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{{trope}}
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{{quote|'''Dr. Evil:''' Scott, I want you to meet daddy's nemesis, Austin Powers.
'''Scott Evil:''' What? Are you feeding him? [[Stating the Simple Solution|Why don't you]] [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?|just kill him?]]
|''[[Austin Powers]]: International Man of Mystery''}}
The villain has the hero at his mercy, surrounded by armed goons. Does he [[Mundane Solution|just shoot him]]? Of course not. Does he take the hero prisoner to be strapped into an [[Death Trap|improbable torture device]]? No, not that either.
Instead, for a time, he treats the hero as a [[Terms of Endangerment|close friend]] and [[Sacred Hospitality|guest in his home]], giving him [[Gilded Cage|a plush bedroom]] and a fine (if tense) dinner with [[A Glass of Chianti]] and [[Your Favorite]] [[From My Own Personal Garden]]. If the food isn't spiked, the meal ends with a tour of the facility, then a [[We Can Rule Together|sales pitch]] on the [[Story-Boarding the Apocalypse|villain's scheme]] to remake the world [[Just Between You and Me]]. The hero will reply "[[You're Insane!]]"
This differs from general [[Affably Evil]] villainy. Treating the hero as a guest is a demonstration of unassailable power, confidence and [[Wicked Cultured|civility]]. It's not quite [[Go-Karting with Bowser]], as it ratchets up the tension with the ever-present threat of unpleasantness should the hero step out of
With the loonier sort of antagonist, the hero is forced to play along as the villain [[Vitriolic Best Buds|thinks the hero is his best friend]] and insists they [[Go-Karting with Bowser|act as such]].
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The paraphrased trope namer is the ''[[James Bond (film)|James Bond]]'' villain ''[[Goldfinger]]'', who did later feed Bond. These feasts are common in Bond films, which only really subverted it once. (see below)
Compare and contrast [[Captive Date]], where one side of a romantic evening would rather not be there, but isn't allowed to leave, and [[Nasty Party]], where the intent of the meal is to murder the guests.
{{examples}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* In the ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'' anime, when Caren enters Gaito's castle, he invites her for dancing and partying with Noel and Coco, the kidnapped princesses she was going to rescue. {{spoiler|It's a trap, of course, the ''real'' Noel and Coco being stuck in [[People Jars]] in his throne room, while these two are actually Mimi and Sheshe.}} Nice thought, though.
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* In the ''[[Houshin Engi]]'' manga, Choukoumei invites Taikoubou and Suupuushan to dine with him before testing if Taikoubou is worthy of being his rival with a fight against his sisters.
* In ''[[D.Gray-man|D Gray Man]]'', Tyki invites Allen and his friends to sit down at the huge table and dine with him. Pity that none of them [[I'm Not Hungry|feel like eating]], what with the whole place slowly disintegrating which would eventually lead to them dying.
* A variant of this is found in the ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' novels. In TSR, when Sousuke goes alone and finds out that {{spoiler|Gauron}} is still alive, he expects {{spoiler|Gauron}} to get his two underlings to kill him (or at least ambush him and do something of that sort). Instead, {{spoiler|Gauron is shown to be genuinely delighted to see him, and offers Sousuke something to drink (though it has to be "self service," since... well, he has no arms or legs)}}. Sousuke is shown to be in disbelief about the general friendliness coming from him, and tells him to "get real" when {{spoiler|Gauron}} tells him he missed him. Definitely done for the effect of making {{spoiler|Gauron}} a crazy [[Stalker with a Crush]].
* Late in the run of the original ''[[Lupin III]]'' manga series, Lupin encounters a scientist whose secrets he intends to steal. So, he invites him to dinner to discuss it.
* [[Big Eater|Miaka]] of ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'' falls victim to this twice. To be fair, she tries not to.
** During the rather light first instance, she broke into Kutou Palace with two Seishi to find the Shi Jin Ten Chi Sho and Tamahome; she is captured but manages to escape, and Yui lures her ex-best friend to her with food. Miaka tries to talk some sense into her, and the trope turns straight when Miaka sees [[Brainwashed and Crazy|Tamahome]].
** The second instance is much darker. The [[MacGuffin|Shinzahou]] had been stolen, and Miaka takes it upon herself to get it back from Nakago. When she arrives at the Seiryuu camp, she catches a delicious whiff of food and finds Nakago alone inside the tent with the item. He invites her to dinner, and things get [[Attempted Rape|worse]] after the conversation that ensues.
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'''Miaka:''' Don't make fun of me! Give me back the Shinzahou you stole from us!
''(Cut to Miaka eating dinner)''
'''Miaka:''' ... is what I'd like to say, but my stomach takes over. }}
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has Fate sit down for tea with Negi, although this quickly devolves into them berating the others' taste in beverages, until Negi throws the table and sucker punches him.
