History Main / Autocannibalism

* While lost in the MindScrew-y maze, a character in ''{{Cube}} 2: Hypercube'' resorts to eating alternate universe versions of himself and other characters to survive.

* The second victim in ''{{Seven}}'' bit off and ate his own tongue.

* Gary, a Fae butcher, in the ''LostGirl'' episode "Death Didn't Become Her"

* A bodybuilder in the first issue of ''{{Hellblazer}}'' falls victim to a demon's curse that makes people ravenous for what they desire most- he starts devouring his muscular arms.

* When injured in battle, the perpetually hungry Taxxons from ''{{Animorphs}}'' may begin to consume themselves.

* It's mentioned in ''MonstrousRegiment'' that while cannibalism in dire circumstances is acceptable, eating your own leg is downright wrong. Eating someone else's leg (usually by [[EquivalentExchange swapping]]) is perfectly acceptable. And since one of the people who says this is nicknamed "Hopalong", Vimes believes him.

** Leviathan who [[YouHaveFailedMe fail]] are forced to eat themselves, a punishment called "bibbing" since all that's left in the end is a bloody bib.

* Happens in an episode of SaladFingers. [[MindScrew Or not]]. Its not very clear just what is going on only that Salad Fingers likes his doppelganger's [[BrainFood brains]].

* Stem Cell of ''{{Livewires}}'' (an android) is forced to chew off most of her own artificial skin to digest and recycle into giant, flaming, self-replicating robots.

** Nibbler does the exact same thing in one of the ''{{Futurama}}'' films.

** In an ''{{Itchy and Scratchy}}'' short, Itchy (disguised as a restaurant employee) serves Scratchy his own belly. The unknowing Scratchy's attempt at eating it only results in the bits of it he swallows popping back out of a hole cut in it.

* [[TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]] manipulated a drugged Mason Verger into cutting off and eating his own nose, and also fed Paul Krendler his own brain.

* In an ''Itchy and Scratchy'' short from ''TheSimpsons'', Itchy (disguised as a restaurant employee) serves Scratchy his own belly. The unknowing Scratchy's attempt at eating it only results in the bits of it he swallows popping back out of a hole cut in it.
** In a Treehouse Of Horror episode, Homer's head is turned into a donut. Homer being Homer, naturally keeps picking at it.

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* In ''YellowSubmarine'', the vacuum monster eats everything in its universe; as a last resort it eats itself, mouth last.

* DCComics villain Vandal Savage, having lost his immortality in one story, restored it by eating a disfigured clone of himself.

* In ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', the leader of the bloody mummers gets fed bits of himself by Gregor Clegane.

* Lizards whose tails drop off when grabbed as an anti-predator defense mechanism will sometimes eat the dropped-off bit of tail, reclaiming its protein for their bodies, if the predator doesn't do so.

* One guy in ''{{Hellblazer}}'' falls victim to a demon's curse that makes him eat his own fist.

* The ValentinesDayEpisode of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' had Famine overwhelm a short order cook with hunger, causing him dunk his own hand in a deep fryer, then eat it.

-->'''Gary''': You know what they say-- sometimes a flesh-eater's just too tired to get out of bed, go to the fridge, know what I mean? [''bites off his own index finger''].

* The Ouroboros is a snake that eats it's tail; it represents eternity and perfection and shows up as symbolism in a lot of works.

** In a Treehouse Of Horror episode, Homer's head is turned into a donut. Homer being Homer naturally keeps picking at it.

A character eating a clone or duplicate of themselves also counts. Also see ITasteDelicious, which tends to be about characters finding themselves irresistibly delectable after becoming or being covered in food.

* The ValentinesDayEpisode of ''{{Supernatural}}'' had Famine overwhelm a short order cook with hunger, causing him dunk his own hand in a deep fryer, then eat it.

* When he isn't collecting it in a box, Goldfinger from ''AustinPowers'' enjoys eating pieces of his own skin.

* In ''KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'', while playing Weird Pete's new game "Fairy Meat", [[RulesLawyer Brian Van Hoose]] has his character eat its own arm to demonstrate that the rule for recovering hit points via cannibalism is broken.