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* ''[[Angel]]'' ("Carpe Noctem"): |
* ''[[Angel]]'' ("Carpe Noctem"): |
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{{quote|'''Angel:''' [as Marcus] Somebody say something about food? I could eat a horse.}} |
{{quote|'''Angel:''' [as Marcus] Somebody say something about food? I could eat a horse.}} |
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* ''[[M*A*S*H|Mash]]'' ("The Bus"): |
* ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]]'' ("The Bus"): |
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{{quote|'''Col. Potter:''' I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. May the First Cavalry forgive me.}} |
{{quote|'''Col. Potter:''' I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. May the First Cavalry forgive me.}} |
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* ''[[The Addams Family]]'' ("Morticia, the Matchmaker"): |
* ''[[The Addams Family]]'' ("Morticia, the Matchmaker"): |
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** This gets a callback in a later episode, "Dave and the Giant Pickle". This time, since the Gourds are playing the parts of ancient Israelites, the conversation plays out rather differently: |
** This gets a callback in a later episode, "Dave and the Giant Pickle". This time, since the Gourds are playing the parts of ancient Israelites, the conversation plays out rather differently: |
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{{quote|'''Jimmy:''' You know, sometimes I get so hungry, I could eat a whole camel! |
{{quote|'''Jimmy:''' You know, sometimes I get so hungry, I could eat a whole camel! |
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'''Jerry:''' Oh yeah? Sometimes I get so hungry, I could eat a whole ''[[Anachronism Stew|spaceship]]!'' |
'''Jerry:''' Oh yeah? Sometimes I get so hungry, I could eat a whole ''[[Anachronism Stew|spaceship]]!'' |
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'''Jimmy:''' What's a spaceship? |
'''Jimmy:''' What's a spaceship? |
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'''Jerry:''' …I have no idea. }} |
'''Jerry:''' …I have no idea. }} |
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* In ''[[The Magic School Bus]]'' episode "For Lunch", Arnold begins to insist "Not hungry? But I could eat a..." before Wanda, inside his stomach and pretending to be his conscience, cuts him off and forces him to drink instead. |
* In ''[[The Magic School Bus]]'' episode "For Lunch", Arnold begins to insist "Not hungry? But I could eat a..." before Wanda, inside his stomach and pretending to be his conscience, cuts him off and forces him to drink instead. |
Latest revision as of 19:50, 15 October 2015
Oftentimes in life, when people are really hungry, they'd make a statement that they are so hungry that they could eat a horse. Sometimes, this may often overlap with Hold Your Hippogriffs.
Anime and Manga
- From Digimon Adventure:
Tai: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse! |
- I distinctly remember Ash from "Pokémon" saying at one point, "I'm so hungry I could eat a Horsea!"
Comic Strip
- One Mad strip. Four teenagers in a diner.
Teen #1: "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!" |
Film
- Played with in Apollo 13. Astronaut Fred Haise is getting sick during the flight; Jim Lovell asks if he'd like to skip the next meal, and he responds, "Are you kidding? I could eat the ass end out of a rhinoceros."
- In The Lion King, Simba says that he's so hungry that he could eat a zebra.
- Pappas of Point Break gave us "I'm so hungry I could eat the ass end out of a dead rhino!"
- In One Hundred and One Dalmatians, the puppy Rolly insisted "I'm so hungry I could eat a... a whole elephant!" (even though he just ate).
- Flight of the Navigator gave us this conversation:
David: Where do you go next, Max? |
- An unusual variant by Vic from Neighbors: "Ramona and I haven't eaten all day. We could eat a baby's butt through a park bench."
- Fred from The Foot Fist Way gives another strange variant: "I'm so hungry I could eat a grown man's ass right now!"
- McCabe and Mrs. Miller:
Mrs. Miller: I'm hungry enough I could eat a bloody horse. |
- Phido the Vulture in The Princess And The Cobbler: "I'm so hungry I could eat a vegetarian."
- Itchy from All Dogs Go to Heaven 2: "I'm so hungry, I could eat a shoe."
- Roy from White Lightning: "I'm so hungry I could eat the tail-end out of a hobby-horse."
- Nan from The Bad Mother's Handbook: "When's tea ready? I could eat a buttered frog."
- From Sweet Land:
Brownie: You hungry? hungry? |
- Cheech and Chong - The Corsican Brothers: "I'm so hungry I could eat a bowl of lard with a hair in it!"
- A squickier version from Things are Tough all Over; "I could eat the crotch out of a dead horse!"
- In (at least) the Rankin/Bass Productions adaptation of The Return of the King, Frodo is so parched of thirst as they approach Mount Doom that he muses "if Sauron himself were to offer me a glass of water, I'd shake his hand."
Literature
- In the Myth Adventures book where he masquerades as a king, Skeeve accidentally comments to the cook that he's hungry enough to eat a bear. Shortly thereafter he's served a whole, roasted bear.
Live Action TV
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer ("Faith, Hope & Trick"):
Faith: God, I could eat a horse. Isn't it crazy how slaying just always makes you hungry and horny? |
- Angel ("Carpe Noctem"):
Angel: [as Marcus] Somebody say something about food? I could eat a horse. |
- Mash ("The Bus"):
Col. Potter: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. May the First Cavalry forgive me. |
- The Addams Family ("Morticia, the Matchmaker"):
Morticia: Mama is cooking up a real surprise. |
- The Waltons ("The Homecoming: A Christmas Story"):
Mary Ellen: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. |
- Gunsmoke ("Custer"):
Chester Goode: I'm so hungry I could eat a whole hog. |
- Toby from Power Rangers Mystic Force ("Rock Solid"): "I'm so hungry, I could eat the Oldies section."
- Archie from A Nero Wolfe Mystery ("Prisoner's Base: Part 1"): "I'm hungry! I had a soda fountain lunch. I could eat a porcupine with quills on it. Let's go home!"
Video Games
- In Zelda: Wand of Gamelon, Link says that he's so hungry he could eat an Octorok.
Web Comics
- In Flaky Pastry the horse version is used. Cue Zintiel coming back to the camp with a dead unicorn.
Western Animation
- Veggie Tales: In "The Gourds Must be Crazy" (from "Are You my Neighbour"), Jimmy and Jerry Gourd start trying to one-up each other on statements about their hunger. The conversation ends with Jimmy saying he could eat an entire planet. Then it turns out this isn't hyperbole at all: the Gourds save the ship by eating a popcorn ball meteorite.
- This gets a callback in a later episode, "Dave and the Giant Pickle". This time, since the Gourds are playing the parts of ancient Israelites, the conversation plays out rather differently:
Jimmy: You know, sometimes I get so hungry, I could eat a whole camel! |
- In The Magic School Bus episode "For Lunch", Arnold begins to insist "Not hungry? But I could eat a..." before Wanda, inside his stomach and pretending to be his conscience, cuts him off and forces him to drink instead.
- Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog gives this mixed metaphor:
Sonic: Eat our dust, Coconuts! |
- Family Guy episode "Mr. Griffin Goes To Washington".
Chris: Can't we eat? I'm so hungry I could ride a horse. I don't get it. Well, I could ride it to the store, I guess. |
- While stranded on an island on The Simpsons.
Terri: I'm so hungry I could eat at Arby's! |