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Line 1: {{trope}} Either at an expensive restaurant, at an expensive club or a dinner at the Richies'. Very common in "princess training" or "rags to riches" stories. ~~Very common in princess training or rags to riches.~~ Played for comedy or drama. For instance, if someone is dispensing [[Sacred Hospitality]], it will likely include a [[Fancy Dinner]].▼ ▲Played for comedy or drama. For instance, if someone is dispensing [[Sacred Hospitality]], it will likely include a [['''Fancy Dinner]]'''. * A common variation is the "heroic feast" in which a given chieftain gives a feast to a large number of [[Badass]] people. The food is usually [[Badass]] style food such as mead and roast oxen. This might be a subtrope. Can sometimes be the hook for a [[Nasty Party]]. ▼ Expect one of the following:▼ ▲Expect one or more of the following: * A preceding cocktail hour ended by a servant announcing "Dinner is served!" * Tables longer than 50 feet or circular tables. * [[Table Space\|Sometimes only two eating at opposite ends, amplifying distant relationships or played for comedy.]] Line 22 ⟶ 24: * Food poisoning * Dramatic pause. {{examples\|Examples}}▼ ▲{{examples~~\|Examples~~}} * ''[[King Ralph]]''▼ == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == * ''[[Lucky Luke]]'' * ''[[~~Batman~~Candy Candy]]''{{context}} * Occasionally seen in ''[[Ranma ~~One Half~~½]]'' -- the best example would be the [[Martial Arts and Crafts\|martial arts dining arc]].▼ * ''[[Candy Candy]]'' * ''[[Titanic]]''▼ ▲* Occasionally seen in ''[[Ranma One Half]]'' best example would be the [[Martial Arts and Crafts\|martial arts dining arc]]. * In ''[[Slayers]]'' there was an episode about eating a very fancy dinner of dragon. * ''[[Gun X Sword]]'' has a fancy dinner played for comedy in episode 15. Wendy doesn't know which silverware to use, and Van . . . displays his terrible table manners to the fullest. ▼ * Bilbo's birthday party in [[Lord of the Rings]] ▼ * In the anime of ''[[~~Kaze no Stigma (Light Novel)\|~~Kaze no Stigma]]'', Ayano and Kazuma go to fancy restaurants multiple times. The most memorable one results in a serious battle . . . but a least the wine is saved. ▼ * In [[Dune]], just before the attack by the Harkonnens, the Atreides give this at their palace.▼ ▲* A common variation is the "heroic feast" in which a given chieftain gives a feast to a large number of [[Badass]] people. The food is usually [[Badass]] style food such as mead and roast oxen. This might be a subtrope. == [[Comic Books]] == * ''[[Kung Fu Panda]] Holiday Special'' has this as the primary plot with Po struggling to host such a dinner, and agonizing that his father won't be a part of it.▼ * ''[[Lucky Luke]]''{{context\|There are films and games as well as comic books in the Lucky Luke franchise. Where does this example come from?}} ▲* ''[[Gun X Sword]]'' has a fancy dinner played for comedy in episode 15. Wendy doesn't know which silverware to use, and Van . . . displays his terrible table manners to the fullest. * ''[[Batman]]''{{context}} ▲* In the anime of ''[[Kaze no Stigma (Light Novel)\|Kaze no Stigma]]'', Ayano and Kazuma go to fancy restaurants multiple times. The most memorable one results in a serious battle . . . but a least the wine is saved. * ''[[Northanger Abbey (Literature)\|Northanger Abbey]]'': both the adaptations and the book. In the 2007 adaptation, the "protagonist gets confused with knifes" variety is used. (Well, spoons.)▼ == [[Film]] == * ''[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)\|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]:'' This Trope is one of the banes of Applejack's existence. Despite her time with Aunt and Uncle Orange, she never figured out which fork to use, and the fancy meals don't hit the spot like down-home farm chow.▼ ▲* ''[[King Ralph]]''{{context}} ▲* ''[[Titanic]]''{{context}} * Mocked with the dinner in ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''. == [[Literature]] == ▲* Bilbo's birthday party in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]] ''. ▲* In ''[[Dune]]'', just before the attack by the Harkonnens, the Atreides give this at their palace. ▲* ''[[~~Northanger Abbey (Literature)\|~~Northanger Abbey]]'': both the adaptations and the book. In the 2007 adaptation, the "protagonist gets confused with knifes" variety is used. (Well, spoons.) * The first time that [[Horatio Hornblower]] attended a formal Russian dinner as a flag officer (in chapter XII of ''The Commodore''), he makes the mistake through inexperience of eating far too many of the canapes and drinking far too much of the alcohol that his hosts served before the meal. He manages to soldier through the entire dinner. == [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends == * Having a fancy dinner is a regular part of any king's activities in early medieval tales. You get the impression that they were as much innkeepers as warlords -- which was in fact true. == [[Western Animation]] == ▲* The ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]\|Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special]]'' has this as the primary plot with Po struggling to host such a dinner, and agonizing that his father won't be a part of it. ▲* ''[[My Little Pony ~~Friendship Is Magic (Animation)\|My Little Pony~~: Friendship Is Magic]]:'' This Trope is one of the banes of Applejack's existence. Despite her time with Aunt and Uncle Orange, she never figured out which fork to use, and the fancy meals don't hit the spot like down-home farm chow. * One episode of ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'' (2000 version) had Adam learning etiquette, complaining that all the knives at the table he was seated at looked exactly alike, but using the wrong one at a dinner like this as an ambassador could start a war. {{reflist}} [[Category:Narrative Devices]] [[Category:Food Tropes]] [[Category:Fancy Dinner]] [[Category:~~Trope~~Scenes]]