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* Chuck Billy from Brazilian comic series ''ComicBook/{{MonicasGang}}'' is constantly seen scrumping from his neighbor Mr. Lau's guava tree, resulting in him angrily shooting at them with [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms a rifle loaded with salt]].

* ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'': Right before delivering his ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Judy, Nick casually nabs a handful of blueberries from a fruit vendor he passes on the street. He immediately tosses one in his mouth to confuse an already annoyed Judy and puts the rest in his shirt pocket.

** "The One With Ross's Sandwich": Ross has his delicious turkey sandwich stolen at work despite it having a note with his name. He finds out that it was his boss who took it for no particular reason. The fact that his boss couldn't finish it and threw most of it into trash sends Ross over the edge.

** "The One With Ross's Sandwich": Ross has his delicious turkey sandwich stolen at work. He finds out that it was his boss who took it for no particular reason. The fact that his boss couldn't finish it and threw away most of it into trash sends Ross over the edge.

* In ''Series/{{House}}'', DoctorJerk House steals his friend Wilson's food repeatedly and sometimes eats it right in front of him to tick him off, but at times he steals his food from a fridge, only for Wilson to find empty boxes. It's PlayedForLaughs as they are friends who bicker all the time. House also secretly eats other doctors' food [[AutopsySnackTime in the morgue]]. He just loves messing with people.

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'', "The One with Monica's Thunder": Phoebe secretly takes Joey's partially eaten candy bar. When he asks about it, she claims he has eaten it all. She then takes it out and eagerly eats it. Food is a SeriousBusiness for Joey so he's not happy when he sniffs her later and finds out she ''ate'' it.

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'''Cuddy:''' *''points to a label on one of the containers''* That's because it's everybody else's food.

* In ''Westernanimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode, "a Fridge too Far," [[{{Troll}} Luna]] mentions that she likes stealing her sibling's food simply for the heck of it.

* In ''Series/{{House}}'', DoctorJerk House steals his friend Wilson's food repeatedly and sometimes eats it right in front of him to tick him off, but at times he steals his food from a fridge, only for Wilson to find empty boxes. It's [[PlayedForLaughs played for laughs]] as they are friends who bicker all the time. House also secretly eats other doctors' food [[AutopsySnackTime in the morgue]]. He just loves messing with people.
-->'''Cuddy:''' You keep your lunch in the morgue?
-->'''House:''' If I put it in the doctor's lounge, everybody else eats it.
-->'''Cuddy:''' ''(points to a label on one of the containers)'' That's because it's everybody else's food.

* Lyft in ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' is a young thief who is both a Knight Radiant, and obsessed with food [[spoiler: due to old magic that allows her to directly convert food into investiture when she uses her powers to steal it makes her more hungry]]. She's introduced by breaking into a palace just to steal the food. She has a separate novella featuring her going to a new city just to steal the festival pancakes.

* ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'': Right before delivering his ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Judy, Nick casually nabs a single blueberry from a fruit vendor.

* ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear'': Yogi Bear, a FunnyAnimal living in [[PunnyName Jellystone National Park]], has stealing picnic baskets as his calling card. He's by no means a malicious character, and there's no evidence he doesn't have sufficient food otherwise available, so he seems to be doing it mostly for fun.

* Lyft in ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' is a young thief whose both a Knight Radiant, and obsessed with food [[spoiler: due to old magic that allows her to directly convert food into investiture when she uses her powers to steal it makes her more hungry]]. She's introduced by breaking into a palace just to steal the food. She has a separate novella featuring her going to a new city just to steal the festival pancakes.

** Flanders builds a chicken coop to get fresh eggs. After stealing some of them, Homer decides he wants fresh eggs himself and builds his own coop. However, he and Bart soon realize part of the superior taste is the thrill of stealing, leading Homer to blow the whole thing off.

* A variation shows up at the beginning of the ''Series/BabylonFive'' episode "Babylon Squared". Ivanova, awakened early and short on sleep, dozes off as Sinclair quotes a meditation chant. Sinclair and Garibaldi then hide everybody's food and wake her up, causing her to think that she's a half-hour behind schedule.

It's not quite as rude or intimidating as [[EnemyEatsYourLunch stealing food from someone's plate right in front of their very eyes]], but it's still pretty rude and generally frowned upon. Daring characters will however do it because of the thrill and excitement. If they're caught, the punishment isn't very severe. If the character steals from their friends, siblings or roommates, they're likely to be told off or they might argue about whose food it really was and why they did, but that's about it. It can lead to LostFoodGrievance.

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* ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'': Right before delivering his ReasonYouSuchSpeech to Judy, Nick casually nabs a single blueberry from a fruit vendor.

* ''Film/TheDevilAndDanielWebster'': At the end of the film, Scratch [[EvilIsPetty extracts a final act of petty vengeance]] by stealing Daniel Webster's peach pie and eating it.

Scrumping is an Administrivia/InternalSubtrope for children, teens or young adults who steal fruit from trees in their neighbours orchards and gardens, traditionally apples or pears. It's considered a childish prank at worst, and it has an air of old-fashioned wholesomeness. The reason is that children never take a lot and they usually eat the fruit right away. So such fresh food and exercise benefit their health.

!! Indexes:
* FoodTropes
* StealThisIndex
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