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"Mamma mia..."

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  • The concept of living food. With the exception of things like milk and cheese, just about everything edible is made from once-living organisms - even vegan options are plant-based, and plants are living organisms. Same goes with mushrooms. Most of the living food is closer to reanimated food - or even the kid-friendly version of abominations, in the case of things like burgers and tacos, which are comprised of pieces of multiple once-living organisms.
  • Particularly during the third act, when the food machine goes haywire. The food machine gets covered in a gigantic "meatball," and the heroes have to travel inwards through the chasms of mutated food a la Armageddon to defeat the machine.
  • When Steve fights the gummy bears, he rams his hand into one of them, RIPS OUT ITS HEART AND THEN EATS IT!
    • Although that borders on a Moment of Awesome AND Nightmare Fuel at the same time.
    • And that's to say nothing of the giant mutant roast-chickens hanging from the ceiling that devoured Brent.
    • Who then proceeds to reposition himself inside the presumably live roast chicken and wear it as a suit.
  • The Mayor immediately begins gorging himself on the food and ends up morbidly obese, needing a scooter to get around. The scene where he is excited about bigger portions and then devours a gigantic hot dog whole is pretty unsettling, the way he's been utterly consumed by his own gluttony.
  • When the falling food starts getting bigger...
  • Most of Flint's early inventions cause this, such as the Ratbirds.
  • Sam's peanut-induced allergic reaction, especially how swelled up she gets.

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