History Main / EverythingsSpoonierWithSpoons

-->''You wake up in the morning and you look at your old spoon, and you say to yourself, "Mick, it's time to get yourself a new spoon." And you do.''\\
--'''[[Music/TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]]'''

-->''"[[TheMatrix There Is No Spoon.]]"''\\
-- '''[[http://www.cs.utah.edu/~duongsaa/more_htm/jk_100animeRules.htm The 100 Rules of Anime]]:''' ''#87 The Law of Tableware Nonexistance.''

No idea why, but spoons are funny somehow. Maybe it's because "spoon" belongs to the InherentlyFunnyWords. Interestingly, the word "spoony" has nothing to do with actual spoons. - Even better than ordinary spoons are {{spork}}s.

If you want to add examples, keep in mind that they should be at least somewhat funny. This trope isn't about "Spoons Exist." Or people named Spooner, or such.

Do not be confused with SpoonyBard. [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Or that other Spoony.]]

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!!Examples:

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[[folder:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* In ''{{Bleach}}'', Nnoitra's collar with a very unusually, very large back is popularly referred to by fans as his "big spoon."
* In ''OccultAcademy'', Bunmei defeated the alien invaders with a spoon.
* In the first episode of ''KyouKaraMaou'', Yuuri is perplexed by the spork he's expected to use to eat his dinner. It even gets a brief pan-up shot.
* Now many Pokémon fans will probably tell you Mewtwo is awesome. They'll probably tell you Mewtwo is the most badass creation ever! But ''Manga/PokemonSpecial'' used this trope to give Mewtwo [[TookALevelInBadass a new level of badass]], with his [[{{BFS}} big friggin' spoon]].
** Abra, Kadabra, and Alakazam.
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[[folder:{{Fanfic}}]]
* In ''Fanfic/DumbledoresArmyAndTheYearOfDarkness'', Luna Lovegood can do magic with a spoon replacing her wand.
** Which she uses to make a picture made from food permanent, instead of [[WhatAnIdiot using it to escape and break her friends out]].
* ''HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'' has [[DungeonsAndDragons spoons+4]]! (Knives only get +3, and forks +2. Now what's best?)
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[[folder:{{Film}}]]
* [[TheMatrix "There is no spoon."]]
* [[Film/MouseHunt My Goodness. What a treasure. What a legacy. Spoons! SPOONS! So many spoons, so little time.]]
* In ''TheRoom'', Johnny inexplicably has a framed photograph of a spoon on his coffee table. This was so odd, that [[AudienceParticipation audience members have taken to bringing plastic spoons with them to shows and throwing them at the screen whenever it appears.]]
** Taken UpToEleven in the online [[TheRoomTheGame videogame remake]], where an optional sidequest is to find all the spoons hidden throughout the city. Doing so unlocks an alternate ending [[spoiler:where it's revealed that Johnny is from a race of spoon-obsessed aliens, who turn the Earth into a spoon.]]
* [[RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves "I'm going to cut your heart out WITH A SPOON!"]]
* In TheMaskOfZorro, Diego challenges Alejandro to a duel. Alejandro grabs his sword. Diego brandishes a spoon.
** After the initial gag/double-take, Diego [[DontExplainTheJoke explains]] that the only way Alejandro's going to get within striking distance of the man he wants vengeance on is by learning guile, subterfuge... and courtly table manners.
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[[folder:{{Literature}}]]
* At the end of ''TheHobbit'', Bilbo suspects that his relative Lobelia Sackville-Baggins stole a number of his silver spoons. By the time of ''TheLordOfTheRings'', he hasn't forgotten, and his goodbye present to her is a bunch of silver spoons "for her very own". Lobelia isn't particularly amused.
** She still took the spoons though
* Edward Lear upped this trope with his "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lear_Runcible_spoon.png runcible spoon]]". And now you know.
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[[folder:LiveActionTV]]
* The WidgetSeries ''Téléchat'' sometimes had the ostrich (puppet) moderator Lola have a talk round with a fork and a spoon (also sapient).
* The Cardassians of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', a sort of evil totalitarian space version of old Japan with an extra helping of cold-blooded, are called "spoonheads" as a demeaning insult.
* In the {{Prison}} arc of ''MyNameIsEarl'', Jamal and Hector have broken up because Hector is worried about what their respective gangs will think of their hitherto SecretRelationship. The Black and Latino gangs go to war, and Jamal hands out weapons to his gang members. One of them is dismayed that he wound up with a spoon. Jamal slaps him on the shoulder and says, "Well, let's hope the other guy's got soup!", thus encouraging him.
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[[folder:{{Magazines}}]]
* ''PrivateEye'''s parody of lifestyle columns, "Me and My Spoon".
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[[folder:Meta]]
* {{SPOON}}, definitely.
* And a lot of tropes with "spoon" in the title:
** AteTheSpoon
** CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon
** GreasySpoon
** SpoonyBard, obviously.
** SpoonSpeaker is just a redirect nowadays, sadly. As is LikeGagMeWithASpoon.
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[[folder:{{Music}}]]
* "[[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Spoonman... come together with your hands...]]" Inspired by an actual street musician who [[EverythingIsAnInstrument uses spoons as instruments]], too!
* The American rock band [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_%28band%29 Spoon]]
** And the Canadian New Wave band [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoons_%28band%29 Spoons]]
* Various things are used as instruments in many SongsToWearPantsTo songs, like spoons.
* Many "jug bands" of American folk music also use spoons as instruments.
* [[AlanisMorissette "It's like 10000 spoons when all you need is a knife..."]]
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[[folder:NewspaperComics]]
* ''{{Dilbert}}'' has Phil, the Prince of Insufficient Light, who's armed with a big pitch-spoon and [[GoshDarnItToHeck darns people to heck]]. (ScottAdams wanted to use {{Satan}}, but was prevented by a good case of ExecutiveMeddling.)
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[[folder:VideoGames]]
* [[FinalFantasyIV "You spoony bard!"]]
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[[folder:WebAnimation]]
* ''SaladFingers''
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[[folder:WebComics]]
* Dan from ''{{DMFA}}'' once defeat seven Death Knights with a spork, though we [[NoodleIncident never get to see it]].
* Jane from {{Homestuck}} uses a spoon [[{{improbable weapon user}} as her weapon of choice]].
* In [[http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/197 this strip]] of ''{{Loserz}}'', Eric becomes fascinated with a spoon under the influence (of coffee).
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has both the madman Ogglespoon (in the Storm King opera) and a hand-cranked Runcible (spoon) gun. (Which goes "spork" just in case you missed the hint from the name...)
* ''DominicDeegan: Oracle for Hire'' has a minor character named Runcible Spoon. Why? It's funny to hear his assistant shout, "Curse you, Runcible Spoon!"
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[[folder:WebOriginal]]
* ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment''. Went UpToEleven with ''[[BlackComedyRape Spooning with Spoony]]''.
* ''TheHorriblySlowMurdererWithTheExtremelyInefficientWeapon'', although that's more like Everything Is Worse With Spoons.
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[[folder:WesternAnimation]]
* [[TheTick SPOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!]]
* In ''{{Rejected}}'' one clip begins with the statement [[CaptainObvious "my spoon is too big!"]]
* In ''The Kids from Room 402'', Polly is an immigrant obsessed with spoons. She's got a spoon collection, and makes a spoon exhibition for the science fair.
* The fingerprint crook from ''TheAmazingWorldofGumball'' uses a spoon to threaten his victims.
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[[folder:RealLife]]
* Also, there's Spoon Sports. They make custom-tuned cars. Apparently, they took their name from The Spoon, a particularly nasty (and spoon-shaped) curve on the old Suzuka Circuit.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoonerism Spoonerisms]].
* Ornate collectible spoons have been a common souvenir since the mid-19th century. No one is sure why.
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* ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment''. Went UpToEleven with ''[[RapeAsComedy Spooning with Spoony]]''.

Do not be confused with SpoonyBard. [[TheSpoonyExperiment Or that other Spoony.]]

* ''TheSpoonyExperiment''. Went UpToEleven with ''[[RapeAsComedy Spooning with Spoony]]''.

* Now many Pokémon fans will probably tell you Mewtwo is awesome. They'll probably tell you Mewtwo is the most badass creation ever! But PokemonAdventures used this trope to give Mewtwo [[TookALevelInBadass a new level of badass]], with his [[{{BFS}} big friggin' spoon]].

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* Jane from {{Homestuck}} uses a spoon [[{{improbable weapon user}} as her weapon of choise]].

** Taken UpToEleven in the online videogame remake, where an optional sidequest is to find all the spoons hidden throughout the city. Doing so unlocks an alternate ending [[spoiler:where it's revealed that Johnny is from a race of spoon-obsessed aliens, who turn the Earth into a spoon.]]

* In ''{{Bleach}}'', Nnoitra's very unusual headgear is popularly referred to by fans as his "big spoon." (Note that this is neither a hood nor a hat. I have no idea what it is. It just sticks upwards from the back of the collar.)
** You just said what it is: The back of his collar.

** Taken UpToEleven in the online videogame remake, where an optional sidequest is to find all the spoons hidden throughout the city. Doing so unlocks an alternate ending [[spoiler:where it's revealed that Johnny is from a race of spoon-obsessed aliens, who turn the earth into a spoon.]]

* "[[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Spoonman... come together with your hands...]]" Inspired by an actual street musician who uses spoons as instruments, too!

* Jane from {{Homestuck}} uses a spoon [[{improbable weapon user}} as her weapon of choise]].

* "[[{{Soundgarden}} Spoonman... come together with your hands...]]" Inspired by an actual street musician who uses spoons as instruments, too!

-- '''[[http://www.cs.utah.edu/~duongsaa/more_htm/jk_100animeRules.htm The 100 Rules of Anime]]:''' ''#87 The Law of [[OrIsIt Tableware Nonexistance.]]''

* In ''DumbledoresArmyAndTheYearOfDarkness'', Luna Lovegood can do magic with a spoon replacing her wand.

''You wake up in the morning and you look at your old spoon, and you say to yourself, "Mick, it's time to get yourself a new spoon." And you do.''
-->--'''''Mick Jagger'''''

''"[[TheMatrix There Is No Spoon.]]"''
-->-- '''[[http://www.cs.utah.edu/~duongsaa/more_htm/jk_100animeRules.htm The 100 Rules of Anime]]:''' ''#87 The Law of [[OrIsIt Tableware Nonexistance.]]''

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