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EatThat applies if the eating is done to win a bet or game show rather than survive. May be inverted when a SqueakingCarpet or RodentsOfUnusualSize are involved. Usually an alternative to EatTheDog, another way to showcase characters' famished need to eat whatever they can get... although if it's a ''pet'' rat that gets eaten, the two can overlap.

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EatThat applies if the eating is done to win a bet or game show rather than survive. May be inverted when a SqueakingCarpet or RodentsOfUnusualSize are involved. Usually an alternative to EatTheDog, EmergencyFoodSupplyAnimal, another way to showcase characters' famished need to eat whatever they can get... although if it's a ''pet'' rat that gets eaten, the two can overlap.



* In a RealLife variant blending this trope with EatTheDog, some poor Italians during World War II were forced to eat cats, whether strays or pets, in order to survive. In particular, people from Vicenza are still mockingly called "Magnagati" (Cat Eaters) at times.

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* In a RealLife variant blending this trope with EatTheDog, EmergencyFoodSupplyAnimal, some poor Italians during World War II were forced to eat cats, whether strays or pets, in order to survive. In particular, people from Vicenza are still mockingly called "Magnagati" (Cat Eaters) at times.
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* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': In the first adventure, Mikkel is cooking stew for the group when one of the others drops a whole dead squirrel into the pot. He just shrugs and leaves it in, since they can't be picky.

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* Many people in America ate cicadas when a huge brood of them emerged in 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and economic troubles.

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* Many people [[CockroachesWillRuleTheEarth Cockroaches and their larvae]] are eaten as food in America ate some parts of the world, since they are easy to farm in small spaces and will eat plant matter that would otherwise be thrown away as waste. Cooked, they are described as crispy on the outside and tasting like cottage cheese on the inside.
* Brood X is an exceptionally large group of
cicadas when a huge brood that emerge every 17 years in parts of the United States. In 2021, a number of restaurants in those areas arranged to harvest them emerged in 2021 due to and sell novelty cicada-based dishes. In response, the Covid-19 pandemic US Food and economic troubles.Drug Administration issued warnings for potential food allergies.

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