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Related to [[Sniff Sniff Nom]]. Also see [[I Ate What?]]
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Love Hina]]'': Kaolla Su. At least in the manga, her standard question whenever she hears a new word/phrase/concept is "Can you eat it?" But then Kaolla is the kind of person who will absentmindedly gnaw on someone's limbs in her sleep if she share a bed with them.... She asks whether Tokyo University is a food at one point.
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** There used to be a Kaolla Su shrine with "Can I eat it?" on its banner, displayed next to [[Double Entendre|a picture of Su in a swimsuit]].
* ''[[
** When Chi-Chi offers to be Goku's bride during an early [[Tournament Arc]], he accepts readily. Some years later when she comes to get revenge on his failure to fulfill the promise, it is revealed that he had thought a bride was a kind of food. Although this was [[Woolseyism|only in the dub]]
** He has also asked the same thing about the eponymous [[MacGuffin
** Also, in the [[Non-Serial Movie|Non Serial Movies]] and games, Goten is revealed to have no idea his dad's real name is Kakarotto, usually thinking [[Punny Name|they're talking about some sort of vegetable.]]
* ''[[Gurren Lagann]]''
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** And from the same characters in ''[[Compilation Movie|Lagann-hen]]'': "We've never had a mission before! Can you eat it?"
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'': [[Idiot Hero|Idiot]] [[The Lancer|Lancer]] Kotarô, in asking [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]].
* ''[[Kodomo
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'':
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* Also, in ''[[The Slayers]]'', when Martina claims that Gourry is to be her fiancé, Gourry asks, "What's a fiancé? IS IT A PICKLE?! Hmmmm, but is it sweet or sour?"
* This priceless bit from a ''[[Naruto]]'' filler:
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"Are you talking about food?"
''(laughs)'' "Oh ''Lord''. ''Kissing''." }}
* ''[[Final Fantasy Unlimited]]'':
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* Ryuichi of ''[[Gravitation]]'' is quoted as saying "What's talent? Something tasty?"
* In chapter 19 of ''[[Sora no Otoshimono]]'', Nymph acted like this. She kept asking, "Does wrestling taste good?" while licking a candied apple.
* ''[[Kamichama Karin]]''. The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpyjA2Wpdtw&feature=channel episode 1 preview] has Karin mistaking the resident [[Talking Animal|talking cat's]] [[Verbal Tic]] for [[wikipedia:Dashi|a type of soup]].
* ''[[Escaflowne]]'':
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"That's for me to decide." }}
* Yuuji pulls this on Yoshi in ''[[Baka to Test To Shokanju]]'' in the light novel.
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"Wait, Yuuji! You never trusted me from the beginning!"
"Trust? What is that? Is it edible?" }}
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'', Juumonji's uptight father is described as originally thinking that American football (''amefuto'') was some kind of candy (since ''ame'' means "sweet" in Japanese).
* In the English translation of the ''[[
* In ''[[
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* In ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'', this is also a common question coming from Ed. Or when not asking, she's just seen trying to take a bite. No surprise, as she's a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] and the heroes are [[Perpetual Poverty|regularly starving]].
* Alice from ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'' takes this approach to both abstract and physical objects.
* From the manga, ''Sleeper'', we have:
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* In [[Toriko]], when the warden of honey prison activates her love pheromones, Zebra isn't affected and asks what are pheromones and [http://www.mangareader.net/toriko/128/8 if he can eat them.]
* A little gem from ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' when Natsu controls Lucy's body with a voodoo doll and over-bends it in various positions that shouldn't be anatomically possile.
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'''Natsu''': What are they? They sound tasty... }}
* In the manga version of ''[[Chobits]]'', miniature [[Robot Girl|persocom]] Kotoko tells full-size persocom Chii, "You've been abducted." Chii asks, "Abducted? Is that food? An animal?" Kotoko reels with astonishment, then [[Little Miss Snarker|says]] Chii is "so clueless, it's borderline aggressive." Chii asks what "clueless" means.
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** [[Dogs Are Dumb|Rantanplan]] usually doesn't even ask himself the question, and go straight to [[Extreme Omnivore|trying to eat whatever he finds]].
* From ''[[Archie Comics]]''; not the actual phrase, but same idea:
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'''Veronica:''' We can't tolerate this sort of conduct.
'''Dilton:''' Jughead! Have a little decorum!
