History Main / RibcageStomach

* In Disney's ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'', the inside of Monstro is depicted like this.

* Another GameBoy game, ''Balloon Kid'', also has a stage set inside a whale.

This is a subtrope of ArtisticLicenseBiology, when the interior of the predator looks like the inside of the ribcage, devoid of any internal organs.[[note]]Sometimes even WITH organs, as if the esophagus led to the creature's body cavity and not the stomach itself.[[/note]] In videogames, this can be seen in the WombLevel. This trope can be averted by a depiction of the inside of the stomach as the inside of a meaty balloon, with acid dripping down the walls for good measure.

This is a subtrope of ArtisticLicenseBiology, when the interior of the predator looks like the inside of the ribcage, devoid of any internal organs.[[note]]ometimes even WITH organs, as if the esophagus led to the creature's body cavity and not the stomach itself.[[/note]] In videogames, this can be seen in the WombLevel. This trope can be averted by a depiction of the inside of the stomach as the inside of a meaty balloon, with acid dripping down the walls for good measure.

** Averted in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. One boss fight has Yoshi and Baby Mario shrunk down to the size of insects and swallowed whole by a frog-like enemy. The entire event takes place in exactly what the trope description lists as the means of trope aversion.

This is a subtrope of ArtisticLicenseBiology, when the interior of the predator looks like the inside of the ribcage, devoid of any internal organs [[note]]or sometimes even WITH organs, as if the esophagus led to the creature's body cavity and not the stomach itself[[/note]]. In videogames, this can be seen in the WombLevel. This trope can be averted by a depiction of the inside of the stomach as the inside of a meaty balloon, with acid dripping down the walls for good measure.

Well, It looks as though our heroes have been SwallowedWhole and must find a way to escape. The predator in question may be a whale, a dinosaur, a dragon, an EldritchAbomination, or... Wait, why is the creature hollowed out?

This is a subtrope of ArtisticLicenseBiology, when the interior of the predator looks like the inside of the ribcage, devoid of any internal organs [[note]]Or sometimes even WITH organs, as if the esophagus led to the creature's body cavity and not the stomach itself[[/note]]. In Videogames, this can be seen in the WombLevel. This trope can be averted by a depiction of the inside of the stomach as the inside of a meaty balloon, with acid dripping down the walls for good measure.

Compare JustEatHim and GetttingEatenIsHarmless.

Compare JustEatHim.

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* In a brief post-credit gag in ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', [[spoiler: Lord Farquaad]] is singing "Stayin' Alive" in the Dragon's stomach which looks like this.

* In ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', this trope is played straight in the ''WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad'' Decemberween special). It is later averted in the Stinkoman Thanksgiving special.

* In ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', this trope is played straight in the WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad Decemberween special). It is later averted in the Stinkoman Thanksgiving special.

* In ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', this trope is played straight in the WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad Decemberween special (pictured above). It is later averted in the Stinkoman Thanksgiving special.

* In ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', this trope is played straight in the WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad Decemberween special. It is later averted in the Stinkoman Thanksgiving special.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad So Good!]]]]

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This is a subtrope of ArtisticLicenseBiology, when the interior of the predator looks like the inside of the ribcage, devoid of any internal organs [[note]]Or sometimes even WITH organs, as if the esophagus lead to the creature's body cavity and not the stomach itself[[/note]]. In Videogames, this can be seen in the WombLevel. This trope can be averted by a depiction of the inside of the stomach as the inside of a meaty balloon, with acid dripping down the walls for good measure.

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* Paintings of [[Literature/TheBible Jonah and the whale]] usually play this trope straight.

* The story How the Whale Got His Throat from the Literature/JustSoStories is often illustrated like this.

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* In Disney's ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'', the inside of Monstro is depicted like this.
* In a brief post-credit gag in ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', [[spoiler: Lord Farquaad]] is singing "Stayin' Alive" in the Dragon's stomach which looks like this.

* ''CampLazlo'' takes this trope even further by incorporating a ribcage ''and'' a uvula into a giant bird's stomach. [[spoiler:The latter has some plot relevance.]]
* ''DragonTales'' did this with a rhinoceros.
* The [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks shark]] in the ''HouseOfMouse'' short "Mickey and the Seagull".
* In the "Game of Peril" episode of ''ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop'', this trope is in play when the Ant Hill Mob are swallowed by a whale.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' episode "Billy Ocean", in which Billy is swallowed by a whale in the vein of ''Pinocchio''. He even meets the same Pinocchio he met in the fairy tale episode, who, again, is trying to consume his flesh.

* ''Website/{{Cracked}}'''s #8 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19512_16-real-old-timey-photographs-that-will-give-you-nightmares_p2.html Real Old-Timey Photograph That Will Give You Nightmares]] is of an amusement park's souvenir shop themed this way.

* In "The Mariner's Revenge Song" by TheDecemberists, the protagonist has just been swallowed by a whale, and the song contains the line "Its ribs are ceiling beams", implying this trope.