* Warped almost beyond recognition in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]''. In the second arc's tea party, {{spoiler|Beatrice captures Rosa and ties her to a chair before promising to grant anything for Rosa if she'll accept her existence. She then decides on her own that she knows what to grant Rosa and treats her to a lovely banquet... that is made from the remains of her siblings}}. She actually brags about it being made [[From My Own Personal Garden|From Her Own Personal Compressor]], among other things.
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Sir Crocodile did this to Princess Vivi, exposing his entire plan to depose her father and overthrow her country of Arabasta.
* In ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'', the Nazis attempting to use Nina as bait to lure Johan to them first treat her to a nice dinner at one of the members' mansion.
* In ''[[Until Death Do Us Part]]'', after {{spoiler|Orion captures Mamoru}}, he tells his second-in-command to invite him to dinner. {{spoiler|Mamoru}} spends the time eating up because he didn't know when he'd be able to eat next.
* In episode 10 of [[Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?]], the King of Night is preparing food, and when Ayumu and Haruna break into his apartment to try and rescue Yuu, he ends up making them stay for dinner, while also discussing with Ayumu if he likes being immortal.
* One episode of [[Monster Rancher (anime)|Monster Rancher]] has Gali feeding the heroes food and water. The meal isn't rigged, but he uses the distraction to sucker-punch them.
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* Parodied in the quote at the top of the page in ''[[Austin Powers]]: International Man of Mystery''.
* In the first ''[[Spy Kids]]'' film, the spy parents eventually manage to escape from their cell and make their way to the main room, only to find Floop waiting there with a dinner and holding a timer:
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* In the film ''Desire'' (1936), the Spanish criminals out for the stolen jewel, the American everyman in possession of the jewel, and the [[Love Redeems|redeemed love interest]] who stole the jewel sit down for a classy meal. [[I Know You Know I Know|Each side suspects that the others know that it knows]], so they have a nice chat about whether there has to be a war and if America will have the sense to stay out of it. Everyone's looking for an opportunity to turn it into a showdown.
* ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' has a dining scene among enemies. Let's just say [[I'm a Humanitarian|it doesn't end well]].
** "Not [[
* In the movie ''[[Hannibal]]'', the serial-killing antagonist kidnaps Clarice Starling's antagonistic former boss. After drugging and subduing both the man and Starling, he dresses the woman up in an elegant gown and has a fancy candlelight dinner with both of them. Then again, {{spoiler|he's actually removing portions of the man's brain, cooking them right there at the table, and feeding them to him.}}
* Normally this trope requires the protagonist to be captured, but when Landa invites himself into Lapadite's home to share a drink and a smoke and casually chat about missing Jews near the beginning of ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'', his power in occupied France makes the home a prison.
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* There's a scene from ''[[Snatch]]'' that goes like this: protagonist [[Only Sane Man|Turk]][[Deadpan Snarker|ish]] has screwed up a deal he had with [[London Gangster]] Bricktop, which cost Bricktop a lot of money. Turkish runs back to his office, hoping he can get there and take all the money he has in his safe and flee the country. Bricktop and his goons are already there. Rather than killing Turkish, cutting his body up into pieces and heading it to a group of pigs, Bricktop has Turkish make everyone some tea, has a surprisingly civilized conversation where he explains what Turkish has to do to make up for this, and then, just before leaving, forces Turkish to open his safe and give everything inside to Bricktop.
* In ''[[The Black Hole]]'', Dr. Reinhardt invites the visiting crew of the ''Palomino'' to dinner, although it's only a ''safe bet'' that he's a [[Mad Scientist]] at that point:
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'''[[Robot Buddy|V.I.N.CENT]]:''' "[[Deadpan Snarker|...said the spider to the fly.]]" }}
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* Used by the Macellarius bloodline in a ''[[Vampire: The Requiem]]'' introduction short story. The Macellarius are designed to be uber-[[Affably Evil]] types who are enormously obese vampiric cannibals, gorging themselves on their enemies as they conquer the Requiem. In an odd twist, the Macellarius leader invites two potential converts to dinner, selects one to join the bloodline and has the other killed and eaten as a welcome feast.
* In the ''Corum'' series by [[Michael Moorcock]], Arioch does this to Corum.
* Hideously subverted in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''. Although one of the most basic moral norms in the series' world is the "guest right"
** Another subversion comes from Roose Bolton, who gives a travel-weary {{spoiler|Brienne}} a clean change of clothes, a nice, warm meal, and polite conversation, and then, with just as much politeness, {{spoiler|turns her over to a hoard of [[Complete Monster
* ''[[The Laundry Series|The Jennifer Morgue]]'' by [[Charles Stross]] has the secret agent protagonist captured by the evil billionaire who's trying to resurrect a shoggoth. The next morning, he and his lovely CIA agent contact are treated to breakfast by the billionaire and his wife. Justified as {{spoiler|the billionaire has invoked the tropes of James Bond movies as a geas. He plans to keep the agent locked in the trope of the solitary agent going it alone against the megalomaniac until no one else can possibly intervene, at which point he breaks the geas, kills the agent, and takes over the world before anyone can stop him}}.
