Food fights in Western Animation.
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, have this with sludge, started by one of the lobsters brought by Ickis who escapes from the Snorch.
- The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Choices" The Wattersons prepare dinner then Nicole was accidentally pelted with whipped cream by Darwin who starts this. She was gonna snap but after reminiscing her past she decides to have it with them.
- The Betty Boop cartoon "Betty Boop's Birthday Party" ends with all the party guests (aside from Betty) breaking out in a food fight.
- When CatDog are sent Back to School, the students in the cafeteria start one, which Cat gets blamed for.
- Chowder: In "A Taste of Marzipan," Mung Daal and Endive get into a fight over who makes the best dish that escalates into a military skirmish, complete with foxholes, civilian casualties (Gazpacho), and heavy artillery (Schnitzel jumps off a roof and lands on Endive's camp).
- Code Lyoko has "Nobody In Particular" with nasty food rolls and Odd being the ringleader. A Russian Reversal happens a few episodes prior named "Tidal Wave" where the food attacks the heroes.
- There's an entire episode of Codename: Kids Next Door revolved around this, wherein the title kids fight Grandma Stuffem and her mutant food items. To rock opera-style musical numbers, no less.
- In one episode of The Critic, a food fight breaks out at the United Nations International School. Jay wanders through it, catching and eating various food. Then the French kids' table is hit by a single roll and everyone sitting there immediately surrenders.
- The first episode of Danny Phantom. Danny starts it to create a distraction.
- The first episode of DC Super Hero Girls has one started by Barbara Gordon as part of her Batman Gambit to confirm that there are other superheroines at Metropolis High so she can befriend them.
- In Ed Eddn Eddys Valentine's Day special, Ed and Eddy and Lee and Marie start a food fight over Edd and May.Eddy: (chucks a sandwich at Lee) Tell your stupid SISTER to stay away from our FRIEND!
Lee: (chucks two hotdogs at Eddy) Tell your stupid FRIEND to stay away from our SISTER!- There was also one in "Little Ed Blue" where it all started because Eddy accidentally spilled hot buttered popcorn all over Jimmy (stinging his eyes as a result) and then Kevin makes a Jerkass statement about that being funny, making Sarah retaliate. The kids then proceed to throw popcorn and soda at each other.
- In the intro for El Tigre, Manny and Frida start one of these. They subsequently sent to detention.
- The Hair Bear Bunch episode "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" had the bears and Mr. Peevly appearing in a modernized filming of the fairy tale. A flubbed line results in bowls of porridge hurled at one another.
- Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs: In "To Outer Space", two robots argue over whether red or blue is the better colour and they fight with jelly.
- The bear party in Polish animated show Hip-Hip and Hurra ends with a large pie and cake fight between all of the characters.
- They're grown women but The Misfits from Jem get into at least one food fight in the series. They generally just like making mischief after all.
- In an episode of Kim Possible, Ron starts one of these in the school cafeteria; it's the first sign that all of Dr. Drakken's evil has been accidentally pumped into his brain.
- The Loud House:
- The Loud House:
- In "No Guts, No Glori", one of the ways the sisters take advantage of Lori not being able to boss them around is by throwing food at one another.
- In "A Tale of Two Tables", Lincoln dislikes sitting at the "kiddie table" because, among other things, his younger sisters keep throwing food at him and each other when he's trying to eat. When he later gets himself sent back to the kiddie table due to missing it, his older sisters enter, and all of the children have a food fight, while at the grown-up table, Rita (the mother) throws peas at Lynn Sr. (the father).
- In "Space Invader", Lincoln tries to solve a quarrel between two of his sisters Lynn and Lucy by giving them spaghetti. It doesn't work, and the two start throwing spaghetti at each other. However, afterwards, they become happy and make up.
- In "Lori Days", the Loud siblings aside from Lori throw salad at each other in the car, just for kicks.
- The Casagrandes: In "Do the Fruit Shake", three elderly women who were initially in a band but broke up due to an argument meet again for the first time since the argument, and begin arguing again. As they're in a grocery store at that moment, they start picking fruit and vegetables off the shelves and throwing them at one another.Bobby: "Ladies! Act your age!"
- The Loud House:
- Mr. Bogus:
- Bogus starts one of these in the second act of the episode "Class Clown Bogus" as a tactic to stop a mean bully from bullying the other kids in the cafeteria.
- This shows up at the beginning of the episode "Bogus To The Rescue". After Baddus and his Meteor Goons chase away the patrons of a restaurant in Bogusland, they start throwing food at each other, until the scene ends with a slice of cherry pie thrown at the screen.
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: The episode "Fame and Misfortune" starts with Toola Roola and Coconut Cream having a dispute by throwing desserts at each other, and Twilight Sparkle gets caught in the crossfire and pelted with food.
- Played straight in Phineas and Ferb, while in the process of trying to beat out Wendy for the chance to work with Jeremy at Mr. Slushy Burger, Candace accidentally squirts her with ketchup, Wendy retaliates with mustard, and it all just goes downhill from there.
- The 1957 Popeye cartoon "Spree Lunch" has Popeye and Bluto trying to lure Wimpy into each's competing diner. It climaxes with the two adversaries hurling food and diner furniture at each other, which Wimpy uses to set himself up with a chair, table, and all the fixings for a full course dinner.
- In The Proud Family, two food fights occurred in the episode where BB and CC got baptised. The first was when the two families were dining at the Red Clam (they were dining there because Samo and his brother ended up eating all the food on the table while the families were in prayer), where, after the seafood came down on the dining family (apparently this happens a lot in that restaurant), the two families (the Prouds, and Trudy's family) ended up having a huge food fight, while the families were bitter towards each other. Penny and Trudy attempted to stop them. The second time was at the end, where Samo and his brother inadvertently caused it when fighting over mashed potatoes. This time, it was a bit more friendly in nature.
- An entire episode of Recess. A hidden culprit started a food fight. Gus was the only eyewitness but his friends warn him not to break the code by telling Miss Finster who started the food fight. It was Randall who started the food fight, and it is hinted that he was squealed on by every single member of the student body to Finster besides Gus and his friends.
- In the "Crusin'" episode of Rocko's Modern Life, a food fight occurs with the seniors on the cruise in the buffet.
- Rugrats:
- In "Little Dude", when Didi takes Tommy to the high school where she teaches, Tommy accidentally splatters chocolate pudding on a football player's shirt, leading to one of these breaking out. Amid the chaos, Ramon gets everyone to stop fighting momentarily so he can get Tommy out of the crossfire. When he safely has Tommy out of the cafeteria, he allows the food fight to continue.
- In "Dummi Bear Dinnier Disaster", when Mr. Carmichael's boss (creator of the Dummi Bears) was invited to dine with the Carmichaels and friends, one of the kids' attempts to sabotage the dinner is by starting a food fight.
- Sea Princesses: In "The Dingleberry Mystery", a huge food fight is happening in the school. Miss Marla calls everyone inside and demands an explanation for what happened. Tubarina is identified as the one who seemingly started the fight, but she tells her that she didn’t; she was just sitting down to eat her lunch when the dingleberry hit her out of nowhere, causing her to throw her lunch in the air, which lands on Vivi, Leia and Marli.
- The Simpsons: "Homer Loves Flanders": Homer starts a food fight during a family picnic with the Flanderses.
- SpongeBob SquarePants:
- The fancy party in "Krusty Katering" devolves into this as SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidward's antics cause a patty to hit a guest and misunderstandings cause everybody to throw food at each other.
- In "Kooky Cooks", a food fight occurs between SpongeBob and Squidward in the kitchen.
- In the short, "The Horn Blows at Lunchtime" from the Tiny Toon Adventures episode, "Music Day", Li'l Sneezer practices his trumpet in the Acme Looniversity basement while eating limburger cheese, causing assumed flatulence in the cafeteria. This leads to everyone blaming and tossing food at each other, until Buster finds him in the vent towards the end of the short. Sneezer then plays his trumpet gracefully, and the food fight continues.
- Total Drama: In "Celebrity Manhunt's TDA Reunion Show", Celebrity Manhunt gets its hands on photos of Duncan and Courtney enjoying a fine dinner at a restaurant, getting into a fine argument, and ending the evening with a fine food fight.
- The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!:
- In "Elvin Lives", Mario starts one at a malt shop by throwing a drink at Koopa.
- In "Escape from Koopatraz", the Marios intentionally cause another food fight with the Koopa Surprise.
- In "The Great BMX Race", the Mario Brothers are cornered, and they happened to be close to a vegetable patch. And when they found out that it was a trap by King Koopa, the Brothers went after him with everything they got!Mario: (angrily) GET BACK HERE, KOOPA! Don't you know vegetables are GOOD for you?!
- The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode "Life's Ruff" had Hip and Hop triggering one at a hotel buffet.
- In the first episode of Ultimate Spider-Man (2012), some villains break into the school and demand that Spider-Man give himself up. Pete promptly calls a food fight and sneaks away while it's taking place.
- Wander over Yonder: In "The Prisoner", Wander starts a food fight in Lord Hater's ship's food court. However, after he yells "Food fight!", he remains perfectly still while the other Watchdogs continue the fight.
