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{{quote|"''The only thing she learned was that a pen function was not like a real pen in the most important way there was. You could not chew it."''|'''''[[Diana Wynne Jones|A Tale of Time City]]'''''}}

 

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Spoofed in ''[[Bleach]]'' with Shunsui Kyoraku, who sticks a blade of straw in his mouth because he thought it would look cool, but it turns out to be toxic.

** And Asuma is always smoking unless it [[OOC Is Serious Business|serious]].

* ''[[One Piece]]'''s Sanji is rarely seen without a cigarette. It was changed to a lollipop in the 4Kids [[Macekre]], and removed entirely for the edited Funimation dub.

* Banchou Leomon from ''[[Digimon Savers]]'' chomps on a piece of straw.

* Youichi Hiruma of ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' frequently chews and blows bubblegum, and has been seen with a cigarette once or twice. Rival quarterback the Kid is almost always seen with a blade of grass (or wheat, or something) in his mouth, as well.

** Bunta Marui from ''[[Prince of Tennis]]'' also loves to chew and blow on gum.

* Gascogne from ''[[Vandread]]''. Interestingly becomes plot-important when {{spoiler|the weird metal thing turns out to transform into a key.}}

* Koenma's pacifier in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'': not so out of place in his infant form, but much more noticeable in his older and more [[Bishounen]] guise. Apparently, several centuries of soaking in a junior god's essence also makes it a fairly potent magical object.

** He took it out as a reward to his fans on the score page for the second popularity poll, after placing somewhere around eighth. The [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] [[Lampshade Hanging]] in the Dark Tournament made [[Chekhov's Gun|its role in the late stages of the Sensui arc]] play a lot better.

* Jack, from ''[[Shanghai Youma Kikai]]'', is literally never seen without a cigarette.

* ''[[Hatsukoi Limited]]'' has Misaki Yamamoto and her habit of having a lollipop in her mouth.

** With the reasoning being that the guy who first stuck one in her mouth could be her first crush.

* Integra from ''[[Hellsing]]'' is constantly smoking.

* Sagara Sanosuke from ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' is almost always seen with a completely stripped fish skeleton in his mouth, or a small plant if he is traveling.

* Hermann Kaltz from ''[[Captain Tsubasa]]'' often has a small twig in his mouth.

* Kyouko, in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' is always shown eating snack foods, and even fights with a piece of [[Pocky]] in her mouth.

* Amaimon in ''[[Blue Exorcist]]'' almost always has either a lollipop or one of his fingernails in his mouth.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

** And then of course there's Matches Malone.

* ''[[Lucky Luke]]'' originally smoked, until he traded his cigarette for a blade of grass.

** Lampshaded in ''Marcel Dalton'': "Cigar? -I stopped. -I forgot. Blade of grass? -No thanks, I'm stopping."

* In IDW's version of Transformers, Kupp is given a cigar-like piece of metal that he chews on.

* Dr. Will Magnus, creator of the ''[[Metal Men]]'', is hardly ever seen without a pipe in his mouth. During ''52'', he admits that he doesn't smoke, and that the pipe is "just to chew on." Another character directly namedrops this as an oral fixation.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* Rusty of the ''[[Ocean's Eleven]]'' trilogy is almost always eating something during his scenes. It may be a second to finish up or he'll eat through the whole scene.

* There are two of them in the [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney animated film]] ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]''. Commander Rourke chomps on a matchstick and Mrs. Packard is constantly smoking cigarettes.

* Chow Yun-Fat's characters can be seen chewing on toothpicks, matchsticks, and cigarettes in [[John Woo]]'s various movies.

* In ''[[Back to The Future]]'', one of Biff Tannen's sidekicks always chews on a match.

* In the novel ''[[Literature/Song Of Solomon|Song Of Solomon]]'' by Toni Morrison, the character Pilate is described as always chewing something: orange seeds, pine needles, a rubber band.

* The character Mars Bar in the novel ''Maniac Magee'' gets his nickname from his love of candy bars. He habitually holds one in his teeth like a fat cigar. Near the end, another character begins calling him Snickers.

* Mr. Sir from ''[[Holes]]'' constantly chewed sunflower seeds. He used to smoke, but chewed seeds after he quit.

* Beaver, from [[Stephen King]]'s ''Dreamcatcher'', is constantly chewing on toothpicks. {{spoiler|It leads, indirectly, to his death}}.

* In the "Two A-Holes..." sketch series from ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', the title characters go around constantly chewing gum. In one sketch, they were told to take their gum out. They did so, but their mouth motions continued anyway, apparently out of habit.

* DJ from ''[[Sh15uya]]'' seems very fond of lollipops, too.

