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* Played with in ''The Enormous Crocodile'' by Creator/RoaldDahl. When the titular crocodile tells Muggle-Wump the monkey about his plans to eat a child, clothes and all, Muggle-Wump retorts, "I hope the buttons and buckles all stick in your throat and choke you to death!"

* From WebAnimation/HomestarRunner:

* WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged: When Super Kami Guru reveals that he was responsible for the drought that plagued Namek, not the Albino Namekians, the remaining Namekians devour him in revenge. As he's being violently consumed, he gurgles "Choke on it! Choke on iiiit!"

** In "The Lion's Busy," a lion is trying to keep himself from his expected life expectancy, which Beaky Buzzard is hungrily anticipating. He hides out in a cave for years and years until he's old and weak. He surrenders to Beaky with the snark "Here's hoping ye choke on me!" (Similarly as old, Beaky is now no longer able to chew anything solid, just marshmallows.)

-->'''Kraagor:''' You think I'd tell you anything? I''d sooner choke on your bones.\\

** In "The Lion's Busy," a lion is trying to keep himself from his expected life expectancy, which Beaky Buzzard is hungrily anticipating. He hides out in a cave for years and years until he's old and week. He surrenders to Beaky with the snark "Here's hoping ye choke on me!" (Similarly as old, Beaky is now no longer able to chew anything solid, just marshmallows.)

Not to be confused with TooSpicyForYogSothoth (where the enemy actually '''does''' regret eating them) -- although that's a common way of playing this trope for laughs. Also don't confuse this with YouWontLikeHowITaste. While they sound similar there's a big difference. In this trope, the invoker has pretty much come to terms with the idea of getting [[EatingTheEnemy eaten by their foe.]] They're just spitefully hoping that their hungry hunter doesn't enjoy their meal. You Won't Like How I Taste on the other hand is actually an attempt to convince their attacker ''not'' to eat them at all.

* In ''[[Literature/ChroniclesOfNarnia The Silver Chair]]'', a Talking Stag cornered by giants told them not to kill him, as he was tough and wouldn't make for good eating. The giants remark over a tender venison luncheon that the Stag was a liar, but the real horror comes when the protagonists realize that they've been eating a sentient being (the text compares one's reaction to finding out that you've eaten a baby).

Not to be confused with TooSpicyForYogSothoth (where the enemy actually '''does''' regret eating them) -- although that's a common way of playing this trope for laughs. Also don't confuse this with YouWontLikeHowITaste. While they sound similar there's a big difference. In this trope, the invoker has pretty come to terms with the idea of getting [[EatingTheEnemy eaten by their foe.]] They're just spitefully hoping that their hungry hunter doesn't enjoy their meal. You Won't Like How I Taste on the other hand is actually an attempt to convince their attacker ''not'' to eat them at all.

* This is how ''[[Manga/InuYasha the Shikon no Tama]]'' was created. A {{miko}} named Midoriko was literally in the jaws of a very powerful {{youkai}}, and then she went the TakingYouWithMe way; the Jewel was found near her lifeless body.

* In a''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' flashback taking place centuries before the present story, the demon Raizen happened upon a lone human woman whom he intended to devour. She revealed herself to be a "shaman cannibal", one who ate the flesh of those who died from disease, allowing her body to produce the antibodies to fight them. She offered to let him devour her, as her flesh was so ripe with disease even a demon would die. Impressed, he decides not to eat her and instead they had sex; she would give birth to a child [[spoiler:who would become one of Yusuke's ancestors]].

* In ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'', after [[spoiler: the Hunters]] capture and attempt to eat him, and succeeding in eating his legs, [[spoiler: Dale]] tells them that his meat has been tainted by the walkers.

-->''I hope you '''choke''' on it, you sad, broken little '''peasant'''.

* In ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga 2'', a prisoner in a HumanResources prison/factory says "Devour me and [[StarWars I will become more powerful]] [[ShoutOut than your digestive system can imagine]]."

* One question on Series/FamilyFeud was "What might you say to a cannibal to stop them from eating you?". One of the answers was "I have an STD".

* On one episode of [[WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons and Dragons]],when Eric and Uni are caught by Demodragon, Eric actually remains DefiantToTheEnd.

* Becomes more than an idle threat in the first season finale of ''Series/TheTerror'' when [[spoiler: Dr. Goodsir rubs poison all over his skin and then slits his wrists, knowing that he's probably going to be eaten by [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty his mutinous crewmates]] anyway.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries'': The threat is successful in stopping Typhon from eating an entire building of people. The people were lawyers and would give Typhon gas.

* The animated series of ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', The threat is successful in stopping Typhon from eating an entire building of people. The people were lawyers and would give Typhon gas.

* In ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum'', witch Granny Weatherwax turns the tables on a family of vampires by deliberately offering them her blood. It's not so much a case of Granny becoming a vampire, as of the unwary vampires drinking the blood of the most powerful witch on the Disc and absorbing something of her essence. This can only end badly. For a clan of vampires who now manifest a ferocious craving for hot sweet tea, Granny's belief in vampire weaknesses, and a complete inability to admit they have a problem.

* Certain plants evolved spiciness as a defense mechanism to keep herbivore from eating them. Humans discovered that spices actually taste delicious in small amounts, subverting this trope.

** If you have the unstable ordinance in your pocket when the root monster eats you, it explodes immediately afterwards in a much more dramatic illustration of this trope.

* In WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter, when alternate-world Donkey gets captured by the resistance ogres he threatens that he "goes down smooth, but comes out fighting."