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7 | ->''"What is patriotism but the love of the good things we ate in our childhood?"'' |
8 | -->-- '''Lin Yutang''' |
9 | |
10 | Tropes having to deal with cooking, foodstuffs, and how we consume them. |
11 | |
12 | Please try not to drool on your keyboard. ''Mmmm...'' |
13 | ---- |
14 | [[index]] |
15 | !!Tropes: |
16 | [floatboxright: |
17 | '''Related indexes:''' |
18 | + CookingStories |
19 | + EatingEstablishments |
20 | + FoodAsCharacterization |
21 | + GroceryStoreIndex |
22 | + HighFatIndex |
23 | + AVeryCrappyIndex |
24 | |
25 | '''Types of foods/drinks:''' |
26 | + BakedIndex |
27 | + BeverageTropes |
28 | ++ HardDrinkingTropes |
29 | ++ InstantIndexJustAddWater |
30 | ++ AWholeLatteTropes |
31 | + AnEggcellentIndex |
32 | + FruitAndVegetableTropes |
33 | + MeatOfTheIndex |
34 | ++ ImAHumanitarian |
35 | + SweetTreatsIndex |
36 | ] |
37 | * ThirtyMinutesOrItsFree: If a pizza arrives later than the time quoted by the restaurant when a takeout/delivery order is placed, it must be delivered—free of all charges and fees—to the customer. |
38 | * AbstractEater: Eating abstract ideas. |
39 | * AcidRefluxNightmare: Having a nightmare due to indigestion. |
40 | * AdoptTheFood: Turning a meal into a pet or child. |
41 | * AgeStereotypicalFood: The foods you eat characterize you as immature or mature. |
42 | * AliensLoveHumanFood: An ordinary, everyday Earth food is adored by non-humans; sometimes even lauded as humanity's greatest creation or as The Worthy Reason for sparing Earth's and/or humanity's destruction. |
43 | * AnchoviesAreAbhorrent: Anchovies are treated as a gross food. |
44 | * AndADietCoke: Where a person orders numerous high-calorie, fattening foods, but the last one is some form of diet food. |
45 | * AndYourRewardIsEdible: Food as a reward. |
46 | * AngryChef: A hot-tempered, perfectionist cook. |
47 | * AnthropomorphicFood: Food is anthropomorphized. |
48 | * AppetiteEqualsHealth: Having no appetite means the character is ill, and being hungry and starting to eat means they are getting well. |
49 | * ArtificialMeat: Cloning animals to get meat. |
50 | * AsianCleaverFever: Characters prepare Asian food by using knives as though fighting, dancing, or performing. |
51 | * AsiansEatPets: The stereotype that Asian people eat meat from cats and dogs. |
52 | * AteItAll: The character eats all the food, even though it was meant for a group. |
53 | * AteTheSpoon: When a spoon melts into a food or drink, usually because it's extremely hot or poisonous. |
54 | * AutopsySnackTime: Doctors eat while performing an autopsy. |
55 | * BadHumorTruck: The driver of an ice cream truck is a villain. |
56 | * BaguetteBeatdown: Using French stick-shaped bread to hit people with. |
57 | * BalloonBelly: Gaining weight unrealistically fast. |
58 | * BeefBandage: Using a steak as an ice pack. |
59 | * BigEater: A character who [[PunctuatedForEmphasis eats. A. Lot. Of. Food.]] |
60 | * BizarreTasteInFood: The character does something peculiar to their food on the regular. |
61 | * BlackHoleBelly: A character can fit anything in their stomach. |
62 | * BlackMarketProduce: The character buys food from a BlackMarket. |
63 | * BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: Very spicy hot sauce. |
64 | * ABloodyMess: Ketchup or jam is mistaken for blood. |
65 | * BodySushi: A person covered in sushi. |
66 | * BrainFreeze: Getting a headache from cold food or drink. |
67 | * BrattyFoodDemand: A rude character demands food in a rude way. |
68 | * BreadOfSurvival: A starving person sees bread as a symbol of hope and happiness. |
69 | * BreakfastInBed: Having the first meal of the day served in bed upon awakening; often, this is intended as a romantic gesture between couples, or as a rare indulgence when a character is single and in a fancy hotel. |
70 | * BubbleGumPopping: Bubble gum pops comically and noisily. |
71 | * BuffetBuffoonery: Chaos ensues over whether a buffet ''really'' is all you can eat. |
72 | * BurgerFool: Workers at fast food joints have a bad time. |
73 | * BurpOfFinality: A monster eats someone and then burps to show that they're gone for good. |
74 | * BuzzsawJaw: The character eats something enormous very fast. |
75 | * TheCakeIsALie: Did I say you'd get a cake for doing this job? ILied. |
76 | * CakeToppers: A wedding cake is a tad boring without a miniature version of the newlyweds. |
77 | * CampCook: A chef at a camp. |
