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''Delicious'' is a series of {{Time Management Game}}s created by [[http://www.zylom.com/ Zylom Studios]] and currently developed & published by [[https://www.gamehouseoriginalstories.com GameHouse]] acquired the rights. The games tell the story of Emily, a waitress who aspires to one day run her own restaurant, and who works in several other restaurants in order to earn the money to make her dream come true.

It is also well-known and favored by many people due to its detailed and VisualNovel''[=-esque=]'' story telling that makes the games natural but memorable. The series actually started to [[GrowingTheBeard grow in to fans]] when the fourth installment of the series was released and has been since receiving positive reviews from gamers and critics. The fifth installment, ''Delicious: Emily's True Love'' received a full five-star rating from Gamezebo.

If you are a fan of this game, then check out its [[http://www.facebook.com/DeliciousGames booming Facebook page]] and their [[http://zylomgamestudio.blogspot.com/ blog]].

'''The games in the series so far are:'''
* ''Delicious''
** ''Delicious: Winter Edition''
* ''Delicious 2''
* ''Delicious: Emily's Tea Garden''
* ''Delicious: Emily's Taste of Fame''
* ''Delicious: Emily's Holiday Season''
* ''Delicious: Emily's Childhood Memories''
* ''Delicious: Emily's True Love''
** ''Delicious: Emily's Big Surprise'' (a {{free|wareGames}} game available from Facebook)
* ''Delicious: Emily's Wonder Wedding''
* ''Delicious: Emily's Honeymoon Cruise''
* ''Delicious: Emily's New Beginning''
* ''Delicious: Emily's Home Sweet Home''
* ''Delicious: Emily's Hopes and Fears''
* ''Delicious: Emily's Cook & Go'' (Only for iOS and Android)
* ''Delicious: Emily's Message in a Bottle''
* ''Delicious: Emily's Christmas Carol''
* ''Delicious: Emily's Miracle of Life''
* ''Delicious: Emily's Moms vs Dads''
* ''Delicious: Emily's Road Trip''
* ''Delicious: Emily's Cooking and Romance''
* ''Delicious World'' (A freemium ContinuityReboot)
* ''Delicious Bed & Breakfast'' (A freemium MatchThreeGame)

There are also [[SpinOff spin-offs]] and games that share characters with or at least are stated to be in the same universe as the Delicious series. They are:
* ''VideoGame/{{Fabulous}}'':
** ''Fabulous: Angela's Fashion Fever''
** ''Fabulous: Angela's Sweet Revenge'' (a 2-episode prequel to ''Fashion Fever'')
** ''Fabulous: Angela's High School Reunion''
** ''Fabulous: Angela's Wedding Disaster''
** ''Fabulous: Angela's True Colors''
** ''Fabulous: Angela New York to LA''
* ''Heart's Medicine'':
** ''Heart's Medicine: Season One''
** ''Heart's Medicine: Time to Heal''
** ''Heart's Medicine: Hospital Heat''
** ''Heart's Medicine: Doctor's Oath''
* ''Cathy's Crafts''
* ''Mary Le Chef: Cooking Passion''
* ''Dr. Cares'':
** ''Dr. Cares: Pet Rescue 911''
** ''Dr. Cares: Amy's Pet Clinic''
** ''Dr. Cares: Family Practice''
* ''Sally's Salon'':
** ''Sally's Salon: Beauty Secrets''
** ''Sally's Salon: Kiss and Make-Up''
* ''Maggie's Movies'':
** ''Maggie's Movies: Camera Action''
** ''Maggie's Movies: Second Shot''
* ''Mortimer Beckett and the Book of Gold''
* ''Series/{{The Love Boat}}'':
** ''Series/{{The Love Boat}}''
** ''Series/{{The Love Boat}}: Second Chances''
* ''Amber's Airline'':
** ''Amber's Airline: High Hopes''
** ''Amber's Airline: 7 Wonders''

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!The game series provides examples of:

