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* ''WebVideo/RegularOrdinarySwedishMealTime'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2s0aOhkjmY Barbaric Brutal Breakfast]] explicitly portrays mayonnaise as being this for Swedes. After getting out of bed and dragging himself to the kitchen, [[NotAMorningPerson a lethargic Niclas]] returns to being a ScreamingWarrior the second he eats mayonnaise off the jar.

* The titular fruits from ''LightNovel/TheFruitOfEvolution'' act like healing potions when consumed individually. However whenever an individual consumes their tenth consecutive fruit, either in one sitting or through accumulation, they undergo an evolution into a higher state. Aside from [[RPGMechanicsVerse gaining a considerable ability score bonus]], this can have other effects as well; the protagonist Hiiragi Seiichi, originally a very {{gonk}}y character, [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatHotness becomes much more physically attractive after evolving]], whilst two members of his harem begin as (sapient) animals but [[HumanityEnsues are transformed into human girls as a result of evolving]]; Salia the gorilla and Rurune the donkey.

* Eigetsu from ''LightNovel/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'' turns into Yougetsu when he drinks sake. At first it seems he's just a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass with a side-order of DrunkenMaster, but it eventually becomes clear that Yougetsu, in addition to badass Kung-Fu skills, has inhuman strength, reflexes, stamina, and rapid regeneration. At one point, Eigetsu reverts into Yougetsu after having spent weeks being starved and tortured to the point where he can't stand unsupported, and in addition to being strong enough to sprint on the spot, when he's seen a brief while later, all his wounds are healed... It's eventually revealed that Yougetsu is [[spoiler:one of eight immortal sages, specifically the Sage of White; he possessed Eigetsu to save his life. Sake brings him out because he really likes sake.]]

* The Swedish comic ''ComicBook/{{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 -- and his younger daughter, to everyone's surprise, gets neither.

* In ''WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaurStory'', Captain Neweyes invented Brain Gain, a breakfast cereal that makes anyone who eats it more intelligent. He uses it to [[UpliftedAnimal give four dinosaurs sapience]] as part of his plan to introduce the dinosaurs to children to make them happy.

* One episode of ''Series/GilligansIsland'' had the castaways gaining superpowers after eating a shipment of radioactive vegetables.

* In ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'', at the climax, Hammy drinks some soda to become more hyperactive.

* In ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'', at the climax, Hammy drinks some soda to enter CaffeineBulletTime.

** ''VideoGame/MarioParty 8'' has candies that, when eaten, gives the player different abilities, such as zapping opponents with lightning or stealing other players' items.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' had Ash's Grotle accidentally swallow EnergyBall whilst it was charging it up during a fight with a Rhyperior. It then pushed said Rhyperior, which usually weighs in excess of [=620lbs=], nearly out of the ring. Even when Rhyperior used its tail as a brake, it only inconvenienced Grotle.

* ''Manga/BungouStrayDogs'': Inverted by Kenji Miyazawa. He has super strength, but only while he is hungry.

* ''VideoGame/EarthBound'':

''[Karate Duo #1 turns into [[StreetFighter Ryu]]]''\\

* [[WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} Goofy]] temporarily transforms into Super Goof by eating a Super Goober. Other characters have consumed Super Goobers and become temporarily super as well.

** Congalala is a Fanged Beast that can eat mushrooms to turn its belches into a BreathWeapon; Nitroshrooms give it fire breath, Parashrooms give it paralyzing gas, Mopeshrooms give it sedative gas, and Toadstools give it poison gas.
** Pukei-Pukei is a Bird Wyvern that changes the attack patterns of its toxic spit depending on what it's eaten. Sporepuffs turn it into a lingering toxic mist, while Scatternuts make the poison blobs stun anyone they hit.

* The ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny'' cartoon "Super-Rabbit" has Bugs (temporarily) gaining Franchise/{{Superman}}-like [[FlyingBrick powers]] by eating experimental "super carrots". When Bugs loses his carrots, the villain (a CaptainErsatz of Lyndon Johnson, a US Representative at the time) eats them and gets super powers as well.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' had a one time villain named Cuppa Joe, a rig overseer who gained SuperSpeed from drinking excessive amounts of coffee. (Numbuh Five was able to gain similar powers from it, but seeing as she was a coffee "newbee", so to speak, the rush ended quickly and she collapsed after a minute or two.)
* In ''WesternAnimation/CostumeQuest'', the Repugnians take on more monstrous forms from eating nougat. Unfortunately, the town that the show takes place in happens to have a lot.

* In ''WebAnimation/ZanyToTheMax'', whenever the Warners drink [[AcmeProducts Acme Super Carrot Juice]], they temporarily gain super powers and an "{{Anime|sque}}niesque" appearance. The "Animeniesque" appearance is justified, as the juice first appeared in a parody of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. The Power-Up Food trope itself is justified. [[WordOfGod The author says]] that the juice came from the super carrots featured in the classic Bugs Bunny cartoon "Super-Rabbit". See below.

* The wumpa fruit in the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' games. They provide power or [[AbnormalAmmo ammo for your weapons]] [[LawOfOneHundred and give extra lives at 100]].

Differs from SuperSerum and [[HealingPotion various]] [[ManaPotion types]] of magical potions in that the PowerUpFood does not seem rare, unusual, or hard to produce. As a general rule of thumb, a Power-Up Food should not look out of place if it appears at a grocery store. This power up is often [[EatingSolvesEverything the solution to whatever problem the character is having]].

* In ''Fanfic/TheReturn'' Succubi find [[ImAHumanitarian the still warm flesh of their enemies]] to be PowerUpFood.
* In ''WebAnimation/ZanyToTheMax'', whenever the Warners drink [[AcmeProducts Acme Super Carrot Juice]], they temporarily gain super powers and an "{{Anime|sque}}niesque" appearance. The "Animeniesque" appearance is justified, as the juice first appeared in a parody of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. The PowerUpFood trope itself is justified. [[WordOfGod The author says]] that the juice came from the super carrots featured in the classic Bugs Bunny cartoon "Super-Rabbit". See below.

* In a RunningGag from ''Theatre/AVeryPotterSequel'', Red Vines are Ron's PowerUpFood, and every other character [[MundaneMadeAwesome respects their awesome power]].

* In ''VideoGame/MouseTrap'', the dog bones work the same as Pac-Man's power pellets, except that the player can control when he wants to transform into a dog so he can chase after the cats.

* Subverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' when Peter tries to open a can of spinach via ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' to get the strength to fight the thugs who took his booth. After a minute of trying to open it (cutting his thumb in the process), he finally swallows it [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome and it does nothing for him]].

** Before a hunt, you can eat at the canteen to gain buffs to your stats and temporary skills.

** In ''[[VideoGame/Persona2'', you can visit restaurants for temporary stat buffs. There's no telling what a menu item will boost until you try it, with no real correspondence between cost and effectiveness - a super-cheap item might provide a huge bonus. The buff wears off after running around a dungeon for a while, then you can eat again. Characters [[TrademarkFavoriteFood have specific requests]] when they get hungry, such as fast food for Lisa or coffee for Yukino, and there's usually something of that type which gives a large boost to that character's favored stat (such as a burger that gives +8 Agility to anyone who eats it, which is Lisa's favored stat). Luck is the only stat that no food raises.

* Demons in the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series gain power from human blood. ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' introduces the Qliphoth, a tree in the underworld that produces a special fruit that condenses the blood of humans it drains which grants any demon who eats it a '''massive''' power boost. Mundus became the ruler of the underworld after he ate a Qliphoth fruit. The BigBad Urizen [[spoiler:aka Vergil's split off demonic nature]] seeks to do the same.

** Brook is a living skeleton, so he drinks milk to heal himself, because everybody knows milk is good for bones. It doesn't actually work.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'', Timmy's grandpa shows him an old cartoon in which a Popeye {{Expy}} gains one by eating beets before knocking seven bells out of the villain. The main plot involves Timmy wishing himself and his grandpa into a similar cartoon world, and in the climax [[ChekhovsSkill he repeats the same trick]] to lay the smackdown on a DastardlyWhiplash version of Vicky.

* ''Fanfic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'' has Devil Fruits, as in ''Managa/OnePiece'' canon. [[spoiler:Shampoo eats a [[{{Animorphism}} Zoan type]] Devil Fruit, the Rabbit-Rabbit Fruit, and becomes an EmpoweredBadassNormal.]]