History Main / MidnightSnack

* [[ComicStrip/{{Blondie}} Dagwood]] is probably the TropeCodifier.

* A common tradition in Creator/EnidBlyton's BoardingSchool series, such as ''Literature/MaloryTowers'' and ''Literature/StCLares'' is to have the girls sneak out of their dorms to have a midnight party, usually to celebrate someone's birthday.

* [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants In the "Suds" episode of Spongebob Squarepants]] Spongebob is unable to sleep, so he decides to treat himself with a [[FlintstoneTheming seanut butter]] and jelly sandwich, allegedly the best hypnotic in the sea. He takes one bite, then falls like a brick.

* In issue 6 of ''ComicBook/ManOfSteel'', Clark Kent gets up in the middle of the night while staying with his adopted family the Kents to get a snack from the refrigerator when he encounters a holographic vision of his real father Jor-El, who touches his son and begins to reveal his true origin as the last son of Krypton.

* In ''[[Literature/JeevesAndWooster Right Ho, Jeeves]]'', the gourmand Tuppy Glossop has been fighting with his vegetarian fiancée Angela. Bertie advises him to pretend not to be hungry at dinner, so Angela will think he is pining over her--and then nip down to the kitchen while everyone's asleep and have some steak-and-kidney pie. Unfortunately, though, what with [[HilarityEnsues one thing and another]] the entire household ends up coming down to the kitchen at midnight. Angela uses the midnight snack as even further evidence of Tuppy's gluttony, and he doesn't even get time to eat it.

* In ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'', Jerin has been hiding in his room from the female visitors all day, had no opportunity to eat much, and, at midnight, decides to raid the kitchen. He meets Ren, who [[spoiler: seduces him right there]], and then sneaks back to his room ... without having eaten anything. [[spoiler: And no, [[FreudWasRight ''Ren'']] doesn't count]]

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* In ''[[Literature/JeevesAndWooster Right Ho, Jeeves]]'', the gourmand Tuppy Glossop has been fighting with his vegetarian fiancée Angela. Bertie advises him to pretend not to be hungry at dinner, so Angela will think he is pining over her--and then nip down to the kitchen while everyone's asleep and have some steak-and-kidney pie. Unfortunately, though, what with [[HilarityEnsues one thing and another]] the entire household ends up coming down to the kitchen at midnight. Angela uses the midnight snack as even further evidence of Tuppy's gluttony, and he doesn't even get time to eat it.

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* [[Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub Honey]] likes to have midnight snacks of [[BigEater MULTIPLE ENTIRE CAKES.]]

* Creator/NigellaLawson does this at the end of her cooking programs.

* TheGoldenGirls used to do this all the time, favoring cheesecake.

* One ''ComicStrip/FarSide'' strip has a couple coming downstairs to discover to their relief the noises they had been hearing are just "Kevin" engaging in this, Kevin being a nine-foot-tall horned monster. Another strip has a man's own stomach thwarting his dieting attempts by sprouting legs and going on midnight fridge raids.

* In ''StrangersInParadise'', Francine, stressed over her best friend and roommate Katchoo's secretive behaviour, fixes a so-called "milkshake" as a midnight snack. It is, in fact, an enormous tub of ice cream with lots of milk and chocolate syrup poured in.

* In ''{{Kanon}}'', Makota does this once. [[HilarityEnsues Yuuichi sneaks up behind her and drops some konnyaku down the back of her pajamas.]]

* [[OuranHighSchoolHostClub Honey]] likes to have midnight snacks of [[BigEater MULTIPLE ENTIRE CAKES.]]

* Maruti of ''TheReturnOfHanuman'' had a MidnightSnack after he had a bad dream that he's not allowed to eat anymore. But since he's an extreme BigEater, not only he finished the whole fridge, he ate all of the village's food supply.

* NigellaLawson does this at the end of her cooking programs.

* In ''[[{{Dual}} Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure]]'' Mitsuki catches Kazuki and Dr. Sanada eating instant noodles at midnight and saying that they just need some of it once in a while. She forces them to eat a full meal she cooks ont he spot.

* In issue 6 of the new ''Comicbook/{{Ms Marvel|2014}}'' the heroine has to raid the fridge at night after a failed rescue attempt because [[CastFromHitPoints her powers drain her life force]]. For her misfortune her family also noticed and concluded that she must have sneaked out while grounded, so she got [[GroundedForever even more grounded forever]].

* In issue 6 of the new ''Comicbook/{{Ms Marvel|2014}} the heroine has to raid the fridge after a failed rescue attempt because [[CastFromHitPoints her powers drain her life force]]. For her misfortune her family also noticed and concluded that she must have sneaked out while grounded, so she got [[GroundedForever grounded even more forever]].

* In the second season of ''Manga/SailorMoon'', Luna catches Usagi sitting in front of the open fridge in the middle of the night. She has half the contents on the floor around her and is binge eating straight from the containers. The entire scene was due to her break up with Mamoru.