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13	[[quoteright:307:[[Manga/RosarioPlusVampire https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mizore_shirayuki.jpg]]]]
14	[[caption-width-right:307: She carries it with her everywhere.]]
15	->''"The only thing she learned was that a pen function was not like a real pen in the most important way there was. You could not chew it."''
16	-->-- ''Literature/ATaleOfTimeCity''
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18	Sometimes a character will suck or chew on something as a form of characterization. These can range from toothpicks and blades of straw or grass to pencils, pens, cigarettes, lollipops, hard candy or chewing gum. SmokingIsCool is an example, and it's possible that some of these are a way to capture the look while the NoSmoking rule is in force. An Oral Fixation might also be a sign they are an ex-smoker, having [[AddictionDisplacement substituted the deadly habit for a less unhealthy one]]. When food is used, this can overlap with EroticEating. Occasionally used in older works to indicate a character is particularly childish, though that usage is something of a DiscreditedTrope due to modern developments in developmental psychology.
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20	In anime, having a piece of straw in one's mouth is a common depiction of a ''banchou'', or [[JapaneseDelinquents juvenile delinquent]] gang-leader character. In the West, the closest equivalent is the DeadHorseTrope of the toothpick-chewing thug -- a character chewing a piece of straw merely signifies he's a CountryMouse. Toothpicks are still frequently used when a smoking character is transposed to a LighterAndSofter work. However, if a character employs this trope while smoking ''is'' present, then you've got a CigarChomper.
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23	!!Examples:
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27	[[folder:Advertising]]
28	* One of the outlaws in "Advertising/TheGreatCrunchieTrainRobbery" is constantly chewing on a toothpick.
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31	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
32	* ''Manga/SevenSeeds'' has Akio from Team Autumn, who is rarely ever seen ''without'' his pipe.
33	* Kurome in ''Manga/AkameGaKill'' is often seen snacking, even in the middle of a mission sometimes. Chelsea, one of the protagonists, is also almost always sucking on a lollipop.
34	* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'':
35	** Gastro likes to lick ''guns'' and to drink ramen broth with the gun barrels.
36	** [[SociopathicHero Karma]] has a habit of chewing things (nails, paper, etc.) whenever he's seriously upset.
37	* In the manga version of ''Literature/BattleRoyale,'' [[CampGay Sho]] (who has a bad smoking habit) is shown licking a cigarette several times, and ''boy'' is it detailed. Even referred to in-universe as an "oral fixation."
38	* There is hardly a moment in ''Anime/BeybladeBurst'' where Rantaro Kiyama doesn't have a lollipop in his mouth.
39	* In ''Literature/BeyondTheBoundary'', Mitsuki often has a Chupa Chups in her mouth.
40	* In ''Manga/BlackButler II'', much focus is given to Alois's mouth and tongue, and he's constantly licking things like his mouth, among other things.
41	* Spoofed in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' with Shunsui Kyoraku, who sticks a blade of straw in his mouth because he thought it would look cool, but it turns out to be toxic.
42	* Amaimon in ''Manga/BlueExorcist'' almost always has either a lollipop or one of his fingernails in his mouth.
43	* Hermann Kaltz from ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'' often has a small twig in his mouth. While BrilliantButLazy, him spitting it out means [[LetsGetDangerous he finally gets serious]].
44	* ''Manga/DeathNote'':
45	** Mello is perpetually chomping a chocolate bar. In the manga, he also has a habit of ''suggestively'' licking the chocolate before biting into it.
46	** His companion, Matt, is rarely seen without [[MustHaveNicotine a cigarette in his mouth]].
47	** L chews his thumbnail when he's thinking. Or excited. Or bored. Pretty much constantly, actually. When he's not eating sweets.
48	** His EvilTwin Beyond Birthday from ''Literature/AnotherNote'' does the same. Justified, as [[IJustWantToBeYou he's trying to imitate L]].
49	* Banchou Leomon from ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'' chomps on a piece of straw.
50	* Youichi Hiruma of ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' frequently chews and blows bubblegum, and has been seen with a cigarette once or twice. Rival quarterback the Kid is almost always seen with a blade of grass (or wheat, or something) in his mouth, as well.
51	* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', Jean Havoc is only seen without a cigarette in a few hospital scenes.
52	* In ''Manga/GetBackers'', although not licking any other object per se, PsychoForHire Takuma Fudou loves to constantly lick his lips. This can be seen as a trait that makes him more disturbing, or... something for fetish appeal. Or both.
53	* ''Manga/{{Hajiotsu}}'' has Otogi generally chewing or sucking on some kind of treat, like a lollipop or chocolate stick.
54	* ''Manga/HatsukoiLimited'' has Misaki Yamamoto and her habit of having a lollipop in her mouth. The guy who first stuck one in her mouth might have been her first crush.
55	* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'':
56	** Integra is constantly smoking, to the point where if anyone nearby has a lighter, they're expected to light her next cigar. Yes, even the Catholic Assassins.
57	** Alucard is often depicted holding a small cross between his fangs on covers.
58	* Naomasa in ''Literature/HorizonInTheMiddleOfNowhere'' keeps an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_key Allen wrench]] in her mouth.
59	* Mako in ''Anime/KillLaKill'' sports a reed when given the powers of a Two-Star uniform.
60	* Kio of ''{{Manga/Loveless}}'' is almost always eating a lollipop. And trying to get other people to eat them, too.
61	* Kaneda of the ''Manga/LycheeLightClub'' is almost constantly hunched over chewing on his nails.
62	* ''Manga/MyDressUpDarling'': One of Marin's friends at school, Nowa Sugaya, is often seen with a lollipop in her mouth, even offering Gojo one when they meet.
63	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
64	** Genma Shiranui, a minor Jonin, constantly chews on what looks like a toothpick. Notably, when faced with the Sound 4, he spits it to [[ShootTheBullet deflect a kunai thrown at him]], and it becomes apparent that it was actually a senbon.
65	** Orochimaru has a creepy habit of licking his lips.
66	** Asuma is always smoking unless it's [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness serious]].
67	** Omoi is often seen with a sucker in his mouth, even when talking.
