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  • Adventures in Wonderland
    • Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum start freaking out when they hear growling noises because they think it's a monster. It turns out to be a false alarm when the White Rabbit huddles everyone around just to tell them that it was only his stomach.
    • At the end of another episode where the Mad Hatter and March Hare spread around the "Big Tootsies" rumor, they hear this ferocious growling. Hare assumed it might be his stomach, but it turned out it was really the Cheshire Cat trying to scare everybody.
  • In The Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, in the episode "The Case of Logical I Ranch", the prospector explains to the twins that when the dragon who lives under the well gets hungry, it's stomach starts rumbling and grumbling so hard, that the ground starts to shake violently. As it turns out, the rumbling is just from the water boiling under the ground, not a dragon's stomach.
  • In a recurring skit from All That called "Ask Ashley", Ashley mentions a boy's stomach grumbling from hunger in a letter she is reading.
  • In The Big Comfy Couch, Loonette's stomach growls in the beginning of the episode "Picky Eaters", prompting her to look through her couch cushions for something to eat... only to keep finding inedible objects like a sombrero, much to her annoyance.
  • Discussed on an episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy that's about the stomach.
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
    • In "Gone", Spike is watching a horror movie on TV, when a woman screams "Oh the blood! The blood!" This naturally starts the vampire's tummy growling and he goes for the fridge...until Buffy enters and he quickly becomes hungry for something else.
    • While waiting in the drive-through window for a soda, Mr. Trick is listening to Vampire Monarch Kakistos growl about what he's going to do to Faith, which involves ripping spines out, eating hearts, and sucking bone marrow. Mr. Trick's stomach growls in response — he vamps out, yanks the take-out guy from his window, and they drive off with his legs flailing out the limousine.
  • In the Drake & Josh episode, "Tree House", this happens to both Drake and Josh while unable to find a way to escape their treehouse and they smell Megan grilling burgers.
  • Duck Dynasty:
    • Godwin's stomach rumbles in the episode "Of Mattresses and Men" while working in the duck shop.
    • This happens to Willie in the episodes "A-Jase-ent Living" and "Children of the Cornbread".
    • In the Duck Dynasty spin-off series Jep and Jessica:Growing the Dynasty, Priscilla's stomach growls briefly in the episode "Enemy of the Skate".
  • Full House:
    • In one episode, on the way to Jesse Katsapolis' high school graduation, Joey Gladstone claims his stomach was making noises. However, the scene takes place in a subway station underground in a stuck train, so the sound is faint and hard to hear.
    • In the episode "You pet it, you bought it", Stephanie and Michelle wake up in the middle of the night to a strange sound. Stephanie tells Michelle that she thought the noise was her stomach.
      Michelle: Wake up Stephanie, You're snoring.
      Stephanie: That's not me. I thought it was your stomach.
    • In the episode "The Play's the Thing", Danny explains to Becky while checking on Nicky and Alex during their nap, he could hear their tummies growling from outside their room door.

  • In the episode "New Kid in School" from Hannah Montana, Miley oversleeps one morning and rushes to school. Since she didn’t have time for breakfast, her stomach was growling the whole day until she had lunch.
  • On the episode of iCarly "i Go to Japan", Sam's stomach growls due to being stranded in the middle of nowhere. When an annoyed Carly listens to it, she freaks out and compares it to Chewbacca.
  • While not heard onscreen, this happens to Olive and Otto in the Odd Squad episode "Jinx", as they remark on how their stomachs are starting to growl and how it must be lunchtime.
  • In the Sabrina the Teenage Witch episode, "Now You See Her, Now You Don't", Sabrina starts eating a lot less in order to lose weight in time for prom, only to end up constantly hungry. Her stomach starts rumbling so loudly in class that everyone can hear it, with her somewhat eccentric teacher mistaking it for a war plane.
  • The Wiggles:
    • In the episode " Musical Instruments", there is a small skit titled "Midnight Snack" where this happens to all of the Wiggles as they are walking to their refrigerator in the middle of the night, with their stomachs growling in unison to a musical rhythm.
    • At the end of the episode "Wiggle Food", The Wiggles and everyone in Wiggle Town are woken up in the middle of the night by a strange growling sound. They search all over town, only to find the growling was Anthony's stomach.
  • On an episode of The Wonder Years, Kevin's stomach growls constantly, which ends up triggering numerous scenes such as students laughing at him, girls running away from him in fear, and a boy getting concerned about him.
  • Xena: Warrior Princess:
    • In the beginning of "A Day in the Life", Xena is tasked with taking care of a troublesome giant that a concerned villager is afraid will attack his village. As usual, Xena is all business while laying out a battle plan... only for her rumbling stomach to kill the moment thanks to skipping breakfast.
    • In "Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts", Gabrielle tries to play tough when she and Xena are unable to stop and get food at the war-torn city of Troy, and proudly states "I don't need food if you don't!" Cue her stomach growling, and an amused Xena tossing her half an apple for the road.
  • Used very frequently (and very loudly) to comic effect in Korean dramas, usually when one character offers food and another character politely declines so as not to impose; e.g., in the penultimate episode of My Secret Romance, when the female lead unknowingly crosses paths with the male lead's estranged mother at her restaurant.
  • In the TV movie special of Zoey 101: "Goodbye Zoey?", Quinn's stomach repeatedly rumbles due to not yet having dinner while eavesdropping on Zoey and Chase's video call, much to Lola's annoyance, although we never actually hear Quinn's stomach.

