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* In chapter 527 of ''[[Naruto]]'', The Raikage talks about two criminals known as the Kingin Brothers, who tried to seize the power of the Kyuubi, and got eaten for their troubles. For the next ''two weeks'', they caused him so much indigestion that the Ninetails couldn't stand it anymore and spit them out.
** And they survived by ''eating the Kyuubi's flesh.''
* ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' has two examples of this. The first is when a villain who [[Cannibalism Superpower|eats people]] to [[Mega Manning|absorb their powers]] eats someone with [[From a Single Cell|incredible regenerative capabilities]], and is slowly taken over by him. The second is in backstory, though revealed rather late in the manga--a woman many centuries ago treated diseases by eating flesh from diseased corpses, building up antibodies, and then feeding bits of her own flesh to sick people. When a demon tried to eat her, she taunted him with the knowledge that he'd [[Regret Eating Me|almost certainly die of it]], and he wound up [[Interspecies Romance|seducing her instead]].
* ''[[Spunky Knight]]'s'' main character, [[Boobs of Steel|Phaia]] is a comedic/sexy example as everything from [[Hero-Killer|wanted men,]] to hordes of mooks to [[Naughty Tentacles|Demon Lords,]] Eldritch Abominations and a professional Magic Knight/Mad Scientist/Slave Trader try to [[Break the Cutie|turn her into a sex slave]] [[Too Kinky to Torture|only for it to horrifically backfire on them]] and [[Out with a Bang|lead to their defeat.]] To date, the '''only''' man capable of truly satisfying her is fellow [[Badass Normal]], [[Badass Teacher|Torre.]]
* [[One Piece]] has a few examples. After Momoo's tailfin is intially kicked by the Strawhats, he will run away after preparing to attack them once he recognizes their faces.
** Also, in "Little Buggy's Big Adventure" in the chapter openings in the manga and a few fillers in the anime, Buggy is eaten by a giant bird and spat into the distance immediatly.
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* In [[Hanako and The Terror of Allegory]], Kanae is being haunted by a demon which intends to take her soul as payment for granting her wish of being an idol singer. To stall for time, Kanae keeps making more extravagant wishes, forcing the demon to try and make her into an international superstar despite her lack of talent. When Daisuke finally bursts in to rescue her, the exhausted demon screams at him, "Save me, please! She's the devil!"
* The Oni in [[Ranma ½]] that spend the entire episode trying to get saintly Kasumi to be evil shifts his possesion to Happosai so he can gather evil faster. A little too fast, since Happosai turns out to be too evil for even the Oni to stomach.
* As it turns out in ''[[Baccano!|Alice in Jails]]'', Isaac's brazen idiocy manages to ''protect'' him from [[Axe Crazy|Ladd]]'s homicidal impulses.
{{quote|'''Firo:''' Hey, come to think of it, isn't Isaac the kinda guy you said you hate? The kind who think they'll never die.
'''Ladd:''' Nah. I've been keeping my eye on him for a few weeks now, and... Well, let's be honest here. There's something wrong with the guy's head. Getting mad at him'd be like getting mad at a puppy. He honestly doesn't have enough brains to know any better. }}
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* When taken prisoner by a man who plans to use the regenerating [[Deadpool]] as an infinite source of food for his [[Our Zombies Are Different|intelligent zombies]], said zombies quickly find him to be completely unappetizing. Could be because he [[Tastes Like Purple|tastes like cancer]].
** In the last issue of ''[[Deadpool]]'' ''Team-Up'', Galactus makes Wade his newest Herald after Wade sees an ad for the position in the classifieds. Though Wade does a good job as a Herald, [[Motor Mouth|his incessant chatter]] drives the mighty planet devouring entity nuts. Galactus is saved when the [[Silver Surfer]] arrives and beats the Power Cosmic out of Wade.
** Not to mention the time [[Daredevil]]'s Typhoid Mary got a crush on Deadpool. She made him look sane by comparison.
* In ''Supreme: The Return'', Korgo the Space-Tyrant beats up then-President of the United States Bill Clinton to take his place as "ruler of the free world." Among the spoils he claimed was Clinton's wife, Hillary. By the time Supreme could come and beat him up, Korgo breathlessly thanked him for taking him away from her.
