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{{quote|''"Ladies! Gentlemen! Everybody stop what you're doing for a sec. I have gained access to a cake!!"''|'''T-Rex''', ''[[Dinosaur Comics (Webcomic)|Dinosaur Comics]]''}}
 
Cake — the ultimate reward. Seriously, it seems like in games one of the standard rewards you can give someone, other than gold, XP or power stars, is cake. It's sweet, it's lovely, it's something you normally only get at birthdays and weddings [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|and it]] [[Tastes Like Diabetes]]. The perfect way to shrug off the stresses and worries of saving the world — cake.
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Can overlap with [[The Cake Is a Lie]], as long as the promised reward is cake.
 
And, of course, ever since the release of ''The Orange Box'', the appearance of this Trope makes it [[Dead Horse Trope|inevitable]] that somebody will reference ''[[Portal (Video Gameseries)|Portal]]'''s promises of cake.
 
<small>''[[Promotional Consideration|This Trope page was supported by the]] [[SCP Foundation (Wiki)|Society For Cake Promotion]]''</small>
 
<small>Warning: Stress relieving properties of cake are stated for dramatic purposes only. Overconsumption of cake may lead to obesity, increased likelihood of cardiovascular disease, Type-2 diabetes, and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|the accumulation of pink frosting on the tip of your nose.]]</small>
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== Anime & Manga ==
* In the ''[[K-On!]]!'' manga/anime, many of the club members or the teacher in charge of them are bought off or motivated by cake.
* When [[Yotsubato|Yotsuba]] attends Fuka's school's festival, she is told they'll have cake. There ''is'' cake, but Yotsuba is far from impressed on learning it's '''pound''' cake. Attempts to rectify this by giving her a crepe are only partially successful.
* ''[[Madoka Magica]]'': When Madoka can't think of anything to use her wish on, [[If We Get Through This|Mami suggests cake.]]
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* In the [[So Bad It's Good]] Hulk Hogan vehicle ''[[Suburban Commando]]'', intergalactic bounty hunter Shep Ramsay adapts to the suburban lifestyle with a mix of grievous bodily harm and property damage...but it's all against assholes, and is thus rewarded with cake. Shep is initially confused that Earthlings eat the stuff, but then tastes it and promptly wolfs it down.
* In ''[[Office Space]]'', Milton claims that at a previous birthday party (at which there was cake, but at which he did not receive cake), he was told that he would receive cake at the next party. That party occurs in the movie, and there is cake, but Milton does not receive any cake.
* In [[Stargate: Continuum]], O'Neill expects this as a reward for killing the last of the Goa'uld.
 
 
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* Cake was the reward in ''The Poky Little Puppy'', too.
* Cake is totally an obsession (and [[Trademark Favorite Food]]) in [[Stephanie Plum]].
* From the [[Discworld]] novel ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Night Watch|Night Watch]]'': {{smallcaps|There is no more time, even for cake. For you the cake is over. You have reached the end of cake.}}
 
 
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'''Feeny''' (''scowling''): "I don't ''know''."<br />
(''cut to a scene later with everyone taking the test... with Shawn eating cake'') }}
* On ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', when Sylar kills a woman who can detect lies on her birthday, her colleagues enter her office with presents to find Sylar with blood all over his hands and a delightful smile on his face as he asks [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"Cake?"]]
* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'''s Jack O'Neill frequently mentions cake, and has invoked this Trope by name at least once.
* In one episode of ''[[Burn Notice]]'', Sam promises an entire office department of employees cake in order to lure them to a conference room where he could distract them with a motivational speech while Michael and his newest client break into a supervisor's office to hack a computer.
* In the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' episode "Victory of the Daleks", the Doctor holds the Daleks at bay with the TARDIS self-destruct device. When the Daleks figure out that the "Self Destruct" was just a biscuit all along, the Doctor says "Alright, it's a Jammy Dodger — but I was promised tea!"
** The reference being that the Daleks had previously been posing as domestic robots. One had indeed offered him tea. Made even funnier, that when prior to that, the Doctor was attempting to beat the 'Ironside' into admitting it was a Dalek. The Dalek answers the beating with, "You do not require tea?"
* On ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'', a flashback to Ray and Debra's dating years has Marie learning that they plan to have sex, so she lures the family priest to Debra's apartment by promising him lasagna. When it becomes clear what's going on, he snaps "Is there even a lasagna here?"
* On the ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]'' [[Christmas Episode]] "Abed's Uncontrolable Christmas", the only reason Pierce takes part in Abed's therapy session is because they're serving cookies.
 
 
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Super Mario 64 (Video Game)|Super Mario 64]]'': Mario saves the Princess for what must be the billionth time and what does he get? A bag of gold? [[Chess (Theatretheatre)|2^64-1 grains of rice]]? Grotesque sexual favors? No, cake. Cake that he was already going to get before saving the Princess...but that's enough. Apparently it's also enough for [[Super Mario Sunshine (Video Game)|being framed for a crime you didn't commit]] and then saving the Princess. (Naturally, [[VG Cats]] [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=245 has something to say about that.])
** ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Video Game)|Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' has Peach inviting Mario to her castle via a letter asking if he'd fancy watching shooting stars, whilst eating cake.
** Even {{spoiler|Bowser}} himself gets one at the end of ''[[Mario and Luigi Bowsers Inside Story (Video Game)|Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. A bit of a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] for the game.
** In ''[[Super Mario RPG (Video Game)|Super Mario RPG]]: Legend of the Seven Stars'' the cake is a two-part boss that tries to stop your party as they are ready to leave Marrymore. And then Booster comes and eats the boss cake just as the battle winds down because "you have to eat cake at a party".
** At the very beginning of ''[[New Super Mario Bros Wii (Video Game)|New Super Mario Bros Wii]]'', the Koopalings kidnap Peach by [[Trojan Horse|ambushing her from within a huge cake]] and then trapping her with it.
** In ''[[Paper Mario (Video Gamefranchise)|Paper Mario]]'', [[Punny Name|Tayce T.]] gives you a cake for returning her frying pan. You also have to bake a cake for an extremely fat Shy Guy.
* ''[[Portal (Video Gameseries)|Portal]]'' uses the big contrast between the hell that Chell is expected to perform through and the pettiness of the reward of Cake as humor. It exaggerates this pettiness with the {{spoiler|[[Room Full of Crazy]]'s}} over-dramatic exclamation of "[[The Cake Is a Lie]]", and sends up the concept of video games rewards in general.
** The whole cake thing came about in development, when the team sat down to decide what philosophy the game would be based around. After a while of thinking, someone suggested, "A lot of people like cake."
* ''[[Splosion Man]]'' has a cake hidden in every non-boss level. 47 cakes in all. Getting every last one them nets you the achievement "[[Blatant Lies|Not a Portal Reference]]".
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{{quote| "Where is the cake? I was told there would be cake. [[The Cake Is a Lie]]."}}
* Most ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' games have some sort of holiday that centers around handing out cake (or baked goods of some sort). In ''Magical Melody'', this occurs on Valentine's Day. Your character can give out pieces and you will be given pieces by people who like you enough.
* Each stage of ''[[Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards (Video Game)|Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards]]'' (except for boss battles) ends with the characters having a nice picnic, and you play a little minigame where [[Kirby]] can pick up some extra items. This includes a slice of cake that heals some of Kirby's health.
** Cake can be found randomly in levels in most Kirby games.
** In ''Kirby Squeak Squad'', a stolen piece of strawberry shortcake is Kirby's entire motivation.
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* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0238.html This] ''[[Order of the Stick]]'', where Elan lures people out of the inn by promising pudding (second half [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0242.html here]).
* [[Bob and George]] — [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010402c an anniversary requires it.]
* In ''[[Freefall (Webcomic)|Freefall]]'' mob violence is completely legal, as long as the guy who organized the lynching buys everyone else ice cream.
* [http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/7/7d/Doublenigger.jpg "Where is the cake, Eggman?"]
* [[Nerf Now]], [http://nerfnow.com/comic/380 The Cake]
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* In the [[Zero Punctuation]] [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1595-God-of-War-III review for God Of War III], he uses the victory cake to describe the end result of an easy win against Chronos.
{{quote| "The actual challenge of the fight is basically "Go here, then here, then [[Quick Time Event]] then win. Then cake"."}}
** In his review of ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Video Game)|Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', he decides that "cake" must be a metaphor for sex, or Mario and Bowser wouldn't be so excited by the prospect of getting some from Peach.
* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', from Marzipan's Answering Machine: "[[Running Gag|You said you'd bake us a cake!]]"
