History Main / DevourTheDragon

* In ''DigimonAdventure'' Venom Vamdemon eats his subordinate Picodevimon for a marginal powerup during his ChewingTheScenery sequence.

* [[BigBad Mag Mel]] from {{Bakugan}} [[spoiler:kills and absorbs Mistress Sellon after she had [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived her usefulness]], using her energy to power himself as he prepares to carry out his ultimate plan.]]

* In ''[[http://de.jihad.net/lib/bull-dotb.txt Day of the Barney]]'', [[spoiler:Barney kills Baby Bop in this manner]].

*Also, in Digimon Frontier, [[spoiler: Lucemon does this to Crusadermon and Dynasmon shortly after their defeat by the Digidestined.]]

* In ''SoulCalibur4'', Tira ''wants'' Nightmare/Soul Edge to do this to her because she has a bad case of MadLove for it. In her ending [[spoiler:the opposite happens. Nightmare's body can no longer withstand its own power and it dies while Tira begs it to stay with her. Tira gets her wish when Soul Edge's power merges with her.]]

** Thats what the ranger's summoned pet is for. [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential Well, that and disarming traps...]]

-->"Come. Join me. Be part of my power."
--->'''Makuta Teridax''' absorbing [[BrainsAndBrawn Nidhiki and Krekka]], ''[[{{Bionicle}} Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui]]''

* In ''DigimonAdventure'' Venom Vamdemon eats his subordinate Picodevimon for a marginal powerup during his FeedMe sequence.

** It wasn't unused. Visas just has to be either wearing her default outfit, or in her underwear, and can only be armed with a basic lightsaber. Her AffectionValues must also be at maximum.

** It wasn't unused. Visas just has to be either wearing her default outfir, ir in her underwear, and can only be armed with a lightsaber. Her AffectionMeter must also be at it's maximum.

The heroes are fighting a near-immortal BigBad and his [[TheDragon second-in-command]]. Both of them appear to run on some sort of "life force", or have several lives... the only thing for the heroes to do is keep fighting to wear them down, hoping to get them down to nothing. Slowly, the villains realize the tables have turned, and they're losing...

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[[caption-width-right:314:Rule Number 1: Doesn't matter if you summoned him, HE is the boss.]]

* In ''FullMetalAlchemist'' Brotherhood, [[spoiler: the homunculus Gluttony]] is devoured for this purpose. [[The alchemist Solf J. Kimblee]] later succumbs to the same fate. In this case, it ends up [[HoistByHisOwnPetard biting the devourer in the ass]] later on.

* [[spoiler: Pride devours Gluttony]] in the ''FullMetalAlchemist'' manga.
** [[spoiler: And he does to same to Kimblee (though he was already dying), granting him alchemy as well]].
*** [[spoiler: Of course, this ends up [[HoistByHisOwnPetard biting him in the ass]] later on]].

* During the Time of Troubles in the ForgottenRealms, Bhaal absorbed the souls of every assassin in the world in order to upgrade his avatar. To gain the strength to battle Bhaal's avatar, the good god Torm likewise absorbed the souls of his own followers, but on a voluntary basis.

The heroes are fighting a near-immortal BigBad and his second-in-command. Both of them appear to run on some sort of "life force", or have several lives... the only thing for the heroes to do is keep fighting to wear them down, hoping to get them down to nothing. Slowly, the villains realize the tables have turned, and they're losing...