If irritated by other characters, he will often threaten to eat them (though he never does).

At midnight, goblins came out and threatened to eat her.

The Tiger threatened to eat her last time she was over.

Big old bear was in his yard, threatening to eat him or something, and he shoots it.

Then he chases Max into the forest and threatens to eat him.

As a restaurant "regular" with a pistol threatens to eat everyone's bacon, the two friends flee.

The wolf makes the fox do all his work and threatens to eat him if he doesn't otherwise comply.

Mignon is eventually caught, and Barbarico threatens to eat him.

They threaten to eat Homer's brain if he does not comply.

Security costs threaten to eat into the budget for building and maintaining warheads, the experts say.