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KD
Since: May, 2009
7th Feb, 2022 06:12:09 AM
The drinks themselves would seem to be Useless Item. They fall into the category of having an effect (walk fast; walk slow), but no available circumstance in which that effect is useful.
In Paper Mario: The Origami King, there's a coffee stand which sells Rabbit Espresso and Turtle tea, which make you walk faster and slower respectively. The thing is they only do it for a very limited amount of time, and you don't have enough time to do anything outside the area which has only brief combat encounters very early in the game, and the stand is only unlocked once you have killed the enemy guarding it, so you can't even use the drinks for that. They seem to be a joke of some sort, but is this a trope at all?