History Main / CutASliceTakeTheRest

->''"I saw [[Franchise/ArchieComics Jughead]] do this once, and I thought it was brilliant."''

Bob is preparing to take his share of a large item (a pie, money, or as in the page image, a pizza) that is clearly meant to be split between several persons. He cuts a small, Bob-sized portion out from the main lump -- and then leaves that behind while he makes off with the rest. The tinier the initial portion, the funnier the joke becomes: [[BaitAndSwitch what appeared at first to be moderation and restraint on Bob's part]] is actually just {{greed}}, since a smaller remnant means more for him.

* Used on ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' when the Rubbles were living with the Flintstones; Wilma sets out two pieces of cake, one small, one huge. Fred lets Barney choose, so naturally, he scarfs down the larger piece. Fred objects that if he got to choose first, he had picked the smaller; Barney counters, "What are you complaining about? You got it!"

* The 1937 Color Classics cartoon by Creator/FleischerStudios ''WesternAnimation/BunnyMooning'' has a hippo guest at the bunny wedding roll up to a frosted layer cake, cut a thin sliver into it, then shovel all but the sliver into his huge maw. Occurs at the 3:50 mark.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "The Inconveniencing" Mabel finds a bunch of candy powder dip. She takes a packet, dips the dipper in it, and then pours the rest of the packet right into her mouth.

* On one episode of ''Series/HomeImprovement'', one of the students from Tim's shop class does this with Jill's cake when Tim has then over for dinner.

TaxmanTakesTheWinnings is a related gag: someone who newly in possession of a big bundle of money is promptly accosted by the IntimidatingRevenueService, who divvy up the winnings and make off with most of it, if not all. They may even threaten Bob with prison if he doesn't cough up '''more'''...

* In ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}} and Cleopatra'', [[TheBigGuy Obelix]] is asked to cut three slices from the Special Iced Arsenic Cake. He cuts out two normal-sized slices and takes all the rest as his own piece.[[note]]This may have been intentional, as the cake was poisoned and they were trying to prove it wasn't by eating it themselves (after having prematurely taken antidote), so they needed to dispose of the whole thing to prevent anyone else from eating it and being poisoned by it afterwards- three even-sized slices would have been too big for Asterix and Getafix.[[/note]]

This is most commonly seen with cake, where Bob will cut a slice and take the rest for himself. It's also seen often with money, where Bob pulls a few bills from his wallet and then his wife Alice takes the wallet. The gag can be further subverted if Bob takes the larger portion and then returns to get the tiny remainder too. A common interpretation is TaxmanTakesTheWinnings - someone inherits or wins a large sum of money, upon which the IntimidatingRevenueService shows up, divvies up the money and takes most of it; in some cases they take ''all'' of it, or even threaten Bob with prison if he doesn't cough up '''more.'''

* A variation is used in ''[[Film/TheNuttyProfessor1996 The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps]]'' when Sherman's family devours an entire buffet leaving only the salad.

* A variation is used in ''Film/TheNuttyProfessorIITheKlumps'' when Sherman's family devours an entire buffet leaving only the salad.

* WesternAnimation/PrivateSnafu'': In "Spies", Snafu pours a single shot of liquor from a bottle, then throws away the shot glass and guzzles down the bottle.

Bob is preparing to take his share of a large item (a pie, money, or as in the page image, a pizza) that is clearly meant to be split between several persons. He cuts a small, Bob-sized portion out from the main lump -- and then leaves that behind while he makes off with the rest. The tinier the initial portion, the funnier the joke becomes: [[BaitAndSwitch what appeared at first to be moderation and restraint on Bob's part is actually just]] {{greed}}, since a smaller remnant means more for him.

** ''Series/SesameStreet'' did this joke too once, as Ernie prepared slices of pie for both himself and Bert. He gives Bert a tiny sliver, and himself a large slice.

* Struggling with the madness of ''Film/HighlanderTheSource'', Spoony (of ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'') goes to get a large bottle of "Crazy Pills", returns to the camera, pours a few pills into his hand, looks at them, and then proceeds to [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/12/06/highlander-the-source-review/ pour the rest of the bottle into his mouth.]]

--> '''Obelix:''' [[LoopholeAbuse Well, I]] ''[[LoopholeAbuse did]]'' [[LoopholeAbuse cut]] ''[[LoopholeAbuse three]]'' [[LoopholeAbuse slices, didn't I?]]

Compare IllTakeTwoBeersToo and AteItAll.

Compare IllTakeTwoBeersToo.

* In the last episode of ''WesternAnimation/NeighborsFromHell'' the main protagonist's human boss cuts a corner slice out of the family's cake and takes the rest, then his other boss ({{Satan}}) takes the remainder.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'', Snaptrap does this to a cake when Dudley convinces him to help him celebrate Kitty's birthday. He later finds out from Dudley that the cake was a cheesecake, and since he is horribly allergic to cheese (Ironically enough, being that he's a rat), he swells up and hits the controls, which cause him to set Dudley and Kitty free.

* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' Timmy has eaten a slice of his pizza and refuses Wanda's suggestion that Timmy throw them a slice. When his mother notices them in a starved condition and says he also should give them some food, Timmy picks up the rest of the pizza and says he's down to the "last really big, really round, almost circular piece".

* A variation is used in ''Film/TheNuttyProfessor 2'' when Sherman's family devours an entire buffet leaving only the salad.

* Variant in ''[[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie An Extremely Goofy Movie]]'': as part of a TrainingMontage, Sylvia pours Goofy a cup of coffee, only for him to down what's left in the pot.

** In the episode "Future Tense," George wins a pile of money at a horse race, at the end the '[[IntimidatingRevenueService interplanetary revenue service' agency]] [[TaxmanTakesTheWinnings takes the pile, hands him a stack out of the pile, and keeps the rest for themselves]].

* At the end of the Barney Bear cartoon: [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045863/ Heir Bear]], the taxman comes to take "Uncle Sam's share" from the treasure Barney had just uncovered. He takes a coin... for Barney to keep while he collects the rest.

* In the episode "Heavy Sleeper" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'', Chowder takes an orange from a fruit bowl only to suck out the rest of the fruit and putting the orange back in the bowl.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'': Beetle Juice once found a huge gold rock. A tax collector took a small piece of it and did like the taxman from the Barney Bear example above.

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''. Wally is a BigEater, due to his super-speed requiring a ''lot'' of food. So when it's his birthday, the team goes out of their way to make two cakes, presumably to avoid this trope. However...
--> '''Wally''': Great! What are you guys going to eat?
--> '''M'gann''': We'll split the cupcake.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'', Snaptrap does this to a cake when Dudley convinces him to help him celebrate Kitty's birthday. He later finds out from Dudley that the cake was a cheesecake, and since he is horribly allergic to cheese (Ironically enough), he swells up and hits the controls, which cause him to set Dudley and Kitty free.

-->So, dimly remembering that Indians use bread when they've overdone the chillies, I cut a slice, threw it away and ate what remained of the very expensive Daylesford loaf, like a dog.