History Main / DinnerBathOrSexOffer

(where "scrubber", ''tawashi'', is a anagram of "me", ''watashi''. Choosing this option lands you with washing the dishes.)

-> "Would you like to take a bath with me? Would you like to eat me? Or~... would you like to do~ it~ with~ me~? Ahahaha!"

* ''LightNovel/SakurasouNoPetNaKanojo''. Subverted by Misaki in the first episode as she offers Sorata dinner, bath, or.... underwear. [[note]]The word is "ma-wa-shi" -- a sumo wrestler's loincloth -- an intentional corruption of "Watashi" ("Me"). She also tries "tawashi", a scrubbing brush -- Sorata implores her to get to the "Watashi" part already.[[/note]]

* ''LightNovel/SeitokaiNoIchizon'': [[YaoiFangirl Mafuyu]], while play-acting as Sugisaki's wife in ''Lv. 2'', goes from offering food or a bath to offering him sex with the older guy, Nakameguro.
-->"Welcome home, Darling. Will you start with dinner? Or a bath? Or... [[YaoiGuys Nakameguro-sempai]]?"

As this trope has its basis in an old Japanese custom[[note]]its name in Japan is "shinkon santaku", roughly meaning "newlywed's three choices"[[/note]] (which is likely to get parodied nowadays), this trope is fairly common in hentai and {{Ecchi}}, particularly Rom Coms and {{Harem}} anime. In modern comedies the protagonist will often either choose one of the options that isn't sex, or ignore the question entirely; it's not uncommon for the person being asked the question to [[ObliviousToLove not reciprocate]] [[UnwantedHarem the girl's feelings]] at all.

* In ''Manga/MissCaretakerOfSunoharaSou'', Yuzu describes to Aki the kind of wife she wants to be and has a daydream where she welcomes home her husband with this exact phrase. However after noticing Aki fidgeting she adds "Or maybe you can eat my bath scrubbers instead!" [[{{tsundere}} while throwing them at Aki's head]].

** A flashback of Shigure's BigBrotherAttraction shows her giving Kashou this offer. He chooses "bath." She tries to join him, but gets thrown out almost comically.

* ''[[http://www.amazon.com/Coffee-Uninhibited-Memoirs-Airline-Stewardesses/dp/0142003514 Coffee, Tea, or Me?]]'', a book about the airline industry in the 1960's, discusses this trope, putting the offer in the title.

* ''Radio/TheBurkissWay'': Subverted in a sketch written by Creator/DouglasAdams. Ghenghiz Khan, at the end of a hard day's pillaging, finds a house with three women in it who are completely at his mercy. Ghenghis is exasperated when they offer him what they ''think'' he wants. He has to patiently explain what ''will'' fulfil his needs, and the quickest learner begins to nag, berate and browbeat him as if he is an errant husband arriving late from the office. The mighty ruler of the fates of millions sighs contentedly and relaxes...

* ''VideoGame/TimeAndEternity'': In order to gauge how strong the bond between the soon to be married main couple is, a guardian asks them a question. The guardian basically asks which would the guy choose after coming home; food, a bath, or his blushing bride. With the guardian being a DirtyOldMan, the correct answer is the guy's bride.

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* ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'': {{Exaggerated|Trope}} when the {{Lamia}} girl Miia gives the "food, bath, or me?" offer complete with the NakedApron to her exchange program host Kimihito (wearing a SalaryMan outfit) in one of her {{Imagine Spot}}s. The response (she imagined) was "[[TakeAThirdOption I'll have YOU for dinner IN the bath, Miia!]]", and we get a shot of him [[WallBangHer doing her on the bathtub]] still [[SexDressed wearing her apron while he's still wearing]] SalaryMan uniform.

* In ''Anime/NoGameNoLife'', when Fil returns to the exiled Kurami with a bag of ISOStandardUrbanGroceries while the latter is taking a bath:-->'''Fil:''' Do you want information? Food? Or... ''[removes her hood]'' ...me?\\

* ''Videogame/KantaiCollection'': Houshou, one of the light carrier girls, says this in one of her secretary lines, fitting for her motherly personality.

** Cinnamon puts on play for Caocao using the Mama and Papa Bear dolls, with the Mama Bear offering him dinner, bath, or "[[SubvertedTrope something else...]][[DoubleSubversion Like bathing me!]]"
** While the catgirls are sharing during a storm. Vanilla tells an expansion of the story Chocola told about them living together in a gingerbread house with the latter receiving this offer from the former upon returning home from work.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Nekopara}}'': In the TV Series, Cinnamon puts on play for Caocao using the Mama and Papa Bear dolls, with the Mama Bear offering him dinner, bath, or "[[SubvertedTrope something else...]][[DoubleSubversion Like bathing me!]]"

* In ''Manga/SasamekiKoto'', Sumika fantasizes about Ushio becoming a housewife and offering her a choice that includes sex.

* ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'': {{Exaggerated|Trope}}; Nyaruko offers Mahiro three choices, all of which are her:
-->"You must've had a hard day at work. Would you like to start with me? Or would you prefer me first? Or maybe you'd like... me?"

* In ''Anime/NoGameNoLife'', when Fil returns to the exiled Kurami with a bag of ISOStandardUrbanGroceries while the latter is taking a bath:
-->'''Fil:''' Do you want information? Food? Or... ''[removes her hood]'' ...me?\\

* ''VisualNovel/GrisaiaNoKajitsu'': In the anime, Amane tries to offer choices to Yuuji, but before she's even finished he bluntly states, "I'll have a shower" and walks straight past her.
* ''LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan'': {{Exaggerated|Trope}}; Nyaruko offers Mahiro three choices, all of which are her:

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Merely making the offer implies the submissive/dominant roles of the relationship between the characters, because the submissive is ready for "anything" asked of them. In exaggerated or parodic examples, the third option may be PunctuatedForEmphasis in a suggestive and often sing-song way. Only giving one option doesn't qualify, unless it's a MortonsFork where each option leads to the same result. Another part of this trope is that it is also often practiced by InsatiableNewlyweds or SickeninglySweethearts, and played for maximum {{glurge}} that ends up giving their colleagues and acquaintances CutenessOverloads and/or jealousy.

Merely making the offer implies the submissive/dominant roles of the relationship between the characters, because the submissive is ready for "anything" asked of them. In exaggerated or parodic examples, the third option may be PunctuatedForEmphasis in a suggestive and often sing-song way. Only giving one option doesn't qualify, unless it's a MortonsFork where each option leads to the same result. Another part of this trope is that it is also often practiced by InsatiableNewlyweds or SickeninglySweethearts, and played for maximum {{glurge}}.

Merely making the offer implies the submissive/dominant roles of the relationship between the characters, because the submissive is ready for "anything" asked of them. In exaggerated or parodic examples, the third option may be PunctuatedForEmphasis in a suggestive and often sing-song way. Only giving one option doesn't qualify, unless it's a MortonsFork where each option leads to the same result.

Merely making the offer implies the submissive/dominant roles of the relationship between the characters, because the submissive is ready for "anything" asked of them. In exaggerated or parodic examples, the third option may be PunctuatedForEmphasis in a suggestive way. Only giving one option doesn't qualify, unless it's a MortonsFork where each option leads to the same result.

* In ''Manga/MissCaretakerOfSunoharaSou'', Yuzu describes to Aki the kind of wife adds wants to be and has a daydream where she welcomes home her husband with this exact phrase. However after noticing Aki fidgeting she adds "Or maybe you can eat my bath scrubbers instead!" [[{{tsundere}} while throwing them at Aki's head]].

As this trope has its basis in an old Japanese custom[[note]]its name in Japan is "shinkon santaku", roughly meaning "newlyweds three choices"[[/note]] (which is likely to get parodied nowadays), this trope is fairly common in hentai and {{Ecchi}}, particularly Rom Coms and {{Harem}} anime. In modern comedies the protagonist will often either choose one of the options that isn't sex, or ignore the question entirely; it's not uncommon for the person being asked the question to [[ObliviousToLove not reciprocate]] [[UnwantedHarem the girl's feelings]] at all.

* ''VisualNovel/GrisaiaNoKajitsu'': In the anime, Akane tries to offer choices to Yuuji, but before she's even finished he bluntly states, "I'll have a shower" and walks straight past her.

* In ''Anime/BlackBullet'', Enju tries to offer choices to Rentaro while wearing nothing but a towel. Rentaro's response is to implore her to PleasePutSomeClothesOn.

* An ExaggeratedTrope in ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'', where {{Lamia}} girl Miia gives the "food, bath, or me?" offer complete with the NakedApron to her exchange program host Kimihito (wearing a SalaryMan outfit) in one of her {{Imagine Spot}}s. The response (she imagined) was "[[TakeAThirdOption I'll have YOU for dinner IN the bath, Miia!]]", and we get a shot of him [[WallBangHer doing her on the bathtub]] still [[SexDressed wearing her apron while he's still wearing]] SalaryMan uniform.
* In the ''VisualNovel/GrisaiaNoKajitsu'' anime, Akane tries to offer choices to Yuuji, but before she's even finished he bluntly states, "I'll have a shower" and walks straight past her.
* [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]] in the ''LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan'' anime, as Nyaruko offers Mahiro three choices, all of which are her:
--> "You must've had a hard day at work. Would you like to start with me? Or would you prefer me first? Or maybe you'd like... me?"

* The second chapter of ''[[Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Kanna's Daily Life]]'' opens with Tohru asking Kobayashi if she wants " a maid, a dragon, or her". Kobayashi points out that none of those are real options.

