History Main / ObsessedWithFood

* ''{{Toriko}}'' doesn't think about anything but eating (Justified since he has a HyperactiveMetabolism which means he'll starve in hours rather than days and gathering ingredients and cooking's kind of a SeriousBusiness in his world). Naturally the anime adaptation has crossed over with One Piece.
* Goku from DragonBallZ. Justified in that he weakens ''a lot'' if he's hungry.

* In TheHobbit Bilbo is constantly thinking about where he'd rather be and what he'd rather be eating (usually cake)

* Sakura Kyouko from ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' is rarely seen without chewing some kind of food. Normally, something like that doesn't qualify her for this trope, but [[spoiler:it's revealed that it's almost entirely psychological, due to her upbringing as a poor child and the fact that [[{{Lich}} magical girls]] actually don't need to eat]]. That's an obsession if there is ever one.

* In the ''DextersLaboratory'' episode "The Bus Boy" when the fat German kid is telling his story about the creature at the back of the bus, he keeps distracting himself whenever he mentions food.

* SouthPark: Eric Cartman is obsessed with cheesy poofs and fried chicken.

* Gary and Patrick from SpongebobSquarepants.

Most of the time, especially in WesternAnimation or {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}, it's PlayedForLaughs, but it can also be PlayedForDrama.

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* In ArchieComics and the animated series thereof, Jughead Jones would often become distracted if the subject of food came up in the middle of him talking about something else.

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** Augustus Gloop, finder of the first golden ticket, who is constantly eating. Possibly the inspiration for ''The Simpsons''' Uter.
** Charlie Bucket and his family are also preoccupied with food but for a different reason: they're so poor they're starving.

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* On the first series of {{Skins}}, Cassie thinks about food a lot. She has an eating disorder, she organizes tinned food in other people's homes, has set strategies for pushing food around her plate to make it look like she's been eating, and believes someone is sending her secret messages telling her to 'EAT!'

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* Bud from {{Mega Man Star Force}} is obsessed with food to the point that him entering an eating contest is a plot point. Obviousley, PlayedForLaughs.

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* [[LooneyTunes The Tasmanian Devil]], whose menu fills up the whole page of a reference book. To say nothing of "...And especially rabbits!" in bold red print.

* Those with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prader-Willi_syndrome Prader-Willi syndrome]]. These people think about food 24/7 because full signals never reach the brain, and as a result, they feel hungry perpetually.

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* On the first series of {{Skins}}, Cassie thinks about food a lot. She has an eating disorder, she organises tinned food in other people's homes, has set strategies for pushing food around her plate to make it look like she's been eating, and believes someone is sending her secret messages telling her to 'EAT!'

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* ''{{Garfield}}'' is like that every time Jon puts him on a diet.

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* On the first series of Skins, Cassie thinks about food a lot. She has an eating disorder, she organises tinned food in other people's homes, has set strategies for pushing food around her plate to make it look like she's been eating, and believes someone is sending her secret messages telling her to 'EAT!'

* In TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow, mainly in the SuperMarioBros2 season, Mario obsesses over Italian food.

* ''CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'': Augustus Gloop, finder of the first GoldenTicket, who is constantly eating. Possibly the inspiration for ''The Simpsons''' Uter.

* ''[[AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''- Sokka, especially with [[RealMenEatMeat meat]]. Constantly Lampshaded by Sokka's actor in "The Ember Island Players," Who rarely ever took his mind off food for the entire play.

* In ''OnePiece'', Luffy gets hungry real easily to where he will try to eat the nearest thing as a RunningGag. He particularly likes meat (of any sort) but will eat anything that tastes good. After a few hours without eating, he will start to complain to anyone nearby. After several hours, it substantially affects his ability to fight--normally PlayedForLaughs but becomes a major plot point when he [[spoiler:fails to stop the [=CP9=] agents from assassinating Iceburg ([[IGotBetter he got better]]), burning down his mansion, and kidnapping Franky.]]

* ''{{Toriko}}'' doesn't think about anything but eating. (Justified since he has a HyperactiveMetabolism which means he'll starve in hours rather than days and gathering ingredients and cooking's kind of a SeriousBusiness in his world).

* Those with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prader-Willi_syndrome Prader-Willi syndrome]]. These people think about food 24/7 because full signals never reach the brain, and as a result feel hungry perpetually.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prader-Willi_syndrome Prader-Willi syndrome]]

* ''TabletopGame/InNomine''. Not surprisingly, Haagenti the Demon Prince of Gluttony.

* ''TabletopGame/InNomine''. The Demon Prince of Gluttony, naturally.

* ''TabletopGames/InNomine''. The Demon Prince of Gluttony, naturally.

* King Louis XVI seemed more interested in food than his wife.

[[CaptainObvious Food is important.]] Without the many things it provides (not just nutrition, [[ForeignQueasine but culture]], [[ComfortFood comfort]] and...well, [[IncrediblyLamePun just gives life more flavour]]) people would just keel over and die (...literally). Of course, this makes being hungry a big deal.

With this in mind it\'s hardly a surprise that some people just can\'t get it off their mind. Not just in the sense that they don\'t want to starve, but that they can\'t stop thinking about eating. They might just constantly crave their TrademarkFavoriteFood, or just [[BigEater food in general]]. Either way they will pay more attention to food than anything else. Expect another character to ask them \"How can you think about food at a time like this!?\" at some point.