'''Jughead:''' Okay.
''(looks around the banquet table)''
'''Jughead:''' Where is it? }}
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== Fan Works ==
* ''[[Dragonball Z Abridged]]'' features this exchange:
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'''Goku:''' What's that taste like?
'''Piccolo:''' DAMN IT, Goku! }}
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
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'''Mokuba:''' Oh. Can I eat it? }}
* In the ''[[
* Near the end of ''[http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/ggg-future.shtml ...'Cause Our Mission Is The Future...]'', a short [[Mega Crossover]] in which a dozen or so [[Extraordinarily Empowered Girl]]s show up in New York City of ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'' during the Chitauri attack, Tony Stark says (as he does in the film) "You ever have shwarma? I don't know what it is but I want to try it." [[Love Hina|Kaolla Su]] sticks her face into his to demand, "What is shwarma? Is it good to eat?"
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* In ''[[
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'''Mrs. Lancaster:''' ''(serving breakfast)'' I don't think so, but I could check with the kitchen. }}
* In ''[[Help!]]'', there is a scene where George is holding a cymbal. He then takes a bite out of it.
* From ''[[Clue (
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'''Prof. Plum:''' Die?
'''Wadsworth:''' Merely quoting, sir, from Alfred Lord Tennyson.
'''Col. Mustard:''' Hm, I prefer Kipling myself. "The female of the species is more deadly than the male." You like Kipling, Miss Scarlet?
'''Miss Scarlet:''' Sure, I'll eat anything.
== Literature ==
* ''[[Discworld]]''
** It must be repeatedly explained to Archchancellor Ridcully that Rincewind is a wizard, not a type of cheese.
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** Also, a variation in ''Unseen Academicals'':
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'''Nutt:''' Oh yes! The ambience was wonderful!
'''Glenda:''' I didn't try those, but the pease pudding is usually good. }}
* ''[[The Hobbit]]'' features the trolls debating what a hobbit is and if you can eat one. Them being trolls, the answer is ''yes''. Although, they ultimately decide that he's so small and miserable that it would be too much trouble to skin and bone him for the little meat that he has, and throw him away, almost forgetting about him. Now, thirteen drwarves with him, there's an idea for a good meal.
* Stock line from Ned Land from ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]''. Professor Arronax and Conseil have a keen interest in wildlife, whereas Ned's interest is purely culinary.
* Oddly, this also shows up in another ''[[Jules Verne]]'' work, ''[[The Mysterious Island]]'', in which sailor Pencroft's only real interest in fauna and botany was mostly just in terms of edibility and taste.
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* ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]'': The post-apocalyptic gameshow. "What ''was'' hope?" "Was it a spice?" "What's a spice?"
* In the ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'' episode "Sticks and Stones," when talking about the stock market:
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'''Paul:''' I don't get donuts, I get dividends.
'''Earl:''' Mmm, dividends... are they like those little powdered munchkins? }}
* In an episode of ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', [[Big Eater]] Jethro is threatened with a karate chop. He's looking forward to it because it he thinks it's like a pork chop. He later insists on getting one even though the person he's asking is a highly ranked martial artists who begs him not to ask for it. He also asks for a "judo roll" and a "sumo crush," thinking they're food. Each time he gets exactly what he asked for but doesn't get it and thinks he's being attacked for no good reason.
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== Video Games ==
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* ''[[
* Teddie in ''[[Persona 4]]'': "Proof...? I told you, I don't know what that is. Is it tasty?"
* ''[[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters]]'':
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** In ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'', Reimu's normal route, she encounters this twice...
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'''Reimu:''' Ever heard the phrase... "Good medicine tastes bad"?
[...]
'''Reimu:''' I'm a normal [[Miko|shrine maiden]].
'''Meiling:''' That's good to hear. Certainly, [[Shame If Something Happened|I've heard that shrine maidens make for good eating]] ...
'''Reimu:''' Don't spread rumors like that! }}
** Marisa turns it on its head:
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'''Marisa:''' I'm really tasty.
'''Patchouli:''' Let's see, how to easily remove unneeded portions of food ...
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'''Reimila:''' So, what are you here for? I'm already quite full, but ...
'''Marisa:''' Okay, but y'know, I'm hungry.
'''Remilia:''' ... You can eat me.