78 | * CarnivoreConfusion: Ethical issues arise from having carnivores and meat products among anthropomorphic animals. |
79 | * CarnivorousHealingFactor: The ability to heal quickly by eating flesh. |
80 | * CarryingACake: A character has to be careful as they are carrying a large cake. |
81 | * CartoonCheese: Cartoon cheese is always orangey-yellow, has holes, and is a wedge, bearing a close resemblance to the real-world Emmental variety. |
82 | * CastFromCalories: Superpowers come from the calories in the person's body. |
83 | * CerealViceReward: Cereal commercials encourage highly immoral behavior for the sake of obtaining their products. |
84 | * TheCharacterIceCreamBar: An ice-cream bar that resembles a work's character. |
85 | * CheckPlease: A StockPhrase said to get out after some restaurant shenanigans. |
86 | * CheesyMoon: The moon is made of cheese. |
87 | * ChefOfIron: A cook who fights. |
88 | * ChezRestaurant: Stock restaurant names that generally sound French and pretentious. |
89 | * ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs: Cereal that is made of nothing but sugar. |
90 | * ChocolateOfRomance: Chocolate is associated with romance. |
91 | * ChubbyChef: An overweight person with an occupation involving the preparation of food. |
92 | * CityPeopleEatSushi: Everybody from cities eats sushi, and everyone from rural areas doesn't. |
93 | * CleanFoodPoisonedFork: Serving good food on poisoned dining ware or utensils. |
94 | * ClutchingHandTrap: The character tries to reach food from a container but gets their hand stuck. |
95 | * ComfortFood: Food meant to cheer you up, often filled with carbs and fat. |
96 | * CompanionFood: Someone keeps a piece of food as if it were their friend or good company. |
97 | * CookingDuel: A duel in a mundane task. |
98 | * CookingTheLiveMeal: A character is being cooked alive by the captor. |
99 | * CookingMechanics: Cooking as mechanics in video games. |
100 | * CordonBleughChef: The character knows how to cook, but makes gross food as a result of experimentation. |
101 | * CornyNebraska: Nebraska's claim to fame: corn. |
102 | * CrazyConsumption: The character eats in a weird way when they are insane. |
103 | * CucumberFacial: Using cucumbers to give someone a facial. |
104 | * CurrencyCuisine: Edible money. |
105 | * CutASliceTakeTheRest: Someone cuts a slice of something and eats everything ''but'' the slice. |
106 | * DagwoodSandwich: A ridiculously big, tall sandwich. |
107 | * DeathByGluttony: The character dies from eating too much. |
108 | * DeepFriedWhatever: Deep-frying things in a crazy way. |
109 | * DeliciousDaydream: A character imagines food. |
110 | * DeliciousDistraction: The character gets distracted by food. |
111 | * DeliveryGuyInfiltration: Using a food-delivery disguise to get past the guards. |
112 | * DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Punishing someone by withholding nutritional foodstuffs. |
113 | * DietEpisode: Episode that focuses on a character going on a diet. |
114 | * DinerBrawl: Fighting in an eatery. |
115 | * DiningInTheBuff: A character eats or drinks something while naked. |
116 | * DinnerAndAShow: In an episode of a sitcom, a family gets together for dinner, and it's PlayedForComedy. |
117 | * DinnerDeformation: Your body takes the shape of something that you swallow whole. |
118 | * TheDinnermobile: Vehicles designed to resemble food items. |
119 | * DinnerOrderFlub: The character gets the wrong food or even something that's not food, ordered at a restaurant due to nearsightedness or a LanguageBarrier. |
120 | * DinnerWithTheBoss: The main character's boss visits them for dinner. |
121 | * DiscreetDiningDisposal: The character receives food they don't like, and so they feed it to a dog. |
122 | * DisgustingVegetarianFood: Vegetarian and vegan cuisine are repulsive. |
123 | * DishDash: Character must carry a [=LOT=] of dishes. |
124 | * DoesNotLikeSpam: A character [=HATES=] a certain food. |
125 | * DogFoodDiet: The character is so poor they can only afford dog food. |
126 | * DonutMessWithACop: Cops eat doughnuts. |
127 | * DreadedKidsTable: An older child is forced to sit with their younger relatives during meals. |
128 | * DriveThruAntics: Someone messes around at a drive-thru window. |
129 | * EatDirtCheap: Eating rocks or dirt. |
130 | * EatTheEvidence: Eating something that could be evidence so you don't give yourself away. |
131 | * EatThat: You can earn money from eating something gross. |
132 | * EatenAlive: A character is eaten while still alive. |
133 | * EatingContest: A contest to see who can eat the most of something, or the fastest or whatever. |
134 | * EatingLunchAlone: Lonely student eats lunch alone. |
135 | * EatingMachine: Robots that eat. |
136 | * EatingOptional: The character can eat, but doesn't require food. |
137 | * EatingPetFood: When IAteWhat applies to pet food. |
138 | * EatingShoes: The character eats shoes. |
139 | * EatingSolvesEverything: The best solution to a problem is eating something (like the problem itself). |
140 | * EatingTheEnemy: The best way to beat the enemy is to eat them. |
141 | * EdibleAmmunition: Using food as ammo. |
142 | * EdibleBludgeon: Hitting people with food. |
143 | * EdibleCollectible: Video game food is to be collected. |
144 | * EdibleThemeClothing: A character's clothing is made from food. |
145 | * EdibleThemeNaming: Naming characters after food and drink. |
146 | * EdibleTreasure: Buried treasure is food. |
147 | * EggFolk: Sentient eggs that can move around and sometimes speak. |
148 | * {{Egging}}: Throwing eggs (fresh or otherwise) at people or things. |
149 | * EmotionEater: Feeding off of emotions. |
150 | * EmptyFridgeEmptyLife: A poor character has hardly any food in their pantry/fridge. |
151 | * EndangeredSouffle: Souffles are ''very'' delicate. |
152 | * EnemyEatsYourLunch: Eating an enemy's lunch in front of them to assert dominance. |
153 | * EmergencyFoodSupplyAnimal: Characters eat a domesticated animal when food is scarce. |
154 | * EroticEating: Someone is turned on by the way someone else eats. |
155 | * EvenTheRatsWontTouchIt: Even vermin don't like the nasty food. |
156 | * EveryoneHatesFruitCakes: For some reason, all the characters seem to hate fruitcake. |
157 | * EveryPizzaIsPepperoni: Pizza in cartoons is always depicted as pepperoni without much variety. |
158 | * EvilChef: The villain is a cook. |
159 | * EvilTastesGood: Villains compare their evil deeds to food and drink. |
160 | * EvilVegetarian: A bad guy who's a vegetarian. |
161 | * ExoticEntree: Villains eat exotic animal meat. |
162 | * ExtremeOmnivore: The character can eat literally anything. |
163 | * FaceplantingIntoFood: A character goes unconscious and lands face-first in their food. |
164 | * FakedFoodContaminant: Putting something gross in your food after purchase and pretending it was always there to get a refund or tarnish a restaurant's reputation. |
165 | * FakeFood: Food on TV or in print ads is not real in RealLife. |
166 | * TheFamine: When there's not enough food around. |
167 | * FancyDinner: A fancy, luxurious meal served in an elegant way. |
168 | * FantasticDietRequirement: Beings who need something unusual in their diets. |
169 | * FantasticFruitsAndVegetables: Peculiar fictional fruits or vegetables. |
170 | * FarOutForeignersFavoriteFood: A foreigner picks out a favorite food. |
171 | * FastFoodNation: America is full of unhealthy fast food. |
172 | * FatteningTheVictim: Feeding a victim in hopes of making them fatter. |
173 | * FedToPigs: DisposingOfABody? Just throw it into a pig pen. |
174 | * FeedByExample: The animal or baby you're feeding won't eat, so you eat their food to show them how. |
175 | * FeminineWomenCanCook: Women have to be able to cook to prove they are "feminine." |
176 | * FightForTheLastBite: Two or more characters compete for the last morsel of food. |
177 | * FilchingFoodForFun: Stealing someone else's food because of the thrill and excitement. |
178 | * FireBreathingDiner: Spicy food makes you breathe fire. |
179 | * FiveSecondRule: Eating food dropped on the floor because it hadn't been there long. |
180 | * FlyInTheSoup: A fly lands in a bowl of soup. |
181 | * FollowYourNose: The character follows a flavorful scent to get at the food from which it's wafting. |
182 | * FoodAndAnimalAttraction: Food attracts animals. |
183 | * FoodAndBodyComparison: Comparing parts of the body with various foods. |
184 | * FoodAsBribe: Talking someone into doing something by bribing them with food. |
185 | * FoodBasedSuperpowers: Superpowers that directly and necessarily involve food in some way. |
186 | * FoodChains: Eating food from a strange place will cost you big. |
187 | * FoodComa: Getting sleepy from eating too much. |
188 | * FoodEatsYou: Sentient food products begin fighting and killing. |
189 | * FoodEnd: Work ends by showing characters eating. |
190 | * FoodFight: Throwing food at one another. |
191 | * FoodGod: A god or goddess of food, or of a particular food. |
