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12	->'''Rarity:''' Post-apocalyptic donuts. Interesting choice.\
13	'''Twilight Sparkle:''' I know. But there's gonna be plenty of time for all the challenges and struggles and adventures to come. For now, I just want to spend a quiet moment with the six best friends I've ever had.
14	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E25TheEndingOfTheEndPart2 The Ending of the End - Part 2]]"
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16	A work ends by showing a light-hearted scene where the hero and his friends grab a bite to eat and have a cold beverage. May or may not include a final conversation to wrap up a few loose ends in the plot, but generally just as often the plot ends right at the invitation or decision.
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18	If it's a guy inviting a girl out to dinner (or vice-versa), it can be used to [[ThroughHisStomach show that their relationship]] has progressed beyond JustFriends or "merely professional."
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20	Title is a play on the term "Good End" sometimes found in video games. See also IWasToldThereWouldBeCake. Compare DancePartyEnding, where the work ends with a similarly light-hearted scene, but with dancing rather than eating.
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22	'''Spoilers ahoy.''' Please note this is an '''ending''' trope.
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24	!!Examples:
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28	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
29	* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion'' ends with Josuke joining the Higashikata family over at their cafe parlor to celebrate their new beginning with the HereditaryCurse gone forever.
30	* In ''Anime/{{K}}: Return of Kings'', the series ends with Kuroh, Neko, and Shiro [[spoiler: who has returned to his original body and become a teacher in the school]], eating around their table in their same dorm room - an echo of the ending of episode 2 of season 1 (when they had all just met), as well as ''many'' other moments with that trio. Food is such a symbol for them, they even [[spoiler: named their Clan "Hakumaitou" - ''hakumai'' means "white rice"]].
31	* The first chapter of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' ends with Iruka giving Naruto his headband and thinking that a ninja's life is hard, but he'll tell him over ramen.
32	* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Major arcs often end with a large feast. The first few arcs ended in the relatively low-key way that this trope describes -- the Straw Hats simply went to a restaurant and had a meal. Since the Arlong arc, all of the good guys (and sometimes even the former villains who are left), which may easily be thousands of characters, get together for a huge, over-the-top party where they eat, drink, dance, shout "PARTY!!!", and generally mess around.
33	* ''Manga/SnowWhiteAndSevenDwarfs'' ends with most of the (surviving) characters gathering together for a group meal, in a GroupPictureEnding.
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36	[[folder:Comic Books]]
37	* Just about ''every'' ComicBook/{{Asterix}} book ends with a Gaulish village banquet.
38	* ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'' caps off her epic victory at the end of volume 6 by raiding the Superhomeys' stash of snacks.
39	* With the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' love of pizza it is no surprise that several stories end with this.
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42	[[folder:Fan Works]]
43	* The ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' story "Empath And The Golden Magic Bird" ends with the Smurfs eating their annual Harvest Feast meal, which is [[YouMeanXmas their version of Thanksgiving]].
44	* ''Fanfic/TheFinalSword'' ends with the Citadel throwing a party to [[spoiler:celebrate Rebora's coming back to life.]]
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47	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
48	* ''WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsAdventureInWonderland'' ends with Grumpy embarking on an ''epic'' fridge raid, having been denied food for the entire movie. [[MundaneMadeAwesome Rap and pickled beets ensue.]]
49	* The last lines of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'' are Po asking Shifu if he wants to go get something to eat. TheStinger has them do precisely that.
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52	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
53	* One of the final scenes in the first ''Film/AmericanPie'' film shows Jim, Kevin, Oz, and Finch eating breakfast at their favorite diner (appropriately named "Dog Years") while they discuss the life-changing events of the night before and raise a toast to the future.
54	* ''Film/BigDaddy'' ends with a feast of buffalo chicken wings for most of the movie's characters. There's even a YeahShot for the fade-out, with the protagonist's sister-in-law [[{{Narm}} getting caught in the act of greedily reaching for a wing]].
55	* ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' ends with Willy joining the Bucket family for dinner, and Mrs. Bucket gently scolding him and Charlie for talking about business matters at the table.
56	* At the end of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Alfred sees Bruce and Selina dining at the café in Florence.
57	* ''Film/DragonheartVengeance'' ends with a feast with lots of food and folks, fulfilling the dragon's earlier-expressed yen for a party.
