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Just Desserts

From TV Tropes:

A villain ultimately finds their evil deeds come back to bite them.
Literallyâ€”they end up getting eaten.

This does not include a Heroic Sacrifice. But may be subverted with a
minor character being killed and eaten in obvious foreshadowing of
what is going to happen to one of the bads at some point. While Mooks
may be recipients of the Just Desserts, a true Just Dessert is
reserved for those higher up the ladder. If the beast doing the eating
was unleashed by the guy who gets eaten, he's been Hoist by His Own
Petard, making him a Self-Disposing Villain. Bonus points if he made a
practice of feeding people to said beast beforehand.

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