-->'''Fil:''' Do you want information? Food? Or... ''[removes her hood]'' ...me?
-->'''Kurami:''' ''[smiling]'' Clothes first, I think.
* In Anime/Overlord2012: Albedo pulls this on Ainz (clearly hoping for the third one), before realizing she forgot to do so wearing only an apron and begs for Ainz' forgiveness. As Ainz is a walking skeleton and thus incapable of reciprocating, it makes no difference to him either way. The fact that he unintentionally rewrote her settings to be this way towards him is also a factor in his not wanting to take advantage of her).

* In the preface to ''[[Manga/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheDifferentStory Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story]]'', Homura suggests [[MediumAwareness re-branding the spinoff]] as a RomanticComedy in order to [[PanderingToTheBase appeal to the audience]], complete with an ImagineSpot of Madoka offering the choice, although Homura interrupts, choosing Madoka before she finishes.
* The title character of ''Manga/{{Saki}}'' subtly suggests sex in Kyoutaro's imagine spot of Nodoka in episode 4.

* ''LightNovel/SakurasouNoPetNaKanojo''. Subverted by Misaki in the first episode as she offers Sorata dinner, bath, or.... underwear. [[note]]The word is "ma-wa-shi" - A sumo's loincloth - an intentional corruption of "Watashi" ("Me"). She also tries "tawashi", a scrubbing brush - Sorata implores her to get to the "Watashi" part already.[[/note]]
* In ''Manga/SasamekiKoto'', protagonist Sumika fantasizes about Ushio becoming a housewife and offering her a choice that includes sex.

* [[YaoiFangirl Mafuyu]], while play-acting as Sugisaki's wife in ''LightNovel/SeitokaiNoIchizon Lv. 2'', goes from offering food or bath to offering him sex with the older guy, Nakameguro.
--> "Welcome home, Darling. Will you start with dinner? Or a bath? Or... [[YaoiGuys Nakameguro-sempai]]?"
* A SubvertedTrope in''LightNovel/StrikeTheBlood'', while Kojou Akatsuki is aboard another vampire lord's boat. Several bikini-clad women introduce themselves as maids and offer to wash his back. When he refuses, they offer to wash his front, which he refuses even harder. He questions whether they actually ''are'' maids, and they reveal the subversion: they're political hostages from foreign lands, trying to seduce him so that they'd become pregnant with the child of the most powerful vampire in the world, which would guarantee them political status.

* Subverted in this ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews'' parody of Sheena Easton's 1981` hit, "Morning Train". In which grumpy tired husband Creator/RowanAtkinson arrives home to his wife "Sheena Easton" only for her to burst into song at him about what a good wife she is. (The ''My Baby Takes The Morning Train'' song). Rowan Atkinson cannot help but strangle her.

* Subverted in a sketch written by Creator/DouglasAdams for ''Radio/TheBurkissWay''. Ghenghiz Khan, at the end of a hard day's pillaging, finds a house with three women in it who are completely at his mercy. Ghenghis is exasperated when they offer him what they ''think'' he wants. He has to patiently explain what ''will'' fulfil his needs, and the quickest learner begins to nag, berate and browbeat him as if he is an errant husband arriving late from the office. The mighty ruler of the fates of millions sighs contentedly and relaxes....

* A Downplayed trope in the bonus dungeon "Mysterious Unison" from ''VideoGame/EternalSonata''. There is a soul orb called Mute who offers your party the choice of a shower first, or if you want to eat. If you choose Shower and have enough Gold, your party is healed. If you choose Eat and have the max amount of Gold of 99,999,999, then your party is granted a Soul Shard item, one of seven found in the dungeon.
* From ''VideoGame/TimeAndEternity'', in order to gauge how strong the bond between the soon to be married main couple is, a guardian asks them a question. The guardian basically asks which would the guy choose after coming home; food, a bath, or his blushing bride. With the guardian being a DirtyOldMan, the correct answer is the guy's bride.

* Subverted in this ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews'' parody of Sheena Easton's 1981` hit, "Morning Train". In which grumpy tired husband Creator/RowanAtkinson arrives home to his wife "Sheena Easton" only for her to burst into song at him about what a good wife she is. (The ''My Baby Takes The Morning Train'' song). Rowan Atkinson cannot help but strangle her. See [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxDKXZFwi9s&nohtml5=False here]].

Merely making the offer implies the submissive/dominant roles of the relationship between the characters, because the submissive is ready for "anything" asked of them. Only giving one option doesn't qualify, unless it's a MortonsFork where each option leads to the same result.

* Nyarko in ''LightNovel/NyarkoSan'' makes this offer to Mahiro right as he comes home. What really pissed him off was that [[spoiler: he just got home from their emotion-choked farewell and she was supposed to go home and out of his life.]].