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Wait, is that a spitting sound?
Yes, that's right. It looks like the monster doesn't ''want'' to eat the lovable hero. It seems that something about them, be it their whiny, unlikable personality, their lack of any skills that would allow the villain to start [[Mega Manning]] instead of getting dumber, or even their really bad taste in deodorant or shampoo is enough that a monster simply does not want to eat them. Now, strictly speaking, is this being picky? Well,
Note that, broadly speaking, this trope does not just concern itself with eating. A monster could also just plain be [[Not Worth Killing|unwilling to dignify an unworthy subject with the honor of being killed]]. One particularly creepy variant is that the [[Eldritch Abomination]] or similar evil devours, grabs, attacks, or just confronts the character... and is immediately terrified and runs, sometimes screaming, back to whence they came. This is usually played for laughs, but sometimes it implies that this character, or perhaps [[Humans Are Bastards|humanity]] [[Humans Are Cthulhu|as a whole]], is in fact worse than any Cthulhu-esque abominations or reality-warping [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|homicidal lunatics]] could ever be. This can also include an [[Emotion Eater]] being overloaded by the emotions of its victim, such as a monster who eats rage being overloaded by the hero's [[Unstoppable Rage]].
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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
* ''[[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.
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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
* 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
* In the eponymous series, [[Harley Quinn]] was exiled from Hell due her focus on joy and love.
* In one story, [[Lobo]] died. The story ends with Lobo back among the livings and Heaven and Hell making him immortal for everything he did. OK, his rampage that devastated Heaven was justified, after they reincarnated him as a squirrell and he died squished by his own corpse dying his original death (it wasn't on purpose), but everything he did before that wasn't.
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* ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'':
{{quote|'''Patsy Stone''': The last mosquito that bit me had to check into the Betty Ford clinic.}}
* In ''[[Kenan and Kel]]'' episode, '''Ditch Day Afternoon''', Kenan comes up with a plan to avoid his bad day of both school and work by ditching both areas for the day with Kel along with him. While at the bank, two robbers, one black another white, arrives. Knowing they [[You Can't Fight Fate|
== Magazines ==
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* Despite reviewing loads of really, really bad comics, [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] has stated that he will never, ever review [[Sonichu]].
** He also stated that he wouldn't review ''any'' webcomic, primarily because they're free entertainment mostly done as a hobby, and it's unfair to treat them the same way as comics done by professionals.
** He also refuses to review ''[[One More Day]]''. He doesn't want to devote any air time to it or even acknowledge its
*** And in his defense, if you were to add together all of the screentime in separate episodes he's dedicated to explaining why he hates ''[[One More Day]]'', you'd have a whole episode, easily.
* [[The Cinema Snob]]
* Even both [[Saw|
== Western Animation ==
* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Raging Bender," a brainslug begins feeding on Fry's brain. It dies of starvation (acknowledged by the writers as being the "Oldest. Joke. Ever."). Later, in "The Day The Earth Stood Stupid," it is revealed that Fry is [[The Chosen One]] to defeat the Brains; he's immune to their stupefaction ray, because he's the only creature in the universe who doesn't have the brain-waves used to think. The Nibblonians comment on his "superior, yet inferior brain".
** The next time Fry meets them, the Nibblonians acknowledge that it's all because he's [[My Own Grampa|His Own Grampa]].
* In ''[[Animaniacs]]'', Yakko and Dot challenge [[The Grim Reaper]] at checkers to bring Wakko back to life, with their lives at stake. They
** One episode features something [[Tastes Like Diabetes|so horrible]], even the Warner siblings can't deal with it: [[Captain Ersatz|"Baloney"]] the Dinosaur.
** The episode involving Satan also featured them accidentally ending up in <s>Hell</s> [[Gosh Darn It to Heck|Hades]] and fleeing in terror from their assigned punishment: listening to "whiny protest songs from the sixties" for all eternity.
* This is one of the central tropes of ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]''. No matter how powerful or evil the [[Monster of the Week]] is, it can never stand Billy and Mandy. Aside from the above, in "Creating Chaos" Eris, goddess of Chaos, plans to use Billy as a tool in driving the world insane. He promptly drives ''her'' insane by taking forever to get ready, doing such things as dripping honey on toast and watching paint dry.
** In "Little Rock of Horror!", a brain-eating meteor-creature first attempts to eat Billy's brain but finds nothing. When it later devours Mandy's brain, it screams in pain, dies, and then
** Another episode has a Chupacabra latching onto Billy's face, which Grim claims to be an attempt to suck out his brain. Mandy laments that the poor creature would starve.
** In "Big Trouble in Billy's Basement", Billy is pulled through a dimensional portal by [[Captain Ersatz|Yog-Sawhaw]], but thrown back, and Billy explains in dejected tones "They didn't want me" (prompting everyone to say "Well I guess that makes you a total loser").
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** A short in "Treehouse of Horror II" had Mr. Burns putting Homer's brain inside a slave robot. Unfortunately, the robot still had Homer's laziness, gluttony, etc.
** Another "Treehouse of Horror" special had a zombie horde clamoring for "Braaaains" inspect Homer's head, then abandon him in disgust...He's actually [[Too Dumb to Live|offended by that turn of events.]]
** In the first "Treehouse of Horror", the haunted house the Simpsons moves into wanted each member of the family to die. When Marge had enough, she offers the spirit a choose: deal with them or leave them alone. {{Spoiler| The house [[Take a Third Option|
** Subverted in the episode "The Joy of Sect". A cult brings all of Springfield to their compound to be brainwashed into worshipping their almighty Leader. Everybody is controlled except Homer, whose attention span isn't long enough to listen to the brainwashing. The cult leaders despair over his "powerful mind." Then one of them simply sings "Leader!" to the tune of the old ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' theme song, and he is instantly brainwashed.
*** Then [[Double Subverted]] later in the same episode, when Groundskeeper Willie tries to de-program Homer and winds up being brainwashed himself.
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* In ''[[Rugrats]]'' episode, '''Ruthless Tommy''', two criminals kidnaps Tommy, thinking he was a member of a wealthy family. The duo ends up coming to this conclusion when Tommy’s natural infant behaviors cause problems from them.
* ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'' episode, '''Kidnapped''', the duo “kidnaps” Steward in order to secure money for a concert only to discover how much goes into the concept, not to mention how annoying he becomes.
* Though a mother trying to instill discipline in their daughters in ''[[Daria|
{{Quote| '''Helen''': I see your point.}}
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* The violence in ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'' caused [[Wes Craven]] to walk out in disgust.
* The violence in the Japanese movie "Audition" by Takashi Miike also caused [[Eli Roth]], John Landis, and ''[[Rob Zombie]]'' to find the film difficult to watch.
* Despite being caught and sent to a POW camp during the Vietnam War, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbert_Roque_Versace Humbert Roque Versace] was executed by the Viet Cong after the American of Puerto Rican-Italian decent was proven was too difficult to both mental and physical break his spirit. That’s right; Versace was killed by the Viet Cong all because his willpower was too [[Made of Indestructium|
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