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* Franchise/HarryPotter starts keeping a stash of sweets hidden under his bedroom floorboards in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]'', after Petunia forces the entire family to follow the same diet as Dudley (the school nurse had informed the family that Dudley needed to lose weight because they didn't stock school uniforms in his size).

* ''TheSimpsons'': In "The Heartbroke Kid", Bart keeps a stash of junk food hidden inside a hole behind a Krusty poster in his room.

* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: Joys of Seasons'' episode 8 shows that Mr. Slowy has a secret snack stash. The other goats find it and decide to take some food from it since what Mr. Slowy has been making for dinner lately hasn't been very delicious.

* ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'': When nearly all the food runs out during the apocalypse, it's soon revealed that Creator/JamesFranco has extra hidden away while fighting a demon. His friends are not impressed.

* Franchise/HarryPotter starts keeping a stash of sweets hidden under his bedroom floorboards in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]'', after Petunia puts him and his cousin Dudley on a diet.

* An {{Asshole|Victim}} VictimOfTheWeek on ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' was a JerkAss [[CorruptCorporateExecutive movie executive]] that (ironically) had his wife treating him with an iron fist about his weight. The executive had some candy concealed on the balcony of his apartment...and died on a day he was treating everybody at a party at his house like crap [[KarmicDeath because his weight weakened the handrail he needed to climb on to reach the stash]], dropping him several stories to the pavement.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' episode "Johnny Bee Good" when the Bee Keeper steals all the candy in town, Mary and Susan let Johnny and Dukey in on the secret stash of junk food they have in their lab.

* ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'': When Ridcully forbids his staff from eating junk food and smoking in order to be in shape for the football game, he obviously doesn't consider it to apply to him. Unfortunately, the housekeeper does, and he grows increasingly dismayed as he finds every one of his caches has been found and emptied. Finally he reaches the last one, which still contains some food and tobacco, with a note from the housekeeper reading "I just didn't have the heart."

* An {{Asshole|Victim}} VictimOfTheWeek on ''Series/{{CSI NY}}'' was a JerkAss [[CorruptCorporateExecutive movie executive]] that (ironically) had his wife treating him with an iron fist about his weight. The executive had some candy concealed on the balcony of his apartment... and died on a day he was treating everybody on a party at his house like crap [[KarmicDeath because his weight weakened the handrail he needed to climb on to reach the stash]], dropping him several stories to the pavement.

* ''Disney/DerFuehrersFace'': In Donald Duck's brief [[spoiler:AllJustADream]] stint as a factory worker in Nazi Germany, his morning routine involves tapping into a secret stash of food that he'd enjoy rather than the painful hardtack that the Germans have provided for him. Downplayed, in that his "stash" amounts to a single coffee bean that he dips into water to make some semblance of coffee, and a perfume bottle containing the aroma of bacon and eggs.

* A {{Asshole|Victim}} VictimOfTheWeek on ''Series/{{CSI NY}}'' was a JerkAss [[CorruptCorporateExecutive movie executive]] that (ironically) had his wife treating him with an iron fist about his weight. The executive had some candy concealed on the balcony of his apartment... and died on a day he was treating everybody on a party at his house like crap [[KarmicDeath because his weight weakened the handrail he needed to climb on to reach the stash]], dropping him several stories to the pavement.

Compare with the PornStash. Contrast with GoingColdTurkey.

* In ''Film/FullMetalJacket'', the overweight Private Pyle steals and stashes a jelly donut for him to eat later. Unfortunately, it's discovered by the sarge. He forces Pyle to eat the donut while handing out collective punishment on the rest of the recruits. They later beat Pyle as revenge.

* In ''Film/FullMetalJacket'', the overweight Private Pyle steals and stashes a jelly donut for him to eat later. Unfortunately, it's discovered by the sarge. This does not end well for Private Pyle.

* Brad and Randy break into Jill's stash of cookies while home alone in one episode of ''Series/HomeImprovement''.
* Drew keeps a stash in his desk on ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'', though "secret" is debatable.
* Geraldine on ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'' has multiple chocolate stashes, including a [[BookSafe hollowed-out Bible]].

* A {{Asshole|Victim}} VictimOfTheWeek on ''Series/CSINY'' was a JerkAss [[CorruptCorporateExecutive movie executive]] that (ironically) had his wife treating him with an iron fist about his weight. The executive had some candy concealed on the balcony of his apartment... and died on a day he was treating everybody on a party at his house like crap [[KarmicDeath because his weight weakened the handrail he needed to climb on to reach the stash]], dropping him several stories to the pavement.

