History Main / VacuumMouth

* ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' makes the Constructicon Devastator into one of these... with gravity wells.

WeaponsThatSuck and TractorBeam are its artificial [[SisterTrope cousins]]. In both the user's mouth may stretch into a VolumetricMouth.

* This is how most whales feed. They simply open their mouths and suck in water and plankton.

This sometimes appears as an innate ability of a character. More often found in monstrous (or at least non-human) creatures with big mouths. In battle they suck in air to draw their opponent towards them, in an attampt to devour them directly or simply draw them in closer for an attack. However, the indiscriminate nature of this ability means that the user risks drawing in [[EatTheBomb unwanted items]] that may damage them in the process. In video game [[BossBattle boss fights]] the player on the receiving end of this often has to mash the control stick in the opposite direction to avoid being sucked in. Often a form of EatingTheEnemy and frequently leads to JustEatHim when used against main characters. Can be considered a type of BreathWeapon.

* Creator/GoldKeyComics' ''Franchise/StarTrek'' story ''[[http://en.memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/The_Planet_of_No_Return The Planet of no Return]]'', a.k.a. ''K-G, Planet of Death'', featured ''[[YouKeepUsingThatWord cannibal]]'' plants which could literally suck a landing party off their feet from a considerable distance.
* In the final Marvel issue of ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse,'' "Survival Of The Hippest," our hero uses his own vacuum breath to counter that of a mysterious figure using a vacuum to suck the hipness out of popular late night talk show hosts. The P.R. medics tell Mighty Mouse that "the audience thought you really sucked!"

* The ''WesternAnimation/DragonHunters'' movie has for main villain the "World Gobbler", a gigantic {{Dracolich}} whose main attack is a hurricane-strength Vacuum Mouth. As it's a skeleton, it certainly has no stomach; instead, everything blown into its mouth disappear in a vortex of white light. It threatens to do so to the protagonists several times; they're only saved by desperatly clinging to its teeth.

* In ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', the Azure Lion King can open his huge mouth to suck in whole armies. Has the not so bright idea of sucking in Monkey, who wreaks havoc in his insides.

** Bowser unexpectedly gaining this ability is responsible for much of the events in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', subjecting the bros. and numerous Mushroom Kingdom citizens to a FantasticVoyagePlot after he accidentally sucks them up. Later in the game, Bowser gets the Vacuum Block, which lets him control this power and unleash it in battle, allowing him to suck up small or flying enemies that he can't deal with in order to let Mario and Luigi handle them.

* In the Activision UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} game ''VideoGame/{{Oink}}'', the Big Bad Wolf's BreathWeapon becomes this when his breath touches one of the three pigs.

** Bowser unexpectedly gaining this ability is responsible for much of the events in ''MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', subjecting the bros. and numerous Mushroom Kingdom citizens to a FantasticVoyagePlot after he accidentally sucks them up. Gameplay wise, he can use this ability to suck up small or flying enemies that he can't deal with in order to let Mario and Luigi to handle them.

* In ''[=McDonald's=] Treasure Land Adventure'', each of the four end-of-world bosses have the ability to suck one of the magic gems from Ronald's life bar. However, Ronald can use their attack to his advantage, as the magic of the gems temporarily makes the boss vulnerable to his attacks. Ronald does have to mind his health bar, but he can collect health power-ups by defeating the boss' minions.

* One of Terry Gilliam's [[DerangedAnimation animations]] for ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' features a baby at a christening that sucks up everyone and everything in the room when it's pacifier is taken out by [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom an old woman.]]

** [[PowerupMount Rick the Hamster]] could also do it in ''Kirby's Dream Land 2'' but in ''Kirby's Dream Land 3'' he just grabs enemies and shoves them into his mouth.
** [[WarmUpBoss Whispy Woods]], already known for his ability to blow [[BlowEmAway gusts of wind]] at Kirby, has apparently picked up the ability to do this, as well, starting with ''KirbysReturnToDreamland''.
** Storo does this to eat a plate full of cupcakes in one of the mini-games in ''Kirby: Squeak Squad'', however, unlike other characters, he is never shown using it while fighting.

** An enemy by the trope name exists in ''Link's Awakening'', in the second dungeon. Link must cross the room while avoiding being pulled into a bottomless pit surrounding the enemy.
** Lord Jabu-Jabu accidentally inhales Link after Link gives him a fish, as he attempts to inhale the fish. It's implied that earlier he also sucked up Princess Ruto, and in Master Quest, ''cows''.

This sometimes appears as an innate superpower sometimes called ''Vacuum Breath''. Typically found in monstrous creatures with [[PersonalityPowers voracious appetites]] and big mouths. In battle they suck in air to draw their opponent towards them, in an attampt to devour them directly or simply draw them in closer for an attack. However, because of the indiscriminate nature of this ability, [[EatTheBomb explosives]] and other inedible objects may potentially cause problems for its users. Often a form of EatingTheEnemy and frequently leads to JustEatHim when used against main characters. Can be considered a type of BreathWeapon.

** Then there's Atomos, a summonable monster who is pretty much nothing ''but'' a giant Vacuum Mouth. Used to horrifying effect in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' where Atomos attacks the city of Lindblum, sucking in the entire industrial district and killing a third of the population of the city.

** ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' is one of the most famous examples of a character that can weaponize this. In ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'', Kirby can even power it up to the point of becoming a walking black hole.

* Chaos 6 in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' may attempt to inhale Sonic/Knuckles during the battle, but also has the unintended side effect of sucking in any deactivated bombs lying around the arena.

** Wario can use a variant of this to gather coins more quickly.
** The Dual Dragons also utilize this. While they can't suck Wario up directly, they ''can'' suck up the numerous Glue Globes that are released prior to it occurring, which Wario can get stuck to.

* Oogie Boogie from ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' has this ability, which he uses to inhale more bugs (which turns out to be important, as [[spoiler:he is literally [[TheWormThatWalks made of them]]]], as well as to prevent Sally and Santa Claus from escaping his lair, though he doesn't actually inhale them.

** Birdo, with her large snout, can do this in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'' and certain other spin-offs in the series.. [[spoiler:Bowletta does this on the incapacitated Mario Bros. in the fight against her, leading to them having to defeat Cackletta's soul in her gut.]]
** Bowser unexpectedly gaining this ability is responsible for much of the events in ''MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', subjecting the bros. and numerous Mushroom Kingdom citizens to a FantasticVoyagePlot after he accidentally sucks them up. Gameplay wise, he can use this ability to suck up small or flying enemies that he can't deal with in order to let Mario and Luigi to handle them. He retains this ability in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'', where he uses it to [[spoiler:merge with the shattered Dream Stone for the final boss fight]].

* One of Terry Gilliam's [[DerangedAnimation animations]] for MontyPythonsFlyingCircus features a baby at a christening that sucks up everyone and everything in the room when it's pacifier is taken out by [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom an old woman.]]

typically is appears as a comedic sight-gag used by cartoon [[BigEater Big Eaters]]. In animation, this may be accompanied by the sound of a vacuum cleaner and/or have the character's mouth take the shape of a vacuum nozzle for added humor. Particularly common in animated depictions of elephants, aardvarks, and similar animals, whose trunks and elongated snouts often undergo DinnerDeformation to show what becomes of the consumables they've suctioned up.

The '''second''' more serious version of this trope is sometimes called ''Vacuum Breath''. It is an actual superpower rather than a sight-gag. Characters and creatures with this ability often have big mouths and [[PersonalityPowers voracious appetites]] to go along with it. In battle they draw their opponent towards them, either to devour them directly or simply draw them in closer for an attack. However, because of the indiscriminate nature of this ability, [[EatTheBomb explosives]] and other inedible objects may potentially cause problems for its users. Often a form of EatingTheEnemy and frequently leads to JustEatHim when used against main characters. Can be considered a type of BreathWeapon.

Users of the second sub-trope may be able to do the first, as a MundaneUtility.

** ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' is a prime example of the weaponized version of this trope. His mouth even stretches to fit larger foes.
** King Dedede has this power as well. [[PowerupMount Rick the Hamster]] could also do it in ''Kirby's Dream Land 2'' but not ''Kirby's Dream Land 3''.
** Storo does this to eat a plate full of cupcakes in one of the mini-games in ''Kirby: Squeak Squad'' however, unlike Kirby and King Dedede, he never uses it while fighting.
** In ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'', Kirby can transform into Hypernova Kirby, drastically boosting his inhaling ability to the point where he basically becomes a walking black hole.
** Whispy Woods has shown the ability to do this as well, in ''KirbysReturnToDreamland''

Basically SuperBreath in reverse, a character takes a deep breath in order to draw various objects in along with the air, water, or whatever other substance they happen to be in. There are two sub-tropes to this trope:

The '''first''' is a comedic sight-gag used by lazy [[BigEater Big Eaters]] to conveniently suck large amounts of food into their mouth without having to lift a finger. In animation, this may be accompanied by the sound of a vacuum cleaner and/or have the character's mouth take the shape of a vacuum nozzle for added humor. Particularly common in animated depictions of elephants, aardvarks, and similar animals, whose trunks and elongated snouts often undergo DinnerDeformation to show what becomes of the consumables they've suctioned up.

The '''second''' sometimes called ''Vacuum Breath'' is an actual superpower rather than a sight-gag. Characters and creatures with this ability often have big mouths and [[PersonalityPowers voracious appetites]] to go along with it. In battle they draw their opponent towards them, either to devour them directly or simply draw them in closer for an attack. However, because of the indiscriminate nature of this ability, [[EatTheBomb explosives]] and other inedible objects may potentially cause problems for its users. Often a form of EatingTheEnemy and frequently leads to JustEatHim when used against main characters. Can be considered a type of BreathWeapon.

** King Dedede has this power as well. Rick the Hamster can also do it in ''Kirby's Dream Land 2'' but not ''Kirby's Dream Land 3''.

** In ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'', Kirby can transform into Hypernova Kirby, gaining a rainbow color scheme, along with drastically boosted inhaling ability that lets him suck up HUGE enemies and objects several times larger than him. He's basically a walking black hole.

** ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' is a prime example of this trope, in both the video games and the anime.
** King Dedede has this power as well. Rick the Hamster could do this in ''Kirby's Dream Land 2'' but not ''3''.
** Storo does the comical version of this trope in one of the mini-games in ''Kirby: Squeak Squad''.
** Many Kirby games enhance this ability in various ways with what is known as a "Super Inhale". In the GBA/DS games, this means inhaling for a short amount of time to widen Kirby's mouth, allowing him to move or swallow large objects. In the Wii game, ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', shaking the controller while inhaling causes Kirby to inhale a ''lot'' stronger, and he can inhale giant objects and multiple enemies/objects at once.
** Gets taken UpToEleven in ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'', where the new Hypernova ability grants Kirby a rainbow color scheme, along with drastically boosted inhaling ability that lets him suck up enemies and objects that are several times larger than him. It makes the aforementioned Super Inhale look weak by comparison.

* Recuring ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' Villain[=/=]Comic Relief[=/=]AntiHero SelfDemonstrating/{{Bizarro}}, having essentially the opposite powerset of Superman, has Vacuum Breath instead of [[BlowYouAway Super Breath]].[[note]]Apparently Super Strength and Super Speed are the opposites of eachother[[/note]]