'''Basic Trope:''' A character is distracted by food.
* '''Straight:''' {{The Hero}} and {{Big Eater}} Bob is tracking {{Big Bad}} Doctor Steel. Doctor Steel distracts Bob by leaving a pie cooling on the windowsill.
* '''Exaggerated:''' Doctor Steel is a cook with a fully stocked kitchen. He distracts Bob for days with a feast.
* '''Downplayed:''' Bob IS distracted, but he eats the pie in one gulp so it doesn't slow him down that much.
* '''Justified:''' Bob has an insanely fast metabolism, so it's easy for him to be distracted by food.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is eating when he sees Doctor Steel running away. He immediately stops in order to track the villain.
* '''Subverted:''' Bob manages to not get distracted by the pie.
* '''Double Subverted:''' Then, he comes across a chocolate ice cream cake, his REAL {{Trademark Favorite Food}}.
* '''Parodied''': Doctor Steel leaves a tin can on the windowsill. Bob is distracted as he [[ExtremeOmnivore eats it.]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob is either completely distracted or pays no mind to the food, it depends on how hungry he is.
* '''Averted''': Bob never gets distracted by food.
* '''Enforced''': It's ProductPlacement for Advertising/HostessFruitPies.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You're not getting away, Dr. Ste—is that blueberry? He might get away, but.... one bite."
* '''Invoked''': Dr. Steel pulls his heist during lunch, so Bob will be chasing him on an empty stomachache.
* '''Exploited:''' {{The Vamp}} Kira uses Bob's {{Trademark Favorite Food}} to slip him an aphrodisiac.
* '''Defied''': Knowing the consequences, Bob restrains himself from wolfing down on the food.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed:''' Bob getting distracted by food so easily allowed Doctor Steel's plot to succeed, killing millions and causing the Kingdom to fall; as a result, Bob is disgraced.
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Back to DeliciousDistraction -- hey, is that ''chocolate''?
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