68	* Kawayanagi from ''Manga/{{Ojojojo}}'' always has a twig sticking out of his mouth.
69	* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
70	** Sanji is rarely seen without a cigarette. It was changed to a lollipop in the 4Kids {{Macekre}}, and removed entirely for the edited Funimation dub.
71	** One of the Marines, Smoker, is self explanatory--but with cigars (two ''at once'') instead. 4Kids edited out the cigars while leaving the smoke (saying his body was making the smoke as part of the power) which also required the addition gaps in his teeth, while Funimation is planning to do the opposite: leave the cigars, remove the smoke.
72	** Crocodile can often be seen smoking a cigar.
73	* Child Emperor from ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' is frequently depicted licking a lollipop he's holding in his hand. When the situation calls for him to use both hands, he'll hold it in his mouth.
74	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
75	** Ash's Treecko always had a tiny wood branch which makes him the most badass of all of Ash's Pokémon. (As badass as you can get in ''Pokémon'' at least.) He continues the habit when he evolves into Grovyle, but loses it temporarily when he evolved into Sceptile, as result of a HeroicBSOD.
76	** Pancham always has a leaf in its mouth. This is a type trait, and not unique to Serena's Pancham.
77	* Bunta Marui from ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'' loves to chew and blow on gum.
78	* Kyouko in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' is always shown eating snack foods, and even fights with a piece of Pocky in her mouth.
79	* ''Manga/Reborn2004'':
80	** Spanner is always shown with a lollipop, and in one anime {{Omake}} is revealed to make them himself (including ''natto'' flavour). [[JustifiedTrope Explained]] and {{lampshade\|Hanging}}d that the sugar boost is good for the brain.
81	** Likewise, Gokudera in the manga always had a cigarette in his mouth.
82	* Mizore Shirayuki from ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' provides the page image. She very often has a lollipop in her mouth, but this is [[JustifiedTrope justified]]; she's a [[AnIcePerson yuki-onna]] and the pop is used to keep herself cool. According to an Omake, it's got a super-chilly frost core. Other snow fairies are seen with similar coolant candies when outside of their homeland.
83	* Sagara Sanosuke from ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' is almost always seen with a completely stripped fish skeleton in his mouth, or a small plant if he is traveling.
84	* In ''Anime/SamuraiSeven'', Tessai, Ukyo's BeleagueredAssistant (and BattleButler), always has an unlit corncob pipe in his mouth.
85	* Jack, from ''Manga/ShanghaiYoumaKikai'', is literally never seen without a cigarette.
86	* In ''Anime/SherlockHound'', Holmes keeps his pipe in his mouth almost all the time, even when it isn't lit. In one episode, he seals it so he can keep it on a non-smoking train.
87	* The resident samurai Mifune from ''Manga/SoulEater'' always has a reed in his mouth.
88	* In ''Manga/StrawberryMarshmallow'', when Nobue has (temporarily) stopped smoking, one of the things she does is, when asked to write the answer on the chalkboard, stick the piece of chalk in her mouth as if it were a cigarette. She also picks up an amazing Pocky habit -- the resulting weight gain is what drives her back to cigarettes.
89	* Saku from ''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes'' always has a lollipop in her mouth.
90	* Fat kid Fuguo in ''UrayasuTekkinKazoku'' almost always has an ice cream bar in his mouth.
91	* Gascogne from ''Anime/{{Vandread}}''. Interestingly becomes plot-important when [[spoiler:the weird metal thing turns out to transform into a key.]]
92	* The titular Violet in ''Literature/VioletEvergarden'' is prone to nibbling on things she is given, like the brooch Gilbert gifted her and the plush dog from Claudia. She also prefers to remove her gloves by holding a finger to her teeth. It makes sense as Violet cannot feel anything with her metal arms so she uses her mouth to actually get some sensation from things.
93	* [[AxCrazy Yami Bakura and Yami Marik]] of ''Anime/YuGiOh'' sometimes lick their lips.
94	* In ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'', Sora sucks on lollipops a lot, and [[SuperStrength given how strong he is]] can [[ImprobableWeaponUser knock someone out by throwing one.]] When angry or upset, he tends to bite them rather than suck them.
95	* Koenma's pacifier in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': not so out of place in his toddler form, but much more noticeable in his older and more {{Bishounen}} guise. Apparently, several centuries of soaking in a junior god's essence also makes it a fairly potent magical object.
96	* In the anime of ''VideoGame/{{Medabots}}'' Coach Mountain always has a toothpick in his mouth.
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100	* Sugar from ''Animation/NanaMoon'' has such a SweetTooth that he is often seen with a lollipop in his mouth.
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103	[[folder:Comic Books]]
104	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
105	** Detective Harvey Bullock. In the comics he's generally chomping on a cigar; in the animated series, it's a toothpick.
106	** And then there's Matches Malone.
107	** Harley Quinn is often seen chewing bubble gum while out of costume.
108	** [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]] is never seen without his trademark cigarette holder.
109	* Herbie and his lollipops from the comic ''ComicBook/{{Herbie}}''
110	* ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' originally smoked, until he traded his cigarette for a blade of grass.
111	** Lampshaded in ''Marcel Dalton'': "Cigar? -I stopped. -I forgot. Blade of grass? -No thanks, I'm stopping."
112	* Dr. Will Magnus, creator of the ''ComicBook/MetalMen'', is hardly ever seen without a pipe in his mouth. During ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'', he admits that he doesn't smoke, and that the pipe is "just to chew on." Another character directly namedrops this as an oral fixation.
113	* ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': Callie Evans is often chewing bubble gum or gnawing on straws or pencils if she's not playing basketball.
114	* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW'': Kup is given a cigar-like piece of metal that he chews on.
115	* Parodied in the comic ''Webcomic/VanVonHunter'': the title character (a vampire hunter) constantly chews a toothpick. His sidekick finally asks about it, just in time for him to dramatically reveal that it's really a miniature ''stake.''
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118	[[folder:Fan Works]]
119	* Kanril Eleya of ''Fanfic/{{Bait and Switch\|STO}}'' has for her TrademarkFavoriteFood the jumja stick, a Bajoran sweet made from tree sap that resembles a large lollypop. She's even been known to have them in lieu of breakfast.
120	* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': In "The Walk," Penny (who now lives in the country) plucks a stalk of grass and puts it in her mouth, chewing thoughtfully while gazing up at the sky with Bolt.
121	* Jun Shigeno in the ''Fanfic/HorseshoesAndHandGrenades'' side story ''Month of Sundays'' places lollipops in her mouth when she's depressed or in serious thinking mode.
122	* In some of the ''Webcomic/KillLaKillAU'' comics, a then 8-year old Ryuuko was seen with a cigarette in her mouth. This played for slight drama in one comic, where she opens her mouth in shock and it falls out, to which she doesn't put it back in.
123	* The snake {{conman}} Benjamin Hares in ''Fanfic/OldWest'' has a toothpick in his mouth when he first shows up to swindle his estranged wife Grace.
124	* ''Hornet'' of ''Fanfic/PacificWorldWarIIUsNavyShipgirls'' has a craving for lollipops, so naturally she's seen enjoying them, even when she's already hurt.
125	* In the ''Franchise/OnePiece'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TilYouFeelItAllAroundYou'', Sanji doesn't want to smoke around his [[FountainOfYouth deaged]] nakama. In its place, he unconsciously develops a habit of biting his thumb, something he doesn't realize until Franky points it out to him.
126	* ''Fanfic/TheSimpsonsTeamLASH'': Reflecting how dependent she was on her pacifier when she was a baby, Maggie chews bubble gum at almost all times, and bites her old pacifier (which she wears on a pendant around her neck) when she’s stressed.
127	* Emeth debuts in ''Fanfic/WarriorsOfTheWorld'' chewing a leaf and it's occasionally lampshaded as the sight of it moving as he chews is distracting to his party members if they focus on it for a bit too long. It's implied that the leaf is some sort of drug that helps him stay relaxed.
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130	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
131	* There are two of them in the [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney animated film]] ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'':
132	** Vinny chomps on a matchstick.
133	** Mrs. Packard is constantly smoking cigarettes.
134	* Duke Weaselton in ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' is seen chewing on a toothpick.
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137	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
138	* In ''Film/ThreeThousandMilesToGraceland'', Quigley is frequently seen chewing on a toothpick.
139	* ''Film/{{Anazapta}}''. The bishop's minion Peacock is constantly chewing and tooting on a short flute, to his master's annoyance. When he's startled in the midst of an attempted murder, [[BlackComedy he accidentally swallows it and runs off tooting]].
140	* In ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', one of Biff Tannen's sidekicks always chews on a match. Thus his name, "Match." It's in the credits.
141	* ''Film/{{Busting}}'': Keneely chews a lot of gum, while Farrel always has a cigarette in his mouth even though he doesn't smoke. Farrel calls it a nervous habit.
142	* Evan's mother in ''Film/TheButterflyEffect'' is seen anxiously chewing on her fingernails in one scene while Evan is being x-rayed. This is to foreshadow her chain-smoking as another oral response to the stress of Evan losing his arms in another timeline.
143	* Marion Cobretti (Creator/SylvesterStallone) in ''Film/{{Cobra}}'', with a matchstick. The first time Cobretti shoots someone, he doesn't even take it out of his mouth!
144	* The Joker in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' is constantly licking his lips, adding to his creepiness. Though, this could be a JustifiedTrope, as the muscles that normally collect excess saliva that is secreted throughout the day are [[GlasgowGrin severed]], meaning that the joker would have to manually collect all of his saliva, or be constantly drooling all over himself.
145	* ''Film/DeadInTombstone'': From ripping off and eating one of Guerrero's fingernails to putting his finger in a stab wound and then sucking the blood off his finger like a candy cane, Mickey Rourke's devil has a rather...weird relationship with his victims.
146	* Angel spends the first half of ''Film/Deadpool2016'' with a match in her mouth. Wade escapes from the chamber he was locked in using one of her matches he stole when he headbutted her; Francis/Ajax eventually seems to realize this, and is seen takin a match out of Angel's mmouth, presumably in an attempt to break the habit.
147	* In ''Film/DickTracyMeetsGruesome'', [[Creator/BorisKarloff Gruesome]] always has a toothpick or a cigarette in his mouth.
148	* In ''Film/{{Dobermann}}'', Mosquito constantly has a mouthful of chewing gum: even when he is committing a BankRobbery or having sex.
149	* General Jack D. Ripper from ''Film/DrStrangelove'' is a CigarChomper. The Freudian aspect is to some extent lampshaded (or at least made all the more obvious) by his obsession with, um, precious bodily fluids.
150	* Oliver Platt's "Cahill" in ''Film/ExecutiveDecision'' always chews a straw. It [[ChekhovsGun becomes important later]].
151	* In the ''Film/FastAndFurious'' sequels Han is attempting to get his oral fix after quitting smoking. He spends most of ''Fast Five'' eating chips.
152	* David Warner's character in ''Film/{{Felony}}'' is always chewing something ([[ChewingTheScenery in addition to the scenery]]).
153	* Penny Pingleton from ''Film/Hairspray2007'' is constantly sucking on lollipops. Creator/AmandaBynes was said to have eaten about 40 of them a day!
154	* ''Film/{{Holes}}'': Mr. Sir, having quit smoking before the start of the story, is frequently seen eating handfuls of sunflower seeds as a substitute, and [[BerserkButton goes completely nuts when the D-Tent boys steal them]].
155	* Parodied in ''Film/HotFuzz'', as Sergeant Angel returns to town chewing on a toothpick.
156	* Every time the Devil appears in ''Film/{{Hunk}}'', he is eating something.
157	* [[HuskyRusskie Vanko]] in ''Film/IronMan2'' frequently chews on a toothpick.
158	* Parodied in ''Film/{{Godzilla 1998}}'': when passing a control point, the French take bubble gum and chew emphatically because "It makes [them] look more American."
159	* Creator/TellySavalas's character in ''Film/LisaAndTheDevil'' alternates between lollipops and cigarettes -- to comic effect, at first, but it gets creepier as the film goes on. Since it's [[Series/{{Kojak}} Telly]] one gathers that it's a ShoutOut all the way through.
