eat anything, at one occasion even eating the lightbulb that appeared [[Idea Bulb|when Yakko got an idea]].

* Dr. Zoidberg of ''[[Futurama]]'' has been known to eat anything he can get his claws on, including a boot from the ocean floor, a weeks-old moldy sandwich, a tiny edible crown (made of wood), cholesterol scraped from one of Fry's arteries, the Earth Flag, a deviled egg surgically extracted from his stomach and a live raccoon he found in his shell after fishing it out of a dumpster. He has also expressed curiosity as to what the Shroud of Turin tastes like.

** Spunky even more so.

*** ...I don't suppose they do [[EarthboundEarthBound|trout-flavored yogurt]], too?

** And [[James Rolfe]] decided to [[Defictionalization|defictionalize]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120607020846/http://cinemassacre.com/2011/05/10/tmnt-tuesday-pizza-tasting/ those pizzas]... (though he did like "tea and toast" and marshmallow/pepperoni)

* Pinkie Pie of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has shown a willingness to eat virtually anything, eating cupcakes with hot sauce and ashen lumps that are supposedly cupcakes without complaint. Her first reaction to seeing a vat of rainbow was to taste it, and it's the ''only'' thing she's complained about the flavor of on-screen -- althoughscreen—although she had some bizarre muffins that made her sick, she didn't actually comment on their flavor.

** Spike from the same definitely qualifies -- hequalifies—he prefers eating gemstones, but can and often will eat literally anything. Including eating and enjoying said muffins. ''After'' seeing a live earthworm stick its head out of one.