Gas and/or gut trouble

  • Bernie Mac Show:
    • In the episode "Tryptophan-tasy", Jordan accidentally messes with the temperature knob while Bernie's "personal" turkey is cooking in the grill, making it become undercooked. A few moments later after Bernie himself eats the whole thing, his stomach rumbles very loud multiple times throughout the scene, even the whole family can hear it. At the near end of the episode, his stomach growls briefly again after asking the audience to call out a "dreamologist."
    • In the episode, "Starting School", Jordan's stomach growls after trying to fake being sick by eating oatmeal and begging that he's wants to stay home.
  • Bunk'd: Zuri's stomach rumbles due to diarrhea in the episode "Welcome to Camp Kikiwaka" right after she mentions the amount of campers getting this situation from eating lousy food. This leads to her rushing to the bathroom.
  • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend:
    • In the episode, "My First Thanksgiving with Josh!", Rebecca's stomach rumbles numerous times after having dinner with the Chan family eating her own Filipino recipe "dinuguan" which her stomach definitely couldn't handle.
    • In the episode, "Is Josh Free For Two Weeks?", Nathaniel's stomach growls and rumbles twice while having a staff meeting and later on in his office, thanks to him drinking a smoothie made of kale, spinach and other nasty ingredients trying to control his eating habits.
  • Drew's stomach starts making noise after he ate his birthday cake on the episode of The Drew Carey Show, "Drew Blows His Promotion".
  • Full House: Although we don't hear it, Michelle mentions her stomach is getting gurgly apparently due to sickness after eating too much dinner in the episode "Up on the Roof". But as it turns out, it was just her mind playing tricks on her (or possibly just food digesting in her stomach) just like the rest of the family.
  • In the Kirby Buckets episode "Ripper Impossible", this happens to Dawn and her archnemesis after eating too many hot dogs.
  • In The Kidsongs Television Show, Billy Biggle's stomach growls due to a tummyache from eating too much candy in the episode "Billy's Tummy Ache".
  • In the Lazytown episode "Dr. Robbiestein", this happens to Stephanie, Pixel, and Stingy after they ate a lot of junk food.
  • In a direct to VHS release of one of the Olsen twins' movies You're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's, in the episode "You're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's Camp Out Party", one of the twins mentions one's stomach grumbling from disgust in the song "Critters on my crackers".
  • Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide: In the episode "Science Fair", Moze's stomach rumbles due to sickness after accidentally eating moldy bread Lisa Zemo was using as an experiment.
  • In the Hulu series Resident Advisors, this happens to Constance Renfro twice in "Conflict Resolution" after she eats carnitas from a Mexican restaurant.
  • Supernatural: In the episode "The Heroes' Journey", Dean's stomach rumbles obnoxiously when entering the arena after eating seven of Bess' cheese sandwiches and goes to up-chuck in the bathroom, Sam comes to found out that he's lactose intolerant.
  • In the Zoey 101 episode "Anger Management", this happens to Lola due to disgust after eating a bowl of peanuts that Quinn had in her mouth for an experiment.

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