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->'''Goofy:''' [[{{VerbalTic}} Garwsh]], Sora. [[{{GenreSavvy}} I think]] ''[[OhCrap we're]]'' [[OhCrap the lunch]]!

'''Banzai''': Yeah, we could have whatever's [[IncrediblyLamePun lion around]]!

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* In ''Film/VampireInBrooklyn'', the vampire says "I would like to have you for dinner".
* ''Film/LuckyStiff''. A man is invited to Christmas dinner by a beautiful woman: he discovers that she's a member of a family of cannibals and he's the intended main course.

* Played for laughs, and then [[BloodyHilarious for a ridiculous amount of gore]], in ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows''.

* In Kenji Miyazawa's short story ''The Restaurant of Many Orders'', two game hunters get lost in a forest, but they suddenly find a restaurant in the middle of the woods, which entrance lures them in. The hunters later found out that the restaurant's "many orders" is actually for them (i.e. orders to prepare themselves to be cooked). [[tonygonz.blogspot.com/2006/05/restaurant-of-many-orders-miyazawa.html Here is a fan translation, if you're curious.]]

* ''Lucky Stiff''. A man is invited to Christmas dinner by a beautiful woman: he discovers that she's a member of a family of cannibals and he's the intended main course.

* In the ''Series/Goosebumps'' episode "The Girl Who Cried Monster", the parents invite the main character's teacher to dinner and when they find that he is indeed a monster, they promptly eat him.

* On an episode of ''RockosModernLife'', Heffer is told to bring home an elk for dinner as a RiteOfPassage. (He is literally RaisedByWolves.) He goes to the Elk's Club (in this case, a bar specifically for elk) by donning a pair of twigs as [[PaperThinDisguise "antlers."]] There he meets a female elk, and the two of them [[InterspeciesRomance fall in love]]. He's under the impression that he simply has to bring an elk home; his family was expecting a dead elk ready to be cooked and eaten. When Heffer finds out the truth, he sticks up for his date. [[spoiler: Although she breaks up with him anyway because he's not really an elk. Meanwhile, the pack finds a way to resolve the issue of Hef's rite of passage: soy-based elk substitute.]]

->'''Shenzi''': Don't be silly. We'd love you to stick around for lunch.

An instance where a character thinks they are invited as a guest, but are actually intended as the main course. May include dialogue like "[[ExactWords We'd like to have you for dinner]]" "Where's the dish?" "You are." (Cue eating).

Tends to occur in LetsMeetTheMeat[=/=]CarnivoreConfusion situations, or else with monsters doing this to humans. Compare with InnOfNoReturn and ToServeMan. See also StewedAlive.

* The humorous ''{{Thor}}'' story 'Elephants Galore' (written by [=AntaresTheEighthPleiade=]) consists of Odin and Frigga having the Jotun king and queen for dinner. Thor takes this literally. Frigga yells at him for considering cannibalism.

Tends to occur in LetsMeetTheMeat / CarnivoreConfusion situations, or else with monsters doing this to humans. Compare with InnOfNoReturn and ToServeMan. See also StewedAlive.

* Played for laughs, and then [[BloodyHilarious for a ridiculous amount of gore]], in ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows''

* In ''AnimalCrossing'', Franklin gets an invitation to Thanksgiving dinner by the village each year. Franklin is a ''Turkey''. He realizes this and hides from the villagers, though it's really only Mayor Tortimer who actually does seem to want to eat him.

* Played for laughs, and then for a ridiculous amount of gore, in ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows''

* Played for laughs, and then for a ridiculous amount of gore, in Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows

* ''TheMuppetShow'' ChristmasSpecial had the Swedish Chef inviting a turkey (from [[HollywoodNewEngland Dorchest, MA]]), planning to kill and cook him. The turkey points out Big Bird, who actually was invited as a guest, and the Chef decides to cook him instead before being guilted by the PowerOfFriendship.

* At least two of BugsBunny's encounters with Wile E. Coyote started off with his being invited over to become the main course.

* Played with in an episode of ''KrodMandoonAndTheFlamingSwordOfFire''. The team is sent to kill an alleged man-eating cyclops. They arrive, and the cyclops complains that nobody will socialize with him because everyone thinks he's a monster like his father. Then, once he has all his guests in the hot tub, a cage descends from the ceiling and he reveals that he's going to eat them after all... [[BlackComedyRape after having sex with them]].

An instance where a character thinks they are invited as a guest, but are actually intended as the main course. May include dialogue with ExactWords like "We'd like to have you for dinner" "Where's the dish?" "You are." (Cue eating).

An instance where a character thinks they are invited as a guest, but are actually intended as the main course. May include dialogue like "We'd like to have you for dinner" "Where's the dish?" "You are." (Cue eating).

An instance where a character thinks they are invited as a guest, but are actually intended as the main course. May include dialogue like "We'd like to have you for dinner" "Where's the dish?" "You are." (Cue eating). Tends to occur in LetsMeetTheMeat / CarnivoreConfusion situations, or else with monsters doing this to humans. Compare with InnOfNoReturn and ToServeMan.

* In PSP remake of ''{{Disgaea 2}}'', Axel is anonymously offered a job to provide entertainment at a "dinner hotel", which he all too eagerly accepts. He remains completely oblivious to the fact that he was meant to be eaten for the entire chapter, despite it being ''clearly stated'' to him on multiple occasions, and gets beaten up by his companions for it.

* The humourous Fanfiction.net story 'Elephants Galore' (written by AntaresTheEighthPleiade) consists of Odin and Frigga having the Jotun king and queen for dinner. Thor takes this literally. Frigga yells at him for considering cannibalism.

* The chilling last line of SilenceOfTheLambs. "I have to go. I'm having an old friend for dinner."

->'''Goofy:''' [[{{VerbalTic}} Garwsh]], Sora. [[{{GeneSavvy}} I think]] ''[[OhCrap we're]]'' [[OhCrap the lunch]]!