Most of the time, especially in WesternAnimation or {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}, it\'s PlayedForLaughs, but it can also be PlayedForDrama.

These characters tend to be the BigEater and may suffer from MeatOVision and are prone to a DeliciousDistraction. Contrast WeightWoe, where someone\'s trying to ignore food.

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* In \'\'TrinityBlood\'\', PlayedForLaughs with Father Nightroad at the start of the first episode of the Anime, who hasn\'t eaten in 22 hours due to not being able to pay for a sandwitch. Later, it\'s PlayedForDrama with Ion, who is a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire afraid of loosing his self - control. However, when they\'re able to eat normally, neither is obsessed with food.
* In \'\'OnePiece\'\', Luffy gets hungry real easily to where he will try to eat the nearest thing as a RunningGag. He particularly likes meat (of any sort) but will eat anything that tastes good. After a few hours without eating, he will start to complain to anyone nearby. After several hours, it substantially affects his ability to fight--normally PlayedForLaughs but becomes a major plot point when he [[spoiler:fails to stop the [=CP9=] agents from assassinating Iceburg ([[IGotBetter he got better]]), burning down his mansion, and kidnapping Franky.]]
* \'\'{{Toriko}}\'\' doesn\'t think about anything but eating. (Justified since he has a HyperactiveMetabolism which means he\'ll starve in hours rather than days and gathering ingredients and cooking\'s kind of a SeriousBusiness in his world).
* Goku from DragonBallZ. Justified in that he weakens \'\'a lot\'\' if he\'s hungry.

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* In \'\'Taft 2012\'\', the protagonist lampshades this, describing his interest in politics as a \"[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D0b9hWihDs hunger for values]]\".
* \'\'CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory\'\': Augustus Gloop, finder of the first GoldenTicket, who is constantly eating. Possibly the inspiration for \'\'The Simpsons\'\'\' Uter.
** Charlie Bucket and his family are also preoccupied with food but for a different reason: they\'re so poor they\'re starving.
* In TheHobbit Bilbo is constantly thinking about where he\'d rather be and what he\'d rather be eating (usually cake)

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* In an episode of \'\'TheXFiles\'\' [[SympatheticPOV told from]] the MonsterOfTheWeek\'s POV, said monster is consumed with eating people. He [[IJustWantToBeNormal tries to control it]] by going to Overeaters Anonymous, but ends up killing & eating his landlady (who he bonded with when he discovered she was also in OA).
* On the first series of Skins, Cassie thinks about food a lot. She has an eating disorder, she organises tinned food in other people\'s homes, has set strategies for pushing food around her plate to make it look like she\'s been eating, and believes someone is sending her secret messages telling her to \'EAT!\'

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* \'\'{{Garfield}}\'\' is like that every time Jon puts him on a diet.

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* [[SoulSeries Soul Calibur V]] has Xiba, a character who is shown eating in his promo art and is so concerned about getting his next meal that his opening battle lines include, \"If food is on the line, I\'d better win this!\" and \"So if I beat you, you\'ll give me some food?\" He will even yell \"Food!\" when knocked out.

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* In the \'\'DextersLaboratory\'\' episode \"The Bus Boy\" when the fat German kid is telling his story about the creature at the back of the bus, he keeps distracting himself whenever he mentions food.
* In the \'\'HeyArnold\'\' episode \"Best Friends\" when Arnold and Gerald are trying to find out why Rhonda and Nadine split up and they question Harold, he can only remember what they were eating and anything they said that was related to food.
* WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons:
** Homer Simpson. Whenever he hears (or thinks he hears) any mention of food, he responds with the CatchPhrase \"Mmm, [food/thing that vaguely sounds like food]\", then spaces out and drools.
** Uter the exchange student from Germany. Always seen eating chocolate bars.
* SouthPark: Eric Cartman is obsessed with cheesy poofs and fried chicken.
* In \'\'ScoobyDoo\'\', PlayedForLaughs with Shaggy and Scooby. Both of them are slender, cowardly {{Big Eater}}s who are only \'\'not\'\' hungry when they\'ve stuffed themselves with more food than would normally feed a dozen people, and are only \'\'not\'\' thinking about food when they\'re too scared.
* In WallaceAndGromit, the main content of Wallace\'s life is cheese. Incidentally, the series has gone as far as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wensleydale_cheese#Wallace_and_Gromit even saving a rare type of cheese]].
* \'\'[[AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar: The Last Airbender]]\'\'- Sokka, especially with [[RealMenEatMeat meat]]. Constantly Lampshaded by Sokka\'s actor in \"The Ember Island Players,\" Who rarely ever took his mind off food for the entire play.
* The titular character of \'\'{{Chowder}}\'\'. Not surprisingly, he\'s an apprentice cook.
* Gary and Patrick from SpongebobSquarepants.
* Wimpy from the Popeye cartoons, who would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.
* [[LooneyTunes The Tasmanian Devil]], whose menu fills up the whole page of a reference book. To say nothing of \"...And especially rabbits!\" in bold red print.
* Slimer from TheRealGhostbusters often got in trouble because of his massive appetite.
* The Laughing Hyenas in TimonAndPumbaa were perpetually on the edge of starvation and would go to any length for a square meal.
* In TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow, mainly in the SuperMarioBros2 season, Mario obsesses over Italian food.

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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prader-Willi_syndrome Prader-Willi syndrome]]
* King Louis XVI seemed more interested in food than his wife.

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