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3	->''"Hey! I'm Guy Fieri, and I'm roooooolling out to look for some of the greatest Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives!"''
4	-->-- '''Guy Fieri''', host, at the beginning of every show.
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6	A Creator/FoodNetwork series starring Creator/GuyFieri, as a spin-off from his ''Guy's Big Bite'' series. Guy travels the United States in his CoolCar, looking for places that are either [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a diner, a drive-in or a dive.]]
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8	The show has a couple of SpinOff series: ''Triple-D Nation'', in which Guy revisits restaurants to see how they have done since their first appearance on the show, and ''Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: Takeout'' (see RealLifeWritesThePlot below).
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10	His next show, in keeping with with AddedAlliterativeAppeal, is ''Series/GuysGroceryGames''.
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13	!!''Diners, Drive-ins and Dives'' provides examples of:
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15	* AlliterativeTitle: The title of this show. Now often shortened to "Triple-D", and continued with "Guy's Grocery Games" (Triple-G).
16	** A number of episode names are also alliterative such as "Biscuits, Bagels and BLTs" and "Pizza, Pork & Paprikash".
17	* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Played for laughs in one episode where the two chefs were identical twins who kept switching on Guy without his knowledge, although one of them the IdenticalTwinIDTag of a beard as opposed to his clean shaven brother.
18	* BigFun: Guy's TV persona is all about this.
19	* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce:
20	** Most of the BBQ joints featured on the show have a variant of this.
21	** One episode's restaurant serves the "Triple 6 Wings", buffalo wings with a sauce made from habneros, Scotch Bonnets, ''and'' ghost peppers[[note]]that's an ''lowball'' average of ~600,000 Scoville units[[/note]]. Guy made some of his camera crew eat a wing along with him. They all regretted it.
22	* BoisterousBruiser: Guy, and frequently the cooks he visits. Having two of them in the room often results in HamToHamCombat.
23	* BorrowedCatchphrase: A lot of the people Guy interviews ends up using one of his catchphrases. And there are a lot of them.
24	* BowlingForRatings: Played With. Guy visits Bryant Lane Bowl in Minneapolis, MN, which is a diner... and a bowling alley. But it's hardly the working class dive as it serves pad thai, buffalo burgers and smoked salmon salad.
25	* BrainFreeze: Title of a Season Four episode about - what else? - ice cream. And yes, Guy did get a brain freeze.
26	* BritsLoveTea: Lampshaded. The British-born chef at the Tick-Tock Diner in NJ uses a tea pot to hold his cooking oil.
27	* TheCameo: At one restaurant, Food Network chef Rocco Dispirito pretended to be a foreign waiter occasionally wandering into the shot. Lampshaded by Guy who states that he looked like Rocco.
28	* CatchPhrase: Guy has several of these:
29	** ''This is bananas ... and in this case, bananas is good!''
30	** ''This is legit!''
31	** ''That is MONEY!''
32	** ''Holey Moley Stromboli!''
33	** ''Taking the bus to FLAVOR TOWN!''
34	** ''That is IN IT to WIN IT!''
35	** ''That's OFF THE HOOK!''
36	** ''It's on like [[Franchise/DonkeyKong Donkey Kong... grab a hammer, jump over the barrel and save the girl!]]''
37	** ''Winner, winner, ______ dinner!''[[note]]Originally just used for chicken dishes (as in the original saying), but since expanded.[[/note]]
38	** ''Shut the front door!''
39	** ''That's all she wrote?''[[note]]Normally used for when a chef has finished cooking one of their joint's dishes.[[/note]]
40	* CelebrityStar:
41	** Rosie O'Donnell shows up in at the diner in Miami.
42	** ''Series/AceOfCakes'' star Duff Goldman shows up to take Guy to his fave pit beef joint when Guy visits Baltimore.
43	** [[Series/IronChef Michael Symon]] shows up at Lucky's Cafe to share some biscuits and gravy.
44	** Music/KidRock takes Guy around to several of his favorite places in his hometown.
45	** Mario Batali stole Guy's car in a New York City-based segment.
46	** [[Series/BizarreFoodsWithAndrewZimmern Andrew Zimmern]] meets Guy in a pizzeria in Minneapolis to try a pizza with fried eggs.
47	** Gene Hackman makes an appearance at a diner in Santa Fe which he frequents. What makes it even more notable is that the episode aired ''after'' Hackman had retired from acting, meaning it was a rare chance to see him after his final movie, ''Welcome to Mooseport'' had come out 3 years earlier.
48	** Creator/DennisMiller shows up in one episode and ruthlessly pokes fun at Guy, with Guy's older son Hunter there to watch the carnage.
49	** Gene Simmons from {{Music/KISS}} appeared in an episode and even did his tongue trick for the camera as he was eating the food.
50	** Earl Campbell of the former Houston Oilers was in one episode and Guy was almost speechless and tongue tied.
51	* ComfortFood: Featured by various establishments, but highlighted in the Season Three episode, "Like Mama Made".
52	* CoolCar: Guy drives several vintage cars in the intros and outros, his red 1967 Camaro showing up most frequently.
53	* CordonBleughChef: The Tiolis [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Crazee Burger]] serves an alligator burger with a gravy consisting of dried fruit, heavy cream, and curry. Subverted as Guy actually really liked it (which was a huge surprise to him).
54	* {{Crossover}}: There's an internal crossover with ''Series/GuysGroceryGames'', featuring four of the most popular chefs from this series.
55	* DagwoodSandwich: The "Hemi" burger at The Penguin in Charlotte, North Carolina.
56	* DeepFriedWhatever: The episode featuring Joe's Gizzard City - Guy created a battered and deep-fried burger that was later named "the Triple D Burger". Joe's already carried deep fried Twinkies called "Frinkies"
57	* DoesNotLikeSpam: Guy does have some dislikes when it comes to food, such as eggs, sweets, and breakfast items. But that doesn't mean he's unwilling to try or appreciate them.
58	* DriverFacesPassenger: Invoked in the intros and outros, as Guy spends as much time (if not more) talking to the camera as he does looking at the road, especially in the later seasons.
59	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The show was initially a lot more low-key, had a muted color palette owing to DV cameras made at the time, and Guy was a lot quieter.
60	* FillingTheSilence: If Guy isn't talking, then the stock music is usually blaring.
61	* ForeignQueasine: Inverted. It's the LOCAL stuff like pig's ear sandwiches and menudo (pig's feet and tripe) that can stop Guy in his tracks.
62	** Unlike most (if not all) other cooking shows, occasionally Guy eats something that he simply doesn't like. But he generally makes it so humorous that the chef doesn't seem to mind. In Minneapolis, for example, Ann Kim of Pizzeria Lola and Creator/AndrewZimmern team up to persuade him to eat an egg pizza (he doesn't care for eggs, especially runny eggs).
63	* FoodPorn
64	* FromMyOwnPersonalGarden: Joe's Farm Grill in AZ grows their own veggies. As well as Lucky's Cafe.
65	* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Once in a while, a child will amaze Guy when they give a very astute review of the food they are eating. Played for laughs in a stinger when Guy asked one boy what he thought about the economy leading to some amazingly cute LittleProfessorDialog
66	* HashHouseLingo: Guy orders a "B-17 for the Snagglepuss table, stat" in the first episode.
67	* HiddenDepths: Underneath his BoisterousBruiser persona, Guy is ''very'' well-versed in many different facets of cooking, and occasionally drops very obscure or insightful knowledge.
68	* KitchenSinkIncluded: Lampshaded by Guy whenever there is a large number of ingredients that go into a dish. Sometimes refers to adding his flip flops.
69	* LargeHam: Guess.
70	* MeatVersusVeggies: Averted. While a big meat eater, Guy has raved about vegetarian dishes, such as the spinach quesadillas at The Cove in San Antonio, TX and the vegetarian Pho soup at The Fly Trap in Ferndale, MI.
71	* NiceGuy: No pun intended. Guy is nearly always cheerful and upbeat, heaping compliments upon pretty much every dish he tries. This also extends to most of the chefs and cooks on the show, with it being very clear that they love what they do.
72	* OhCrap: "Nobody said anything about Ghost Chilies!"
73	* OrgasmicallyDelicious: Guy has been known to mutter "Hold Me!" after something especially good.
74	* OutOfOrder: See BonusMaterial and MissingEpisode.
75	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Due to the Coronavirus pandemic closing most restaurants and making travel harder, Guy started a SpinOff show, ''Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: Takeout'', in which some of his favorite past restaurateurs send Guy the ingredients to a dish so Guy can cook them with his sons while talking with the chefs on online video. Each episode featured four chefs and then he and his sons chose a winner for best dish.
76	* RealMenCook: As one can imagine, a lot of the cooks on the show are male.
77	* RealMenHateSugar: Averted. Guy loves his pancakes and (deep fried) cinnamon rolls. In general, he says he's not a fan of sweets, but he'll still gladly have some if it's offered by his host.
78	* RegionalSpeciality
79	* RunningGag: If there is a large pot, expect Guy to put his head at the top of the pot and speak in a low voice, [[Franchise/StarWars "Luke, I am your father."]]
80	** Guy will try to distract the chef by asking them a question that requires them to turn from what they are doing so Guy can sneak a taste of the food they are preparing.
81	* SecretIngredient: Guy often tries to find out what the ingredient is, but the cooks are adamant about keeping it secret.
82	* ShamelessSelfPromoter: In numerous segments, Guy is wearing a T-shirt bearing the logo of one of his business ventures, from his restaurants to Santo tequila (a joint venture with singer Sammy Hagar) to Hunt & Ryde winery (named after his sons Hunter and Ryder).
83	* TheStinger: They usually show a fun clip that just shows Guy goofing around between takes or even within a take that wasn't meant to air right after they closing happens with him announcing the name of the show while driving in his car.
84	* StopBeingStereotypical: Barely averted, but some of the greatest chicken Guy has ever tasted was from Uncle Lou... created, served and attended almost exclusively by an African-American with grandma's recipes. To put icing on the cake, Lou is almost a real life version of [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Chef]], down to the voice.
85	* SupremeChef: Jamie's Bar and Grill blows Guy's mind, making a beef sandwich with mignon prepared every morning, chopping each spice by hand, smoking his own prime rib, cooking through weekends without being open for business, and so on. Then there's Lucky's Cafe, a place that makes absolutely everything from scratch - the corned beef, breakfast sausage, pickles, ''ketchup'', etc.
86	* TastesLikeChicken: Lampshaded. When a chef makes grilled octopus he tells Guy that it "tastes like chicken!"
87	* TitleDrop: Both in his opening and closing statements.
88	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Guy has many, but has shown a particular affinity for corned beef hash and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mofongo Mofongo.]]
89	* TravelogueShow: The Route 66 is a great example of the "Travelogue" part of this show. But this is mostly downplayed.

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