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Also known as the Midnight Fridge Raid—which may induce [[Fridge Logic]].
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 ''[[Parallel Trouble Adventure Dual]]'' Mitsuki catches Kazuki and Dr. Sanada eating instant noodles at midnight and saying that they just need some of it once in a while. She forces them to eat a full meal she cooks on the spot.
* [[Ouran High School Host Club|Honey]] likes to have midnight snacks of [[Big Eater|MULTIPLE ENTIRE CAKES.]]
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== [[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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== [[Film]] ==
* Jimmy's dad does this in the ''[[Jimmy Neutron]], Boy Genius'' movie. Right before all the adults in the town are abducted.
* ''[[Poltergeist (film series)||Poltergeist]]''. Late at night while everyone is dozing off one of the paranormal researchers goes to the kitchen to get something to eat, including a steak and chicken leg from the fridge. He gets [[Film/Nightmare Fuel|a lot more than he was expecting]].
* Maruti of ''[[The Return of Hanuman]]'' had a Midnight Snack after he had a bad dream that he's not allowed to eat anymore. But since he's an extreme [[Big Eater]], not only he finished the whole fridge, he ate all of the village's food supply.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* [[The Golden Girls]] used to do this all the time, favoring cheesecake.
* ''[[Kaamelott]]'': Karadoc does this pretty much every night, the rest of the cast occasionally. In one episode, he's forbidden from entering the kitchen by Lady Seli, as they need the food for the upcoming diplomatic meeting and feast. He retaliates by sneaking in early and emptying the cupboards.
* ''[[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 Midnight Snack. The [[Miranda Warning]] (which became known in Brazil thanks to shows imported from the US) was altered to "Everything you eat might be used against you in court". At the trial the defendant is offered a pie and asked to swear to eat the half, only the half and nothing but the half. Translating into Portuguese, "half" becomes "metade" and "truth" becomes "verdade".
== [[Music]] ==
* The subject of one of [[wikipedia:Ken Nordine|Ken Nordine's]] Word Jazz recordings called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k88msPKWkKY "Hunger is From."] A sample:
{{quote|have you ever been hungry in the middle of the night?
that happens to me sometimes
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== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* [[Blondie|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 ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' short is called "[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The Midnight Snack]]".
* [[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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