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* An amusing Literature/HarryPotter story called ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/11126195/1/ No Competition]]'' ''Fanfic/NoCompetition'' has Harry being this as a result of [[YinYangBomb Voldemort's killing curse and his mother's spell.]] It gives him a powerful dark aura that is like catnip to dark creatures, to the point where some of the most powerful dark beings in the world have congregated to be in his presence from the high they get off of his aura. [[DarkIsNotEvil This does not make him evil at all, however.]] It just attracts these dark beings who want to enjoy the curious mix of his innocence and dark aura. This makes wizards on the light side fear him, but aggravates Voldemort to no end, as he can't seem to recruit the very beings that are congregating around his enemy.

* ''WesternAnimation/Crashbox'': The ''Eddie Bull'' segment is an edutainment sketch series to teach about animals, with the same framing device for each episode; The titular Eddie works at a zoo, and is considered so delicious that every episode a new animal manages to swallow him, up to and including herbivores and animals much smaller than himself. He describes the animal to the viewer to help him figure out which did it this time.

It may be inverted by TooSpicyForYogSothoth. Also compare with CannibalismSuperpower, ToServeMan, SpikedBlood, and SuperPersistentPredator. The prey in question might try to convince their hunter that YouWontLikeHowITaste, or if that fails, hope the monster will RegretEatingMe. In some cases this may lead to GodEating. It can also overlap with PickyPeopleEater.

** In an April Fools ''{{Dragon}}'' magazine article about Flaws for Commoners (an NPC character class), this is one of them. Any carnivorous monster will attack the character to the exclusion of everyone else, even if they wouldn't have otherwise attacked the party at all.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': In an April Fools ''{{Dragon}}'' magazine article about Flaws for Commoners (an NPC character class), this is one of them. Any carnivorous monster will attack the character to the exclusion of everyone else, even if they wouldn't have otherwise attacked the party at all.

* ''Literature/AnitaBlake'': Drinking too much blood of other supernatural creatures or humans with powers can cause vampires to become intoxicated like alcohol.

* Kouta from ''LightNovel/{{Kanokon}}'' is the supernatural ChickMagnet version. He smells particularly pleasing to spirits... but rather than putting his life in jeopardy, it results in him acquiring an Unwanted Harem consisting of a powerful fox-spirit, and a slightly-less-powerful wolf-spirit. (As well as drawing 'attention' from a number of other, more-or-less superpowered spirits.) Of course, their warring for his attention DOES occasionally put him in a bad place...

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': Bella evidently smells particularly appealing to vampires, and her love interest in particular. This is a bit of a problem, because VampireBitesSuck in this series and said love interest is ''very'' serious about being a VegetarianVampire as a result. [[ButtMonkey It really does suck to be Edward Cullen, doesn't it?]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'': Glow toads are considered the best-tasting thing in the ocean to most aquatic creatures. Even giant sea serpents will go out of their way to eat a tiny glow toad because of how good they are. [[MeaningfulName This is why the party's glow toad]] is [[APorkNamedPorkchop named "Bait"]].

* Aisa Himegami from ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' at least ''smells'' delicious to vampires...however, they are destroyed by actually trying to drink her blood.

-->-- '''Narrator of ''[[https://brandonsanderson.com/i-hate-dragons-extended-version/ I Hate Dragons]]'''''

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': There are a few [=SCPs=] that have the effect of making the flesh of certain humans irresistibly delicious to other humans. One of them is a chocolate-like substance that make any human that eats it smell so good that other people will be compelled to try to eat them. Another is a phenomenon that makes people want to literally EatTheRich, which has affected Jeff Bezos is starting to spread to other rich people.

* ''Fanfic/TheWizardAndTheLonelyPrincess'' has yet to make this outright canon, but it's widely speculated by fans that Franchise/HarryPotter will attract [[EmotionEater changelings]] like cheap beer attracts wasps when he finally visits [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria]], because [[ThePowerOfLove the strength of his mother's love]] and her HeroicSacrifice are some ''very'' powerful magical ju-ju.

Occasionally, it's the very act of having powers to combat these forces that [[MagneticMedium attracts them]], because MagicIsAMonsterMagnet. If this person doesn't have any powers to speak of, anyone who has them as their {{Protectorate}} had better be prepared for a ''lot'' of protecting.

