History Main / VillainOverForDinner

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Crocker invites himself over for dinner at the Turners' house, just so he can sneak away and look for proof of Timmy's fairy godparents. And it just so happens Cosmo is currently hosting a Fairy Convention in Timmy's bedroom, with every fairy in the universe attending.

* All-Star, a student at the [[Roleplay/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.

* In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', they learn early on that Jake's older brother Tom is a human Controller, meaning that alieslug bent on dominating the galaxy is in his head. So the leader the Animorphs has a villain living in his home and eating with him and the family every night.

** In places where militias are a primary means of combating gangs, efforts to improve relations with the community often involve this. Imagine being in the Baltimore ghetto and seeing a soldier having lunch with a middle-aged local woman. And it's the exact same guy who had lined four Crips against the wall that very morning and made everyone watch as they were bayoneted to death.

* In ''Trollhunters'' Jim finds out his teacher Mr. Strickler has been his enemy in disguise all along, but comes home to find him currently on a date with his mother. The two fight and put on magical armor whenever Mom leaves for a few minutes to get a new dish.

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** In another creepy example Peter came home one day to find Venom helping his Aunt May with the laundry. [[GenreSavvy Venom]] was deliberately invoking this trope; Peter had tried to call in help from the Fantastic Four for their upcoming battle, and Venom was letting Peter know that he knew about the attempt and a second one would go very badly.
** Later, when Peter revealed his secret to aunt May, she had this exchange with Peter.

** The Spider-Man newspaper comic featured a storyline where Aunt May got engaged to Mole Man. [[http://joshreads.com/?p=8539 This was exactly]] [[http://joshreads.com/?p=8778 as insane as it sounds]].

* Has happened to SpiderMan a few times. ComicBook/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.

This is usually a horrifyingly difficult dilemma for the hero, doubly so if they have a SecretIdentity. Attacking the villain outright will endanger their loved one and reveal the secret... that is, if the villain isn't secretly training a gun on them as a form of collateral to enforce a [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine civil, if tense, social exchange]]. What usually happens is the Big Bad gets the first move and delightedly forces the hero to play along, as if they really were having tea with a friend. Expect the hero, villain and InnocentBystander to have a tense (and potentially hilarious) [[OneDialogueTwoConversations veiled conversation]].

* If the Big Bad has discovered the hero's secret identity, and with it the location of their loved ones, he will use the drop in to play head games in order to convince the hero to back off for fear he might kidnap his mom or [[StuffedIntoTheFridge do much worse]]. Even if he does nothing, it proves beyond a doubt that no one (hero included) is safe.
* The Big Bad has discovered the hero's secret identity, and wants to propose an EnemyMine or WeCanRuleTogether, with the above threats implied.
* The Big Bad ''doesn't'' know the hero's identity (but may find out once he enters the door), and is a friend of his mom's or even romantically interested. Awkward. If both recognize the other, the usual vibe is "let's wait 'til we're outside".
* The Big Bad was waiting for the hero, met his mom, and now wants to kill both.

* The Big Bad was waiting for the hero, met his mom, and [[HilarityEnsues now wants to date her]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'', Hogart goes down to breakfast only to find Kent, the agent looking for the Giant, sitting at the table. He has rented the family's spare room and now wants to ask him a few questions.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'': How does Carl and Russell first meet the film's main antagonist [[spoiler: Charles Muntz]]? By having dinner with him at his place.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Crocker invites himself over for dinner at the Turner's house, just so he can sneak away and look for proof of Timmy's Fairy God Parents. (Which just so happens Cosmo is hosting a Fairy Convention in Timmy's Bedroom, with every Fairy in the universe arriving)

* Happen sometimes with occupying forces, depending on how strict the practiced policy is on fraternization

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* In ''Manga/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 and dancing around]].

* ''WesternAnimation/Up'': How does Carl and Russell first meet the film's main antagonist [[spoiler: Charles Muntz]]? By having dinner with him at his place.

* A more friendly example of this occurs in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' when Aang, Katara, and Sokka learn that Toph is on friendly terms with Iroh. Ultimately subverted in that 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. Subverted even further when he ends up [[spoiler: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.

* In ''WesternAnimation/Trollhunters'' Jim finds out his teacher Mr. Strickler has been his enemy in disguise all along, but comes home to find him currently on a date with his mother. The two fight and put on magical armor whenever Mom leaves for a few minutes to get a new dish.

* In {{Supermegatopia}}, Dark Iguana stops by the Vayne manor to drop off Tiger Lass - "Some people just don't make good hostages" - and is promptly [[http://supermegatopia.wikispaces.com/The+Snow+Cone+of+Dread invited to tea by Weasel Boy's Mom]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Crocker invites himself over for dinner at the Turner's house, just so he can sneak away and look for proof of Timmy's FairyGodParents. (Which just so happens Cosmo is hosting a Fairy Convention in Timmy's Bedroom, with every Fairy in the universe arriving)

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. A major reason things don't boil over is usually both parties respecting the SacredHospitality trope. Villain Over for Dinner is distantly related to DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu.

* ''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]]. As the two {{Muggle}} friends of Nanoha has been interacting with Hayate and the Wolkenritter since the first episode with neither side knowingtheir relationship to their enemies, the entire season was leading up to this scene and its associated InternalReveal.

* 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 [[{{Kayfabe}} how 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.

This is usually a horrifyingly difficult dilemma for the hero, doubly so if they have a SecretIdentity. Attacking the villain outright will endanger their loved one and reveal the secret... that is, if the villain isn't secretly training a gun on them as a form of collateral to enforce a [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine civil, if tense, social exchange]]. What usually happens is the Big Bad gets the first move and delightedly forces the hero to play along, as if they really were having tea with a friend. Expect the hero, villain and InnocentBystander to have a tense (and potentially hilarious) [[OneDialogueTwoConversations veiled conversation.]]

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. A major reason things don't boil over is usually both parties respecting the SacredHospitality trope. VillainOverForDinner is distantly related to DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu.

* Inverted in the aftermath of ''Afternoon Tea with the Devil's Daughter'' in the WhateleyUniverse. Phase and She-Beast, who knew each other in elementary school, get together and talk about books. Only Phase is the child of the powerful, mutant-hating Goodkind family, who are behind the [[TheMenInBlack MCO]] and the [[KnightTemplar Knights of Purity]], so She-Beast's friends think Phase is trying to trick her, and on the other hand She-Beast is the daughter of the dreaded supervillain Dr. Diabolik, so Phase's friends in turn think ''She-Beast'' is brainwashing her or otherwise tricking her into spilling team secrets. About the only two people ''not'' actually ascribing sinister motives to one side or the other are, in fact, the conversationalists themselves.

* An InvokedTrope in ''Four Against The Mob'' by Oscar Fraley. [[Series/TheUntouchables Elliot Ness]] invites a suspected SerialKiller in for a friendly chat, even ordering dinner. He gets a bit nervous when the suspect is wielding his knife and looking at Ness with a mad glint in his eye, but takes comfort in the fact that his men are in the next room...until he goes to the next room and finds his men have gone off for dinner themselves! Apparently they heard Ness order dinner, so decided everything was alright.