Line #81 Main/BodySushi


1	%%
2	%%
3	%% The examples have been alphabetized. Please put any new example in its proper place in the folder rather than at the end.
4	%%
5	%%
6	%% Image selected per Image Pickin' thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1610513019012656100
7	%% Please do not replace or remove without starting a new thread.
8	%%
9	[[quoteright:350:[[Webcomic/TwoGuysAndGuy https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/body_sushi.png]]]]
10	[[caption-width-right:350: Watch where you put the wasabi.]]
11
12	%%
13	->''"Before becoming a living sushi platter, the person (usually a woman) is trained to lie down for hours without moving. She or he must also be able to withstand the prolonged exposure to the cold food. Before service, the individual is supposed to have taken a bath using a special fragrance-free soap and then finished off with a splash of cold water to cool the body down somewhat for the sushi."''
14	-->-- '''Jack Herbert''', ''Japan for the Uninvited''
15
16	Body Sushi is the English term for nyotaimori or nantaimori. Nyotaimori or "female body presentation" comes from UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} and is the act of eating sushi off the body of a nude woman. The [[SpearCounterpart male version]], nantaimori, does exist but it's not as common.
17
18	As one might guess, this is often a form of {{Fanservice}}. Expect it in works that want to convey a sense of [[ForeignFanservice erotic mystery concerning Japan]]. {{Yakuza}} are often involved as well. It should be noted, however, that the practice is not nearly as mainstream in Japanese culture as some may think. Plus, as any chef can tell you, it's hardly hygienic.
19
20	Not to be confused with FoodPorn. See also ImprovisedClothes and the (relatively) modest EdibleThemeClothing. May result in EroticEating in some scenarios, especially when this happens as a form of seduction.
21	----
22	!!Examples:
23
24	[[foldercontrol]]
25
26	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
27	* Shiro foams at the mouth in disgust in ''Manga/{{Adekan}}'' when he is offered BodySushi off a drag queen.
28	* ''Manga/BootyRoyaleNeverGoDownWithoutAFight'': Played for laughs in chapter 15, the start of the ''Fist of the Tokyo She-Beast'' arc. A slightly tipsy Goujima Sara gets grumpy with Misora at the launch party and challenges her to a fight; loser has to be a nude sushi platter. Misora understandably refuses, Sara attacks her anyway and is [[CurbStompBattle taken down in nothing flat]], and pays up.
29	* In the fourth episode of ''Manga/HenZemi'', Mizukoshi acts as a nyotaimori gathering where it shows various food on her body.
30	* An episode of ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Kira'' has a fruit and yogurt variation of this trope in a fantasy sequence.
31	* ''Manga/HybridXHeartMagiasAcademyAtaraxia'': At one point, Kizuna's harem attempts to seduce him by wheeling in Silvia and Ragrus naked and covered with fruit and candy, saying they learned about nyotaimori from the Internet. After he has eaten his fill, Yurishia and Landred join in by covering their enormous boobs with food, but he complains that he's already full.
32	* In ''Manga/InoHeadGargoyle'', Okita and Saejima partake in this at a restaurant in Nagoya.
33	* In the fourth episode of ''Manga/InterspeciesReviewers'', a Salamander fire spirit girl is shown running a racier version of this, where she uses her body heat to cook food while enhancing the flavor with her mana, and also permits her customers to get handsy with her if they can [[LiteralMetaphor take the heat]]. She even delights in it. She also offers "additional" services, but only someone fire-resistant (like Crim) can enjoy the experience without being ''cooked alive''.
34	* In ''Literature/{{Kanokon}}'', Chizuru gets into a body-sized sushi boat naked in an attempt to hit on Kouta.
35	* In ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'', after [[LovableSexManiac Panty's]] debut [[ParallelPornTitles film]] ruins her reputation, she laments over the fact that there will be [[FlashbackCut "no more naked men covered in sushi!"]]