* Helpless heroine Misao from ''Manga/BlackBird'': “If a demon drinks her blood, he is granted a long life. If he eats her flesh, he gains eternal youth. And if he makes her his bride, his clan will prosper…” So she's constantly at risk from demons who want a bite. Or a marriage contract. Or both...

* Skip, protagonist of Creator/BrandonSanderson's ''I Hate Dragons'', has the supernatural power of smelling so delicious to dragons that they go crazy with the desire to eat him.
* [[TheLoad Xuanzang]] of ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' is this because his virgin flesh is supposed to grant immortality to demons as it is the flesh of a holy man. This is a TropeCodifier in regard to Eastern literatures.
* While no supernatural reason is given for it, Captain Hook of ''Literature/PeterPan'' fame is apparently pretty tasty. After Peter chops his hand off, it's tossed into the mouth of a nearby crocodile who finds it so delicious it now follows Hook wherever he goes, licking his lips for the rest of him.
* In ''Literature/TheSookieStackhouseMysteries'', faeries are practically [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby Snacks]] to vampires, to the point they act like dogs in a butcher shop when in the presence of one. (Sookie herself is less than pleased when she finds out her own fairy heritage is the reason she's so attractive to supernaturals.) It doesn't seem to work the same way for her relatives, though.
* The fallen star, Yvaine, in Neil Gaiman's ''Literature/{{Stardust}}'' is endangered thanks to her heart being the key to longevity and magical powers, and attracting the attention of the Lilim. Whether heart-of-star is particularly tasty is clarified in neither film nor book.
* Bella of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' evidently smells particularly appealing to vampires, and her love interest in particular. This is a bit of a problem, because VampireBitesSuck in this series and said love interest is ''very'' serious about being a VegetarianVampire as a result. [[ButtMonkey It really does suck to be Edward Cullen, doesn't it?]]

-->'''Angel:''' Wow! You really are full of it.

-->'''Spike:''' Oh, God, it's bloody ambrosia! Is this otter?

* In ''Series/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'', Dirk is noted by the Emotional Vampire-like "Three" to have energy that tastes really, really good.
* In ''Series/GhostWhisperer'', [[ISeeDeadPeople Melinda]] is usually chased by ghosts in need of help (whether they want it or not), but there is the occasional guy who [[OurSoulsAreDifferent collects souls to gain power]], and they tend to target her. Her occultist teacher friend told her that "If a dark spirit collects the soul of a light spirit, it's like a hundred points!"
* In ''Series/MyBabysittersAVampire'', Ethan has a rare blood type that vampires consider a delicacy.

* In the final season of ''Series/TheStrainTVSeries'', [[spoiler:after they have taken over,]] the Stigoi set up a facility to breed humans with type B blood, which they find particularly tasty.
* On ''Series/TrueBlood'', fairy blood is unusually tasty for vampires, as well as allowing them to walk in the sun for limited periods.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', dragon blood is so filling that any vampire that manages to drink a dragon dry will never feel their thirst again. Naturally, the fact that this requires them to drain a ''dragon'' rather complicates things, to the point that only two vampires in history, the legendary warrior Abhorash the Great and the necromancer Zacharias, ever managed this feat. This led to Abhorash's bloodline, the Blood Dragons, becoming a {{Proud Warrior Race|Guy}} in order to be powerful enough to emulate him.
** Many Blood Dragons trying to work their way up to dragons have found that other monsters can also satiate them for an extended period of time, with one famously being able to slake his thirst for a century with each giant he consumes.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', the voidsent Orcus sets his sights on devouring the Warrior of Light's "bounteous" soul for being as "blinding as the sun, pure as the snow", which is "[as] delectable as a boar slathered in grease" to a creature like him.
* As a rule of thumb, be ''very'' distrustful of anyone handling any variant of this in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' multiverse. There are many such elixirs, all with one thing in common: [[spoiler:the basic recipe involves either sacrificing bits of your mind and soul, or ripping them out from someone.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'', if your species embraces both the genetic engineering ascension path and the [[ToServeMan consumption of other sentient species as food]], then you can do this to species that you enslave by giving them the "Delicious" trait, meaning that they produce extra food when they are used as livestock.
* Hermits in ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' act as [[RareCandy free level-ups]] for youkai that eat them, at least according to [[AllThereInTheManual Perfect Memento in Strict Sense]]. (See ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', above.)

