History Main / MegaMealChallenge

* ''VideoGame/Persona4'' has the Rainy Day Special Mega Beef Bowl Challenge. Served at Chinese Diner Aiya, the bowl helps raise three random character statistics, making it an ideal way for the player to spend rainy days, where most Social Links and other related activities are deactivated. The bowl can only be finished if the player maxes out the four stats needed (Understanding, Knowledge, Courage, and Diligence). In ''[[UpdatedRerelease Golden]]'', taking the challenge eight times (regardless of whether you pass or fail) earns you a book (appropriately, one on Chinese cooking).
* ''VideoGame/Persona5'' has the Big Bang Challenge at Big Bang Burger, which involves eating increasingly oversized burgers to win accessories and parameter gains in 4 of the 5 social stats categories. Each successive challenge requires two, three, then four levels each in the Guts, Knowledge, and Proficiency stats. Completing the challenge also gives points towards Charm, but they are not required for the challenge itself.

* In ''[[Film/BillAndTed Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure]]'', an ice cream dish called the Ziggy Pig seems to be this; after Napoleon Bonaparte finishes it, the garishly dressed employees make pig noises and give him a sticker.

* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': Chapter 83 features a ramen shop owner trying various gimmicky ramen challengs designed to be impossible for customers to accomplish, only for each challenge to be bested [[PlotTailoredToTheParty when just the right girlfriend to take it on walks into the restaurant]]. The super spicy ramen is ordered by the chemists who are UnaffectedBySpice, the steamy ramen fails because of Mei's EyesAlwaysShut, and so on. The chapter ends with the shop owner's final attempt being a "Massive-as-Hell" Challenge Ramen, a bowl of ramen so monumentally large that it shoudl be impossible for one person to eat. Enter Kurumi, the resident BigEater, entering the ramen shop in an homage to the opening scenes of ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' and giving the shop owner a grim reminder of what a powerful appetite can accomplish.

* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': Chapter 83 features a ramen shop owner trying various gimmicky ramen challengs designed to be impossible for customers to accomplish, only for each challenge to be bested [[PlotTailoredToTheParty when just the right girlfriend to take it on walks into the restaurant]]. The super spicy ramen is ordered by the chemists who are UnaffectedBySpice, the steamy ramen fails because of Mei's EyesAlwaysShut, and so on. The chapter ends with the shop owner's final attempt being a "Massive-as-Hell Challenge Ramen, a bowl of ramen so monumentally large that it shoudl be impossible for one person to eat. Enter Kurumi, the resident BigEater, entering the ramen shop in an homage to the opening scenes of ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' and giving the shop owner a grim reminder of what a powerful appetite can accomplish.

* Referenced in ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'', where the main character mentions that his Uncle Gary finished the "Monstrilla Burger" in one sitting and got a tattoo for it.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2680787 Steve Rogers Vs The All-American Feast]]'': During a [[Franchise/TheAvengers team]] dinner at a small bbq restaurant in Hoboken, [[Film/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] is introduced to the world of eating challenges, which becomes an occasional hobby of his, culminating in the titular All-American feast, a massive burger with hot dogs cooked into the meat and smothered with chili. The only challenge he doesn't win in the story is a [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce ghost pepper chicken wings]] challenge, which he bows out of after the second wing. Hawkeye ends up winning that one.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'' In [[http://blondie.com/comics/september-15-2016/ this strip]], Dagwood and Blondie visit a restaurant that has a "Mountain of Spaghetti Special" that's so big it comes with a mop and bucket to clean up with. (Hopefully, a box of napkins too.)

* ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'':
** "Maximum Homerdrive" has Homer challenging the trucker Red Barclay to an eat-off involving a very large steak. Homer loses the challenge, [[PyrrhicVictory Barclay finishes the meal, and promptly dies of a heart attack]]. Also responsible for this golden line from Marge:

** "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" has Homer trying to learn more about Lisa by hiring a private investigator to spy on her. The bill includes 40 dollars for a steak. The detective explains that it'd be free if he managed to eat it all.

* [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2680787 Steve Rogers Vs The All-American Feast]]: During a [[Franchise/TheAvengers team]] dinner at a small bbq restaurant in Hoboken, [[Film/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] is introduced to the world of eating challenges, which becomes an occasional hobby of his, culminating in the titular All-American feast, a massive burger with hot dogs cooked into the meat and smothered with chili. The only challenge he doesn't win in the story is a [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce ghost pepper chicken wings]] challenge, which he bows out of after the second wing. Hawkeye ends up winning that one.

* In ''FanFic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'', shortly after arriving in the Grand Line, Ranma Saotome and his crew come to the TurtleIsland nation of the Grand Octopus Shogunate, and when looking for lunch, find their restaurant of choice offers something called the "Fifteen Dozen Challenge" -- 15 plates of oysters, with a dozen oysters on each plate. On a whim, Ranma decides to take the challenge and his would-be lovers Ukyo, Shampoo and Kodchi decide to order the same, thinking tis will let them participate. Instead, each of them ends up with their ''own'' 15 dozen oysters to eat, but a cocktail of pride, jealousy and suspicion means they refuse to acknowledge their mistake and so set down to eat. Incredibly, not just Ranma but all three of the girls finishes the titanic seafood meal, although it's noted as quite the struggle.

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* In the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' [[{{Yonkoma}} 4koma]] {{doujin}} ''Webcomic/LifeOfMaid'', Hong Meiling, the Scarlet Devil Mansion's resident ChewToy, talks Sakuya into going with her to an ice cream parlor that they find out is run by [[AnIcePerson Letty]] and Cirno. The ice cream parlor has a Super Winter Earthquake challenge, which has entrants trying to eat a massive bowl of ice cream in 30 minutes or less to try to win 30,000 yen. The reigning champion of the contest is resident Touhou BigEater [[CuteGhostGirl Yuyuko]], who finished it off in 5 minutes. When Meiling tries to take on the challenge, she fails miserably, and learns that those who lose have to pay 10,000 yen, resulting in Meiling having to WorkOffTheDebt as a waitress after Sakuya bugs out with her [[TimeStandsStill time-stopping ability]].

* Webcomic/{{Whomp}}: [[https://www.whompcomic.com/comic/beast-of-burgin "Beast of Burgin'"]] has Ronnie trying to finish a five pound burger.

Occasionally found in a {{Crossover}} with MasochistsMeal, when the item one must eat for the challenge is loaded up with BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce. But even then, there's usually a "quantity" requirement -- eating just one chicken wing coated in the chef's famous ghost pepper sauce won't cut it, you've gotta eat a ''plateful'' (or at least a regular serving) of them.

* ''Fanfic/HeroAcademiaDXD'': [[PintsizedPowerhouse Koneko]] takes up the [[VideoGame/Persona5 Big Bang Challenge, which consists of a [[DagwoodSandwich one-meter-tall tower of buns, patties and condiments]] she has to eat in thirty minutes for it to be free. Twenty minutes later, she's eaten it all [[BigEater and asks if they have dessert]].