** D.I. Peter Carlisle in the BBC miniseries ''[[Blackpool]]'' is almost always eating, & also played by [[David Tennant]]. More [[Fan Service]] here.

** Plus, he licks his lips in a very manic way when playing Barty Crouch Junior, so it's probably a Tennant thing. On the commentary for the second series episode "The Impossible Planet", David Tennant stops the conversation dead when he says that he wants to chew on the Ood tentacles... and then describes what they would feel like in his mouth. In detail.

* [[The Colbert Report|Colbert Report]] field reports are not complete without an unlikely object getting licked. Stephen once licked a ''meteorite''.

** While on [[The Daily Show]], Stephen demonstrates [http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=108395&title=prince-charles-scandal how to eat a banana] and later on [[The Colbert Report]], [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/181164/november-09-2005/all-you-need-to-know---kansas-education how to siphon gasoline].

** Stephen often uses food in various bits on the show, and tends to lick things off of his fingers.

* Geoffrey Tennant on ''[[Slings and Arrows]]'' chews ''razor blades.'' This is an homage to noted Shakespearean director John Barton, who apparently [[Truth in Television|did this in real life.]]

* Director Leon Vance of ''[[NCIS]]'' is a toothpick chewer. At one point, he even tries to motivate McGee by giving him a freshly wrapped toothpick of his own.

** Mrs. Vance has also been shown to strongly dislike the toothpick.

** In one episode Denny is disgruntled by Shirley's conciliatory approach to a case and smokes a rather pathetic cigar.

{{quote|'''Shirley''': Small cigar.

* Mulder of [[The X-Files]] tends to put things like paper clips in his mouth, although from the second season onward he's also a big fan of [[Trademark Favorite Food|sunflower seeds]].

* Dr Chase from ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' seems to be constantly putting pens in his mouth, especially in the earlier seasons.

 

== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==

== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==

* Professional wrestler Scott Hall usually chews a toothpick during promos.

 

 

* In the game ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]]'', Captain Ian "Hunter" St. John constantly has a cigar in his mouth.

* In ''[[The World Ends With You]]'', Koki Kariya's lollipop is sort of his personal [[Iconic Item|signature item]] to the point Beat tends to refer to him has "Lollipop" - subverted, though, as he never actually has it in his mouth when he appears, instead holding it. Rather delicately.

* You can equip a blade of grass just to invoke this trope in ''[[Ragnarok Online]]''.

* Detective Magnotta, [[Christopher Walken]]'s character in ''[[Ripper]]'', can simply '''not''' keep a cigar out of his mouth for more than five minutes. And he doesn't really even smoke them.

* In ''[[Bayonetta]]'', the titular character is frequently seen with a lollipop. Additionally, by pressing the button corresponding to the type of lollipop boost you want and holding it down until the lollipop comes onscreen, you can actually change the color of Bayonetta's lollipop {{spoiler|and get a (usually) much-needed boost. The best part? This doesn't count as a used item}}.

* Captain Keyes in the first ''[[Halo]]'' game chews a tobacco pipe. The books explain that he's not allowed to smoke it while onboard a spacecraft, because of the contained atmosphere.

** The books also say that it's his grandfather's pipe.

* The Engineer in the [[Half Life]] [[Expansion Pack]] ''Opposing Force'' always had a lit cigarette in his mouth, which he uses to ignite his blowtorch when asked to break a door open.

* Red and most other Caninu of ''[[Solatorobo]]'' tend to like chewing on bones, and even have a variety of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaEiJb1UPSY bite styles] to express different personalities. Apparently, girls are considered [[Japanese Delinquents|delinquints]] [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__jUtxBOsFyg/TNs9bvGuSqI/AAAAAAAABKQ/ku9h7HkA7cM/s1600/03.png if they walk around chewing on them].

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

{{quote|- "[[Avatar: The Abridged Series|If we weren't TV-Y7, this would totally be a cigarette]]."}}

* Two in ''[[G.I. Joe]]''; Breaker is literally always chewing gum and is willing to disobey a direct order to discard it, while Clutch, somewhat similarly, has been known to chew on the same toothpick for months.

* ''[[King of the Hill]]'s'' Dale Gribble is rarely seen without a cigarette in his mouth.

{{quote|'''Dale:''' My oral fixation!}}

* Maggie Simpson of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and her pacifier.

* Det. Harvey Bullock on ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' constantly chewed a toothpick, in a way that made it rather clear he either used to smoke, or still did when the camera and censors weren't around. Once used for [[Squick]], when he flicked it at his officious landlord. It stuck.

* [[Bugs Bunny]] and his carrots, which were kind of a substitute for a cigar.

* An Ogdenville farmer on the [[Simpsons]] has a piece of straw in his mouth.

 

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