* The main character of ''VisualNovel/AkaiIto'' comes from an ancient lineage of these people. Since the other characters are {{Lesbian Vampire}}s in one way or another, this trait of hers really drives the story.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Untouchable}}'', modern vampires have learned to discreetly feed off humans' energy simply by touching them. Protagonist Sia finds her new neighbor Jiho has the most scrumptious energy she has ever tasted, but he HatesBeingTouched.

* There are a few [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCPs]] that have the effect of making the flesh of certain humans irresistibly delicious to other humans. One of them is a chocolate-like substance that make any human that eats it smell so good that other people will be compelled to try to eat them. Another is a phenomenon that makes people want to literally EatTheRich, which has affected Jeff Bezos is starting to spread to other rich people.
* Josie Gillman from the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' was turned into a girl to protect her from a family curse which grants some males of the Gillman line savant Level abilities in non-Euclidian geometry and "exceptional tastiness" to a CosmicHorror, inevitably leading them to dabble in things humankind was not meant to know, fall through the cracks in our reality, and wander the dark interstices underlying the universe until they arrive at their inevitable, hideous doom. In short, male Gillmans are the EldritchAbomination equivalent of delivery pizza.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AllStarSuperman'', [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark Kent's]] enormous power allows the villain Parasite to absorb enough ambient energy to escape his cell. Clark spends the next several minutes being chased through the prison, while having to keep ComicBook/LexLuthor from realizing that he is really Superman and find a way to defeat Parasite.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E11MoltDown Molt Down]]" reveals that young dragons becomes this during their molt, as Spike finds out the hard way. The smell they excrete, while repugnant to most other creatures, attract giant predators such as hydras, tatzlwurms or {{roc|Birds}}s. Thus Spike nearly gets eaten by a very persistent giant bird in the Everfree Forest.

* While no supernatural reason is given for it, Captain Hook of ''Literature/PeterPan'' fame is apparently pretty tasty. After Peter chops his hand off, it's tossed into the mouth of a nearby crocodile who finds it so delicious it now follows Hook wherever he goes, licking his lips for the rest of him.

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* TheVirus in ''Manga/VenusVersusVirus'' especially wanted to eat people who could sense them, such as the MainCharacters. This put a lot of stress on the new girl; which would shift her into her Anti-Virus SuperPoweredEvilSide; who would usually easily trounce this. But then ''she'' would find her partner "smells absolutely irresistible" and try to ...taste her until her normal personality kicked back in. It is ''not'' played for laughs.

%%%* The female lead of ''Manga/VampireKnight''.
* ''Manga/XxxHolic'': Watanuki's subconscious angst made him especially tasty to spirits, causing more angst, in some sort of demonically delicious loop.
* Flea-demon Myoga from ''Manga/InuYasha'' once mentioned that Inu-Yasha's father's blood was "especially delicious", and that Inu-Yasha had inherited that from him. Different from the other examples in that Myoga is a demon, but not a villain; in fact, he is quite loyal to Inu-Yasha. The fact that Myoga is only slightly larger than a mundane flea may have something to do with it, of course -- as it is, he drains harmlessly small amounts of blood from his "victims", who are annoyed more than anything else.

* ''Manga/HellTeacherNube'' ended up with a RedRightHand because his latent spiritual powers caused him to be a target for demons (who wanted to eat him) and ghosts (who wanted help from someone who could interact with them).
* ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'': Hayate has delicious supernatural blood. It's part of the His Life Sucks package. In fact, his blood when he's half-dying is one of the most mystically infused substances in the world; and can completely power up [[spoiler:Isumi or her great-grandmother]]. The latter has no problem with snacking on him, while the former tends to abstain, but once when Nagi was in danger, [[spoiler: she tasted just a little and that gave her enough power to both break a PowerLimiter curse that was on her and use her magic powers to teleport Hayate onto a spaceship in freaking Outer Space.]]
* in ''Manga/WildArms Twilight Venom'', Mirabelle (a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Crimson Noble]]) gets a small taste of Sheyenne's blood and flips out, wanting some more.
* The man-eating {{youkai}} of ''Manga/NatsumesBookOfFriends'' often comment on how delicious Natsume smells because of the strength of his power.
* Aisa Himegami from ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' at least ''smells'' delicious to vampires...however, they are destroyed by actually trying to drink her blood.
* Helpless heroine Misao from ''Manga/BlackBird'': “If a demon drinks her blood, he is granted a long life. If he eats her flesh, he gains eternal youth. And if he makes her his bride, his clan will prosper…” So she's constantly at risk from demons who want a bite. Or a marriage contract. Or both...

