1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character or species eats earthen materials for most of their diet. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Larry eats mostly dirt. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Larry is completely unable to digest anything besides dirt, rocks, and the like. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Larry is capable of eating dirt -- it isn't very nutritious or tasty but it is capable of keeping him alive. |
5 | * '''Justified''': |
6 | ** Larry is part of a species with very basic nutritional needs; all of their nutrients can be found in dirt, so they eat that, which is far easier to come across. |
7 | ** His nutritional needs are very mineral-heavy; not all of the necessary minerals can be found in organic matter, and he requires none of the vitamins present in it. |
8 | ** Larry lives on a planet with bizarre geology that results in dirt having all of the necessary nutrients for humans with few dangers. |
9 | * '''Inverted''': |
10 | ** Larry is ''completely'' unable to eat anything earthen, even if it's just a speck or two of dirt in his salad. |
11 | ** A RockMonster eats Larry. |
12 | * '''Subverted''': Larry eagerly digs in to a plate of dirt, rocks, and gems, but spits it all out right away. |
13 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
14 | ** Because the dirt, rocks and gems were all the wrong kind. |
15 | ** Because they are chocolate and candies that look like dirt, rocks and gems. |
16 | * '''Parodied''': When [[InvoluntaryGroupSplit a rockslide comes between Larry and his party]], he hungrily pulls out a knife and fork. |
17 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Larry sometimes eats dirt and sometimes eats plants and meat. |
18 | * '''Averted''': Larry has a normal diet. |
19 | * '''Enforced''': "The rock guy! Make him eat rocks!" |
20 | * '''Lampshaded''': |
21 | ** "Is it normal for a guy to guzzle down dirt like that?" |
22 | ** "I have never heard a crunch like that before, and I hope to God I never hear one like it again..." |
23 | ** "I've heard of rock candy, but this is ridiculous!" |
24 | * '''Invoked''': ??? |
25 | * '''Exploited''': ??? |
26 | * '''Defied''': "No, I do not eat rocks! Why do you humans always jump to conclusions about the stone people?" |
27 | * '''Discussed''': "Mmm, these rocks are DELICIOUS! Igneous, if I may ask? Best kind". |
28 | * '''Conversed''': "Did that guy just...''eat a rock?!''" |
29 | * '''Deconstructed''': Larry eats dirt, but because he is delusional and thinks it's real food. |
30 | ** Larry's species diet consists of valuable minerals with industrial applications. An entire species of mineral eaters would face potential shortages later on. |
31 | * '''Reconstructed''': It wasn't really dirt; it was crushed up cookies and chocolate chips for a prank. |
32 | ** When his species colonize the stars, they have more than enough AsteroidMiners that they actually have a surplus. Plus, the BizarreAlienBiology involved could give his species SolidGoldPoop. |
33 | * '''Implied''': Someone gives Larry a box of dirt as a birthday prank. Larry acts like it's a real gift and licks his lips when seeing it. |
34 | * '''Played For Drama''': Larry has pika, and is psychologically compelled to eat dirt. |
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41 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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