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** Or it's why No-Fur has... [[ShapedLikeItself no fur]]

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** Or it's why No-Fur has... [[ShapedLikeItself no fur]]fur]].



** Lily's cooking is so ''good'' even the pickiest eaters in the animal kingdom go nuts for it.

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** Lily's cooking is so ''good'' even the pickiest eaters in the animal kingdom go absolutely nuts for it.it, even if it's a complete herbivore eating Lily's steak or a complete carnivore eating Lily's salad.
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** Not a single organism is willing to touch Lily's pie.

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** Not a single organism is willing to touch Lily's pie. It's actually immune to rotting because mold and bacteria won't grow on it.
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* '''Invoked''': Lily plans to make Bob fall in love with her ThroughHisStomach, so Alice arranges her "cooking lessons" tha

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* '''Invoked''': Lily plans to make Bob fall in love with her ThroughHisStomach, so Alice arranges her "cooking lessons" thathat will make her an incredibly terrible chef.



--> '''Bob:''' (whispering to Alice) I bet that even starving rats wouldn't eat this.t will make her an incredibly terrible chef.

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--> '''Bob:''' (whispering to Alice) I bet that even starving rats wouldn't eat this.t will make her an incredibly terrible chef.

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* '''Subverted''': The rats are reluctant to try Lily's pie, but decide to do so after smelling it.
* '''Double Subverted''': Then they throw up.

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** Lily's cooking is very bad, meaning that rats absolutely love it.
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The rats are reluctant to try Lily's pie, but decide to do so after smelling it.
** Rats refuse to eat Lily's food, leading Bob to think it must be bad. But then Lily convinces Bob to try it and he likes it. Lily questions what rats know, anyway.
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Then they throw up.up. Someone notes that they shouldn't even technically be able to do that, making this [[AchievementsInIgnorance kind of impressive.]]
** Bob was just being polite, he really hated it and he laments that he should have listened to the rats.



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* '''Invoked''': ???Lily plans to make Bob fall in love with her ThroughHisStomach, so Alice arranges her "cooking lessons" tha



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Alice mocks Lily for having cooking so bad rats don't like it, leading her to figure out how to cook food that rats will love out of sheer spite.



--> '''Bob:''' (whispering to Alice) I bet that even starving rats wouldn't eat this.

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--> '''Bob:''' (whispering to Alice) I bet that even starving rats wouldn't eat this.t will make her an incredibly terrible chef.



* '''Implied''': Alice and Bob have no idea what to do with Lily's leftovers, even though leaving it for the rats would seemingly be an obvious solution.



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* '''Parodied''':
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* '''Straight''': Lily, the resident LethalChef, makes a pie for Alice and Bob. They drop the leftovers (read: most of the pie) on the floor so the rats can have them. However, the rats run away from them after smelling them.

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* '''Straight''': Lily, the resident LethalChef, makes a pie for Alice and Bob. They drop the leftovers (read: most of the whole pie) on the floor so the rats can have them. However, the rats run away from them after smelling them.
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** Lily's pie becomes an IndestructibleEdible because not a single organism is willing to touch it.

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** Lily's pie becomes an IndestructibleEdible because not Not a single organism is willing to touch it.Lily's pie.



* '''Downplayed''': Alice's dog Tropey doesn't want to eat of the pie.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice's dog Tropey doesn't want to eat of the pie.
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** Lily's cooking is so ''good'' even the pickiest eaters enjoy it.

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** Lily's cooking is so ''good'' even the pickiest eaters enjoy in the animal kingdom go nuts for it.

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* '''Inverted''': Lily's cooking is so ''good'' that the rats, who are used to garbage, won't touch it.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Lily's cooking is so ''good'' that the rats, who are used to garbage, won't touch it.
** Lily's cooking is so ''good'' even the pickiest eaters enjoy
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* '''Justified''': Lily makes a ScrewballSerum. The rats won't touch it because they saw what happened to Alice and Bob when they consumed it.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Lily makes a ScrewballSerum. The rats won't touch it because they saw what happened to Alice and Bob when they consumed it.it.
** Or it's why No-Fur has… [[ShapedLikeItself no fur]]
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'''Basic Trope''': Food so bad that not even vermin want it.
* '''Straight''': Lily, the resident LethalChef, makes a pie for Alice and Bob. They drop the leftovers (read: most of the pie) on the floor so the rats can have them. However, the rats run away from them after smelling them.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Lily's pie becomes an IndestructibleEdible because not a single organism is willing to touch it.
** The rats will happily eat rat poison if the other option is Lily's cooking.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice's dog Tropey doesn't want to eat of the pie.
* '''Justified''': Lily makes a ScrewballSerum. The rats won't touch it because they saw what happened to Alice and Bob when they consumed it.
* '''Inverted''': Lily's cooking is so ''good'' that the rats, who are used to garbage, won't touch it.
* '''Subverted''': The rats are reluctant to try Lily's pie, but decide to do so after smelling it.
* '''Double Subverted''': Then they throw up.
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zig-Zagged''':
* '''Averted''': The rats eat the pie leftovers.
* '''Enforced''': The writers had to include AnAesop about junk food, so they added a scene to show that even rats won't touch the stuff.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Wow... and those are animals that eat garbage..."
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Exploited''': Alice and Bob use Lily's cooking to keep rats away.
* '''Defied''':
* '''Discussed''':
--> '''Bob:''' (whispering to Alice) I bet that even starving rats wouldn't eat this.
* '''Conversed''':
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice and Bob eat most of Lily's pie, and drop the rest on the floor so the rats can have it. The rats smell it, but refuse to eat it. Then Carl mentions that rats are good at smelling a specific poison...
* '''Played for Horror''': The only food available is a ScrewballSerum that even the rats won't touch, but Alice and Bob have to consume it and endure the horrifying effects if they want to avoid starving to death...
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%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???

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