%%%%* ''VisualNovel/{{Ookamikakushi}}''
* Ciel of ''Manga/BlackButler''. The events that shaped his life have left his soul in such a state that it is considered the most suculent thing on Earth to demons. Much of Sebastian's loyalty to Ciel comes from the promise of feasting on Ciel's soul when the time comes.
* From ''Anime/TsukuyomiMoonPhase'' we have Kouhei: [[spoiler:He is the so-called "Vampire's Lover". What this means is his blood, besides being literally delicious for vampires, has the power to undo the psychic oaths of obedience they have towards their masters. That's how Hazuki was able to leave the castle prison she was in at the beginning, and how Elfriede is able to deceive and betray Count Kinkel, her master.]]
* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': The Brand of Sacrifice makes its bearer closer to the supernatural than normal, and is placed on people sacrificed to the Godhand so that the bearer of a Behelit can become a demon. In the unlikely event that a branded person escapes this fate, spirits will be drawn to them every night and try to eat them. As a side effect the bearer can sense the presence of spirits and ignores anti-{{Muggle}} wards.
* The Karasumori site of ''Manga/{{Kekkaishi}}'' has a [[CherryBlossoms Cherry tree]] that blooms out of season, said to excite the feelings of all around. This makes it a powerful [[{{Youkai}} Ayakashi]] magnet.
* Ginko of ''Manga/{{Mushishi}}'' is constantly attracting mushi which threaten to devour him if he stays in a particular place for too long. It's outright stated in the show that, eventually, they will catch up with him and eat him alive.

* ''Webcomic/{{Kubera}}'': Unlike other sura, the Chaos Clan instinctively attack strong prey while they are weakened. Taraka claims that [[spoiler:this is the real reason Yuta is interested in Leez; he subconsciously understands she's going to be an unspeakably powerful FutureBadass, and wants to eat her NOW, before she gets strong.]]
* In ''[[Manga/{{Karin}} Chibi Vampire]]'', all vampires have humans with particular qualities that they find especially tasty. Karin's father loves arrogant people, her mother favors the blood of liars, her brother goes for stressed people, and Karin herself is attracted to despair. [[spoiler:When Karin's little sister awakens, she is drawn to the blood of lonely people.]]
* ''Manga/MusukoGaKawaikuteShikataganaiMazokuNoHahaoya'': The human Chiharu is to eight year-old vampire Lizette. For her part, Lizette has demonstrated incredible willpower and has not drank Chiharu's blood... just adored the scent from afar. She has much more trouble than normal in one chapter, when she runs out of the blood she's normally supplied with and needs every ounce of that incredible willpower not to attack Chiharu. She resolves afterward to ''never'' run out of blood like that again.
* Suzu of ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'' is a spirit medium, someone born with a huge amount of LifeEnergy that some [[OurSpiritsAreDifferent ayakashi]] want to take by eating her. However, most ayakashi drawn to Suzu [[FriendToAllLivingThings mean no harm]], and are [[TheBeastmaster often loyal to her]]. In a more benign note, this also make her hand-made food taste amazing to ayakashi.
* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', some people have "marechi" blood, which makes them supernaturally appealing to demons and grants them ten times the power than if they ate a normal person. Shinazugawa Sanemi, one of the elite hashira, has exceptionally strong marechi, and takes advantage of this by cutting himself in combat and letting the smell of his blood distract the demon he's fighting.

