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Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier [PC] – Stellar / Roger

Media: video game: “Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier”
Developer: Sierra On-Line
Platform: Computer

Description: 

The final section of the game takes place in Stellar’s body. Roger shrinks down in order to defeat the villain inside her body, and although he is injected, he makes his way into and through her gastrointestinal tract.

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Bonk 3: Bonk’s Big Adventure [TG-16, Wii] – Pafpaf / Bonk

Media: video game: “Bonk 3: Bonk’s Big Adventure”
Developer: A.I. Company Ltd.
Platform:
Nintendo Wii, TurboGrafx-16

Description: 

The effeminate, vaguely reptilian enemy with oversized lips — known as Pafpaf in Super Bonk, though never referred to by name in Bonk 3 — is first encountered in Round 2-1. If Bonk gets too close, Pafpaf will grab his upper body in its mouth with Bonk’s legs sticking out. Unlike other enemies in the game, Pafpaf will swallow, forcing Bonk to go through its body in a mini-level to escape the opposite end.

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超原人 2 [SNES] – Kuu? / Bonk

Media: video game: “超原人 2” (Chou Genjin 2; Super Genjin 2; extrapolated as Super Bonk 2)
Developer: A.I. Company Ltd.
Platform:
Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Description: 

At the beginning of Stage 6, ちっくんえあぽーと (Chikkun Airport), a green pterosaur enemy that vaguely resembles the purple Kuu from Super Bonk can be encountered. Like Kuu, it will approach Bonk to try to swallow him. If successful, it grabs his upper body in his mouth with his thrashing legs sticking out, through appears to struggle to chew and chokes him down instead. Bonk then enters a very short bonus level with a slots-like mini game, then passes through some intestines to escape the opposite end.

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Rayman Legends [NS, Stad, PC, PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii U, XB360, XBO] – Funnel / Player Characters

Media: video game: “Rayman Legends”
Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier
Platform: Computer, Google Stadia, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Description: 

Funnels, as their names suggests, are funnel-like creatures that give the player characters the ability to change their size, and are first seen in the Spoiled Rotten level in the Fiesta de los Muertos painting. When approached, they will suck in the player character into its mouth and are shot out the opposite end.

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Rayman Legends [NS, Stad, PC, PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii U, XB360, XBO] – El Stomacho / Player Characters

Media: video game: “Rayman Legends”
Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier
Platform: Computer, Google Stadia, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Description: 

Near the end of the You’re on Fire! level, the second-to-last level of Gourmand Land area of the Back to Origins series of levels, an extremely large dragon known as El Stomacho can be seen in the background, swallowing an entire castle, then spitting out blocks of ice.

The following level is known as My Heartburn’s for You, and begins with the player character being chased by dragonfly enemies. At the end of this section, the player character slides into El Stomacho’s open mouth and is swallowed. The second part of the level tasks the player character to navigate El Stomacho’s innards, and make their way to his stomach. There are pools of acid that deal digestion damage. Once in the stomach proper, the player character must avoid flames and attack weak spots in the stomach wall, to cause El Stomacho to regurgitate them back up, after which a final running portion ends the level.

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Okami [NS, PC, PS2, PS3, PS4, Wii, XBO] – Emperor / Amaterasu

Media: video game: “Okami”
Developer: Clover Studio
Platform: Computer, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

Note: The game is known as Ōkami HD in releases except for PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii.

Description:

After collecting the Lucky Mallet from the Sunken Ship, Amaterasu must investigate the poisonous mist shrouding Sei-an City. The mallet will shrink her, allowing her passage into the palace undetected. Upon reaching the end of the dungeon, it is revealed that the source of the mist is coming from inside the emperor. Amaterasu and Issun dive into his mouth and must eradicate the Blight boss. After defeating it, Amaterasu and Issun will momentarily puppet the emperor from inside him before he sneezes them out.

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Super Bonk [SNES, Wii] – Flycatch / Bonk

Media: video game: “Super Bonk”
Developer: A.I. Company Ltd.
Platform:
Nintendo Wii, Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Description: 

In the Twilight Jungle of Stage 5, Bonk can encounter a couple of large flytraps known as Flycatch after falling into a pit. When Bonk gets too close, it will swallow Bonk while he furiously kicks his feet. He must go through Flycatch’s insides to escape the opposite end.

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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island [SNES] – Prince Froggy / Yoshi, Mario

Media: video game: “Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island”
Developer: Nintendo
Platform:
SNES

Description: 

The boss of stage 3-4 is known as Prince Froggy. When Yoshi and Mario arrive, Kamek shrinks the pair, allowing Froggy to grab them with his tongue to swallow them, burping afterwards. The boss fight takes place inside his stomach, and Yoshi must throw eggs at an appendage at the top of the stomach, while avoiding stomach acids. Upon winning the fight, Yoshi and Mario are expelled through the back end and return to normal size, with Prince Froggy collapsed, appearing to be ill or in pain.
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Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp [Android, Arcade, CD-i, Computer, DS, iOS, LD, PS3, PS4, PSP, Switch, Wii, XBONE] – Cat / Dirk

Media: video game: “Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp”
Developer: Don Bluth Studios
Platform: Android, Arcade, CD-i, Computer, DS, iOS, LD, PS3, PS4, PSP, Switch, Wii, XBONE

Description: 

In the fifth stage, Beethoven’s Creative Gust, a shrunken Dirk is chased around by Beethoven’s cat, who is trying to eat him. Depending on where the input prompt is failed, there are up to five variations of a death scene in which Dirk is devoured (or about to be):

  • one scene with the cat chomping on Dirk head-first;
  • one scene with the cat chewing on Dirk’s midriff;
  • one scene in which the cat has Dirk in his paws, licking its lips;
  • one scene where Dirk fails to keep the cat’s jaws from closing on him;
  • and one with the cat’s tongue wrapped around Dirk, trying to pull him in.

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The Jetsons; 1×16 ‘The Little Man’ – Astro / George

Media: animated series: “The Jetsons”
Episode: 1×16: ‘The Little Man’

Description:

George was shrunken down by Mr. Spacely during a work demonstration of a shrinking machine. The machine’s reverse function was not operational, and so he was forced to continue his daily life at six inches tall, until the matter was resolved.

When George retired to bed that night, a snoring Astro inhaled deeply, unwittingly sending him flying into his open mouth. George’s angry protests echoed from within before he pries Astro’s mouth open to escape. Continue reading