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* In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV'', [[Anime/ShinMazinger Tetsuya Tsurugi]] replies that he'll give the gigantic [[Manga/GetterRobo Stinger/Cohen Invader]] food poisoning when they claim that the combination of Photonic Energy and Getter Radiation in Mazin Emperor G is delicious. Tetsuya then adds that he'll give the Invader a three-course meal of asskicking.

I won't make a good meal, and [[TitleDrop you won't like the way I taste!]]"''

->''"Please don't eat me! I'm nothing but skin and bones; I won't make a good meal, and [[TitleDrop you won't like the way I taste!]]"''

->''Please don't eat me! I'm nothing but skin and bones; I won't make a good meal, and [[TitleDrop you won't like the way I taste!]]''

** Gil from ''WesternAnimation/BubbleGuppies'' says this to Pretzelquatl when he looks like he's about to eat him and Oona. [[spoiler: It turns out [[MeaningfulName Pretzelquatl only eats pretzels]], and he offers some to them too.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' there is Pizza Steve, an antropormorphic pizza slice. In some episodes, other characters wants (or even try to) eat him.

Some variation of that phrase is spoken throughout fiction by characters caught between a rock and [[ToServeMan a slobbering monstrosity trying to eat them]]. For obvious reasons, it's quite common in animated comedies featuring animal characters, too. The phrase is not usually expected to actually dissuade the predator from attacking--often, not even by the character in question, who'll likely consider it quite radical and far-fetched--but it ''can'' be good for stalling, giving our heroes more time to think of an effective means of escape before they're [[EatingTheEnemy eaten by the enemy.]]

Some variation of that phrase is spoken throughout fiction by characters caught between a rock and [[ImAHumanitarian a slobbering monstrosity trying to eat them]]. For obvious reasons, it's quite common in animated comedies featuring animal characters, too. The phrase is not usually expected to actually dissuade the predator from attacking--often, not even by the character in question, who'll likely consider it quite radical and far-fetched--but it ''can'' be good for stalling, giving our heroes more time to think of an effective means of escape.

* In ''StrontiumDog'', a mutant tries to dissuade [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Durham Red]] from sucking his blood by saying that he's anemic and, therefore, unappetizing.

* In ''TotallySpies'', Alex tries it on a giant squid, adding "Once, a mosquito bit me and it was sick for, like, two weeks afterward!"
* Ami, to a Sasquatch in ''{{Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi}}'': "I'm not part of your balanced diet! I'm not kosher!"
* In ''TazMania'', Wendel says it to Taz. Taz tries to eat him anyway and discovers that [[SubvertedTrope Wendel was telling the truth]].

* JimmyNeutron tries this to prevent a hawk from eating him. "You know, I'm really high in HDL Cholesteral...that's the bad kind."

* Inverted in the episode "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E09IWasATeenageWerewolf I Was a Teenage Werewolf]]" on ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheatre3000 MST3K]]'', where they have the soon-to-be-first-victim saying "I'm probably very tasty and well-marbled. Not something I've often thought about..."

* There is a spell in ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' that turns your blood into an acid that injures any monsters that bite you.

* ''Film/TheHobbit''. "Parasites as big as me arm!"

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* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''{{Mogworld}}'', wherein Jim says the line to a monster, realizing a second later that, being a zombie, he's more than likely telling the truth.

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* In ''VideoGame/SuperMario64 DS'', a penguin tells Yoshi not to eat him because he tastes terrible and gives cavities. Yoshi promptly spits him out.

* Pip the mouse does this in desperation when a pet snake is about to eat him, telling him he's too spicy. Luckily the snake doesn't since Pip defended him from an abusive owner.

* {{Film/The Hobbit}}. "Parasites as big as me arm!"
* [[ThoseTwoGuys Rutt and Tuke]] try doing this in ''BrotherBear'' when they think Kenai (whom they meet for the first time) was going to eat them. But after a mild insult from one moose to the other, they end up insulting each other until the insult "BIG NOSE!" comes in.

* Inverted in the episode "IWasATeenageWerewolf" on ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheatre3000 MST3K]]'', where they have the soon-to-be-first-victim saying "I'm probably very tasty and well-marbled. Not something I've often thought about..."