Balloon Belly/Playing With

Basic Trope: If someone eats a lot of food, they will be seen afterwards will a larger belly.

Straight: In one scene, Alice binges on sushi. In the next, her bloated belly is made evident.
Exaggerated: Alice swells up like a big balloon after eating one California roll.
Justified:
- Alice has an allergy to seafood that causes bloating.
- Alice is an alien with a usually deflated stomach that inflates for digestion
Inverted: Alice is in an advertisement for food that helps one lose weight.
Subverted: Alice is served a large quantity of fattening food. The person who serves it to her expects her belly to be bloated, but she does not gain a single apparent pound.
Double Subverted: But once Alice unzips her pants, her belly grows.
Parodied: Once Alice unzips her pants, her belly knocks over the table.
Deconstructed: Alice becomes self-conscious about her belly's growth after eating large amounts of food and purges excessively, or barely eats at all.
Reconstructed: Alice learns to accept her body for what it is.
Zig Zagged: Various scenes are shown involving Alice eating, and her belly is either exaggerated or unchanged.
Averted: Alice is a Big Eater, but does not gain a single pound. Fat fetishists are disappointed.
Enforced: The show is a comedy, and this is the standard result of a binge.
Lampshaded: "Hey, are you hungry for some food? Oh, never mind, I see your bloated belly."
Invoked: Alice supplements her food with a weight gain pill.
Defied: Alice takes medication to prevent her distension.
Discussed: "You know Bob, your girlfriend isn't that attractive when she eats sushi."
Conversed: "See this show? That what it feels like every time we go out for All-You-Can-Eat."
Plotted A Good Waste: Some people found Alice stuffing herself with sushi to be erotic... which was completely intentional.
Played For Laughs: Alice explodes like a popped balloon... Only to be completely normal again after an angle change or two.

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