!!Delicious (General)
* AchievementMockery: The "You Should Be Ashamed" achievement, which is awarded for letting 100 angry customers walk out the door.
* AlliterativeTitle: ''Delicious: Emily's 'W'onder 'W'edding''
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Angela, as seen in ''Childhood Memories''. In the present day, she hasn't ''quite'' grown out of this.
* ArtEvolution: The first three still had the same designs from its first game. The revamp has taken this to a T.
* BreakoutCharacter: Francois simply started out as a supportive friend who provided Emily with decorations in the restaurant. In later games, he starts to gain much more prominent roles. See ADayInTheLimelight.
* CameraSniper: Originally a one-off feature in ''Childhood Memories'' where you took pictures of important moments in Emily's life. It later returned in ''Honeymoon Cruise'' and has been a series staple since.
* CampGay: Francois. However in ''Holiday Season'', in the end when she needs to choose a boyfriend, [[spoiler:Francois is one of the choices and shown in the credits, [[FanPreferredCouple 80% approve.]]]]
* CatsAreMean: Emily's cat, Snuggy.
* ChristmasSpecial:
** ''Delicious: Emily's Holiday Season''
** ''Delicious: Winter Edition'' which is just the first game with a Christmas theme.
** ''Delicious: Emily's New Beginning'' has 10 Christmas-themed levels and a expanded storyline on The O'Malleys celebrating their Christmas holidays at the farmhouse.
** And then we have ''Delicious: Emily's Christmas Carol''.
* CoolBigSis: Emily to Angela though the roles are reversed in some cases since Angela has had more experiences with relationships than Emily.
* CharacterDevelopment: In the earlier games, Emily's simply a waitress/restaurant owner who helps people by cooking. She eventually develops a life of her own, such as her family being introduced and having a love interest.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first three games are rather different from the rest of the franchise:
** They have a basic ExcusePlot as opposed to the animated cutscenes in later games.
** The art style is vastly different from later games.
** The games don't have the mouse that appears in every level of later games.
%%* {{Earn Your Happy Ending}}s
* EasterEgg: After the revamp, this game has this as one of the optional tasks where you win a trophy if you've found them all.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Emily, of course.
* FieryRedhead: Evelyn who doubles as Emily's [[MyBelovedSmother beloved s/mother]].
* FourthWallMailSlot: {{Lampshaded}} by the characters [[http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/382447_231802496923284_1883615473_n.jpg here]] - they plan to invite ''50,000'' people to their wedding.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Emily has always been very good with animals, even as a child, as shown in "Emily's Childhood Memories." This trait is later passed on to her daughter, Paige.
* GayBestFriend: Francois, though the "gay" part is not confirmed.
* HappilyMarried: Emily and Patrick, after ''Delicious: Emily's Wonder Wedding''.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Ever since the third game, the naming convention has been ''Delicious: Emily's ''. The SpinOff featuring Angela is also named ''Fabulous: Angela's ''.
* MistakenForPregnant: The rather short plot of ''Big Surprise''. [[spoiler:It turns out it's only Snuggy, her cat that was pregnant.]]
%%* MoodWhiplash: It comes to this from time to time.
%%** The climax of ''Emily's True Love'' would definitely count.
* MyBelovedSmother: Evelyn, who really wants her daughters (especially Emily) to have a boyfriend and get married ASAP.
** Brigid of ''Emily's Wonder Wedding'' is also this, but she's more critical of her son getting married.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Francois' family name is ''[[Creator/FrancoisTruffaut Truffaut]]''.
* NoPlotNoProblem: The first game has this, as Emily is just moving place to place, cooking.
* NumberedSequel: ''Delicious 2'' is named... ''Delicious 2''.
* {{Oireland}}: Where Patrick's family came from, as well as Emily's mother.
* OneWordTitle: The first game is simply titled "Delicious", as it's a game about food. Every game beyond the first has a subtitle.
* OutOfGenreExperience: Since ''Taste of Fame'', the games blend together elements of both {{Casual Video Game}}s and {{Visual Novel}}s.
* PixelHunt: In every game, you always have to look for Carl the mouse. Sometimes the locations are out in the open and other times it's a bit of a GuideDangIt.
* PutOnABus: Some characters from the first three installments (e.g. Norma, Ziggy, etc.) have never appeared again in later games.
* ReallyGetsAround: Angela had more boyfriends than Emily's ever had, though Emily had a few that passed her by until ending up with an official one in ''True Love''.
* SliceOfLife: ''Delicious 2'' is the first game to have an actual plot. Later installments made this more official.
* SpeakInUnison:
** In ''Emily's Taste of Fame,'' Emily comments during a phone conversation that current boss Charles and future boss Ludwig would really like each other.
-->'''Charles/Ludwig:''' I HEARD THAT!
** In ''Emily's New Beginning'' Emily complains that all her carolers are sick with flu.
-->'''Evelyn/Brigid:''' I could sing!\\
'''Evelyn/Brigid:''' You sing?
** In ''Emily's Home Sweet Home'' Emily is working at Happy Funtime Land while Patrick is trying to obtain petition signatures to save their house.
-->'''Emily/Patrick:''' I had the WORST day!
* TheStinger: The newer installments occasionally have these.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The town of Snuggford, which is only known to be a small town in America.

