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Also known as the Midnight Fridge
A common occurrence in American sitcoms and other comedy shows is to have some character get up in the middle of the night in order to have a snack. This may be due to the character being a [[Big Eater]], or being on a diet and attempting to cheat on it without anyone noticing.
Sometimes two or more people will have the same idea. May either be a plot point or a [[Running Gag]].
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* The UK adverts for R. White's Lemonade in the 70s were about a "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqBa7eay6Fo Secret Lemonade Drinker]". Inspired [[Memetic Mutation]].
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Kanon]]'', Makota does this once. [[Hilarity Ensues|Yuuichi sneaks up behind her and drops some konnyaku down the back of her pajamas.]]
* In the second season of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', Luna catches Usagi sitting in front of the open fridge in the middle of the night. She has half the contents on the floor around her and is binge eating straight from the containers. The entire scene was due to her break up with Mamoru.
* In ''[[
* [[Ouran High School Host Club|Honey]] likes to have midnight snacks of [[Big Eater|MULTIPLE ENTIRE CAKES.]]
== [[Card Games]] ==
* ''[[Magic:
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In ''[[Richie Rich (comics)|Richie Rich]]'', Mr. Rich sneaks into the kitchen at night, picks the locks his wife has put on the fridge, opens the door and reaches for the food, only to find that she's installed a forcefield on the inside, preventing him from touching anything until breakfast time. He spends the remainder of the night sitting in front of the open fridge, staring mournfully at the food.
* In the [[Archie Comics]] feature ''Li'l Jinx,'' Charley goes on a strict diet, supervised by his friend Greg, but each weigh-in reveals he hasn't lost any weight. Charley invites Greg to spend an entire day watching him, to prove that he isn't cheating. Greg observes that Charley is indeed following the diet religiously. However, that night, staying over at his friend's, he awakes to find Charley raiding the fridge and eating in his sleep.
* In ''[[Strangers in Paradise]]'', Francine, stressed over her best friend and roommate Katchoo's secretive behaviour, fixes a so-called "milkshake" as a midnight snack. It is, in fact, an enormous tub of ice cream with lots of milk and chocolate syrup poured in.
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* [[Donald Duck]] was once found of these while sleepwalking and every morning he believed the food was eaten by his nephews and wouldn't listen to them. After a failed attempt to wake him up during a raid, they sought for medical help. Donald followed them to the doctor and told them his side of the facts. The doctor then suggested him to pull a prank to make them unable to deny ''their'' fridge-raiding. Pour on the food a drug that made the users' faces green. When it was Donald and not the nephews who had a green face, Donald finally realized he was the one eating the food.
== [[Film]] ==
* Jimmy's dad does this in the ''[[Jimmy Neutron]], Boy Genius'' movie. Right before all the adults in the town are abducted.
* ''[[Poltergeist (
* Maruti of ''[[The Return of Hanuman]]'' had a
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (
* It's mentioned in the ''[[Discworld]]'' books (specifically, ''Mort'') that it is a universal law that any pantry raided furtively in the middle of the night will inevitably contain half a jar of mayonnaise and an elderly tomato, regardless of its normal daytime contents.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* [[The Golden Girls]] used to do this all the time, favoring cheesecake.
* ''[[
* ''[[Seinfeld]]'': At a vacation house in the Hamptons, Jerry's girlfriend goes to sneak some leftover lobster, though it goes against her religion. Fortunately for her, Kramer anticipated it, and is waiting there to intervene. Unfortunately for her, the next morning George laces her eggs with lobster out of vengeance for her telling his girlfriend about his "shrinkage".
* Former Brazilian TV show "TV Pirata" had one sketch where someone is caught and arrested during a
== [[Music]] ==
* The subject of one of [
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that happens to me sometimes
and then i go raid the icebox
for example, the other night i did that
we had some leftover welsh rarebit
i found that and a couple crackers
piece of celery
and an olive and i
sat down in the middle of the night
i was very, very
...hungry }}
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* [[Blondie (comic strip)|Dagwood]] is probably the [[Trope Codifier]].
* ''[[Garfield]]'' does this often.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Octopus Pie]]'': [http://www.octopuspie.com/2011-01-12/429-so-embarrassed/ This strip] has Eve do it, and when a buck naked Marek shows up, be concerned about ''her'' being embarrassed if he sees her.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* A classic ''[[
* [[The Simpsons (animation)|Homer Simpson]], of course. One night, he ate 64 slices of American cheese (and went blind). Another time, he ate a piece of doughnut...which was promised to him by Satan in exchange for his soul.
== Other ==
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