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A trope that is little-used these days without actually being [[Discredited Trope|discredited]], this could be found occasionally on [[Dom Com |
A trope that is little-used these days without actually being [[Discredited Trope|discredited]], this could be found occasionally on [[Dom Com]]s up until the early 1970s, particularly those with child characters. A cook is attempting to bake a souffle for a fancy party or important dinner. Unfortunately, they must do so under riotous circumstances, with a consequent paranoia about the souffle collapsing. Naturally, some event—rambunctious children or a slamming door or a car backfiring—does indeed make the souffle fall, thus "spoiling" the event. |
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Two variations on this trope exist: In one, the rambunctious behavior around the souffle is quieted down with no ill effects, only to have a relatively-distant disturbance (slamming door, car backfire) collapse the souffle after it is "safe" (the souffle can be replaced by say, a sleeping baby). The other works much the same, except that it is the cook him- or herself which triggers the collapse. |
Two variations on this trope exist: In one, the rambunctious behavior around the souffle is quieted down with no ill effects, only to have a relatively-distant disturbance (slamming door, car backfire) collapse the souffle after it is "safe" (the souffle can be replaced by say, a sleeping baby). The other works much the same, except that it is the cook him- or herself which triggers the collapse. |
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* In ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'', Alice keeps trying to shush the kids and then collapses the souffle herself by knocking over a pan with a loud crash. |
* In ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'', Alice keeps trying to shush the kids and then collapses the souffle herself by knocking over a pan with a loud crash. |
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* An episode of ''[[Are You Being Served?|Are You Being Served]]'' had the opposite problem, in which Mr Humphries was trying to hold down a souffle that was growing out of control. |
* An episode of ''[[Are You Being Served?|Are You Being Served]]'' had the opposite problem, in which Mr Humphries was trying to hold down a souffle that was growing out of control. |
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* In the ''[[Master Chef]]'' semi-finals, the contestants had to make a chocolate souffle. Whitney, the eventual winner had a case of both [[Carrying a Cake]] and |
* In the ''[[Master Chef]]'' semi-finals, the contestants had to make a chocolate souffle. Whitney, the eventual winner had a case of both [[Carrying a Cake]] and Endangered Souffle as she had to hurry and present the souffle to the judges as the souffle slowly sank. |
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* In one episode of ''[[My Three Sons]]'', "Happy Birthday, World," son Robbie tries to earn extra money by setting up a home business making birthday cakes. At one point, while he's making a set of cakes, a door is slammed in the house and causes the three cakes in the oven to collapse. |
* In one episode of ''[[My Three Sons]]'', "Happy Birthday, World," son Robbie tries to earn extra money by setting up a home business making birthday cakes. At one point, while he's making a set of cakes, a door is slammed in the house and causes the three cakes in the oven to collapse. |
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** Oddly enough the cakes that do come out of the oven fine look very much to have been topped already and put back in the pans upside-down giving them perfectly square tops. |
** Oddly enough the cakes that do come out of the oven fine look very much to have been topped already and put back in the pans upside-down giving them perfectly square tops. |