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7->''"What is patriotism but the love of the good things we ate in our childhood?"''
8-->-- '''Lin Yutang'''
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10Tropes having to deal with cooking, foodstuffs, and how we consume them.
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12Please try not to drool on your keyboard. ''Mmmm...''
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14[[index]]
15!!Tropes:
16[floatboxright:
17'''Related indexes:'''
18+ CookingStories
19+ EatingEstablishments
20+ FoodAsCharacterization
21+ GroceryStoreIndex
22+ HighFatIndex
23+ AVeryCrappyIndex
24
25'''Types of foods/drinks:'''
26+ BakedIndex
27+ BeverageTropes
28++ HardDrinkingTropes
29++ InstantIndexJustAddWater
30++ AWholeLatteTropes
31+ AnEggcellentIndex
32+ FruitAndVegetableTropes
33+ MeatOfTheIndex
34++ ImAHumanitarian
35+ SweetTreatsIndex
36]
37* ThirtyMinutesOrItsFree: If a pizza arrives later than the time quoted by the restaurant when a takeout/delivery order is placed, it must be delivered—free of all charges and fees—to the customer.
38* AbstractEater: Eating abstract ideas.
39* AcidRefluxNightmare: Having a nightmare due to indigestion.
40* AdoptTheFood: Turning a meal into a pet or child.
41* AgeStereotypicalFood: The foods you eat characterize you as immature or mature.
42* AliensLoveHumanFood: An ordinary, everyday Earth food is adored by non-humans; sometimes even lauded as humanity's greatest creation or as The Worthy Reason for sparing Earth's and/or humanity's destruction.
43* AnchoviesAreAbhorrent: Anchovies are treated as a gross food.
44* AndADietCoke: Where a person orders numerous high-calorie, fattening foods, but the last one is some form of diet food.
45* AndYourRewardIsEdible: Food as a reward.
46* AngryChef: A hot-tempered, perfectionist cook.
47* AnthropomorphicFood: Food is anthropomorphized.
48* AppetiteEqualsHealth: Having no appetite means the character is ill, and being hungry and starting to eat means they are getting well.
49* ArtificialMeat: Cloning animals to get meat.
50* AsianCleaverFever: Characters prepare Asian food by using knives as though fighting, dancing, or performing.
51* AsiansEatPets: The stereotype that Asian people eat meat from cats and dogs.
52* AteItAll: The character eats all the food, even though it was meant for a group.
53* AteTheSpoon: When a spoon melts into a food or drink, usually because it's extremely hot or poisonous.
54* AutopsySnackTime: Doctors eat while performing an autopsy.
55* BadHumorTruck: The driver of an ice cream truck is a villain.
56* BaguetteBeatdown: Using French stick-shaped bread to hit people with.
57* BalloonBelly: Gaining weight unrealistically fast.
58* BeefBandage: Using a steak as an ice pack.
59* BigEater: A character who [[PunctuatedForEmphasis eats. A. Lot. Of. Food.]]
60* BizarreTasteInFood: The character does something peculiar to their food on the regular.
61* BlackHoleBelly: A character can fit anything in their stomach.
62* BlackMarketProduce: The character buys food from a BlackMarket.
63* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: Very spicy hot sauce.
64* ABloodyMess: Ketchup or jam is mistaken for blood.
65* BodySushi: A person covered in sushi.
66* BrainFreeze: Getting a headache from cold food or drink.
67* BrattyFoodDemand: A rude character demands food in a rude way.
68* BreadOfSurvival: A starving person sees bread as a symbol of hope and happiness.
69* BreakfastInBed: Having the first meal of the day served in bed upon awakening; often, this is intended as a romantic gesture between couples, or as a rare indulgence when a character is single and in a fancy hotel.
70* BubbleGumPopping: Bubble gum pops comically and noisily.
71* BuffetBuffoonery: Chaos ensues over whether a buffet ''really'' is all you can eat.
72* BurgerFool: Workers at fast food joints have a bad time.
73* BurpOfFinality: A monster eats someone and then burps to show that they're gone for good.
74* BuzzsawJaw: The character eats something enormous very fast.
75* TheCakeIsALie: Did I say you'd get a cake for doing this job? ILied.
