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== Advertising ==
* [[Seanbaby]] has [http://www.seanbaby.com/hostess.htm a whole bunch of these ads] archived.▼
* A [http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2011/01/12/i-saw-it-advertised-one-day-16/ 1943 comic book ad] for Wheaties included a single-panel comic with a variation on the theme: "Look, Fritz! Dose Americans are capturing our storm troopers mit free samples Wheaties again!"▼
* ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' had [[Ad Bumpers|a segment]] with [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]] [[Captain Ersatz|look-a-like]] Major Glory and his "Justice Fruit Pies".▼
** Inverted in a different ad: "The Japs are getting smart - they're putting Wheaties in the boobytraps." Most commentators are more concerned with how the commander's assistant is apparently trained to spout Wheaties adlines on command than how the Japanese are baiting traps with cereal.▼
{{quote|'''Mathemagician''': Not Justice Fruit Pies! The Delicious treat you'd have to be ''crazy'' to hate! Oooh, I give up!}}▼
* Surprisingly played straight in one of the ''[[Justice League of America]] Famous Friends'' Subway ad insert comics from 2011, when the possibility of getting a sandwich distracts Black Manta from his actual plan.▼
* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' did a parody in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0091.html this] comic strip.▼
* Believe it or not, this was done to one of [[Terry Pratchett|Terry Pratchett's]] [[Discworld]] novels against his will by [https://web.archive.org/web/20071020140752/http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/terrypages/heynecovers.htm his old German publisher:]▼
== Anime and Manga ==
{{quote|'''Terry:''' There were a number of reasons for switching to Goldmann, but a deeply personal one for me was the way Heyne (in Sourcery, I think, although it may have been in other books) inserted a soup advert in the text ... a few black lines and then something like 'Around about now our heroes must be pretty hungry and what better than a nourishing bowl'... etc, etc. My editor was pretty sick about it, but the company wouldn't promise [[Executive Meddling|not to do it again]], so that made it very easy to leave them. They did it to [[Iain Banks]], too, and apparently at a con he tore out the offending page and ate it. Without croutons."}}▼
* Appears oddly enough in the second season of ''[[Darker than Black]]''
** That was apparently common practice in their paperbacks for a while, with a number of authors... and yes, it ''was'' apparently always soup. Instant soup, even. Arguably, the segregation of the "soup" content to one full double-sided page kept them from feeling ''too'' intrusive, and made it easier for those so inclined to emulate Mr. Banks, above.▼
== Comic Books ==
* [[Alan Moore]]'s ''First American'' strip, being a parody of both superhero tropes and American culture, also did a take-off of these.
* Another parody from R.K. Milholland's ''[http://www.superstupor.com/sust01042008.shtml Super Stupor]''.▼
** And don't forget when Davan created stats for one of those villains and managed to capture his players, making Jason want to know the saving throw to commit suicide.▼
* Parodied in ''[[Wizard Magazine|Wizard]]'' magazine, which featured Jesse Custer and the cast of ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' in a mock-Hostess fruit pies ad.▼
** Another Wizard ad had this, featuring the 'heroes' of Marvel Zombies. Instead of fruit pies, they find two kids. Two ''tasty'' kids.▼
* Yet another parody in an ''[[EarthBound]]'' [http://starmen.net/comics/series/nahaf/ fancomic], using Rock Candy and Magic Pudding (both of which are items from the game.)▼
* ''[[Shadowgirls]]'' also [http://www.shadowgirlscomic.com/comics/forbidden-fruit/ get in on the fun].
* The video game ''[[Spider-Man Friend or Foe]]'' has a fun reference, as one of Spidey's post-battle quips is along the lines of "I could go for a fruit pie right about now."▼
** The tie-in game for the third movie had the Apocalypse gang stealing these at every frakking opportunity, with everyone openly referring to them with the full trope name. Spidey would actually [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]] this, by asking "without fruit pies, what'll I use to distract supervillains?" In addition, there'd occasionally be a truck driver with a dodgy Indian accent who would protest that he couldn't deliver '''Delicious Fruit Pies''' on time because the truck had broken down.▼
* Parodied in ''[[Green Lantern]] Secret Files And Origins'', which featured "the tastiest Green Lantern / [[Flash]] team-ups ever!" First the [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] GL and Flash defeat Nazi saboteurs with the aid of Secret Files candy bars, and their secret ingredient. Then the [[The Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]] incarnations use the "space age taste" of Secret Files bars to expose alien criminals disguised as alien policemen (the real policemen absorb energy). Finally the [[The Modern Age of Comic Books|Modern Age]] versions (Kyle Rayner and Walter West<ref>Not Wallace "Wally" West - it's complicated but involves parallel universes and Abra Kadabra</ref>) are halfway through an ad for Secret Files Powerbars, before Kyle starts complaining it doesn't make sense. "We defeat the bad guy by giving him ''food''? And why is he standing at ground zero of his own weapon anyway? [[Who Writes This Crap?|Who wrote this]]?" While Kyle argues with the director of what now turns out to be a TV ad, and learns they're still working off Alan and Jay's contracts, Walter learns that the "secret ingredient" is ''sugar''.
