History Main / StomachOfHolding

* Orochimaru from ''{{Naruto}}'' stores his sword, Kusanagi, inside his throat a reference to the Kusanagi of Japanese mythology which came from {{Orochi}} neck. Later, Kinkaku is shown to store a special sword and fan inside of his stomach.

* In the ''FullmetalAlchemist'' second anime and manga Kimblee stored a Philosopher's stone either in his mouth or his stomach when he was in prison (though probably not at all times).

* In ''CowboyBebop'', Spike does this. He swallows a cigarette, then burps it up later. He repeats the process with a poker chip in the same episode.

* In ''CowboyBebop'', Spike does this. He swallows a cigarette, then burps it up and smoke it later.

* This was where Toomba's inventory was located, he even was able to keep live animals in there.

** Which often results in the packets rupturing and killing runner with a massive overdose.

* In {{Metal Gear Solid}}, Solid Snake smuggles a pack of cigarettes to use on his mission. When asked about how he managed to do that (considering he's been thoroughly searched prior to his departure), he replies: "In my stomach."

* In an episode of ''SouthPark'', the boys are trapped in a cave after a cave-in. Cartman finds a huge stash of buried treasure, and over the course of a few days, swallows it all in order to smuggle it out without the other boys knowing. He ends up [[DinnerDeformation a grossly mishapen human sack of treasure]] until he can't hold it in anymore and craps it all out at the end of the episode, after which the cave was revealed to have been an old tourist attraction, with the treasure being fake and made out of plastic.

* In an episode of ''{{Jimmy Two-Shoes}}'', Jimmy coughs up a surfboard almost as big as he is.

* Most humanoid robots in ''{{Futurama}}'' have a hollow torso with a door that make for a handy storage compartment.

* [[FamilyGuy Mayor Adam West]] keeps everything he needs in case he is ever held hostage in his stomach, such as an inflatable raft for escape purposes and a magazine for him to read in
case his escape fails. He also has Stratego in case anyone wants to play.

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* Drug runners who swallow tightly wrapped packets of cocain or heroin to get them past customs.

* [[FamilyGuy Mayor Adam West]] keeps everything he needs in case he is ever held hostage in his stomach, such as an inflatable raft for escape purposes and a magazine for him to read in case his escape fails. He also has Stratego in case anyone wants to play.

* This was where {{Toomba}}'s inventory was located, he even was able to keep live animals in there.

* [[SchlockMercenary Sergeant Schlock]] tends to store his [[{{BFG}} BH-209i]] there.

* Ace Dick, from ''ProblemSleuth'', can use his stomach as an additional [[InventoryManagementPuzzle inventory slot]] (and even has a "stomach capacity" statistic that rises as he levels up).

* In ''CowboyBebop'', Spike does this. Swallowing a cigarette, only to burp up and smoke it later.

* In the ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Who Mourns for Morn?", it is revealed that [[spoiler:Morn took part in a robbery years before, and]] he kept the latinum - removed from the gold it's normally stored in - in his second stomach, which is why all his hair fell out.

* ''DungeonsAndDragons'': 2nd Edition Dark Nagas can swallow objects to spit out later, using a bag-like internal organ to carry things. The organ has thick, rubbery walls that protect the naga against pointed and sharp objects, protect the cargo against digestive juices and prevent magic items in the cargo from being detected.
** There is also an inversion - an item that looks like a bag of holding but actually leads to the maw of an extra-dimensional creature
* This is one of many possible powers for a chaos familiar an evil wizard in ''{{Warhammer}}'' can obtain.

* ''FinalFantasy'': the [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Fat_Chocobo Fat Chocobo]] first does this in III and does it again in IV.

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