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** The same subversion appears in the prequel novel ''Belgarath The Sorcerer'', when Poledra is pregnant with the twins.

* In [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Dark Tower|Wolves Of The Calla]]'', the character Susannah is pregnant {{spoiler|with the child of the [[Big Bad]], Roland, and a ''second'' mother}}, and craves things like living frogs.

* Before Mrs. Jewls announces her pregnancy to her students in ''[[Wayside School|Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger]]'', one of them notices her eating Oreo cookies filled with bologna instead of cream.

 

* In Latin America, this trope is often coupled with the old wives' tale that if you don't satisfy the craving, the kid will be born with a physical symbol of that unsatisfied desire, giving this trope a bigger sense of urgency. In one old [[Sketch Show]], a man tried to discredit that old tale, saying that while his mother was expecting him she craved watching [[Tarzan]] movies (in an age before home video, when those movies were not available anyway), but he was born and grew up healthy and normal... [[Hypocritical Humor|and then he makes the archetypical Tarzan yell]].

* In non-humorous examples, the mother having a bizarre craving can be a sign that [[Fetus Terrible|Something Is Terribly Wrong]].

*** Or, in the 2009 remake, {{spoiler|Valerie (also pregnant with a hybrid),}} almost eats a mouse caught in a trap.

** in 'Demon Seed'', the mother of the titular child, conceived through [[Applied Phlebotinum|similar methods]], also craves red meat to the point of eating it raw.

** It is still encouraged in parts of West Africa. In Ghana, for example, ground up clay in little sticks known as "ayilo" can be found on sale just about everywhere. Some people acquire quite a taste for them and eat them just for fun.

** Similarly, some pregnant women crave charcoal, as it helps with gastric problems.

* In the Babylonian Talmud, Chapter 8 of Tractate Yoma mentions pregnancy cravings for non-kosher food. The passage discusses a pregnant woman who craves pork on Yom Kippur! (Yep, it's allowed! Still, check with your rabbi first.)

* Some hypothesize that various isotopes, such as Carbon-13, are necessary for long-term health in a baby. Since we do not currently keep track of these on nutritional labels, it's not that far a stretch to imagine a pregnant woman developing cravings for odd foodstuffs that have contained these isotopes in the past - only to lose interest as soon as she finds that the particular samples brought back lack them.

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