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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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38%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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41%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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