History Main / CaveMouth

* One defunct restaurant chain called "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coon_Chicken_Inn Coon Chicken Inn]]" (namedropped in ''Film/CSATheConfederateStatesOfAmerica'') designed its entrances to resemble the mouth of a smiling African American porter, represented in stereotypical {{blackface}} style.

* The Storybook Land boat ride at Disneyland begins by entering [[BellyOfTheWhale Monstro the whale]] from ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}''.

* ''Franchise/{{Bionicle}}'': the entrance to [[http://biosector01.com/wiki/index.php/File:Roxtus.PNG Roxtus]], which isn't surprising as it's the head of a [[HumongousMecha Prototype Robot.]]

* The entrance to the [[FireAndBrimstoneHell Oubliette of Suffering]] in ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}} and the Pirate's Curse'' is one, and [[GeniusLoci it will only open its mouth]] to stinky ne'er-do-wells.

* The entrance to the [[FireAndBrimstoneHell Oubliette of Suffering]] in ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}} and the Pirate's Curse'' is one, and it will only open its mouth to stinky ne'er-do-wells.

-->'''Kidnapper:''' We'll be fine. Trolls run from fire.
-->'''Rincewind:''' Yes, but... this one can't, you see.
-->'''Kidnapper:''' And why's that?
-->'''Rincewind:''' Well, because... you've lit it on his ''tongue.''
--->''Discworld/TheLightFantastic''

* Invoked in LookingForGroup; the party comes across a secret door that expands and contracts; Richard mistakes it for "A mountain that eats people".

* The gate to the Colony in the ''{{Tunnels}}'' books is called the Skull Gate, because it rests below an enormous stone skull.

* The entrance to Hell seen in ''PlutosJudgementDay'' is a large, cat-shaped cave (which coincidentally resembled the entrance to the Cave of Wonders seen in ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' many decades later) in the middle of a volcanic area.

* In ''Discworld/TheLightFantastic'' Twoflower's kidnappers inadvertently settle in the mouth of an enormous troll, mistaking it for a cave. They probably would have been fine if they hadn't lit a fire inside it, ironically to ward off trolls. Literature/{{Discworld}} Trolls do this as they get older and, since they grow all their lives and are pretty much indestructible, bigger. Once a troll gets very old it decides to go to some remote area and have a "think" about life. The thinking gets so intense leaves the troll in a semi-dormant nearly dead state of slumber (they aren't that bright you see), meaning that many of the hills and mountains on the Disc are actually trolls that went off for the "big think" and have stayed laying there for what is sometimes millennia. This is also the cause of much of the historical conflicts between Dwarfs and Trolls, Dwarfs being small humanoid creatures that smash open rocks to extract valuable minerals and Trolls basically being large walking rocks with valuable minerals inside. As the book says, it is hard to have decent relations with someone who just "quarried" your great-great-great-great-great grandfather while he was out "thinking"...

* ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' have the crew of the Millenium Falcon confuse a Space Slug's mouth with an asteroid cave.

* ''{{Felarya}}'' is another fictional setting where it is rarely wise to explore such cavern mouths, since the ambush predators tend to be of sufficient size.

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* A Very humorous one In ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'', happen when the [[FiveManBand Gang of Appliances]] are seeking Shelter, and Lampy Discovers A hollow tree. Which he hops inside of.
-->'''Lampy''': Hey Fellas! We can Stay in here! Look!
As He turns on his light, he illuminates a scary face, Everyone else Screams and vanishes into the bushes.
Lampy cannot see it because he's inside the tree itself (Like a jack-o'-lantern.) However, as soon as he DOES... Hilarity ensues.

* In the ''Literature/TheSprigganMirror'' The castle (Presumably Derathon's) Was said to have the only entrance carved like a gaping mouth..

* In ''Discworld/TheLightFantastic'' Twoflower's kidnappers inadvertantly settle in the mouth of an enormous troll, mistaking it for a cave. They probably would have been fine if they hadn't lit a fire inside it, ironically to ward off trolls. Literature/{{Discworld}} Trolls do this as they get older and, since they grow all their lives and are pretty much indestructible, bigger. Once a troll gets very old it decides to go to some remote area and have a "think" about life. The thinking gets so intense leaves the troll in a semi-dormant nearly dead state of slumber (they aren't that bright you see), meaning that many of the hills and mountains on the Disc are actually trolls that went off for the "big think" and have stayed laying there for what is sometimes millennia. This is also the cause of much of the historical conflicts between Dwarfs and Trolls, Dwarfs being small humanoid creatures that smash open rocks to extract valuable minerals and Trolls basically being large walking rocks with valuable minerals inside. As the book says, it is hard to have decent relations with someone who just "quarried" your great-great-great-great-great grandfather while he was out "thinking"...

* Almost all the dungeon entrances in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda1'' consist of these. ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' also features a couple as a CallBack to the first game.

* Almost all the dungeon entrances in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' consist of these.

* ''Series/TheGoodies'' go caving. They find a remarkable Cave Mouth. They note the curving rows of stalagmites and stalactites and treat the odd red thing [[hottip:*:uvula]] like a punching bag. The giant dinosaur, naturally, closes its mouth on them.