192 | * FoodInterrogation: Food is used to get information out of someone. |
193 | * FoodPills: Taking pills as sustenance. |
194 | * TheFoodPoisoningIncident: Spoiled food makes you sick. |
195 | * FoodPorn: Very yummy-looking food. |
196 | * FoodShoveGag: Shoving a piece of food into someone's mouth to keep them quiet. |
197 | * FoodSlap: A person throws food or drinks at someone when they are angry at them. |
198 | * FoodSongsAreFunny: Singing about food is funny. |
199 | * ForceFeeding: The character forces another character to eat. |
200 | * ForeignQueasine: Foreign food is gross. |
201 | * ForgetsToEat: The character is so preoccupied that they forget to eat. |
202 | * ForkFencing: Two characters duel with dinner forks, possibly over food. |
203 | * FormalFullArrayOfCutlery: Upper-class characters use the right cutlery for the right menu items. |
204 | * FoulCafeteriaFood: Cafeteria food is portrayed as revolting. |
205 | * FreePrizeAtTheBottom: A box of cereal comes with a toy at the bottom of the package. |
206 | * FrenchCuisineIsHaughty: French food is considered fancy or snobbish. |
207 | * FromMyOwnPersonalGarden: Homegrown food. |
208 | * FrozenDinnerOfLoneliness: Reheating frozen meals when alone shows that a character is lonely. |
209 | * FruitCart: A fruit cart gets smashed. |
210 | * FruitOfTheLoon: Someone carries a fruit for no reason. |
211 | * FunWithAlphabetSoup: Soup with pasta letters that can be used in place of writing. |
212 | * FutureFoodIsArtificial: All or most food will be synthetic in the future. |
213 | * GarlicIsAbhorrent: Garlic or garlic fans being portrayed as revolting. |
214 | * GassyGastronomy: Foods and drinks that are stereotyped as making people fart or burp. |
215 | * GelatinousTrampoline: Bouncing on jello. |
216 | * GeniusSweetTooth: TheSmartGuy has a SweetTooth. |
217 | * GettingEatenIsHarmless: Someone gets eaten but it doesn't kill them or in some cases even shake them up that much. |
218 | * GiantFood: Food that's much bigger than a person. |
219 | * GingerbreadHouse: A house made of gingerbread, decorated with icing and candies. |
220 | * GirlsLoveChocolate: Chocolate is for women and girls, and they ''all'' enjoy it. |
221 | * GluttonousPig: Pigs are known to [[BigEater not be picky eaters]]. |
222 | * GluttonyMontage: Montage showing a character eating. |
223 | * GourmetPetFood: Pet food is advertised as fancy. |
224 | * GrandmasRecipe: Recipes are better when they come from the experience of old age. |
225 | * GrapesOfLuxury: Grape eating is associated with regal splendor. |
226 | * GreensPrecedeSweets: No dessert until you finish your broccoli. |
227 | * GrillingPyrotechnics: An attempt to light a gas grill that leads to an explosion. |
228 | * GrossGumGag: Chewing gum is used for a gross-out joke or gag. |
229 | * GrubTub: A pool or tub is filled with something meant for consumption other than water. |
230 | * HaggisIsHorrible: Everyone hates Scottish haggis. |
231 | * HashHouseLingo: Slang used in a restaurant. |
232 | * HauteCuisineIsWeird: Rich people eat weird, fancy food. |
233 | * HeartbreakAndIceCream: Sad characters eat ice cream. |
234 | * HideousHangoverCure: Crazy ways to cure a hangover. |
235 | * HighClassCannibal: Rich people like eating human flesh. |
236 | * HoldTheUnsolicitedIngredient: The character orders something, and specifically asks for it without a particular ingredient. |
237 | * HollywoodCuisine: {{Flanderization}} of a culture's food. |
238 | * HotSauceDrinking: The character drinks hot sauce. |
239 | * HungerCausesLethargy: A hungry character gets unrealistically tired. |
240 | * HyperactiveMetabolism: Food cures you. |
241 | * IAteWhat: Horrified to realize what they just consumed. |
242 | * IDoNotDrinkWine: Aliens won't eat or drink our food and drink. |
243 | * ITasteDelicious: A character states he tastes good after being covered in food. |
244 | * IWasToldThereWouldBeCake: Cake gets promised as a reward. |
245 | * IfItTastesBadItMustBeGoodForYou: Healthy food = yucky |
246 | * IllTakeTwoBeersToo: Character orders for a group, and then a BigEater says a variation on "Same again." |
247 | * ImAHumanitarian: Taking "people person" to very wrong levels. |
248 | * ImNotHungry: A prisoner refuses food. |
249 | * ImpossibleLeavening: Too much yeast either makes the food explode or swells it way too large to be possible. |
250 | * ImpossiblePickleJar: Attempts at opening a jar or bottle with mixed results. |
251 | * ImpossiblyDeliciousFood: Food that tastes better than it should. |
