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* In ''VideoGame/CommanderKeen'' the Dopefish -- the second dumbest creature in the universe -- has a thought process that goes, "Swim swim hungry. Swim swim hungry."

* The alien slugs in ''Film/{{Slither}}'' can turn people into this. It's implied the first woman it infects eats her own baby.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''

* ''TabletopGame/InNomine''. Haagenti is the Demon Prince of Gluttony. He spends all his time either eating or getting more food, and anyone around him is at risk of becoming his next meal.
* [[HordeOfAlienLocusts The Tyranids]] from ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''. They're smart enough to do things like sacrifice their own or employ psychological warfare to demoralize prey, so it can be easy to forget that, at base, their only real endgame is to eat ''everything''.

** Later arcs introduce Big Mom, a member of [[EliteFour Yonko]], who has a vague disorder where she gets cravings for a specific food and rampages until said craving is satisfied. Unfortunately, she's an [[TheJuggernaut incredibly powerful giant]] of a woman capable of [[YourSoulIsMine ''stealing souls'']] who becomes incapable of discerning even family in these rages and might devour anyone in her way.

* The Spirit Eater Curse from ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2: Mask of the Betrayer'' is built around this trope. The Spirit Eater is a horrific demi-godlike entity that turns the host into an insatiable devourer of spirits, fey, and the dark energy of the undead. The curse becomes so strong that it eventually consumes the soul of the host; destroying the very essence of their existence and leaving only an empty corpse behind. The eater has consumed countless spirits for generations, and the PlayerCharacter can use it ForTheEvulz. It devours all life in the Forgotten Realms and a couple other planes. The gods band together to fight it and it [[KilledOffForReal literally eats half of them]] before they bring it down. (It's even implied that the Betrayer didn't truly die from the wrath of a dozen gods.) An [[YouKeepUsingThatWord ironic]] thing about it is that Myrkul, the god who created the curse can be [[KilledOffForReal eaten by it.]] ''D&D'' gods are virtually unkillable, they just partially fade away. The spirit eater completely destroyed them.

** The Tasmanian Devil. Many episodes open with a description of him which includes a {{long list}} of animals he eats, ending with "especially [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny rabbits]]", or on one occasion, [[WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck wild duck]].

A character has One-Track-Minded Hunger when they will do [[TooDesperateToBePicky (almost) anything]] [[SkewedPriorities to get something to eat]] to such a degree that it almost seems like their CharacterAlignment. No matter what, they'll go for food, and they [[TheDeterminator won't ever let up]]. ''Nothing'' can convince them ''not'' to eat everything they can reach... except maybe another One-Track-Minded Hunger character standing in their way. That said, [[BerserkButton It's NOT a good idea]] to [[LostFoodGrievance stand between them and their food]].

* In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', the Taxxons have an endless hunger that drives them to eat their own wounded (as well as anything else they can get their mouths on). Many Taxxons willingly became Controllers because being part of the Yeerks' forces meant they would have the power to hunt and eat more prey. Their hunger is so powerful that not even the Yeerks can stop it. The Yeerk that would become Visser Three refused to become a Taxxon Controller because he didn't want to live with that hunger. [[spoiler:In the final arc, the Animorphs persuade some Taxxons to switch sides by offering to transform them into animals with smaller appetites, like pythons.]]

* ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'''s Neo lives and breathes the trope. Its only goal in existence is to revive through Acacia's Full Course ([[spoiler: the Full Course of the World]]) and devour the world. Since the manga is about food, it essentially speaks for itself.

* Kaa from Disney's adaptation of ''Disney/TheJungleBook'' seems to suffer from this. He's rather affable and, unlike Shere Khan, not a wrathful active villain (one episode of ''Jungle Cubs'' even shown him to be an outright FriendToAllLivingThings the rare time he is full) but he is constantly setting his hypnotic eyes on a new morsel, making him a danger to the protagonists.
* The Greedy from ''[[WesternAnimation/RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure]]''. He is a gigantic BlobMonster made out of [[AnthropomorphicFood taffy]], who spends all his time eating himself yet never feels satisfied. He believes a "sweetheart" will satiate him. When Raggedy Ann tells him about her candy heart, The Greedy goes absolutely berserk trying to obtain it.