!!Pre-Revamp
* CharacterDevelopment: Brad from ''Emily's Tea Garden''. Though he was pissed off that Emily lied to him, he apologized in the end and said that he's going back to college after realizing how much of a jerk he was.
* DumbMuscle[=/=]SurferDude: Brad from ''Emily's Tea Garden''. He tried to get Emily to go out with him, but Emily ended up lying to him to get him off her back.
* NewAgeRetroHippie: Ziggy from ''Delicious 2''.

!!Taste of Fame
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Francois reminisces on their past adventures.
-->'''Francois:''' We keep getting ourselves into these situations, don't we Emily?\\
'''Emily:''' It must be the occupational hazard of being a game character.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Francois near the end.]]
* ElvisImpersonator: A character as such debuted in this particular game.
* HomeSweetHome: She is a bit overwhelmed with the publicity and would rather settle down with the normal life she used to have with her friends and family.

!!Holiday Season
* ChristmasEpisode
* LoveTriangle: Emily, between Paul and Richard.
* RunningGag: Elvis asking for a hamburger from Emily, though in all of the restaurants she worked on, she had served none nor were they on the menu. He finally gets one [[TheStinger in the end]] [[spoiler:only to find that there's no ketchup]].
* TakeAThirdOption: If neither of the two, [[spoiler:the third choice will be Francois]].

!!Childhood Memories
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: When the family first moved to the countryside.
-->'''70s Evelyn:''' We did it Edward!\\
'''70s Edward:''' No more suit and tie!\\
'''70s Evelyn:''' No more smog!\\
'''70s Edward:''' No more being suffocated by your mother!\\
'''70s Evelyn:''' ''(gets mad)'' What?
* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler:Emily decided that it would be best to sell their house to the new family moving in.]] She will always have the memories...
%%* ShoutOut: In the ending when the family is moving out, she's going on a date with Dr. Connor [=McCoy=][[labelnote:*]]A character from ''Heart's Medicine''.[[/labelnote]]
* The20thCentury: The game revolves around the following decades:
** TheSeventies: Her younger years; Angela was born.
*** HippieParents: Emily and Angela's parents (only look like ones) but dropped this look off in...
** TheEighties: Preteen years; She meets Francois.
*** EightiesHair: Edward has a mullet while Evelyn has AnimeHair akin to 80s female music artists of the day.
*** ValleyGirl: Emily's three friends who tend to say "[[LikeIsLikeAComma like]]" almost every time. Even Emily herself but only if they're around.
** TheNineties: Her first prom night and first kiss.
** [[TheNoughties The Early 2000s]]: Her first job in a restaurant; she saves a bankrupt factory.
** TheNewTens: The present setting of the game where she is now in her 30s.

!!True Love
* ADayInTheLimelight: Francois became the waiter for a while, while Emily is away in Paris.
* FalseSoulmate: [[spoiler:Jean-Paul. Quite the TragicDream for Emily.]]
* FireBreathingDiner: [[spoiler:During "Falling Stars", the florist helps Emily sabotage one of the dishes from Jean-Paul's restaurant with hot sauce so she can give it to the food inspector, causing this trope.]]
* GayParee: The setting of the place Emily must go to.
* InadvertentEntranceCue: Emily comments that she and Jean-Paul would be virtual strangers after sixteen years and asks what kind of person would marry someone they barely know right before Angela and Jimmy walk in to announce their impending wedding.
* LoveHurts: [[spoiler:Emily finds out that the past lover she met in Paris when she was 16 has been cheating on her. Not just her but the florist who she's friends with. Ouch...]]
* RelativeError: The main reason Emily decides to go to Paris was because she saw a pretty woman trying to meet Patrick. It's later clarified she's his sister.
* OfficialCouple: Who are they? [[spoiler:Emily & Patrick.]]
* SpitTake: Emily combines this with DoubleTake and BigWhat after Francois tells her that Angela's wedding reception will be at her (Emily's) place.
* WhamEpisode: [[MeaningfulName "A Bitter Blow".]] Doubles as a DramaBomb.

