'''Basic Trope''': Food is used to bribe a character.
* '''Straight''': [[CowardlyLion Bob]] refuses to enter the AbandonedHospital until Alice offers him some [[TrademarkFavoriteFood apple pie]].
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Bob absolutely refuses to do anything unless you offer him a feast complete with several pies.
** The local currency happens to be edible, meaning that all labor and goods are paid for with food.
* '''Downplayed''': StarvingArtist Bob is willing to paint a really crappy painting in exchange for lunch.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob is a BigEater, food is a very powerful motivator for him.
** Bob is in a place where good food is quite scarce.
** Bob lives in a third-world country where ''all'' food is scarce.
** Bob experienced starvation in the past and is still highly food-motivated due to the trauma.
* '''Inverted''':
** Bob bribes Alice for the pies.
** Bob is forced to eat broccoli as a punishment.
* '''Subverted''':
** Alice tries to bribe Bob with pies, but it doesn't work.
** 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.
* '''Double Subverted''': She then successfully bribes him with chocolate cookies.
* '''Parodied''': Bob has a brand of packaged snack food ("Bob-Snacks") named after him.
* '''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.
* '''Averted''': Alice bribes Bob with a LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition of his favourite movie.
* '''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.
* '''Lampshaded''':
** "I knew offering you pie would work!"
** "Would you do it for a Bob-Snack?"
* '''Invoked''': When Bob sees that Alice wants to bribe him to do something, he mentions his favourite food to give her the right idea.
* '''Exploited''':
** [[TheVamp Yolanda]] uses pie to get Bob to sleep with her.
** TheCakeIsALie.
* '''Defied''':
** Bob isn't receptive to offers of food, so when people want to bribe him, they have to look for something else.
** Bob [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules declines all bribes]] [[KeepTheReward including food]].
* '''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]]?"
* '''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!"
* '''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.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob decides to pay Alice back by bribing her with potato chips so she can apologize to him.
* '''Played For Laughs''':
** Bob's reward for losing weight is half a ton of greasy potato chips.
** Bob is an ExtremeOmnivore, and Alice bribes him with non-food items which he eats.
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is literally starving, and ready to do anything for food... which Alice ruthlessly exploits.
* '''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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