Why is chocolate like Venom?

Venom requires brains and chocolate to survive. Marvel's comics explain that Venom has a biological need for the two substances. In the comics, brains and chocolate are prime sources for phenethylamine, a compound that positively affects mood and that Venom needs to live.
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What is the chemical in chocolate that Venom likes?

During the mini-series Venom: The Hunger, Eddie learns that the Klyntar symbiotes crave phenethylamine, a chemical developed in the brain. Eddie's refusal to let Venom eat brains leads to the symbiote starving and abandoning Eddie. Fortunately, Eddie finds an alternative source for phenethylamine: chocolate.
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Why does Venom like chocolate and tater tots?

"And then at the end, they put in the thing about chocolate. Just as a nod to the comics where he finds chocolate as a replacement for adrenal glands. He's a bit of an omnivore but the tater tots are a funny runner."
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What is Venom's favorite food?

Venom's favourite food used to be human brains. Eddie's secret love for chocolate, however, overtook it, making chocolate of all things to become Venom's favourite food. (Some comics show that Venom has a craving for Tater Tots, Hash Browns, and food from McDonald's.
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Do symbiotes eat chocolate?

In Venom (2018), the symbiote tells Eddie that he wants to eat chocolate before biting (and likely eating) the head off of the mugger. This is a nod to the comics: the symbiote requires a sufficient amount of phenethylamine to sustain itself, which is found in either chocolate or the human brain.
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Why Venom Eats Chocolates And Human Brains So Much



Why is Venom so hungry?

And chocolate." As was explained in the comics, Venom's hunger for brains is actually a biological thirst for phenethylamine - a stimulant that symbiotes apparently need, can't produce naturally, and must acquire it from the human brain.
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Is Venom eating Eddie?

During the movie, there's a scene where Anne's oh-so-nice new boyfriend Doctor Dan runs some tests on Eddie and discovers that the parasite living in his body (Venom) is basically eating him alive and will eventually kill him.
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Does Carnage like chocolate?

Venom: Let There Be Carnage shows Venom has an insatiable desire for chocolate and brains, and the Marvel comics may explain the reason for it. In Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Venom has a particular desire for chocolate and brains, and there's a reason behind it.
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What happens if Venom eats Carnage?

By eating Carnage, Venom is effectively returning his spawn back to his former "unborn" state within Venom's mass, not taking anything he didn't already have into his cells.
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Does Venom wanna eat Spider-Man?

Besides communicating the apparent fact that Venom wants to eat brains — and Peter's looks tasty to Venom — Venom's hunger appears to be proof of an intrinsic attraction to Peter Parker. Now, it's critical to point out that this has never been a real thing in the comics.
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Who is Carnage wife?

Shriek is an antagonist from Marvel Comics. She is a major enemy of Spider-Man and also the girlfriend and "wife" of Carnage.
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Why is Eddie compatible with Venom?

But when Venom connects with Eddie Brock, the two share a connection that neither anticipated, and it allows them to form a union that will first pit them against the menacing Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed) and, eventually, against all manner of evil beings.
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Why do symbiotes eat chocolate?

The reasoning behind this is that the symbiote craves phenylethylamine and used to get its fix from eating human flesh. However, Eddie Brock soon learned that this craving could be sated by having the symbiote eat copious amounts of chocolate in order to satisfy the phenylethylamine deficiency.
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Who is the strongest symbiote?

Venom: The 10 Strongest Symbiotes, Ranked
  • 8 Anti-Venom. ...
  • 7 Sleeper. ...
  • 6 Bedlam. ...
  • 5 Carnage. ...
  • 4 Toxin. ...
  • 3 Grendel. ...
  • 2 Knull. The original creator and master of the Symbiotes, Knull is a real force to be reckoned with. ...
  • 1 Venom. A symbiote is only as strong as the bond that it shares with its host.
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Does comic Venom eat brains?

In that series, the Venom symbiote, spurred by its insatiable desire to eat brains and scorned by Eddie's desire to uh…not do that, leaves Brock naked and alone in a desolate part of New York City to go get what it needs.
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Why does Venom look like Spider-Man?

As Venom, Brock fights Spider-Man many times, winning on several occasions. Venom repeatedly tries to kill Peter Parker/Spider-Man—both when the latter was in and out of costume. Thus Parker is forced to abandon his "black costume", which the symbiote had been mimicking, after Venom confronts Parker's wife Mary Jane.
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Why is Venom Afraid of red?

It could be that in the universe of the Venom movies, this type of strong bond is already known among the symbiotes to result in stronger specimens. This could explain why Venom is so fearful of facing an enemy with a ruddy hue.
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How does Venom get pregnant?

The Venom symbiote told Eddie that he hid Sleeper from him because he didn't want it to bond to a host at a young age and become a monster like its other symbiote children. Venom rushed to Alchemax, where he managed to defeat Scorpion and managed to give birth.
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Why is Venom afraid of Carnage being red?

But one clear difference between the two aliens — besides their color and the fact that Carnage has way more arms — is their hosts. The movie doesn't clearly state why, but Venom is probably afraid of Carnage because Carnage doesn't have the moral restrictions that Venom does. They are alien symbiotes.
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How is Carnage born?

When Eddie broke out of prison, a small portion of his symbiote was left behind, which attached itself with Cletus through a small wound on his hand — subsequently mutating in a new red-and-black symbiote, and Carnage was born.
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Why does Venom say that is a red one?

The red hue and unstable, fluid-like design of the character is meant to represent its fusion with Kasady's blood. This strange connection to the color red and its association with blood goes well beyond Carnage's origins.
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What age is Venom?

The USA has Venom at a PG-13 rating, which means anyone under 13 needs a parent or guardian to accompany them to the cinema.
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Can Venom heal his host?

Cancer Treatment. Like many of the super-powered individuals in Marvel comics, Venom heals (and heals his hosts) very quickly. One thing he can heal that most other powered people can't is cancer. When Venom bonded with Eddie Brock, the latter was at a low point in his life.
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What is the weakest symbiote?

Venom: The 15 Weakest Symbiotes (And The 15 Strongest)
  • 30 Weakest: Spider-Carnage.
  • 29 Strongest: Lasher.
  • 28 Weakest: Venompool.
  • 27 Strongest: Agony.
  • 26 Weakest: Dr. Conrad Marcus.
  • 25 Strongest: Phage.
  • 24 Weakest: Maniac.
  • 23 Strongest: Riot.
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Is there a blue symbiote?

Blue Symbiote (1) (Mayhem): In the comics Mayhem was a biologically reengineered being as a human and symbiote hybrid. The character April gave herself the name Mayhem to operate under in her superhuman activities, but she died in an explosion while fighting Spider-Girl.
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