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4	''Gods of Food'' is a {{Mockumentary}} series that premiered on Creator/{{Dropout}} in 2019, with multiple previews uploaded to its former sister site [=CollegeHumor=]. The series focuses on the rise of six unique chefs as they become masters of their field, each of which stars in their own episode:
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6	# $36 Grilled Cheese: Anthony D'Anthony runs a food truck with the world's best grilled cheese sandwiches, which (apparently) entitles him to be incredibly arrogant.
7	# Buddhist Vs. Tourist: Pak Jang-mi is a Buddhist monk whose food attracts the attention of a lot of disrespectful tourists.
8	# Food Vs. Science: Blynn is a scientist attempting to make new food experiments, because of a belief that "different" is the same as "good".
9	# The Oldest, Saddest Chef: Giuseppe has been preparing baked goods in the same manner as his great-grandparents, who forbade their descendants from ever breaking from tradition while also forcing them into the family business. And while Giuseppe hates that, he doesn't want to besmirch the family name.
10	# Too Natural: Julia Splenderpoot is serving food as nature intended at her restaurant "Farme". And by "restaurant", we mean "empty field with no plates, tables, or hygiene standards".
11	# Food is Sex: Laura Sepanowitz runs "Full", a restaurant (or a sex cult passing as one) that takes EroticEating to new heights.
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13	A playlist for the various previews can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuKg-Whduhkm0aF2Nq2zIWt9pN4UD9bNV here]].
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15	!!Tropes
16	* AngryChef: Anthony's defining character trait is how constantly angry he is, which other people are willing to deal with because of how good his food is.
17	* AppealToNature: Julia's restaurant, "Farme", is built on this, as it was designed to be as "natural" as possible. Unfortunately, this means it's an empty field where the patrons have to eat whatever they can find, raw.
18	* BodySushi: "Full" has no silverware, because every meal is eaten this way.
19	* BrooklynRage: Anthony, full stop. He lives in New York City, has a HairTriggerTemper, and is rude to pretty much everyone.
20	* CrackIsCheaper: Despite Julia's "restaurant" being a field where patrons fend for themselves, she charges an obscene amount for it.
21	-->''You may think I'm an idiot, that I'm some wild woman living in the woods trying to sell you two different types of milk from two different teats of the same goat for $150, but you know what? I'm living my dream.''
22	* {{Cult}}: One critic describes the {{Commune}} that Laura spent time in Argentina cooking for as a sex cult, as well as her current "restaurant" known as "Full."
23	* DisproportionateCelebration: Anthony's fame is largely because of the use of spices in his international-themed grilled cheese sandwiches; other countries have used spice for centuries, but a ''Caucasian'' doing so is unique.
24	* DoubleEntendre: "Food is Sex" is full of these, talking about how "putting soft things in each other's mouths" brings people together.
25	* EroticEating: Laura considers dining to be intertwined with sex, and enjoys the passion that can be invoked by putting soft items in one's mouth.
26	* FelonyMisdemeanor:
27	** The one time Giuseppe attempts to deviate from tradition (by making one tiramisu cupcake with his old tools), everyone hates him for it, more for the tradition-breaking than the actual quality of the cupcake.
28	** GranolaGirl Julia's former boss once bought a cake to celebrate her birthday. She called poison control in response.
29	* ForcedTransformation: One of Blynn's inventions swaps a person's consciousness with an apple's, with no way to switch back.
30	* FreudianExcuse: Anthony ''claims'' to have this, but he actually grew up in an upper-class white neighbourhood, with his only excuse being that it was hard to commit crimes there. The only time he spent behind bars was community service for throwing a spraycan at an officer. If anything his "excuse" is that he's a spoiled brat.
31	* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: Anthony d'Anthony fires his right hand man for coming to work ''early'', because it makes Anthony look bad. He then claims that it was because said right-hand-man had masturbated over the food.
32	* GranolaGirl: Julia would rather break a tooth eating raw, unclean vegetables than alter Mother Nature's gifts in any way.
33	* HairTriggerTemper: Anthony d'Anthony. In one scene he blows up at one of his employees because they coughed while he was talking, accusing them of having talked shit about him. He then fires the employee but doesn't let them leave until the end of the rush hour.
34	* HateSink: There is ''nothing'' likeable about Anthony. He fires people at the drop of a hat, has a HairTriggerTemper, is condescending to his employees and customers, takes ridiculous prices for extremely basic food, takes credit for "innovating" things that aren't innovations and even stalked his ex-girlfriend. While he is clearly suffering from stress and anger issues, it's pointed out several times that he has been advised to seek therapy or learn coping mechanisms, but refuses to do so.
35	* HauteCuisineIsWeird: Much of the humor in this series comes from the bizarre meals these "expert chefs" serve, from Blynn's science experiments to Julia's way-too-natural food.
36	* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood:
37	** Blynn was part of an unlawful experiment to test how adolescent behavior is formed, and thus grew up with a toy monkey covered in wire for a parent.
38	** Giuseppe's grandmother was the first to be forbidden from ever changing family tradition, and her parents spit in her face for even considering it one time.
39	* {{Hipster}}: The majority of the Buddhist Monk's tourists qualify as this, taking pictures of food more for the aesthetic than the actual enjoyment of the meal.
40	* IceCreamKoan: Multiple people eating the Buddhist Monk's food interpret her statements of "the temple is not a restaurant", "clean up your trash", and "don't pick the flowers" like this, when she's being literal and trying to stop them from leaving trash, picking the flowers and treating her temple like a trendy restaurant.
41	* InventionPretension: Anthony claims that his next big move is to build the first motionless food truck. Everyone remarks that he's basically creating a restaurant.
42	* {{Jerkass}}: Anthony is the most obvious example, but also Julia who starts wrecking a local farmer's market because they had transported their food a few kilometers.
43	* TheLostLenore: Laura fell in love with a female fishmonger, and it was the first time she ever focused on an individual rather than communal service, but then the fishmonger was eaten by a whale. At least it was how the fishmonger always wanted to die.
44	* MadScientist: Blynn is one, whose main "ingredients" are her inventions rather than the food itself.
45	* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Anthony has 35 older siblings, all of which are girls.
46	* NewTechnologyIsEvil:
47	** This was the belief of Giuseppe's great-grandparents, hence why they insisted their descendants only use their traditional methods for the rest of his life.
48	** In direct contrast to everybody loving Blynn's revolutionary cooking methods, the critic talking about Giuseppe's failed attempt at a Tiramisu cupcake claims that "anything new and different is bad".
49	* NotHyperbole: Pak Jang-mi is not speaking in metaphors when she says she isn't a chef or that the temple is not a restaurant. She is '''not''' a chef, and the temple is '''not''' a restaurant.
50	* NoOshaCompliance: Julia's "restaurant" is actually just an open field where people have to scrounge for food, meaning hygiene is not great. Her previous attempts to create ''actual'' restaurants got shut down for this as well.
51	* NoSympathy: It's public knowledge that Giuseppe is miserable with his lot in life. He's the oldest man in the world, yet he never gets to stop working. He never gets to use any conveniences that would make his job easier. He's not allowed to express himself creatively in even the smallest way. Nobody cares how sad he is, as long as they get their traditional cakes.
52	* NubileSavage: Julia invokes this trope to an extent, seeing as how she looks a lot more clean, well-groomed and healthy than a woman who refuses to even clean food before eating it. Then again, it may just indicate that her entire act is a marketing lie.
53	* TheOldCountry: Giuseppe's business invokes the feel of it, having remained unchanged for at least four generations of his family. Whether he likes it or not.
54	* OnceAnEpisode: Every episode features a critic named Jamie [=McAvoy=] (Former Grub Enthusiast, ''Food Weekly'') commenting "It was the Wild West out there; we were just flying by the seat of our pants!", regardless of the food or circumstances.
55	* OnlySaneMan:
56	** Pak Jang-mi is the only "chef" focused on to not be 'eccentric'. Giuseppe is sane to a lesser extent, as he still allows his family's restrictions and adherence to the old ways to rule his life, though everyone's cruel reactions to him trying something new certainly doesn't help.
57	** Some of the people talking about Anthony do point out how awful he is, and how his motionless food truck is just a restaurant.
58	* APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy: "Full" has pop-up dinner parties in a very home-like setting (which may, in fact, ''be'' just Laura's home), rather than being open every night like a conventional restaurant. And the "dinner parties" are really just an excuse for Laura, her staff, and her guests alike to have wild group sex.
59	* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Anthony's girlfriend had to leave him to attend a Canadian university. Although a newspaper clipping is shown of her being a hero, all the food critics hate her for breaking Anthony's heart.
60	* RambunctiousItalian:
61	** Anthony D'Anthony, the creator of Cheese Punch, lives up to all the stereotypes. Subverted since he's barely Italian and grew up in {{Joisey}}.
62	** Inverted with Giuseppe, who is genuinely Italian but is an extremely meek, shy man who is browbeat into following his family's traditions despite his deserve to innovate.
63	* ReplacementGoldfish: Some critics consider "Full" to be Laura's attempt to rebound after the death of her fishmonger lover.
64	* StrawMisogynist: In addition to his [[HateSink many other hateable traits]], Anthony has never hired a woman to work at his foodtruck and thinks that cooking is a man's game. This is despite having grown up with 35 sisters and a grandmother who taught him to cook. He's not any better to his ex-girlfriend, whom he hates because she chose her career over him.
65	* TakeThat: Aside from the obvious one to the idea of the celebrity chef, the mockumentary also attacks foodies and how pretentious and entitled they can be.
66	* TheirFirstTime: Laura recalls her first time having sex with a boy named Toby at a beach party, and how the smells of the ocean and the smoke from the bonfire ignited her passion for food and cooking.
67	* TheyJustDontGetIt: Despite the non-existent hygiene standards, horrible condition of the food and the constant danger from wild animals which led to one diner getting bitten by a rattlesnake, Julia had no idea why the health department shut her first restaurant down.

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