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* Gourry Gabriev from ''[[The Slayers]]'' is sometimes shown as an Extreme Omnivore. For example, when a crooked cook serves fake, unpalatable Dragon Cuisine to the party, he is the only one who does not feel anything wrong. But subverted in the first season, when he refuses to eat fish guts.
* Simon from ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' won't eat anything in sight, but he's able to eat [[Lethal Chef|Nia's HORRID cooking]] and enjoy it. It's assumed Nia herself eats this too.
* Similarly, the title character of ''[[To Aru Majutsu no 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 [[
* In the manga ''Toto'' (not to be confused with its successor ''Toto! The Wonderful Adventure'') by Yuuko Osada, the titular Toto is a dog/dragon that becomes the main hero's left arm. Its power? Devouring ''anything'' and reproducing it. Eating a squad's worth of machine gun and becoming a 10-barrel version of all those machine guns combined? Check. Eating a panzer armor to become a big slab of steel shield? Check. Eating an entire theme park to use anything from go-karts to roller coasters as a weapon? Check too. And oh, it once ate a [[BFS]]; carnage ensues.
* Taro (and his family) from the manga ''[[Yamada Taro Monogatari]]'', due to being [[Perpetual Poverty|exceedingly poor and half-starving most of the time]], is capable of digesting pretty much ANYTHING without trouble. Including a [[Mushroom Samba|whole bag of narcotics]] that he mistakes as flour.
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* Eriko Futami from ''[[KimiKiss]]'' has been called taste blind due to her eating stuff like Berry Ramen and putting honey and mayonnaise on chips.
* Yue from ''[[Negima]] drinks weird beverages such as: Salt water.
* While some of the cast of ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' are prime examples of [[Big Eater
** In his first appearance, Yajirobe kills, cooks, and eats one of Piccolo Daimao's monstrous dinosaur-like henchmen.
* Syn Shenron from [[Dragon Ball GT]] consumes the seven Dragon Balls to gain the power of the previously defeated Shadow Dragons, becoming Omega Shenron. Later when Syn attempts to do so again, Goku decides to eat the Four Star Ball (his grandfather's keepsake) to prevent Omega from reaching full power and to keep Nouva Shenron from being corrupted. While Goku's attempt is more painful, he was successful in what he planned.
* 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"
* Dead Master in ''[[Black Rock Shooter (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.
* Mehitak, one of the five Nodos in ''[[Heroic Age]]'' may avert the LETTER of this trope, but embodies the spirit of it to a degree only surpassed by Matter Eater Lad himself. Specifically, his Tribe, the Poros, don't eat anything living - which includes fruits and vegetables. Instead, they can - and will - eat any dead matter. Including metal. At one point, he eats a plate of bulletproof superalloy from a pile of [[Humongous Mecha]] spare parts and comments that it is 'a bit bitter'. He still decided to have another one, though, much to the consternation of the [[Humongous Mecha]]'s OWNER.
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* In ''[[Neverwhere]]'', by [[Neil Gaiman]], Mr. Vandemar is [[Big Eater|always hungry]], and has been known to eat [[Talking Animal|rats, pigeons and frogs]]. There are hints that he eats people, too ...
** He ''is'' probably a werewolf of some sort.
* In [[Tanya Huff]]'s Confederation novels, the Krai are an entire alien race of
* The Luggage from [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'' series will eat, quite literally, ''anything'' that gets in its way. This includes people (on many occasions), sharks, legendary grimoires, and even (on one occasion) a demon. This is combined with its [[Hyperspace Arsenal]] capacity to ensure that regardless of what it eats, the next time you open it all you find is your clean laundry. According to Rincewind (its owner) at one point, the only time it ever disliked that it ate was a book of spells - it sulked for three days and then spat it out. The Discworld's swamp dragons, particularly Errol, are also extreme omnivores, although this might be limited to flammables.
*** Errol was described as eating a kettle, a can of lamp fuel, armor polish, and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|one of Dibbler's sausages]].
** The Tsimo wrestlers (Parodies of Sumo wrestlers) of the Counterweight Continent also seem to fit. One man was rejected as a Tsimo wrestler when the trainers gave him a meal and he didn't eat the table, too.
* One of the "Utopias" in John T. Sladek's [[Satire|satirical]] short story "Heavens Below: Thirteen Utopias" depicts a family enjoying a picnic at a landfill site, eating the garbage as if it were the most delicious snack food anyone ever tasted.
* In the ''[[Perry Rhodan]]'' setting, the inhabitants of the planet
* As seen in the quote above, the Andalites in ''[[Animorphs]]'' fit this trope whenever they morph into something with taste buds.
** 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
* The Rirhait, a vaguely centipede-esque alien species from the ''[[Young Wizards]]'' series, are this in a big way. One important point while introducing a Rirhait to human cuisine is to stress that the plate, silverware, table, and ''floorboards'' are not to be considered part of the meal.
** When a Rirhait construction crew repairs a wrecked building, they eat the rubble instead of throwing it into a dumpster.
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* The Tyranids from ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' are the ultimate Omnivores, eating everything up to and including entire ''planets'' right down to the bedrock, ''including the atmosphere.''
** Orks get a special mention for the sheer robustness of their physiology. For example, one "sport" Orks engage in is a face-eating contest, where an Ork and a face-eater Squig try to see who can eat the other's head first. Also, Ork Fighta-Bommas include fuel lines routed through the cockpit, in case the pilot gets thirsty.
** [[Space Marine
* The Ogres from ''[[Warhammer Fantasy]]'' are an entire race of [[Big Eater]]/
* 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''.
** Also, dragons are stated to be able to eat and digest just about anything, including dirt and rocks.
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** What about the Tarrasque? Once every few years/centuries, it wakes up and goes on a spree of destruction, eating EVERYTHING in its path- including entire towns, buildings and all.
* In the [[Planescape]] campaign setting, there is a Sensate Alchemist that personally samples all of his potions and never refuses an offer to try something new, however hazardous it may be.
* In the 3E [[Ravenloft]] supplement ''Van Richten's Guide To The Walking Dead'', the Weathermay-Foxgrove twins take on an undead
* ''[[In Nomine]]'', a game about war between Heaven and Hell, includes Haagenti, the Demon Prince of Gluttony. Not only does Haagenti eat pretty much anything, his servants can get an attunement to eat anything they can bite through. According to the game's entry about Haagenti:
{{quote|"The world is starving - it must be fed. Just don't stand too close, or you might lose an arm. (Mmmm. Arm.)"}}
** Let's not forget he earned this position by ''eating'' the Demon Princes of Sloth and Oblivion.
* ''[[Changeling: The Dreaming]]'' featured the Redcaps, a group of [[The Fair Folk|faeries]] who could eat anything they could fit in their mouths.
** [[Promethean: The Created|Prometheans]] are also capable of eating practically anything
*** The Unfleshed, [[Ridiculously Human Robot]] Prometheans, can even eat such things as rubber tires and drink motor oil by ''default''... but this actually hurts their [[Karma Meter]]. The reason? The Promethean Karma Meter is Humanity, which represents how well they mimic humans, and human beings, as a rule, ''don't eat rubber tires'' - doing something like this is a blatant reminder that you aren't a human being, which damages the illusion.
* The cosmic level of Universal Digestion in ''[[GURPS]]'' allows the character to get sustenance from ''anything'' with the sole exception of antimatter. Surviving what you eat, is a different matter entirely but easily covered by a couple of other Advantages.
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Now he's eating [[Place Worse Than Death|Ansonia]] <br />
Now he's eating [[Galactic Conqueror|Andromeda]] }}
** Frontman Robert
* [http://www.peterpaulandmary.com/music/17-07.htm I know an old lady who swallowed a fly ...]
* "E Eats Everything" by [[They Might Be Giants]]
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** In Oblivion, this gets even worse. Occasionally whenever you slay a monster and check its corpse, you have a small chance of finding [[Money Spider|a gold piece]] or [[Impossible Item Drop|some other inedible item like a lockpick in their body.]]
* ''[[Monster Hunter]] Tri'' has Deviljho, a dangerous endgame-level monster only encountered in the online mode. It's an Extreme Omnivore not in the "eats cars and lightbulbs" sense so much as apparently having ''no'' standards for what kind of meat it'll eat. On top of being a voracious predator that hunts nonstop due to its extremely high metabolism (to the point of driving other species to extinction, according to the game's description), it's also been observed in actual gameplay to munch on slain or captured members of its ''own species'' as well as its ''own severed tail''.
* ''[[League of Legends]]'' Has Cho'gath, whose level 6 ability allows him to basically eat(or attempt to eat) anything with a health bar,
** Also Kog'maw, the "Mouth of the Abyss" whose entire skillset, including his auto-attacks, involves spitting digestive fluids at his enemies. The only reason he's even in the League is because he was told it had the finest food Runeterra had to offer. Ironically, he's never actually seen eating anything.
{{quote|'''Kog'maw's Background:''' ''The enchanting colors and aromas of Runeterra intoxicated Kog'Maw, and he explored the fruits of the strange world the only way he knew how: by devouring them. At first he sampled only the wild flora and fauna he happened across. As he traversed the parched Tempest Flats, however, he came upon a tribe of nomads. Seemingly unhampered by conventional rules of physics, Kog'Maw consumed every nomad and any obstacles they put in his way, amounting to many times his own mass and volume.''}}
* Dog in the [[Fallout: New Vegas]] add-on, ''Dead Money''. He accidently ate the explosive collar his master, Elijah, gave him in order to keep him loyal. He will also eat the remains of Ghost People you kill, a useful way to make sure they stay dead.
** 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
* Pep in the [[Putt-Putt]] series, especially in ''Putt-Putt and Pep's Dog on a Stick'', where he had more bones than any dog could dream of.