160	* Megget in ''Film/TheLongestYard'' (The Adam Sandler version) is seen chewing toothpicks for the entirety of the movie.
161	* [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]] was a notorious cigar smoker - both in his acting roles and as a TV personality.
162	* In ''Film/{{Midway\|2019}}'', Dick Best spends almost every scene in the cockpit chewing gum, and on numerous occasions is shown pulling a fresh stick from a pack and popping it in his mouth.
163	* Rusty of the ''Film/OceansEleven'' trilogy is almost always eating something during his scenes. It may be a second to finish up or he'll eat through the whole scene. This helps establish Rusty's very cool and casual personality.
164	* Dr. Block spends most of ''Film/PlanetTerror'' with a medical thermometer between his teeth. He claims it's to help him "Maintain [his] level of stress," But it's probably more about Creator/JohnBrolin looking totally badass while doing it.
165	* ''Film/{{Predators}}'': [[{{Yakuza}} Hanzo]] have a close-up shot with him playing/chewing on a twig.
166	* ''Film/RedRockWest'': Deputy Bowman is constantly chewing on a long toothpick.
167	* ''Film/RingOfFear'': In just about every scene he is in, Creator/MickeySpillane is either eating or drinking, or has a cigarette, piece of straw or toothpick in his mouth.
168	* In ''Film/TheShapeOfWater'', Strickland is constantly popping green candies into his mouth, and claims they are symbolic of his personality: plain and simple. Most of the times he likes to make them last, but when stressed, he crunches them. After he [[{{Fingore}} loses his fingers]], he alternates sucking candies with popping pain pills.
169	* The RenegadeRussian in ''Film/TheSoldier'' (1982) chews on a toothpick.
170	* In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', Raph has a toothpick in his mouth in several scenes.
171	* ''Film/Tremors6AColdDayInHell:'' Geo-Tech Vargas is seen absently putting a paper clip in her mouth in several early scenes.
172	* The sketchy guy at the bowling alley ("That's why they call me Pal.") hitting on 15-year-old Tia in ''Film/UncleBuck'' is playing with a toothpick. He ends up not looking sexy or badass when he gets stuck with it propping his mouth open.
173	* Dr. Furano in ''Film/VampireGirlVsFrankensteinGirl'' has a habit of biting his fingernails. This eventually leads him to discover the full properties of vampire blood.
174	* Creator/ChowYunFat's characters can be seen chewing on toothpicks, matchsticks, and cigarettes in Creator/JohnWoo's various movies.
175	** ''Film/ABetterTomorrow 2'' has Ken (Chow's character) enforcing this in the final showdown against TheDragon. Staring down each other in a one-on-one duel, Ken deliberately pops a toothpick in his mouth before both men grabs guns.
176	* ''Film/War2007'' opens with [[Creator/JasonStatham Crawford]] and his FBI partner Lone having a CasualDangerDialogue on the subject, because Crawford has lit up a cigarette even though he's told his wife he's quit. After his partner is killed, Crawford is shown to have taken his partner's advice and is chewing on a toothpick all the time. On one occasion he introduces himself by spitting the toothpick onto the expensive dinner being eaten by a DirtyCop.
177	-->'''Lone:''' ''(Offering toothpick)'' Try this. Nicotine's not your problem. It's your oral fixation. You just need something else to suck on. ''([[ThatCameOutWrong Crawford gives him a funny look]])'' I read it in a magazine.
178	-->'''Crawford:''' What kind of magazines have you been reading?
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181	[[folder:Literature]]
182	* DaChief Root from ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' keeps a [[CigarChomper cigar]] in his mouth, but unlit, because actually lighting cigars is against regulations (good thing, too, as it's apparently a "fungus cigar").
183	** During particularly stressful situations in ''The Eternity Code'', Spiro often sticks a cigar in his mouth, which the narration notes will be chewed to a pulp but not lit. "His doctors had forbidden it. Politely."
184	* Ce'Nedra in ''Literature/TheBelgariad'' habitually chews on her hair when nervous or thinking.
185	* In ''Literature/{{Bravelands}}'' it's mentioned that a minor character named Grass Middleleaf is always chewing on a stalk of grass.
186	* In ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', Violet Beauregarde adores chewing gum and can make a single stick of it last to record-setting levels. She only takes a break at mealtimes and bedtime, but that piece of gum is never far away. This becomes her undoing when she decides to sample a stick of experimental gum in the titular factory...
187	* Beaver, from Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/{{Dreamcatcher}}'', is constantly chewing on toothpicks. [[spoiler:It leads, indirectly, to his death]].
188	* Mr. Sir from ''Literature/{{Holes}}'' constantly chewed sunflower seeds. He used to smoke, but chewed seeds after he quit.
189	* The character Mars Bar in the novel ''Literature/ManiacMagee'' gets his nickname from his love of candy bars. He habitually holds one in his teeth like a fat cigar. Near the end, another character begins calling him Snickers.
190	* ''Literature/NeroWolfe'': Police Inspector Cramer has a cigar in his mouth almost all the time -- he hardly ever smokes it, he just chomps it. And this is ''not'' a bow to the modern perception of smoking, as the character was doing this in stories published before World War II.
191	* In ''Literature/RiverOfTeeth'', Cal Hotchkiss is never seen without a toothpick in his mouth, occasionally two. The intensity with which he chews on them varies with the emotional intensity of the scene. When Houndstooth, in the burning down of whose ranch Cal was involved, mockingly inquieres whether Cal has quit smoking his tight-lipped answer amounts to having had gotten all the smoke he'd needed on that day.
192	* Gwen, one of the two {{Kid Detective}}s in the ''Something Queer [is going on]'' series, taps her braces when she is thinking hard, a habit which tends to annoy the people around her.
193	* In the novel ''Literature/SongOfSolomon'' by Toni Morrison, the character Pilate is described as always chewing something: orange seeds, pine needles, a rubber band.
194	* ''Literature/ThatHideousStrength'', Major Hardcastle always has a cheroot in her mouth; she hardly ever lights it. When she does, watch out!
