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* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' took this to ludicrous extremes in one episode where it invoked sandwich lover Jackie Khones trying to file a lawsuit against Madame Foster for eating a sandwich that he believed to be legally his on account of writing his name in mustard on said sandwich.

* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' took this to ludicrous extremes in one episode where it invoked sandwich lover Jackie Khones trying to file a lawsuit against Madame Foster for eating a sandwich that he believed to be legally his on account of writing his name in mustard.

* ''[[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Half-Life 2: Episode2]]'': After you test the Magnusson Device, its inventor, Dr. Magnusson, tells you if you successfully defend the base, he'll forgive you for destroying his casserole in Black Mesa, over ''twenty years ago''. This is a reference to the start of the [[VideoGame/HalfLife first game]], where you could turn on a microwave and explosively destroy its contents; turns out, the casserole belonged to him.

** "Franchise/{{Kirby}} vs [[Franchise/DragonBall Majin Buu" starts with Buu turning the creatures of Dreamland into candy...only for it all to be inhaled by Kirby. Buu's response? "You make Buu mad! Bu make you DEAD!"

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda'' episode "Snow Mercy," Gina gets pretty upset when the snowball war that Angela and Johnny are having causes a slice of pizza she was enjoying to get covered in snow. When Angela wonders why Gina was so upset, Gordie tells her about the "snowball incident." A few years ago, a young Gina saved up to buy herself a hot dog that she was old enough to eat one whole instead of someone cutting it up for her. But just as she was about to take a bite, a random snowball knocked the hot dog out of her hands. Gina was so devastated by this that she would visit the spot where the hot dog fell for weeks and leave a bouquet of flowers.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda'' episode "Snow Mercy," Gina gets pretty upset when the snowball war that Angela and Johnny are having causes a slice of pizza she was enjoying to get covered in snow. When Angela wonders why Gina was so upset, Gordie tells her about the "snowball incident." A few years ago, a young Gina saved up to buy herself a hot dog that she was old enough to eat whole instead of someone cutting it up for her. But just as she was about to take a bite, a random snowball knocked the hot dog out of her hands. Gina was so devastated by this that she would visit the spot where the hot dog fell for weeks and leave a bouquet of flowers.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' episode "Thomas Comes to Breakfast", Thomas, thanks to a careless cleaner, crashes into a house where the stationmaster and his family live. His wife was furious and yells at Thomas for ruining the family breakfast, [[SkewedPriorities seemingly more concerned with that]] than the property damage inflicted by ''a steam train crashing into their house''.

* In ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories'', Etna has gone rogue from Laharl's court, and considers him a deadly enemy, even fantasizing about murdering him over and over again. The reason? He ''stole her dessert!''

** Hunson Abadeer is the Lord of Evil and a neglectful father, but according to the moment that causes his daughter Marceline to give up on her relationship with him is when he ate her french fries. She even writes a song about their relationship in "It Came From the Nightosphere" and titles it, "Daddy, Why Did You Eat My Fries?". Unlike other examples of this trope, Marceline's grievance turns out to be very, ''very'' legitimate, as the episode Memory of a Memory shows those fries were scavenged in a post-apocalypse, meaning he stole food she needed to avoid starvation with.
** Played for laughs in "Heat Signature", when Lumpy Space Princess gets melodramatically angry when Finn and Jake (who've been tricked into thinking they're ghosts and can turn invisible) knock over the can of beans she was cooking.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', Hunson Abadeer is the Lord of Evil and a neglectful father, but the moment that causes his daughter Marceline to give up on her relationship with him is when he eats her french fries. She even writes a song about their relationship and titles it, "Daddy, Why Did You Eat My Fries?". Unlike other examples of this trope, Marceline's grievance turns out to be very, ''very'' legitimate, as the episode Memory of a Memory shows those fries were scavenged in a post-apocalypse, meaning he stole food she needed to avoid starvation with.

* In one episode of the 1987 TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles, Michelangelo is goofing off and eating pizza during training when two of his brothers wreck one of his pizzas, causing him to go on a rampage that ends up helping Michelangelo win the training match.

* Eishun Konoe in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', upon the Ala Rubra being attacked by Rakan, makes a point to fight him first... after Rakan's massive, [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks thrown sword]] destroys the [[CampCook picnic they were having]] and spills the nabe he made.
-->"Anyone who wastes my food... '''''[[BerserkButton I slice]]'''''."

* ''{{Franchise/Tintin}}'': In "The Crab with the Golden Claws", Captain Haddock is willing to run headlong into gunfire (swearing like well, a sailor) when a Bedouin sniper shatters his precious bottle of whiskey (which he'd stolen from the Foreign Legion commander's office).

* ''Comicbook/TheInfinityGauntlet'': Galactus gets involved because Thanos sent out an energy wave that destroyed (among many other things) a planet that Galactus was about to consume. This angered the Planet Eater enough for him to get a bunch of other Cosmic Tier entities and come back looking for revenge.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''

* At the start of the "Greenback Jane" arc from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', Mr. Elvis fires into the Rip-Off Church, against the advice of his friend Lobos who knows Roanapur, which is enough to piss off [[ChurchMilitant Eda]] already, but the reason Revy gets involved, other than being pissed-off at being shot at? His bullet went right through her shot of whiskey. It does ''not'' end well for Mr. Elvis, Lobos, or their buddies.

* At the start of the "Greenback Jane" arc from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', Mr. Elvis fires into the Rip-Off Church, against the advice of his friend Lobos who knows Roanapur, which is enough to pissed off [[ChurchMilitant Eda]] already, but the reason Revy gets involved, other than being piss-off at being shot at? His bullet went right through her shot of whiskey. It does ''not'' end well for Mr. Elvis, Lobos, or their buddies.

* At the start of the "Greenback Jane" arc from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', Mr. Elvis fires into the Rip-Off Church, against the advice of his friend Lobos who knows Roanapur, which is enough to piss off [[ChurchMilitant Eda]] already, but the reason Revy gets involved, other than being piss-off at being shot at? His bullet went right through her shot of whiskey. It does ''not'' end well for Mr. Elvis, Lobos, or their buddies.

* At the start of the "Greenback Jane" arc from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', Mr. Elvis fires into the Rip-Off Church against the advice of his friend Lobos who knows Roanapur, which is enough to piss off [[ChurchMilitant Eda]] already, but the reason Revy gets involved, other than general piss-off at being shot at? His bullet went right through her shot of whiskey. It does ''not'' end well for Mr. Elvis, Lobos, or their buddies.

* Happens off-screen in ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' during Mioda's final Free Time Event, when after having a deep discussion with Hinata, [[CloudCuckoolander she quickly switches over to thinking]] [[WhatAnIdiot it'll be a good idea]] to steal snacks from [[HugeSchoolgirl Owari]] and [[LiteralAssKicking kick Nidai in the butt]] for training/fun. According to Hinata's account of the event, he narrowly escaped.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', Hunson Abadeer is the Lord of Evil and a neglectful father, but the moment that causes his daughter Marceline to give up on her relationship with him is when he eats her french fries. She even writes a song about their relationship and titles it, "Daddy, Why Did You Eat My Fries?"

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Taking candy or other sweets from Etta is a good way to ensure you'll be pummeled, which for some reason does not stop Oscar from regularly buying her a box of chocolates and then trying to see how many he can steal for himself. He ends up getting decked just for sliding an arm around her on a date because she figures he's just trying to sneak some of the candy.