1 | '''Basic Trope''': Food is used to bribe a character. |
2 | * '''Straight''': [[CowardlyLion Bob]] refuses to enter the AbandonedHospital until Alice offers him some [[TrademarkFavoriteFood apple pie]]. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Bob absolutely refuses to do anything unless you offer him a feast complete with several pies. |
5 | ** The local currency happens to be edible, meaning that all labor and goods are paid for with food. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': StarvingArtist Bob is willing to paint a really crappy painting in exchange for lunch. |
7 | * '''Justified''': |
8 | ** Bob is a BigEater, food is a very powerful motivator for him. |
9 | ** Bob is in a place where good food is quite scarce. |
10 | ** Bob lives in a third-world country where ''all'' food is scarce. |
11 | ** Bob experienced starvation in the past and is still highly food-motivated due to the trauma. |
12 | * '''Inverted''': |
13 | ** Bob bribes Alice for the pies. |
14 | ** Bob is forced to eat broccoli as a punishment. |
15 | * '''Subverted''': |
16 | ** Alice tries to bribe Bob with pies, but it doesn't work. |
17 | ** Bob knows [[LethalChef Alice can't cook]], but still accepts the 'bribe' as he knows that it means she believes the issue to be important. |
18 | * '''Double Subverted''': She then successfully bribes him with chocolate cookies. |
19 | * '''Parodied''': Bob has a brand of packaged snack food ("Bob-Snacks") named after him. |
20 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Bob is a picky eater, and on at least three occasions Alice has tried to bribe him with different types of food, with varying degrees of success. |
21 | * '''Averted''': Alice bribes Bob with a LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition of his favourite movie. |
22 | * '''Enforced''': The Network wants the show to include AnAesop about the importance of eating vegetables, so the plot must include Alice successfully bribing Bob with a healthy salad. |
23 | * '''Lampshaded''': |
24 | ** "I knew offering you pie would work!" |
25 | ** "Would you do it for a Bob-Snack?" |
26 | * '''Invoked''': When Bob sees that Alice wants to bribe him to do something, he mentions his favourite food to give her the right idea. |
27 | * '''Exploited''': |
28 | ** [[TheVamp Yolanda]] uses pie to get Bob to sleep with her. |
29 | ** TheCakeIsALie. |
30 | * '''Defied''': |
31 | ** Bob isn't receptive to offers of food, so when people want to bribe him, they have to look for something else. |
32 | ** Bob [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules declines all bribes]] [[KeepTheReward including food]]. |
33 | * '''Discussed''': "Dammit, Bob... what do you want me to offer you? Cash? Booze? Sexual favours?" "I dunno... perhaps some apple pie would be good, [[VerbalTic mm-hmm]]?" |
34 | * '''Conversed''': "That Bob! He'll do anything for Alice. Or rather, he'll do anything for Alice's pies." "I know, right? She must bake the best pie in the universe!" |
35 | * '''Deconstructed''': Bob will do anything and everything for Alice, as long as it involves pies. However, little does he know is that Alice is manipulating him for her own selfish deeds. |
36 | * '''Reconstructed''': Bob decides to pay Alice back by bribing her with potato chips so she can apologize to him. |
37 | * '''Played For Laughs''': |
38 | ** Bob's reward for losing weight is half a ton of greasy potato chips. |
39 | ** Bob is an ExtremeOmnivore, and Alice bribes him with non-food items which he eats. |
40 | * '''Played For Drama''': Bob is literally starving, and ready to do anything for food... which Alice ruthlessly exploits. |
41 | * '''Untwisted''': Bob says he won't work no matter what Alice may bribe him with. She offers him money, [=DVDs=], and various other bribes, all of which he turns down. But when she offers him an apple pie in exchange for some chore, he accepts. |
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43 | Back to FoodAsBribe. There's an apple pie in it for you. |
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47 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
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