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Though she made them a-special for you.''|'''[[Tom Waits]]''', "Filipino Box Spring Hog"}}
One character shows his knowledge of, and attentiveness to, another by providing his favorite food or drink without his needing to request it. The dish, obviously, will be somewhat unusual, but does not need to be very
The person may not mention it, but if so, the [[Stock Phrase]] is "
May overlap with [[Trademark Favorite Food]], but can be something the person eats only occasionally, or usually is not significant. It is, in fact, often not something made a big deal of, because it does not show obvious attentiveness to pick up on it.
It can also be used in an attempt to bring a character out of a funk: "Come on, cheer up. Look, I made
Can go wildly awry if the character gets it wrong.
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** Even more [[Mad Love|twistedly heartwarming]] than it sounds: she wasn't sure whether or not to accept or kill him until she found them
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|"Mint chocolate chip ice cream? I know it's your favorite!"]] [[Filler Villain]] Noa Kaiba, a digital ghost in a digital world, was apparently told this every day by the digital ice cream vendor in the digital park. One day he wanted to try something else, but she wasn't programmed for that and [[Welcome to Corneria|just kept repeating that line.]]
* ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' has a
* In the [[Tear Jerker|infamous]] anime film ''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]'', Seita tries to get fruit drops for his little sister as often as he can, because they're her favorite food. {{spoiler|After she starves to death, he cremates her and puts her ashes in a fruit drop box}}.
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Semi-lampshaded]] in ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi]]''. The first meal that Aoi cooks for Kaoru at his apartment consists of all of his favorite foods. When he expresses surprise at this, she mentions that she'd remembered them since their childhood meeting.
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** Later, when {{spoiler|Adam}} is in the ''exact'' same position, Zachariah has the same plate of burgers and beer, and remarks that {{spoiler|the Winchesters}} are really quite predictable.
* ''[[Gossip Girl]]''. When Chuck decides to stop running from his feelings and to tell Blair that he loves her, he goes around Europe buying her favorite stockings, macaroons and whatnot from her favorite places. He's also been seen to bring her her favorite champagne and her favorite flowers on occasion.
* In one episode of ''[[The Odd Couple]]'', Felix tries to butter up Oscar by making his favorite
* When Frankie visits her Mother on the Mother's Day episode of ''[[The Middle]]'' she asks her Mom to make a grilled cheese sandwich like she used
* A minor [[Running Gag]] in [[Early Installment Weirdness|early episodes]] of ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' was Major Sheppard being bribed with turkey sandwiches.
* ''[[Starsky and Hutch (TV series)|Starsky and Hutch]]'': In the episode "Lady Blue," which revolves around the murder of Starsky's ex-girlfriend, Hutch makes him his favorite meal as comfort food, having called Starsky's mother up to get the recipe.
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== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* In ''[[Baldo]]'', Tia Carmen tell Baldo she made his favorite form of
== [[Video Games]] ==
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