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197	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
198	* Jerry Espenson on ''Series/BostonLegal'' chews a wooden cigarette due to his Aspergers. Alan Shore and Denny Crane prefer big cigars.
199	** In one episode Denny is disgruntled by Shirley's conciliatory approach to a case and smokes a rather pathetic cigar.
200	-->'''Shirley''': Small cigar.
201	-->'''Denny''': Seems appropriate for our wimpy defense.
202	* Giles from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' does this, ranging from sticking pens in his mouth to an entire feather duster to aggressively eating lollipops and bananas at his replacement in the third season.
203	* In ''Series/{{Charmed\|1998}}'' Paige sucks on a lollipop for her first few episodes, but stops after Piper warns her about cavities.
204	* ''Series/TheColbertReport'''s field reports are not complete without an unlikely object getting licked. Stephen once licked a ''meteorite''.
205	** While on ''Series/TheDailyShow'', Stephen demonstrates [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=108395&title=prince-charles-scandal how to eat a banana]] and, later on ''Series/TheColbertReport'', [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/181164/november-09-2005/all-you-need-to-know---kansas-education how to siphon gasoline.]]
206	** Stephen is frequently seen with a pen in his mouth, whether in the course of the show or in still photographs from the set. He also often uses food in various bits and tends to lick things off of his fingers.
207	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
208	** The Fourth Doctor holds objects in his mouth whenever possible (for just one example, see "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E3TheDeadlyAssassin The Deadly Assassin]]", when the first thing he does while assembling a hookah is pop the mouthpiece into his mouth, even though he isn't going to smoke it) and has a habit of chewing on his fingers and wiping his mouth in thought. He also has a habit of licking his lips when he's excited about something -- used at least once for an odd bit of {{Fanservice}} in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E1TheLeisureHive The Leisure Hive]]" when his discovery of tachyonic energy is revealed through a dramatically shadowed [[{{Mouthscreen}} extreme closeup of him licking his lips]] and saying "''[[NightmareFetishist fascinating]]''" in a low, breathy voice.
209	** The Tenth Doctor has a tendency to lick things or put things in his mouth unusually often. Apparently, he has special Time Lord senses in his tongue -- but we think it's just the {{Fanservice}}. One notable moment is in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E11FearHer Fear Her]]", where he takes a jar of jam, sticks his fingers in it, then licks them off... Before noticing the homeowner and Rose staring at him disapprovingly. He then slowly takes his fingers out of his mouth as he puts the jar back.
210	** The Eleventh Doctor tries tasting some grass once to figure out what's going on. Amy asks him if he's always been that disgusting, and he tries to explain that it's a fairly recent development. He never does it again.
211	*** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E2DinosaursOnASpaceship Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]", he sticks his tongue out a ridiculous distance to taste the air and work out where they are, so it seems he hasn't completely lost the skill.
212	*** Spoofed in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E3ATownCalledMercy A Town Called Mercy]]" when Eleven [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El9jbqIekjs walks into a saloon]] attempting to play the tough {{Cowboy}}. He walks up to the bar with a toothpick in his mouth and a fake American accent, then fumbles with the toothpick and can't quite get it out of his mouth, utterly failing to look cool.
213	* In one episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', Bebe has a personal crisis when she [[CompressedVice tries to]] [[GoingColdTurkey give up smoking.]] She tells the family that her reason for smoking is that she has an oral fixation, then describes smoking in detail that clearly suggests another activity.
214	* The Fonz from ''Series/HappyDays'' chews on a toothpick a lot of the time.
215	* Dr Chase from ''Series/{{House}}'' seems to be constantly putting pens in his mouth, especially in the earlier seasons.
216	* In ''Series/InspectorRex'', Davide Rivera has the habit of chewing liquorice sticks. More often than not he is with one of those in his mouth.
217	* Mac from ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' has a habit of chewing/sucking on pens (as a manifestation of his repressed homosexuality). It gets so bad that his roommate Dennis has to hide all the pens in their apartment.
218	* ''Series/{{Kojak}}'' and his lollipops. The lollipops specifically [[AddictionDisplacement replaced]] cigarettes (and gave Telly Savalas a couple of cavities in the process).
219	* ''Series/{{Monk}}'':
220	** In "[[Recap/MonkS1E9MrMonkTakesAVacation Mr. Monk Takes a Vacation]]", Monk has to solve a murder at a hotel, and is helped by a member of the hotel security team. The security officer likes to pretend she's a real police officer, but all of her knowledge on police work (and officer stereotypes) are based on movies and TV shows. She chews toothpicks to complete the "police officer" look. At one point she offers Monk one, which he awkwardly accepts after she tells him they're individually wrapped.
221	** In "[[Recap/MonkS4E4MrMonkGoesToTheOffice Mr. Monk Goes to the Office]]", Monk finds a chewed toothpick at the scene of the crime and comments that it means the murderer was trying to be a tough guy... at which point he, and the viewer, first notice that Captain Stottlemeyer is a perpetual toothpick-chewer.
222	* ''Series/MySoCalledLife'': In the episode "[[Recap/MySoCalledLifeS1E6TheSubstitute The Substitute]]", Mr. Racine, the title character, always has a toothpick in his mouth. It's when he asks the students on his first day of teaching if they want one as well that gets them to calm down and listen to him.
223	* Spoofed in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
224	** In "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S07E06Laserblast Laserblast]]", Crow mocks the cigarette chomping deputy: "What do you mean I have oral fixation?"
225	** In "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E05TheThingThatCouldntDie The Thing That Couldn't Die]]", a cowboy with a ridiculously long and skinny cigar in his mouth prompts the quip "Nothing like smoking a Slim Jim."
226	* ''Series/MyWorldAndWelcomeToIt'':
227	** John's new neighbor Paul Morton is a character with an accent and demeanor that suggests rural Southern or Midwest origins, and he's initially seen chewing on a piece of straw. Occurs in the episode "A Friend of the Earth."
228	** John's hayseed joke-telling rival Zeph Leggin is seen in his room chewing on a piece of straw in "Native Wit."
