18 Anthropomorphic Food Characters You May Reconsider Eating

“You are what you eat,” as the old saying goes. Food can drastically impact your life and lifestyle. If you indulge in protein and lean meat, you’ll become a meat machine yourself. If you indulge in cake, you’ll likely be as soft and sweet. Pizza? You’ll be all over the place. But what if the thing you consume the most is popular culture?

There are several characters in the world of film, television, and video games that are people food or food people. Heroes, villains, anti-heroes, and just plain mascots have all been represented by some sort of confection, meal, entree, side dish, or processed snack. In many cases, they’re more entertaining to watch than to eat themselves, to be honest.

We here at Cracked have put together this list of some of the most notable edible characters to have ever hit your screen in a movie, TV show, video game, or ad.