** Munchlax, which forgets about the food it has stashed in its fur in its sheer desperation to eat. It's said to eat whatever looks like it might be edible (keyword: [[ExtremeOmnivore might]]) without a thought. It also has no time for chewing. Its evolution Snorlax of course also applies, as eating is the ''only'' thing that motivates it to do anything besides sleep.

* Ungoliant from ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' is a spider-like EldritchAbomination who is all about hunger and eating stuff. She teamed up with [[BigBad Morgoth]] because she was hungry and he offered her to suck the Two Trees dry. Later she betrayed Morgoth because she was still hungry and wanted to eat [[MacGuffin the Silmarils]]. Morgoth had to call his devil goon squad to stop her from eating these artifacts, since she was already overpowering him. Ungoliant isn't around anymore because she eventually ''ate herself to death''.

These characters are (most of the time) [[BigEater Big Eaters]] that might also be an ExtremeOmnivore to boot. They tend to suffer AttentionDeficitOohShiny level susceptibility to DeliciousDaydreams; sometimes even MeatOVision. When they do get their mitts on a meal, don't be surprised if they proceed to [[TooHungryToBePolite scarf it up like a wild animal]]. [[FatalFlaw Heavily prone]] to falling for a DeliciousDistraction. You want them to be on your side? [[TastesLikeFriendship Give them food.]] You need them to do any sort of task or favor for you with a 99.9999% success rate? Simply [[FoodAsBribe bribe them with food]].

A character has One-Track-Minded Hunger when they will do (almost) anything [[SkewedPriorities to get something to eat]] to such a degree that it almost seems like their CharacterAlignment. No matter what, they'll go for food, and they [[TheDeterminator won't ever let up]]. ''Nothing'' can convince them ''not'' to eat everything they can reach... except maybe another One-Track-Minded Hunger character standing in their way. That said, [[BerserkButton It's NOT a good idea]] to [[LostFoodGrievance stand between them and their food]].

These characters are (most of the time) [[BigEater Big Eaters]] that might also be an ExtremeOmnivore to boot. They might suffer from MeatOVision, and might be TooHungryToBePolite ''and'' TooDesperateToBePicky. [[FatalFlaw Heavily prone]] to falling for a DeliciousDistraction. You want them to be on your side? [[TastesLikeFriendship Give them food.]] You need them to do any sort of task or favor for you with a 99.9999% success rate? Simply [[FoodAsBribe bribe them with food]].

* The Heartless in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' act all out of instinct, and their instinct is to get hearts to eat. Nothing more.

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* ''Manga/OnePiece'''s Luffy only thinks about one thing outside fights and that is food.

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** Famine Spirit is a corporeal undead that doesn't seem to have the ability to stop eating.

SubTrope of ObsessedWithFood, which is someone who isn't necessarily always seeking to eat food but otherwise has a fixation on the subject. Compare HorrorHunger and HungryMenace, which this can overlap with. Contrast ForgetsToEat.

* The Dead Money DLC for ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' presents us with Dog, [[SplitPersonality one half of the divided personalities within a schizophrenic Nightkin]]. Dead Money's overall story carries a theme of {{greed}}, and Dog represents this via pathological, uncontrollable hunger. If he can't maintain a steady diet to keep his appetite under control, eventually he can no longer resist it and will simply feast upon anything edible-looking within reach, no matter how he has to crush and mangle it to fit - [[Humanoid Abomination Ghost People]], explosive collars, [[IAmAHumanitarian humans]]...

* The Dead Money DLC for ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' presents us with Dog, [[SplitPersonality one half of the divided personalities within a schizophrenic Nightkin]]. Dead Money's overall story carries a theme of [[greed]], and Dog represents this via pathological, uncontrollable hunger. If he can't maintain a steady diet to keep his appetite under control, eventually he can no longer resist it and will simply feast upon anything edible-looking within reach, no matter how he has to crush and mangle it to fit - [[Humanoid Abomination Ghost People]], explosive collars, [[IAmAHumanitarian humans]]...

These characters are [[BigEater Big Eaters]] that might also be an ExtremeOmnivore to boot. They might suffer from MeatOVision, and might be TooHungryToBePolite ''and'' TooDesperateToBePicky. [[FatalFlaw Heavily prone]] to falling for a DeliciousDistraction. You want them to be on your side? [[TastesLikeFriendship Give them food.]] You need them to do any sort of task or favor for you with a 99.9999% success rate? Simply [[FoodAsBribe bribe them with food]].