History Main / CarryingACake

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** There is also a radio PSA where another woman describes waiting for her father to bring the cake to her fifth birthday party. He never arrived, having been killed by a drunk driver.

See also EndangeredSouffle and {{Prop}}. Related tropes are ThirtyMinutesOrItsFree and DishDash. PieInTheFace may result. Possibly a subtrope to ChekhovsGun. Or perhaps TemptingFate.

* There's a scene in ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' where the gang steals melons from some dodos. The scene quickly becomes a parody of a football game. When Sid returns with the last melon, he does a victory dance and spikes it. Oops.

* ''Literature/CuriousGeorge'' TV show episode "Special Delivery Monkey." Chef Pisgetti forgets to bring a pie to a meeting with prospective clients. George delivers it in perfect condition, narrowly avoiding disasters along the way. Then the chef promptly shoves the pie in another man's face. "When you order from Pisgetti's, we guarantee that your pie in the face gag will never fall flat!" He's cheered by the prospective clients, who are clowns.

* ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' has Pooh carry a jar of honey to Eeyore's birthday a long way through the forest. [[spoiler: By the time he arrives it's become a "useful pot to put things in".]]

** Almost any shot that included [[ThoseTwoGuys Bulk and Skull]] from ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' and a cake generally resulted in this. Probably the most memorable was the episode 'Peace, Love and Woe' when after destroying a cake, Ernie, the owner of the juice bar banned them until they paid him for it. At the end of the episode, Ernie caught them wearing disguises to violate the ban and Bulk decided to get the money from the 'bank', which happened to be his foot. The money was so smelly, Ernie fell on the replacement cake.

* Creator/HarryPartridge's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdhAzIVC9iw Chuck's New Tux]]" presents a variant: Chuck rents a brand new tuxedo for the big dance, and needs to get home without ruining it. He dodges puddle splashes, people carrying loads of pizzas, and falling cans of paint, all while luckily keeping his tux clean. Eventually he accidentally steps on a skateboard and soars through the air, right towards two men carrying a large wedding cake. The scene goes black as we hear a loud SPLAT. [[spoiler: We then see the cake is just fine, but Chuck is [[BlackComedy bleeding to death after landing on a wrought-iron fence and impaling himself through the throat and chest.]]]]

See also EndangeredSouffle. Related tropes are ThirtyMinutesOrItsFree and DishDash. PieInTheFace may result. Possibly a subtrope to ChekhovsGun. Or perhaps TemptingFate.

* In the WesternAnimation/{{Classic Disney Short|s}} ''Mickey's Birthday Party'', Goofy is in charge of baking the cake, but [[EndangeredSouffle it keeps getting ruined]]. He finally has to buy one, but as he exits the kitchen he trips and the cake ends up all over the birthday boy.

This item never arrives as scheduled. Usually it's dropped just before the destination is reached, or else it's stolen or [[BigEater eaten]] by the character carrying it. If the food item does arrive at its destination, it is never in the correct state, or it is unwanted in some capacity once there. If it is a cake, expect it to be a big wedding cake or of similar size for extra mess.

** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E24MysteryOnTheFriendshipExpress "MMMystery on the Friendship Express"]]: Pinkie Pie is tasked with delivering a massive cake by train to a dessert-contest, but it gets (partially) eaten ''en route''. HilarityEnsues when she and Twilight Sparkle play [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Holmes and Watson]] to catch the culprit.

* The main story of the 2007 ''Marvel Holiday Special'' ("A Piece Of Cake") features Franchise/SpiderMan trying to get a cake to Aunt May's Christmas party. Apparently he does this every year, and has never managed to bring the cake intact. The cake is destroyed when he and Franchise/{{Wolverine}} fight a BadSanta with control of a [[HumongousMecha Sentinel]], but Wolvie bakes him a new one.

* One ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' comic had Jon carrying an object similar in size and shape to a cake, which Garfield ran past and swallowed. As he continued running, he thought to himself, "I hope that was food."

** In "Big Pink Loser" when Patrick is working at the Krusty Krab, he tries to take a job bringing customers' orders to their tables, but eats the food. When SpongeBob tells him to make sure the food gets to the table, [[ExactWords he brings the order to the table,]] [[ComicallyMissingThePoint only to immediately eat it in front of the customer.]]

** In "Big Pink Loser" when Patrick is working at the Krusty Krab, he tries to take a job bringing customers' orders to their tables, but eats the food. When SpongeBob tells him to make sure the food gets to the table, [[ExactWords he brings the order to the table,]] [[ComedicallyMissingThePoint only to immediately eat it in front of the customer.]]

* ''Series/FawltyTowers'': "Gourmet Night": Basil spends a good part of the episode trying to get food from a restaurant to his hotel, only to have it destroyed at the last minute. The main problem is that the cake isn't even what he ordered (duck). When he goes to pick up the replacement, one of the waiters accidentally switches it with a Bombe Surprise, which he digs through once he finds out in an attempt to somehow find the missing duck.

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* The title character of ''[[Manga/MutekiKanbanMusume Ramen Fighter Miki]]'' is a bicycle ramen delivery girl ... who gets into [[ChronicHeroSyndrome fights during every delivery]], with [[{{Slapstick}} predictable results]].

This item never arrives as scheduled. Usually it's dropped just before the destination is reached, stolen, or [[BigEater eaten]] by the characters carrying it. If the food item does arrive at its destination, it is never in the correct state, or it is unwanted in some capacity once there. If it is a cake, expect it to be a big wedding cake or of similar size for extra mess.

This item never arrives as scheduled, it is usually dropped just before the destination is reached, stolen, or [[BigEater eaten]] by the characters carrying it. If the food item does arrive at its destination, it is never in the correct state, or it is unwanted in some capacity once there. If it is a cake, expect it to be a big wedding cake or of similar size for extra mess.

[[caption-width-right:275:Okay, Goofy. You’re just asking for trouble.]]

* In the early years of ''Series/SesameStreet'', there was a series of "Song of _____ " skits, each devoted to a different number from 1-10 and showing various items in groupings of that number. The "Song of Eight", for instance, would show eight blocks, then eight clocks, eight puppets, etc. Each of these vignettes would climax with stuntman Alex Stevens (often erroneously credited as Creator/JimHenson, who simply dubbed his voice) as a white-hatted baker attempting to descend a staircase with a given number of cakes, pies, puddings, etc., then tripping and falling to the bottom in a messy heap.

* In the early years of ''Series/SesameStreet'', there was a series of "Song of _____ " skits, each devoted to a different number from 1-10 and showing various items in groupings of that number. The "Song of Eight", for instance, would show eight blocks, then eight clocks, eight puppets, etc. Each of these vignettes would climax with stuntman Alex Stevens (but often erroneously credited to Creator/JimHenson, who simply voiced him) as a white-hatted baker attempting to descend a staircase with a given number of cakes, pies, puddings, etc., then tripping and falling to the bottom in a messy heap.