Klonoa 2: Lunatea’s Veil [NS, PC, PS2, PS4, PS5, XBO, XBXS] – Ow-Gow / Klonoa

Media: video game: “Klonoa 2: Lunatea’s Veil”
Developer: Namco
Platform: Computer, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

Note: The remastered version of this game is a part of Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series.

Description:

In as early as the second level of the game, large flower-like enemies known as Ow-Gow can be seen. If Klonoa or another enemy walks in front of it, it will lunge forward and they will be sucked into their mouth and chewed, though they tend to clip in through the Ow-Gow’s head, rather than go into its mouth. Regular enemies such as Moos are swallowed, but Klonoa will be spit out even if all health is lost as a result of this.

Klonoa 2: Lunatea’s Veil [NS, PC, PS2, PS4, PS5, XBO, XBXS] – Pits / Klonoa

Media: video game: “Klonoa 2: Lunatea’s Veil”
Developer: Namco
Platform: Computer, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

Note: The remastered version of this game is a part of Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series.

Description:

The Empty Sea of Tears level is a boarding level, and in certain sections, there are large toothed pits in the ground acting as hazards that Klonoa can fall into, resulting in a life lost. Although they are complete passive, they appear vaguely biological.

Sam & Max Hit the Road [PC] – Dragon / Sam

Media: video game: “Sam & Max Hit the Road”
Developer: LucasArts
Platform: Computer

Description: 

In the Bumpusville section of the game, there is a virtual reality headset in a room in Conroy Bumpus’ mansion. Once Lee-Harvey is distracted, Sam can use the VR headset in which he controls his blocky, polygonal self to fight a blocky, polygonal dragon using a sword. If the sword is not used against the dragon in time, it will snatch Sam in its mouth and swallow, with its neck polygons bulging. This does not cause a game over, but forces the player to re-do this section, as Lee-Harvey returns and forces Sam and Max to leave.

If this is repeated and failed a second time, Sam will ask Max if he’s “ever seen the inside of a dragon’s large intestine.”

Nickelodeon Juice – Giraffe / Gordon Gagbag

Media: advertisement for: “Nickelodeon Juice”

Note: This advertisement was only aired in Australia in 2003 on Nickelodeon.

Description:

This particular advertisement featured a koala named Gordon Gagbag, who promoted a line-up of morning Nickelodeon cartoons with the slogan “Juice is the perfect snack with brekky.” At the end of the advertisement, despite not being Australian, a giraffe appears on-screen and swallows Gordon and belches afterwards. Gordon can be heard protesting from within, saying “I’m not the perfect snack, you idiot! Juice! Juice is the perfect snack!”

Other variants of this advertisement exists with different elements of slapstick involved.

The Ant and the Aardvark; 02 ‘Hasty But Tasty’ – Aardvark / Charlie

Media: TV series: “The Ant and the Aardvark”
Episode: 02: ‘Hasty But Tasty’

Note: The Ant and the Aardvark shorts would later be incorporated into The New Pink Panther Show (1971–1974), The Pink Panther and Friends (1974–1976), and The Pink Panther Show (1980), though as reruns of the same episodes.

Description:

In this episode, Charlie Ant has a motorcycle, and uses his newfound mobility to evade the Aardvark. In one scene, the Aardvark sets up a pipe like a tunnel, leading into his mouth. Although Charlie does ride into the pipe, he and his motorcycle tears a hole in the Aardvark’s tail and escape.

The Ant and the Aardvark; 03 ‘The Ant from Uncle’ – Aardvark / Fish, Charlie

Media: TV series: “The Ant and the Aardvark”
Episode: 03: ‘The Ant from Uncle’

Note: The Ant and the Aardvark shorts would later be incorporated into The New Pink Panther Show (1971–1974), The Pink Panther and Friends (1974–1976), and The Pink Panther Show (1980), though as reruns of the same episodes.

Description:

The episode begins with the Aardvark introducing himself to the audience, demonstrating his ability to sharply inhale, drawing in water from a nearby lake, and spits out a fish he accidentally swallowed.

Later in the episode, the Aardvark tricks the overworked Charlie Ant into walking into his mouth, setting it up to be a club for ants. Charlie can be heard commenting that there is “an elevator in here” and asks a hitherto unknown “cigarette gal” for a cigar, implying there were other ants the Aardvark had successfully swallowed and were inside his belly. Due to the smoke, the Aardvark sneezes out Charlie.

Romancing SaGa Re;univerSe [And, iOS] – Gaeatoad / Various

Media: video game: “Romancing SaGa Re;univerSe”
Developer: Akatsuki
Platform: Android, Apple iOS

Description:

Gaeatoad is a high-difficulty boss from the limited time event ‘A Midsummer Night’s Stroll,’ as well as the very high difficulty permanent Challenge quest, Wastelands War (Bertrand). It has a rarely used skill called Swallow, in which the skill animation shows a stylized, disembodied set of jaws appearing and inhaling the selected character. The jaws close on the targeted character and they disappear briefly with a gulping sound, and immediately reappear in a splash of saliva. Even if all HP is lost as a result of the attack, they will still be spit out.

Romancing SaGa Re;univerSe [And, iOS] – Pyrix / Various

Media: video game: “Romancing SaGa Re;univerSe”
Developer: Akatsuki
Platform: Android, Apple iOS

Description:

Pyrix is a flaming saurian skeleton that can be obtained as a playable character. The following concerns their Style with the epithet [Flame Tyrant].

[Flame Tyrant] Pyrix’s first skill is Flame Fangs. The skill animation shows a stylized, disembodied set of fiery jaws appearing and inhaling the selected enemy and any enemies in the same column. The jaws close on the enemy and they disappear briefly and reappear in a burst of flames. Even if an enemy is defeated as a result of the attack, they will still be spit out.

Once learned, other Pyrix Styles are able to inherit this skill to use.

Romancing SaGa Re;univerSe [And, iOS] – Mancroaker / Various

Media: video game: “Romancing SaGa Re;univerSe”
Developer: Akatsuki
Platform: Android, Apple iOS

Description:

Mancroaker is a frog-like enemy from the limited time event ‘A Midsummer Night’s Stroll,’ as well as the very high difficulty permanent Challenge quest, Wastelands War (Bertrand). It has a rarely used skill called Swallow, in which the skill animation shows a stylized, disembodied set of jaws appearing and inhaling the selected character. The jaws close on the targeted character and they disappear briefly with a gulping sound, and immediately reappear in a splash of saliva. Even if all HP is lost as a result of the attack, they will still be spit out.

Mancroaker can also be encountered in the main story, Quest 5-2-5 Sparkling Lake III in the Liam Arc, but are much weaker, so are unlikely to last long enough in battle to use Swallow, or may constantly miss if the player’s party is too strong.

Britannica’s Fairy Tales from Around the World; ‘The Lion and the Mouse’ – Lion / Mouse

Media: Direct-to-video TV series: “Britannica’s Fairy Tales from Around the World” [Re-release of 1988 cartoon short]
Episode: ‘The Lion and the Mouse’

Description:

In this iteration of the classic Aesop fable, a female mouse finds her way into a lion’s den, in search of food. The lion catches and picks her up by the tail and lowers her onto his tongue as his jaws slowly close, with an internal view. She bargains with him that she would repay him for sparing her, and this amuses him so much he pulls her out of his mouth and decides to let her go. She would later go on to free the lion who was trapped in a hunter’s net, who was genuinely humbled.