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A character has access to a large amount of food, intended for a group, but ends up eating it all by themselves. Usually they'll start just intending to eat a small amount, either as a snack or just to taste it. However, they end up eating more and more of it over time until they have unintentionally consumed all of it.

This is a downside of being a BigEater. Compare IllTakeTwoBeersToo. This does not apply to situations where a character simply eats a lot of food.

** In "Lincoln Loud: Girl Guru", Lincoln tries to use chocolate bars to make treats to sell at his school, only to find that his sisters, notorious "chocoholics", found them and ate them all.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', when Lincoln and his friend Clyde are baking pies to sell, as part of a class project, Lincoln goes to pantry for the chocolate they'll use as filling only to find it missing. Lincoln then tells Clyde that his ten sisters are known "choco-holics," cue montage of the sisters with a contented expression on their chocolate smeared faces.

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* ''Film/{{Fatso}}''. To help take his mind off Lydia going missing, Dom goes to get Chinese food for everybody on poker night, though the fact that everybody's order comes from the same restaurant Lydia favors only intensifies Dom's anquish, and on the way home, he tries to console himself with the food. By the time he finally makes it home, both of the large paper bags are full of empty Chinese containers, which he places in the trash, before sneaking back up to his room.
* In Disney's ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'', the Walrus and the Carpenter are about to have a group of oysters for dinner. The Walrus tricks the Carpenter into going into the kitchen for some bread. When the Carpenter returns to the dining room he discovers that the Walrus has eaten all of the oysters ("They'd been eaten, every one!").

* In one of the increasing IdiotPlot{{s}} seen later in the run, an episode of ''Series/KenanAndKel'' has a ThanksgivingEpisode where Kel consumes the entire turkey ''by himself''.

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* In ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'', Brian caused the Knights to lose refrigerator privileges after he ate a casserole that was intended to feed a dozen people at an upcoming family reunion.
* ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2014/ga140228.gif ate an entire bowl of popcorn that was intended for everyone]], [[ComicallyMissingThePoint claiming that]] [[MetaphorIsMyMiddleName "'Everyone' is my middle name".]]
* Jeremy from ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'' often eats all the food before anyone else gets a chance at it.
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*** In the same episode, Pinkie Pie eats entire cakes prepared for Princess Celestia's visit.
** Snips eats the majority of the cake meant for Diamond Tiara's cutecenara in one bite.

--->'''Bart:''' I need this candy for school, candy class.
--->'''Homer:''' Well, okay, but get five bags in case we eat four on the way home.

-->'''Lois:''' Peter, what are you doing? You just ate a year's worth of food!
-->'''Peter:''' Heh, what a waste of money. I'm still hungry.
-->''[[InstantMassJustAddWater (Peter sips some water, causing him to expand)]]''
-->'''Peter:''' Everyone leave. I have to poop...''NOW!''

* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'': Norm and Cliff are waiting for another regular Paul so they can celebrate his birthday. Since he's late they eat his birthday cake. They console themselves with the fact that they have pizza too. Then they eat that.

* In an episode of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', Dr. Forester and Frank have a ton of Chinese food delivered. While Dr. F is getting the drinks Frank ends up eating everything except the packets of soy sauce.

* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' has an episode where one of the larger NO MA'AM members was sent out to buy burgers for the mrmbers, only for him to have consumed them all before getting back. His only response was "I hit a red light."

** When the Springfield Elementery Model UN Club gets stranded on an island ''a la'' ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' Milhouse is accused of eating all the food. They have a trial where Bart as judge decides that Milhouse ''probably'' did it but they have no evidence so he's not guily. Then the rest of the group decides to kill Milhouse anyway. It turns out that a wild boar ate the food, but Milhouse had robbed some of it beforehand.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In "Da Boom", the apolcalypse happens and Peter eats packs of [[FoodPills dehydrated food]] he was saving for the occasion.

Can identify a character as a BigEater. Compare IllTakeTwoBeersToo. This does not apply to situations where a character simply eats a lot of food.

* In the opera ''Hansel and Gretel'', the mother sends the children out into the forest and warns them not to return until they have filled a basket with strawberries. They succeed in filling their basket, but are inspired by a cuckoo to have some for themselves. Soon all the strawberries are eaten, and it is growing too dark for the children to pick new ones or even to find their way back home.
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* In ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'', Toriko is sent to capture a Goralligator for an international banquet. Since they can't carry the entire beast (it at least 4m high at the shoulder, at least that wide and probably 40m long), he and chef Komatsu cook some right there. They eat it all.

** When the Springfield Elementery Model UN Club gets stranded on an island ''a la'' ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' Millhouse is accused of eating all the food. They have a trial where Bart as judge decides that Millhouse ''probably'' did it but they have no evidence so he's not guily. Then the rest of the group decides to kill Millhouse anyway. It turns out that a wild boar ate the food.

One character has gotten some food for some friends for a party, but unfortunately, he ends up getting hungry so he takes a few bites of some of the food. However, he ends up getting carried away and ends up eating all of the food instead, leaving none for his friends.

This is when a character ends up eating a large amount of food, not leaving any of it for his friends.

Can identify a character as a BigEater. Compare IllTakeTwoBeersToo.

!Examples:

* In ''Franchise/OnePiece'', Luffy claimed to have eaten all the candies in Fishman Island that was meant to be a payment for Big Mom (a notorious pirate who deems the island under her protection) when her underlings came to take the monthly sweets payment. Thing is, the island's candy factory had been destroyed by the coup de etat incindent just yesterday and the rest of the sweets have been eaten in a party. Big Mom doesn't believe him in the slightest.
** Considering what she did to islands that failed to make the sweets payment for her, what Luffy essentially did is protecting the island from her.

You have some food, it looks delicious, but it's not all yours. Some of it must be saved for your friend who's coming later. A few bites won't hurt though. Maybe we should take a bit more. Maybe we should hide the crumbs and think of an excuse. Yep, you ate it all.

You have some food, it looks delicious, but it's not all yours. Some of it must be saved for your friend who's coming later. A few bites won't hurt though. Maybe we should take a bit more. Maybe we should hide the crumbs and think of a, excuse. Yep, you ate it all.

-->"Though the weather's bitter cold, there's not a frown to mar the festive mood,\\

You have some food, it looks delicious, but it's not all yours. Some of it must be saved for your friend who's coming later. A few bites won't hurt though. Maybe we should take a bit more. Maybe we should hide the crumbs and think of a excuse. Yep, you AteItAll.

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* In a short series of commercials for McDonalds Dad brings [=McDonald's=] takeout home, but he eats all the fries on the way. His wife makes him go back out for more.

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* In ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'', Toriko is sent to capture a Goralligator for an international banquet. Since they can't carry the entire beast (it at least 4m high at the shoulder, at least that wide and probably 40 long), he and chef Komatsu cook some right there. They eat it all.
* ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'': Nymph and Astraea decide to eat a watermelon from Ikaros's garden patch. They get carried away and eat the whole melon patch. Considering Ikaros used her whole battle array to kill bugs that were eating her melons this is somewhat worrying.

* Happened several times in ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}''. Iris's Emolga used Attract in one episode to steal all the Pokemon food, and Clemont's Chespin ate all the macaroons Serena made in another.

* ''Film/{{Fatso}}''. To help take his mind of Lydia going missing, Dom goes to get Chinese food for everybody on poker night, though the fact that everybody's order comes frm the same restaurant Lydia favors only intensifies Dom's anquish, and on the way home, he tries to console himself with the food. By the time he finally makes it home, both of the large paper bags are full of empty Chinese containers, which he places in the trash, before sneaking back up to his room.

* ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'': Pooh decides to give a potful of hunny to Eeyore on his birthday, but on the way to Eeyore's house he forgets why he's carrying it and so snacks on it. When he gets to Eeyore's he realizes that he had been planning on giving the hunny as a gift but now he's eaten it all. All he has to give Eeyore is an empty pot.

* [[BigEater Alberto]] of SamsonEnGert does this all the time. There is even a song about him eating all the food in Gert's house and ending up with a sore tummy.
* An episode of ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' using the song "Who Took The Cookies From The Cookie Jar?" has the kids find out that Baby Bop ate all the cookies.

* "Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John" by PDQBach contains the lines:

* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2014/ga140228.gif ate an entire bowl of popcorn that was intended for everyone]], [[ComicallyMissingThePoint claiming that]] [[MetaphorIsMyMiddleName "'Everyone' is my middle name".]]

* Early on in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', Yosuke and the [[PlayerCharacter Main Character]] try some of Chie and Yukiko (respectively)'s food...and promptly end up eating the lot of it (the player can choose not to, but [[ButThouMust the MC's so hungry he can't help himself]])

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* In ''WebComic/CarrotCakeStorybook'', Carrot Cake leaves Ditzy Doo to recover in her house and goes to deliver a package. At the very end, she returns from the delivery, and Ditzy greets her with, "I emptied your fridge."

--->'''Homer:''' Well okay, but get five bags in case we eat four on the way home.

You have some food, it looks delicious, but it's not all yours. Some of it must be saved for your friend who's coming later. A few bites won't hurt though. Maybe we should take a bit more. Maybe we should hide the crumbs and think of a excuse. Yep, you Ate It All.