76* CakeToppers: A wedding cake is a tad boring without a miniature version of the newlyweds.
77* CampCook: A chef at a camp.
78* CarnivoreConfusion: Ethical issues arise from having carnivores and meat products among anthropomorphic animals.
79* CarryingACake: A character has to be careful as they are carrying a large cake.
80* CartoonCheese: Cartoon cheese is always orangey-yellow, has holes, and is a wedge, bearing a close resemblance to the real-world Emmental variety.
81* CastFromCalories: Superpowers come from the calories in the person's body.
82* CerealViceReward: Cereal commercials encourage highly immoral behavior for the sake of obtaining their products.
83* TheCharacterIceCreamBar: An ice-cream bar that resembles a work's character.
84* CheckPlease: A StockPhrase said to get out after some restaurant shenanigans.
85* CheesyMoon: The moon is made of cheese.
86* ChefOfIron: A cook who fights.
87* ChezRestaurant: Stock restaurant names that generally sound French and pretentious.
88* ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs: Cereal that is made of nothing but sugar.
89* ChocolateOfRomance: Chocolate is associated with romance.
90* ChubbyChef: An overweight person with an occupation involving the preparation of food.
91* CityPeopleEatSushi: Everybody from cities eats sushi, and everyone from rural areas doesn't.
92* CleanFoodPoisonedFork: Serving good food on poisoned dining ware or utensils.
93* ClutchingHandTrap: The character tries to reach food from a container but gets their hand stuck.
94* ComfortFood: Food meant to cheer you up, often filled with carbs and fat.
95* CompanionFood: Someone keeps a piece of food as if it were their friend or good company.
96* CookingDuel: A duel in a mundane task.
97* CookingTheLiveMeal: A character is being cooked alive by the captor.
98* CookingMechanics: Cooking as mechanics in video games.
99* CordonBleughChef: The character knows how to cook, but makes gross food as a result of experimentation.
100* CornyNebraska: Nebraska's claim to fame: corn.
101* CrazyConsumption: The character eats in a weird way when they are insane.
102* CucumberFacial: Using cucumbers to give someone a facial.
103* CurrencyCuisine: Edible money.
104* CutASliceTakeTheRest: Someone cuts a slice of something and eats everything ''but'' the slice.
105* DagwoodSandwich: A ridiculously big, tall sandwich.
106* DeathByGluttony: The character dies from eating too much.
107* DeepFriedWhatever: Deep-frying things in a crazy way.
108* DeliciousDaydream: A character imagines food.
109* DeliciousDistraction: The character gets distracted by food.
110* DeliveryGuyInfiltration: Using a food-delivery disguise to get past the guards.
111* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Punishing someone by withholding nutritional foodstuffs.
112* DietEpisode: Episode that focuses on a character going on a diet.
113* DinerBrawl: Fighting in an eatery.
114* DiningInTheBuff: A character eats or drinks something while naked.
115* DinnerAndAShow: In an episode of a sitcom, a family gets together for dinner, and it's PlayedForComedy.
116* DinnerDeformation: Your body takes the shape of something that you swallow whole.
117* TheDinnermobile: Vehicles designed to resemble food items.
118* DinnerOrderFlub: The character gets the wrong food or even something that's not food, ordered at a restaurant due to nearsightedness or a LanguageBarrier.
119* DinnerWithTheBoss: The main character's boss visits them for dinner.
120* DiscreetDiningDisposal: The character receives food they don't like, and so they feed it to a dog.
121* DisgustingVegetarianFood: Vegetarian and vegan cuisine are repulsive.
122* DishDash: Character must carry a [=LOT=] of dishes.
123* DoesNotLikeSpam: A character [=HATES=] a certain food.
124* DogFoodDiet: The character is so poor they can only afford dog food.
125* DonutMessWithACop: Cops eat doughnuts.
126* DreadedKidsTable: An older child is forced to sit with their younger relatives during meals.
127* DriveThruAntics: Someone messes around at a drive-thru window.
128* EatDirtCheap: Eating rocks or dirt.
129* EatTheEvidence: Eating something that could be evidence so you don't give yourself away.
130* EatThat: You can earn money from eating something gross.
131* EatenAlive: A character is eaten while still alive.
