History Main / VillainOverForDinner

See also SafetyInMuggles. Compare GoKartingWithBowser, FriendlyEnemies. See also NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine and WhyIsntItAttacking. May overlap with VillainsOutShopping if the encounter is not planned and is just a result osf the villain's everyday, mundane activities unrelated to their villainy. A major reason things don't boil over is usually both parties respecting the SacredHospitality trope. VillainOverForDinner is distantly related to DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu.

** Angelus dropped by Joyce's house in a late-S2 episode to inform her that he was looking for Buffy and yes, he'd had sex with her daughter. Fortunately, Buffy and Willow were a few steps ahead of him, having warned Joyce not to let him in and magically revoked the invitation.

** In a less extreme example, you know how J.J. Jameson hates Spider-Man's guts? Yeah, J.J.'s ''dad'' is interested in Aunt May. [[spoiler: They hook up. Peter and J.J. are basically brother-in-laws.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': {{Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist}}s like Sae and Goro will show up at Cafe Leblanc, the coffee shop you work at and live above, for coffee throughout the story. For Goro, this is actually a part of his Co-Op.

* Played with in ''TheGuild''. Bladezz gets framed for having dangerous weapons by a person in another guild, and comes home to find that he was now dating his mother.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' this is [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean James Norrington]]'s initial reaction to his mother seeing [[Literature/TheErlKing der Erlkönig]] (after he realized who he is, [[spoiler:father of his [[WithFriendsLikeThese best friend]] [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]] and the guy who tried to [[ChangelingTale steal]] [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Toby]] so something dangerous and probably malevolent]]). Later {{subverted|Trope}} because the CoolOldLady is hard to fool... she willingly [[InterspeciesRomance romances]] [[TheFairFolk "Cthulhu"]].

* A more friendly example of this occurs in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' when Aang, Katara, and Sokka learn that Toph is on friendly terms with Iroh. The thing is, Iroh actually ''is'' a pretty nice guy and is only vaguely their enemy by virtue of being Zuko's guardian and mentor, so the scene doesn't end up being particularly tense or menacing. [[spoiler:He ultimately ends up outright fighting for the heroic side.]] Doubles as a FunnyBackgroundEvent since when the entire Gaang sees Iroh afterwards, their first reaction is complete and utter shock, except for Toph, who just waves hi and gives a big smile.

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* There's a rather well-known story of American colonel Francis Marion having dinner with British colonel Banastre Tarleton at Marion's swamp base during the AmericanRevolution. A writing later told of the surprise at how the Americans were so willing to keep fighting with so few supplies or even adequate clothing at times.

See also SafetyInMuggles. Compare GoKartingWithBowser, FriendlyEnemies. See also NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine and WhyIsntItAttacking. May overlap with VillainsOutShopping if the encounter is not planned and is just a result osf the villain's everyday, mundane activities unrelated to their villainy. A major reason things don't boil over is both parties respecting the acredHospitality trope. VillainOverForDinner is distantly related to DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu.

See also SafetyInMuggles. Compare GoKartingWithBowser, FriendlyEnemies. See also NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine and WhyIsntItAttacking. May overlap with VillainsOutShopping if the encounter is not planned and is just a result of the villain's everyday, mundane activities unrelated to their villainy. VillainOverForDinner is distantly related to DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu.

* In ''Film/AMuppetFamilyChristmas'', the Muppet gang is staying with Fozzie's mom and Fozzie wants to show off his new stand-up routine. He gets the shock of his life when he sees StatlerAndWaldorf on the couch ready to unload yet another round of heckling, as his mom explains that they're her friends.

* In ''NabariNoOu'', due to the series' GreyAndGrayMorality, this is mostly played for laughs: Thobari finds his girlfriend letting an enemy ninja into the house. And serving him tea. And then [[CrowningMomentOfFunny holding hands]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/683-33497-29/nabari-no-ou/chapter-22.html and dancing around]].
-->'''Thobari''': I can't take this...It's just getting worse and worse...
-->'''Hanabusa''': Ah, Thobari, you join in too!

* In BretHart's autobiography, he talks about how as a kid, he would watch Archie "The Stomper" Gouldie wrestle his father on television, including an angle in which Stomper broke Stu's arm, and then threatened to go to the Hart house and piledrive Bret's mom. As Bret had not been smarted up on how [[{{Kayfabe}} wrestling actually works]], imagine the look of horror Bret must have had to see Stomper appear at the Hart House, only for him to hug his mother and collect his paycheck.

* An early scene in the second ''HungerGames'' book has Katniss returning from a day of hunting to find her mother having tea with [[BigBad President Snow]].

* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': At the beginning of ''Catching Fire'', the president drops by for a terrifying "chat" [[spoiler: with Katniss, during which he threatens to kill her whole family if she doesn't conduct herself properly on the Victory Tour. (Katniss' mother isn't present for this part of the conversation, but she does drop in to serve them tea. Katniss then has to conceal the conversation from her mother, telling her the president was just wishing her luck.)]]

* ''RurouniKenshin'' - Saitou, who Kenshin knew from being on opposite sides during the Meiji Revolution, makes himself known to Kenshin by visiting the dojo while Kenshin is out, acting perfectly civil in his official role as a policeman. When Kenshin comes back, Saitou makes it absolutely clear that he could have slaughtered everyone there if he had felt like it. The revelation sends Kenshin into an HeroicBSOD.

* Has happened to SpiderMan a few times. DoctorOctopus once dated (and almost ''married'') Aunt May. In Ultimate Marvel there is an infinitely creepier version when Peter comes home and finds [[AxCrazy Norman Osborn]] sitting on his couch watching TV and waiting for him.

After a hard day of fighting the forces of not-niceness, the hero goes home for some much needed rest. But who should they see having tea with their mom but the BigBad! The sheer, mind-breaking disconnect of the embodiment of strife, hatred, evil and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking missing-left-socks]] engaging in [[AffablyEvil polite conversation]] over tea and snack will throw the hero into a combination of wordless shock and sheer panic. She [[VampireInvitation invited him in.]]

** {{Dracula}} ran into Joyce at her art gallery and also had dinner with her in order to [[VampireInvitation get invited in]], although we don't get to see it.

* In the first ''Film/SpiderMan1'' film, Norman Osborn has Thanksgiving dinner with Peter since he is roommates with Harry. This happens about 5 minutes after they fight in a burning building on the other side of town. Neither knows the other's secret identity, though Norman figures it out after seeing a wound on Peter's arm that matches the one he gave Spiderman.

* In the second book of ''The Whitby Witches'' by RobinJarvis, the main character Benjamin Laurenson gets home from school only to find the evil warlock having tea and biscuits with his sister. He doesn't take it well.

* All-Star, a student at the [[GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse Hyperion Academy]], came home for the holidays to find the villainous Doctor XX (who didn't recognize him out of costume) sitting at his family's dining room table. Turns out the villainous doctor had gone to college with his mother and they were catching up on old times.

* ''Film/FrightNight'' has this happen... immediately after learning that vampires can only enter your home when invited, Charlie comes home to see the vampire in his living room with his mom. OhCrap.

* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'' inverts this late in the season. [[IllGirl Yagami Hayate]]'s ''de facto'' family is spending Christmas eve in the Hospital with her, then four of her friends (two of whom are trying to locate the [[BigBad master]] of the Wolkenritter [=and/or=] keep the [[ArtifactOfDoom Book]] [[ArtifactOfDeath of]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Darkness]] from [[ApocalypseHow being completed]]) drop by unexpectedly with presents. [[DeathGlare Uh]] [[OhCrap Oh]]. In addition, Suzuka, a friend of Nanoha's who introduced her to Hayate, has met at least three of the Wolkenritter (Shamal, Signum and Vita), prior to introducing Nanoha to Hayate. In the first Sound Stage of the season, Arisa and Vita spend some time in the same bath, but don't learn each other's names.

* ''NanohaAs'' inverts this late in the season. [[IllGirl Yagami Hayate]]'s ''de facto'' family is spending Christmas eve in the Hospital with her, then four of her friends (two of whom are trying to locate the [[BigBad master]] of the Wolkenritter [=and/or=] keep the [[ArtifactOfDoom Book]] [[ArtifactOfDeath of]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Darkness]] from [[ApocalypseHow being completed]]) drop by unexpectedly with presents. [[DeathGlare Uh]] [[OhCrap Oh]].
** Suzuka, a friend of Nanoha's who introduced her to Hayate, has met at least three of the Wolkenritter (Shamal, Signum and Vita), prior to introducing Nanoha to Hayate. In the first Sound Stage of the season, Arisa and Vita spend some time in the same bath, but don't learn each other's names.

See also SafetyInMuggles. Compare GoKartingWithBowser, FriendlyEnemies. See also NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine and WhyIsntItAttacking. May overlap with VillainsOutShopping if the encounter is not planned and is just a result of the villain's everyday, mundane activities. VillainOverForDinner is distantly related to DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu.

* The hero's mom is an ActionMom herself, knows who the BigBad is, and all heck is about to break loose.

See also SafetyInMuggles. Compare GoKartingWithBowser, FriendlyEnemies. See also NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine and WhyIsntItAttacking. VillainOverForDinner is distantly related to DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu