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13	!!Thin Characters
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15	* In DC Comics' ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo''. Sobek (the stuttering crocodile) is a BigEater animal {{Mascot}}... [[spoiler:until he catches KidHero Osiris in a moment of weakness, at which point he graphically [[KilledOffForReal kills]] and [[MoralEventHorizon eats him]], and reveals himself to be the [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Horseman of Famine]], created to have a vast hunger which can only be quenched by eating great heroes.]]
16	* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'': Jughead’s love of hamburgers and huge appetite has been a key aspect of his character for almost as long as he’s existed as a character, with many plots involving his love of food complicating the situation. Another common plot is providing answers as to why Jughead is so skinny despite his huge appetite.
17	** One short comic claimed he burned off the calories constantly running from [[SingleTargetSexuality Big Ethel]].
18	** A larger storyline attributed Jughead's skinniness to a unique metabolism, which somehow ends up reversing due to several head injuries, causing him to gain a massive amount of weight. Dilton convinces Hiram Lodge to fund his research into trying to reset Jughead’s metabolism, with the promise that being able to replicate it could lead to the ultimate diet product. After being fed homemade recipes by several local chefs, he eventually loses all the weight in a massive, hangar-damaging belch. Dilton concludes that Jughead's metabolism can't be replicated and Hiram Lodge is stuck with an enormous grocery bill.
19	** Another comic suggested that all the calories went to his brain and were the cause of his perfect memory (in that story). When he follows a normal diet he's unable to remember his own name.
20	** In yet ''another'' comic, when he starts eating healthily to set a good example for his baby sister, he starts passing out a lot and it turns out he's hypoglycemic (or at least comic-book!hypoglycemic).
21	** In yet another story, Jughead tells Betty and Veronica he stays thin with peanut butter. They eat a ton of it and gain weight like nothing. When they confront him, he says that he just really likes peanut butter and his exercise regiment must keep him thin. The girls pummel him.
22	** A similar story has Jughead attribute his weight loss to a diet of ice cream and hamburgers, which again the girls replicate to the expected results. When they demand an explanation, Jughead says it really isn’t a diet, he just thinks you gain weight if you’re stressed and unhappy, so he eats foods that make him happy.
23	** One short story shows that Jughead is a highly popular babysitter around the neighborhood because he's good with kids and charges very little. Parents note, however, that he ends up being fairly expensive because he cleans out the kitchen while they're out so they have to completely restock.
24	** In a one-page story from the comic, Jug's excess caloric intake winds up in his muscles! He's strong enough to knock over two people accidentally by shrugging his arms in a "I don't know" gesture.
25	** Another story had Reggie mocking Jughead for his poor health and shape, only to be utterly amazed when Jughead shows great feats of strength, like carrying three flats of soda bottles (When Reggie strained to lift one) or tearing an old stool bolted to the floor in Pop’s Malt Shop ''single handedly.'' Archie and Reggie end up trying to replicate Jughead’s feats of strength with their own excess caloric intake. Again, to expected results of becoming overweight and weak.
26	** In the [[ComicBook/ArchieComics2015 reboot series]] Jughead was shown to have been FormerlyFat. He was a spoiled rich kid but lost weight when his parents lost all their money, and thus he couldn't eat the stuff he could before.
27	* ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'': Cassandra Cain, the second Batgirl, is generally one, with an issue of her solo series showing her stopping at a diner to eat a half-dozen cheeseburgers. In her case, it seems to be a mix of an impoverished upbringing and an absurd daily regimen.
28	* ''ComicBook/{{Catstronauts}}'': Waffles.
29	* ''ComicBook/ChuckDixonsAvalon'': King Ace, whose SuperStrength demands an exceptionally high caloric intake. He orders at least eleven hamburgers at one sitting.
30	* ''ComicBook/TheDandy'': Desperate Dan, a larger-than-life cowboy who was a constant challenge for Aunt Aggie to feed. His usual fare was a cow pie -- a beef pot pie with a filling consisting of a whole longhorn cow, with the horns sticking out of the crust.
31	* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'': Deadpool can put away lots of food in some issues, there's almost a page of him mentioning food, stuffing his face, or surrounded by half-eaten food. When he's feeling "down" he tends to binge on junk; when he's feeling "up" he has a quirky obsession with chimichangas.
32	* In the Creator/NewUniverse comic ''ComicBook/DP7'', Blur is another example of a [[SuperSpeed super-speedster]] who has to constantly eat to fuel his metabolism. Before he got his superpowers he was overweight, bordering on obese, and worked as a manager at a fast food joint.
33	* ComicBook/{{Flare}} has complained at least once of not getting a big enough meal at a restaurant.
34	* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': After Barry Allen was killed and Wally West took over as the Flash, there was an attempt for a while to make him a more realistic speedster by limiting his speed to around 700 mph and forcing him to intake massive amounts of food to maintain his energy.[[note]] In fact it’s now pretty common for any comic book speedster to be big eaters because their super speed heightens their metabolism so they need to fuel their bodies with large quantities of food just to even properly function.[[/note]] Later, after merging with the Speed Force, he no longer needed to eat, though that didn't stop him from stuffing his face in the blink of an eye. At least up until [[spoiler: the death of Bart Allen]], most of DC's speedsters were depicted as ravenously hungry.
35	** Illustrated in this sequence, in which Wally was eating a burger "the size of [his] head".
36	--->'''Linda:''' I thought you didn't need to eat like that any more?\
37	'''Wally:''' I don't need to. I ''want'' to.
38	** Speaking of which, Bart's a heavy eater as well; the only piece of food he's seen to explicitly reject is raw fish.
39	** Speedsters powered by the Speed Force don't need to eat huge amounts of food (if they choose to do such, the Speed Force {{Hand Wave}}s away the negative effects); these two just choose to do so because they ''really like eating''.
40	*** When Wally is "Kid Flash" for the comic ''ComicBook/TeenTitansGo'', though, "Troy" has him needing to eat a lot to keep his speed up. Likewise, for his animated ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice\|2010}}'' version, Wally needs to keep at least a few energy bars on his person when he's got to run for long periods of time without stopping to eat.
41	** Issue #26 of ''ComicBook/GreenArrowRebirth'' reveals that Barry Allen needs to eat 50 times his body mass a day to keep up with the calories he burns. This equates to 4422 kilograms or 4.42 metric tons of food daily.
42	* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'':
43	** The Orange Light of Avarice induces an insatiable hunger in its wielder Agent Orange. Larfleeze is first shown gorging himself on rotting food. When Hal Jordan wrests the Orange Lantern Battery away from him, a voice from within the battery [[spoiler:which, according to the writer, belongs to the Embodiment of Avarice]] tries to convert him into the new Agent Orange, saying that he deserves ''more''.
44	--->"You could really go for a hamburger right now. ''Two'' hamburgers! ''It should all be yours, Mr. Jordan!''"
45	** Larfleeze later demands a planet-sized feast along with his own Guardian in exchange for joining the fight against the ''ComicBook/BlackestNight''.
46	* ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'': Hellboy tends to eat loads and loads due to his inhuman metabolism.
47	* ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW'': Roxy can't go an issue without eating something at least once or referencing food.
48	* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'':
49	** Matter-Eater Lad. His ("[[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway lame]]") superpower is being THE ExtremeOmnivore.
50	** "ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroesBugsBunnySpecial": Several times the story shows the Legionnaires' inner thoughts. As his partners are always worried about some personal issue, Timber Wolf is ''always'' thinking about eating, either steaks or cheesburgers or pizza...
51	* ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'': Averell Dalton from the comic books and animated series. So is the dog Rantanplan, sometimes. On occasion, they're both bordering on ExtremeOmnivore.
52	-->'''Averell Dalton:''' ''(eating Chinese food)'' The long salt sticks and the thin pancakes taste good!\
53	'''Jack Dalton:''' Idiot! Those are the chopsticks and the tissues!
54	* The ''{{ComicBook/Marsupilami}}'', all of them. They're relatively small animals, around 3 feet 5 inches, but they can eat enormous amount of fruits, nuts, sometime insects, and dozens of piranha in a matter of seconds. Even the baby marsu, small enough to fit in the palm of a hand, can eat several time their weight just a few week after being born.
55	* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': The second issue of ''Thor: The Mighty Avenger'' demonstrates why Thor should never be granted free access to your fridge. Asgardians in general are typically portrayed as big eaters compared to humans.
56	* ''Minimonsters'': Lupo and Skin.
57	* ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'': Maggy from the Brazilian comics. Her favorite food is watermelons... which she swallows whole. In one story, {{Dracula}} (or other generic vampire) bites Maggy without knowing who she is and, in a rampant hunger, she starts to bite and transform every single person she meets in a vampire, creating some sort of [[ZombieApocalypse Vampire Apocalypse]]. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone After learning]] that the world order may be in serious trouble, Dracula must [[TimeTravel go back in time]] to prevent this.
58	* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyLegendsOfMagic'': Rockhoof in Issue #2 takes this to comical levels -- most of his nights out are spent taking on one eating challenge after another, ranging from scarfing down bowls full of oats and mountains of bread to literally eating his way out of a pit full of corn. Deconstructed when destiny calls and his eating habits have caught up to him.
59	* Nate Timely in the comics based off of ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' once beat a ''dinosaur'' in an eating contest. He usually thinks as much about pizza than he does about fighting zombies ''during fights against zombies'' (which hasn't gotten him in trouble yet, but only because zombies are dumb).
60	* ''ComicBook/SheHulk'': It's mentioned that, like her [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk more famous cousin]], She-Hulk requires massive amounts of calories to bolster her gamma-boosted metabolism. She's been shown with a literal armful of hotdogs that she intended to eat for a meal. Despite pigging out, she's still an AmazonianBeauty.
61	** Her monstrous appetite becomes a plot-point when she makes a guest-appearance in part five of the ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' storyline "Introductory Rites"[[note]]Daredevil (2023) #5[[/note]]. She pushes Matt Murdock to join her for a lunch date at a seafood restaurant called Le Poisson D'Avril, mentioning that she's heard somebody is filing litigation against the youth home he now runs, but keeps getting distracted by food. She polishes off over ten courses, then takes Matt to a ramen restaurant where she washes it down with over half a dozen bowls of ramen. Then she wants ''dessert''... and when the police have cordoned off the gelato place she wants to visit, she goes on a rampage. [[spoiler:Daredevil then realizes she's acting so out of character because she's suffering from DemonicPossession -- specifically by a devil embodying Gluttony -- and he has to exorcise her before someone gets hurt.]]
62	* ''ComicBook/SinCity'': The second book, "A Dame to Kill For", has Agamemnon, the guy Dwight consults for developing his pictures. Dwight describes him as "cheerful as usual and eating as usual."
63	* ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'': Greedy Smurf is a big eater in whatever media format he appears in.
64	* ''ComicBook/SovereignSeven'': Cruiser's telekinetic powers are fueled by his metabolism, and he must eat large quantities of high-calorie food to keep them up.
65	* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' PlayedForDrama with Mary Jane's teenage cousin Kristy, who appeared shortly after Peter and MJ's marriage. She was constantly eating, despite being thin as a rail As it turned out, she was bulimic. (Of course, most of the fans figured that out quickly, but [[AbusiveParents the reasons why]] ran deeper.)
66	* ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'': The Whizzer being a Flash {{Expy}}.
67	* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': Supergirl became a big eater in the comics after the [[Series/Supergirl2015 live-action show]] added this personality trait to the character. In [[ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth a 2017 issue]] she wants to eat again just after having lunch with [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} her cousin]].
68	* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'': Powermasters are portrayed as eating 10 to 20 times as much as normal people in order to provide energy for their {{giant robot}} partners.
69	* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': Sabretooth. DependingOnTheArtist, he can be very bulky muscular, or more lean in build. But he's been shown to be this. When he was the X-Men's prisoner, it's revealed he can eat 22 meals in 24 hours. While at a diner, he has eaten three large steaks, and tells the cook he's ready for his fourth.
70	** Wolverine himself can also pack away the food. It’s suggested that his healing factor requires a lot of calories to function the way it does so he has to ingest large quantities of food to heal properly and have the energy to even walk since his bones are laced with an indestructible metal alloy.
71	* ''Magazine/{{YPS}}'': Yorick from German comic.
72	* 'ComicBook/YokoTsuno'': Pol Pitron. He once even got sick from eating too much. Also the TeamChef.
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74	!!Fat Characters
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76	* Growing up Jughead from ''ComicBook/ArchieComics2015'' was fat and a spoiled rich kid. Eventually his parents lost their money and he became thinner.
77	* Obelix from the ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' comic books, the current trope picture. He eats whole wild boars by the numbers per meal. But don't [[BerserkButton call him "fat"]] out loud if he's nearby. If he's not thinking of [[BloodKnight fighting Roman legionnaries]] or his menhirs, it's food that preoccupies his thoughts. The mere notion of anyone not eating anything at all for a significant amount of time (such as with [[Recap/AsterixAndTheMagicCarpet a visiting Indian ascetic who last ate before starting his journey to Gaul three weeks ago]]) makes him faint with horror.
78	** In ''Asterix and Cleopatra'', he is asked to cut a huge cake into three portions... he cuts out two portions [[CutASliceTakeTheRest and the rest of the cake serves as the third portion, which he eats.]] He then proceeds to pick out the almonds left over on the serving tray as well, which gets him scolded by Asterix for not showing enough decorum in front of a queen.
79	** Double subverted whenever he mentions going on a diet and cut down to 'just two boars' for diner. For Obelix, according to Getafix, that amounts to not eating anything. When it happens for cases other than "dieting", [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness it is cause for concern among his friends]].
