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BITE THE BUN

Japan Flag   Can't Fight on an Empty Stomach   

Green tick  Have a bun in your mouth before the time is up
Red X  Fail to get a bun before the final whistle
Skull icon  There are less buns than contestants

Lots of buns, or other bread-based food, are hanging from ropes in the air. The contestants have to pull one off for themselves by only using their mouths.
To stop the contestants from using their hands they have their arms pinned down to their sides.
The bags are all hanging at different heights, making some of them hard to reach. To get the high up buns contestants have to climb up onto the backs of others.

Played   18  times;  in episodes:
33-35, 37, 40, 41, 43, 79, 83, 87, 104, 105, 109, 113, 118, 121, 123, 124

Variations
Ep#
104 & 113 Kids' Breakfast
In the family version, the kids are tied in a sack to the backs of their parents and are the ones who must grab a bun with their mouths.

 BGM:  "The March from 1941" - 1941

For the the first playing of the game the contestants were dressed in aprons with their hands tied behind their backs.
From the second appearence the method of restricting their arms was a rubbing ring around the torso. From episode 105 this was swapped for a hessian sack.
In episode 109, the foods went not just bread - mushrooms and horse chestnuts were hung up to be chomped.