History Main / InvisibleStomachVisibleFood

* Lily from ''Literature/SoonIWillBeInvincible'' isn't invisible but made from transparent crystal. Food can be seen vanishing as it goes down her throat.

The trope also illustrates the mechanics of a character's invisibility. Visible food suggests that their body is made of a completely transparent material, as opposed to ordinary material that is "hidden" by an InvisibilityCloak (or something similar).

Even with the stomach restriction, the trope is often played for {{Squick}} in live-action works. In drawn or animated works it may be PlayedForLaughs instead.

* Averted in ''Film/HollowMan'', as after entering the esophagus the food eaten by Sebastian becomes invisible as well.
* Aversion: Harry steals a lollipop off a kid in Honeydukes and it disappears bite by bite while wearing his InvisibilityCloak in ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban''.

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* Aversion: if a {{Shinigami}} from ''Franchise/DeathNote'' eats in front of someone who hasn't touched their Death Note and can't see them, the apple will be seen floating in midair and disappearing bite by bite. Light denies Ryuk his apples until he helps find a blind spot for the hidden cameras that the [=NPA=] put in their room.
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** In the 1952 WesternAnimation/BugsBunny short "Water, Water Every Hare", Bugs turns himself invisible with a bottle of "Vanishing Fluid". While invisible, he chews and swallows a carrot, and the audience can see it being ground to orange meal and falling down his throat.

[[caption-width-right:267:Looks like this guy had an apple for lunch.]]

** The 1939 short "Porky's Movie Mystery" features [[Film/TheInvisibleMan1933 The Invisible Man]] eating an apple. Thanks to CartoonPhysics, the chewed-up apple reassembles itself in his stomach, where it remains for the rest of the scene.

-->--Music/TheyMightBeGiants, "I Am Invisible"

* ''Film/TheInvisibleMan'' (1933) doesn't actually ''show'' the trope, but Griffin mentions that any food he eats will be visible inside him until digested, as in the original novel.

** The 1939 short "Porky's Movie Mystery" features Film/TheInvisibleMan eating an apple. Thanks to CartoonPhysics, the chewed-up apple reassembles itself in his stomach, where it remains for the rest of the scene.

* Harry steals a lollipop off a kid in Honeydukes and it disappears bite by bite while wearing his InvisibilityCloak in ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban''.

* If a {{Shinigami}} from ''Franchise/DeathNote'' eats in front of someone who hasn't touched their Death Note and can't see them, the apple will be seen floating in midair and disappearing bite by bite. Light denies Ryuk his apples until he helps find a blind spot for the hidden cameras that the [=NPA=] put in their room.

* Lily from ''Literature/SsonIWillBeInvincible'' isn't invisible but made from transparent crystal. Food can be seen vanishing as it goes down her throat.

The food usually doesn't stay visible past the stomach stage. This is partly justified; logic suggests that the food must become invisible as the character absorbs it fully into their body, or else the character wouldn't ''stay'' invisible for very long. Then again, [[FridgeLogic the same logic also suggests]] that the portion of the food that ''isn't'' absorbed should remain visible [[ToiletHumour all the way down]], but this would be too disgusting for most audiences.

* In the Creator/ChevyChase movie ''Film/MemoirsOfAnInvisibleMan'', there are several scenes in which he chews gum, drinks liquid, or otherwise ingests food and we see it hovering in air. In fact, the first time he notices is when he "sees" himself in the mirror, only to find digesting food. [[VomitIndiscretionShot We hear the sound of vomiting]] and the food arches into the air and off-screen. Later, as Chase's character attempts to hide from the BigBad, he refuses to eat so that he remains invisible.

Even with the stomach restriction, the trope is often played for {{Squick}}, especially in live-action works.

* ''Literature/TheInvisibleMan'' by HGWells is the TropeCodifier.

* [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in the Music/TheyMightBeGiants song "I Am Invisible", which provides the page quote. The invisible man isn't sure whether this trope applies to him or not.

** The 1939 short "Porky's Movie Mystery" features Film/TheInvisibleMan eating an apple. Thanks to CartoonPhysics, the chewed-up apple reassembles itself in his stomach, where it remains for the rest of the scene. (It's the current page image.)

** The short "Porky's Movie Mystery" features the invisible man eating an apple. Thanks to CartoonPhysics, the chewed-up apple reassembles itself in his stomach, where it remains for the rest of the scene.

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->''"There are details \\\\
That I haven't worked out \\\\
Like when I eat my lunch \\\\
Does it disappear \\\\