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* VideoGame/{{Psycutlery}}: A floating, semi-sentient, mind-controlled spork with a single eyeball (which the player can name) forms the game's central mechanic. It can be launched like a boomerang for attacking, eating, grabbing, and throwing things. In some cases, it can also be used as a steppingstone. It can even wear different accessories!

* ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' has his battlecry "SPOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!" Why does he yell that? Because he's ridiculous. Nonetheless someone's about to be clobbered.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rejected}}'' one clip begins with the statement "my spoon is too big!"
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheKidsFromRoom402'', Polly is an immigrant obsessed with spoons. She's got a spoon collection, and makes a spoon exhibition for the science fair. She once started a spoon hospital.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' ("Dear John"), Rocko's kitchen was destroyed by an errant falling satellite just days before a house party. He goes on a game show hoping to win a new kitchen and he wins a spoon. He is told that he'd have to compete in the show for the rest of the summer to win the whole kitchen.

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->''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/TheRollingStonesBand Mick Jagger]]'''

* ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'': "I'm going to cut your heart out WITH A SPOON!"
* In ''Film/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.
* In ''Film/TheMatrix'', there is no spoon, not even a levitating one.
* In ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' a tiny house is searched by thirteen legionnaires, looking for Brian. Although the entire Peoples' Front of Judaea (including Brian) is hiding there, they find nothing, so they leave. A few moments later they return, because "there's one place we didn't look!". This time they find a spoon.

* At the end of ''Literature/TheHobbit'', Bilbo suspects that his relative Lobelia Sackville-Baggins stole a number of his silver spoons. By the time of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', he hasn't forgotten, and his goodbye present to her is a bunch of silver spoons "as a ''present''". Lobelia isn't particularly amused. She still takes the spoons, though.
* Edward Lear upped this trope with his [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Lear_Runcible_spoon.png "runcible spoon."]] And now you know.

* The Cardassians of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''Series/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, as their [[RubberForeheadAliens distinctive facial structures]] include a depression in the forehead that resembles the bowl of a spoon.
* In the {{Prison}} arc of ''Series/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.
* ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'': The spoon is critical to the [=DenLiner=] Owner's mealtime ritual, and later on we see a collection of... ''overly reimagined'' spoons. Scissor spoons. Nunchuck spoons. A twisted spoon intended as a pinky ring.

* In the ''Series/InsideNo9'' episode "Cold Comfort", crisis helpline volunteer Andy overhears a call where a colleague keeps asking a client if they have tried using a spoon to fix their problem. What the problem ''is'' and what they need the spoon for can't be heard; but his expression suggests he doesn't think he wants to know.

* In episode 34 of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', Ultraman's host, Shin Hayata, mistakes a spoon for his [[TransformationTrinket Beta Capsule]], and [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/34/Shin_Spoon.jpg proudly raises it]] as if it were the transformation item. Realising his error, he grabs the real capsule, and proceeds as usual.
** Hayata's actor, Susumu Kurobe, would do the same pose as Chief Tomioka in "Who Are You?", an episode of ''Series/UltramanMax''

* 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]]

* [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV "You spoony bard!"]]

* ''WebAnimation/SaladFingers''

* ''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...)
* ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan: Oracle for Hire'' has a minor character named Runcible Spoon. Why? It's funny to hear his assistant shout, "Curse you, Runcible Spoon!"

** JustForFun/{{SPOON}}, definitely.
** And a lot of tropes with "spoon" in the title:

* 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]].

* ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'': The spoon is critical to the [=DenLiner=] Owner's mealtime ritual, and later on we see a collection of... ''overly reimagined'' spoons. Scissor spoons. Nunchuck spoons. A twisted spoon intended as a pinky ring. [[WidgetSeries It's that kind of show]].

* The WidgetSeries ''Series/{{Telechat}}'' sometimes had the ostrich (puppet) moderator Lola have a talk round with a fork and a spoon (also sapient).

* In ''Film/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.]]

* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' has Phil, the Prince of Insufficient Light, who's armed with a big pitch-spoon and [[GoshDarnItToHeck darns people to heck]]. (Creator/ScottAdams wanted to use {{Satan}}, but was prevented by a good case of ExecutiveMeddling.)

--> '''Basil''': Spoons, eh?
--> '''Mr Hutchison''': I'm sorry?
--> '''Basil''': (blowing a raspberry) Sppppppppppppppppppppoons!

* In episode 34 of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', Ultraman's host, Shin Hayata, mistakes a spoon for his Beta Capsule, and [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/34/Shin_Spoon.jpg proudly raises it]] as if it were the transformation item. Realising his error, he grabs the real capsule, and proceeds as usual.
** Hayata's actor, Susumu Kurobe, would do the same pose as Chief Tomioka in "Who are you?", an episode of ''Series/UltramanMax''

*** SpoonyBard, obviously.

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* In the first episode of ''LightNovel/KyouKaraMaou'', Yuuri is perplexed by the spork he's expected to use to eat his dinner. It even gets a brief pan-up shot.

* It's both funny and adorable when the title character of ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' angrily demands a spoon in the first episode. Watch it (looped for 10 minutes) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8oHR98xamw here]].

** The show's 50[[superscript:th]] anniversary comedy special ''Recap/TheFiveishDoctorsReboot'' features a scene that combines this trope with both WackyCravings and ActorAllusion: a very pregnant Georgia Tennant/Moffett (Doctor #5 Creator/PeterDavison's daughter) is shown scooping up her ice cream with an enormous celery stalk.

* ''[[VideoGame/ChexQuest Chex Quest]]'', a kid-friendly {{VideoGame/Doom}} GameMod replaced the Doom Marines fists with a Spoon... that somehow teleports enemies away. It was supposed to sell cereal after all. Of course they had to replace the chainsaw too, so they added a spinning-bladed laser-infused '''[[LethalJokeItem spork]]'''.

* [[VideoGame/ChexQuest Chex Quest]], a kid-friendly {{VideoGame/Doom}} GameMod replaced the Doom Marines fists with a Spoon... that somehow teleports enemies away. It was supposed to sell cereal after all. Of course they had to replace the chainsaw too, so they added a spinning-bladed laser-infused '''[[LethalJokeItem spork]]'''.

-->-- '''[[Music/TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]]'''

* Wiki/TVTropes:

* ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' invokes and then takes it right UpToEleven. The spoon is critical to the [=DenLiner=] Owner's mealtime ritual, and later on we see a collection of... ''overly reimagined'' spoons. Scissor spoons. Nunchuck spoons. A twisted spoon intended as a pinky ring. [[WidgetSeries It's that kind of show]].

* ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment''. Went UpToEleven with ''[[BlackComedyRape Spooning with Spoony]]''.
* Taken UpToEleven in the online videogame remake ''VideoGame/TheRoomTheGame'', 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.]]

* The Cardassians of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''Series/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.

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* 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]].

* In some countries, the poster for the film ''Films/{{Amelie}}'' showed the title character holding up a spoon, before using it to crack the surface of creme brulee.

* In ''Film/BruceAlmighty'', Bruce is sitting in a diner and realizing his new omnipotence. He parts his tomato soup like the red sea, does kinethesis with table items, then starts to asks for a spoon which suddenly comes out of his own mouth as he says the funny word. "Excuse me, I need a ''spooo-ulgh!''"

** "The Hotel Inspectors", Mr Hutchison whom Basil mistakes for a hotel inspector is in fact a spoon salesman. The comedy of the word "spoon" is thus demonstrated: