History Main / AndADietCoke

->''"I'd like 20 tacos of grilled meat, some pozole with pork legs... oh, and a large diet soda, 'cause I want to lose weight!"''

* Certain diets (such as Atkins and Keto) involve eating high-fat foods without carbs or sugar in order to force the body to burn fat rather than store it "for later." Keto cookbooks are therefore piled high with sumptuous, high-fat goodies, but not a grain of processed sugar or crumb of wheat to be found. If someone on such a diet insists on soda, they drink diet soda by nescessity. The process, called Ketosis, can be disrupted by a single weat/sugar treat a week.

* There was a Diet Coke [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdDWWBfLZ9U commercial]] from the '80s featuring a Sumo wrestler being told by his master that he needs to greatly increase his calorie intake, then after Sensei exits, the wrestler looks around, and pulls out and taps a can of Diet Coke while the theme "Just for the taste of it" starts playing.
* Back when William "The Refrigerator" Perry was a big name in American football, UsefulNotes/McDonalds did a commercial starring him. The young woman taking his order (whose height, by the way, only went up to about the middle of his chest; The Fridge was a ''big'' guy) read it back to him: "That's four [=McDLTs=], two large fries...and a ''diet'' Coke?"

* An Armed Forces Network public service announcement had Elvis pulling into a drive through ordering a rather large order of stereotypically southern greasy food, and finishes it with "and a diet cola. Trying to watch my weight."
* A commercial for Chili's restaurants in the 80's has three friends talking about how hard it is to be fit and lose weight. One of them says that all that is needed is discipline. Their waitress comes to their table with their orders: a chicken salad without dressing for Friend #1, a burger without bun for Friend #2, and a hot fudge sundae without walnuts for Friend #3.
-->'''Friend #2 (incredulously):''' No walnuts?
-->'''Friend #3:''' Discipline!

* Creator/MarvelComics once did a gag issue of its ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' title, featuring short gags of a single page or less. [[https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/1666447.html One gag]] was "What If [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] had an eating problem instead of a drinking problem?" The first panel shows an overweight Stark telling his date he can stop eating anytime he wants to, then he gives the waiter his order: "I'll have a ''cow'', medium rare. And a Tab."

* In ''Film/SupermanII'', Lois is using a citrus juicer to squeeze a fresh glass of orange juice "because it's good for you"... while she's smoking.

%%* Done in ''Film/ACinderellaStory''.

* In ''Film/NuttyProfessorIITheKlumps'', Sherman's mother mentions her latest diet: You can eat as much as you want, as long as you also drink lots of grapefruit juice to help digest it. Presumably she thought the citric acid would destroy the food completely. This diet exists outside the movie. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapefruit_diet No shit.]]
* Brazilian movie ''A Partilha'' (based on a play) has a woman writing a "diet control" list. One of her three sisters gets it, and the four read and laugh seeing all entries have Diet Coke. One even mocks it:
-->"A cheeseburger, two coconut cookies, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick breathing complications, a heart attack]] and a Diet Coke!"
* ''Film/MakingMrRight'' contains a running joke in which Ann Magnuson’s character always drowns her sorrows in Diet Coke and a pint of Fruzen Gladje ice cream.
* Alcohol-related example in ''Film/SosYourOldMan''. After filling a whole glass—not a cocktail glass or anything, but a whole dinner glass—almost to the rim with liquor, Sam dilutes it with a single drop of water.
* The 2005 remake of ''Film/TheBadNewsBears'' features Engleberg partaking in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkins_diet then-popular Atkins diet]] with the other characters confused by the diet's methods:
-->'''Toby:''' Engleberg, what kind of diet lets you eat ''seven hot dogs''?\\
'''Engleberg:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic No buns. I can have as many as I want, dipshit.]]

* ''Literature/HannahSwensen'': At one point in ''Strawberry Shortcake Murder'', Hannah asks a man to bring her a diet Coke and several chocolate candy bars. When he looks incredulous at the combination, she justifies having diet soda over regular by saying that "I need the endorphins from the chocolate, but there's no sense in adding empty calories."

* A sketch on ''Series/{{The Ossie Ostrich Video Show}}'' had Ossie asking for 25 sugars in his cup of tea before adding "...but don't stir it. I hate anything sweet."

* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'':
-->'''Lucille:''' [[TheAlcoholic Get me a vodka rocks]].
-->'''Michael:''' Mom, it's breakfast.
-->'''Lucille:''' And a piece of toast.
* ''Series/KennyVsSpenny'': In the episode ''Who Can be Obese the Longest'' Kenny puts himself in fat prosthetic makeup as a part of faking an extra 80 pounds of weight. He makes a lot of gags for the audience. He eats bread being fed to pigeons, he hits on an ice-cream vendor, and he orders (at a drive-thru on a moped) a meal of several deluxe burgers...
-->'''Kenny:''' And a diet cola, I'm on a diet.