* In ''[[Ranger's Apprentice]]'', in the fifth book Will {{spoiler|stops Skandians from raiding by inviting them to a dinner with the lords and ladies at the castle.}} Not played straight, but the same tension exists for the situation.
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== Live Action TV ==
* Inverted in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "Boom Town," where the hero (The Doctor) invites the villain (Margaret) to dinner, in which she pleads for his mercy.
** Said pleading being interrupted somewhat by her attempting to assassinate him three times. He plays it cool,
** Also done in "The End of Time Part One", where minor villain Joshua Naismith captures major villain the Master (being stupid enough to think he can hold an insane genius, and at this point super-powered, Time Lord captive) who he treats to a Christmas dinner of Turkey. Due to the unusual circumstances of the Master's recent resurrection, his intense hunger means he devours the whole turkey in a matter of seconds.
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica
** Leoben's revenge against Starbuck in the third season is quite a prolonged version of this trope.
** At four months, that's not even the longest one. That record goes to {{spoiler|Cavil holding the newly-resurrected Ellen hostage for eighteen months after Saul killed her.}}
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* Inverted on ''[[Chuck]]'' when [[Big Bad]] Alexi Volkoff dines with Chuck at his house.
* On ''[[Breaking Bad]]'', Gus invites Walt to his house to cook dinner with him.
* In [[Children of the Stones]], Rafael Hendrick "invites" Matthew and his father to dinner before trying to brainwash them.
* In the 1966 [[Batman]], Mr. Freeze forces Batman and Robin to dine with him before attempting to kill them.
== Music ==
* Arguably used in [[Jonathan Coulton]]'s "Skullcrusher Mountain", though the whole song is rather more [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]:
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I've been patient, I've been gracious
And this mountain is covered with wolves
Hear them howling, my hungry children
Maybe you should stay and have another drink and think about me and you " }}
== Tabletop Games ==
* The cover of the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' module ''For Duty and Deity'' [https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/forgottenrealms/images/e/e2/WaukeenAndGraz%27zt.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131030024046 (seen here)] shows Waukeen in this situation, at a banquet table being attended to by hideous demons while Graz'zt - the villain of the module - raises a toast behind her. Rescuing Waukeen is the goal of the players' in the main story.
== Video Games ==
* Sort of used in ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]''. Halfway through the game, Emperor Gesthal invites the party to his castle to have a feast and reassures them that his kingdom is too ravaged from the Espers' attack to fight the party, so he wants to help them calm the Espers. He also tells the party that Kefka will be punished for his crimes. {{spoiler|This is just a big fat lie of course since later on, Kefka attacks a village to get more Espers and he meets up with Geshtal on the Floating Continent so they can get more power.}}
** Invoked in Final Fantasy XII when the new emperor of the Archadian Empire takes one of his new subjects out drinking. He's presumed to be a villain by the characters, but really is making a genuine effort to establish a personal relationship with his less than willing citizens.
* Spoofed in ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines]].'' When you've slogged your way through the [[Sewer Level]] and finally make it to the Nosferatu hideout, you make your way up to [[Affably Evil|Gary's]] room... where you see [[Mummies At the Dinner Table|a bunch of skeletons, dressed in suits, seated at a table with dead rats arranged on it]]. Gary claims he's having a wrap part for ''The Misfits''... "About forty years late". He may be genuine, or he may be just fucking with your head. Gary's like that.
* When [[Professor Layton]] and Luke arrive at the big, ominous manor in [[Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box]], {{spoiler|Anton}} has dinner and makes idle chit-chat with them before showing them to their rooms. He then ties them up in his basement.
== Web Comics ==
* Parodied in the [[Ur Example|ur-context]] of a ''Dr. No'' spoof in [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1384.html this] ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]''.
* ''[[Darths and Droids]]'' does this [http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0185.html here], with reference to this
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'':
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** Played almost perfectly straight when Elan's father invites Elan and Haley to a formal dinner, except for the fact that Elan hasn't realized his dad is a villain yet.
* ''[[Blade Bunny]]'': When your would-be assassin is a hot chick in a bunnygirl outfit and disarmed to boot you can probably be excused for deciding to indulge in this trope.
* In ''[[8-
* In ''[[Exterminatus Now]]'', Silas Morth invites Jamilla to dinner after finding out she's a spy. He even adds complimentary drugs to the wine to make her a more compliant sacrifice.
== Western Animation ==
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* In ''A Very Possible Christmas'', when [[Kim Possible]], the Possible family and Shego rescue Ron Stoppable and Drakken when they were stranded near the North Pole due to Drakken's latest scheme backfiring, Drakken invites the Possibles to join him for Christmas dinner. Not that he's gloating or anything, but [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|just because it's Christmas]].
* ''Jimmy Neutron'' and Jet Fusion are once offered a meal this way by Professor Calamitous before Beautiful Gorgeous tries to kill them.
== Real Life ==
* Montgomery sparked a scandal for treating a captured German general this way. Whereupon Churchill quieted the whole thing by saying, "...I too have dined with Montgomery."
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