History Main / FoodAsBribe

* In ''Fanfic/TheWitchOfTheEverfree'', when Twilight starts asking Cadance [[MayflyDecemberRomance how old she is compared to Shining Armor]], Cadance distracts her by ordering her coffee.
-->'''Cadance:''' Hey! Wow! They have lava cake on the menu! Let's get a round of those, and I'll let you have coffee if you stop asking questions.\\
'''Twilight:''' Celestia says I can't have coffee after [[NoodleIncident the accident with the west garden]].\\
'''Cadance:''' That's why it's bribery, Twilight.\\
'''Twilight:''' ...Deal.

* In the ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' fanfic ''Fanfic/AllGodsLittleCreatures'', Watson invites/ushers two of the Irregulars into the house because it's wet out. Bert, not being as familiar with Watson, resists being pushed through the door of 221 Baker Street, but Alfie makes him stop by saying that the doctor will give them some cocoa.
* ''Fanfic/AsylumOfDoom'': Dib gets Gaz to accompany him on a trip to the ruins of the [[BedlamHouse Burke Lunatic Asylum]] by promising to buy her Bloaty's Pizza Hog for a whole month.
* ''Fanfic/TheBabysittingFiasco'': Alya and Nino volunteer to babysit their younger siblings, get paid handsomely for the extra work, then pawn the job off on Marinette, forcing her to look after said siblings for free while they go on "secret dates". In order to keep their siblings from snitching and telling their parents what's going on, they bribe them with extra dessert.
* Hobbes is easily bribed to do something with [[TrademarkFavoriteFood tuna]] in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries''.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ThatCatchInYourThroat'', Sierra lures Hombregrande into having a bath with an arepa.
* ''Webcomic/CutieMarkCrusaders10k'': Rarity needs Rainbow Dash to move some floating islands around so they can grow crops on them, but Dash refuses to do anything about it in a time-efficient manner. Rarity blackmails her into getting to work by threatening to eat the entire known supply of Thunder Puffs if she doesn't get the islands moving.
* In ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', Freeza offers to give Goku a pizza if Goku will let Freeza power up to 100%. Goku's having none of it. Then Freeza offers two pizzas. Goku still isn't interested, and charges at Freeza. Then Freeza offers two pizzas with stuffed crust...
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11495123/5/Finding-a-Family Finding a Family]]'':
-->'''Harry:''' Well I will continue to press this issue until I receive an apology.\\
'''Daphne:''' How about, in Neville and Luna's stead, I ask one of the house elves to sneak you a couple of treacle tarts? Away from Madam Pince's eyes?\\
'''Harry:''' Done! Deal!
* Played with in the fifty-ninth chapter of ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero''. After Kyon and most of the girls in the Brigade teleport to Yuki's PocketDimension for some training, Hanyuu instantly assumes they went somewhere to do "naughty things" and runs off to inform Rika, only to be stopped by Kuyou buying off her silence with cookies. Funnily enough, the "bribing" part only happens in [[SweetTooth Hanyuu]]'s head, as Kuyou only wanted to [[TrademarkFavoriteFood share some of her cookies with her]].

* ''Fanfic/AMothersTouch'' subverts this. Yoko arrives during the tense meeting of Reiji wanting buy You Show with boxes of store-bought sushi. Himika looks down on this, thinking that this nothing but a bribe to make the Akabas go away. Turns out it wasn't. Yoko honestly did want to buy sushi for everyone and she reveals that, as co-owner of You Show, she doesn't do bribes.

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48446065 Never Trust a Bunny]]'', Plagg reveals to Adrien this is the reason why [[PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs he caused the dinosaurs to go extinct]]. Around 66 million years ago, Fluff came to intervene regarding Tikki's obsession with the dinosaurs and neglecting the evolution of other animals. So he brought a sample of cheese from a possible future to Plagg, who enjoyed it enough that Fluff told him if he can get rid of the dinosaurs, then the mammals can evolve so that one species (humans) can domesticated others to make as much cheese as he desired. One large asteroid later, and the dinosaurs (and almost all the mammals) are now extinct.
* Suggested in ''[[Fanfic/SkyholdAcademyYearbook Skyhold Academy]]'', when the teachers are cleaning the school's main hall. [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Bull]] suggests that they get some of the students to pitch in by offering them pizza. It doesn't actually happen, because a plot point wanders into the room and diverts their attention, but they do consider it briefly.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ThatCatchInYourThroat'', Sierra lures Hombregrande into having a bath with an arepa.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10801295/3/Protection-The-Three-Phase-Plan Protection- The Three-Phase Plan]]'', Remus gets Sirius out of bed by offering to make chocolate chip pancakes.

