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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} It's fresh! It's fast! It's hot!]]'']]
->''"Order up!"''

''For the 1982 film by Creator/BarryLevinson, [[Film/{{Diner}} click here.]]''

''Diner'' is a PhysicalPinballTable designed by Creator/MarkRitchie and illustrated by Mark Sprenger. It was released by Creator/WilliamsElectronics in 1990.

Taking place in a 1950s-style train car diner, the player takes the role of a waitress who has to serve five hungry customers -- Haji, Babs, Boris, Pépé, and Buck. As each person calls out an order, hit the drop targets for their dish and their sides, then collect the Grill bonus before it gets cold. Serve all five customers and you can collect the Dine-Time Jackpot, an award based on the game's backbox clock. For more tips, make successive shots to the cash register, Beat the Rush, then spell D-I-N-E-R for a chance to Stir the Cup for a pipin' hot couple'a millions.

A digital version was once available for ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' before the license to all WMS tables expired on July 1, 2018.
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!!The ''Diner'' pinball demonstrates the following tropes:
* AmericansAreCowboys: Buck, the only American customer at the diner, speaks with a Texan drawl and wears a big white Stetson hat.
-->'''Buck:''' I'll have the Texas chili and fries!
* AmusingInjuries: Shooting the grill when it is not lit makes a noise of someone burning himself on a hot griddle and then screaming.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Unlike ''Pinball/{{Taxi}}'', you don't have to serve all the customers in a single ball.
* CaptainErsatz: Babs and Boris are obvious caricatures of UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher and Boris Yeltsin, respectively. It's also believed Haji is based on Bill Gates, and Pépé was modeled after Pancho Villa.
* FiveTokenBand: Done literally with the customers, who embody a range of national stereotypes -- an Indian (Haji), a Brit (Babs), a Russian (Boris), a Hispanic (Pépé), and an American cowboy (Buck).
* GratuitousSpanish: If you take too long to serve Pépé, he responds, "''¡Ándale! ¡Ándale!''"
%%* GreasySpoon
* IAmVeryBritish: Babs, the only British customer, speaks solely in proper English with Reserved Pronunciation.
-->'''Babs:''' "I shall have the iced tea and the frankfurter."
* JustAStupidAccent: Each of the customers hails from a different country, and all of them speak English with a stereotypical accent.
* {{Leitmotif}}: A short jingle related to each customer's home country plays when you complete a customer's order.
* RecycledSoundtrack: Boris uses the same Leitmotif as Gorby from ''Pinball/{{Taxi}}''.
* SignatureStyle: As with other pinball games by Creator/MarkRitchie, ''Diner'' includes criss-crossing ramps, numerous timed shots, and escalating rules.
* SkillShot: Time the launch so the ball lands in the upper-right saucer to claim the reward on the moving jukebox light.
-->'''Singers''': Number one!
* SpellingBonus: C-U-P raises the bonus multiplier and lights the inlanes, while D-I-N-E-R enables Stirring the Cup.
%%* SpiritualSuccessor: To Ritchie's earlier work, ''Pinball/{{Taxi}}''.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Babs is the only female customer.
%%* WelcomeToCorneria: This can be an annoyance if the player takes too long to fill the orders.
%%* YouNoTakeCandle: Boris talks like this.
%%-->'''Boris:''' "Hey! Get lead out!"
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