Look Before You Eat

In many a story, there comes a time when the hero and/or someone he loves needs to look before he/she eats.

There are moments when the hero eats something to maintain his health and/or give him powers, but there are also those when the hero is about to and/or consumes some sort of food. Unfortunately, especially if the food is cursed, unhealthy, drugged, poisoned, etc., the hero is all to naive to notice the tiny details right under his nose. Other times, usually when having hallucinations or dying of hunger, the hero swallows someone by mistake or mistakes someone for food.

The most famous examples are Snow White eating the poisoned apple and Persephone eating the pomegranate seeds.

Noteworthy Examples

 * Bob mistakes Kevin and Stuart for bananas when having a hallucination.
 * Mater mistakes some wasabi for pistachio ice cream and laps it up for the shock - or in this case burn - of his life.
 * After entering the Pale Man's lair, Ofelia is warned not to eat anything on the table but makes the mistake of stealing two grapes and eating them, which in turn awakens the monster.
 * When Vorb offers a box of Brain Grain to Rex, the latter swallows Vorb and the box by mistake but spits him out.
 * Snow White makes the mistake of eating the poisoned apple given to her by the Wicked Queen.
 * Scooby-Doo and Shaggy make the mistake of eating contraband cheese, which in turn gets them fired.
 * Centipede makes the mistake of snatching a seagull, mistaking it for a roast chicken, only to have it bite him on the nose.
 * Pinocchio makes the mistake of eating pastries from the baker's shop, which in turn gets him and Geppetto in trouble.
 * Winnie the Pooh mistakenly gobbles up too much honey, which gets him stuck in Rabbit's doorway.

Quotes
"(At the airport, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo's boss is checking notes as he walks to the Customs Storage Room. He opens the door and as soon as he notices Shaggy and Scooby, he gives out a strangled gasp. Sure enough, they are lying on the floor, having gobbled up the contraband cheese.) (Shaggy: Like, hi, boss.) (Boss: You, you...you ate all the contraband!) (Scooby-Doo, with a burp: Excuse me.) (Scooby laughs.) (Shaggy: Like, untrue, boss. We didn't eat it all. There's still a couple of gorgonzolas left. Help yourself.) (Boss, breathing fire: YOU'RE a couple of gorgonzolas! YOU'RE FIRED!) (With that, he storms off, slamming the door behind him.) (Shaggy: Sheesh, like, what a grouch. Looks like we're gonna blow it again, old pal.)"

- Shaggy and Scooby-Doo making the mistake of gobbling up contraband cheese, which gets them in trouble with their boss and fired from their job at the airport. "(Rex is singing Row, Row your Boat.) (Vorb, holding out a box of Brain Grain: How about some more?) (Vorb laughs. Rex, excited for more Brain Grain, lunges and swallows the box and Vorb with it! Vorb's muffled yells echo inside Rex's mouth as he bounces around inside. Fortunately, Rex spits him out and a mechanical arm wags a scolding finger at him.) Lunch? What's lunch?"

- Rex swallowing Vorb with a box of Brain Grain by mistake.