58	* Several of ''Franchise/TheFastAndTheFurious'' movies, notably ''Film/FastAndFurious6'', ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious'', and ''Film/{{F9}}'', end with Dom and his family about to have a large feast.
59	%%* ''Film/TheHebrewHammer'' ends with this.
60	* ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' ends with the two families feasting on a roast turkey -- which was blown up to ginormous proportions by Wayne's shrink-ray technology.
61	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
62	** Played with in ''Film/IronMan2'' when Tony Stark ''thinks'' he's spending his last minutes eating donuts.
63	** Towards the end of ''Film/{{Thor}}'', Asgard holds a feast as their way of mourning [[spoiler:Loki's DisneyDeath.]]
64	** The post-credits scene of ''Film/{{The Avengers\|2012}}'' has the team eating shawarma in awkward silence. PlayedWith in that it chronologically takes place between the climactic final battle and the events of the closing scenes of the movie proper.
65	* ''Film/PineappleExpress'' ends with the three heroes eating in a diner while recapping their adventures.
66	%%* ''Film/APrairieHomeCompanion''.
67	%%* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': "Roger, let's go home. I'll bake you a carrot cake."
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70	[[folder:Literature]]
71	* The ''Literature/AToZMysteries'' book ''The Falcon's Feathers'' ends with an ice cream party for the heroes.
72	* Virtually every version of Creator/TheBrothersGrimm's "Sweet Porridge," a.k.a. "The Magic Porridge Pot" will end with the villagers cleaning up their town by eating all the porridge (or whatever other food the retelling uses) that's swamped it.
73	* Seems to be a bit of a tradition in the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' books (including many of the short stories). The only novel that hasn't used it so far is ''Cain's Last Stand''.
74	** In ''For the Emperor'', Cain is invited to dinner by Inquisitor Vail, and she tells him Jurgen's secret.
75	** In ''The Caves of Ice'', Cain reciprocates and treats Amberley to [[YourFavorite her favorite]] and himself to a well-deserved ambull steak.
76	** In ''The Traitor's Hand'', Cain invites his Valhallan TrueCompanions to dinner to celebrate their victory.
77	** In ''Death or Glory'', after being trapped on an Ork-infested continent with a RagtagBunchOfMisfits, the second thing Cain asks for upon linking up with the main friendly army (after medical supplies) is tea.
78	** In ''Duty Calls'', Cain and Vail share a few glasses of amasec on the flight out of the warzone after reacquiring a stolen artifact and dealing with a genestealer mob.
79	** ''The Emperor's Finest'' continues the tradition by ending with Cain at a private tea party held by a local planetary governor.
80	** And again in ''The Last Ditch'', where Cain and Amberley discuss [[spoiler:the origins of Nusquam Fundamentibus's Tyranid infestation]] over dinner.
81	** ''The Greater Good'' ends with Cain and El'hassai discussing the events of the novel over tanna and [[SmartPeoplePlayChess the regicide board]].
82	** ''Choose Your Enemies'' ends with Cain and Amberley discussing the aftermath of the novel's final battle and the Inquisition's plans to clean up the remaining mess over dinner.
83	** For a short story example, ''The Little Things'' wraps up with Amberley calling an interrogation team to deal with her would-be kidnapper, while Cain lays dinner out on the table.
84	** In ''The Smallest Detail'', Jurgen helps himself to some of the ration packs being stolen by the black marketers he helped catch before returning to base.
85	** In ''A Mug of Recaff'', once Jurgen kills the Chaos cultist hiding in the kitchen while trying to summon a daemon, he finds a kettle and brews a pot of recaff for his boss.
86	** In ''Traitor's Gambit'', Cain and Jurgen share a bottle of amasec while they're waiting for someone to pick up their escape pod.
87	** In ''Old Soldiers Never Die'', Cain is drinking with a fellow officer while they discuss where they'll be posted next now that their current mission is over.
88	** ''Sector 13'' ends with Cain at an award ceremony where the heroes of the hour (which includes him) have all the food and drink they could want.
89	* Seems to be AuthorAppeal for Roald Dahl:
90	** ''Literature/DannyTheChampionOfTheWorld''. Danny and his father have a few pheasants in the freezer, and their life will improve greatly now that they can afford to buy an oven.
