History Main / DeliciousDistraction

* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E06TerminalProvocations Terminal Provocations]]", a rogue isolinear core is rampaging through the ship and absorbing technology into itself. When they can't force it into the airlock, Mariner chucks her tricorder into the airlock so it will go in willingly to get the delicious tech.

* A 90's advert for KFC showed a long queue of people waiting to get into FluffyCloudHeaven. As St. Peter calls out each person in turn, his clerk would check a list to see if they were approved to get into heaven. But then the clerk gets distracted by a bucket of KFC and starts admitting everyone regardless, including Vlad the Impaler and Genghis Khan!"

->''"Is that... food? Everyone [[BlackMarketProduce smuggled food]] down here!? Unbelievable! You guys put our lives in danger because you couldn't go without a snack for a day!? You are all... awful! ''[stomach growls]'' So hungry... is that... egg custard in that tart?"''

* In ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', Link can use this tactic during the stealth infiltration of the Yiga Clan, by dropping their TrademarkFavoriteFood (Mighty Bananas) on the ground to lure guards away from their posts. [[spoiler:This also works on [[BonusBoss Maz Koshia]] at the end of "The Champions' Ballad" DLC, though only once.]]

* ''TabletopGame/{{Chrononauts}}'', the card game of time travel, includes an artifact from the 1939' Berlin World's Fair: [[http://www.wunderland.com/LooneyLabs/Chrononauts/Mysteries.html#1.1 a delicious slice of German Cake]]. You can use it during another player's turn to distract them and cancel whatever it is they were about to do.

->''Ooh, [[EvilTastesGood chocolate chip cookies! *munch munch*]] [[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter This is DELICIOUS!!]]''

* ''[[Website/NotAlwaysLearning Not Always Learning]]'': A police dog goes into full alert mode ... [[https://notalwaysright.com/barking-mad/32099/ over a ham sandwich in a student's locker]]. To be fair to the dog, he hadn't been given any orders (it was a lockdown drill, not an actual lockdown) so he wasn't in "work mode".

* ''[[NotAlwaysRight/SisterSites Not Always Learning]]'': A police dog goes into full alert mode ... [[https://notalwaysright.com/barking-mad/32099/ over a ham sandwich in a student's locker]]. To be fair to the dog, he hadn't been given any orders (it was a lockdown drill, not an actual lockdown) so he wasn't in "work mode".

Intimately related to FoodPorn, which is about distracting the ''audience'' with the yummies. Compare FoodAsBribe which is for getting a service for a supply of food. Also closely related to MeatOVision, ObsessedWithFood and ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere, diet edition. Advertising/HostessFruitPies ads are a comic book variation. Don't confuse with another related trope, DeliciousDaydream.

* ''Webcomic/{{Archipelago}}'''s [[TalkativeLoon Blitz]] when King Mikel playfully switches his crown for Blitz's hat.
-->'''Mikel:''' You're wearing the crown of Quillotia, my friend. What's your first decree?\\
'''Blitz:''' I...I want a muffin!

->''"Is that... food? Everyone smuggled food down here!? Unbelievable! You guys put our lives in danger because you couldn't go without a snack for a day!? You are all... awful! ''[stomach growls]'' So hungry... is that... egg custard in that tart?"''

* "WebVideo/DeadpoolTheMusical": Deadpool gets distracted mid-singing in a {{bar brawl}} when he sees a [[TrademarkFavoriteFood chimichanga]] and gives its would-be eater a fork-{{impaled palm}} to steal it.

* The ''[[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1]]'' episode "Lasagna" has [[JerkAss Master Shake]] distract Carl ([[ItMakesSenseInContext who is under house arrest after a hooker bit his tongue]]) with the eponymous pasta.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', cheese is a ridiculously effective distraction for Monty, even when the one with the cheese is only doing so unwittingly. In "Mind Your Cheese and Qs", Rat Capone has Gadget [[ConveyorBeltOfDoom tied to a conveyor belt with a chopping thing somewhere along the way]], and distracts Monty from rescuing her by holding up Brie '86, his favorite cheese. He does end up rescuing her, but he really has a struggle.
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' featured a short directly parodying the Hostess Fruit Pie ads. A villain called the Mathmagician starts kidnapping Dexter and other children; Major Glory can't just punch him out ("Ah ah ah! No violence in school!"), so instead he brings out an armful of "Justice Fruit Pies", which are so delicious that the villain surrenders just to have a bite.

