Man v. Food: Difference between revisions

[[File:manvfood_2646.jpg|frame|This is actually tame compared to the actual challenges.]]

 

Note that the correct name of the show is "Man '''v''' Food", and not "Man ''vs.'' Food".

 

* [[Adorkable]]: Oh, Adam...

* [[Arch Enemy]] - The ghost chili pepper to Adam.

* [[Food Porn]]: Invoked and parodied.

** Adam even [[Lampshade Hanging|pointed it out]] in one episode of Carnivore Chronicles.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: During the "Manimal Challenge" Episode, Adam was having a field day with the name Futcher.

** Man V. Food Nation: "Shedhead".

* [[Harder Than Hard]]: Many of the challenges have a single-digit win total (with a few at ''no one''). None of the contests Adam has faced have a win percentage of over 20%.

** New York's Curry challenge plays this trope straight and seemingly subverts it, over 100 people have won the challenge, but thousands have tried and failed.

* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: One recurring piece of background music sounds suspiciously like "Life in the Fast Lane" by The Eagles.

* [[No Indoor Voice]]: Adam tends to shout at times whenever doing his voiceovers.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: The "Kitchen Sink" Challenge

Adam (Narrating): "I forgot about the F'-- tray!" }}

** And again during the Oyster Bar challenge.

'''Adam:''' ''NO F#&$ING WAY! NO F#&$ING WAY!'' }}

* [[Pungeon Master]]: Adam

* [[Shaped Like Itself]]: Somewhat literally, in the Richmond, VA "Stupid Wing Challenge", the secret ingredient in the "Container of Poor Judgement" is the Stupid Wing sauce left over from all the batches made over the course of the sauce's first day, and left to marinate with the leftovers from each consecutive day afterwards.

* [[Shmuck Bait]]: The spicy challenges. Some have disclaimers warning challengers what a bad idea trying them is.

** Before his mystery challenge in Sarasota: "My challenge is a mystery... but sometimes--" *[[Glasses Pull]]* "--the mystery... is what makes it a challenge." [[CSI: Miami|YEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH]]

* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: During San Francisco's "Kitchen Sink Challenge":

* [[Special Guest]]: ''Bizarre Foods' '' Andrew Zimmern appeared in the Minneapolis episode to introduce Adam to the "wonders" of [[Foreign Queasine|lutefisk]].

** Syracuse University head men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim appeared in the Syracuse episode to help Adam sample some food at his favorite restaurant.

*** Also in Phoenix, Sam Moore of the soul and R&B duo "Sam & Dave" (best known for the song "Soul Man") appeared before Adam took his "Ultimate Sliders Challenge" at Chompie's Deli.

** In Atlanta, while stopping by Gladys Knight's soul food restaurant, the lady herself was in, and personally cooked up some chicken and waffles for Adam.

** In the "Don Shula 48-oz. Steak Challenge", the man himself appeared in Adam's training segment.

** Kevin Youkilis of the [[Baseball|Boston Red Sox]] appeared and jokingly called Yankee fan Adam a bum. He was not there specifically to be a special guest, just stopped by the restaurant for lunch.

** Well-known competitive eater and San Jose native Joey Chestnut participated in the Iguana's Taqueira's "BurrioZilla" challenge when Adam announced that he had a different challenge to cover and asked who amongst the crowd was going to participate in this challenge. Joey ended up beating the 5 pound challenge in ''3 minutes and 10 seconds''!

** A Man V. Food Nation episode had the Lo Cash Cowboys particapting in Nashville's undefeated "Big Roost Challenge". {{spoiler|The challenge is still undefeated.}}

** A Man V. Food Nation episode had three members of the [[Basketball|Harlem Globetrotters]] (Bull Bullard, Hammer Harrison, and "Slick" Willie Shaw) participating in Harlem's "Squealer Challenge". For this episode, '''all three''' of the participating members have to beat the [[Blazing Inferno Hellfire Sauce|spicy-capsicum extract BBQ]] two-pound challenge in 15 minutes and then endure a 5 minute waiting period, or else the challenge would count as a loss. {{spoiler|Two of the Harlem Globetrotters finished with over a minute left to go, while the last one (Bull) finished it at the very last second. All three of them ended up succeeding the 5 minute waiting period, with two of the three enduring an extra minute's worth of pain since they had to wait for Bull to finish. Afterwords, they get honored with the Man V. Food Nation belt, [[Ascended Fanboy|while the Harlem Globetrotters end up honoring him with an honorary one-of-a-kind #1 Richmond jersey for helping them out.]]}}

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Every chance he gets, Adam gets a burger with bacon and bleu cheese.

*** The Louisville episode of Man V. Food Nation had "Burrito Joe" vomit in the 7-and-a-half pound "Comfy Cow" ice cream challenge.

* [[Waxing Lyrical]]: One episode of Man v. Food Nation featured a pizza filled to the brim with four different chilis (with the habenero being the spiciest). Adam sampled the pizza, then turns to the chef and started quoting rapper DMX.

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: For the 190 pound burger challenge (no that's not a typo) in Detroit, Adam recruited help from an entire local football and hockey team's lineups, a local firefighter precinct, a roller derby squad, Mexican lucha libre wrestlers, and a [[Kiss]] cover band in full makeup

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