!!Wonder Wedding
* ContinuityPorn: The many people invited to Emily's wedding attended as guests whom you may have recognized from earlier games.
* DonutMessWithACop: Officer Johnson orders nothing but donuts.
* FightingIrish: One of the episodes' titles (except with a "The" on the front) which is about a fighting couple.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Before they even ''do'' get married, no less. It all starts when Patrick doesn't tell Emily about [[PsychoExGirlfriend Iris]].
* PsychoExGirlfriend: Iris for Patrick. She's less psychotic than most cases of this trope, since she hasn't inflicted pain on either him or Emily, but she ''did'' try some {{relationship sabotage}}s.
* SpySpeak: When Patrick decides to replace the aborted ceremony with a destination wedding, he invites a priest from Snuggford to officiate.
-->'''Reverend Baylor:''' Psst! The crow flies at midnight.\\
'''Patrick:''' Reverend Baylor, I told you, we don't need a code phrase.\\
'''Reverend Baylor:''' Oh please!\\
'''Patrick:''' Sigh... The full moon lights the way toward home.

!!Honeymoon Cruise
* ADayInTheLimelight: Due to Emily not working because it's her honeymoon, the game is full of this trope. We have (in order of episode):
** Francois in charge of the pool deck.
** Angela running a boutique.
** [[MyBelovedSmother Brigid]] running the spa (much to Patrick's chagrin) with Antonio's help.
** Edward and Evelyn in the piano lounge.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Three months pass as the epilogue begins and Emily has a visible baby bump]].
* TheBusCameBack: Brad returns, running the shack in a beach.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:After Jewel Jacobs rejects Angela as a potential apprentice, Angela loses all will to design clothes to the point she refuses to even touch a sewing machine. Emily snaps her out of it by holding a fashion show with her designs.]]
* {{Identical Stranger}}s: In the episodes that take place in "The Kid's Club", there are two kids who look like Emily and Patrick if they were younger. They even have their colors.
* KidSidekick: Josh.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Patrick ''really'' wants kids but Emily is just too... unsure. Note, they've only been married for several days to weeks when he starts talking about it.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Famous singer (and JerkAss) "[[Music/TomJones John Tones]]" comes to perform on the ship.
* PorkyPigPronunciation:
-->'''Jimmy:''' Your cleaning and finding skills are unek... uneq... pretty great!
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Francois, for the sake of petty vengeance on losing 'who served the customers faster' to a little kid named Josh, attempts to dump a bucket of water on Josh by way of a so-called "crowning ceremony". Francois feels guilty after the kid shows him kindness and, when the time comes, he manages to prevent Josh from sitting on the throne and gets himself wet instead. Josh and a lot of other people are disappointed. Including Emily.]]

!!New Beginning
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: This is the game where Paige was born, and she can crawl around the restaurants and make guests happy, which boosts their patience. Subverted, however, as some customers don't like babies, and Paige being near them will lower their patience.
* EndOfAnAge: Downplayed. After owning her own restaurant for the past 3 games, Emily realizes she can no longer run it after having a family, so she sells it and moves away.

!!Home Sweet Home
%%* AlphaBitch: Sharon, Type 1.
* DancePartyEnding
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Sharon at the end of Level 50, after Emily and the gang rescue Grace from another fall.]]
* JockDadNerdSon: Earnest and his daughter Enid has a variant of this. Earnest wants Enid to become a Super Scout by earning merit badges with outdoor skills, but Enid prefers to earn merit badges using knowledge skills.
* LuminescentBlush: [[spoiler:Sharon does this from embarrassment at the end of Level 50, when she confesses that she removed some bolts from the metal shelves the night before.]]
* MamaBear: Moon Blossom fits this perfectly. So does Sharon, especially after Grace hurts herself in an accident.
* ShoutOut: The photo-moment when Moon Blossom [[spoiler:finally lets Hemmingway climb a tree]] is called "[[WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends Happy tree friend]]".
* StageMom: Sharon. [[spoiler:She eventually gets over it.]]

