No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine: Difference between revisions

 

{{quote|'''Dr. Evil:''' Scott, I want you to meet daddy's nemesis, Austin Powers.

 

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.

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)

 

 

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== 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.

* 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]].

* 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.

** Said pleading being interrupted somewhat by her attempting to assassinate him three times. He plays it cool, though—he is The Doctor after all.

** 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.

** 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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== 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.

* 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.

 

* 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 trope.

** 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 ''[[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.

 

* 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.

 

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