229	* In the "Two A-Holes..." sketch series from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', the title characters go around constantly chewing gum. In one sketch, they were told to take their gum out. They did so, but their mouth motions continued anyway, apparently out of habit.
230	* Director Leon Vance of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' is a toothpick chewer. At one point, he even tries to motivate [=McGee=] by giving him a freshly wrapped toothpick of his own. [=McGee=] promptly stabs himself inside the cheek with it. Toothpicks apparently take some skill.
231	* Don Eppes from ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'' is often seen chewing gum during climactic moments--he seems to do it when he's keyed up, waiting for a suspect to appear.
232	* Doug Murphy from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' is rarely shown without a lollipop in his mouth, starting in the fourth season. The strange thing is that he didn't pick this up until he got a new job in the morgue. Apparently, ''all'' the pathologists at the hospital share the habit.
233	* DJ from ''Series/{{Sh15uya}}'' seems very fond of lollipops, too.
234	* A running gag in ''Series/TheShadowLine'' is that the department used to be one where EverybodySmokes, but the recently-implemented national smoking ban for workplaces has left several characters resorting to substitutes.
235	** Sgt. Foley is always chewing gum.
236	** DaChief finds a pencil to chew on if he's somewhere he can't smoke.
237	** Bob Harris is in the process of giving up smoking, and substitutes with gum, nicotine inhalers and, er, rent boys.
238	* Geoffrey Tennant on ''Series/SlingsAndArrows'' chews ''razor blades''. This is an homage to noted Shakespearean director John Barton, who apparently [[TruthInTelevision did this in real life]].
239	* Ashur in ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'' is almost always seen with a bag of nuts and seeds to chew on.
240	* Stiles Stilinski from ''Series/TeenWolf'' has a tendency to chew on stuff, including lacrosse gloves, overabundances of curly fries, and an underused highlighter cap, to name a few of the victims.
241	* Mulder of ''Series/TheXFiles'' tends to put things like paper clips in his mouth and he's a big fan of [[TrademarkFavoriteFood sunflower seeds]].
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243
244	[[folder:Music]]
245	* More a fixation on the mouth than on eating, but a lot of the imagery around the band Music/{{DOROTHY}} has a laser-focus on Dorothy Martin's bright red lips, including the cover art for the EP and first album and the music video for [[https://youtu.be/IS7tvtvrIm8 "Get Up."]]
246	[[/folder]]
247
248	[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
249	* In ''ComicStrip/{{Calvin And Hobbes}}'', Calvin loves chewing gum. He's even ''subscribed to a magazine about chewing''!
250	* Duke in the ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'' comic strip always has a lit cigarette in a cigarette holder hanging from his mouth. The character is based on Hunter S. Thompson, who made signature use of cigarette holders.
251	* One time in ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' Charlie Brown found what he thought was the Little Red-Haired Girl's dropped pencil and saw that she had chewed on it. "She's human!"
252	[[/folder]]
253
254	[[folder:Pinball]]
255	* The shooter in ''Pinball/EightBall Deluxe'' has a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
256	[[/folder]]
257
258	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
259	* Professional wrestler Wrestling/ScottHall usually chewed a toothpick during promos.
260	* Wrestling/JoeyRyan has a thing for suckers and lollipops. He will suck on one, give it to a fan, and then take it back after they have sucked on it. He will suck on one, wipe his [[CarpetOfVirility hairy self]] down with it, and go back to sucking it. He doesn't care if they fall on the floor either, ''few'' things will turn him off from one, especially if it is a [[TrademarkFavoriteFood blow pop.]]
261	* The easiest way to get Wrestling/SaraDelRey to loosen up is to make her think gum is involved. As long as she's not working in the ring she'll ''always'' go for it.
262	* Ann Traxx chews gum for very long periods of time, sticking it on the ring post to chew later when she has a match. She once "accidentally" dropped her gum on the floor, only to pick it up and keep chewing. Another time she jumped Lexie Fyfe, forced her mouth open and took Fyfe's gum to add to her own wad of it. All this lead up to a HumiliatingWager where Ann Thraxx forced XJAM Commissioner Charlie to chew that very same wad of gum.
263	* Pete Dunne has a habit of posing with title belts by holding them between his teeth.
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265
266	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
267	* The model for Horticulous Slimux from ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' and ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' is chewing on a human bone in the same manner that a stereotypical country farmer chews on a stalk of wheat or corn. This is intended to strengthen the agricultural theme of [[{{Plaguemaster}} Nurgle's]] head gardener.
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269
270	[[folder:Video Games]]
271	* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
272	** Juan Corrida, one of the victims in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' constantly has a piece of straw in his mouth- except in the photo of the crime scene, of course.
273	** In ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'', Detective Badd appears at first to be your standard hardboiled cop, smoking a cigarette, but it's actually a lollipop. (And as he sucks on it... his speech pauses... dramatically...)
274	** Simon Blackquill often holds one of his pet hawk's feathers in his mouth.
275	* ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'':
276	** Texas is a former member of the mafia, who quit smoking after leaving and now is always shown chewing on a pocky stick. She even holds it similarly to a cigarette, and the instant she kills an enemy and exits combat, she will begin munching on it again. According to [[WordOfSaintPaul the artist who designed Texas]], she was intended to be a smoker, but a law in China required this to be [[{{Bowdlerize}} changed]]. The same artist has drawn Texas as a smoker outside of the game, and one of her alternate outfits, depicting her when she was in the mafia, shows her smoking normally.
277	** Ambriel also is always seen with a pocky in her mouth. No in-character explanation is given for her.
278	** Glaucus is usually seen with a lollipop, probably for the same reason as above.
279	* In ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', the titular character is frequently seen with a lollipop. Additionally, by pressing the button corresponding to the type of lollipop boost you want and holding it down until the lollipop comes onscreen, you can actually change the color of Bayonetta's lollipop [[spoiler:and get a (usually) much-needed boost. The best part? This doesn't count as a used item]].
280	* [[CatGirl Kokonoe]] from ''{{VideoGame/Blazblue}}'' has custom made silvervine lollipops, and she's almost never seen without one. The gag reels joke they're the source of her [[MadScientist intelligence]] and she's been eating them for so long she can't eat anything else.