* Kingseeker Frampt in ''[[Dark Souls]]'' serves as your [[Vendor Trash]] disposal by eating the equipment and giving you souls in return. He can also break down Titanite material.
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** He would go to [[Super-Persistent Predator|great lengths]] to [[Take a Third Option|lick the butter off.]]
** Don't forget him eating a pile of...[[Unusual Euphemism|whatsit]] (the stuff the Poopsmith handles, in case you didn't get the hint).
** He's even consumed some of the other characters at one point (although they eventually
** In one toon, it's hinted that he can eat ''Arbor Day''. Don't ask.
** Strong Mad is an even more extreme omnivore, eating things like rocks, glass, entire computers, and somehow literally sucking up bandwidth through a hose.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', one of the incarnations that the ever-evolving alien Aylee has gone through is a flying, fire-breathing, dragon-like
* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'s'' Monster in the Darkness eats pretty much everything, except [[Eats Babies|babies]].
* Sergeant Schlock from ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''. About the only thing he ''can't'' eat is military-level [[Nanomachines]].
* Not from the comic ''itself'', but Brian Clevinger (author of ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'') regularly makes his newsposts the latest episode of What Did Charlie Eat, starring his
* [[Girl Genius|The Jaegers]] seem to fall under this trope, as illustrated [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050914 here].
{{quote|[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date{{=}}20031031 No bogz] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date{{=}}20040528 in pie]? Aw.}}
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* [[SCP Foundation|SCP-524]], a rabbit which eats anything. No, really, [http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-524 anything]. ''[[Auto Cannibalism|Including himself]]''.
* In episode 8 of ''[[The Gmod Idiot Box]]'', RED Scout eats BLU Scout's Force-A-Nature. After daring BLU Scout to Rage Quit, he gets [[Groin Attack|kicked]], which apparently is enough to set off the gun inside him, sending him flying {{spoiler|into the blades of RED Heavy's flying machine}}.
* In [[We Are Our Avatars (Roleplay)|We Are Our Avatars]], Kelly Distasio is "Matter Powered"
{{quote|"Wuah~ Can I eat it?"}}
* The youtube sensation of [[EPICMEALTIME]] features a group of drunken Canadians who like to eat heinously fatty and sugary meals of 3,000+ calories!!!
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* The Tasmanian Devil in ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' is the animated archetype for this character. Many of the jokes in the WB shorts featuring him involve other characters easily tricking him into eating something that no sane creature would, like burning sticks of dynamite, inflatable life rafts, and in one case, an entire refridgerator.
** Likewise with the spin off series ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' with the character of Dizzy Devil, a younger Tasmanian Devil. One episode even featured the characters having a contest, "Will Dizzy Eat it?" where Dizzy was fed various things including a jet plane.
** Taz's entire family has shown signs of being
* Gil from ''[[Gravedale High]]'' is often seen eating bugs, or more often, his [[Trademark Favorite Food]], pizza.
* Jim from ''[[Mission Hill]]'' was constantly eating everything in sight, including leftover food in restaurants and a chunk of the apartment sofa.
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** The Archmage ate the Grimotum Achenorum in order to subvert a rule that Avalon has about bringing human magic onto the island.
* Cyborg, in the ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' episode ''Crash'' is infected with a computer virus, making him perceive objects and various people as some of his favorite foods. Normally, Cyborg is a [[Big Eater]]. Mayhem and [[Hilarity Ensues]].
** Starfire of the ''Teen Titans'' exhibits
** Also, in the episode he was introduced, Silkie ate his way through half the contents of Titans Tower.
** Terra, too, shows herself to be one. For one thing, she's the ''only person'' to stomach Starfire's [[Alien Lunch|food]] and ''like it!''
* Gonard from ''[[Kappa Mikey]]'' alternates between a [[Big Eater]] and an
** He basically will eat anything if it's put into a sandwich.
* ''[[South Park]]'' has [[The Hedonist|Kenny]], who is not against consuming anything if dared, offered money for, or to get high. Amongst his exploits is drinking gasoline and getting high on cat urine.
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** And [[James Rolfe]] decided to [[Defictionalization|defictionalize]] [http://cinemassacre.com/2011/05/10/tmnt-tuesday-pizza-tasting/ those pizzas]... (though he did like "tea and toast" and marshmallow/pepperoni)
* One episode of ''[[Bonkers]]'' dealt with Bonkers and Lucky re-institutionalizing a hairy beast known as The Louse who devoured everything in sight, when Lucky tries to better his table manners he eats the entire table along with the plate and eating utensils.
* 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-
** Spike from the same definitely
** Don't forget the Parasprites. Twilight tried to stop them from eating all the food by casting a spell to make them stop eating food. They started eating everything else.
** Rarity and Sweetie Belle's parents enjoyed the [[Lethal Chef|latter's horrible food]], which included ashes (burnt juice) and a bowl of bubbling ooze (toast).
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