132* EatingContest: A contest to see who can eat the most of something, or the fastest or whatever.
133* EatingLunchAlone: Lonely student eats lunch alone.
134* EatingMachine: Robots that eat.
135* EatingOptional: The character can eat, but doesn't require food.
136* EatingPetFood: When IAteWhat applies to pet food.
137* EatingShoes: The character eats shoes.
138* EatingSolvesEverything: The best solution to a problem is eating something (like the problem itself).
139* EatingTheEnemy: The best way to beat the enemy is to eat them.
140* EdibleAmmunition: Using food as ammo.
141* EdibleBludgeon: Hitting people with food.
142* EdibleCollectible: Video game food is to be collected.
143* EdibleThemeClothing: A character's clothing is made from food.
144* EdibleThemeNaming: Naming characters after food and drink.
145* EdibleTreasure: Buried treasure is food.
146* EggFolk: Sentient eggs that can move around and sometimes speak.
147* {{Egging}}: Throwing eggs (fresh or otherwise) at people or things.
148* EmotionEater: Feeding off of emotions.
149* EmptyFridgeEmptyLife: A poor character has hardly any food in their pantry/fridge.
150* EndangeredSouffle: Souffles are ''very'' delicate.
151* EnemyEatsYourLunch: Eating an enemy's lunch in front of them to assert dominance.
152* EmergencyFoodSupplyAnimal: Characters eat a domesticated animal when food is scarce.
153* EroticEating: Someone is turned on by the way someone else eats.
154* EvenTheRatsWontTouchIt: Even vermin don't like the nasty food.
155* EveryoneHatesFruitCakes: For some reason, all the characters seem to hate fruitcake.
156* EveryPizzaIsPepperoni: Pizza in cartoons is always depicted as pepperoni without much variety.
157* EvilChef: The villain is a cook.
158* EvilTastesGood: Villains compare their evil deeds to food and drink.
159* EvilVegetarian: A bad guy who's a vegetarian.
160* ExoticEntree: Villains eat exotic animal meat.
161* ExtremeOmnivore: The character can eat literally anything.
162* FaceplantingIntoFood: A character goes unconscious and lands face-first in their food.
163* FakedFoodContaminant: Putting something gross in your food after purchase and pretending it was always there to get a refund or tarnish a restaurant's reputation.
164* FakeFood: Food on TV or in print ads is not real in RealLife.
165* TheFamine: When there's not enough food around.
166* FancyDinner: A fancy, luxurious meal served in an elegant way.
167* FantasticDietRequirement: Beings who need something unusual in their diets.
168* FantasticFruitsAndVegetables: Peculiar fictional fruits or vegetables.
169* FarOutForeignersFavoriteFood: A foreigner picks out a favorite food.
170* FastFoodNation: America is full of unhealthy fast food.
171* FatteningTheVictim: Feeding a victim in hopes of making them fatter.
172* FedToPigs: DisposingOfABody? Just throw it into a pig pen.
173* FeedByExample: The animal or baby you're feeding won't eat, so you eat their food to show them how.
174* FeminineWomenCanCook: Women have to be able to cook to prove they are "feminine."
175* FightForTheLastBite: Two or more characters compete for the last morsel of food.
176* FilchingFoodForFun: Stealing someone else's food because of the thrill and excitement.
177* FireBreathingDiner: Spicy food makes you breathe fire.
178* FiveSecondRule: Eating food dropped on the floor because it hadn't been there long.
179* FlyInTheSoup: A fly lands in a bowl of soup.
180* FollowYourNose: The character follows a flavorful scent to get at the food from which its wafting.
181* FoodAndAnimalAttraction: Food attracts animals.
182* FoodAndBodyComparison: Comparing parts of the body with various foods.
183* FoodAsBribe: Talking someone into doing something by bribing them with food.
184* FoodBasedSuperpowers: Superpowers that directly and necessarily involve food in some way.
185* FoodChains: Eating food from a strange place will cost you big.
186* FoodComa: Getting sleepy from eating too much.
187* FoodEatsYou: Sentient food products begin fighting and killing.
188* FoodEnd: Work ends by showing characters eating.
189* FoodFight: Throwing food at one another.