36	* The {{hentai}} ''Ryokan Shirasagi'' (English: ''Swallowtail Inn'') takes place in a restaurant that specializes in this.
37	* ''Anime/SevenMortalSins'': In Episode 7, when Beelzebub, the Demon of Gluttony, holds a feast, there are two naked women covered with food on the table.
38	* Momoko in the manga version of ''Manga/SumomoMoMomoMo'' at one point manages to prepare herself in this style and put herself under a creche for Koushi. Unfortunately for her and her desire to seduce him, he slams the creche back down over her immediately.
39	[[/folder]]
40
41	[[folder:Comic Books]]
42	* ''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'': In ''ComicBook/Hawkeye2012'' #20, Kate Bishop goes undercover as a body-sushi girl in order to get inside Madame Masque's headquarters.
43	[[/folder]]
44
45	[[folder:Fan Works]]
46	* In ''Webcomic/Nepetaquest2011'', Zander says it's in his job description (the eating part, not the lying down part).
47	[[/folder]]
48
49	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
50	* The J-horror comedy ''Film/BigTitsZombie'' has two scenes with this act, involving drunk yakuza members. The first is the more traditional version while the second [[spoiler: involves zombies eating a nude woman in a manner that reflects the previous scene.]]
51	* ''[[Film/Bruno2009 Brüno]]'':
52	** In the scene where Brüno is interviewing Paula Abdul. He has sushi on top of a naked fat, hairy Mexican wheeled into the room. Paula Abdul leaves, clearly disgusted.
53	** On the other hand, La Toya Jackson actually takes a bite from the same human sushi tray in another interview scene with Brüno, even quipping jokes about her brother Music/MichaelJackson. This scene was deleted in the final cut, as Michael had died right before the film's release.
54	* The film version of ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'' has a version of this happening in Ancient Rome (with Roman food, not sushi) as part of the "sit-down orgy for fourteen" that Miles Gloriosus arranges while awaiting his purchased bride.
55	* The Spanish movie ''Film/MapOfTheSoundsOfTokyo'' depicts nyotaimori in one scene.
56	* Strangely enough, the 1972 film ''Necromancy'' features a Western Pagan version of this. Creator/OrsonWelles runs a coven of witches and in one scene, a group of witches can be seen eating fruit off a naked woman in this manner.
57	* ''Film/RisingSun'' has a scene in which a yakuza performs this moments before Creator/SeanConnery's and Creator/WesleySnipes's characters bust him.
58	* In the black comedy [[Film/TheRockConArtists The Ro©k Con Artists]], the crime boss [[NamedAfterSomebodyFamous Sallinger]] antagonist invites his partners to a private dinner which features this style of food presentation.
59	* The ''Film/SexAndTheCity'' movie has a scene in which Samantha does this as a Valentine's Day present for her lover.
60	* The Brandon Lee and Creator/DolphLundgren film ''Film/ShowdownInLittleTokyo'' depicts a private yakuza party, complete with Nyotaimori. Murata promises Kenner that they'll do the same after they get revenge for his parents.
61	* ''Film/SushiGirl'': the title character in the 2012 Creator/MarkHamill film is a body sushi girl who serves at a reunion of thieves. She becomes a ChekhovsGunman in the end.
62	* Happens in ''Film/{{Tampopo}}'' between a yakuza and his wife.
63	* ''Film/UsurpersOfEmperorsPower'' has a pool scene where the villain, [[EvilPrince Prince Jin]], uses a naked concubine as a fruit plate and eats off her. He's naked himself, for good measure.
64	* ''Film/War2007'' with Creator/JasonStatham and Creator/JetLi also has a body sushi scene involving, what else, gangsters.
65	[[/folder]]
66
67	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
68	* ''Series/ThirtyRock'':
69	** Tracy holds a business function and has sushi served on Kenneth - the wasabi is kept in his mouth.
70	** In season 6, episode 16, Tracy is trying to de-geek his son in a montage - one of the activities is eating french fries, burgers, and chicken nuggets off of a naked woman in this manner.