80	** The best Obelix example is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hsP7tSGNGc from a movie]], where the sixth ImpossibleTask the duo must fulfill is to eat every last meal in the menu of a chef whose dishes are so massive no mortal has even finished ''one''; Obelix alone cleans house so hard the chef runs away weeping, much to his still-hungry confusion. (not shown: him eating [[spoiler: [[EldritchAbomination the Beast]]]] because he didn't have his dessert).
81	* ''ComicBook/TheBeano'':
82	** Fatty of Class IIB, Bash Street School.
83	** Minnie the Minx's nemesis Fatty Fudge, who had a brief solo series in The80s where he would travel around the world eating different countries' national dishes.
84	** Big Fat Joe originally had his own strip back in the first issue and in the 1950s became one of Lord Snooty's pals.
85	** The Three Bears are a group of three fat bears (a mummy bear, daddy bear and a child bear) who are always trying to steal grub (usually from Hank's store).
86	** Little Plum's "Chiefy" could put it away too. In one story, Plum was trying to arrange some entertainment for the tribe and considered engaging "Fat Fred", a champion pie-eater who could eat forty pies for lunch. He thought better of the idea when he realized that the tribe could already see Chiefy eat forty pies ''as a snack''.
87	* Pig Iron from ''ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'' is always hungry, although he [[ExtremeOmnivore can eat anything.]]
88	* ''ComicBook/{{Cubitus}}'': Cubitus.
89	* ''ComicBook/DanceClass'': Lucie usually has some comics that focus on her either nibbling on something or thinking about food. Since she dances, she's not that fat, just pudgy at best but her friends either try to discourage from indulging too much or, at the least, using her hunger as motivation to dance better.
90	* ''ComicBook/DeKiekeboes'': Inspector Sapperdeboere's prime character trait is his huge appetite.
91	* Domoli from the ''ComicBook/DouweDabbert'' comics. Being able to conjure cakes and pies from thin air doesn't really help matters...
92	* Fat Freddy of ''ComicBook/TheFabulousFurryFreakBrothers'' has a massive case of the munchies, especially when he's stoned -- so, always.
93	* Creator/HarveyComics has ''Little Lotta'', whose defining traits were her huge size, her near-super strength and her huge appetite. One of her comic book series was named "Foodland". In one story she "trains" for a pie-eating contest by eating and is depicted either holding or eating food in every panel leading up to the contest. When she wins, she eats all of the left-over pies so they won't be wasted, then declares that she never did care much for pie.
94	* [[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Fat Cobra]]: Part of the reason he is so strong is that he had to fight to get enough food to feed himself.
95	** Even before then it took six women to breast feed him as an infant.
96	* The [[SuperZeroes super-hero parody]] team ''The Inferior Five'' had the Blimp, who was obese, always hungry, and always eating. He even went so far as to keep his Lukewarm Line (the communicators the team used) in his refrigerator, as he knew if he kept it there he'd always know where it was.
97	* In ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'', there's a UsefulNotes/{{subculture}} called the Fatties, whose collective hobby is eating and entering eating contests. Many of them are so fat that they need support wheels attached to their bellies just to move. In early comics, they were tolerated; they have since been declared illegal, but they still exist.
98	* Volstagg the Voluminous of the [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Warriors Three]].
99	* ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'': J. Wellington Wimpy was seldom without at least one piece of food:
100	** Usually a hamburger in hand. Given a chance, he'd have a '''''HUGE''''' stack of them.
101	** He'd eat anything he could con victims out of...ducks, sausage, potatoes, or even a baby's bottle!
102	* Allfather D'Aronique from ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'' is rather disturbing. Not only is he practically spherical and too heavy to fly in a helicopter, but he's ''bulimic'', and he has a golden finger-on-a-stick that his servants use during his meals.
103	* It's hard to tell if Grossout from ''ComicBook/ScareTacticsDCComics'' is fat as he is essentially a walking tumor. But he definitely was fat before he was BlessedWithSuck.
104	* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': Blob is usually seen eating, even during action scenes. When the Brotherhood made a BigDamnHeroes scene at Weapon X, he was eating a sandwich, and when they attacked the base of ComicBook/TheUltimates, he raided the fridge. Course since his mutant power relies on his mass this is justified. And then in ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}} he [[IAmAHumanitarian killed and ate the Wasp]]!
105	* Etta Candy in the Golden Age ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' comics.
106	* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanEarthOne'': Beth Candy, for instance it's implied she ate most of the food for a "Feed the Hunger" mixer.
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