* Music/TenaciousD had a sketch on their title album that featured this joke. Jack is trying to watch his figure, so he goes to a drive-thru and orders a ''Junior'' Western Bacon Chee, a small (SMALL!) Seasoned Curlys, a Filet-of-Fish sandwich ("which has less calories, 'cause it's fish,") ''four'' chicken nuggets (telling them to discard two out of the standard six-pack), a mixture of half Coca-Cola and half Diet Coke, and a Cherries Jubilee, all at the same time.

* In Matthew Good's song "21st Century Living," which comments on how our society wants to make everything bigger and better (i.e. supersizing it all), Matt wryly notes that we should just supersize everything. Voiceover says: "I'd like to supersize death. Can I have a supersize of death? I'd like to supersize a death with a Coke."
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlbP-xRtvsw&t=3m0s This verse]] from Dread Zeppelin's cover of Bob Marley's "Stir It Up"

* In ''Papa's Hot Doggeria'' Big Pauly's standard order is a kielbasa loaded with everything under the sun, a large box of [[BlandNameProduct Candy Jack]] and a large Diet Fizzo.
* In ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'', one of the answering machine messages Sam and Max get is a wrong number for a bakery, with someone placing an order for "200 lemon meringue pies and a small diet soda".
* Played straight as an arrow by [[FatBastard Big Smoke]] in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' when CJ and the Grove Street gang visit a fast food drive-through in one of the very first missions. Except he doesn't even bother with the "diet" part, ordering a large soda instead.

* It’s not uncommon for competitive eater Matt Stonie to order a Diet Coke when he does a fast food eating challenge for his popular [=YouTube=] channel.
* In ''Pet Peeves'' by [[WebVideo/MatthewSantoro Matt Santoro]], Matt says that he once saw a woman at UsefulNotes/McDonalds order a Big Mac, an extra-large fry, and a diet soda.

* ''Making Mr. Right'' contains a running joke in which Ann Magnuson’s character always drowns her sorrows in Diet Coke and a pint of Fruzen Gladje ice cream.

* In Louie Anderson's stand-up special "Louie in St. Louie," he details his trip to the grocery store for "some tuna and some bread, some milk, chips and cookies and Diet Coke."

* In [[http://www.thewotch.com/?comic=date-night-of-doom-23 this page]] of ''Webcomic/TheWotch'', Sonja (who is [[GenderBender actually Jason under a spell]], and [[AttractiveBentGender not overweight at all]]) orders a huge number of snacks on a mock-date (hey, "her" figure was magically created, and she's not the one paying!) Her clueless date jokingly asks if she also wants a Diet Coke. Sonja's response? "Are you calling me fat?!"

* On an episode of ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', Oscar asks a visiting monk to make him a hamburger. On the burger, he asks for mustard, relish, pickles, hot sauce, peppers and chili. The monk says, "No onions?" Oscar replies, "No, I've got an ulcer."

* Played straight as an arrow by [[FatBastard Big Smoke]] in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' when CJ and the Grove Street gang visit a fast food drive-through in one of the very first missions.

* In ''WebAnimation/BonusStage'', Joel orders a Triple Quarter Pounder but holds the mustard because he's trying to watch [his] figure".

* In ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'', America gets on the scale, and is horrified that he gained weight despite balancing out [[BigEater the copious amount of fattening snacks]] with diet soda.

* In one episode of ''Series/TheSopranos'', the heavily overweight Vito Spantafore orders a Grande Nacho and a Diet Coke.

''"But please without garlic, because then I will visit my girlfriend"''

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': In “The Baseball Game,” Penny’s mom’s eating binge is capped by a request for a diet soda.

* A rather BlackHumor version of this occurs in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' when the Omnicronians demand restitution for the humans eating their young.

-->''You had for breakfast two pounds bacon,\\

For kippered herrings on a waffle,\\

-->''You had for breakfastto pounds bacon,\\

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': When Harold gets teased for being overweight, he decides to get something else from the Jolly Olly Man instead of his regular 6 Mister Fudgies. The Jolly Olly Man says that diet Mister Fudgies have half the fat of regular ones. Harold orders 12 of them. Nothing about this scene (or the episode) is played for laughs.

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* ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'' has a subtle example where Darla Dimple is pigging out on a big pile of food. It's mostly junk food, but if you look closely there's a single apple on the pile.

* WesternAnimation/''{{Spawn}}'' during one episode, has this between detectives Twitch and his obese partner Sam. After the two talk about Fat Tony and the mob, Sam sends Twitch out on a doughnut run: