History Main / FoodInterrogation

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* In the classic "Got Milk" commercial, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnNis1DAAKo&ab_channel=GoodbySilverstein "Interrogation"]], two cops are trying to PerpSweat a suspect, while putting a package of cupcakes on the table. When the perp starts eyeing the cupcakes, one cop says, "Go ahead, have a bite." As the perp starts eating the cupcake, the cop places a pint of milk on the table, saying, "Now we can do this the easy way or we can do this (slides the milk out of the perp's reach) the hard way."

* In the BannedEpisode "Legend of Dratini" from ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', Officer Jenny accuses Ash of being part of a group of poachers who are going after Dratini. She tries to sweat him for information at first, then offers a food bowl to coax him. New information then shows up that proves he had no connection and she sets him free.

* In the first Creator/MichaelBay ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' movie, after been captured by the FBI, PlayfulHacker Glen Whitmann is held in an interrogation room with his partner Maggie Madsen. A guard comes in and sets down a plate of donuts. [[InvokedTrope Glen remembers seeing this from TV. You're supposed to eat the offering because that proves you're innocent]]. After eating the whole plate, the ensuing sugar rush results in him spilling the beans before anyone can actually ask him a question.

* ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'' has a pair of demons transported to Earth, where the lack of {{Mana}} causes them to be {{De Power}}ed and become [[HumanityEnsues almost identical to humans]]. They soon cause enough trouble to be taken in by the police and offered a bowl of katsudon... which they mishear as "Khatsu-doum" and assume must be something powerful.

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[[caption-width-right:349:''Go ahead, Nagasume. Eat up. [[SincerityMode It'll make you feel better...]]'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''Go ahead, Nagasume. Eat up. [[SincerityMode It'll make you feel better...]]'']]

** Subverted in the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E10ChainOfCommand". Picard has been starved and imprisoned by the Cardassians and suffered multiple brutal interrogations. However, at the beginning of one session, his captor offers him breakfast—a nice, normal Cardassian breakfast of [[ForeignQueasine a raw Taspar egg]]. Picard is so desperate for food that he eats it anyway.

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Sisko and O'Brien have semi crash-landed on a planet which has a field that neutralizes all technology. They're put to work, but they don't change their Starfleet uniforms for native wear, and O'Brien sneaks off to try to get his communicator working. As punishment, Sisko (his superior officer) is put in "the Box". He comes out dehydrated, and the leader pours him a glass of water, saying he can have it when he changes out of uniform. In response, Sisko walks away and puts himself back in the box.

* ''Series/M{{Mindhunter}}'': Tench and Ford quickly find this to be one of the most reliable tactics to get their subjects talking, starting with getting a pizza for Edmund Kemper and [[TradeMarkFavoriteFood Big Red soda]] for Monte Rissell. Jim Barney had also learned from their notes, and comes prepared for William Pierce Jr. with a packet of candies in his suitcase.

* In ''Anime/FullMetalAlchemist2003'', Ed and Al are taken in by the police under suspicion that they are working with the mysterious thief known as Psiren. They quickly establish who they really are, and the police offer Edward bowls of rice as an apology. Edward starts stuffing his face with bowl after bowl of rice, but eventually succumbs to minor food poisoning from eating too much.

* In ''Anime/FullMetalAlchemist'', Ed and Al are taken in by the police under suspicion that they are working with the mysterious thief known as Psiren. They quickly establish who they really are, and the police offer Edward bowls of rice as an apology. Edward starts stuffing his face with bowl after bowl of rice, but eventually succumbs to minor food poisoning from eating too much.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'' in which there's a FourKoma about Popuko being interrogated by Pipimi and being offered a bowl of katsudon, always as the bad cop. The gag passed to the anime twice, one mixed with the "Masashi Super Dry" gag and the second exaggerated for ''[[StylisticSuck Bob Epic Team]]''.