History Main / RamenSlurp

* In ''Manga/ShokugekiNoSoma'' whenever ramen is served in a cooking contest, the judges note that slurping the noodles up is the traditional way to eat it, and then proceed to do so with great enthusiasm.

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' have really ''loud'' bits whenever the characters are in ramen shops.

* ''Franchise/LupinIII'': Inspector Zenigata (pictured above) is known for eating ramen, seeing as his lengthy chase after the titular character doesn't allow enough time for a full-course meal. There's also the matter of what he can afford on his salary. (Particularly worthy of note in ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'', in which the cheap ramen eaten by Zenigata and his police force are contrasted with the fancy meals enjoyed by Count Cagliostro.) Lupin himself might eat ramen, but he can usually afford fancier meals with his stolen money. He still slurps them, though.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Bolin takes Korra to a Water Tribe restaurant that serves green noodles. When [[SmugSnake Tahno]] wanders over to harass them, Bolin begins frantically slurping to avoid eye contact.

* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': After her animation renewal, one of Mysterious Heroine X's skill animation has her slurping a cup of ramen.

** Goku, after his [[YearInsideHourOutside Year Inside, Day Outside]] training in the Cell Saga, is scarfing down a bowl of ramen when Tenshinhan, astonished by how much Goku and Gohan are eating, asks him if there was enough food inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Goku stops mid-slurp to respond, only to get reprimanded by Piccolo for talking with his mouth full, so Goku slurps up the rest of the noodles.

* ''Anime/PsychoPass'' used [[{{kuudere}} Yayoi]] Kunizuka pausing mid-slurp to show her surprise at [[TheHeart Akane's]] idea that they better avoid [[AutopsySnackTime discussing gruesome murders during lunch]].

* This is done frequently by {{Naruto}} himself.[[note]]Well what can you expect from his ramen addiction?[[/note]] Bonus for it becoming a ''loading screen'' in one of the video games!

* ''Anime/PsychoPass'' used [[{{kuudere}} Yayoi]] Kunizuka pausing mid-slurp to show her surprize at the [[TheHeart Akane's]] idea that they better avoid [[AutopsySnackTime discussing gruesome murders during lunch]].

* This is done frequently by {{Naruto}} himself. [[note]]Well what can you expect from his ramen addiction?[[/note]]. Bonus for it becoming a ''loading screen'' in one of the video games!

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': Goku, after his [[YearInsideHourOutside Year Inside, Day Outside]] training in the Cell Saga, is scarfing down a bowl of ramen when Tenshinhan, astonished by how much Goku and Gohan are eating, asks him if there was enough food inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Goku stops mid-slurp to respond, only to get reprimanded by Piccolo for talking with his mouth full, so Goku slurps up the rest of the noodles.

* This is done frequently by {{Naruto}} himself. [[note]]Well what can you expect from his ramen addiction?[[/note]]
** Bonus for it becoming a ''loading screen'' in one of the games!

* ''Franchise/LupinIII'': Inspector Zenigata (pictured above) is known for eating ramen, seeing as his lengthy chase after the titular character doesn't allow enough time for a full-course meal. There's also the matter of what he can afford on his salary. (Particularly worthy of note in ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'', in which the cheap ramen eaten by Zenigata and his police force are contrasted with the fancy meals enjoyed by Count Cagliostro.) Lupin himself might eat ramen, but he can usually afford fancier meals with his stolen money.

* ''Franchise/LupinIII'': Inspector Zenigata (Pictured above) is known for eating ramen, seeing as his lengthy chase after the titular character doesn't allow enough time (Or afford sometimes) for a full-course meal. (Particularly worthy of note in ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'', in which the cheap ramen eaten by Zenigata and his police force are contrasted with the fancy meals enjoyed by Count Cagliostro.) Lupin himself might eat ramen, but he can usually afford fancier meals with his stolen money.

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': Goku, after his [[YearInsideHourOutside Year Inside, Day Inside]] training in the Cell Saga, is scarfing down a bowl of ramen when Tenshinhan, astonished by how much Goku and Gohan are eating, asks him if there was enough food inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Goku stops mid-slurp to respond, only to get reprimanded by Piccolo for talking with his mouth full, so Goku slurps up the rest of the noodles.

• This [[http://druidcitycomic.com/comic/volume-2-page-040/ page]] in ''ComicBook/DruidCity''.

* ''Franchise/LupinIII'': Inspector Zenigata is known for eating ramen, seeing as his lengthy chase after the titular character doesn't allow enough time for a full-course meal. (Particularly worthy of note in ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'', in which the cheap ramen eaten by Zenigata and his police force are contrasted with the fancy meals enjoyed by Count Cagliostro.) Lupin himself might eat ramen, but he can usually afford fancier meals with his stolen money.

In certain Asian countries, this is actually considered good etiquette -- if you were really enjoying the food, you ''would'' get ahead of yourself and get sloppy, right? In Japan itself there are some older folk who hold that slurping makes the ramen taste better, similar to the 'bubbling' of wine tasting. There's also an entirely practical matter of not scalding one's mouth: ramen is traditionally served and eaten ''very'' hot, close to the boiling temperature, so slurping cools the noodles and broth, allowing to eat them without scalding.

* ''{{Tampopo}}'' has a scene in which Japanese people are ''supposed'' to be learning how to eat spaghetti properly. Slurping ensues. (In a GeniusBonus in-joke, the foreigner who is seen to be eating noisily and sloppily is actually the owner of a fancy chain of restaurants in Japan.)

* In ''BoysBeforeFlowers'' Jan Di frequently slurps her instant noodles, to the annoyance of her boyfriend and to the amusement of the rest of the F-4 companions.
* ''TheFirstShopOfCoffeePrince'' has [[WholesomeCrossdresser Eun Chan]] eating everything in sight, including copious amounts of ramen.
* ''{{Pasta}}'' revolves around an italian restaurant.

* Domeki, the [[TeenGenius Teenage]] GadgeteerGenius of ''{{Dai-Guard}}'', usually does this while hunched over in her HackerCave, analysing the newest [[MonsterOfTheWeek Heterodyne]] or designing parts for Dai-Guard.

* Dr. Layon from ''ZoidsNewCentury'' does this more than once. It's definitely to help show how childish he actually is, despite his almost painful attempts at securing his dignity. The similarly-pathetic Tigers Team does it at one point as well.