History Main / MundaneLuxury

* When BlackCanary took Sin away from her TrainingFromHell to be her generation's Lady Shiva, one of the first things they did when they got to the States was to go out for breakfast with the other BirdOfPrey. Sin is ''driven to TearsOfJoy'' after trying a pancake. This just makes Dinah even more determined to adopt her.

* When BlackCanary took Sin away from her TrainingInHell to be her generation's Lady Shiva, one of the first things they did when they got to the States was to go out for breakfast with the other BirdOfPrey. Sin is ''driven to TearsOfJoy'' after trying a pancake. This just makes Dinah even more determined to adopt her.

This trope is different from a SenseFreak, but there is some overlap. A SenseFreak gets their appreciation for mundane sensations from BizarreAlienBiology, or the loss thereof upon assuming human form. MundaneLuxury comes not from a character experiencing such things differently than normal humans do, but from not having had a chance to experience them at all, and it's not just physical senations either. SenseFreak is used to establish characters as otherworldly, while MundaneLuxury portrays them as downtrodden, illustrating the poor living conditions a character has suffered under.

* In the first ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' movie, the cursed pirates of the Black Pearl go on and on about what sensory experiences they've most missed during the curse, and therefore * what they plan to glut on once they have their nerve endings back. Barbossa himself is almost ''obsessed'' with apples.
In HistoryOfTheWorld SpikeMilligan's character is given a box of matches. "So rich", whispers Spike.

* In the first ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' movie, the cursed pirates of the Black Pearl go on and on about what sensory experiences they've most missed during the curse, and therefore what they plan to glut on once they have their nerve endings back. Barbossa himself is almost ''obsessed'' with apples.

* In {{Kickassia}}, the newly 3D'd Lee enjoys being 3D...by feeling up everyone he can get his hands on (including himself).

This one is TruthInTelevision as well. When a NewsBroadcast features a story about charity work being done in impoverished and disaster-stricken areas of the world, it won't be complete without a clip or two of the villagers/victims enthusing about the food and clothing they have been given.

* At first, Hunter from QueerAsFolk has a hard time accepting that Michael and Ben are being nice to him (giving him a warm jacket, feeding him, paying his hospital bills, letting him use their shower and sleep in their guest room when he wants to, and things like that) because they want to and not because they have some sort of ulterious motive. Understandable, considering that he's a teenage prostitute who's been living on the streets for quite some time.

* At first, Hunter from QueerAsFolk has a hard time accepting that Michael and Ben are being nice to him (giving him a warm jacket, feeding him, paying his hospital bills, etting him use their shower and sleep in their guest room when he wants to, and things like that) because they want to and not because they have some sort of ulterious motive. Understandable, considering that he's a teenage prostitute who's been living on the streets for quite some time.

* Done in ''TheBlindSide'': When [=LeAnne=] shows Michael his new room, he says that he's never had one of 'these' before. LeAnne thinks that he means his own room. Actually, he meant the bed.

* In the first ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' movie, the cursed pirates of the Black Pearl go on and on about what sensory experiences they've most missed during the curse, and therefore what they plan to glut on once they have their nerve endings back.

* {{Discworld}}: Rincewind, after long and grueling privations and lots of running away, is rescued by a group of ravishingly beautiful man-hungry Amazon women offering him his [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean greatest desire]]. Rincewind is teleported away to Ankh-Morpork, and ends up a little confused, and gushing about potatoes instead.

* Done in ''TheBlindSide'': When LeAnne shows Michael his new room, he says that he's never had one of 'these' before. LeAnne thinks that he means his own room. Actually, he meant the bed.

* {{Discworld}}: Rincewind, after long and grueling privations and lots of running away, is rescued by a group of ravishingly beautiful man-hungry Amazon women offering him his greatest desire. Rincewind is teleported away before he has time to realize that [[spoiler:they mean sex, not potatoes]].

* Actually, he was staring at the objects you mention because they are EXACTLY what he's been eating for the past four years while stranded. Crab legs, fresh fruit and water. These supposed luxuries being served were even more mundane to him.

* TomHanks' character in ''CastAway'' made a big deal about having ice in his glass when he got home.

* Ariel in ''TheLittleMermaid'' is fascinated by mundane human objects.

* ''TheSimpsons'', "Homer's Enemy": Frank Grimes spent his whole life struggling to get by, so he's shocked when he discovers that TooDumbToLive Homer lives in a two-story house, which is palacial compared to his place (an apartment above a bowling alley and [[RuleofFunny below another bowling alley]]). Grimes is also flabbergasted that he's dining on lobster (which, to be fair, he was just serving it that once to impress Grimes) and that he went to space and met President Ford (the last two were just odd coincidences).

* * In ''TheDarkTower/TheDrawingOfTheThree'' by Stephen King, Roland of Gilead comes from a ScavengerWorld and is completely overwhelmed by the taste of a simple tuna fish sandwich and some soda.