History Main / RibcageStomach

** Averted in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland''. The "Prince Froggy" boss fight has Yoshi and Baby Mario shrunk down and swallowed by a Froggy enemy. The entire battle takes place inside the stomach which is entirely fleshy, has droplets of acid raining down from the roof that must be dodged, and a distinct lack of any visible bones. AKA, a word-for-word example of what the trope defines as an aversion.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Finding Nemo}}'', after getting lost in the Pacific Ocean, Marlin and Dory get swallowed by a Blue Whale. Interestingly, the trope is slightly inverted in that they are trapped inside the enormous mouth instead of the stomach but since the whale is so massive Marlin treats it as such and the baleen is practically solid bone. Fortunately for Marlin and Dory, [[spoiler: the whale is carrying them to Sidney to help Marlin on his quest]].

* In "The Mariner's Revenge Song" by Music/TheDecemberists, the protagonist has just been swallowed by a whale, and the song contains the line "Its ribs are ceiling beams", implying this trope.

* Jörmungandr in ''GodOfWarPS4'', during the mission that requires Kratos to venture inside him. A bit more justified than usual since a) Jörmungandr is an explicitly magical creature whose anatomy already makes about as much sense as a harpy's, and b) he is a titanic serpent, so his skeleton is essentially one massive rib cage that could conceivably show through his guts depending on the thickness of the surrounding musculature.

* In a brief post-credit gag in ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', [[spoiler:Lord Farquaad]] is singing "Stayin' Alive" in the Dragon's stomach which looks like this.

** Tarrare frequently ate live animals. Given that his gullet would have let light through when his mouth open, one of them might have been able to actually see what his stomach looked like from the inside. Before dying, of course.

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** Averted in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland''. The "Prince Froggy" boss fight has Yoshi and Baby Mario shrunk down and swallowed by a Froggy enemy. The entire battle takes place inside the stomach which is entirely fleshy, has droplets of acid raining down from the roof that must be dodged, and a distinct lack of any visible bones. AKA, a word-for-word example of what the trope defines as an aversion.

* The [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks shark]] in the ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' short "Mickey and the Seagull".

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* The WombLevel in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins''.
** ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'' uses this when you go inside the whale to fight the Fuzzipede.
** Averted in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland''. One boss fight has Yoshi and Baby Mario shrunk down to the size of insects and swallowed whole by a frog-like enemy. The entire event takes place in exactly what the trope description lists as the means of trope aversion.

* Featured as an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-EL8JTyhIQ&t=5m18s egg hiding place]] in ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon''. What seems to be the tongue leads directly to the ribcage.
* Averted in the boss fight against [[spoiler: Cerberus]] in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', where party members can only be swallowed after being magically shrunk and land in a roughly correctly-proportioned stomach inside the boss.

* In ''VideoGame/RogueLegacy2'', the fight against [[spoiler:Estuary Tubal]] takes place inside the body of a large dragon named Ladon. How Ladon could be [[spoiler:slowly poisioned]] by [[spoiler:Estuary Tubal]], when he has no innards is an exercise for the reader.

* ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales'' did this with a rhinoceros.
* The ''WesternAnimation/Goldie&Bear'' episode, "Whale of a Tale", has a moment where Goldie, Bear and Big Bad are SwallowedWhole by a giant fish with a ribcage interior.

* A few EatTheCamera moments in ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' show the titular hybrid's stomach like this.

This is a subtrope of ArtisticLicenseBiology, when the interior of the predator looks like the inside of the ribcage, devoid of any internal organs.[[note]]Sometimes even WITH organs, as if the esophagus led to the creature's body cavity and not the stomach itself.[[/note]] In videogames, this can be seen in the WombLevel. This trope can be averted by a depiction of the inside of the stomach as the inside of a meaty balloon, with acid dripping down the walls for good measure. When not, as long as it belongs to some fantastical and/or supernatural creature it can hide behind the legit argument of BizarreAlienBiology.

* Season 5 of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' reveals that the [[spoiler:Cursed Realm introduced in Season 4 [[GeniusLoci is a living creature]] called the Preeminent, and the inside of it, or at least what is shown, has a [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ninjago/images/5/57/MoS54InTheCursed.png ribcage structure]]. {{Justified|Trope}} since it's more of an EldritchAbomination than a realistic creature.]]

* Season 5 of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' reveals that the [[spoiler:Cursed Realm introduced in Season 4 is a living creature called the Preeminent, and the inside of it, or at least what is shown, has a [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ninjago/images/5/57/MoS54InTheCursed.png ribcage structure]]. {{Justified|Trope}} since it's more of an EldritchAbomination than a realistic creature.]]

* In "WesternAnimation/{{Finding Nemo}}'', after getting lost in the Pacific Ocean, Marlin and Dory get swallowed by a Blue Whale. Interestingly, the trope is slightly inverted in that they are trapped inside the enormous mouth instead of the stomach but since the whale is so massive Marlin treats it as such and the baleen is practically solid bone. Fortunately for Marlin and Dory, [[spoiler: the whale is carrying them to Sidney to help Marlin on his quest]].

* In "WesternAnimation/{{FindingNemo}}'', after getting lost in the Pacific Ocean, Marlin and Dory get swallowed by a Blue Whale. Interestingly, the trope is slightly inverted in that they are trapped inside the enormous mouth instead of the stomach but since the whale is so massive Marlin treats it as such and the baleen is practically solid bone. Fortunately for Marlin and Dory, [[spoiler: the whale is carrying them to Sidney to help Marlin on his quest]].