190* FoodGod: A god or goddess of food, or of a particular food.
191* FoodInterrogation: Food is used to get information out of someone.
192* FoodPills: Taking pills as sustenance.
193* TheFoodPoisoningIncident: Spoiled food makes you sick.
194* FoodPorn: Very yummy-looking food.
195* FoodShoveGag: Shoving a piece of food into someone's mouth to keep them quiet.
196* FoodSlap: A person throws food or drinks at someone when they are angry at them.
197* FoodSongsAreFunny: Singing about food is funny.
198* ForceFeeding: The character forces another character to eat.
199* ForeignQueasine: Foreign food is gross.
200* ForgetsToEat: The character is so preoccupied that they forget to eat.
201* ForkFencing: Two characters duel with dinner forks, possibly over food.
202* FormalFullArrayOfCutlery: Upper-class characters use the right cutlery for the right menu items.
203* FoulCafeteriaFood: Cafeteria food is portrayed as revolting.
204* FreePrizeAtTheBottom: A box of cereal comes with a toy at the bottom of the package.
205* FrenchCuisineIsHaughty: French food is considered fancy or snobbish.
206* FromMyOwnPersonalGarden: Homegrown food.
207* FrozenDinnerOfLoneliness: Reheating frozen meals when alone shows that a character is lonely.
208* FruitCart: A fruit cart gets smashed.
209* FruitOfTheLoon: Someone carries a fruit for no reason.
210* FunWithAlphabetSoup: Soup with pasta letters that can be used in place of writing.
211* FutureFoodIsArtificial: All or most food will be synthetic in the future.
212* GarlicIsAbhorrent: Garlic or garlic fans being portrayed as revolting.
213* GassyGastronomy: Foods and drinks that are stereotyped as making people fart or burp.
214* GelatinousTrampoline: Bouncing on jello.
215* GeniusSweetTooth: TheSmartGuy has a SweetTooth.
216* GettingEatenIsHarmless: Someone gets eaten but it doesn't kill them or in some cases even shake them up that much.
217* GiantFood: Food that's much bigger than a person.
218* GingerbreadHouse: A house made of gingerbread, decorated with icing and candies.
219* GirlsLoveChocolate: Chocolate is for women and girls, and they ''all'' enjoy it.
220* GluttonousPig: Pigs are known to [[BigEater not be picky eaters]].
221* GluttonyMontage: Montage showing a character eating.
222* GourmetPetFood: Pet food is advertised as fancy.
223* GrandmasRecipe: Recipes are better when they come from the experience of old age.
224* GrapesOfLuxury: Grape eating is associated with regal splendor.
225* GreensPrecedeSweets: No dessert until you finish your broccoli.
226* GrillingPyrotechnics: An attempt to light a gas grill that leads to an explosion.
227* GrossGumGag: Chewing gum is used for a gross-out joke or gag.
228* GrubTub: A pool or tub is filled with something meant for consumption other than water.
229* HaggisIsHorrible: Everyone hates Scottish haggis.
230* HashHouseLingo: Slang used in a restaurant.
231* HauteCuisineIsWeird: Rich people eat weird, fancy food.
232* HeartbreakAndIceCream: Sad characters eat ice cream.
233* HideousHangoverCure: Crazy ways to cure a hangover.
234* HighClassCannibal: Rich people like eating human flesh.
235* HoldTheUnsolicitedIngredient: The character orders something, and specifically asks for it without a particular ingredient.
236* HollywoodCuisine: {{Flanderization}} of a culture's food.
237* HotSauceDrinking: The character drinks hot sauce.
238* HungerCausesLethargy: A hungry character gets unrealistically tired.
239* HyperactiveMetabolism: Food cures you.
240* IAteWhat: Horrified to realize what they just consumed.
241* IDoNotDrinkWine: Aliens won't eat or drink our food and drink.
242* ITasteDelicious: A character states he tastes good after being covered in food.
243* IWasToldThereWouldBeCake: Cake gets promised as a reward.
244* IfItTastesBadItMustBeGoodForYou: Healthy food = yucky
245* IllTakeTwoBeersToo: Character orders for a group, and then a BigEater says a variation on "Same again."
246* ImAHumanitarian: Taking "people person" to very wrong levels.
247* ImNotHungry: A prisoner refuses food.
248* ImpossibleLeavening: Too much yeast either makes the food explode or swells it way too large to be possible.
249* ImpossiblePickleJar: Attempts at opening a jar or bottle with mixed results.
250* ImpossiblyDeliciousFood: Food that tastes better than it should.
251* ImprobableChopsticksSkill: Using eating implements for improbable purposes.
252* ImprobableFoodBudget: A family spends an inconceivable amount of money on food.
253* ImpromptuCampfireCookout: A character responds to any event with fire by cooking food over it.
254* InappropriateHunger: A character is hungry despite being in a disgusting situation.
255* IndestructibleEdible: Food that can't break or rot.
256* InexplicablyPreservedDungeonMeat: Perfectly good food (often meat) in a dungeon, especially in video games.
257* InstantRoast: When an animal's fur or feathers get burned off, they look like a roast that's ready to eat.
258* InstantTasteAddiction: Trying a new food and instantly developing an addiction to it.
259* InsubstantialIngredients: Non-physical ingredients.
260* IntentionalWeightGain: A character eats a lot to gain way.
261* InvisibleStomachVisibleFood: An invisible person eats something, and you can see it going down.
262* IsItSomethingYouEat: The character doesn't know what a word means and asks whether it's food.
263* ISOStandardUrbanGroceries: Groceries always come in a paper bag with a stick of French baguette-style bread.
264* ItCameFromTheFridge: Spoiled food comes alive.
265* ItTastesLikeFeet: Someone says a portion of food tastes like something gross.
266* JabbaTableManners: A bad guy (or any unpleasant person) is a messy slob with very bad table manners.
267* JailBake: Hiding something that will help a prisoner escape inside a cake.
268* JokersLoveJunkFood: Comedic characters are often seen eating junk food.
269* JumpingOutOfACake: There's a sweet "surprise" jumping out of the birthday cake.
270* JustDesserts: A villain gets eaten.
271* JustEatHim: A predator holds its prey in its mouth or swallows it whole.
272* JustHereForTheFreeSnacks: A character joins a social function just for the food.
273* KidnappersKFC: A kidnapper buys his hostage fast food while running from the cops.
274* KidsHateVegetables: It's hard to get children to enjoy eating their vegetables.
275* KissTheCookApron: An apron displaying a message to "Kiss the Cook", or some variation/parody of the phrase.
276* KitchenChase: A ChaseScene through a kitchen.
277* KitschyThemedRestaurant: A stereotypical restaurant.
278* LastResortTakeout: Ordering takeout if cooking dinner goes wrong.
279* LeavingFoodForSanta: Offering food to SantaClaus.
280* LemonadeStandPlot: One or more characters start their own lemonade stand.
281* LethalChef: The chef makes gross food.
282* LethalEatery: A restaurant that serves terrible food.
283* LetsMeetTheMeat: Talking to your food.
284* LevelAte: A world made of food.
285* LiteCreme: Using WeaselWords to make a food somehow sound "better."
286* LocalHangout: A restaurant, coffeee shop, or bar where characters hang out at.
287* LostFoodGrievance: Over-the-top sadness or anger over the loss of food.
288* LostInTheMaize: Getting lost in a cornfield.
289* LostMyAppetite: A character suddenly isn't hungry.
290* MadeFromRealGirlScouts: A food is made of something in the name that you wouldn't expect.
291* MadnessInducedOmnivore: A person who is insane or delusional eats things they shouldn't, such as insects or non-food items
292* MagicEater: A character who eats magic.
293* MagicMushroom: Eating or inhaling the spores of a mushroom has magical effects.
294* MarshmallowDream: A character dreams that they were eating something, leading to them eating their pillow.
295* MarsWantsChocolate: Aliens coming to Earth to get our food.
296* MascotsLoveSugar: Critters have a massive SweetTooth.
297* MasochistsMeal: Food that could hurt you or tastes terrible gets eaten by macho people.
298* MayIBorrowACupOfSugar: Meeting a neighbor by asking to borrow something from them.
299* MeatOVision: Hunger causes people to hallucinate objects or people as food.
300* MeatVersusVeggies: Conflict between vegetarians and meat-eating people.
301* MedicinalCuisine: When food is used to treat illness or improve general health.
302* MegaMealChallenge: Restaurants that serve a huge meal and then time how long people take to eat it.
303* MessOnAPlate: Very ugly food.
304* MetalMuncher: Metal as food.
305* MicroDieting: Comically tiny portions of food.
306* MidnightSnack: Eating in the middle of the night.
307* MiningForCookies: A mine full of foodstuffs.
308* MiracleFood: Magical food that arrives to feed needy people.
309* MirrorChemistry: Aliens eat food differently from their mirror image.
310* MisfortuneCookie: Getting a bad fortune in a fortune cookie.
311* MissedMealAesop: AnAesop about why you shouldn't miss a meal.
312* MockMeal: Low-quality food shaped like fancier food.
313* MotivationOnAStick: Motivating someone by dangling food in front of their face.
314* MountainOfFood: A giant pile of food.
315* MutagenicFood: A character turns into what they ate.
316* MysteryMeat: Food, but you don't know what's in it.
317* NeverGetsFat: When all that eating leads to zero weight gain.
318* NoCanOpener: A character has a lot of canned food in case of emergency, but no can opener.
319* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Feeding someone before killing them.
320* NondescriptNastyNutritious: Food without real form, that focuses only on sustenance, health, and life continuation, rather than taste and visual appeal.
321* NoSnackForYou: A vending machine refuses to accept your money.
322* NutritionalNightmare: Really unhealthy food.
323* ObjectCeilingCling: Food gets stuck to the ceiling.
324* ObsessedWithFood: A character seems to only think about food.
325* OdeToFood: A song about food.
326* OffTheWagon: A drug addict tries to quit but then starts it up again.
327* OneIPreparedEarlier: In cooking shows, the food is not cooked in real-time.
328* OneNoteCook: A character who can only cook one kind of dish.
329* OneTrackMindedHunger: A character whose actions are heavily dictated by their unrelenting desire to eat.
330* OnionTears: Onions make you cry.
331* OnlyOneWhoLikesSpam: Only one member of a group likes a particular food.
332* OrganDrops: A creature's guts are harvestable.
333* OrgasmicallyDelicious: A reaction to delicious food is or looks like an orgasm.
334* OutOfControlPopcorn: Popcorn kernels spill out of their vessel as they are popped.
335* OvenLogic: If you increase the temperature of an oven to try and make something cook faster, it will go wrong.
336* OvercomplicatedMenuOrder: A very complicated and specific menu order.
337* PaletteSwappedAlienFood: Alien food that looks like Earth food but with the wrong colors.
338* ParodyProductPlacement: This may involve parodies of food ads, particularly the Hostess Fruit Pies ad campaign.
339* PassThePopcorn: A character takes out some food and watches a dramatic event like it's a movie or a play.
340* PasteEater: A {{Cloudcuckoolander}} or TheDitz eats one specific non-food item on the regular.
341* PeelingPotatoes: Someone is sent to do a menial chore.
342* PekingDuckChristmas: Characters buy Chinese food for Christmas.
343* PepperSneeze: Pepper or similar spices makes a character sneeze.
344* PhlebotinumMuncher: A creature eats something that is relevant in the story.
345* PickyEater: A person, often a kid, is fussy about their food.
346* PicnicEpisode: The characters go on a picnic for one episode.
347* PieInTheFace: When food lands on a character's face.
348* APigNamedPorkchop: An animal is named after their body parts.
349* PineappleRuinsPizza: Someone says putting pineapple on pizza makes it inedible.
350* PlainPalate: Someone likes plain food and drink.
351* PoopingFood: A creature poops out food.
352* PopGoesTheHuman: A person explodes from overeating, inflation, or weight gain.
353* PopcornOnTheCob: Popcorn is popped directly off the cob.
354* PostStressOvereating: Eating a lot of food to relieve emotional stress.
355* PostTreatmentLollipop: Someone (usually a child) is given candy after a doctor's appointment or similar situation.
356* PovertyFood: Poor people eat cheap food that is aesthetically ugly or tastes bad.
357* PowerUpFood: Food gives one a power boost or superpowers.
358* PrefersRawMeat: A character eats uncooked meat.
359* PrisonersLastMeal: The last meal a prisoner on DeathRow eats before their execution.
360* ProducePelting: Throwing fruit and vegetables as a response to a performance the thrower disliked.
361* ProjectileToast: Toast pops ''right'' out of the toaster.
362* ProtectionInMouth: A giant character holds someone physically in their mouth to keep them safe.
363* PunWithPi: A {{pun}} on the words "pi" and "pie."
364* PutOffTheirFood: Someone gets put off a certain food because something led them to link it with something nasty in their mind.
365* RamenSlurp: A character slurps up ramen noodles.
366* RawEggsMakeYouStronger: Raw eggs make you tougher and stronger.
367* RazorApples: Dangerous items hidden inside foods.
368* RealMenCook: All men can or should cook.
369* RealMenEatMeat: There are no vegetarian males, and men should be expected to love all meat.
370* RealMenHateSugar: All the male characters either hate sugar or are compared to women for liking sugar.
371* ReducedToRatburgers: Eating vermin.
372* RegionalSpeciality: The natives of a region have one food they're really good at making.
373* RestaurantOwningEpisode: A character spends an episode running a restaurant.
374* RevengeIsADishBestServed: Secretly feeding someone non-food or something they dislike out of spite.
375* RomanceInducingSmudge: Cleaning a smudge on a person's face or clothing leads to romance.
376* RomanticCandlelitDinner: Dinners by candlelight are the definition of romance.
377* RomanticSpoonfeeding: A character spoonfeeds their LoveInterest.
378* SaltSolution: Monsters that are weak to salt.
379* SatiatingSandwich: A character likes sandwiches.
380* SausageStringSilliness: Gags involving a string of sausages.
381* SchmuckBanquet: An abandoned feast is SchmuckBait.
382* SecretIngredient: Keeping one ingredient in a recipe secret.
383* SecretSnackStash: Hiding (usually unhealthy) food to be eaten at a later point.
384* SimilarItemConfusion: Often happens with recipe ingredients (such as sugar and salt).
385* SinisterSweetTooth: Villains identified by their taste for the sweeter things.
386* SmorgasbordTest: Someone discovers a new creature and tries to find out what it eats by offering it many different foods.
387* TheSnackIsMoreInteresting: Being more interested in food that's in the vicinity than what's going on.
388* {{Snacksploitation}}: Smuggling food into places where it's not allowed.
389* SneakingSnacks: A child tries to sneak food that's off-limits.
390* SniffSniffNom: Testing for toxicity by eating the object.
391* SnootyHauteCuisine: Food meant to show someone's intense wealth.
392* SodaCandySplosion: When a combination of soda and candy creates an eruptive geyser.
393* SoulEating: Eating peoples' souls.
394* SoupIsMedicine: Soup is associated with being given to sick people.
395* SoupOfPoverty: Cheap, low-quality soup as a PovertyFood, served at homeless shelters, sold in cans, or homemade.
396* SpacetimeEater: A being that eats the fabric of the universe or time or something similar.
397* SpaghettiKiss: Sharing a piece of spaghetti leads to kissing.
398* SpitOutAShoe: Someone gets eaten, then whoever ate them spits out an article of clothing.
399* SpitTake: Spitting out food or drink, often due to surprise.
400* SpitefulGluttony: Deliberately eating like a pig to spite someone who isn't partaking.
401* SqueamishAboutSlaughter: Being uncomfortable with the process of live animals being turned into food.
402* StewedAlive: A character gets boiled in a pot, alive.
403* StockAnimalDiet: Food stereotypically associated with animals eating it.
404* StockFoodDepictions: Food in fiction is usually depicted as only looking one particular way.
405* StockMedievalMeal: A stereotypical meal in medieval Europe.
406* StockYuck: Foods stereotypically associated with being yucky.
407* SuckECheeses: Crummy kids' fast food restaurant, complete with terrifying or creepy cartoon mascots.
408* SugarCausesHyperactivity: If kids eat sugar, they'll go on a rampage.
409* SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious: Supernatural beings think someone tastes yummy.
410* SupremeChef: A chef who makes delicious food.
411* SwallowedWhole: A monster eats characters and items whole without chewing.
412* SweetBaker: Heroes identified by bakery of sweeter foods.
413* SweetsOfTemptation: Candy, cake, and other sweet food is used as symbolism for temptation and hidden danger.
414* SweetTooth: Preferring sweets and sugary flavors over all others, across an endless variety of dishes and cuisines.
415* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Putting deadly poison in food and drink.
416* TastesBetterThanItLooks: Food that looks unappetizing, but when tried, actually tastes good.
417* TastesLikeChicken: Exotic food is said to taste like chicken.
418* TastesLikeDisdain: Rejecting or destroying an offer of food to express your dislike for someone else.
419* TastesLikeFriendship: Making friends by offering them food.
420* TastyTears: Tears have a wonderful taste to some people. Sometimes used to add flavor to sad meals.
421* TeamChef: A heroic group has one person who cooks.
422* TemptingCookieJar: The cookie jar is impossible for Little Jimmy to resist.
423* ThankYourPrey: A character thanks or apologizes to an animal he eats.
424* ThanksgivingTurkey: Roast turkeys are the main dish in traditional Thanksgiving feasts.
425* ThatPoorPlant: A plant dies after being fed disgusting food or drink.
426* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: Throwing away food because you must go do something.
427* ThisBananaIsArmed: Weapons that look like pretend ones.
428* ThisBillboardNeedsSomeSalt: Monsters eat food-shaped items, thinking them to be real food.
429* ThroughHisStomach: Impressing someone by feeding them.
430* TieInCereal: If it exists, there was a breakfast cereal based on it.
431* ToastOfTardiness: An overused trope in anime, when a character is late for school and has no time for breakfast.
432* TooHungryToBePolite: A character is so hungry or badly brought up that they have bad table manners.
433* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: The monster doesn't want the victim as it finds him unpleasant.
434* TooUnhappyToBeHungry: Someone loses their appetite due to stress and/or negative emotion(s).
435* TrademarkFavoriteFood: One character has a favorite food to obsessive levels and the food is often associated with them.
436* TrappedAtTheDinnerTable: The stock punishment of not letting a picky eater leave the dinner table until they've eaten everything on their plate.
437* TrojanVeggies: Tricking a child into eating vegetables by hiding them in a different food.
438* TypewriterEating: Someone eating sounds like a typewriter.
439* UnaffectedBySpice: This person can eat and enjoy extremely spicy food without much distress if any.
440* UnconventionalFoodOrder: A restaurant patron orders a bizarre meal that most people wouldn't eat.
441* UnconventionalFoodUsage: Using food for something other than eating.
442* UnfortunateIngredients: Renaming bad-sounding ingredients to make them sound better.
443* UnscrewedSaltShaker: Someone maliciously unscrews another's salt shaker before they try to dispense it.
444* VacuumMouth: A character inhales their food.
445* VampiresHateGarlic: Vampires have an aversion to garlic.
446* {{Veganopia}}: A vegan utopia.
447* VegetarianForADay: A character becomes a vegetarian but stops by the next episode, as StatusQuoIsGod.
448* VillainousGlutton: A bad guy who tends to overeat.
449* VirtuousVegetarianism: Vegetarianism is used as a symbol of inner goodness or purity.
450* WackyCravings: Wacky food cravings associated with pregnancy.
451* WayPastTheExpirationDate: ''Very'' spoiled food.
452* WeightLossSalad: Trying to lose weight by eating nothing but vegetables.
453* AWeightyAesop: AnAesop about weight loss.
454* WeirdWorldWeirdFood: Worldbuilding through the use of odd food.
455* WinterOfStarvation: Characters become desperate for food during the winter, and may be driven to doing immoral things to survive.
456* WizardNeedsFoodBadly: A game character needs food to avoid starving.
457* WokFu: Fighting in a Chinese restaurant.
458* XOnAStick: Things that are on sticks.
459* YouAreWhoYouEat: Eating a person to shapeshift into them.
460* YourFavorite: A character receives their favorite food, often without asking. Done as a favor or perhaps to manipulate them.
461* YouTasteDelicious: There's food on someone's face, so someone else licks or eats it off.
462* YouWontLikeHowITaste: Making yourself sound undesirable to a person-eater.
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