!!Hopes and Fears
* TheCameo: Allison Heart from ''Heart's Medicine'' is seen in the game. She also appeared in ''Christmas Carol'' and ''Miracle of Life''.
* FathersQuest: ''Hopes and Fears'' is about Paige getting a rare disease and her father, Patrick, going on a quest to [[FindTheCure find a golden flower that is said to cure her]].
* PolkaDotDisease: Paige's illness involves her getting blue spots.
* SickEpisode: In this game, Paige gets a mysterious illness that sets off the plot.

!!Message In A Bottle
* LostAtSea: Due to heartbreak from his wife's death, Emily's grandfather took a boat and sailed out into a storm.
* MessageInABottle: Also goes the same as from the title.
* OhCrap: Edward has this reaction at the end of level 53 when Vinicio tells him not to buy any property from a realtor who scams people out of money and fled the country... right after Edward already gave him that money.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: The goal for this game is to gather all of the Napoli family members for a family reunion.
* ThePowerOfLove: Emily and her family help her uncles reignite their passion for their businesses and their families with this in each level they go to.

!!Christmas Carol
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Paige goes into this after being fooled by Patrick dressed up as Santa, causing her to think that Santa doesn't exist at all.]]

!!Miracle of Life
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Emily has [[UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn twins]] at the end of the fifth chapter, and she names them Vito Jr. and Emilia, [[DeadGuyJunior after her deceased grandparents]].]]
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: This may as well be called "Babies Make Everything Better: The Game".
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: [[spoiler:Emily's twins, Vito Jr. and Emilia,]] are always seen in these colors.

!!Moms Vs. Dads
* ADayInHerApron: When Emily and her friends think their husbands aren't pulling their weight, the women have the guys do a lot of things (such as Patrick running the "business ends" of Emily's enterprises such as cooking while the other guys clean) as part of a contest to see which of the men deserves the "Father Of the Year" award from the women.
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:After Chad is deemed the "perfect husband," Sharon breaks down to Emily that she'd rather have an IM-perfect husband with her than a PERFECT one who's never here. Chad hears this as he's about to go to his business trip...and we later find it was to give his bosses his resignation, as the contest made him realize he wanted to be there more for Sharon and Grace. While Sharon likes the kiss, she suddenly asks, "Does this mean we're poor now?"]]

!!The Love Boat
* MarriedAtSea: A couple who had their wedding canceled has one on-board the ship, and fortunately, Emily makes a cake for them while Angela improvises a wedding dress for the bride.
* MistakenForGay: [[spoiler:One storyline focuses on a woman trying to hide from her fiance that she was a centerfold model for a magazine. He eventually finds the magazine and dumps her, but only because he thought her hiding it under the bed meant she was into women]].
* TheInspectorIsComing: The new owner of the cruise line, Mr. Skoggstad, is there with his wife, and Julie, Doc, Issac and Gopher need to do all they can to make Captain Stubing look good--or the Captain can be fired and them with him. Unfortunately, Mrs. Skoggstad [[RichBitch is unpleasable]] and gives grief to the crew and the Captain FortheEvulz. [[spoiler:She's Captain Stubing's ex-wife, Stacey, and is out to make him look bad no matter who she also griefed to do it: be it the passengers on the cruise or his crew.]]
* TheRemake: A rare VideoGame version of a series based on a LiveActionTV show.
** The first game was actually based on the pilot episode of the original series itself (though without Emily and Angela).
* ThisIsUnforgivable: [[spoiler:When Mrs. Skoggstad fires the crew in front of Captain Stubing, he pulls her and her husband to the side, and tells her off, not wanting to have the passengers' cruise disrupted by her, nor her antics treating the crew like "incompetent bozos" being tolerated anymore. He ends up telling her "Go to your room" and her husband, "No matter what you say, I will not apologize. So whatever you have to say to me, say it now." Mr. Skoggstad sides with Captain Stubing, and admits he's a GREAT Captain, no matter what his wife thought.]]

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