Call it the “Popeye Paradox.” Many super-types throughout the various fictional universes are empowered for a short time by ingesting a supplement of some sort: Underdog has his vitamin pills, 8-Man his radioactive cigarettes. Even the greatest hero of our times, The Fat Fury, has to have his lollipops in order to perform his deadpan feats of derring-do, but what if we could choose our own power food? What if you could gain immense super-strength from a really good hummus, or laser-vision from a bowl of Froot Loops? Or, my personal choice, superhuman speed from a really good bagel and schmear? The mind boggles (a power you only get from anchovy pizza, bee tee dubs), leading us to today’s part-of-a-nutritious-breakfast query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) finds it interesting that most example of this particular trope are in cartoon/humorous situations, ala Super-Mouse and his super-cheese or Goofy’s super-goobers, asking: What would you choose to be YOUR super-power-inducing power food?
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A banana coated with smooth peanut butter and then rolled in chocolate chips. I call it the “Lemmy”.
In the vein of Kamen Rider G, a sommelier who uses a bottle of wine as part of his transformation, I would have a beer hat with two cans of lemonade.
I’d go with those tiny pucks of colored sugar known as Smarties. They were my study fuel during college, and nowadays they could boost my telekinesis or bullet-time perception.