Ramen as Dehydrated Noodles: Difference between revisions

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When you hear the word "ramen," what do you think of? If you are a Westerner, chances are you think of dried noodles with some strange powder, served in a styrofoam cup. You pour boiling water into the cup, wait for three minutes, and serve. Which companies and brands you see most often will depend on the country you're from:

** Some Australians (in particular recent uni students) prefer Indonesian brand Indomie's [http://www.indomie.com/products-goreng.html Mie Goreng].

* [[The United States]]: [http://www.maruchan.com Maruchan's] Instant Lunch and [http://www.nissinfoods.com Nissin's] Cup Noodles and Top Ramen

** In an example of [[Brand Name Takeover]], "ichiban" is often used as a generic term in Canada to refer to any type of ramen. In the original Japanese, it means "number one".

* [[Russia]]: [http://www.doshirak.com/ Korea Yakult's] Doshirak and local Rollton brand, although recently Nong Shim started to make a dent.

 

Very likely to be [[Trademark Favorite Food]] for characters in media like manga. Interestingly, in manga and related media nowadays, there is a tendency to depict ramen as [[Trademark Favorite Food]] for even rich and high class people, or at least as some kind of delicacy to them.

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* The heroes in ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' always find themselves eating dried noodles of various types due to their constant lack of money. It becomes a [[Running Gag]].

* ''[[Lucky Star]]'' has a few scenes with instant ramen, discussing the tendency to forget about it while it's cooling.

* Resident ojou of ''[[Seitokai Yakuindomo]]'' also appears to be quite fond of ramen.

* One of the ''Project X'' nonfiction business documentary mangas is about Nissin and the creation of the Cup Noodle.

 

* In ''[[Uglies]]'', they have tons of types of dehydrated meals, many involving noodles, which are all written in [[CamelCase]], and so would all be [[Wiki Word]]-ed here.

* In ''[[The Tomorrow Series]]'', [[City Mouse|city girl]] Fi is entirely unfamiliar with Two-Minute Noodles. Jack tells her about him subsisting on Two-Minute Noodles for a whole week when living with his father before the war.

 

* In ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', Lister refers to "Pot Noodles" as a meal of last resort. He eats dog food over them in "Marooned", and in "Angels and Demons", when on a "perfected" version of the Red Dwarf, he tests its perfection by ordering Pot Noodles from the food dispenser.

* In a first-season episode of ''[[Breaking Bad]]'', Walter White gives a pack of ramen to his old business partner Elliott Schwartz as a memento from their days working together as struggling graduate students.

* An early episode of ''[[ER]]'' had Dr. Ross catching Dr. Carter preparing to feast on a cup of instant noodles, despite being from a ''very'' wealthy family. Turns out, his family [[Riches to Rags|cut him off]] due to a disagreement.

 

* In ''[[Ace Attorney]]'', Dick Gumshoe frequently finds himself eating ramen... when he can afford it.

 

* The students in ''[[PHD]]'' feed off of dried ramen and free food.

 

* The eponymous character in ''[[Naruto]]'' is a fan of ramen, referring specifically to the fresh kind (and the dehydrated one, too, which he eats on a daily basis). The series has a [[Local Hangout|ramen bar, Ichiraku Ramen]], that's internationally famous.

* ''[[Ramen Fighter Miki]]'' focuses on competing ramen delivery services.

* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Wanze fights using ramen noodles as armor and as grappling.

* ''[[Oishinbo]]'' has devoted chapters here and there to ramen and other noodles.

 

* ''The Ramen Girl'', a movie about an American woman who follows her boyfriend to Japan, ends up getting dumped by him and left stranded there, and later drowns her sorrows at a local ramen restaurant. To cope with the loss, she vows to become an expert ramen cook and convinces the restaurant owner to train her in cooking ramen.

 

* In ''[[The World Ends With You]]'', there's a ramen restaurant (Ramen Don)whose food affects the player characters' stats. In Week 2, Day 3, a mission revolves around Ramen Don and a rival ramen shop which opens a few doors down.

* ''[[Persona 3]]'' had Hagakure Ramen as a typical hangout location, usually important for Social Links.

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