History Main / MutagenicFood

* In the ''CourageTheCowardlyDog'' pilot "The Chicken From Outer Space", eating alien eggs causes Eustace to [[BodyHorror transform into a monstrous chicken man]].

* The titular monster in John Carpenter's ''Film/TheThing1982'' is like a {{Virus}}, it can infect people by merely touching them. Since small particles are enough to take over a body, one of the scientists suggests that everyone prepare their own food and eat out of cans in order to prevent contamination via the digestive system.

* In John Carpenter's film ''Film/TheThing1982'', even a single cell of the title monster can convert a living creature into a Thing. One of the scientists suggests that everyone prepare their own food and eat out of cans so a Thing can't contaminate a human's food with itself.

* Some opposers of GMO food fear this is true whenever food includes "mutations" ([[YouFailBiologyForever or even "DNA"]]). Mutations however happen spontaneously in all living organisms, allowing for such things as natural evolution.
** There could be a infinitisimally small chance that not all the vectors used for transgenic modification were integrated into the nuclei of the GMO, but the stomach produces enzymes that break down DNA (which is why Jurassic Park is full of it).
* Eating too many carrots, or anything else with beta-carotene, can cause your skin cells to absorb the pigment, causing you to turn carrot-coloured. [[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/too-much-sunny-delight-turns-girls-skin-yellow-1134703.html Drinkers of Sunny Delight have also suffered this]] - BonusPoints for the story being reported just as an advert showed a snowman drinking the beverage [[EpicFail and turning yellow as a result]].

* ''TheSmurfs'' comic book story "Salad Smurfs" had the Smurfs turning into AnthropomorphicFood from eating magically-treated giant vegetables.

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* In John Carpenter's film ''Film/TheThing1982'', even a single cell of the title monster can convert a living creature into a Thing. One of the scientists suggests that everyone prepare their own food and eat out of cans so a Thing can't contaminate a human's food with itself.

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* A pornographic text game ''Corruption of Champions'' has this as a major game mechanic. Various items and potions can bestow transformations on you, slowly turning you into animal or monstrous forms representative of their origin. "Canine Peppers", for example, subtly alter your physiology into a more... canine form, while "Whisker Fruit" makes you more catlike. Items of opposed species will soon cancel out each other's transformations- and overdosing on certain transformation items will [[BalefulPolymorph turn you permanently]] into that animal, resulting in a bad ending for you.

* BillCosby named a book ''[[http://www.amazon.com/Am-What-Ate-Im-Frightened/dp/0060545739/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319749363&sr=8-1 I Am What I Ate...and I'm Frightened!!!]]''

This is often given some sort of HandWave in that the food was genetically modified[=/=]exposed to radiation[=/=]infected with TheVirus[=/=]of alien origin[=/=][[MurderArsonAndJaywalking past its use-by date]].

->''"You are what you eat" said a wise old man,''

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* Some raw meat chunks in DungeonCrawl can cause a random mutation if eaten. They are thankfully labeled as such and prompt a warning if you try to eat it.

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* Eating too many carrots, or anything else with beta-carotene, can cause your skin cells to absorb the pigment, causing you to turn carrot-coloured. [[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/too-much-sunny-delight-turns-girls-skin-yellow-1134703.html Drinkers of Sunny Delight have also suffered this]] - BonusPoints for the story being reported just as an advert showed a snowman drinking the beverage [[EpicFail and turning yellow as a result]].

* Pornographic text game ''Corruption of Champions'' has this as a major game mechanic. Various items can bestow transformations on you, slowly turning you into forms representative of their origin. "Canine Peppers", for example, alter your physiology into a more canine form, while "Whisker Fruit" makes you more catlike. Items of opposed species will cancel out each other's transformations, and overdosing on certain transformative items will [[BalefulPolymorph turn you permanently into an animal]], resulting in a bad ending.

* In ''Gelee Royale'', a short story by Creator/RoaldDahl, the eponymous substance [[spoiler:slowly transforms a baby into a bee larva]].

->--'''Victor Buono''', "The Fat Man's Prayer"

* In John Carpenter's film ''Film/TheThing'', even a single cell of the title monster can convert a living creature into a Thing. One of the scientists suggests that everyone prepare their own food and eat out of cans so a Thing can't contaminate a human's food with itself.

* ''TheSmurfs'' comic book story "Salad Smurfs" had the Smurfs turning into Anthropomorphic Food from eating magically-treated giant vegetables.

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* In StephenKing's short story ''Grey Matter'', [[spoiler:a can of contaminated beer turns a man into a shambling fungoid horror]].

* In ''Gelee Royale'', a short story by RoaldDahl, the eponymous substance [[spoiler:slowly transforms a baby into a bee larva]].

* In John Carpenter's film ''Film/TheThing'', even a single cell of the title monster can convert a living creature into a Thing. One of the scientists suggests that everyone prepare their own food and eat out of cans so a Thing can't contaminate a human's food with itself.

* Eating too many carrots, or anything else with beta-carotene, can cause your skin cells to absorb the pigment, causing you to turn carrot-coloured. [[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/too-much-sunny-delight-turns-girls-skin-yellow-1134703.html Drinkers of Sunny Delight have also suffered this]] - {{Bonus points}} for the story being reported just as an advert showed a snowman drinking the beverage [[EpicFail and turning yellow as a result]].

* Eating too many carrots can cause your skin cells to absorb the pigment, causing you to turn carrot-coloured.
** It actually happens with anything with Beta-carotene; carrots are just the easiest way to do so. [[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/too-much-sunny-delight-turns-girls-skin-yellow-1134703.html Drinkers of Sunny Delight have also suffered this]] - {{Bonus points}} for the story being reported just as an advert showed a snowman drinking the beverage [[EpicFail and turning yellow as a result]].

* In an episode of ''CourageTheCowardlyDog'', eating alien eggs causes Eugene to [[BodyHorror transform into a monstrous chicken man]].

* A character in ''ChronoCross'' ("[[PunnyName Funguy]]") eats a special mushroom that [[BalefulPolymorph transforms]] him into a half-human, half-mushroom person.

** It actually happens with anything with Beta-carotene; carrots are just the easiest way to do so.

* Eating too many carrots can cause your skin cells to absorb the pigment, causing you to turn carrot-coloured.