281	* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlertSeries'': Texas born General Carville can often be seen chewing on a toothpick. Played for laughs in one scene where he [[GoingThroughTheMotions absentmindedly grabs a pick]], pulls out the one he already had in his mouth, realizes what he just did, stares at them for a second in confusion, then shrugs and puts the new one in.
282	* Cid from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' smokes cigarettes. Every tenth battle, it's a cigar instead. He can even use his cigarettes in battle, by using them to ''light dynamite''.
283	** LighterAndSofter'd into a toothpick in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''.
284	* The Engineer in ''VideoGame/HalfLife1: Opposing Force'' always had a lit cigarette in his mouth, which he uses to ignite his blowtorch when asked to break a door open.
285	* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'': Captain Keyes from ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'' chews his grandfather's tobacco pipe. The novels explain that he's not allowed to smoke it while onboard a spacecraft, because of the contained atmosphere.
286	* Naturally, Juliet from ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' sucks on lollipops a lot, using them as PowerUpFood.
287	* Cassie Cage, a new character introduced in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', is always chewing and blowing bubble gum. She even uses it in one of her [[FinishingMove Fatalities]].
288	* [[ArmsDealer Munehisa Iwai]] from ''VideoGame/Persona5'' always has what appears to be a cigarette sticking out of his mouth. Though it's later revealed to be a lollipop.
289	* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' Pancham and Pangoro. Pancham is always seen chewing on a leaf, in an effort to look cool. Pangoro keeps a bamboo shoot in its mouth, fitting with its ''banchou'' motif, and allowing it to deduce enemy movement.
290	* Johnathan Ingram, lead character of ''VisualNovel/{{Policenauts}}'', is always depicted with a cigarette in his mouth. And he never lights it. Several characters point out that it is illegal to smoke on a space colony because of air purification issues and/or the threat of the oxygen igniting. Though it's implied Johnathan doesn't smoke anyway.
291	* You can equip a blade of grass just to invoke this trope in ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline''.
292	* Detective Magnotta, Creator/ChristopherWalken's character in ''VideoGame/{{Ripper}}'', can simply '''not''' keep a cigar out of his mouth for more than five minutes. And he doesn't really even smoke them, just chews them vigorously.
293	* ''VideoGame/RiverTailsStrongerTogether'': Finn often has a blade of grass in his mouth, emphasizing his independent nature.
294	* Red and most other Caninu of ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'' tend to like chewing on bones, and even have a variety of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaEiJb1UPSY bite styles]] to express different personalities. Apparently, girls are considered [[JapaneseDelinquents delinquents]] [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__jUtxBOsFyg/TNs9bvGuSqI/AAAAAAAABKQ/ku9h7HkA7cM/s1600/03.png if they walk around chewing on them]].
295	* One of Mitsurugi's costumes in ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur 2'' gives him a blade of grass/wheat.
296	* In the first ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' game, the image avatar for the Firebat unit was depicted with a cigarette in his mouth.
297	* [[HeroicDog Repede]] from ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' carries his [[TragicKeepsake old master's pipe]] around in his mouth whenever he's not in battle. He was even like this as a puppy, carrying around things like sticks, small bones, and even a spoon.
298	* In the game ''VideoGame/WingCommander'', Captain Ian "Hunter" St. John constantly has a cigar in his mouth.
299	* In ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', Koki Kariya's lollipop/bean paste is sort of his personal [[IconicItem signature item]] to the point Beat tends to refer to him has "Lollipop" - subverted, though, as he never actually has it in his mouth when he appears, instead holding it. Rather delicately.
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301
302	[[folder:Webcomics]]
303	* Arsenic from ''Webcomic/BandVsBand'', with cigarettes as well as a variety of candy and popsicles and beverages with straws.
304	* The bounty hunter Sadick from ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' is normally chewing on a toothpick, and when caught without one tends to end up gnawing on his lower lip.
305	* Carlita and Shanna from ''Webcomic/ElfBlood'' are rarely depicted without a cigarette in their mouths. Shanna even chain-smokes when she's stressed or particularly upset.
306	* Merlu of ''Webcomic/{{Juathuur}}'' - straw version.
307	* Brent, from ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'', chews on toothpicks.
308	* Dave from ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' was almost never seen without a cigarette in his mouth... until he went back in time and changed the past so that he never started smoking. It became a RunningGag that he would mention how he used to smoke and no one else would remember it.
309	* DaChief in ''Webcomic/StarPower'' is of a species that deals with stress by chewing on things, and is rarely seen without a "chewstick" in his mouth. In chapter 8 he starts using [[http://www.starpowercomic.com/comic/2015-01-05/?nav=next thicker ones]].
310	* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'':
311	** Nobic really should stop chewing his fingers.
312	** Ha Jinsung. Went from cigarettes to Chupa Chup lollipops (thanks to Wangnan). Even Rak calls him the "candy turtle".
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314
315	[[folder:Western Animation]]
316	* Jet from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' constantly chews on and holds a blade of grass in his mouth, but he loses it along with much of his badassery when he [[spoiler: gets brainwashed.]] [[GenreSavvy Sokka]] even tries to see if replacing it would help. It doesn't.
317	* Det. Harvey Bullock on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' constantly chewed a toothpick, in a way that made it rather clear he either used to smoke, or still did when the camera and censors weren't around. Once used for {{Squick}}, when he flicked it at his officious landlord. It stuck.
318	** In fact, in one episode, where Batman suspects Bullock of having a police informant killed (the informant had previously accused Bullock of taking bribes) a toothpick at the crime scene is his biggest tip-off. [[spoiler:Bullock is innocent; the toothpick was planted by the real culprit, Killer Croc.]]
319	* The ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' episode "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Duck" features a parody of Literature/SherlockHolmes who constantly keeps a pipe in his teeth, which he doesn't smoke, likely just to look distinguished.
320	* Played for laughs in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' with Cosmo and his wand, to show off his [[TheDitz ditz status]].
321	* Two in ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'':
322	** Breaker is literally always chewing gum and is willing to disobey a direct order to discard it.
