History Main / IsItSomeThingYouEat

* ''Series/TheGoodies''. When Graeme tells Bill he's doing Kung Fun, Bill says he's not eating that because the noodles make him throw up. Ironically the martial art Bill practices involves hitting people with a black pudding, and a flashback shows him and the other students throwing up the first time they ate one.

* From ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', a game in which nearly all of the characters have spent their entire lives underground, we have this line from one of the nameless [=NPCs=]: --> "What's a star? Can you touch it? Can you eat it? Can you kill it? ... Are you a star?"

* From ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', a game in which nearly all of the characters have spent their entire lives underground, we have this line from one of the nameless [=NPCs=]: -->"What's a star? Can you touch it? Can you eat it? Can you kill it? ... Are you a star?"

* Several artificial sweeteners were discovered when a chemist either tried whether his experiment was something you can eat, or went to get lunch without stopping to wash his hands.

** To be fair, they're named after a kind of cheese, and the different types are known as "flavors". Physicists are weird.

* ''Kittisaurus Villains'' from ''WebVideo/CreamHeroes'': Dodo asks this so often it has become a {{Running Gag}}. Lampshaded by Momo.
--->'''Dodo:''' Netflix? What's that? Is it...?\\
'''Momo:''' No, it is not food.

-->'''Sir Cottrell:''' Mr Bernard Levin asks "Can you eat quarks?" I estimate that he eats 500,000,000,000,000,000,001 quarks a day.

'''[=JoJo=]:''' ''[thinking]'' Band... age? What a strange device. Do... do I eat it? Is it microwaveable? f

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** A variant of this trope is used in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' by Ash, usually asking if something like "aromatherapy" is a Pokémon.

** Homer does his "mmmm... x" CatchPhrase with many inedible things:

* In ''VideoGame/Psychonauts2'', during the casino mission, Adam offers to mix a drink for the other interns, Razputin, the CircusBrat PlayerCharacter, asks for a "Tumble in the Net". Adam says that he has never heard about about that particular drink and as such doesn't know what it contains. Raz admits that he doesn't know what's in it either, but he believes that is some kind of special drink they serve in the circus, since [[EntendreFailure his acrobat parents were always talking about getting one after they had completeled a performance]].

* In ''LightNovel/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'', when Sorata mentions his "pitch" to his little sister, she asks him if it's tasty.

--->'''Peppermint Patty:''' I know what a Stradivarius is Ma'am! It's a big Dinosaur.

* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': This is the case with all victims of mana mutation once they regain their sanity because of their new monster mindset. Basically everything is food, including [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn any clothes they are handed]] or their [[AutoCannibalism own body parts.]]

** An earlier episode had Goku asking the same thing about [[DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm sarcasm]], to Piccolo's frustration.

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* In episode 3 of ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', Little M. is running away from the Supermen chasing him [[ItMakesSenseInContext with electric prongs]] and says he'll defend himself with the Black Jewel, which he drops on the ground. Careless S. finds it and inquires about it.
-->'''Careless S.:''' What does this thing do?\\
'''Little M.:''' Hey, that's mine!\\
'''Careless S.:''' Wait, you mean this is something you eat?\\
'''Little M.:''' Yes, yes, that's right. Now give it back.
* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatFunClass: Sports are Fun'' episode 2, [[ObsessedWithFood Paddi]] thinks a marathon sounds more delicious than the food he already has with him, leading to Weslie correcting him about what a marathon actually is.
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--> “Levels?” What was that, some kind of cattle food? That interested Vainqueur. “What is that?”

** ''Film/{{Mitchell}}'': Even his name says, 'Is that a beer?'"

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* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''

-->'''Spider-Man:''' OK, laughing boy. Now stand still while I administer the coup-de-grace!
-->'''Juggernaut:''' I hate French food!

* ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'': In the Last Church podcast episode, one of the Custodes thinks that Jesus is a food at first. Justified since the Last Church is about Emps violently removing religion from Earth when conquering the planet.

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** A cafe advertises "Free Wifi." And gets a customer asking "The free serving of wifi, how big is it?" In all fairness, it *is* a restaurant!

* ''Kittisaurus Villains'' from ''WebVideo/CreamHeroes:'' Dodo asks this so often it has become a {{Running Gag}}. Lampshaded by Momo.
--->'''Dodo:''' Netflix? What's that? Is it...?
--->'''Momo:''' No, it is not food.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Homer does his "mmmm... x" CatchPhrase with many inedible things:
-->'''Homer:''' mmmm... Pi...\\\

--->'''Jacques:''' Mimosa?
--->'''Marge:''' I'm a married woman. Please don't call me that.

* Strangely enough, ''[[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks sharks]]'' are big-time users of this trope. When a shark encounters something unusual, the first thing it will try to do is figure out what it is. Because sharks have no hands, they have to use their mouths. And because they have no lips, in order to touch it they have to bite it. Ouch. This is actually what causes a lot of the unprovoked shark attacks on humans, especially with the Great White. The shark in question either wants to figure out what we are, or thinks we might be a weird seal. Hence the shark attacks where a shark takes one bite or so and leaves. Of course, [[SubvertedTrope sometimes they]] ''[[SubvertedTrope don't]]''.

* Dodo from ''WebVideo/CreamHeroes'' doesn't know what 'bath' or 'dead' mean (he is the youngest cat after all) so asks if they are food. Both subjects are rather uncomfortable for Lulu to explain so he points out their relation to food. (Cats get snacks after baths and Claire's death means she cannot feed them.)
** Dodo also asks if Doomsday is food but Momo explains [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt it in no uncertain terms.]]

'''Colonel Mustard:''' You like Kipling, Miss Scarlet?\\

'''Wadsworth:''' Merely quoting, sir, from Alfred, Lord Tennyson.\\
'''Col. Mustard:''' Hm, I prefer Kipling myself. "The female of the species is more deadly than the male." You like Kipling, Miss Scarlet?\\

* In ''LightNovel/DateALive'', Tohka kept doing this during her first date with Shido, asking if various things, like the foods they were eating or an AffectionateGestureToTheHead he gives her were the date.

* Yuuji pulls this on Yoshi in ''LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts'' in the light novel.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', when Martina claims that Gourry is to be her fiancé, Gourry asks, "What's a fiancé? IS IT A PICKLE?! Hmmmm, but is it sweet or sour?"

* WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice: In the Last Church podcast episode, one of the Custodes thinks ''Jesus'' is some kind of food at first. Justified, since the Last Church is about Emps removing religion from Earth when he was conquering the planet.

* [[BigEater Stahl]] of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Fire Emblem Awakening]]'' will say "What's this? Is it edible? I haven't eaten in minutes..." whenever he finds an item. While it makes sense when he finds an item like "Gaius' Confect", it's more questionable when he finds an "Imposing Axe" or a "Tree Branch".

* WildChild Shea from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon DS: Island of Happiness'':

** Taken to horrible levels in one of the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'' Easter egg transmissions where Snake contemplates eating ''Yoshi''.
* In ''VideoGame/MySims Kingdom'', when Rusty steals a horseshoe, Gabby decides to round up a posse. Just then, you and your assistants walk up. Gabby says he's found his posse. Buddy asks if it's a kind of soup...

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'':
** In ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'', Reimu's normal route, she encounters this twice...

* IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice: In the Last Church podcast episode, one of the Custodes thinks that Jesus is a food at first. Justified since the Last Church is about Emps violently removing religion from Earth when conquering the planet.

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* ''Manga/Bleach'': In the anime, the Arrancar Dordoni introduces himself to Ichigo, who then replies in confusion that he thought that was a type of pasta. Ichigo then spends the next few minutes making fun of him, ignoring him completely when a rock falls on Nel and she fakes being hurt to mess with Ichigo. After they fight, Ichigo then calls him Don Panini, which causes him to yell "Do I look like a delicious sandwich to you?!"

* IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice: In the Last Church podcast episode, one of the Custodes thinks ''Jesus'' is some kind of food at first. Justified, since the Last Church is about Emps removing religion from Earth when he was conquering the planet.

* ''Anime/Bleach'': In the anime, the Arrancar Dordoni introduces himself to Ichigo, who then replies in confusion that he thought that was a type of pasta. Ichigo then spends the next few minutes making fun of him, ignoring him completely when a rock falls on Nel and she fakes being hurt to mess with Ichigo.