History Main / StomachOfHolding

* In the ''Discworld'' novel ''Discworld/Sourcery'', Rincewind encounters a master thief so good [[spoiler:she]] stole some jewels taken by the leader of the Thieves' Guild. The interesting part? The leader had swallowed the jewels at the time. So, the leader knew full well who stole them.

* In the ''Discworld'' novel ''Literature/Sourcery'', Rincewind encounters a master thief so good [[spoiler:she]] stole some jewels taken by the leader of the Thieves' Guild. The interesting part? The leader had swallowed the jewels at the time. So, the leader knew full well who stole them.

* In the ''Discworld'' novel ''Sourcery'', Rincewind encounters a master thief so good [[spoiler:she]] stole some jewels taken by the leader of the Thieves' Guild. The interesting part? The leader had swallowed the jewels at the time. So, the leader knew full well who stole them.

* Drug runners who swallow tightly wrapped packets of cocaine or heroin to get them past customs, with a real risk of the packets rupturing and killing the runner with a massive overdose - so instead they usually force young children to do that part instead.

* Drug runners who swallow tightly wrapped packets of cocaine or heroin to get them past customs, with a real risk of the packets rupturing and killing the runner with a massive overdose.

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

* Klaymen of ''TheNeverhood'' stores items in a cabinet-like space in his torso, complete with a door.

* In ''Rayman2'', Globox and his children store useful items for Rayman inside their body.

* In one ''KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'' storyline, Brian declares that he still has his teleportation ring in prison because he regularly swallows and [[{{Squick}} retrieves]] it. He has this routine noted on his character sheet, so BA can't accuse him of making it up on the spot.

* In the ''Series/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 in which it's normally stored — in his second stomach, which is why all his hair fell out.

Some people and creatures can use their stomach to keep stuff within, sometimes [[BagOfHolding more than would comfortably fit in there]]. (Of course, it helps if they can gag it all back up when necessary.) Handy and unlikely to be found by frisking, if quite disgusting.

* In ''CowboyBebop'', Spike does this. He swallows a cigarette when told there's no smoking in that area, then burps it up later. He repeats the process with a poker chip in the same episode.
* ''{{Bleach}}'': Dondochakka Birstanne

* ''{{Naruto}}'' has several examples:

** Kinkaku is shown to store a special sword and fan inside of his stomach.

* This is one of many possible powers for a chaos familiar which an evil wizard in ''{{Warhammer}}'' can obtain.

* {{Kirby}} has this in ''Squeak Squad'', allowing him to store various powers or recovery items, among others.
* ''FinalFantasy'': The [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Fat_Chocobo Fat Chocobo]] first does this in ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII III]]'' and does it again in ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV IV]]''.

* In ''MetalGearSolid'', 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." Justified in that he explains he could only do this because he was given a shot that suppressed his stomach acid.

* ''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.
* Most humanoid robots in ''{{Futurama}}'' have a hollow torso with a door that makes for a handy storage compartment. Bender is the most extreme example.
* 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. [[spoiler:He ends up [[DinnerDeformation a grossly misshapen 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 a ''PowerpuffGirls'' episode, [[BlobMonster Junior]] of [[HarmlessVillain The Amoeba Boys]] produced paper clips, a flashlight, and a basketball from his stomach.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold,'' PlasticMan is able to do this, presumably because [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin his body is plastic]] and thus not as damaged by swallowing a bunch of gold coins. [[KleptomaniacHero And it's usually gold coins he's swallowing]].

* The first of the Maniwani Ninjas from ''{{Katanagatari}}'' seemed to specialize in this.

* 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 in which it's normally stored — in his second stomach, which is why all his hair fell out.

* Rico from ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar''. As well as 'small' things like lit dynamite, bombs, bowling pins, and a running chainsaw, it is also revealed that he has an elevator and a spiral staircase for getting to the bottom. His stomach can safely hold Mort too.

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

* 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 misshapen 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.

* The ''WebOriginal/SCPFoundation'' gives us a strain of the flu that allows you to regurgitate anything useful at the moment. The items take mass from your body and there are mutations that result in either harmful substances or different exit points.

See also SwallowTheKey.

* The WebOriginal/SCPFoundation gives us a strain of the flu that allows you to regurgitate anything useful at the moment. The items take mass from your body and there are mutations that result in either harmful substances or different exit points.

* The SCPFoundation gives us a strain of the flu that allows you to regurgitate anything useful at the moment. The items take mass from your body and there are mutations that result in either harmful substances or different exit points.

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