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[[File:Kirk eating apple 8431.png|link=Star Trek (film)|frame| Flavor - the answer to how to pass an [[Unwinnable Training Simulation]]]]

 

A character enters what should be a serious situation for them, and yet seems completely bored with the events. Instead of giving the occasion his full attention, they seem more invested in the snack they rather conveniently happen to be eating.

 

Compare [[Autopsy Snack Time]], [[Fruit of the Loon]], [[Long Speech Tea Time]] (where an audience is bored) and [[Pass the Popcorn]] (where they're ''entertained'' by someone else's troubles). Often overlaps with [[Enemy Eats Your Lunch]].

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== Anime And Manga ==

 

* In ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'', Kirk faces [[Unwinnable Training Simulation|the Kobayashi Maru]], but instead of reacting to the [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|conditions of the test]], he blows off everything as he gives the test a taste of its own medicine, munching on some mysterious apple he got out of nowhere the entire time. In his own words, "Don't worry about it".

* In ''[[The Santa Clause (film series)|The Santa Clause]]'', Scott spends a board meeting taking his time scooping a sundae dish clean.

* This occurs in ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' while Jules and Vincent are putting on a hit. Man, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOOo7tSDCUs Big Kahuna Burgers] are ''tasty''. Jules actually has the gall to start up a conversation over burgers, and eat the burger of the guy they all know he's going to kill.

* In ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]: Return of the King'', Denethor is more interested in eating his chicken and tomatoes than he is in Faramir's safety.