'''Marisa:''' You don't say? }}
** One of Cirno's fanmade theme songs theme song, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXCZ90Xk9bo Odenpa LOVE GIRL]," has lyrics that nicely illustrates her [[Baka|idiocy]] with gems like "Is an abacus yummy? (I can't eat it!)"
** This trope is also played with in one of the canon short stories. Marisa ''shows'' Reimu a prism, explains what it is, and adds, "You can't eat it," even though there's no reason to think Reimu would try to eat a hunk of glass. Reimu nonchalantly agrees that it seems hard, and the conversation continues.
* In ''[[My Sims]] Kingdom'', when Rusty steals a horseshoe, Gabby decides to round up a posse. Just then, you and your assistants walk up. Gabby says he's found his posse. Buddy asks if it's a kind of soup...
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** Ayla's first instinct on meeting Frog is also to ask if she can cook him. The party promptly shifts the conversation to asking if she's seen Magus. "Cape one more tasty?"
* [[Wild Child]] Shea from ''[[Harvest Moon]] DS: Island of Happiness'':
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* ''[[
** Variation: when your party battles the Dark Flans in Zanarkand, Rikku takes one look and muses, "Hmmm... is that edible?" A [[Fanfic]] even makes a [[Shout-Out]] to this, when Rikku jokes that Wakka describes Lulu's cooking as tasting like "burnt Flan." Of course, the joke is in the real world, flan ''is'' a type of food.
*** ''[[
* A [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 3'' has Para-Medic describing the local wildlife and flora, with Snake asking what it tastes like. In his case, though, he ''can'' eat it, which seems to reliably [[Squick]] out Para-Medic even though Snake has little other choice in the tropical rainforest that is the Russian wilderness.
** Taken to horrible levels in one of the ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]. Brawl'' Easter egg transmissions where Snake contemplates eating ''Yoshi''.
* In ''[[
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* In ''[[Lufia]] 2'', an NPC says that he heard that, to do a basic game function, you must press a controller button. But he has no idea what a "Y button" is, so he wonders if it's edible.
* In the Tiny Chao Garden found in [[Sonic Adventure Series|certain]] ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' [[Sonic Advance Trilogy|games]], your Chao will sometimes ask "What is political reform? Is it tasty?"
* A variant in ''[[The Space Bar]]''. In the brief (but hilarious) segment playing as... intellectually wanting... alien Thud, you describe most objects by their edibility. For instance the bazooka is "Long. Heavy. Not edible." Despite this description, you can attempt to eat it.
* In ''[[Castlevania]] Judgment'':
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* In ''[[Puzzle Quest]]: Challenge of the Warlords'', one of the eventual party members is an [[Extreme Omnivore]] called Drong. The player character is in the service of Queen Gwendolyn, and wants to return to the palace and report to her. Drong immediately inquires, "What's a Queen Gwendolyn? Can I eat it?" Of course, he can ''technically'' eat Queen Gwendolyn.
* [[Big Eater]] [[Token
* ''[[Gitaroo Man]]'', upon losing to [[Warmup Boss|Panpeus]]:
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* In ''[[Digimon World]]'', when Tokomon is explaining how time works in the Digital World, he asks if "seasons" are something you can eat.
* In ''[[
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* In ''[[Epic Battle Fantasy]]'', Matt comments that the enemies in a beach area don't look particularly [[Extreme Omnivore|tasty]].
* In ''[[Star Ocean the Second Story
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== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[Faux Pas]]'', Cindy often wonders if something new can be eaten. (Small wonder, as she's surrounded by animals [[Carnivore Confusion|she would normally eat]] if they would stop befriending her.)
* ''[[The Order of the Stick
* [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/10/17/ This] ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'' strip. (Although some people do eat the placenta.)
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== Web Original ==
* Inverted in [http://failblog.org/2010/09/22/epic-fail-photos-snooki-fail/ this] ''Fail Blog'' post.
* As found on ''[[(The Customer is) Not Always Right]]'': Even the word "[http://notalwaysright.com/an-abbreviation-abberation/10765 abbreviation]" is not safe.
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Family Guy]]''
** Lois tells Peter that his idea for a parade float based on an episode of ''[[
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** Also this:
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'''Olivia:''' Do you even know what sex ''is''?!
'''Stewie:''' That's not the poi... don't change the... It's a kind of cake? }}
* ''[[Code Lyoko]]'', episode 70 "Skidbladnir":
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'''Odd:''' Morse code turkey? Sounds pretty scrumptious... }}
::(Even better in the French version...)
