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An extremely popular snack in East Asia. Basically a biscuit stick coated with some flavouring, such as chocolate, strawberry, milk, so on and so forth.

 

 

A variation is Pretz, a non-coated biscuit stick also made by Glico.

A party game often seen in anime is for two people (who may or may not be romantically-involved) to eat the same stick of Pocky from opposite ends, like a [[Spaghetti Kiss]]. Which is likely the entire point of that game.

 

 

'''Belldandy:''' I'll think I'll have... [[Erotic Eating|A bit of yours.]] }}

** It is also a minor plot point, especially {{spoiler|in the end, where Kei keeps a box that Mizuho left behind}}.

** Konata likes to [[Flanderize]] it to that degree, though.

* Yuzuriha from ''[[X 1999]]'' often eats these.

* Private Tamama from ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' has been known to eat "Packy" from time to time.

* The titular character from ''[[Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko]]'' eats Pocky.

* In ''[[Zatch Bell]] / [[Gash Bell]] / [[Konjiki no Gash Bell]]'', Zatch/Gash has a toy "robot" made out of a Pocky box and some chopsticks.

* The [[Universe Compendium|official databooks]] of ''[[Naruto]]'' list Pocky as the favorite food of Itachi Uchiha. There is absolutely no evidence of this within the manga itself, but that hasn't stopped a large number of authors from [[Flanderization|flanderizing]] this to a ridiculous degree in [[Fan Fiction]].

** In truth, 3rd databook actually says his favorite foods are cabbage and onigiri with seaweed. None of the others mention Pocky either, so it's just [[Fanon]] Gone Wild.

* ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro]]'' (the manga), on the other hand, doesn't shy away from using its name. Nobue uses it as a substitute for cigarettes when she's trying to give up smoking.

* [[Manipulative Bastard|Wong Yunfat]] from ''[[G Gundam]]'' can be seen in several episodes with a brandy snifter of ice with sticks of Pocky placed inside.

* ''[[School Rumble]]'''s Eri thinks Tenma looks likes a squirrel whenever she eats this stuff. Harima, though, finds her sexy in the same situation.

** The second season turns this trope into a game of Spaghetti Kiss.

* Hiro and Shiuchi from Gravitation are eating pocky when Hiro hits on him.

* In the 'magical girl' episode of [[Nyan Koi]], the Junpet Kousaka is [[Ship Tease|ship teased]] with Akari Kirishima, even giving him the 'opportunity' for the 'kiss game', which causes Akari to consider letting herself be defeated instead of admitting she likes the guy.

* A must-have whenever [[Yosuga no Sora|the twins]] are travelling by train. {{spoiler|Played for [[Twincest]] in the last episode.}}

* [[Ho Yay|Lelouch and Suzaku]] once play the pocky game on ''[[Code Geass]]''.

 

* [[Superchunk]]'s 1991 album is named ''No Pocky for Kitty''.

 

* "Rocky" is eaten by characters in ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' games.

* In ''[[Trauma Center]]: Second Opinion'', Derek and Angie bring back some Pocky for Sybil after a trip to Japan.

 

* In ''[[Questionable Content]]'', Hannelore chides Marigold for having a box of Pocky that was ten years old. When Marigold tries to write it off as "vintage," Hannelore shoots back about the rat turds in it.

** Marigold seems to really like Pocky; later when she gets all depressed that Angus doesn't like her that way, she lays in bed eating nothing but Pocky all day. Of course, that might just be a depression thing...

* In ''[[Emergency Exit]]'', while traveling in another world the cast gets a pirate addicted to Pocky and even temporarily gives him a [http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=268 Pocky-sword].

* Gabe from [[Penny Arcade]] is known to binge on them from time to time.

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

 

== Other ==

* This is one of the central themes, and many other Asian snacks, of the webseries "Depths of addiction".

 

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