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{{quote|''"Is that... food? Everyone smuggled food down here!? Unbelievable! You guys put our lives in danger because you couldn't go without a snack for a day!? You are all... awful! ''[stomach growls]'' So hungry... is that... [[Puppy Dog Eyes|egg custard in that tart?]]"''|'''Aang''', ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', "The Great Divide"}}

* In ''[[DragonballDragon Ball|Dragon Ball Z]]'', Goku and Vegeta are fighting [[Send in Thethe Clones|evil clones]] of Piccolo, Gohan, and Gotenks. Majin Buu, however, comes across a store full of [[Trademark Favorite Food|cakes]] at that exact moment... turning the clone fighters inside Buu into cake, letting Goku and Vegta pass.

* At the [[Stinger]] skit of Episode 4 of ''[[Daily Lives of High School Boys (Manga)|Daily Lives of High School Boys]]'', the three girls ([[Distaff Counterpart]] of the three main boys) discuss why boys are [[Self-Deprecation|boring to watch]] and [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|wonder how they even got an anime]]. Then Yanagi and Ikushima got the idea of asking (read: screaming at) Karasawa, who lives next door to Habata's house (where the girls frequently meet). Then Karasawa throws them sweets, and the two girls stop screaming at him and gorged at the food like there's no tomorrow.

* The easiest way to get [[The a A-Team (Filmfilm)|B.A]] to calm down and stay out of your hair is to give him a plate of Murdock's coconut curry tapenade. Just don't forget the toasties.

* During the extended version opening of ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|Fellowship of the Ring]]'' (well, second opening; during the ''Concerning Hobbits'' scene), a hobbit-maid is about to kiss her hobbit-lover, who is distracted by a basket of muffins going around and eats it instead. At the exact same moment, Bilbo narrates that "a Hobbit's only true love is for food."

** In "The Zeppo" Giles gets miffed while preparing for [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]] because Buffy had eaten all the jelly donuts.

* In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Thief of Time|Thief of Time]]'', chocolate proves itself to be a ''Deadly'' Delicious Distraction, for Auditors that are new to having human bodies or taste buds. At one point, the mere scent of a single piece of high-end chocolate candy sets a mob of them to fighting one another, and the sole survivor's body disintegrates from sheer bliss upon eating it.

** In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]'', Glenda uses scrumptious pies to bribe her way past Lord Vetinari's security guards. Subverted in that Vetinari'd ordered the guards to accept any bribes regardless of their value or quality; played with in that he scolds his aide for having the pies disposed of, uneaten: he knew Glenda's grandmother from her time as a cook at the Assassin's Guild, and neither she nor her granddaughter would dream of fouling a recipe with poison.

* Ax from ''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]''. Oh, Ax from ''Animorphs''.

* In the [[Not Safe for Work|Not Safe For Work]] web series-thingy(?) ''[[Felarya]]'' has many of the giants get distracted by prey, usually done for comedic affect, oddly enough.

* In ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'', Heavy Weapons Guy's [[Satiating Sandwich|Sandvich]] proves to be one in-game. Loudly chomping down OM NOM NOM, he cannot react if someone attacks him while eating his Sandvich. Woe betide Heavy if there is an enemy Spy around or a Sniper gets a fix on him.

* When fighting The Fear in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'', his stealth camo will drain his stamina extremely fast. When it gets low, he'll shoot down some convenient fruit, gobble it down, and continue the fight. He is very vulnerable during this time, but can't actually be stopped from eating the fruit (he'll keep moving no matter what you shoot him with). However, you can throw your ''own'' food, some of which may be ''poisoned'', and he'll go for that instead, as it is more convenient.

* In ''[[Amnesia: theThe Dark Descent]]'', you can buy time from the invisible monster in the water by tossing body parts for it to devour instead. Preferably as far away from where you need to be as possible.

* In ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Animationanimation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'', cheese is a ridiculously effective distraction for Monty, even when the one with the cheese is only doing so unwittingly. In "Mind Your Cheese and Qs", Rat Capone has Gadget [[Death Trap|tied to a conveyor belt with a chopping thing somewhere along the way]], and distracts Monty from rescuing her by holding up Brie '86, his favorite cheese. He does end up rescuing her, but he really has a struggle.

* The ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Animation)|Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1]]'' episode "Lasagna" has [[Jerkass|Master Shake]] distract Carl ([[It Makes Sense in Context|who is under house arrest after a hooker bit his tongue]]) with the eponymous pasta.

* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', Pinkie Pie is inclined to let Discord take over the world and bathe it in chaos because that means it's going to rain chocolate.

{{quote| ''Ooh, [[Evil Tastes Good|chocolate chip cookies! *munch munch*]] [[Street Fighter (Animationanimation)|This is DELICIOUS!!]]''