252 | * ImprobableChopsticksSkill: Using eating implements for improbable purposes. |
253 | * ImprobableFoodBudget: A family spends an inconceivable amount of money on food. |
254 | * ImpromptuCampfireCookout: A character responds to any event with fire by cooking food over it. |
255 | * InappropriateHunger: A character is hungry despite being in a disgusting situation. |
256 | * IndestructibleEdible: Food that can't break or rot. |
257 | * InexplicablyPreservedDungeonMeat: Perfectly good food (often meat) in a dungeon, especially in video games. |
258 | * InstantRoast: When an animal's fur or feathers get burned off, they look like a roast that's ready to eat. |
259 | * InstantTasteAddiction: Trying a new food and instantly developing an addiction to it. |
260 | * InsubstantialIngredients: Non-physical ingredients. |
261 | * IntentionalWeightGain: A character eats a lot to gain way. |
262 | * InvisibleStomachVisibleFood: An invisible person eats something, and you can see it going down. |
263 | * IsItSomethingYouEat: The character doesn't know what a word means and asks whether it's food. |
264 | * ISOStandardUrbanGroceries: Groceries always come in a paper bag with a stick of French baguette-style bread. |
265 | * ItCameFromTheFridge: Spoiled food comes alive. |
266 | * ItTastesLikeFeet: Someone says a portion of food tastes like something gross. |
267 | * JabbaTableManners: A bad guy (or any unpleasant person) is a messy slob with very bad table manners. |
268 | * JailBake: Hiding something that will help a prisoner escape inside a cake. |
269 | * JokersLoveJunkFood: Comedic characters are often seen eating junk food. |
270 | * JumpingOutOfACake: There's a sweet "surprise" jumping out of the birthday cake. |
271 | * JustDesserts: A villain gets eaten. |
272 | * JustEatHim: A predator holds its prey in its mouth or swallows it whole. |
273 | * JustHereForTheFreeSnacks: A character joins a social function just for the food. |
274 | * KidnappersKFC: A kidnapper buys his hostage fast food while running from the cops. |
275 | * KidsHateVegetables: It's hard to get children to enjoy eating their vegetables. |
276 | * KissTheCookApron: An apron displaying a message to "Kiss the Cook", or some variation/parody of the phrase. |
277 | * KitchenChase: A ChaseScene through a kitchen. |
278 | * KitschyThemedRestaurant: A stereotypical restaurant. |
279 | * LastResortTakeout: Ordering takeout if cooking dinner goes wrong. |
280 | * LeavingFoodForSanta: Offering food to SantaClaus. |
281 | * LemonadeStandPlot: One or more characters start their own lemonade stand. |
282 | * LethalChef: The chef makes gross food. |
283 | * LethalEatery: A restaurant that serves terrible food. |
284 | * LetsMeetTheMeat: Talking to your food. |
285 | * LevelAte: A world made of food. |
286 | * LiteCreme: Using WeaselWords to make a food somehow sound "better." |
287 | * LocalHangout: A restaurant, coffeee shop, or bar where characters hang out at. |
288 | * LostFoodGrievance: Over-the-top sadness or anger over the loss of food. |
289 | * LostInTheMaize: Getting lost in a cornfield. |
290 | * LostMyAppetite: A character suddenly isn't hungry. |
291 | * MadeFromRealGirlScouts: A food is made of something in the name that you wouldn't expect. |
292 | * MadnessInducedOmnivore: A person who is insane or delusional eats things they shouldn't, such as insects or non-food items |
293 | * MagicEater: A character who eats magic. |
294 | * MagicMushroom: Eating or inhaling the spores of a mushroom has magical effects. |
295 | * MarshmallowDream: A character dreams that they were eating something, leading to them eating their pillow. |
296 | * MarsWantsChocolate: Aliens coming to Earth to get our food. |
297 | * MascotsLoveSugar: Critters have a massive SweetTooth. |
298 | * MasochistsMeal: Food that could hurt you or tastes terrible gets eaten by macho people. |
299 | * MayIBorrowACupOfSugar: Meeting a neighbor by asking to borrow something from them. |
300 | * MeatOVision: Hunger causes people to hallucinate objects or people as food. |
301 | * MeatVersusVeggies: Conflict between vegetarians and meat-eating people. |
302 | * MedicinalCuisine: When food is used to treat illness or improve general health. |
303 | * MegaMealChallenge: Restaurants that serve a huge meal and then time how long people take to eat it. |
304 | * MessOnAPlate: Very ugly food. |
305 | * MetalMuncher: Metal as food. |
306 | * MicroDieting: Comically tiny portions of food. |