71	* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': Tommy Merlyn has a liking for this trope, but it's just done as a couple of throwaway lines to establish him as a playboy billionaire.
72	-->'''Tommy:''' Do you like sushi? Have you ever had anyone eat some off of you? I promise not to use chopsticks.\
73	'''Laurel:''' ''[WalkInChimeIn]'' Are you still using that line? ''[woman pulls a face and vanishes]'' Well, it looks like I scared her off.\
74	'''Tommy:''' Oh, that's all right -- she's vegan, anyway.
75	%%* ''Series/TheBoldAndTheBeautiful'': Brooke does this for her lover Ridge.
76	* An episode of ''Series/ComeDineWithMe'', a host serves a starter of sushi to his guests in the Nantaimori fashion.
77	* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': A VictimOfTheWeek in "[[Recap/CSINYS01E04 Grand Master]]" turns out to have been poisoned at one of these. [[spoiler: The perpetrator was a young woman serving as a table; she had previously been a personal assistant to the victim, who fired her for refusing her sexual advances and then [[AssholeVictim used her connections to ensure that the young woman couldn't find work anywhere else in their industry]].]] When the victim learned that [[spoiler: her former PA was working at the sushi restaurant, she began to specifically request her and continued to sexually harass her.]] Unable to refuse the customer out of fear of being fired, [[spoiler: the former PA laced her toenail polish with blowfish venom; a chip of the nail polish was found in the victim's mouth and determined to be the cause of death.]]
78	* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': After Frank gets his job back as an executive at Atwater Capital in the "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS08E07FranksBackInBusiness Frank's Back in Business]]" episode, he meets some potential Japanese investors over a nyotaimori meal.
79	-->'''Frank:''' I want this sushi dinner to be the tits!\
80	'''Charlie:''' Okay, so you want it to be really expensive.\
81	'''Frank:''' No! No! I mean I want to eat it off some Jap broad's tits!
82	* In ''Series/KennyVsSpenny'', Spenny's humiliation for losing a competition involves him having to eat sushi off of Kenny's naked, hairy body.
83	* The title character in ''Series/{{Mandy}}'' gets a job doing this. She doesn't even last a whole meal before getting fired for talking to the diners... [[MustHaveNicotine and smoking]].
84	* In the second season of the US version of ''Series/MasterChef'', a contestant attempts to impress the judges by serving the nyotaimori variety of this in the auditions. It didn't work.
85	* An episode of ''Series/PitBoss'' had the crew receiving a job from a client that wanted three little people to do this.
86	* In ''Series/RegencyHousePary'' One of the young ladies does this in homage to Lady Caroline Lamb.
87	* ''Series/TheSurrealLife'':
88	** It was a reality show featuring has-been celebrities living together. One episode showed [[Film/AustinPowers Verne Troyer]] eating sushi off the naked body of a celebrity from ''Series/AmericasNextTopModel''. She was not happy when he decided to [[ThanksForTheMammaries cop a feel]].
89	** The last season turned the series into a reality gameshow with many celebs returning, including Troyer. They had the cast sit down with both a man and woman nantaimori/nyotaimori respectively. Learning his lesson from the previous episode, Troyer decided not to get frisky.
90	* In ''Series/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt'', a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} offered to set up dinner while Jackie and Kimmy talked. Moments later, they realize she had laid herself up in this method. Later, she complains she received a rash from it.
91	[[/folder]]
92
93	[[folder:Music]]
94	* The video for Music/{{Rammstein}}'s "Deutschland" has a variation, where the band members are eating food from [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Germania's]] body.
95	[[/folder]]
96
97	[[folder:Video Games]]
98	* A variant appears in the (''very'' {{NSFW}} and obviously, non-canon) ''Manga/DeathNote'' {{Yaoi}} game ''Bound Prince.'' Instead of sushi, little cakes are used.
