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When someone takes his food from garbages and trash bags. This someone is usually either a human living in destitute poverty ([[Truth in Television]]), a stray animal, or an [[Extreme Omnivore]].
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== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* A ''[[Get Fuzzy]]'' comic strip had Rob discovering Satchel taking a piece of trash out of the garbage can and spraying liquidized cheese spray on it, so that it "tastes better". Naturally, Rob is disgusted.
* ''[[Pooch Cafe]]'': The dog Poncho is often shown eating out of trash cans.
** Same thing in ''[[Buckles]]'' with the eponymous dog.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[
* The "bankrupt" screen from ''Monopoly'' for the NES and SNES.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[Freefall]]'', Sam Starfall sometimes does this because his scavenger's digestion allows him to eat almost anything. He once even [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1300/fv01255.htm made shishkebabs out of garbage].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Raccoons and bears usually portrayed doing this, which is usually Truth In Television.
* Many a ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short begin with Sylvester looking through the trash as if it were a buffet, using a trashcan lid as a tray.
* In the ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "Just One Patty", Squidward is desperately trying to get a Krabby Patty without anyone finding out, going so far as to say that he'll even eat one off the garbage. Sure enough, a customer throws away his patty and Squidward dives right in. [[Funny Moments (Sugar Wiki)|He ends up eating everything except the patty]].
* In ''[[Futurama]]'', it's mentioned several times that Zoidberg eats garbage.
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* The "Freegan" movement, which believes in not wasting food, no matter what. Dumpster diving is a big part of this.
** Freegans are against waste in general, and dumpster diving for perfectly good stuff that was senselessly thrown away is part of the culture but not diving for food waste, usually. That's a bit more hardcore (and pointlessly dangerous) than most people are willing to accept.
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