323	** Clutch, somewhat similarly, has been known to chew on the same toothpick for months.
324	* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'':
325	** Dale Gribble is rarely seen without a cigarette in his mouth.
326	--> '''Dale:''' My oral fixation!
327	** In one episode he switches to chewing tobacco, but his wife convinces him to switch back when he won't stop spitting on the floor.
328	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
329	** WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and his carrots, which were kind of a substitute for a cigar.
330	** ''[[WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck Yankee Doodle Daffy]]'': Any time Sleepy [=LaGoon=] is on screen, he's seen licking his lollipop, which is so big it nearly conceals his face.
331	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
332	** Newborn filly Pumpkin Cake has the odd habit of chewing on just about anything she can find -- except food. Tableclothes, bath towels, stuffed toys, rubber chickens, etc. As she's a month old when it really kicks in, it's possible she's teething (horses teeth at one month).
333	** Applejack can often be seen with a piece of straw in her mouth, as can her brother Macintosh.
334	** Pinkie's toothless alligator Gummy often vacantly latches onto objects or ponies.
335	* In the ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode "Promortyus", Summer decides to have a toothpick in her mouth for some reason. This ends up saving her as the {{Face Hugger}}s poke their eyes on it when they jump at her.
336	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
337	** Maggie Simpson and her pacifier.
338	** An Ogdenville farmer on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has a piece of straw in his mouth.
339	** The Sea Captain, Horatio [=McAllister=], is always seen with a pipe in his mouth, which he rarely actually smokes.
340	* In ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' the titular Star frequently chews on her wand.
341	* The creators of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' originally intended to give BountyHunter Cad Bane a habit of smoking cigars, but they had to scrap it, so instead he's almost always seen chewing a toothpick, when not on job. In an episode from Season 4, he threatens to slit a pawnshop owner's throat with one of his toothpicks.
342	** In Season 7, Crosshair, the Bad Batch’s ColdSniper, also has a toothpick habit.
343	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'':
344	** Slim, a one-shot character, usually chewed a match. Another one-shot character, Spuds, would chew on a stick.
345	** A minor villain in the "Turtles in Space" arc was Gruel, a sadistic and slovenly Triceraton slave driver. One of his horns was replaced by a metal one, which he was constantly removing to use like a toothpick.
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347
348	[[folder:Real Life]]
349	* Baseball players in general chew gum or tobacco (as per personal preference). Supposedly, it relaxes them in what is normally a stressful situation, and in particular it also helps keep the mouth moist in the dry baseball diamond.
350	** Former Royals utility infielder U.L. Washington took this a step further by having a toothpick in his mouth while he was on the field. He eventually dropped this habit after commentators pointed out the dangerous risks with his behavior and its negative influence on youngsters.
351	* UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill kept a cigar in his mouth pretty much from dawn until bedtime. At home he would just kind of chew on them unlit, and even had special sticky-paper bands made up to help hold them together.
352	* His pal UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt was a cigarette-in-a-holder guy, and was depicted that way almost everywhere.
353	* Creator/DougWalker. If there's a giving-a-blowjob joke to be made, then ''by God'', he will make it.
354	** He's so fixated that it often seeps through to his characters; WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses is the most obvious with his pipe, but WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic gets some fun too.
355	** His TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth character Donnie [=DuPre=] in WebVideo/DemoReel had at least three whole scenes in one episode making mouth-love to a stick of pocky.
356	* Creator/HaydenPanettiere seems to have this weird compulsion to lick things. Considering her physical appearance, this can lead to some fetish appeal.
357	* Music/DaveGrohl of Music/FooFighters is always seen chewing gum on stage, including whilst singing. He says it helps with all the [[MetalScream shouting]].
358	* Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal always bites any trophy he wins. Especially the grand slam trophies.
359	* UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighter and {{UsefulNotes/UFC}} Lightweight champion Benson Henderson often fights with a toothpick hidden in his mouth, in spite of the danger this presents. He produced it from his mouth immediately after the final bell of his successful title defense against Nate Diaz, but denied it in the following interview. His coach admits that he has repeatedly told Henderson not to pull this stunt and even checks his mouth before fights, but Henderson still manages to sneak it in there sometimes.
360	* Although not every role that Brad Pitt plays has an oral fixation, [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-actors-who-do-exact-same-thing-in-every-movie_p2/?wa_user1=2&wa_user2=Movies+%26+TV&wa_user3=blog&wa_user4=feature_module more of his characters than is common]] are shown eating at some point. Pitt himself must be the one suggesting that his characters eat something in various scenes as "stage business."
361	* Similarily to Pitt, a lot of Creator/DavidTennant's characters have a habit of sticking things in their mouths. [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]] tastes things because he has special Time Lord-senses in his tongue that he uses to pick up vital info, [[Series/JessicaJones2015 Kilgrave]] licks Jessica's cheek to assert dominance, and [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Barty Crouch Jr.]] constantly licks his lips because he's bat-shit crazy.
362	** Tennant himself also shows signs of this. On the commentary for Series/DoctorWho's second series episode "The Impossible Planet", he stops the conversation dead when he says that he wants to chew on the Ood tentacles...and then describes what they would feel like in his mouth. In detail. In case there was any doubt, he also talks about biting their ears in the ''Confidential'' for the same episode.
363	* Some neurodivergent people stim through this method. Nine times out of ten, this is to self-regulate.
364	* Of course, the trope is named after Sigmund Freud's concept.
365	* Basketball star Usefulnotes/StephenCurry is always chewing on his mouth guard, to the point ''VideoGame/NBA2K'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t5pGp4iLrE had to incorporate it.]]
366	* Soccer manager Maurizio Sarri is a very heavy smoker. Because he is unable to smoke on the pitch, he instead chews on cigarette butts on the sidelines during games.
367	* Many kittens suck on blankets or their owner's skin, sometimes to an obsessive degree, as a substitution for nursing on their mother, especially if they were taken away from their mother at too early an age.
368	* Oral fixations are a common stim among autistic people, often taking the form of chewing on the seam of the collar of t-shirts.
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