* ''[[The Onion]]:'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20100219060554/http://www.theonion.com/content/node/32002 Spiderman Distracts Dr. Octopus With Delicious Hostess Fruit Pies]▼
▲* Appears oddly enough in the second season of ''[[Darker than Black]]''—a character who carries around a bag of hamburgers from which he has to eat after using his powers tells another Contractor that he will share his burgers if she cooperates with him. Given that this is a [[Darker and Edgier]] superhero series, this doesn't really work.
* Parodied by Marvel Comics in the issue of ''Marvel Team-Up'' released as part of the infamous mid-80's "Assistant Editor's Month", entitled "Aunt May and Franklin Richards vs. Galactus". In this particular story Galactus took [[Spider-Man|Aunt May]] as his new herald (under the name "Golden Oldie") after which she halted his latest attempt to devour the Earth by serving him "Grosstest Twinkles".
* Marvel also parodied this in their early-90's comedy title "WHAT THE..?!", where a hero offers "Stinkies" cupcakes to The Blob, whose whole gimmick is that he's fat. The Blob is initially overjoyed, but after reading the full list of ingredients of the wrapper and seeing that the treat is full of saturated fats, he proceeds to beat the stuffing out of the hero. "I'm trying to lose weight, you're not helping!"
* Marvel again in ''The Age of the Sentry'', with advertisements for Marvel Fruit Pies with Fruit-like Filling.
* ''[[RPG World]]'' parodied this as well. It does actually work, turns out robots are [[Weaksauce Weakness|strangely vulnerable to fruit pies.]]▼
* A collection of ''[[Watchmen]]'' [http://theoryofeverythingcomics.com/2009/03/collection-of-watchmenhostess-parodies.html Delicious Fruit Pies] parodies.▼
* A post modern dadaist version of [https://web.archive.org/web/20120713104916/http://theoryofeverythingcomics.com/2008/08/post-modern-dada-and-something-with.html Delicious Fruit Pies]▼
* Dan Slott's ''Spider-Man/Human Torch'' mini-series had a scene in one issue where Spider-Man distracted the Red Ghost's Super Apes (who had stolen the infamous [[Thememobile|Spider-Mobile]]) by snagging a store display of fruit pies with his webbing and yanking the display into the street. The apes immediately attacked the fruit pies and forgot about Spider-Man and the Torch. Spidey immediately calls the ad agency that gave him the car and tells them that the deal's off, [[Historical In-Joke|but he's got an idea for an ad campaign they can use...]]
* A [https://web.archive.org/web/20120520221315/http://tgcaps.com/caps/modcomics/suedenim/jetdream/jet-dream-1970-annual/AD_01.jpg.php recaptioned Hostess ad] appears in the [[Gender Bender|gender bending]] [[Affectionate Parody|parody]] ''[[Jet Dream]]'' [[Remix Comic]]. The fruit pies have significant side effects, but they are [[Second Law of Gender Bending|apparently considered desirable ones]].▼
* ''[[Welcome to Tranquility]]'' gives us an ad for Minxy Millions Mini-Pies. In "Maxi Man vs. the Vampire," Maxi-Man helps some disco-loving teens escape a vampire's bite by giving the vampire Minxy Fruit Mini-Pies (oh, and also by knocking out the vampire's fangs.) "It tastes similar to real fruit!"<ref>''[[Welcome to Tranquility]]: One Foot in the Grave'' #3</ref>
* An interlude ad in the [[Wildguard]]: Casting Call
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' once parodied this, with Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy advertising the "New Krusty Kids Meal" at the Krusty Krab.▼
{{quote|'''Man Ray''': How can I be evil with flavors this good?}}▼
▲* An interlude ad in the [[Wildguard]]: Casting Call TPB shows Four-Teen stopping a robbery by Speeding Skull with Hostris Fruit Pies.