* It took a ton of Reese's Pieces to booby trap James Woods in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'': When Bender comes across an angry guard dog he pulls out a huge steak... he then proceeds to knock the dog unconscious with it and eats the steak himself.
* WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}} defeated Candle Jack by distracting him with pie.
* The ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' segment "Five-Minute Warning" has Jon bet Garfield that he can't go five minutes without eating. The fat cat tries to get his mind off food, but repeatedly runs into things like an ice cream trunk, a picnicking family, and the Buddy Bears, who have prepared an enormous feast for him as a token of friendship. Garfield ''does'' manage to win the bet, though, chowing down on a banana just as the timer runs out.
* A darker version of this happens on ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodeFamily'' with Che, the family dog, hyper-focusing on any meat product in his line of sight and running off to hunt smaller animals on a dime. The DudeNotFunny part comes in when you remember that his owners are straw liberals (on top of being generally morons) who only feed him vegan food, and he's trying desperately to nourish himself since his owners refuse to do so.[[note]]Dogs can handle a bit of veg and grain every now and then, but most of their food should be meat-based, or they will suffer serious malnutrition. Cats have even stricter dietary requirements ... they're "obligate carnivores", meaning they must have certain nutrients that are not found in plant matter in order to live. (Note this doesn't mean they can't eat plants at all, just like it's not true that you can't eat sand ... they just don't get much nutritional benefit from them.)[[/note]]
* [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in "Masked Mouse: The Ultimate Challenge" from ''WesternAnimation/IfYouGiveAMouseACookie''. Dog is playing superhero as "Dog In a Cape" and is trying to save Mouse, who has been blown away on a kite. He rides a skateboard, but then spots a man with a tasty donut. Then, he remembers Superhero Rule #3 - "Focus. No distractions."

** In "The Return of Harmony, Part 1", Pinkie Pie is inclined to let Discord take over the world and bathe it in chaos because that means it's going to rain chocolate.
--->"Eternal chaos comes with [[Music/TayZonday chocolate rain,]] you guys! ''Chocolate. Rain!''"
** In "Rarity Investigates" the pony responsible for framing Rainbow Dash uses a cake to [[spoiler:distract the guards long enough to let them plant the evidence against Rainbow]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/OzzyAndDrix'', bacteria-themed villains [[SweetTooth can't resist anything sweet]], and can be led into a trap rather easily by mere pastry. Even [[EvilGenius the criminal mastermind]] Strepfinger is apprehended after Maria lured him out of his office with a pie. (After she knocked him out, she said, "You know, for an evil genius, you're pretty dumb.")

* Appeared in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.

** Subverted in a Treehouse of Horror episode, when Homer is being chased by Ned Flanders' guard dogs. (ItMakesSenseInContext) He pulls out a large string of sausages:

** Played straight and parodied during The Cat's burglary spree. Santa's Little Helper growls at the intruder, who quiets him with a string of sausages. In comes a sleepwalking Homer, who also growls at The Cat... who also quiets him with another string of sausages.
** Played straight with a brief gag in "Grandpa vs. Sexual Inadequacy". Homer tries to start a serious talk with his kids, but loses his train of thought thanks to Bart's candy bar.

** In the episode "In Marge we Trust" Marge becomes the church's "listen lady", offering advice for people in trouble. Lenny asks for help since he lied to his friend Carl about being married; Marge says that whenever she has to give bad news to Homer she does it after preparing him a delicious dinner so he doesn't care ''what'' she says.
** In "Brawl in the Family" the family throws their sandwiches to a gang of wolves and cougars, but it only energizes them and makes them jump higher. Homer instead throws them beer, which causes them to get drunk and faint.

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': In "The Golden Years", Drakken and Shego are operating out of [[BadHumorTruck an ice cream truck]], and at one point Shego tries to get Kim off their tail by tossing out a batch of ice cream bars to attract [[MobstacleCourse a crowd of kids]].

* ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett''. Grogu should be meditating with Luke Skywalker, but instead uses the Force to float a frog over to his mouth, until Luke opens his eyes and sees what he's up to.

* Brutally subverted in ''WebVideo/MisterPlinkettReviews'', when he starts talking about the frequent banther Obi-Wan and Anakin has about their off-screen adventures in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'':