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This can be used as a "soft" [[Achilles Heel]] against gluttonous characters (or anyone, provided the <s>bait</s> dessert is good enough) that can do anything from distract, bribe, or completely sidetrack a given character for up to an hour (or more, if the tempter is a cook with a fully stocked kitchen). In cartoons, this may be enough to stop a [[Carnivore Confusion|predator]]/enemy in their tracks, in other media, the sleeping dust/amnesia powder sprinkled over the glazing does the trick. |
This can be used as a "soft" [[Achilles Heel]] against gluttonous characters (or anyone, provided the <s>bait</s> dessert is good enough) that can do anything from distract, bribe, or completely sidetrack a given character for up to an hour (or more, if the tempter is a cook with a fully stocked kitchen). In cartoons, this may be enough to stop a [[Carnivore Confusion|predator]]/enemy in their tracks, in other media, the sleeping dust/amnesia powder sprinkled over the glazing does the trick. |
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May happen just by looking at it, smelling it, and in powerful instances from mere ''memory'' or having it be described... like that time I had this ''delicious'' just-baked and still warm pineapple [ |
May happen just by looking at it, smelling it, and in powerful instances from mere ''memory'' or having it be described... like that time I had this ''delicious'' just-baked and still warm pineapple [[wikipedia:Empanada|empanada]], <small>with a gold crust that was still crisp yet unburnt,</small> <small>and the filling with small chunks of pineapple still discernible when you chewed,</small> <small>*drool* </small> |
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Intimately related to [[Food Porn]], which is about distracting the audience with the yummy. Also closely related to [[Meat-O-Vision]] and [[Cold Turkeys Are Everywhere]], diet edition. See [[Delicious Fruit Pies]] for a comic book ad variation. |
Intimately related to [[Food Porn]], which is about distracting the audience with the yummy. Also closely related to [[Meat-O-Vision]] and [[Cold Turkeys Are Everywhere]], diet edition. See [[Delicious Fruit Pies]] for a comic book ad variation. |