History Main / FightForTheLastBite

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' combines it with WhenYouSnatchThePebble; after Po's TrainingMontage, both Po and Master Shifu sit down to eat dumplings, but Shifu keeps snatching them up. When it's down to the last one, it turns into an epic battle, and Po slowly but surely hones his reflexes... until he manages to grab it. Then he decides to give it to Shifu instead, saying that he's not so hungry anymore. Shifu sees it as a sign of growth.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', the first episode of ''Slayers NEXT'' has Gourry and Lina literally ForkFencing at super speed over the ''last bits of food on the table''. Neither of them end up getting it, as a fight breaks out in the tavern and their table is knocked over. This is [[JustifiedTrope justified two-fold]]: First, both of them are notorious [[BigEater Big Eaters]]. Second, the party has a tradition where the person who eats the least has to pick up the tab.

* ''WebVideo/DragonballZAbridged'':

** In the short "Slice of Life", Lincoln and his sisters argue over the last slice of pizza. At the end, mom and dad are revealed to have bought ''two'' pizzas, so the kids rush off, leaving the afformentioned slice behind... [[HereWeGoAgain only for the]] ''[[HereWeGoAgain pets]]'' [[HereWeGoAgain to start fighting]]. In the graphic novel version of this, the comic actually ArtShift to an anime style with the sibling seemingly wielding powers as they get ready to fight for the last slice.

* One Creator/CartoonNetwork promo for ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' used line "Fighting for truth, justice, and the last slice of pizza".

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' short "Slice of Life", Lincoln and his sisters argue over the last slice of pizza. At the end, mom and dad are revealed to have bought ''two'' pizzas, so the kids rush off, leaving the afformentioned slice behind... [[HereWeGoAgain only for the]] ''[[HereWeGoAgain pets]]'' [[HereWeGoAgain to start fighting]]. In the graphic novel version of this, the comic actually ArtShift to an anime style with the sibling seemingly wielding powers as they get ready to fight for the last slice.

* A Website/YouTube video called ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AJ_7uWkFMM Expectations vs Reality - Martial Arts Movies]]'' from the group Martial Club does several different skits that poke fun at various MartialArtsMovie tropes and cliches. During the "expectations" part of one skit, two friends get into a fight over the last piece of junk food that they're sharing. (In the reality section, there's no fight, just some resentful stares.)

* In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', both Po and Master Shifu are eating dumplings. When it's down to the last one, Shifu makes it as an impromptu training for Po by snatching it just as the latter's about to eat it. Fight over dumpling ensues, and Po slowly but surely hones his reflexes... until he manages to grab it. Then he decides to give it to Shifu instead, saying that he's not so hungry anymore. Shifu sees it as a sign of growth.

Two or more characters are enjoying a snack from a communal source. At some point there is a realization that there is only one left for multiple people. Hilarity ensues as this one bit of food, unlike its fallen brethren, becomes monumentally important. Usually, this is because the food was not divided evenly, such as there being 9 pizza slices for 4 people.

* Shows up a couple of times in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''; at the beginning of ''A Milhouse Divided'' Maggie and the 2 pets get into a MexicanStandoff over a meatball that fell off of Homer's plate (cut short when Homer snatches it back with his fork), and in ''A Star Is Burns'' Homer and Jay Sherman fight over the last pork chop (Jay ends up getting it because he's the guest).

If multiple characters realize it at the same time, there may be a WildWest-style stare-down to share this understanding, followed by a quick-draw analogue in grabbing the last one, or a more convoluted competition to determine who is deserving. Cutting the last one in half and sharing it is NOT an option. Expect some ForkFencing along the way, considering how likely this is to devolve into an actual, physical fight.

* Averted in the Website/CollegeHumor short "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_PD-taVSoI You Can Never Take the Last Cookie]]", which is about how it's considered rude to take the last cookie. The characters keep dividing the cookie (so nobody is rude) until it creates a nuclear reaction.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': In [[https://garfield.com/comic/1987/03/26 this comic]], Garfield and Jon's date Berta end up fighting over the last piece of Jon's food (most likely steak).

* In a flashback to Kate's birth in an ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode, Arthur and D.W. are seen fighting over the last grape.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' short "Slice of Life", Lincoln and his sisters argue over the last slice of pizza. At the end, mom and dad are revealed to have been GenreSavvy enough to buy ''two'' pizzas, so the kids rush off, leaving the afformentioned slice behind... [[HereWeGoAgain only for the]] ''[[HereWeGoAgain pets]]'' [[HereWeGoAgain to start fighting]]. In the graphic novel version of this, the comic actually ArtShift to an anime style with the sibling seemingly wielding powers as they get ready to fight for the last slice.

* Discussed in the Website/CollegeHumor short "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_PD-taVSoI You Can Never Take the Last Cookie]]" is about how it's considered rude to take the last cookie. The characters keep dividing the cookie (so nobody is rude) until it creates a nuclear reaction.

* ''Series/FlandersCompany'': The episode "Motus" is one lengthy fight scene between the various characters over the last donuts, the first action-filled episode of the series. In the end, Dr. Parker picks up the last donuts and eats it, oblivious that his co-workers are fighting each other outside for it.