* A ''[[Questionable Content]]'' [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=670 guest strip] parodied it.▼
▲* A [http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2011/01/12/i-saw-it-advertised-one-day-16/ 1943 comic book ad] for Wheaties included a single-panel comic with a variation on the theme: "Look, Fritz! Dose Americans are capturing our storm troopers mit free samples Wheaties again!"
▲** Inverted in a different ad: "The Japs are getting smart - they're putting Wheaties in the boobytraps." Most commentators are more concerned with how the commander's assistant is apparently trained to spout Wheaties adlines on command than how the Japanese are baiting traps with cereal.
* The [[Simpsons Comics]] parodied this, with Radioactive Man and Fallout Boy in "Catch of the Day"
* Also parodied by [https://web.archive.org/web/20041225072410/http://archive.salon.com/comics/boll/2002/05/02/boll/index.html God-Man].▼
* An issue of [[E-Man]] comics had an ad for "Hostess Tweakies" featuring Cutey Bunny. She defeated the villains by force-feeding them so many Tweakies that they could barely move.
* The Free Comic Book Day 2011 issue of ''[[2000 AD]]'' featured "Obmoz™ Battles the Twinklie® Winkler!", in which a camp [[Silver Age]] villain in a typical ''2000 AD'' [[Dystopia]] steals the official Government™ snackfood, only to be stopped by the Government™'s zombie crimefighter, Obmoz™. Rather permenantly.
{{quote|'''Obmoz™''': Light, tasty skull ... creamy brain filling!}}
* [[Double Subversion|Double Subverted]] in a ''[[Captain SNES]]'' crossover with a good deal of Lampshading. The Captain engages a Magus/Lavos hybrid after the original party was wiped out. Alex offers Mavos a SNES' Fruit Pie, to which Mavos is disgusted at the blatant product placement. He takes it anyways and finds they are actually pretty good, but will still eat Alex's soul regardless. Then it turns out Alex spiked the fruit pies with Chocopectate and sends Mavos running toward the nearest bathroom.▼
* In ''[[Space Beasts]]'', during a chase scene, [[Big Bad]] Bimbolurlina stops chasing the Fellowship crew for....Delicious Big Johnny's Ham Sandwiches▼
* The first issue of [[Limekiller At Large]] opens with an ad for "Lil' Dolly Fruit Pies".
* Parodied by ''[[Let's Be Friends Again]]'', wherein we are shown the relevance of Hostess Fruit Pies [https://web.archive.org/web/20131031141532/http://www.letsbefriendsagain.com/2011/11/09/delicious/ to the death of Gwen Stacy].▼
▲* Surprisingly played straight in one of the ''[[Justice League of America]] Famous Friends'' Subway ad insert comics from 2011, when the possibility of getting a sandwich distracts Black Manta from his actual plan.
* One of the characters in ''[[Lethargic Lad]]'' always attempts to stop the villains by throwing snackfood cakes at them, and is always baffled when this fails to work.
* One issue of ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' comic ends this way. After several pages of the girls fighting Mojo Jojo in a power suit, the girls get him to surrender with
* The ''[[Spider-Man]]'' from the canon of the original ads appears in ''[[Spider-verse]]'' to be killed by Dan Slott's [[Villain Sue]].
== Fan Works ==
▲*
== Literature ==
▲* Believe it or not, this was done to one of [[Terry Pratchett|Terry Pratchett's]] [[Discworld]] novels against his will by [https://web.archive.org/web/20071020140752/http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/terrypages/heynecovers.htm his old German publisher:]
▲{{quote|'''Terry:''' There were a number of reasons for switching to Goldmann, but a deeply personal one for me was the way Heyne (in [[Discworld/Sourcery|Sourcery]], I think, although it may have been in other books) inserted a soup advert in the text ... a few black lines and then something like 'Around about now our heroes must be pretty hungry and what better than a nourishing bowl'... etc, etc. My editor was pretty sick about it, but the company wouldn't promise [[Executive Meddling|not to do it again]], so that made it very easy to leave them. They did it to [[Iain Banks]], too, and apparently at a con he tore out the offending page and ate it. Without croutons."}}
▲** That was apparently common practice in their paperbacks for a while, with a number of authors... and yes, it ''was'' apparently always soup. Instant soup, even. Arguably, the segregation of the "soup" content to one full double-sided page kept them from feeling ''too'' intrusive, and made it easier for those so inclined to emulate Mr. Banks, above.