* In ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheCanterlotDeportationAgency'', pony blood suppresses Frenzy in [[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade Kindred]]. The problem is that not only are ponies sentient, but the (recently discovered and closely held) [[BloodMagic Tremere ritual]] requires three human sacrifices to get to Equestria ''and'' a pony sacrifice to get back.
* ''Fanfic/SuperwomenOfEvaTreacherousWeb'': As a result of [[spoiler:killing Gendo Ikari and eating ADAM]], Ritsuko Akagi/Spider-Woman ends up with the ''very bad'' side-effect that every time she transforms into her superpower alter-ego, any Angels in the vicinity end up attracted to her and will stop at ''nothing'' to absorb her into them.
* An amusing Literature/HarryPotter story called ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/11126195/1/ No Competition]]'' ''Fanfic/NoCompetition'' has Harry being this as a result of [[YinYangBomb Voldemort's killing curse and his mother's spell.]] It gives him a powerful dark aura that is like catnip to dark creatures, to the point where some of the most powerful dark beings in the world have congregated to be in his presence from the high they get off of his aura. [[DarkIsNotEvil This does not make him evil at all, however.]] It just attracts these dark beings who want to enjoy the curious mix of his innocence and dark aura. This makes wizards on the light side fear him, but aggravates Voldemort to no end, as he can't seem to recruit the very beings that are congregating around his enemy.

* Bella of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' evidently smells particularly appealing to vampires, and her love interest in particular. This is a bit of a problem, because VampireBitesSuck in this series and said love interest is ''very'' serious about being a VegetarianVampire as a result. [[ButtMonkey It really does suck to be Edward Cullen, doesn't it?]]
* ''Literature/AnitaBlake'': Drinking too much blood of other supernatural creatures or humans with powers can cause vampires to become intoxicated like alcohol.

* In Amelia Atwater-Rhodes' vampire novels, witches' blood is especially delicious.
* The fallen star, Yvaine, in Neil Gaiman's ''Literature/{{Stardust}}'' is endangered thanks to her heart being the key to longevity and magical powers, and attracting the attention of the Lilim. Whether heart-of-star is particularly tasty is clarified in neither film nor book.

* Skip, protagonist of ''[[Creator/BrandonSanderson I Hate Dragons]]'', has the supernatural power of smelling so delicious to dragons that they go crazy with the desire to eat him.

* On ''Series/TrueBlood'', fairy blood is unusually tasty for vampires, as well as allowing them to walk in the sun for limited periods.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** Slayer blood is often implied to be better tasting to vampires than normal humans, as well as being both empowering and an aphrodisiac. It was Slayer blood that allowed TheMaster to break his [[SealedEvilInACan seal]] at the end of the first season. In season three, Slayer blood was the only cure for a poisoned Angel. It's most likely the [[spoiler: infusion of demonic energy that slayer powers come from.]]
** Glory, a GodInHumanForm, needs to drain the sanity of others to maintain hers. After inflicting this on Tara, Glory is noticeably giddy and mentions how great "that witch's mind" tasted.

* In ''Series/MyBabysittersAVampire'', Ethan has a rare blood type that vampires consider a delicacy.
* In ''Series/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'', Dirk is noted by the Emotional Vampire-like "Three" to have energy that tastes really, really good.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has the Abyssal Exalted who, as creatures of death, have difficulties recovering [[{{Mana}} Essence]] while outside of the Underworld. One way around this is to [[OurVampiresAreDifferent pop fangs and drain the Essence out of people in the form of blood]]. Needless to say, enlightened Essence users (such as other Exalted) yield much more return than plain old mortals.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has the Ghoran, a plant species that was originally created by druids as a food source but has since been uplifted and become a race of PlantPeople. One of their racial traits is called "Delicious" -- because they were originally meant to be food, anything (regardless of its usual diet) that grabs them with a bite gets bonuses to hold on because they just taste that good.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': In an April Fools ''{{Dragon}}'' magazine article about Flaws for Commoners (an NPC character class), this is one of them. Any carnivorous monster will attack the character to the exclusion of everyone else, even if they wouldn't have otherwise attacked the party at all.

* As a rule of thumb, be ''very'' distrustful of anyone handling any variant of this in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' multiverse. There are many such elixirs, all with one thing in common: [[spoiler:the basic recipe involves either sacrificing bits of your mind and soul, or ripping them out from someone.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'', if your species embraces both the genetic engineering ascension path and the [[ToServeMan consumption of other sentient species as food]], then you can do this to species that you enslave by giving them the "Delicious" trait, meaning that they produce extra food when they are used as livestock.

* There are a few [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCPs]] that have the effect of making the flesh of certain humans irresistibly delicious to other humans. One of them is a chocolate-like substance that make any human that eats it smell so good that other people will be compelled to try to eat them. Another is a phenomenon that makes people want to literally EatTheRich, which has affected Jeff Bezos is starting to spread to other rich people.