* In the first ''[[Hellboy (comics)|Hellboy]]'' story arc, Rasputin tried to tap into pyrokinetic Liz's powers in a bid to awaken one of the Oggru-Jahad's spawn. This backfired when Rasputin lost control of Liz's power and ''fried'' the [[Eldritch Abomination]].
* ''[[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|Dracula vs. Superman]]'' is resolved when Dracula hypnotizes Superman, and bites into him to gain the Kryptonian power in his blood. One problem; Superman is ''solar powered''.
** An issue of ''[[Runaways]]'' substitutes Dracula with "random vampire teenager" and Supes with Karolina, with the same results.
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* There are multiple theories on precisely what's going on inside [[Spider-Man|Carnage]]'s head, but we know that his personality hasn't changed in the slightest since his encounter with an alien symbiote, and we know that typically these symbiotes either coexist with the original personality (as in Venom's case) or take over completely. One interpretation is that Carnage was so [[Ax Crazy]] that he completely overwhelmed the alien's mind.
* A [[Blackest Night|Black Lantern]] who tried to eat the heart of [[The Phantom Stranger]] died instantly without leaving a scratch on the Stranger.
* In ''[[The Flash]]'' storyline "Hell to Pay," Satan [[Expy]] Neron [[Deal with the Devil|bargains for Wally's love for Linda]] in exchange for stopping the rampage of Wally's soulless [[Rogues Gallery]] through Keystone--and thanks to [[Exact Words]] the city seems about to be flattened anyway. However, Neron finds that their love is so strong he's actually started to feel un-Satanly compassion, and consequently shows up demanding that they take it back. They refuse to do so until he agrees to hit the [[Reset Button]] on the entire business, even bringing back the people that the Rogues killed.
* Similarly, a ''[[Black Panther]]'' arc had Black Panther make a deal with Mephisto for the sole thing that could save the day. Mephisto came to claim his soul... which was also the seat of the power of the Black Panther, and tied to every other noble soul that's channeled said power. And they were ''pissed''.
* In a What If story, Mephisto tried to claim the soul of the [[Silver Surfer]]. It backfired when the [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]] of the Surfer's soul manifested as a brilliant light that burned Mephisto. Since the Surfer already agreed to spend eternity in hell, Mephisto would burn ''forever''. In this case, Surfer isn't too powerful or too evil for Mephisto -- he's too ''good''. Ironically, that's exactly why Mephisto wanted Surfer in hell in the first place since he didn't like seeing someone that good in the universe.
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== Radio ==
* [[Big Finish Doctor Who]]: The Eighth Doctor in "Phobos". When facing a monster that feeds on adrenaline but is harmed by actual fear, the Doctor conquers it effortlessly by showing it his own mind. He starts by feeding it memories of all the things he's seen in the past, followed by all the evil he's seen from the future... and as a final blow, [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|all the things he's afraid he might do someday]]. The whole [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] takes several minutes, with the Doctor continuously mocking the monster throughout. Oh, and he does it ''while bungee jumping into the monster's transdimensional portal''.
== Tabletop Games ==
* In one old module for ''[[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]]'', players have to stop a plot to link the mind of an [[Eldritch Abomination]] to the psyches of all humanity, by which the villains intend to reduce the human race to its gibbering worshippers. If they fail to stop it, there's a campaign-preserving [[Author's Saving Throw|GM Saving Throw]] option of having the villains' scheme run its course successfully... only to have the ''abomination'' be driven insane, by whatever standard of "sanity" might apply to Lovecraftian horrors, because the sheer number of human beings on Earth is so great that their cumulative psyches can overpower its own singular mind.
* The Kroot in ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' evolve by [[Mega Manning|assimilating the genetic material]] of what they eat, progressing certains groups along specific developmental lines (to the point where every single animal on their homeworld Pech is a Kroot derivative, their ancestors filling all available niches). However, the Shapers (basically guides as to what should be eaten) instruct their brethren to avoid [[Face Full of Alien Wingwong|Genestealer hybrids]] or those [[The Corruption|tainted with Chaos]] due to their potential to corrupt the entire species.
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