* In the ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' fanfic ''Fanfic/AllGodsLittleCreatures'', Watson invites/ushers two of the Irregulars into the house because it's wet out. Bert, not being as familiar with Watson, resists being pushed through the door of 221 Baker Street, but Alfie makes him stop by saying that the doctor will give them some cocoa.
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48446065 Never Trust a Bunny]]'', Plagg reveals to Adrien this is the reason why [[PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs he caused the dinosaurs to go extinct]]. Around 66 million years ago, Fluff came to interveen regarding Tikki's obsession with the dinosaurs and neglecting the evolution of other animals. So he brought a sample of cheese from a possible future to Plagg, who enjoyed it enough that Fluff told him if he can get rid of the dinosaurs, then the mammals can evolve so that one species (humans) can domesticated others to make as much cheese as he desired. One large asteroid later, and the dinosaurs (and almost all the mammals) are now extinct.
* ''Fanfic/AMothersTouch'' subverts this. Yoko arrives during the tense meeting of Reiji wanting buy You Show with boxes of store-bought sushi. Himika looks down on this, thinking that this nothing but a bribe to make the Akabas go away. Turns out it wasn't. Yoko honestly did want to buy sushi for everyone and she reveals that, as co-owner of You Show, she doesn't do bribes.
* ''Fanfic/TheSuperheroGame'': In the very first chapter, Jason has to deal with Klarion the Witch Boy, who's de-aged the adult heroes and aged up the teenage heroes. Jason ends up giving him one of Alfred's chocolate chip cookies and promising him the rest of the bag he'd brought if Klarion restores everyone, which works.

* ''Film/{{Goldstone}}''. Maureen, the [[FauxAffablyEvil corrupt mayor]] of the eponymous Australian mining town, bakes cakes for local cop Josh and later for Detective Jay Swann. However they both turn down actual bribes when offered.

* In the ''Literature/SergeStorms'' novel ''Orange Crush'', a lobbyist considers the food and drink he provides at campaign functions to be part of the lobbying, with the impact being about ten cents on the dollar (a free meal worth fifty dollars provides as much influence with a politician as a $500 donation to his campaign).

* ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'': The two gentlemen in the BadFuture discuss whether or not to attend the dead man's funeral. One of them opines that he might feel inclined, if there's a free lunch afterwards.
* Inverted in ''Literature/JanitorsOfThePostapocalypse''. Mops has spent her whole [[UpliftedAnimal conscious life]] not eating except through the intake port implanted in her stomach. The chef she's talking to, who delights in seeing humans try his food for the first time, is convinced to share his confidential information by the idea that the first thing Mops eats ''ever'' will be his dish.
* ''Literature/{{Serpico}}''. The NYPD are so used to accepting free food, they don't notice how much disdain they are regarded by a cafe owner who keeps trying to push food that isn't selling onto them. He's shocked when Serpico pays for his food and actually runs down the street after him to return the money. Eventually they compromise on Serpico only paying what it costs the owner. Serpico in turn starts leaving large tips, and notices how the attitude of the owner and waitresses changes accordingly.
* Holo from ''Literature/SpiceAndWolf'' can usually be bought with apples, but will occasionally demand fancier foods (most notably, the honey-pickled peaches that are considered a delicacy in the city they were visiting at the time).
* Want to get the Raven Consort in ''Literature/RavenOfTheInnerPalace'' to do something for you? Offer her food. This is due to her rough upbringing where food was often a luxury.

-->'''Luke''': How did you get past security?
-->'''Mary''': Carl at the front desk loves double whipped Frappuccinos.
-->'''Kate''': Good. ''(aside to Luke)'' He'll be making them soon.

-->'''Jool:''' And I why should I do your selfish and unnecessary work?
-->'''Crichton:''' Because I know where Rygel stashes his womilyn cake...and it's sweeter than the sweet thang, [[ShipTease sweet thang]].

-->'''Picard''': I just want to talk.
-->'''Musiker''': There isn't anything you could say that I'd want to hear.
-->'''Picard''': ''{slowly turning around and walking away}'' Secret Romulan assassins are operating on Earth.
-->'''Musiker''': ''{eyes the bottle}'' Is that the '86?
-->'''Picard''': ''{waves the bottle at her}''
-->'''Musiker''': ''{lowers her gun}'' God... damn it. ''{tosses the contents of her cup}''.
* ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'':

* In ''Theatre/TheBirds'' by Creator/{{Aristophanes}}, the promise of a meal of roasted poultry is enough for Heracles to give away the scepter of Zeus to the birds, thus ceding them the rule over the world.

'''Fern:''' [[INeedAFreakingDrink Lead the way.]]

* ''{{Webcomic/Freefall}}'':

* ''Webcomic/TheGreenhouse'': Mica successfully bargains for good behavior from the demon possessing her, 'Red', in exchange for regularly removing the talisman that prevents Red from feeding... on her soul. This actually works quite well, but soon begins to cause (or at least accelerates) PossessionBurnout.
-->'''Mica:''' I think she was just hangry.

* ''Franchise/LooneyTunes''

** Your companions have different ways of getting past the guard to the Circle Tower. Morrigan or Shale will scare the living daylights out of him, Leliana will regale him with stories, and Sten... will offer him cookies (that he stole from a kid "for his own good"). Truly, Templar discipline is to be feared. It's less funny when you learn the guard is an example of what lyrium does to the brain.

* ''Literature/JulianComstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America'' by Creator/RobertCharlesWilson. Colonel Adam Hazzard comes home from campaign to find that his wife has been placed under house arrest. Rather than keep shouting to them from the street, he points out to the sentry that under regulations a superior officer can relieve him while he goes and gets something to eat. As the army's pay has been somewhat irregular due to the recent political upheaval, he gives the soldier a few dollars so he can buy it.