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[[caption-width-right:337: I’m sure you know what we’re serving. [[note]][-Clockwise from top right: [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants A Krabby patty]], [[WebAnimation/TeamFortress2 The Sandvich]], [[VideoGame/ClubPenguin an apple,]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons a pink-frosted sprinkled donut.]][[/note]]-]]]

A SuperTrope to CartoonMeat, CartoonCheese, ISOStandardUrbanGroceries, EveryPizzaIsPepperoni, and NaturallyHusklessCoconut. For a more complete list, see [[Analysis/StockFoodDepictions the analysis page]].

A SuperTrope to CartoonMeat, CartoonCheese, ISOStandardUrbanGroceries, and EveryPizzaIsPepperoni. For a more complete list, see [[Analysis/StockFoodDepictions the analysis page]].

[[caption-width-right:337: I’m sure you know what we’re serving. [[note]][-Clockwise from top right: [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants A Krabby patty]], [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Sandvich]], [[VideoGame/ClubPenguin an apple,]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons a pink-frosted sprinkled donut.]][[/note]]-]]]

[[caption-width-right:337: I’m sure you know what we’re serving. [[note]][-Clockwise from top right: [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants A Krabby patty]], [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Sandvich]], [[VideoGame/ClubPenguin an apple,]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer's donut.]][[/note]]-]]]

[[caption-width-right:337:[-Clockwise from top right: [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants A Krabby patty]], [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Sandvich]], [[VideoGame/ClubPenguin an apple,]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer's donut.]]-]]]

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[[caption-width-right:293:Anyone's guess what's for sale.]]

** ''VideoGame/MarioParty'': "Fast Food Frenzy" from ''DS'' features pancakes with syrup and butter, burgers with standard ingredients, hot dogs with ketchup and mustard, and yellow rectangular fries.

** The Pawpsicle Stand, being part of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' collection and a nod to Nick Wilde’s hustle, has a Jumbo-pop slowly melting on its roof. The runoff is collected in the gutter and flows down into a jar. The product being sold is of course the resulting pawpsicles.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' games, the very few consumable items that haven't [[FantasticFruitsAndVegetables mutated]] appear to fit this trope. Fresh apples are a deep shade of red; fresh carrots are long and bright orange; fresh corn is a nice sunny yellow; wine is always red wine. ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' even introduces the "perfectly preserved pie", a cheesecake topped with a brightly colored strawberry sauce.

* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'': Most of the [[https://terraria.fandom.com/wiki/Alternative_crafting_ingredients#Any_Fruit Fruit]], such as:
** Red apples.
** Yellow bananas
** Red cherries, a single item depicted as a pair.

** Crumbly Yumbly transforms into a cholate chip cookie.

When certain food items are depicted in fiction they are almost always drawn or displayed in a particular way. Pizza is almost always pepperoni (which is occasionally paired with mushrooms), ice cream only seems to come in three flavors, and pasta is usually represented by spaghetti and meatballs. One reason for this is that it's easier to go with what is perceived to be the most popular flavor as that makes the food item very easy to recognize. Another reason is that it's easier to stylize or simplify a food's design in animation than to depict it realistically.