History Main / EatingShoes

-->[[{{SpongeBob SquarePants}} There once was a man from Peru]],\\
Who dreamed he was eating his shoe.
--->He woke with a fright\\
In the middle of the night,

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** In "Godfellas", Fry and Leela imprison some scientists in a laundry room and hijack their telescope. One of the scientists pleads through the door: "Let us out! We cooked our shoes in the dryer and ate them! Now we're bored!"

* ''Film/TheGoldRush'': Charlie Chaplin and Big Jim, the man he's rooming with at an isolated cabin, are so starved that they start eating one of Chaplin's shoes. It seems to taste to him very well by the way, in fact it TastesLikeChicken.
** Fun fact: The shoe was made out of licorice. They shot so many takes, that Chaplin got an upset stomach.

* In ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'' the manager of the restaurant in Ankh-Morpork, a former chef, is able to make meals out of mud and old boots (after Death steals his food stocks to feed the beggars) by a combination of skill and 'headology' (people will eat anything in a fancy restaurant if the menu is in French... Er, Quirmian). In ''Nanny Ogg's Cookbook'' it's noted that mud and old boots-based cuisine eventually caught on across the city's posh restaurants.
** You don't carry [[IndestructibleEdible Dwarf Bread]] to eat. You carry it so that your shoes taste better by comparison.

Out of all the unusual things that someone can eat, shoes tend to be the most popular choice in fiction. Probably because they are the type of clothing one misses the least. TropeMaker is probably Creator/CharlieChaplin, who did it first in his classic ''Film/TheGoldRush'' (1925).

* In the ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "That's Lobstertainment!", Fry, having been trapped in a tar pit for hours with Leela, wants to eat his shoe. When Leela figures a way out, he still suggests having shoe and proceeds to eat it.

* In ''FullmetalAlchemist'', protagonist Edward Elric, at one point, boils a leather shoe for Prince Ling Yao to eat: "When I become the Emperor of Xing, I will have you recorded in the history books as 'the man who fed a shoe to the Emperor.'"

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]* In ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'' the manager of the restaurant in Ankh-Morpork, a former chef, is able to make meals out of mud and old boots (after Death steals his food stocks to feed the beggars) by a combination of skill and 'headology' (people will eat anything in a fancy restaurant if the menu is in French... Er, Quirmian). In ''Nanny Ogg's Cookbook'' it's noted that mud and old boots-based cuisine eventually caught on across the city's posh restaurants.

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* In ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'' the manager of the restaurant in Ankh-Morpork, a former chef, is able to make meals out of mud and old boots (after Death steals his food stocks to feed the beggars) by a combination of skill and 'headology' (people will eat anything in a fancy restaurant if the menu is in French... Er, Quirmian). In ''Nanny Ogg's Cookbook'' it's noted that mud and old boots-based cuisine eventually caught on across the city's posh restaurants.

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* ''Film/TheGoldRush'': Charlie Chaplin and Big Jim, the man he's rooming with at an isolated cabin, are so starved that they start eating one of Chaplin's shoes. It seems to taste to him very well by the way.

Out of all the unusual things that someone can eat, shoes tend to be the most popular choice in fiction. Probably because they are the type of clothing one misses the least. TropeMaker is probably CharlieChaplin, who did it first in his classic ''Film/TheGoldRush'' (1925).

!!'''Examples:'''

* Tom is shipwrecked in the WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry cartoon "His Mouse Friday" and starts eating his shoes and shoelaces.
* In ''FullmetalAlchemist'', protagonist Edward Elric, at one point, boils a leather shoe for Prince Ling Yao to eat: "When I become the Emperor of Xing, I will have you recorded in the history books as 'the man who fed a shoe to the Emperor.'"

Out of all the unusual things that someone can eat, shoes tend to be the most popular choice in fiction. Probably because they are the type of clothing one misses the least. TropeMaker is probably CharlieChaplin, who did it first in his classic ''TheGoldRush'' (1925).

* ''TheGoldRush'': Charlie Chaplin and Big Jim, the man he's rooming with at an isolated cabin, are so starved that they start eating one of Chaplin's shoes. It seems to taste to him very well by the way.

* In JanSvankmajer's short film "Shoes" two customers wait in vain until a waiter comes to take their order. They start eating everything in sight, including their shoes.

** Fun fact: The shoe was made out of licorice.

* In ''FullmetalAlchemist'', protagonist Edward Elric, at one point, boils a leather shoe for Prince Lin Yao to eat: "When I become the Emperor of Xing, I will have you recorded in the history books as 'the man who fed a shoe to the Emperor.'"

* Tom is shipwrecked in the TomAndJerry cartoon "His Mouse Friday" and starts eating his shoes and shoelaces.

Out of all the unusual things that someone can eat shoes tend to be the most popular choice in fiction. Probably because they are the type of clothing one misses the least. TropeNamer is probably CharlieChaplin, who did it first in his classic TheGoldRush (1925).

* TheGoldRush: Charlie Chaplin and Big Jim, the man he's rooming with at an isolated cabin, are so starved that they start eating one of Chaplin's shoes. It seems to taste to him very well by the way.

* German film director WernerHerzog literally ate one of his shoes because he lost a bet. He swore that he would eat his shoe if Errol Morris ever completed the film GatesOfHeaven. When Morris did Herzorg took the opportunity to let film director Les Blank film his activity, which was named ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe" (1980).

* PetAlien: Gumper eats everything, including shoes.

* TheGoldRush: Charlie Chaplin and the man he's rooming with at an isolated cabin are so starved that they start eating one of Chaplin's shoes. It seems to taste to him very well by the way.

* TheGoldRush: Charlie Chaplin is so starved that he starts eating one of his shoes. It seems to taste him very well by the way.

Examples:

* German film director literally ate one of his shoes because he lost a bet. He swore that he would eat his shoe if Errol Morris ever completed the film GatesOfHeaven. When Morris did Herzorg took the opportunity to let film director Les Blank film his activity, which was named ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe" (1980).