trapped in the belly of a whale theme

A character is swallowed up by a whale, or similar leviathan, and must face the prospect that they may never again see the light of day.

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ftt1982e3x03 major Gepetto and Pinocchio found themselves trapped in the belly of a whale.
novel: A True Story (180) major After returning to Earth, Lucian and his crew of fellow adventurers were swallowed up by a 200-mile-long whale wherein they dwelt for a year and a month. Inside the leviathan, they discovered a wooded island inhabited by a man and his son, who lived under constant threat from wicked lobster-men and mermen. Lucian and his men defeated the combined forces of the lobster-men and mermen in battle. They later killed the whale by setting a fire inside it and then escaped by passing through its propped open mouth.