History VideoGame / DinerDash

* InterspeciesRomance: Wendy the Cat and Rocky the Dog (from ''Doggie Dash'') fall in love with each other at the start of the game.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Several characters introduced in the series stop appearing in later installments. The Hot shot, for example, only appears in the first ''Diner Dash''

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Grandma, especially as demonstrated in both ''Avenue Flo'' games.
* DumbMuscle: Boris the Bodybuilder (from Fitness Dash) as seen in 'Avenue Flo'.
* TheEighties: That seems to be where the main story in ''Cooking Dash 3'' takes place.

* FeminineWomenCanCook: Flo can become a chef in a restaurant, despite being only a waitress (or owner, in many cases) before.

%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Flo and Quinn, obviously; heck, most of the female characters are girly girls compared to Flo. She and Karma seemed tied [[spoiler:though Karma's said to have a romantic side.]] The only ones who seem to beat Flo on the tomboyishness scale are Jo and the Joggers.

* ArtEvolution: Happened with a lot of the characters, mainly Flo, the Regulars, the Seniors, and the Businesswomen. The quality of the animation also gets substantially better over time - it's most apparent from 1 to 2.

''Diner Dash'' is a puzzle game by Playfirst that puts quality back into service. As a former stockbroker turned restaurant owner, Flo must become both receptionist and waitress as she makes riches, builds more restaurants, and provides quality service along the way. The game's concept is simple: seat the diners, place their orders, serve food, get the check, bus the table. Rinse and repeat.

Originated as a PC game, and later ported to various consoles, Diner Dash is perhaps the first pioneer in this series of "service management puzzle" games where the goal is not just to earn points, but to keep everybody's mood from falling too low and causing them to write you off as they leave unsatisfied. It has led to a variety of [[FollowTheLeader spinoffs]] by other studios with varying levels of success.

!!This game provides examples of:

* ArtShift: Happened with Mr. Big in 'Pet Shop Hop', who changed back to his original style in 'Parking Dash'.

** Jo the Jogger and Bernie the Bookworm debuted in Diner Dash 2, appearing as customers in restaurants that Flo served. Later on, [[SpinOff they got their own games]]: Jo in 'Fitness Dash' and Bernie in 'Dinertown Detective Agency'. Plus, it's said that Bernie appeared outside the game levels in 'Once Upon a Diner', and he also shows up in Wedding Dash 4.
** Rosie the Regular, who for years appeared in restaurants Flo served, featured in spinoffs, always used as an example of how to play in the help section of games, the very first customer who entered Flo's restaurant and was served, finally got ADayInTheLimelight in her game 'Soap Opera Dash'.
** Barb the Business Woman also gets her own game 'Garden Dash'.
* BigEater: Hal, Gordon, and the Hungrymen.
* {{Bookworm}}: Guess.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome:
** Those College boys and the Hot Shots from the very first Diner Dash game.
** In the [=iPhone=] version of the first game, Flo mentions Hot Shots coming, but they never actually do so.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Mr. Big (''Dinertown Tycoon'', ''Diner Dash 2: Restaurant Rescue'', ''Diner Dash 5: Boom!'' and more).

* ADayInTheLimelight: Any game that doesn't have Flo as the main character is basically this. Quinn has 'Wedding Dash', Karma has 'Parking Dash', Bernie the Bookworm has ''Diner Town Detective Agency'', Coco has ''Fashion Dash'', Bobbi has 'Dress Shop Hop', Cassie has ''Pet Shop Hop'', Jo has ''Fitness Dash'' and so on.

* HairDecorations: Rosie and the Regulars with clips on the side of their hair; subverted in the ''Cooking Dash'' games where their bangs show. Barb and the Businesswomen wear headbands in the latest Diner Dash games. Eli and the Egyptians (from 'Diner Dash: Flo Through Time') wear head rings around their heads.

* InterspeciesRomance: Wendy the Cat and Rocky the Dog (from 'Doggie Dash') fall in love with each other at the start of the game.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: With or without InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Glampires.

* PunnyName: Karma from 'Parking Dash' works with cars.
** Also Seymour Senior and the other seniors (See more seniors, get it?). Also Colin Cellphone (Call in Cell Phone). Tina Teenager. The first name sounds like the first or two syllable of what she is- a Teenager. Simon STAR the Celebrity. Starla the Starlette (and her little baby, Sky). Trip and Tipper the Tourists, Cookie the Chef, Bobbi Sewer in 'Dress Shop Hop' works with clothes and how could we forget Flo (who goes with the Flo) and some fans believe her name could be short for 'Florida' which, according to Avenue Flo, is the street where Flo's Diner is located. 'Flo' could also be short for 'Florence', of course.
* RoseHairedSweetie: Greta and the little girls (from Pet Shop Hop) in ''Dinertown Tycoon'' only. Considering how likable a lot of the Dinertown folks are and how Greta's Pet shop Hop's blonde counterparts are nice and sweet, it wouldn't be unlikely for Greta and the pink haired to be sweet as well.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Flo and Quinn, obviously; heck, most of the female characters are girly girls compared to Flo. She and Karma seemed tied [[spoiler:though Karma's said to have a romantic side.]] The only ones who seem to beat Flo on the tomboyishness scale are Jo and the Joggers.
* TwiceShy: Quinn and Joe.
* WarmUpBoss: Diner Dash 2015 has Gordon, who aside from eating more than regular customers is rather easy to deal with for a VIP.