91	** ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'': The book ends with Charlie, now heir to the titular chocolate factory, and his family heading there to live in it. Grandma Josephine asks "Will there be anything to eat when we get there?", as the poor family has been in desperate straits all winter, and Charlie replies "Just you wait and see!" (This ending gets an override in the ImmediateSequel, as the trip back is the start of a variety of further adventures.)
92	** The bittersweet ending of ''Literature/TheWitches'' is made sweeter by the fact that the protagonist, [[ForcedTransformation now a mouse]], has access to Norwegian goat cheeses bigger than he is.
93	** ''Literature/TheGiraffeAndThePellyAndMe''. The protagonists, now living on the Duke of Hampshire's estate, are allowed to fish for trout in his personal river, and their old headquarters is converted into a fantastic sweet shop which [[MythologyGag sells Wonka products]].
94	** ''Literature/TheBFG'' no longer has to eat the awful snozzcumbers, and will be given all the bacon and eggs he desires. There's also a peach tree growing in his yard.
95	** ''Literature/FantasticMrFox'' ends with a banquet and an assurance that many more banquets are to come, when Mr. Fox's network of tunnels allows him to safely raid all three farms.
96	** ''Literature/EsioTrot''. Alfie the tortoise is given to a kind little girl who feeds him all the lettuce he could ever want.
97	* ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1'' ends with the heroes heading off to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe for a bite.
98	* The ending to ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' has TheGrinch carving the rare roast beast with the Whos. As a side note, most Christmas stories end with a feast.
99	* Pretty much ''every'' ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' book ends with the woodlanders heading off to a [[FoodPorn feast]].
100	* ''Literature/StregaNona'' ends with Big Anthony having to eat all the pasta by himself as punishment for misusing the magic pot.
101	* The fourth Phase novel of the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' ends with Phase joining his team for Thanksgiving dinner and thinking how he does really have things to be thankful for.
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104	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
105	* ''Series/BlueBloods'' frequently ends with the Reagan family seated around the dinner table.
106	* Happens frequently on ''Series/{{Bones}}'' -- first season a Chinese restaurant run by Music/HeavyD, and after that a local diner or watering hole. In addition, many episodes end with Booth and Bones eating Thai and doing their paperwork.
107	* Every once in a while, ''Series/{{CSI}}'' ends on various members of the team eating in their favorite diner, and the way they interact shows the CharacterDevelopment they've undergone and the shifts in relationship dynamics.
108	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
109	** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E1Battlefield Battlefield]]" ends with the retired Brigadier bringing the guest hero, an extradimensional Arthurian knight named Ancelyn, and the Seventh Doctor home to meet the wife--who then drives off with Ace, suggesting the Brig keep himself busy mowing the grass and maybe have supper ready for when they get back. The Brig then turns and asks Ancelyn if he's any good with a lawn mower, and the Doctor grins and says, "I'll cook supper."
110	** At the end of their first adventure off-world, the Ninth Doctor asks Rose Tyler whether she wants to keep traveling with him. As she nearly got killed, Rose hesitates... but then asks if he wants fish and chips. Even though she's delaying her decision, we know then that she's going to stay.
111	** Likewise, when the Doctor regenerates into his Twelfth persona, he worries whether Clara Oswald will stay with him, so at the end of the episode he asks her out for coffee. Or chips. [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs Or something with chips and coffee?]]
112	* The very last episode of ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'' ends on a low-key note with the very last shot of the Barone family being of them all sharing a meal together; Ray has just conceded the need for a bigger kitchen table. Instead of closing music the credits fade out on the everyday small-talk of an Italian-American family at dinner.
113	* The final episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' ends with the titular group (who are separating due to marriage or career choices) deciding to spend their last hours together in the coffee shop where they all met ten years ago. It becomes a TearJerker ending when the camera then pans across the (now-empty) apartment that fans have spent the past decade visiting every week.
114	* Ditto for ''Series/LawAndOrder'', though it's generally a bar where TeamDad Jack [=McCoy=] is feeling sorry for himself again.
115	* ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'':
116	** After Bambang spends most of episode 8 being angry at Alan and Prima, the episode ends with them all making up and Bambang sharing his fried rice.
117	** Episode 30 ends with Bambang, Alan and Prima eating the cake Pipin make for them, a consolation for them losing their job.
118	** In the ending of episode 45, Bambang takes Melani to dinner to cement his apology. Bambang is just happy to see Melani happy; Melani meanwhile feels [[ShipTease her heart beats stronger than usual]].
119	* Many, many episodes of ''Series/QuincyME'' ended with Quince and his buddies discussing the case's conclusion at their favorite Italian restaurant.
120	* Series 7 of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' ends with George being told his fiancée Susan has just died, at which point he says to the group, "Let's go get some coffee."
121	%%* The infamous NoEnding of ''Series/TheSopranos''.
122	* The DistantEpilogue of ''Series/{{War and Peace\|2016}}'' shown has Pierre, Natasha, Marya, and Nikolai enjoy a picnic with their households (including Sonya) and children.
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125	[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
126	* Literature/TheBible:
127	** In the Gospels, Jesus and his disciples catch fish for breakfast in the final chapter of John's Gospel.
128	** The Literature/BookOfRevelation ends with access to the Tree of Life, which Adam, Eve, and all humanity were prevented from eating of in the Literature/BookOfGenesis, granted to those who overcame the world in Jesus Christ.
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131	[[folder:Roleplay]]
132	* Occurs, of all places, in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest''. In version four [[spoiler:a member of STAR mentions that they'd get Happy Meals for each person who'd escaped. One of the post-game threads show that yes, they did indeed get [=McDonalds=]]]. Given the setting, however, it's more of a BittersweetEnding at best.
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135	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
136	* ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'' ends with everyone singing around the Cratchit family's table (and in the doorway, and outside the door -- Scrooge apparently brought all of London with him), ready to enjoy the prize turkey dinner Scrooge bought for them.
137	* Quite a few episodes of ''Series/ThePuzzlePlace''. To name just a handful:
138	** "You Say Potato", revolves around the kids getting ready for a picnic and ends with them having it.
139	** "Leon's Pizza" revolves around Leon making pizza and ends with everyone ready to eat it.
140	** "Bread and Matzoh" ends with everyone tasting Jodie's matzoh.
141	** "Going By The Book" ends with the kids enjoying Ben's homemade carrot cake.
142	** "Big Boys Don't Cry" and "I Scream, You Scream" both end with the kids getting ready to make pancakes.
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145	[[folder:Theatre]]
146	* ''Theatre/AlbertHerring'' has a lighthearted ending in which Albert lets [[CheerfulChild Emmie, Cis and Harry]] into the shop and starts passing around peaches for all to enjoy.
147	* In ''Theatre/CactusFlower'', after Julian finally walks out on Toni, Igor goes into her bathroom to get dressed. She asks him if he's free for dinner together, and he says, "Great. I'll go out and get some Chinese food." She answers by offering to make some chicken cacciatore (which was splattered all over her stove when he first found her), and he emerges from the bathroom smiling. This is the last the audience sees of them.
148	* In ''Theatre/TheSorcerer'', the second act, like the first, with Sir Marmaduke hosting a feast, this time without the LovePotion.
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151	[[folder:Video Games]]
152	* ''VideoGame/BadDudes'' ends with the rescued president offering to take the heroes out for some burgers.
153	* In ''Franchise/BlazBlue'', a couple of Tao's endings and Ragna's joke ending have them eating (Ragna's joke ending naturally involves Tao). Parodied in Noel's Gag Reel in ''Continuum Shift'', in which [[LethalChef her cooking renders everyone in the cast except]] [[{{Troll}} Terumi]] [[LethalChef unconcious.]]
154	* ''VideoGame/EscapeFromStMarys'' begins with a quest for food, shifts to several layers of crazy and then ends with... food.
155	* The epilogue of ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'' has a birthday dinner at Jowd's house. With giant roast chickens, of course.
156	* In ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', [[spoiler:Hanako]]'s Good Ending ends with [[spoiler:Hisao]] suggesting that the two grab a bite to eat, and the final image pans to two muffins in a bakery.
157	* The credits of ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce 3'' shows the entire cast having a party and eating food.
158	* ''VideoGame/MetalSlug 4'' ends with a victory feast for the four playable characters.
159	* ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'': The last shot after the credits is Peppino and his buddies hanging out at his pizza shop.
160	* ''VideoGame/SonicMania'': The ending of Encore Mode has the gang hanging out at an ice cream bar at Mirage Saloon, which is tended to by Heavy King.
161	* ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'': With the dimensional void destroyed and the worlds restored, the group heads off to eat at a feast.
162	* The "Meet the Sandvich" video of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' ends with Heavy loudly chomping down on his Sandvich while chaos happens all around him.
163	* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'':
164	** ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1989'' has April O'Neil telling the Turtles, after they restore their master Splinter to his original human form, that they should celebrate with a pizza at the end of the game.
165	** ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesShreddersRevenge'' naturally ends with the Turtles and Casey Jones celebrating Shredder's defeat by having pizza (while Splinter opts for sushi).
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168	[[folder:Web Comics]]
169	* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' has a Food End for the epilogue amongst Red Mage, White Mage, and the Dragoon.
170	* ''Webcomic/LeftoverSoup'' ends with Jamie offering to teach an elderly man how to cook.
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173	[[folder:Websites]]
174	* Many of [[http://www.mildescape.com/ TESSHI-e's escape-the-room games]] end with the protagonist getting something delicious to eat or drink to celebrate having gotten out of the locked room, either alone or with a friend (often the one who locked them in there in the first place). Overlaps with FoodPorn, given the downright gorgeous photos of the meals in question that accompany the text.
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177	[[folder:Web Videos]]
178	* ''WebVideo/OutsideXbox'': Andy's Sharpie rewrite of ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'' ends this way.
179	-->'''Andy:''' ...and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed sombre under an overcast sky—seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness. And then they all went for ice-cream sundaes.
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182	[[folder:Western Animation]]
183	* Every ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'' episodes ends with the main characters going to one of their houses for a snack.
184	* The GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' ends with a {{stinger}} scene with several of the [[RoguesGallery recurring villains]] at a coffee shop.
185	* The GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' ends with Hank and Bobby grilling steaks together and holding a cookout for the whole neighborhood.
186	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E25TheEndingOfTheEndPart2 The Ending of the End – Part 2]]" ends with the Mane Six and Spike sharing a meal at Pony Joe's donut shop after the final battle. WordOfGod is that it is a nod to the ending of ''The Avengers''.
187	* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'':
188	** "The Great Honey Pot Robbery" ends with Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, and Tigger having "brunchfast" together, along with Wooster.
189	** "The Rats Who Came to Dinner" ends with Pooh throwing a celebratory dinner in honor of the Pack Rats for saving everyone's things from the flood.
190	* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': In "The Ricks Must Be Crazy", Rick, Morty, and Summer enter an ice cream for relaxation. Unfortunately, Summer's earlier actions caused the menu to have flies added to the ingredients, much to Rick's frustration.
191	* Early ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' episodes tended to wrap up at the "Pizza Palace", or some similar place.
192	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
193	** Sketches and early episodes often had Homer taking the family out for "frosty chocolate milkshakes". This resulted in a CallBack in a ''much'' later episode when Homer kidnaps some children (it's a long story) after lulling them into complacency by saying they're going out for... you guessed it.
194	** The episode "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" ends with the Simpsons having a late-night feast of Thanksgiving leftovers, with Homer thanking the Lord for "one more crack at togetherness."
195	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' episode "Greedy and the Porridge Pot" ends with the entire village covered in porridge, and Brainy has to clean it up because he caused the mess by misusing the episode's magic porridge pot. Naturally, Greedy decides to help out, because he hasn't had his breakfast yet. As a matter of fact, any ending of an episode where Greedy is a main character.
196	* A lot of episodes of ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' (any version) end with the heroes (and often their allies too) chowing on pizza (either in the lair or somewhere else).
197	* Several ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' episodes end with the team eating pizza at their favorite spot, or else eating in the living room of Titans Tower.
198	* ''WesternAnimation/{{TigTone}}'' is rewarded with a chicken dinner by King-Queen for one of his quests, kicking off a new quest to discover why the meat has no taste (a necromancer is involved).
199	* ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'': "[[Recap/WorkItOutWombatsS1E30HarvestDayThankfulnessStew The Treeborhood Thankfulness Stew]]" ends with all of the characters digging into the stew that Louisa and Zeke cooked.
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