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Sometimes, things can get tough. You might be [[The Load]] or the [[Cowardly Lion]]. Your [[Five-Man Band]] really wants you to go into the [[Abandoned Hospital]] or to stand up to [[The Bully]] for the first time, but you find yourself incapable of going. What you need is the proper motivation. But would it be [[Only in It For Thethe Money|for cash]]? For [[Smooch of Victory|a kiss]]? No? Then perhaps you would do it for food.
 
Food can be a very powerful motivator for some people. All you have to do is offer them a burger, or a french fry, and they're like putty in your hands. Sometimes, the food used can be anything, although, typically, it's [[Trademark Favorite Food|one treat in particular]]. And sometimes, depending on the situation, one will not be enough. You'd have to offer them the whole box. For animals, bribing them can be just as easy as offering them the food their species [[Stock Animal Diet|is known for eating]]. And if you ever come across a cop you just can't buy your way out of a ticket from, try offering him a [[Donut Mess Withwith a Cop|donut]].
 
Compare [[Delicious Distraction]], which is when food is used to distract. Can be invoked with [[Trademark Favorite Food]]. Contrast [[Denied Food Asas Punishment]]. Can possibly be thrown to invoke a [[Go Fetch]] situation.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Ryuk and apples in ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]''.
* In ''[[K-On!]]'', the band uses cake and other sweets to motivate [[Genius Ditz|Yui]] to join the band, practice, and study.
* In ''[[Angel Beats (Anime)|Angel Beats]]'', [[Big Guy|Matsushita]] will do just about anything for meat udon.
* Fancy tuna for Haruhi in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]''.
* In ''[[A Channel]]'', Run's mother promises her all the Kobe beef she can eat to motivate her to study harder and apply to a better high school.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* [[The Dresden Files (Literature)|Harry Dresden]] is known to secure the loyalty of the Wildfae with pizza. It started as a simple quid pro quo: Pizza for information. Now they're his own [[Pun|little]] personal volunteer army.
** Not a literal bribe, but dealing with the Eldest Gruff could well be considered this.
* In the ''[[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]]'' novel ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Night Watch|Night Watch]]'', the narration mentions that Sam Vimes, the main character, does not take bribes at all, except those of [[Donut Mess Withwith a Cop|donuts]] and beer.
** Well, the Watch has been reformed so that they don't take bribes other than donuts and beer. Vimes doesn't take the beer, as he's a recovering alcoholic.
** In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]'' Glenda Sugarbean gets in to see Vetinari ''twice'' by doing this to the palace guards.
*** Though they had been instructed to take all bribes offered, bring the people in question to a waiting room, and then lock it until Lord Vetinari decides what to do with them. Unfortunately they also dispose of any food bribes afterwards in fear of poison, which in this case even Lord Vetinari considered a crime against good cooking.
* [[Stephanie Plum]] is often bribed by her mother by food. Seeing as how she is a very good cook and Steph is often broke, it is a very powerful motivator. When regular food just won't do, [[I Was Told There Would Be Cake|cake]] will usually seal the deal.
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[I CarlyICarly]]'': Sam can be bribed with food for a variety of reasons. Once, so that she'd leave resident [[Butt Monkey]] Freddie alone for a while, and earlier in her life, so that she'd be someone's boyfriend. Both times, the food in question was [[Bacon Addiction|bacon]].
* Kel on ''[[Kenan and Kel]]'' would do it for a bottle of orange soda.
* Used with Schultz on ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'' regularly.
* ''[[Power Rangers RPM (TV)|Power Rangers RPM]]'': In "...And Action", the cast gives the viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the show without actually breaking character. Ziggy has to [[Genius' Sweet Tooth|offer Doctor K sweets]] to get her involved.
* ''[[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.
 
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Portal (Video Gameseries)|Portal]]'', you are meant to be motivated by [[The Cake Is a Lie|cake]].
* In ''[[Tsukihime (Visual Novel)|Tsukihime]]'', Shiki regularly uses curry bread to get [[Meganekko|Ciel]] to talk to him.
* The original ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Videovideo Gamegame)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' features this in the seventh dungeon, as you have to buy a bait to pass a particularly hungry Moblin enemy.
* ''[[Dragon Age (Video Game)|Dragon Age]]'': Your companions have different ways of getting past the guard to the Circle Tower. Morrigan or Shale will just scare the living daylights out of him, Leliana will regale him with stories, and Sten...will offer him sweets (that he stole from a fat kid "for his own good"). Truly, Templar discipline is to be feared.
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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** Parodied in ''[[Futurama]]'', where Bender retracts his limbs and head into his body. Leela tries to coax him out with a beer. "Would you do it for a Bender-snack?"
* ''[[Johnny Test]]'': Dookie will do anything for steak.
* On ''[[South Park]]'' when those evil Canadians came to take Ike back from the Broflovskis after rescinding the adoption he refused to get in their car, until they offered him [[Everything's Better Withwith Chocolate|chocolate]].
* ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' this apparently partially<ref>The fact that his old boss threw him out a window had something to do with it, too</ref> precipitated Tohru's [[Heel Face Turn]].
* A few episodes of ''[[Clifford the Big Red Dog]]'' showed that Mac refused to listen to what Jetta wanted him to do, unless he was offered a Tummy Yummy as motivation.
* Used a couple times in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''. Twilight is faced with this several times throughout "Ticket Master" by her friends in attempts to gain an extra ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala, but Twilight manages to turn away the bribes each time despite stating several times how hungry she is. Pinkie Pie also uses this against Spike in "Party of One" as part of her [[Perp Sweating]] sequence.
* In ''[[Recess]]'', the main six try to bribe Brittany A. to give her sister, Ashley A.'s diary back, by using candy. It doesn't work.
** In another episode, the Ashleys bribe T.J. with candy to get him to hang out with them after realizing her found a $100 bill.
* In the [[Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Animation)|Adventures of the Gummi Bears]] episode, "My Kingdom For Pie", Duke Igthorn tries to bribe [[Big Eater|Tummi]] with a feast in order to find Gummi Glen.
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
* [[Fancy Dinner|Fancy Dinners]] 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 (TV)|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!
* Animal trainers are fond of using this trope.
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