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'''Odd:''' Du morse-banane ? Ç'a l'air bon, c'est japonais ? }}
* ''[[Chowder]]'':
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** Fun fact: Dave's Insanity Sauce, a super-hot habanero extract sauce, has a "private reserve" variety with "twice the heat." In a contest to see which was spicier, Dave's Insanity Sauce weighed in at a higher Scovill rating than self-defense pepper spray. (Which, incidentally, you might be able to cook with.)
* Taken to its logical extreme in ''[[Raggedy Ann and Andy A Musical Adventure]]''. [[Jabba Table Manners|The Greedy]], believing that a "sweetheart" is an edible object, attempts to steal Ann's candy heart to cure his own unhappiness.
* A variation occurs in ''Dot and Keeto''. Dot, shrunk down to the size of a bug and looking for the root that will change her back to normal size, encounters a praying mantis. The mantis asks if she wants anything to eat, and she tells him that what she wants is "like a carrot." The mantis then asks how many legs a "carrot" has.
* In the [[Christmas Special]] ''O Christmas Tree'', a squirrel attempts to explain christmas lights to a bear.
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'''Bear:''' What does that mean?
'''Squirrel:''' Oh, I don't believe this. Don't you know what electricity is?
'''Bear:''' Some kind of fish?
'''Squirrel:''' ''([[Face Palm]])'' }}
* ''[[Dragon Tales]]'' gives us an example:
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'''Ord:''' Oh? What's it taste like?
'''Wheezie:''' It's just an expression, silly!
'''Ord:''' Oh... What's an expression taste like? }}
* [[Jungledyret Hugo]]: Trophies, huh? Taste good?
* [[The Simpsons (animation)|Homer]] does his "mmmm" [[Catch Phrase]] with many inedible things:
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(after spraying his eggs with mace) mmmm... incapacitating *passes out* }}
* [[The Critic]] when Jay meets Alice's ex-husband Cyrus as he was about to confess his feelings for her:
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'''Jay:''' Well, there are a lot of people in New York who would of done what I did. They're called putzes!
'''Cyrus:''' Hmm... I like pepperoni on my putzes.
'''Jay:''' I'll bet you do. }}
* In ''[[Peanuts|Play It Again, Charlie Brown]]'', Frieda attempts to take Lucy's place at Schroeder's piano:
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'''Frieda''': What?
'''Lucy''': If you're gonna hang around here, you've gotta like Beethoven!
'''Frieda''': All right, but I'll just have a small glass.
''Schroeder kicks them both out''
'''Lucy''': You blew it, kid. }}
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** Similar to babies above; since dogs don't have hands, the best way for them to get a feel for something is to put their mouth on it.
* Humanity runs on this. How many foods are created by letting something spoil under specific conditions? Pickles, cheese, salami, beer, butter, etc. Basically, the invention of new food goes something like this:
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Step 2: X in my Y! (It's more likely than you think.)
Step 3: This stuff doesn't smell that bad. It's still good. Om nom nom nom.
Step 4: This is delicious... I'm a genius!
Step 5: ???
Step 6: Profit! }}
** Another one: leavened bread was probably the result it being unintentionally left to rest long enough for yeast to cause the dough rising; the first person to eat it would have seem eating a strange new thing.
** 1853: A customer keeps returning their french fries because they're "too thick" after one time to many, the chef decides to cut them ridiculously thin to see the guest's reaction. Thus potato chips are born.
* Strangely enough, ''[[Everything's Even Worse
** The problem, of course, being that these investigations are made with two-foot wide jaws that can exert a 5 ton bite force. This is the rough equivalent of examining an egg by hitting it with a sledgehammer attached to your tongue.
** This also serves to explain why sharks' stomach contents are so legendarily eclectic.
** Its actually a well established fact that most sharks think humans taste disgusting, so [[Wild Mass Guessing|presumably]], a shark that has "attacked" a human once won't do it again because they've already "identified" human-shaped things as "not for eating."
* The ''Times'' columnist Bernard Levin once wrote a column in which he asked, inter alia, "Can you eat quarks?" Sir Alan Cottrell wrote a brief letter in reply:
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* Anyone encountering a new language, specially under strange circumstances like traveling to foreign land, will ask this question sooner or later.
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