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3	A dream, [[DeliciousDaydream daydream]] or otherwise of every child, immature character, or BigEater: a giant pile of their favorite food.
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5	[[FridgeLogic Of course]], you'd only be able to eat so much before you'd begin to hate the taste (not to mention the stomach pains). And such a big, unprotected amount of food would usually spoil pretty fast.
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7	See also GiantFood and LevelAte, where the food is unusually enormous for its size. Contrast with MicroDieting.
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10	!!Examples:
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14	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
15	* ''Literature/KokoroConnect'': Episode 9 of the anime when Yui accidentally buys a feast of junk food. A impulse-fueled binge ensues.
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18	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
19	* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: Joys of Seasons'': In episode 43, Paddi shows Weslie and Sparky a SecretSnackStash he keeps in a cave. The stash is a ''huge'' pile (Paddi is ObsessedWithFood, so [[JustifiedTrope you can't really blame him]]) and has foods like potato chips, fries, and sandwiches in it.
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22	[[folder:Comic Books]]
23	* ''ComicBook/{{Archie\|Comics}}'': In one comic strip, Jughead has a dream where he's rushing toward a mountain of burgers -- only to be [[JerkAss stopped in his tracks by a stern-looking Archie.]] Jug wakes up, visibly angry, and when the real Archie greets him in a friendly manner, he coldly brushes him off.
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26	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
27	* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'': In an arc in which Jason is Scrooge and Peter the Spirit of Christmas Present, Peter explains the conspicuous lack of a mountain of food as [[BigEater having had a light lunch]].
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30	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
31	* ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'': A huge pile of leftover food is made after a month of food weather, affectionately called "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Mt. Leftovers]]".
32	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'': The Genie takes the "choose 1 from Column A and 1 from Column B" menu convention literally and briefly creates two towers of food during the "Never Had a Friend Like Me" song.
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35	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
36	* ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'': A lot of film versions portray the Ghost of Christmas Present as sitting atop a giant mountain of food.
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39	[[folder:Literature]]
40	* A unique example found in the book ''Pornucopia'' depicts a huge ice cream mountain that, while making for a popular ski resort, is quite nauseating for the people who have to work there and experience its sickening sweetness for hours every day.
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43	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
44	* ''Series/TheAquabatsSuperShow'': A variant appears in "[[Recap/TheAquabatsSuperShowS1E1ManAnt ManAnt!]]": after the team beats [=ManAnt=], a super sized Crash discovers that stolen burgers have been stockpiled in a nearby giant anthill. [[FoodSongsAreFunny Cue "Burger Rain".]]
45	* ''Series/ManVFood'': Adam Richman's insane eating challenges often take the form of at least a foothill of food if not a full-blown mountain. Even the standard size portions can look to non-Americans like a substantial hillock. Adam tends to hit The Wall a lot when his body begins to physically reject the idea of ingesting any more.
46	* ''Series/OurMissBrooks'': Teenaged Walter Denton gets a large breakfast at Mrs. Davis' house, whenever he arrives to take Miss Brooks to school. [[BigEater This is usually after he has eaten breakfast at home.]]
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49	[[folder:Music]]
50	* Music/TheBeatles: In the ''Film/MagicalMysteryTour'' movie and album booklet, Auntie Jessie nods off and has a dream about mountains of spaghetti.
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53	[[folder:Video Games]]
54	* ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'': King Dedede [[AdiposeRex sends his people to steal food for him]] while [[BrainwashedAndCrazy under control of an extraterrestrial threat]]. When Kirby encounters him, he can be seen [[BigEater munching on a large pile of fruits]], which he then uses as a projectile during his BossBattle.
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57	[[folder:Web Animation]]
58	* ''WebAnimation/TheGrosseryGang'': A literal version is seen in the "Mount Yuck" arc, where, after failing to hit the slushie machine with food, a gigantic mountain of food is created. As the Grosseries are living food themselves, it is only the scale of the convenience store in height, but that's still plenty tall enough for them. The arc is spent climbing it, purely because "it's there".
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61	[[folder:Webcomics]]
62	* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'': The Ghost of Christmas Present's pile of food in ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' is parodied in the Christmas special where the character is played by Franchise/{{Kirby}}, who delays his segment by quite a bit because he's busy snacking on his giant pile of holiday foods.
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65	[[folder:Western Animation]]
66	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': Played literally with the Rock Candy Mountains in the Candy Kingdom.
67	* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': In "[[Recap/EdEddNEddyS2E16StopLookAndEd Stop, Look and Ed]]", Sarah and Jimmy make a big mountain of ice cream (and proceed to slide down it with their mouths open).
68	* ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'': In "Dessert Island", Weasel and Baboon land on a '''dessert''' island.
69	* ''WesternAnimation/PBBearAndFriends'': In one episode, a genie is asked for a giant mountain of candy. Near the end of the episode, he also creates a mountain of bananas for a monkey.
70	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', "[[Recap/RugratsS2E5AngelicasInLoveIceCreamMountain Ice Cream Mountain]]": The eponymous mountain is actually a decoration in a miniature golf course, but babies don't know that and HilarityEnsues.
71	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E5TreehouseOfHorrorIV Treehouse of Horror IV]]", Homer Simpson's IronicHell punishment is being forcefed "all the donuts in the world" and being surrounded by piles and piles of them. He successfully eats them all and is disappointed that there aren't any more.
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