History Main / BigEater

See ExtremeOmnivore for when someone doesn't limit themselves to things usually considered food. If two Big Eaters are [[CookingDuel pitted against]] each other, it's an EatingContest. For a villain that has this as their biggest vice (especially an obese villain), see VillainousGlutton. Players can invoke this trope in any video game where the characters have a HyperactiveMetabolism and eat food to heal their injuries. If a Big Eater tries to gain weight, it's a case of IntentionalWeightGain. Compare ReallyFondOfSleeping, which has a similar attitude toward sleeping and also are themselves likely to be a Big Eater. Characters like this may have a DeliciousDaydream or sing an OdeToFood.

* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': White Killer Eels aren't as voracious as Sushi, but they still have a nasty appetite.

* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Anyone [[ThreateningShark Sushi]] eats is always SwallowedWhole.

* BigEater/ComicStrips

* BigEater/VisualNovels

* BigEater/WebOriginal

* Grif from ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' still fits in that armor?

* BigEater/WebAnimation

See ExtremeOmnivore for when someone doesn't limit themselves to things usually considered food. If two Big Eaters are [[CookingDuel pitted against]] each other, it's an EatingContest. For a villain that has this as their biggest vice (especially an obese villain), see VillainousGlutton. Players can invoke this trope in any video game where the characters have a HyperactiveMetabolism and eat food to heal their injuries. Compare ReallyFondOfSleeping, which has a similar attitude toward sleeping and also are themselves likely to be a Big Eater. Characters like this may have a DeliciousDaydream or sing an OdeToFood.

* The Dagda, BigFun father god of Myth/CelticMythology, was renowned for his appetite especially for anything involving [[TrademarkFavoriteFood porridge]]. At one point, some enemy Fomorians dare him on pain of death to eat a massive bowl of food, and he happily complies, leaving with a BalloonBelly.

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* ''Theatre/LaNona'': PlayedForDrama. La Nona's ginormous food consumption severely strains her family's finances while she herself cares little for the situation. Every few hours, she re-enters the kitchen to demand snacks or meals and is appeased with increasingly smaller portions (what little her family can offer her). Later, she gets married to the owner of a bodega and manages to eat all of the establishment's candies in a month and a half. Her finishing monologue has her alone, [[spoiler:as all of her relatives have either died or left]], reminiscing about the fantastic meals she enjoyed in her youth.
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Characters (who may or may not be fat) that regularly eat enough for an entire football team, often devastating the whole table -- and sometimes entire restaurants in their insatiable hunger. Often with a speed-eating technique that makes food seem to vanish spontaneously from the plate. Primarily a [[ComedyTropes comedy trope]], a common sight gag with these kinds of characters in cartoons or anime is having piles upon piles of plates and bowls stack up as the character chows down. CutASliceTakeTheRest is a common joke involving this type of character, as is IllTakeTwoBeersToo.

In action series, this is often a trait belonging to the KidHero, BoisterousBruiser or other types of [[HotBlooded high energy]] characters. Because many wild animals exhibit this in real life it's also a popular trait for WildChild and RaisedByWolves characters.

TruthInTelevision, though without proper exercise it can lead to obesity. People with higher metabolisms are better able to avoid weight problems caused by overeating and teenagers are known for being able to eat amounts of food that will make them fat if they continue to eat like that in their 20s and beyond. Vegetarians and vegans can come off as this - because vegetable matter doesn't contain a lot of calories, so they often have to eat larger portions of food in order to get enough calories. Most wild animals need to be this because they usually have no idea when or where their next meal will be, especially in harsh environments like deserts or the arctic.

* ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'' has Emmanuel, a FormerlyFat super-speedster who burned off all his weight but kept his healthy appetite- in fact, it's necessary for him to eat lots so that he can regain all the calories he loses speeding around. His introduction has him scoffing down a classroom's worth of cookies after Mirielle drops them.

* The guys from ''WebVideo/EpicMealTime'', who routinely prepare massive dishes with five- (sometimes six-) figure calorie counts and then eat them on camera. What probably helps their frames is that Harley is rather tall and Muscles Glasses (a personal trainer in real life) is often hitting the gym.

* While [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] isn't exactly fat, in ''WebVideo/TheSonicAmigos'' he eats all of his and Luigi's spaghetti offscreen. [[spoiler: Maybe.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:And that's just the appetizer!]]

* ''Series/TheLetterPeople'': If it's not enough that Mister M's sound is "Munching Mouth", his song cements his status this way as he lists foods starting with M that he loves to eat. And if that's still not enough, his introductory episode had him at a market, eating foods beginning with M, making a mess.