== Magazines ==
▲* Parodied in ''[[Wizard Magazine
▲** Another Wizard ad had this, featuring the 'heroes' of Marvel Zombies. Instead of fruit pies, they find two kids. Two ''tasty'' kids.
== Video Games ==
▲* The video game ''[[Spider-Man Friend or Foe]]'' has a fun reference, as one of Spidey's post-battle quips is along the lines of "I could go for a fruit pie right about now."
▲** The tie-in game for the third movie had the Apocalypse gang stealing these at every frakking opportunity, with everyone openly referring to them with the full trope name. Spidey would actually [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]] this, by asking "without fruit pies, what'll I use to distract supervillains?" In addition, there'd occasionally be a truck driver with a dodgy Indian accent who would protest that he couldn't deliver '''Delicious Fruit Pies''' on time because the truck had broken down.
== Web Comics ==
▲* ''[[The
▲* Another parody from R.K. Milholland's ''[http://www.superstupor.com/sust01042008.shtml Super Stupor]''.
▲** And don't forget when Davan created stats for one of those villains and managed to capture his players, making Jason want to know the saving throw to commit suicide.
▲* ''[[RPG World]]'' parodied this as well. It does actually work, turns out robots are [[Weaksauce Weakness|strangely vulnerable to fruit pies.]]
▲* A post modern dadaist version of [https://web.archive.org/web/20120713104916/http://theoryofeverythingcomics.com/2008/08/post-modern-dada-and-something-with.html Delicious Fruit Pies]
▲* A [https://web.archive.org/web/20120520221315/http://tgcaps.com/caps/modcomics/suedenim/jetdream/jet-dream-1970-annual/AD_01.jpg.php recaptioned Hostess ad] appears in the [[Gender Bender|gender bending]] [[Affectionate Parody|parody]] ''[[Jet Dream (webcomic)|Jet Dream]]'' [[Remix Comic]]. The fruit pies have significant side effects, but they are [[Second Law of Gender Bending|apparently considered desirable ones]].
▲* A ''[[Questionable Content]]'' [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=670 guest strip] parodied it.
▲* Also parodied by [https://web.archive.org/web/20041225072410/http://archive.salon.com/comics/boll/2002/05/02/boll/index.html God-Man].
▲* [[Double Subversion|Double Subverted]] in a ''[[Captain SNES]]'' crossover with a good deal of Lampshading. The Captain engages a Magus/Lavos hybrid after the original party was wiped out. Alex offers Mavos a SNES' Fruit Pie, to which Mavos is disgusted at the blatant product placement. He takes it anyways and finds they are actually pretty good, but will still eat Alex's soul regardless. Then it turns out Alex spiked the fruit pies with Chocopectate and sends Mavos running toward the nearest bathroom.
▲* Parodied by ''[[Let's Be Friends Again]]'', wherein we are shown the relevance of Hostess Fruit Pies [https://web.archive.org/web/20131031141532/http://www.letsbefriendsagain.com/2011/11/09/delicious/ to the death of Gwen Stacy].
* Inverted in the [http://www.spinnyverse.com/comic/issue-24-cover Issue 24] story arc of ''[[Spinnerette]]'', where the Delicious Fruit Pies are the problem (at least as far as Spinnerette is concerned).
== Web Original ==
▲* [[Seanbaby]] has [http://www.seanbaby.com/hostess.htm a whole bunch of these ads] archived.
▲* ''[[The Onion]]:'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20100219060554/http://www.theonion.com/content/node/32002 Spiderman Distracts Dr. Octopus With Delicious Hostess Fruit Pies]
▲* A collection of ''[[Watchmen]]'' [http://theoryofeverythingcomics.com/2009/03/collection-of-watchmenhostess-parodies.html Delicious Fruit Pies] parodies.
▲* In ''[[Space Beasts]]'', during a chase scene, [[Big Bad]] Bimbolurlina stops chasing the Fellowship crew for....Delicious Big Johnny's Ham Sandwiches
== Western Animation ==
▲* ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' had [[Ad Bumpers|a segment]] with [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]] [[Captain Ersatz|look-a-like]] Major Glory and his "Justice Fruit Pies".
▲{{quote|'''Mathemagician''': Not Justice Fruit Pies! The Delicious treat you'd have to be ''crazy'' to hate! Oooh, I give up!}}
▲* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' once parodied this, with Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy advertising the "New Krusty Kids Meal" at the Krusty Krab.
▲{{quote|'''Man Ray''': How can I be evil with flavors this good?}}
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