99	* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' by [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Nami]] in the recall animation for her SKT T1 skin. Instead of laying sushi on her body, she summons up a bed of sushi rice on a serving tray and, being a mermaid, lays herself on it to ''become'' sushi. Then she takes selfies of herself from a number of angles using her staff like a selfie stick, until a giant pair of chopsticks picks her up and carries her off.
100	* ''VideoGame/WatchDogs'': Just in the trailer, but the scene is supposed to represent the vulgarity of the building it appears in. Then it gets ''worse''.
101	[[/folder]]
102
103	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
104	* ''VisualNovel/{{Lovelink}}'': Jade/Eveline mentions that she livestreamed herself with sushi on her body for her cam girl job in the past.
105	[[/folder]]
106	[[folder:Web Comics]]
107	* In ''Webcomic/BlackAdventures'':
108	-->'''Pod:''' EATING OFF OUR BODIES IS RECOMMENDED!
109	* ''Webcomic/KarinDou4koma'': Tamaryu draws her "personalized winning ticket" during the school lunch lottery and is baffled to find this specified. [[LoveTriangle Ran and Shizuki]] are delighted and take her to an unused classroom, but all three are caught and punished.
110	* Played for laughs in ''Webcomic/MenageA3'': in one omake Zii and Didi are eating sushi on a nude girl, when suddenly Zii realize that something's wrong... [[ComicallyMissingThePoint the girl they're eating on is not Japanese but Korean!]]
111	* Played for HypocriticalHumor in the second strip of ''Webcomic/TwoGuysAndGuy'': The trio eats such a meal while discussing that other people are perverts with weird fetishes.
112	[[/folder]]
113
114	[[folder:Web Videos]]
115	* WebVideo/TheTryGuys from [=BuzzFeed=] did this once as a prank. Various people were unimpressed, partially because they'd been told lunch would be provided and they had to wait a long time for it, and also because the part about it being served on their coworkers' naked bodies was conveniently left out.
116	[[/folder]]
117
118	[[folder:Western Animation]]
119	* ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'': In "Best Friends Make the Best Lovers," [=DeVon=]'s fantasy of a perfect guys' night out includes eating sushi off a naked woman, until a giant piece of steak brushes off sushi as being for "vegetarian cucks."
120	* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainLaserhawkABloodDragonRemix'': Episode 3 ends with Rayman eating sushi off a cow girl prostitute's ass. It became very popular for obvious reasons.
121	* In ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'', Randall recounts being married to a Japanese businessman, who had him do this.
122	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Harley Quinn 2019}}''; the Joker mentions he and Harley did this once with Commissioner Gordon as the platter. [[{{Squick}} The Joker laughs that he spent a week picking hair out of his teeth. ]]
123	* ''WesternAnimation/FriskyDingo'' had an episode in which the BigBad eats sushi this way while interrogating the protagonists.
124	[[/folder]]
125
126	[[folder:Real Life]]
127	* Western counterparts to this trope include serving food from trays [[LittlePeopleAreSurreal carried on little people's heads]] (a practice which appeared in ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers\|1973}}'', and which Music/{{Queen\|Band}} reportedly did with trays of ''cocaine'' at a party) and Lady Caroline Lamb's alleged stunt of emerging naked from an enormous soup tureen at a banquet.
128	* Certain high-end strip clubs and sushi restaurants in UsefulNotes/NorthAmerica are known to arrange this. Bring your wallet. Among those places are Geisha House in UsefulNotes/LasVegas.
129	* UsefulNotes/{{South Africa}}n entrepreneur Kenny Kunene once held a birthday party that featured nyotaimori, which caused a great deal of controversy.
130	* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_play Foodplay]] in general, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin what it sounds like]]. Popular choices in Western culture are sweet, like for example doing chocolate or cream, in particular someone offering their significant other a chance to enjoy licking them clean of the topping of choice.
131	[[/folder]]

Context Main / BodySushi