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This trope describes a character who's notorious for ignoring their body's need for nutrition and has to be reminded to eat. They'll go out into the wilderness without food supplies, and will forget dinnertime at home because what they're doing is so much more interesting. Sort of the opposite of [[Big Eater]], especially if the character doesn't quite suffer all the ill effects of poor nutrition.
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This is in fact [[Truth in Television]], as workaholics and others will become so engaged in something that they ''do'' in fact, forget to eat. [[Isaac Newton]] was famous for being so obsessive-compulsive about his work, that he would work hours and hours while neglecting to bathe or eat. Because this is common among obsessed gamers, [[Anti Poop Socking]] had to be put in place in many games. There is actually science behind this, as the nervous system has the digestive system slow and close up if a person is under stress. Nobody wants to stop for a bathroom break or snack when being chased by a [[
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* [[Sherlock Holmes]] occasionally gets so wrapped up in a case that he doesn't bother to stop for food, and in one, he deliberately starves himself for several days in order for a plan to work properly.
* Astrophysicist Jacob Buckman in ''[[Co Dominium|The Mote in God's Eye]]''. He meets Horace Bury in a ship's corridor. Horace wonders privately what an autopsy at that moment on Buckman would show as cause of death... exhaustion or malnutrition?
* In the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]], the Doctor has a bit of a habit of this. Mostly when he's [[Angst|angsting]], but also when he's [[For Science!|doing science]]. His companion Fitz once brought three meals a day to his door when he was locked away angsting. For four days. They all went uneaten. Somewhat justified by the fact that as a Time Lord he apparently needs to eat less than a normal human being. Also, judging by the descriptions of him in the books, he's lost weight since his sole TV appearance. In one book, while he's already under the weather for several other reasons, his companion Anji has to remind him to eat:
{{quote| ‘Do you want some food? You haven’t eaten in days.’<br />
‘That’s right,’ he said wonderingly, as if she’d made a point that hadn’t occurred to him. ‘You know, I bet that’s one reason I feel so bad.’ }}
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* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'': While he doesn't exactly forget to, way too many people feel the need to remind Big Boss of eating through the course of the game.
** And in ''MGS'' fanon, this is a popular explanation of how Otacon stays as skinny as he is when he spends most of his time in front of a computer.
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* Dr. Asmodeus of ''[[Subeta]]'' attributes his svelteness to this.
* This doesn't exactly fit, but Sora from ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' seems to have a forbidden-from-eating curse in the first game. He gets to ''sort of'' take a bite of a piece of fruit. When dinner's ready, his home is destroyed. When presented with a cake or a covered platter, it promptly explodes. No usable items are solid food. He's given a piece of fruit, which he throws aside. The beginning of the game consists of ''gathering food'', for crying out loud, which is destroyed along with the rest of the island. The result of all cooking is either a liquid or gas. He is cursed.
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* In the ''[[Metalocalypse]]'' Episode "Tributeklok", the guys forget to eat [[Too Dumb to Live|because they don't have the Klokateers around to ring bells for them.]]
* Jack Skellington from ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' seem to be this (note that Sally brings him a food basket, so this is probably an usual occurrence). What is quite unusual is the fact that he needs to eat since he's [[Dem Bones]].
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