History Main / CrazyConsumption

* Allison, the basket case from ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'', with her throwing the baloney from her sandwich on the ceiling and replacing it with Cap'n Crunch
cereal and Pixy Stix powdered candy, as well as exploding her soda and licking it off the desk.

* Allison, the basket case from ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'', with her throwing the baloney from her sandwich on the ceiling and replacing it with captain crunch and pixie sticks, as well as exploding her soda and licking it off the desk.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]]: The Master actually starts eating PEOPLE after his ([[CameBackWrong sabotaged]]) resurrection. And even when he eats regular food, he does it so fast and so desperately it's pretty clear he is REALLY hungry.[[note]] He is given a whole chicken and starts ripping it desperately with his bare hands, while practically shoving the food in his mouth. You have to give Creator/JohnSimm some credit for the despair you fill in the Master's hunger.[[/note]]

* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' : Hijikata Toshiro will put a big serving of mayonnaise on everything, and Yamazaki has recently become an anpan junkie.

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When someone's mental instability, or at least separation from the rest of humanity, is demonstrated by their consumption of food in an unusual manner. Related to BigEater, ExtremeOmnivore, MasochistsMeal. Not to be confused with ConspicuousConsumption or [[VictorianNovelDisease the disease formerly known as consumption]].

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' a chickenpox outbreak quarantines the entire Cul-De-Sac, leaving the Eds as the only ones not sick. Eddy goes absolutely [[SanitySlippage batshit]] due to the lack of kids to scam. During this time, he consumes a number of items, including an enormous pile of acorns (that he 'won' from a group of squirrels), a hunk of a wooden fence ("Ham and eggs, and buttered toast!") and a FIRE HYDRANT ("JAWBREAKER!").

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', Cyborg gets a virus that makes him see everything as some sort of delicious treat.

* One of [[Wrestling/GeorgeSteele George "The Animal" Steele]]'s gimmicks was to tear open a turnbuckle and eat the stuffing (see the page pic).

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* A rare tragic use of this trope comes in ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies'' when Setsuko begins to eat mudballs and glass beads while suffering from starvation induced hallucinations.

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* In the backstories of both ''FanFic/AeonNatumEngel'' and its rewrite, ''FanFic/AeonEntelechyEvangelion'', [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Misato Katsuragi]] suffered brain damage that left her with almost no sense of smell or taste. Thus, she has to spice her food to near-toxic levels to be able to enjoy it...and almost always forgets to make separate portions for anyone else she's cooking for. She also uses this to win bets on who can eat the spiciest food.
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* A mild example of the 'separation from humanity' sort can be found in the Literature/HonorHarrington books, where people that have been genetically modified [[HeavyWorlder for higher gravity]] are noted to also be voracious eaters due to their higher metabolism.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans,'' Cyborg gets a virus that makes him see everything as some sort of delicious treat.

* Beast in ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' eats really messily to show how much of a beast he's become.