History Main / BigEater

* Heracles (also known more commonly as Hercules) was often portrayed as having a huge appetite, especially in ancient Greek comedies, which fit well with his BoisterousBruiser personality.

* The Emperor in ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' is one, given the art of [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Tyrant%27s_Tummyache Tyrant's Tummyache]].

See ExtremeOmnivore for when someone doesn't limit themselves to things usually considered food. If two Big Eaters are [[CookingDuel pitted against]] each other it's an EatingContest. For a villain that has this as their biggest vice (especially an obese villain), see VillainousGlutton. Players can invoke this trope in any video game where the characters have a HyperactiveMetabolism and eat food to heal their injuries. Characters who have this kind of metabolism paired with such an appetite often NeverGetsFat. Compare ReallyFondOfSleeping, which has a similar attitude toward sleeping and also are themselves likely to be a Big Eater. Characters like this may have a DeliciousDaydream or sing an OdeToFood.

[[ExtremeOmnivore Extreme Omnivores]] and [[PersonalityPowers people with eating related powers]] tend to be Big Eaters by default. Large characters, such as the BigFun and BoisterousBruiser, tend to be this trope. In fact, the FatComicRelief is almost always a Big Eater. However, Big Eaters who remain thin despite their habits are considered the best examples.

In action series, this is often a trait belonging to the KidHero, BoisterousBruiser, or other types of [[HotBlooded high energy]] characters. Because many wild animals exhibit this in real life it's also a popular trait for WildChild and RaisedByWolves characters.

* [[CloudCuckooLander Ronove]] in ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'' eats a lot and always seem to stay hungry no matter how much he has eaten. His favourite foods are strawberry cakes and sand gnome legs.

->''"This... this girl's stomach is a Cosmos unto itself! It's connected to the void of the universe!"''
-->-- '''Eating Contest Judge''' (on Fuu), ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo''

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* [[BigEater/AnimatedFilms Films – Animation]]
* [[BigEater/LiveActionFilms Films – Live-Action]]

* BigEater/PuppetShows
* BigEater/{{Radio}}

* BigEater/{{Theatre}}

* The Atog creature type in ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' are a race of these. The [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Atog original]] ate artifacts, but subsequent Atogs ate things such as [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Auratog enchantments]], [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Necratog dead creatures]], [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Atogatog other Atogs]], and ''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Chronatog time]]''.

-->Now, Big Dick started dinner with some cabbage and some greens,
-->Some broccoli, a pair of turkey legs,
-->Some jalapeño poppers and a tub of kidney beans,
-->Several liters of cream soda and a dozen deviled eggs.

-->You had for breakfast two pounds bacon,\\
Three dozen eggs, one coffee cake and\\
Then you had something really awful,\\
Four kippered herrings on a waffle,\\
Nine English muffins, one baked apple,\\
Boston cream pie, Philadelphia scrapple,\\
Seventeen bowls of Crispy Crunch,\\
Then you said "What's for lunch?"

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* ''Toys/FlickToStickBungees'': Kitor, a character from the Bionic Bungees set, is described in his bio as having a habit of gobbling up metal without considering whether the other Bungees will need it.

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* New Zealand comedian Billy T. James had this as part of one his jokes. He and his friends roll up to a fast food joint and are asked to take their order. He asks for "Five burgers, six fries, eight Cokes..." before turning to the back and asking "You guys want anything?".
* Creator/JimGaffigan makes a lot of jokes about himself being this. Many of his routines are food-related, such as the "Hot Pockets!"

* BigEater/CardGames

* [[BigEater/AnimatedFilms Film – Animation]]
* [[BigEater/LiveActionFilms Film – Live-Action]]

* BigEater/{{Webcomics}}

* BigEater/WebComics

Characters (who may or may not be fat) that regularly eat enough for an entire football team, often devastating the whole table -- and sometimes entire restaurants in their insatiable hunger. Often with a speed-eating technique that makes food seem to vanish spontaneously from the plate. Primarily a [[ComedyTropes comedy trope]], a common sight gag with these kinds of characters in cartoons or anime is having piles upon piles of plates and bowls stack up as the character chows down. CutASliceTakeTheRest is a common joke involving this type of character, as as IllTakeTwoBeersToo.

See ExtremeOmnivore for when someone doesn't limit themselves to things usually considered food. If two [[BigEater Big Eaters]] are [[CookingDuel pitted against]] each other it's an EatingContest. For a villain that has this as their biggest vice (especially an obese villain), see VillainousGlutton. Players can invoke this trope in any video game where the characters have a HyperactiveMetabolism and eat food to heal their injuries. Characters who have this kind of metabolism paired with such an appetite often NeverGetsFat. Compare ReallyFondOfSleeping, which has a similar attitude toward sleeping and also are themselves likely to be a Big Eater. Characters like this may have a DeliciousDaydream or sing an OdeToFood.