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* An [[Archie Comics]] story had [[Big Eater|Jughead]] compete against a member of a rival gang in a hamburger-eating contest at Pop's chocolate shop. {{spoiler|Jughead won in the end, because no other [[Big Eater]] could quite match up to Jughead's style}}.
* In the old Polish comic ''[[Koziolek Matolek]]'', the titular goat encounters some indians, and after being challenged to a duel by their chief, the goat picks the competition to be eating grass. The chief eats until he explodes.
* A fairly common competitive sport, albeit one forbidden by orthodoxy, in the [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] [[Dystopia]] ''[[Thinner Than Thou]]''. One of the protagonists is even a semi-professional participant.▼
* The [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] short story "Too Rich for My Blood" by Rebecca Levine (in the collection ''Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins'', representing Gluttony) is set at a hot dog eating contest in Las Vegas. One of the contestants has been doped with an alien serum to increase his appetite. When they run out of hot dogs, [[I'm a Humanitarian|he starts on the other competitors]]. [[Zombie Apocalypse|And then it goes viral...]]▼
* In ''[[Clarence Goes To Town]]'', Clarence, a realistically portrayed dog, is in a quiz-and-stunt contest with a bunch of humans. One of the stunts is a pie-eating contest. The show runners decide that, since pie isn't good for dogs, Clarence's pie is substituted with a half pound of raw hamburger.▼
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* ''Mr Woodcock'' has this.
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▲* A fairly common competitive sport, albeit one forbidden by orthodoxy, in the [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] [[Dystopia]] ''[[Thinner Than Thou]]''. One of the protagonists is even a semi-professional participant.
* ''[[Garfield]]''▼
▲* The [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] short story "Too Rich for My Blood" by Rebecca Levine (in the collection ''Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins'', representing Gluttony) is set at a hot dog eating contest in Las Vegas. One of the contestants has been doped with an alien serum to increase his appetite. When they run out of hot dogs, [[I'm a Humanitarian|he starts on the other competitors]]. [[Zombie Apocalypse|And then it goes viral...]]
** In one strip had Garfield and Jon have a popcorn-eating contest together. However, Garfield won unfairly by eating both bowls of popcorn instead of one kernel at a time like Jon did. Another strip had Garfield and Jon have a hot pepper-eating contest to see who would endure the hotness of each different pepper they ate. Garfield lost in the end when he ate a Peruvian Death Pepper.▼
▲* In ''[[Clarence Goes To Town]]'', Clarence, a realistically portrayed dog, is in a quiz-and-stunt contest with a bunch of humans. One of the stunts is a pie-eating contest. The show runners decide that, since pie isn't good for dogs, Clarence's pie is substituted with a half pound of raw hamburger.
** In [https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2020/07/12?ct=v&cti=2129226 yet another], they do so with ice cream; first match seems to end in a draw due to both of them getting "brain freeze". Liz catches them and seems to find it silly at first - [[Not So Above It All| but then says, "Deal me in"]].▼
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* Jim and Andy from ''[[According to Jim]]'' once participate in a hot dog speed-eating contest for the prize of being the spokesperson in a local commercial sponsored by the company of said hot dog product. Too bad for them they both lose... to a woman with smaller body. Jim's so unhappy about this that he challenges her to another speed-eating contest.
* ''[[Bones]]'' had an episode where the victim was a competitive eater.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
▲* ''[[Garfield]]''
▲** In one strip had Garfield and Jon have a popcorn-eating contest together. However, Garfield won unfairly by eating both bowls of popcorn instead of one kernel at a time like Jon did. Another strip had Garfield and Jon have a hot pepper-eating contest to see who would endure the hotness of each different pepper they ate. Garfield lost in the end when he ate a Peruvian Death Pepper.
▲** In [https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2020/07/12?ct=v&cti=2129226 yet another], they do so with ice cream; first match seems to end in a draw due to both of them getting "brain freeze". Liz catches them and seems to find it silly at first - [[Not So Above It All| but then says, "Deal me in"]].
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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