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"Everybody, gather 'round. Let's pray. Dear Lord, see us safely through our time of trial in this mall. And please Lord... let the food court be okay."
The characters are in a disgusting situation. Maybe they're looking at dead bodies, maybe it's alien goo. Everyone will be disgusted... except the one guy who suddenly wants a burger. A surprisingly common Real Life trope, as well. Who hasn't watched a movie about cannibals and felt a sudden urge to get some McDonald's?
Contrast Lost My Appetite. See also Autopsy Snack Time.
Examples
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Advertising
- There's a commercial for...Boost Mobile?...where a morgue worker's breakfast burrito falls into the cadaver he's working on, and he blithely picks it up and continues eating it. "What, you think this is wrong? What's wrong is paying too much for cell phone service."
Anime
- Yu Yu Hakusho:Koema is often scolded for chowing down whilst Yusuke fights for his life.
- In the first season of Slayers, Dilgear's eulogy for a fallen fishman is marred by the rest of his men eating the body. When he finishes the eulogy he gets upset because they didn't leave any for him.
Film
- In Zombieland, looking at a zombie chowing down on a corpse makes Columbus sick and sad. But it makes Tallahassee hungry.
- In Thor, after Thor has been banished and Loki has taken the throne, the Warriors Three's discussion on what to do starts with Fandral calling Volstagg out for chowing down. Volstagg shouts back that Fandral should not "mistake my appetite for apathy."
- In Gone in Sixty Seconds the not-really-mute character played by Vinnie Jones first appears when he's contacted by phone. He is shown in a morgue, his work place, and when notified that he's been called, he leaves his sandwich on a dead man.
Literature
- One Animorphs book involves a horrific visit to a slaughterhouse for the main characters. Once they save the day they end up in the mall food court...and all decide to order burgers.
- As in the TV series (below), the main character of the Dexter novels by Jeff Lindsay is rarely ever put off his food, due to his hobby of slicing up murderers and his job analyzing blood spatters. His lack of most normal emotions also helps. He usually mopes about any missed meal, noting that his high metabolism requires regular fueling.
Live Action TV
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Video Games
- Mass Effect 2: During the Omega Quarantine Zone mission, you come across a pile of diseased bodies being burned in the street. If you brought Grunt along, he'll comment "Anyone else hungry?" Depending on who you have in your party, he'll be called out on this.
- Coach from Left 4 Dead 2 IS this trope.
"Man, if I find a Burger Turk Tank in this place, Im'a be a one-man cheeseburger apocalypse!"
"I could roll up a whole pizza right now and eat it sub style!"
"Elephant ears...corn dogs...this is bringing back some memories!"
"Ah, cotton candy. The wise pharaoh of food, sittin' atop the food pyramid, passing judgment on all the lesser foods."
- In one of the early missions of San Andreas, Big Smoke quietly eats his and his friends' takeout meals in the backseat while the rest are caught in a drive-by shootout with a Balla gangcar. This is actually a hint that Smoke is now working for the Ballas.
"If you can eat your food, while everybody's losing theirs and blaming you, you straight, homie!"
- Adopting one the Little Sisters in BioShock 2 usually results in some interesting battle commentary; for example, if you use the Incinerate Plasmid to set an enemy on fire, the Little Sister will start asking for marshmallows.
- In Final Fantasy VI, when the party is trying to stop the Phantom Train from taking them to The Other Side, Sabin stops for a full course meal of ghost food.
SABIN: Food! Food! Bring me everything ya got!
CYAN: A... are you going to be okay if you eat THIS?
SABIN: Worried? Can't wage war on an empty stomach!
CYAN: Hmmm... Sir! I won't hear any more of this kind of talk!
Gobble... snarf... snap...
SABIN: Well! I've stuffed down all I can... Let's go!
Web Comics
Western Animation
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