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If they're really needing to eat, or are known for having a huge appetite, their hunger can be indicated by loud stomach growling. In comics and animation, this is often accompanied by the belly visibly rippling or shaking. Sometimes this growling is loud enough that other characters can hear it, which can cause embarrassment; it can also lead to the character changing their plans on the fly to get something to eat. It can also [[SoMuchForStealth ruin someone's attempt to hide from someone else]].

On the other hand, if the character has eaten, rumbling and/or gurgling can mean that they're having some indigestion or are just a {{Gasshole}}. At worst, deep basso gurgling means major trouble is brewing, which often leads to a PottyEmergency or even PottyFailure in severe cases.

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If they're really needing to eat, or are [[BigEater known for having a huge appetite, appetite]], their hunger can be indicated by loud stomach growling. In comics and animation, this is often accompanied by the belly visibly rippling or shaking. Sometimes this growling is loud enough that other characters can hear it, which can cause embarrassment; it can also lead to the character changing their plans on the fly to get something to eat. It can also [[SoMuchForStealth ruin someone's attempt to hide from someone else]].

On the other hand, if the character has eaten, rumbling and/or gurgling can mean that they're having some indigestion indigestion, have eaten GassyGastronomy, or are just a {{Gasshole}}. At worst, deep basso gurgling means major trouble is brewing, which often leads to a PottyEmergency or even PottyFailure in severe cases.
cases.[[note]]ArtisticLicenseMedicine, since while sometimes stomachs growling ''does'' mean a need to defecate, it is not consistently deeper than when one's stomach growls for other reasons.[[/note]]

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