Line #83 TrademarkFavoriteFood/Comics


1	[[quoteright:344:[[ComicStrip/{{Nero}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nero_waffles_7123.jpg]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:344:A trademark favorite food that's so much enjoyed by [[ComicStrip/{{Nero}} the characters]] that they eat it [[EveryEpisodeEnding at the end of every episode.]]]]
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4	!!Newspaper Comics
5	* ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS'': Dennis sure loves pizza, but hates vegetables of any kind with a passion... once to the point where he turns up the oven to 550 degrees on Thanksgiving Day, just so the family would be forced (in haste) to order pizza as their Thanksgiving dinner.
6	* ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'':
7	** Popeye: Spinach.
8	** Wimpy: Hamburgers.
9	** Olive Oyl: Olives.
10	** Eugene the Jeep: Orchids (Actually, that's the ''only'' thing Jeeps eat.)
11	* ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} and lasagna--the joke being that such a time-consuming and intricate meal is being served to a house cat.
12	** The official Garfield website had an entire archive of lasagna recipes that fans had submitted for our favorite feline to enjoy.
13	** In the earlier strips, Garfield used to absolutely love whole roasted chickens, until [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1980/12/14 December 1980]], when he never ate it again after Jon forbade it. Garfield then chowed down on hamburgers instead.
14	** In the comic strip, one of his grandfathers explained why lasagna is Garfield's favorite food: as it turns out, the titular cat was born in the kitchen of an Italian restaurant, and when he was still a kitten, he accidentally tripped the cook as he was carrying a tray of lasagna and he had a bite (lasagna was the first food he ever ate). The animated half-hour special ''Garfield on the Town'' visually depicts this in a flashback.
15	** While lasagna is still established as being Garfield's favorite food, it's rarely mentioned nowadays and, at least since 2006, seems to have been largely replaced by pizza (Garfield's favorite food after lasagna). WordOfGod seems to support this, as Jim Davis (the creator of Garfield) once admitted that he wishes he had made pizza Garfield's favorite, as he finds it a lot easier to draw than lasagna.
16	** A {{Woolseyism}} example: In the 80's, one Norwegian translation made ''joika balls'' - a type of meatballs made partially from reindeer meat - Garfield's favorite instaed of lasagna. This required some WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief from the readers, since a plate of joika balls looks nothing like a plate of lasagna, but nevertheless the Norwegian Garfield fans regarded this as canon for years.
17	* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'':
18	** Hobbes: Tuna sandwiches, as well as salmon.
19	** Calvin: Any sugared cereal, but particularly ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs. He is also mentioned to like hamburgers, but is only shown eating them once. He's also been shown to go out of his way for pizza and cookies.
20	* Snoopy of ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' likes cookies, and angel food cake with seven-minute frosting (and root beer, when he's in "Flying Ace" and "Joe Cool" modes). But his absolute ''favourite'' food is pizza. It's the only thing that could lure him out from under an icicle (he was afraid to make the slightest movement in case it fell on him).
21	* An old ''ComicStrip/RobotmanAndMonty'' (in its ''Robotman'' days) strip where Monty decides that he needs a trademark food, and spends much of the strip eating pork chops, before discovering that he doesn't really like pork chops that much.
22	* Traditionally, Dagwood of ''ComicStrip/Blondie1930'' has favored tall, multi-layered sandwiches (hence the term "DagwoodSandwich"), but in recent years he's expanded his palate to include stuff like pizza.
23	** For a while it was stated that his favorite food was spare ribs with saurkraut.
24	* Reversed with ''ComicStrip/{{Mafalda}}'' and her mom's soup as her anti-favorite food. On the other hand, her brother Guille absolutely loves soup.
25	** It's actually implied that Mafalda loves pancakes. The only thing that can convince her to eat soup is the premise of having sweet pancakes as dessert.
26	--->'''Raquel:''' Fine, if you don't eat your soup I won't give you dessert!\
27	'''Mafalda:''' I won't have it! Ever! And no blackmail can ever make me back off my principles!\
28	'''Raquel:''' ...''Pancakes''.\
29	'''Mafalda''' (''gulping down the soup''): Man do I squick myself so much at times!
30	* At the end of every ''ComicStrip/{{Nero}}'' album, the characters have an EveryEpisodeEnding where they traditionally eat Belgian waffles. In real life, during special celebrations of the comic strip, waffles have been baked for the guests and visitors as well.
31	* Banks of ''[[http://www.gocomics.com/barkeaterlake Barkeater Lake]]'' and bacon - to the point where he couldn't give it up even after having a hypertension-induced stroke.
32	* Played with in a ''ComicStrip/{{FoxTrot}}'' Sunday strip when Roger brings home a dozen doughnuts, and the kids immediately start fighting over the one with chocolate sprinkles. While they fight, Andy takes the chocolate sprinkled one -- not to put an end to the fight, but because it's her favorite as well.
33	** With Paige's sweet tooth, it's no surprise that her favorite treat is ice cream.
34	* ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'':
35	** Opus the Penguin loves herring, with ''lots'' of mayonnaise. He also likes Ding-Dongs, Zingers, and similar snack cakes.
36	** A basselope's favorite food is Pop Tarts. (This is also why the one in the strip is TheLastOfHisKind; they died out due to high blood pressure from clogged arteries because they ate them with too much butter.)
37	* ''ComicStrip/RasmusKlump'': The cast has at least one pancake dinner in every story.
38	* ''ComicStrip/ZippyThePinhead'': Zippy loves Ding-Dongs with taco sauce.
39	* To the eternal disgust of his friends, Marlon in ''ComicStrip/ThePerishers'' loves inch-thick ketchup sandwiches, the only meal with a blast radius.
40	* ''ComicStrip/KylesBedAndBreakfast'': Kyle's pancakes are well liked at the bed and breakfast.
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42	!! Comic Books
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44	[[AC:Franchise/TheDCU]]
45	* ComicBook/GreenArrow of Franchise/TheDCU has had a thing about chili for decades.
46	* After [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] introduced him to Oreos, they quickly became the ComicBook/MartianManhunter's favorite food, unto addiction. By the time that his solo series did a whole issue about his addiction, the chocolate cookies had become "Chocos" to [[BlandNameProduct avoid any legal difficulties.]]
47	** J'onn was even buried with one.
48	* ''ComicBook/{{Robin}}'': The Robins all have their favorite foods.
49	** [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]] loves cereal and pineapple pizza.
50	** Jason Todd loves chili dogs and [[MemeticMutation bread]]. He also loved Neapolitan ice-cream.
51	** Tim Drake loves doughnuts. Not to mention potato chips. He's rarely seen eating anything else. When Damian gets temporarily locked up in a room (supposedly used by Tim normally) after his arrival at Wayne Manor, an opened bag of potato chips can be seen close to the big screen TV. Another favourite pizza topping of Tim's - Canadian bacon and onion with artichoke hearts.
52	** Stephanie Brown, who went on to become ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, seems to have a thing for waffles. To the point where when her fans began a campaign for her return, they sent waffles and waffle mix. Reportedly, the DC offices are now tempted to make other unused characters fond of maple syrup, so they have something to put on the waffles.
53	** Damian also appears to enjoy cereal.
54	** The Tom King run of Batman attempted to give one to Alfred; Cucumber Sandwiches. In a bit of a twist, it isn't quite that Alfred is constantly eating them ''himself,'' but he insists on making them constantly for the other members of the Bat Family. The punchline being that nobody else really likes them very much except for Tim, but none of the others have the heart (or the nerve) to ask him to stop. Even Bruce.
55	* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
56	** According to MediaNotes/{{the Bronze Age\|OfComicBooks}}, Superman's favorite food is beef bourguignon with ketchup. Some 2000's comics vary on whether Superman is a vegetarian or not, and if he is he prefers peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, possibly a {{shoutout}} to a licensed Superman peanut butter from the 1960s and 1970s. In the 90's, he frequently mentioned that he liked his mom's rhubarb pie.
57	** Clark and Lois are mentioned as being very serious about the diet of their son Jon Kent, and limit how much junk food he eats. When he's away from parental supervision for any period of time, such as when he's hanging out with Damian, he tends to drink as much soda as he can get away with. When his folks ''are'' around, he's usually drinking milk.
58	* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'': Since 2011, Diana has developed a love of ice cream, which has made it into several adaptations (including the not-in-continuity [[ComicBook/SensationComicsFeaturingWonderWoman Wonder World]] where a teenage Diana introduces her two guards to the treat).
59	* Rorschach of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' is often seen eating sugar cubes, but given his personality, it's hard to know if he eats them out of like of the taste or simple need for something to give him energy easily. He also seems to be fond of raw eggs. And beans straight from the can.
60	** He is never seen eating anything cooked (though he sits in the Gunga Diner). Probably because he thinks preparing food is a waste of time.
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62	[[AC:Franchise/MarvelUniverse]]
63	* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica:
64	** ComicBook/BuckyBarnes loved pancakes.
65	** ComicBook/Agent13 meanwhile, loves burgers.
66	* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} has a strong affinity for Mexican foods such as tacos, burritos, and chimichangas. He enjoys saying "[[InherentlyFunnyWords chimichanga]]" and stores leftover Mexican food in his pouches. The ''VideoGame/{{Deadpool}}'' video game repeats a comic book gag where he "loves the smell of 372,844 pancakes in the morning!"
67	* ComicBook/{{Galactus}}' ex-herald Firelord absolutely loves pizza.
68	** For that matter, Galactus really, really likes [[PlanetEater planets]]. And [[BlandNameProduct Twinkles]] too. But any true believer knows Galactus doesn't drink milk!
69	* ''Comicbook/GhostRider'': Red and yellow jelly beans.
70	* ComicBook/SpiderMan's love of Aunt May's wheatcakes dates back to his first appearance in Amazing Fantasy. He's also fond of normal flapjacks, as well as pizza. And of course, [[BigApplesauce New York hot dogs]].
71	** In ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', Aunt May's spaghetti and meatballs. But according to Uncle Ben, [[LethalChef not her meatloaf]].
72	* One ''Spider-Man Tangled Webs'' story that featured Tombstone as a VillainProtagonist shows his diet isn't very healthy (he is apprehended after suffering a heart attack) but the story also suggests that he's fond of corn bread.
73	* Very subtly done with [[ComicBook/{{X 23}} Laura Kinney]], who doesn't have one particular favorite food, but favors ''anything'' that's spicy. When questioned on this preference by Gambit, she reveals it overlaps significantly with ComfortFood: She was allowed only very bland fare by the Facility, so eating spicy foods is a way to distance herself from her DarkAndTroubledPast.
74	* ComicBook/{{Loki}} since his resurrection (so since approx 2010) was shown to develop a preference for Midgardian (Earth) food on the grounds that it's vastly more varied than Asgardian. Especially for bacon, he outright stated bacon is magic.
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76	[[AC:Franchise/StarWars]]
77	* ''ComicBook/StarWarsKanan'': Corporal "Big-Mouth" really likes the meiloorun fruit, and his squadmates are often surprised at how good he is at finding it on planets where it doesn't grow.
78	* ''ComicBook/StarWarsAdventures'': Kaz really likes those nut-looking things that they serve in the Ace lounges, enough to stuff them in his mouth by the handful.
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80	[[AC:Other]]
81	* Jughead of ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' [[BigEater may love to eat every type of food]], but he has a special place in his heart, um, stomach for hamburgers. His SuperPoweredAlterEgo, Captain Hero, even has the image of a hamburger for his ChestInsignia.
82	* In ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'', while roast wild boar is the staple diet of most of the Gauls, Obelix in particular obsesses over it. Being a BigEater, he will have an ''entire'' boar, if not several.
83	* Most other characters in ''Comicbook/TheBeano'' and ''The Dandy'' are fond of large heaps of mashed potato with sausages stuck in it.
84	* The two stupid rat creatures from ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'' like their quiche, though they don't get it often (and one is in denial).
85	* In ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'', Cerebus' love of raw potatoes comes up several times; he even yells at someone to "[...] leave the skin on! That's the best part! CRUNCH"
86	* Desperate Dan from ''Comicbook/TheDandy'' loves "cow pie", which is a pie made out of [[BigEater an entire cow]], with the horns and tail still sticking out. He also drinks something called "owl hoot juice".
87	* ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK'': Dennis has a friend called Pie-Face, who is obsessed with pies.
88	* [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Uncle Scrooge's]] favorite food is stated to be lentils in Romano Scarpa's "The Lentils from Babylon." He manages to eat seven plates (six as part of a bet, over who would pay the check, between him and his nephews, and one more of the "Lentils from Babylon"), and appears to be willing to eat another six. He amazingly declares that he ate the latter [[spoiler:for "marketing reasons", since the renowned lentils were actually mixed with linseed oil by the Beagle Boys, who, after packaging them at Duckburg (the linseed and their tampering with the ads ensuring that sales were kept low), bought them back at exceedingly low prices and, pricy export after pricy export from one country to another, cleaned them when they returned to Babylon, and so forth.]] Scrooge also seems to favor lettuce and tomato sandwiches.
89	** Scrooge is actually a BigEater in general. While his love of eating usually isn't seen because he's, well cheap, he does eat quit a lot when someone else is footing the bill.
90	** Beagle Boy 176-167 has a great fondness for prunes.
91	* ''Franchise/GIJoe'': Breaker is constantly chewing gum. He's literally never seen without it and is willing to ''ignore direct orders'' to discard it.
92	** All of the Dreadnoks are inordinately fond of chocolate donuts. It's pretty much all they talk about, and sometimes the only thing they can ever agree on. Though if donuts are unavailable, chocolate anything else will do.
93	* Brittany in ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' is a very big fan of tuna.
94	** Charlotte, from the same series, is even more fond of pretzels and peanuts -- according to Penny in one story, she'll [[BigEater eat them almost to the point where she'll die of over eating]]. She's stuffed herself so badly at least once that her figure visibly changed to that of a [[BalloonBelly pregnant woman]].
95	* ''ComicBook/GrooTheWanderer'' walks the land in search of Cheese Dip.
96	* ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} is very fond of pancakes (which he calls pamcakes due to a childhood mispronunciation). This is extreme to the point that when he first ate them at the age of 2 [[spoiler:[[RuleOfFunny all the demons of Hell started lamenting, with an Infernal archduke stating that Hellboy would never return to them now, and Astaroth saying it was their darkest hour]]]].
97	** Hellboy also loves nachos, Baby Ruths, chili and beer as well. Abe is very fond of rotten eggs.
98	* ComicBook/TheMaxx loves Pez and toast.
99	* Swedish comic character Bobo prefers to eat cucumbers.
100	* Sonic from ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' loves fast food in general but is especially into bean burgers.
101	* Roxy from ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW'' adores bagels and is usually seen eating one at least once an appearance.
102	* ''ComicStrip/TheWackyAdventuresOfPedro'''s eponymous burro loves tumbleweed tacos, alfalfa milkshakes, and apparently any kind of ice cream.
103	* ''Wild Schemes and Catastrophes'', a comic for ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'', reveals that besides grubs, Timon also has a hankering for eggs, which is something that meerkats do eat in real-life. The entire comic revolves around Timon finding a lone ostrich egg and wanting to eat it, but things make him safeguard the egg instead, from a curious troop of baboons to a hungry jackal. This eventually causes him to ''not'' want to eat the egg after all -- and just in time too, since the egg hatches, and the mother ostrich thanks him for keeping her daughter safe.

Context TrademarkFavoriteFood / Comics