307 | * MidnightSnack: Eating in the middle of the night. |
308 | * MiningForCookies: A mine full of foodstuffs. |
309 | * MiracleFood: Magical food that arrives to feed needy people. |
310 | * MirrorChemistry: Aliens eat food differently from their mirror image. |
311 | * MisfortuneCookie: Getting a bad fortune in a fortune cookie. |
312 | * MissedMealAesop: AnAesop about why you shouldn't miss a meal. |
313 | * MockMeal: Low-quality food shaped like fancier food. |
314 | * MotivationOnAStick: Motivating someone by dangling food in front of their face. |
315 | * MountainOfFood: A giant pile of food. |
316 | * MutagenicFood: A character turns into what they ate. |
317 | * MysteryMeat: Food, but you don't know what's in it. |
318 | * NeverGetsFat: When all that eating leads to zero weight gain. |
319 | * NoCanOpener: A character has a lot of canned food in case of emergency, but no can opener. |
320 | * NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Feeding someone before killing them. |
321 | * NondescriptNastyNutritious: Food without real form, that focuses only on sustenance, health, and life continuation, rather than taste and visual appeal. |
322 | * NoSnackForYou: A vending machine refuses to accept your money. |
323 | * NutritionalNightmare: Really unhealthy food. |
324 | * ObjectCeilingCling: Food gets stuck to the ceiling. |
325 | * ObsessedWithFood: A character seems to only think about food. |
326 | * OdeToFood: A song about food. |
327 | * OffTheWagon: A drug addict tries to quit but then starts it up again. |
328 | * OneIPreparedEarlier: In cooking shows, the food is not cooked in real-time. |
329 | * OneNoteCook: A character who can only cook one kind of dish. |
330 | * OneTrackMindedHunger: A character whose actions are heavily dictated by their unrelenting desire to eat. |
331 | * OnionTears: Onions make you cry. |
332 | * OnlyOneWhoLikesSpam: Only one member of a group likes a particular food. |
333 | * OrganDrops: A creature's guts are harvestable. |
334 | * OrgasmicallyDelicious: A reaction to delicious food is or looks like an orgasm. |
335 | * OutOfControlPopcorn: Popcorn kernels spill out of their vessel as they are popped. |
336 | * OvenLogic: If you increase the temperature of an oven to try and make something cook faster, it will go wrong. |
337 | * OvercomplicatedMenuOrder: A very complicated and specific menu order. |
338 | * PaletteSwappedAlienFood: Alien food that looks like Earth food but with the wrong colors. |
339 | * ParodyProductPlacement: This may involve parodies of food ads, particularly the Hostess Fruit Pies ad campaign. |
340 | * PassThePopcorn: A character takes out some food and watches a dramatic event like it's a movie or a play. |
341 | * PasteEater: A {{Cloudcuckoolander}} or TheDitz eats one specific non-food item on the regular. |
342 | * PeelingPotatoes: Someone is sent to do a menial chore. |
343 | * PekingDuckChristmas: Characters buy Chinese food for Christmas. |
344 | * PepperSneeze: Pepper or similar spices makes a character sneeze. |
345 | * PhlebotinumMuncher: A creature eats something that is relevant in the story. |
346 | * PickyEater: A person, often a kid, is fussy about their food. |
347 | * PicnicEpisode: The characters go on a picnic for one episode. |
348 | * PieInTheFace: When food lands on a character's face. |
349 | * APigNamedPorkchop: An animal is named after their body parts. |
350 | * PineappleRuinsPizza: Someone says putting pineapple on pizza makes it inedible. |
351 | * PlainPalate: Someone likes plain food and drink. |
352 | * PoopingFood: A creature poops out food. |
353 | * PopGoesTheHuman: A person explodes from overeating, inflation, or weight gain. |
354 | * PopcornOnTheCob: Popcorn is popped directly off the cob. |
355 | * PostStressOvereating: Eating a lot of food to relieve emotional stress. |
356 | * PostTreatmentLollipop: Someone (usually a child) is given candy after a doctor's appointment or similar situation. |
357 | * PovertyFood: Poor people eat cheap food that is aesthetically ugly or tastes bad. |
358 | * PowerUpFood: Food gives one a power boost or superpowers. |
359 | * PrefersRawMeat: A character eats uncooked meat. |
360 | * PrisonersLastMeal: The last meal a prisoner on DeathRow eats before their execution. |
361 | * ProducePelting: Throwing fruit and vegetables as a response to a performance the thrower disliked. |
362 | * ProjectileToast: Toast pops ''right'' out of the toaster. |
