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Similar to "the usual" for a DrinkOrder, although that usually involves something the character reasonably expects to be available.

** In ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', Bond and Anya show they know enough about each other by both asking the barman for the other's favourite drink.
** This one is in turn flipped again in ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', where Bond attempt to order the girl's favourite drink only to find she wants champagne instead.

* Played with in ''Film/BatmanForever''. Two-Face's girls, Sugar and Spice, each surprise him with what they claim to be his favorite foods, two completely disparate meals (Sugar's includes poached quail eggs, while Spice's includes ''raw donkey meat''). Thing is, they're actually both right - Sugar made the favorite meal of Two-Face's normal personality, and Spice cooked for his... other one. He's entirely delighted and declares that they spoil him.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. In "Charlie X", Yeoman Rand is thrown when a [[StalkerWithACrush smitten Charlie]] gives her a bottle of her favourite perfume, despite the fact that there's [[RealityWarper no perfume of that type on the ship]] and [[PsychicPowers he would have no way of knowing what perfume she liked]].

** Trip Tucker's favourite appears to be Pecan Pie.

* ''Series/CSINewYork'' subverted this when a reporter offered Mac a blueberry bagel and coffee the way he liked it. This was based on what Flack told her, so naturally Mac was allergic to blueberries and had given up caffeine.

** When Joey's sister plans to tell him that she's pregnant, Rachel makes sure that she gets him his favourite [[TrademarkFavoriteFood sandwich]] [[ComfortFood to calm him down]].
** Subverted when Rachel is pregnant and Ross brings her her favourite tuna cucumber sandwich. However, she gets sick because of it and it's her favourite no longer.

-->Cindy: How come I always get peanut butter and jelly sandwiches?
-->Carol: Because they're you love them.
-->Cindy: Oh yeah, I keep forgetting.

* ''Series/EerieIndiana'': According to "The ATM With a Heart of Gold", Simon's favorite dinner is Swedish Chicken.

** This trope gets a much darker take later on in the manga. [[AbusiveParents Medusa]] welcomes back [[AmbiguousGender Crona]], whom she raised in such pleasant ways as starving him/her till he/she killed some of her (pet) rabbits, after [[spoiler: they [[FateWorseThanDeath defeated]] Tsar Pushka and Fyodor]]-- with a table full of pasta just they way they like it. And Crona can have as much as they want, the wonderful child. [[spoiler: And then Medusa hugs him/her. So he/she freaks out and butchers her. Just like she taught him/her to.]]

** In ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', Bond and Anja show they know enough about each other by both asking the barman for the other's favourite drink.
** This one is in turn flipped again in ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', where Bond attempt to order the girl's favourite drink only to find she wants champagnee instead.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' when Opal decides she wants to go to the air temple to train as an airbender, her farewell dinner consists of her favorite meal: raw kale in veggie wraps.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie'', Batman is informed that Alfred left some lobster Thermidor in the refrigerator for Batman, causing Batman to yell, "Oh, that's my favorite!"

** Bashir seems to fall victim (such as it is) to this trope a lot. When he goes to Garak's former mentor [[spoiler: and father]], [[MagnificentBastard Tain]], to save Garak's life in "The Wire," the venerable Cardassian offers him some red leaf tea, nothing that it's his favorite--[[OhCrap which freaks Julian out a bit]] because they've ''never met.''

* On ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', the crew go out of their way to find out Reed's favorite food (pineapple) so they can make him a cake for his birthday. This is the ''A-plot,'' since the difficulty of it highlights how reclusive Reed is. Also, eh, some aliens attack at one point.
** Trip Tucker's favourite appears to be Pecan Pie.

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''.
** Q tries this on Captain Janeway to little effect. More successful is Inspector Kashyk in "Counterpoint", who offers Janeway a mug of black coffee (her MustHaveCaffeine addiction is a RunningGag).
** Despite the RunningGag of Neelix being a CordonBleughChef, he does carry out this trope successfully on occasion, such as Jimbalian fudge cake for Kes, pizza for Tom Paris and banana pancakes for B'Elanna. His efforts to spice up Tuvok's plomeek soup is, however, not appreciated.

* In an optional scene in VideoGame/ChronoTrigger, Marle tries to reconcile with her father by bringing him his favorite food. (It doesn't work.) [[spoiler: She was lied to as to what it was!]]

* In Jeramey Kraatz's ''Literature/TheCloakSociety'' book ''Villains Rising'', Misty's mother appears on TV to say Misty's been kidnapped, and appeal to the kidnappers to free her and the public to report her. Since she has actually run away from the secret supervillain soceity -- and her mother is working for them -- Misty is distraught. They get ice cream to help console her.

* In ''TheXFiles'' novel ''Ground Zero'' by Kevin J. Anderson, Mulder orders Chinese food to share with Scully and mentions that he got kung-pao chicken because it's her favorite. Scully wonders how he knows this, because they've never gone out for Chinese food together. Mulder says, "Now what kind of FBI agent would I be if I couldn't find out a simple thing like that?"

* In ''Film/{{TheLegoBatmanMovie}}, Batman is informed that Alfred left some lobster Thermidor in the refrigerator for Batman, causing Batman to yell, "Oh, that's my favorite!"

* In ''Film/{{TheLegoBatmanMovie}}, Batman is informed by his computer ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin aptly named 'Puter]]) that Batman's butler, Alfred, left some lobster Thermidor for Batman, causing Batman to yell, "Oh, that's my favorite!"

* Parodied in ''Film/GalaxyQuest'', when the Thermians serve their new crew all their favorite foods from a food synthesizer. It works out well for almost everyone... except Alexander Dane, because the Thermians got their information from the "Galaxy Quest" TV show and thus serve him his RubberForeheadAlien ''character's'' favorite: blood ticks.

* Almanzo Wilder, the titular ''[[LittleHouseOnThePrairie Farmer Boy]]'', says his favorite thing to eat is fried apples'n'onions and is excited when Mother has it waiting for him after the day's work. His wife also cooks it to cheer him up after a disappointment in ''Little Farm in the Ozarks.''

* In ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'', Gothel's surprise after their quarrel was Rapunzel's favorite soup.

* Happens quite often in ''Series/ThePrisoner'', since the overlords at The Village know nearly everything about the Prisoner and can accomodate him almost immediately. They know how he takes his tea, what foods he likes, and so on, and regularly give him exactly that.

* Every character in ''[[StarOcean1 Star Ocean]]'' and ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'' has a favorite food which you can cook, which restores all their HP and MP. They generally make sense and/or poke fun at the character. Brooding Joshua likes the high-class escargot, perky Millie and Precis are partial to sugar-filled fruit parfait and chocolate crepes, and cat-people Perisie and Noel like tuna. Manly Cius and Iria, and boozer Opera, like various alcoholic drinks. Main character Claude likes good old steak.

* In ''TheShatteringPreludeToCataclysm'', Jaina Proudmoore visits Anduin Wrynn in his room to cheer him up. Anduin is touched and decides to return the favor by having food brought in. He requests cheese(Dalaran Sharp) and apples, Jaina's favorite snacks.

-->Cindy: Why do you always bring me peanut butter and jelly sandwiches?
-->Carol: Because they're your ''faaaavorite''.

* Subtly done in ''Film/TheThomasCrownAffair1999'' After she surprises him at a ball, Catherine goes home with Thomas and they spend the night together. The next morning, his butler brings in her customary health drink, suggesting that a) he'd researched her preferences and b) having her over wasn't entirely unexpected.

* ''Series/TheBradyBunch'', in a scene which made Susan Olsen furious beause it makes Cindy seem like a complete doofus: