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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:~~phdfoodasbribe_9622~~phdfoodasbribe 9622.png\|link=PHD Comics\|frame\|[http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1396 Hard to say no when you're a] [[Starving Student]]]] {{quote\|''And [[Scooby Doo]], if you come through,'' ''Then you can have yourself a Scooby Snack!'' Line 51: * ''[[The Amanda Show]]'': Amanda's stalker Penelope Taynt tries to bribe Barney the security guard so she can sneak into Amanda's show. After failing to bribe him with money and jewels, Barney finally gives in when Penelope gives him a Pizza. A very nice slice of Pizza. == [[MMORPG~~\|MMORPGs~~]]s == * In ''[[Lost Souls MUD]]'', this is the most pleasant way of getting past Kerberos, the three-headed dog guarding the fiery portal from the cave of Tainaron to the River Tethys. Line 78: == [[Real Life]] == * [[Fancy Dinner~~\|Fancy Dinners~~]]s have long been a way to smooth the waters of diplomacy. In fact in the British Diplomatic service it used to be a requirement to have a high tolerance for liquor . At times expensive food or drink was used as a bribe. A wine bottle might save face for instance when money is insulting. After all the spy you want might be a traitor but he wants to be known as a [[Man of Wealth and Taste\|cultured]] traitor. * Cory Montieth mentioned that the choreographer for ''[[Glee]]'' uses candy as a bribe so that they can keep working. * Napoleon supposedly once faced an enemy army that was ill-supplied. He promised them food if they joined his army. It worked!

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