* A characteristically off-color 4Chan meme ([http://encyclopediadramatica.ch/Double_nigger view at your own risk]) uses a similar line.
* Another meme from 4Chan, [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/get-the-cake "delicious cake"], involves a drawing of "you", "delicious cake", and some obstacle keeping you from it. Repliers are expected to draw in a solution using [[MS Paint]]. The release of ''[[Portal (Video Gameseries)|Portal]]'' complicated these threads somewhat...
* In [[Freemans Mind|Chells Mind]], Chell decides that [[G La DOS]]/Hallie is lying to her immediately after being told about the [[Portal (Video Gameseries)|titular cake]], but still fantasizes about Black Forest cake many times.
* The [[Hyperbole and Aa Half]] entry "The God of Cake".
* In Brazil, one meme is "[http://ficavaiterbolo.com/ Fica, vai ter bolo]" ("[http://ficavaiterbolo.com/photo/1280/5546298690/1/tumblr_ll9sqjBWqa1qh498x Stay,] [http://ficavaiterbolo.com/photo/1280/4983841745/1/tumblr_lkb7lhgeXW1qh498x there] [http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lky6wsDBIQ1qh498xo1_500.jpg will] [http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkbwl0qRzN1qh498xo1_500.png be] [http://ficavaiterbolo.com/photo/1280/4510326197/1/tumblr_ljc7xwsm0m1qh498x cake]", riffing on the usual quip to someone leaving a birthday party early), sometimes over tragedies or downright disturbing images.
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* When [[Family Guy|Stewie Griffin]] and Olivia are [[Playing House]], he complains that they have a "sexless marriage"; he thinks sex [[Is It Something You Eat?|is some kind of cake]].
* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'', when convincing her father to talk to her mother, Lisa lies and tells that Marge has made cake for him. And Homer still had to be told in the end there's no cake.
* Cake is the focus of a string of related ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' episodes, wherein the KND enact various absurd plots to secure the Delightful Children From Down The Lane's lavish birthday cake — which the Delightfuls not only refuse to share with any other children, but cruelly torture them by forcing everyone to watch them eat it.
** In one episode, the Delightfuls became Fourth Grade presidents by promising Woodrow Wilson, the kid in charge of counting the votes, a slice of their cake. However, the episode wasn't about the cake, which was only mentioned when Wilson confessed his wrongdoing to Numbuh 1.
* From ''[[South Park]]: [[The Movie|Bigger, Longer, and Uncut]]'':
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** And then later, two of the kids attending leave when they find out that there isn't any.
{{quote| "We were led to believe that there would be pie".}}
* In an episode of ''[[Arthur (Animationanimation)|Arthur]]'', after the namesake character's father decided to make a cake for a theme party in his class, the resulting [[Foreign Queasine|unusual-looking cake]] turns out to be a hit with the class, especially Mr. Ratburn. As Arthur gets his dad to keep making cakes for various events in order to make himself more popular, a [[Running Gag]] occurs as Mr. Ratburn appears at wherever cake may be present with the pretense of bringing a reading list for students. It gets to the point that he randomly appears at Arthur's house unprompted just for a chance to eat cake.
{{quote| "Oh. Are you having cake?"}}
* ''[[Xiaolin Showdown (Animation)|Xiaolin Showdown]]'': With pudding cups.
* In ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' there's a popular restaurant called Cake 'N' [[Bacon Addiction|Bacon]].
** In the episode where Timmy Turner decided to run for President of the Student Council, Co-Presidents Tad and Chad offered a huge cake to [[Food Asas Bribe|sway the voters into their side]]. It backfired on them as everyone who ate of the cake became too sick to attend school during voting day. The only people at school that day were Timmy and Principal Waxelplax, the latter of whom said she was only there because she's frosting intolerant.
* The ''[[Regular Show]]'' episode "Free Cake" is all about Mordecai and Rigby trying to get chocolate cake. They finally convince Benson to throw a birthday party for Skips, but in trying to get Skips {{spoiler|they inadvertedly interrupt a ritual that Skips needs to perform to live forever. When [[The Powers That Be]] threaten to drain away Skips' lifeforce, Mordecai is forced to give them the chocolate cake in exchange for letting Skips live.}} In the end, they get cake, {{spoiler|only it's vanilla.}}
* In the ''[[SpongebobSpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "Band Geeks", Squidward organizes a band by setting up fliers all over town, promising free refreshments. At the first meeting, Mr. Krabs asks "When do we get to the free food?", making it clear that was the only reason he came.
 
 
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