* A {{Asshole|Victim}} VictimOfTheWeek on ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' was a JerkAss [[CorruptCorporateExecutive movie executive]] that (ironically) had his wife treating him with an iron fist about his weight. The executive had some candy concealed on the balcony of his apartment... and died on a day he was treating everybody on a party at his house like crap [[KarmicDeath because his weight weakened the handrail he needed to climb on to reach the stash]], dropping him several stories to the pavement.

* A VictimOfTheWeek on ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' was a JerkAss [[CorruptCorporateExecutive movie executive]] that (ironically) had his wife treating him with an iron fist about his weight. The executive had some candy concealed on the balcony of his apartment... and [[KarmicDeath died on a day]] [[AssholeVictim he was treating everybody on a party at his house like crap]] [[KarmicDeath because his weight weakened the handrail he needed to climb on to reach the stash, dropping him several stories to the pavement]].

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* A ziplock back commercial shows what people keep in their ziplock bags. One example was a boy pulling a bag of candy out from under his mattress at camp, calling it "emergency camp rations!"

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* ''ComicBook/{{Archie}}'': Jughead, as a BigEater, is notorious for this. In one story where Jug was the drummer for the Archies, while the band is practicing for a concert one day, Jughead adamantly refuses to play the bass drum, and won't give a reason why. The others decide to be sensitive and not press the issue any further. The last panel reveals the reason — the bass drum was "stocked" with snack food! One story had Jughead wear kickers/plus-four type pants and get mocked for them, then an elevator he and some of the others are on gets stuck, and Jughead reveals the pants are for hiding a stash of candy bars, which he shares.

* One of the reasons Karkat hates rooming with Dave in Fanfic/{{Brainbent}} is the highly perishable and ever expanding hoard of food that Dave keeps under his bed. Dave insists that he's [[InsistentTerminology just keeping snacks around]], but everyone at St. Lobaf's recognizes that his hoarding is the direct result of Dave being raised by an irresponsible and totally unprepared big brother. Growing up, Dave never knew when his next meal was coming, and he started stashing away food for the times when cash was tight or his brother forgot to feed him.

* Franchise/HarryPotter starts keeping a stash of sweets hidden under his bedroom floorboards in ''[[HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]'', after Petunia puts him and his cousin Dudley on a diet.

* A VictimOfTheWeek on CSI:NY was a JerkAss [[CorruptCorporateExecutive movie executive]] that (ironically) had his wife treating him with an iron fist about his weight. The executive had some candy concealed on the balcony of his apartment... and [[KarmicDeath died on a day]] [[AssholeVictim he was treating everybody on a party at his house like crap]] [[KarmicDeath because his weight weakened the handrail he needed to climb on to reach the stash, dropping him several stories to the pavement]].

* Played for drama in ''Series/{{Roseanne}}''. Dan was hiding junk food where the cleaning products were (because Roseanne never bothered to try and clean the house) so he can eat without Roseanne knowing, because Dan suffered a heart attack and Roseanne made him eat healthier foods, which he was getting tired of.

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* While finding a century-old stash now and then in {{VideoGame/Fallout}} games is pretty common, one stands out in [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Old World Blues]]. Sifting through a lab's emails reveals that one researcher has been keeping several stashes of various unhealthy foods, including the very rare Nuka Cola Quantum and Victory.

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* ''Disney/DerFuehrersFace'': In Donald Duck's brief [[spoiler: AllJustADream]] stint as a factory worker in Nazi germany, his morning routine involves tapping into a secret stash of food that he'd enjoy rather than the painful hardtack that the Germans have provided for him. Downplayed, in that his "stash" amounts to a single coffee bean that he dips into water to make some semblance of coffee, and a perfume bottle containing the aroma of bacon and eggs.
* In a CutawayGag on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' we see SesameStreet's Cookie Monster at a Rehab clinic; a bed check reveals that he has a plate of cookies under his mattress.
-->''I don't know how they got there...Derek was in here earlier, he was making the beds, he probably put them - I was in the john.''

* ''TheSimpsons'': In "The Heartbroke Kid" Bart keeps a stash of junk food hidden inside a hole behind a Krusty poster in his room.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' episode "Frenchfry" Pleakley has various secret compartments in his room just for hiding junk food.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' episode "Johnny Bee Good" when the Bee Keeper steals all the candy in town Mary and Susan let Johnny and Dukey in on the secret stash of junk food they have in their lab.

* In the ''LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' episode "Frenchfry" Pleakley has various secret compartments in his room just for hiding junk food.
* In the ''JohnnyTest'' episode "Johnny Bee Good" when the Bee Keeper steals all the candy in town Mary and Susan let Johnny and Dukey in on the secret stash of junk food they have in their lab.