363 | * ProtectionInMouth: A giant character holds someone physically in their mouth to keep them safe. |
364 | * PunWithPi: A {{pun}} on the words "pi" and "pie." |
365 | * PutOffTheirFood: Someone gets put off a certain food because something led them to link it with something nasty in their mind. |
366 | * RamenSlurp: A character slurps up ramen noodles. |
367 | * RawEggsMakeYouStronger: Raw eggs make you tougher and stronger. |
368 | * RazorApples: Dangerous items hidden inside foods. |
369 | * RealMenCook: All men can or should cook. |
370 | * RealMenEatMeat: There are no vegetarian males, and men should be expected to love all meat. |
371 | * RealMenHateSugar: All the male characters either hate sugar or are compared to women for liking sugar. |
372 | * ReducedToRatburgers: Eating vermin. |
373 | * RegionalSpeciality: The natives of a region have one food they're really good at making. |
374 | * RestaurantOwningEpisode: A character spends an episode running a restaurant. |
375 | * RevengeIsADishBestServed: Secretly feeding someone non-food or something they dislike out of spite. |
376 | * RomanceInducingSmudge: Cleaning a smudge on a person's face or clothing leads to romance. |
377 | * RomanticCandlelitDinner: Dinners by candlelight are the definition of romance. |
378 | * RomanticSpoonfeeding: A character spoonfeeds their LoveInterest. |
379 | * SaltSolution: Monsters that are weak to salt. |
380 | * SatiatingSandwich: A character likes sandwiches. |
381 | * SausageStringSilliness: Gags involving a string of sausages. |
382 | * SchmuckBanquet: An abandoned feast is SchmuckBait. |
383 | * SecretIngredient: Keeping one ingredient in a recipe secret. |
384 | * SecretSnackStash: Hiding (usually unhealthy) food to be eaten at a later point. |
385 | * SimilarItemConfusion: Often happens with recipe ingredients (such as sugar and salt). |
386 | * SinisterSweetTooth: Villains identified by their taste for the sweeter things. |
387 | * SmorgasbordTest: Someone discovers a new creature and tries to find out what it eats by offering it many different foods. |
388 | * TheSnackIsMoreInteresting: Being more interested in food that's in the vicinity than what's going on. |
389 | * SnackStealingSeagulls: Seagulls are portrayed as greedy food thieves. |
390 | * {{Snacksploitation}}: Smuggling food into places where it's not allowed. |
391 | * SneakingSnacks: A child tries to sneak food that's off-limits. |
392 | * SniffSniffNom: Testing for toxicity by eating the object. |
393 | * SnootyHauteCuisine: Food meant to show someone's intense wealth. |
394 | * SodaCandySplosion: When a combination of soda and candy creates an eruptive geyser. |
395 | * SoulEating: Eating peoples' souls. |
396 | * SoupIsMedicine: Soup is associated with being given to sick people. |
397 | * SoupOfPoverty: Cheap, low-quality soup as a PovertyFood, served at homeless shelters, sold in cans, or homemade. |
398 | * SpacetimeEater: A being that eats the fabric of the universe or time or something similar. |
399 | * SpaghettiKiss: Sharing a piece of spaghetti leads to kissing. |
400 | * SpinOffCookbook: Merch as a novelty cookbook. |
401 | * SpitOutAShoe: Someone gets eaten, then whoever ate them spits out an article of clothing. |
402 | * SpitTake: Spitting out food or drink, often due to surprise. |
403 | * SpitefulGluttony: Deliberately eating like a pig to spite someone who isn't partaking. |
404 | * SqueamishAboutSlaughter: Being uncomfortable with the process of live animals being turned into food. |
405 | * StewedAlive: A character gets boiled in a pot, alive. |
406 | * StockAnimalDiet: Food stereotypically associated with animals eating it. |
407 | * StockFoodDepictions: Food in fiction is usually depicted as only looking one particular way. |
408 | * StockMedievalMeal: A stereotypical meal in medieval Europe. |
409 | * StockYuck: Foods stereotypically associated with being yucky. |
410 | * SuckECheeses: Crummy kids' fast food restaurant, complete with terrifying or creepy cartoon mascots. |
411 | * SugarCausesHyperactivity: If kids eat sugar, they'll go on a rampage. |
412 | * SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious: Supernatural beings think someone tastes yummy. |
413 | * SupremeChef: A chef who makes delicious food. |
414 | * SwallowedWhole: A monster eats characters and items whole without chewing. |
415 | * SweetBaker: Heroes identified by bakery of sweeter foods. |
416 | * SweetsOfTemptation: Candy, cake, and other sweet food is used as symbolism for temptation and hidden danger. |
417 | * SweetTooth: Preferring sweets and sugary flavors over all others, across an endless variety of dishes and cuisines. |
418 | * TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Putting deadly poison in food and drink. |
419 | * TastesBetterThanItLooks: Food that looks unappetizing, but when tried, actually tastes good. |
420 | * TastesLikeChicken: Exotic food is said to taste like chicken. |
421 | * TastesLikeDisdain: Rejecting or destroying an offer of food to express your dislike for someone else. |
422 | * TastesLikeFriendship: Making friends by offering them food. |
423 | * TastyTears: Tears have a wonderful taste to some people. Sometimes used to add flavor to sad meals. |
424 | * TeamChef: A heroic group has one person who cooks. |
425 | * TemptingCookieJar: The cookie jar is impossible for Little Jimmy to resist. |
426 | * ThankYourPrey: A character thanks or apologizes to an animal he eats. |
427 | * ThanksgivingTurkey: Roast turkeys are the main dish in traditional Thanksgiving feasts. |
428 | * ThatPoorPlant: A plant dies after being fed disgusting food or drink. |
429 | * TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: Throwing away food because you must go do something. |
430 | * ThisBananaIsArmed: Weapons that look like pretend ones. |
431 | * ThisBillboardNeedsSomeSalt: Monsters eat food-shaped items, thinking them to be real food. |
432 | * ThroughHisStomach: Impressing someone by feeding them. |
433 | * TieInCereal: If it exists, there was a breakfast cereal based on it. |
434 | * ToastOfTardiness: An overused trope in anime, when a character is late for school and has no time for breakfast. |
435 | * TooHungryToBePolite: A character is so hungry or badly brought up that they have bad table manners. |
436 | * TooSpicyForYogSothoth: The monster doesn't want the victim as it finds him unpleasant. |
437 | * TooUnhappyToBeHungry: Someone loses their appetite due to stress and/or negative emotion(s). |
438 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: One character has a favorite food to obsessive levels and the food is often associated with them. |
439 | * TrappedAtTheDinnerTable: The stock punishment of not letting a picky eater leave the dinner table until they've eaten everything on their plate. |
440 | * TrojanVeggies: Tricking a child into eating vegetables by hiding them in a different food. |
441 | * TypewriterEating: Someone eating sounds like a typewriter. |
442 | * UnaffectedBySpice: This person can eat and enjoy extremely spicy food without much distress if any. |
443 | * UnconventionalFoodOrder: A restaurant patron orders a bizarre meal that most people wouldn't eat. |
444 | * UnconventionalFoodUsage: Using food for something other than eating. |
445 | * UnfortunateIngredients: Ingredients in products are renamed when they become controversial |
446 | * UnscrewedSaltShaker: Someone maliciously unscrews another's salt shaker before they try to dispense it. |
447 | * VacuumMouth: A character inhales their food. |
448 | * VampiresHateGarlic: Vampires have an aversion to garlic. |
449 | * {{Veganopia}}: A vegan utopia. |
450 | * VegetarianForADay: A character becomes a vegetarian but stops by the next episode, as StatusQuoIsGod. |
451 | * VillainousGlutton: A bad guy who tends to overeat. |
452 | * VirtuousVegetarianism: Vegetarianism is used as a symbol of inner goodness or purity. |
453 | * WackyCravings: Wacky food cravings associated with pregnancy. |
454 | * WayPastTheExpirationDate: ''Very'' spoiled food. |
455 | * WeightLossSalad: Trying to lose weight by eating nothing but vegetables. |
456 | * AWeightyAesop: AnAesop about weight loss. |
457 | * WeirdWorldWeirdFood: Worldbuilding through the use of odd food. |
458 | * WinterOfStarvation: Characters become desperate for food during the winter, and may be driven to doing immoral things to survive. |
459 | * WizardNeedsFoodBadly: A game character needs food to avoid starving. |
460 | * WokFu: Fighting in a Chinese restaurant. |
461 | * XOnAStick: Things that are on sticks. |
462 | * YouAreWhoYouEat: Eating a person to shapeshift into them. |
463 | * YourFavorite: A character receives their favorite food, often without asking. Done as a favor or perhaps to manipulate them. |
464 | * YouTasteDelicious: There's food on someone's face, so someone else licks or eats it off. |
465 | * YouWontLikeHowITaste: Making yourself sound undesirable to a person-eater. |
466 | [[/index]] |
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