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* In ''{{RuneScape}}'', eating food can save you from dying, no matter how badly injured you are.

* The spinach from ''{{Popeye}}'' is probably the [[TropeMaker first and]] [[TropeCodifier most well-known example]]. Most of the time, Popeye himself is the beneficiary, but several cartoons have shown other characters eating spinach and powering up as well, such as two hilarious episodes where Popeye and Bluto are trying to get injured so that Nurse Olive can take care of them, culminating in Popeye ''force feeding'' Bluto Spinach.

* {{TeenageZombiesInvasionOfTheAlienBrainThingys}} has power-ups for each character, and the [[DeadWeight fat zombie]]'s power-ups consist of eating things - rotting garbage, very spicy food, and soap/detergents.

* Dragon Slayers in FairyTail are powerful fighters on their own, but they gain a massive temporary boost when they eat something of their respective elements, some of which can be very common things. Although, if you see fire in a grocery store it's probably not for sale.

* DarkCloud had these in the forms of "favorite foods" for each character that would raise their defense. Also Gourds that increased the thirst meter and Fruits of Eden that increased the health meter. (Given the [[TheBible origin]] of the term "Fruit of Eden" and associated backstory, [[FridgeLogic one would expect there to be some kind of negative consequence at some point, but there never is.]])

** One episode of ''The SuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' had Mario gain a boost of strength from eating a hamburger he'd stored in his pocket.
*** Technically, it was a meatball sub... and it didn't make him stronger... he just got fatter and caused the ropes to break.

* [[GeorgeOfTheJungle Super Chicken]]'s super sauce falls under this trope; since the recipe varies with each episode, it's most likely just a MagicFeather for his own powers.

* For another Disney example: [[GummiBears Gummi Berry juice]]. For Gummis it makes them bouncy. It makes humans super-strong.
* CodenameKidsNextDoor had a one time villain named Cuppa Joe, a rig overseer who gained SuperSpeed from drinking excessive amounts of coffee.

* ''{{Hero 108}}'' Has Mighty Ray getting ShockAndAwe powers from Bannas. Unfrontly he hates Bannas

* Hero108 Has Mighty Ray getting ShackAndAwe powers from Bannas. Unfrontly he hates Bannas

* Ralph Dibny, the Elongated Man, originally used a tropical fruit called "gingo" (and a commercially available soda made from it called "Gingold") to acquire his superhuman stretchiness. He's since internalized this power. And died, but what're you gonna do.

* DarkCloud had these in the forms of "favorite foods" for each character that would raise their defense. Also Gourds that increased the thirst meter and Fruits of Eden that increased the health meter. (Oddly, given the [[TheBible origin]] of the term "Fruit of Eden" and associated backstory, [[FridgeLogic one would expect there to be some kind of negative consequence at some point.]])

* The Swedish comic ''{{Bamse}}'' features a bear who gets super strength when he eats ''dunderhonung'', a special kind of honey mixture made by his grandmother. Anyone else eating it gets three days of horrible stomach cramps, though his older daughter gets super-ursine strength ''and'' a tummyache.

* In ''{{Wolfenstein 3D}}'', there are turkey leg and mashed potato meals that give the hero a small boost of health. Dog food also helps, but not as much.

** Everyone on the ''Grand Line''. The only native Fruit user in the East Blue was Alvida(Smoker came from Marine HQ, and Buggy got his while on Roger's ship), and it's likely that the West, North, and South seas are similar in that regard.

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* TheMagnificentMilkmaid and The ChocolateMilkmaid get super-strength, super-size, and other powers whenever they drink milk, even if [[{{Squick}} it's their own]].
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* The Scout in ''TeamFortress2'' has the BONK energy drink as an unlockable weapon. It lets him dodge bullets. And then there's the [[EverythingsSatiatingWithSandwiches Sandvich]], an unlockable edible device for the Heavy.