** Dinertown characters Minerva Mink (Mr. Big's other daughter) from 'Pet Shop Hop' and Coco seemed to fallen this trope. They haven't been seen since 'Dinertown Detective Agency'.
** Also a few plots from past games seems left unfinished. At the end of 'Wedding Dash Around the world', [[spoiler:Mr. Bigger's Daughter wanted to marry for love, not for business and she fell in love with Joe, Quinn's love interest and Quinn's rival wanted to compete with her to make the best wedding....there has yet to be a conclusion for that.]]

* ADayInTheLimelight: Any game that doesn't have Flo as the main character is basically this. Quinn has 'Wedding Dash', Karma has 'Parking Dash', Bernie the Bookworm has 'Diner Town Detective Agency', Coco has 'Fashion Dash', Bobbi has 'Dress Shop Hop', Cassie has 'Pet Shop Hop', Jo has 'Fitness Dash' and so on.

* HairDecorations: Rosie and the Regulars with clips on the side of their hair; subverted in the 'Cooking Dash' games where their bangs show. Barb and the Businesswomen wear headbands in the latest Diner Dash games. Eli and the Egyptians (from 'Diner Dash: Flo Through Time') wear head rings around their heads.
* TheEighties: That seems to be where the main story in 'Cooking Dash 3' takes place.

* GirlishPigtails: Young Flo in Cooking Dash 3. Also, Tina and the Teenagers wear short braids.

* AscendedExtra[=/=]SpinOff: Jo the Jogger and Bernie the Bookworm debuted in Diner Dash 2, appearing as customers in restaurants that Flo served. Later on, they got their own games: Jo in 'Fitness Dash' and Bernie in 'Dinertown Detective Agency'. Plus, it's said that Bernie appeared outside the game levels in 'Once Upon a Diner', and he also shows up in Wedding Dash 4.

*** Barb the Business Woman also gets her own game 'Garden Dash'.

* AlliterativeName: Rosie Regular, Barb the Business Woman, Seymour Senior, Leo and Lulu (Loretta) the Lovers, Jo Jogger, Bernie Bookworm, Tina and Tyler the Teenagers, Maggie the Mom, Duncan the Dad, Kingston the Kid, Bobbi the Baby, Simon Star the Celebrity(soft C), Starla the Starlet, Trip and Tipper the Tourists, Greta the little Girl...The list goes on.

* ExcusePlot: Microwaves send you through time. Really? [[VisualNovel/SteinsGate By the way, yes, i t really can.]]

* MegaCorp: Big Corporation, naturally. WordOfGod says that prior to the first game, Flo was one of Big Corp's stockbrokers.
** Confirmed in ''Avenue Flo'' and ''Dinertown Detective Agency'', when she mentions having worked at Big Corp as she navigates the cubicle maze.

* RoseHairedSweetie: Greta and the little girls (from Pet Shop Hop) in 'Dinertown Tycoon' only. Considering how likeable alot of the Dinertown folks are and how Greta's Pet shop Hop's blonde counterparts are nice and sweet, it wouldn't be unlikley for Greta and the pink haired to be sweet as well.

* ShoutOut: In Diner Dash III, part of the music for the spaceship level comes from the [[StarWars Mos Eisley Cantina]] Music.

* AlliterativeName: Rosie Regular, Barb the Business Woman, Seymour Senior, Leo and Lulu(Loretta)the Lovers, Jo Jogger, Bernie Bookworm, Tina and Tyler the Teenagers, Maggie the Mom, Duncan the Dad, Kingston the Kid, Bobbi the Baby, Simon Star the Celebrity(soft C), Starla the Starlet, Trip and Tipper the Tourists, Greta the little Girl...The list goes on.

* ExcusePlot: Microwaves send you through time. Really? [[VisualNovel/SteinsGate By the way, yes, it really can.]]
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Flo can become a chef in a restaurant, despite being only a waitress(/owner, in many cases) before.
** Particularly odd, as starting with ''Wedding Dash'', she is the tomboy half of a TomboyAndGirlyGirl pair.
*** It makes a little more sense in 'Cooking Dash 3'.
* FlowerInHerHair: Rosie and the Regulars sport different-colored flowers on the side of their hair with matching clothing in the latest games in a replacment of YouGottaHaveBlueHair. Also the three Bridemaids, Molly, Kelly and Nelly(from Wedding Dash).

** Also Seymour Senior and the other seniors(See more seniors, get it?). Also Colin Cellphone(Call in Cell Phone). Tina Teenager. The first name sounds like the first or two syllable of what she is- a Teenager. Simon STAR the Celebrity. Starla the Starlette (and her little baby, Sky). Trip and Tipper the Tourists, Cookie the Chef, Bobbi Sewer in 'Dress Shop Hop' works with clothes and how could we forget Flo (who goes with the Flo) and some fans believe her name could be short for 'Florida' which, according to Avenue Flo, is the street where Flo's Diner is located. 'Flo' could also be short for 'Florence', of course.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Dinertown characters Minerva Mink(Mr. Big's other daughter besides Victoria) from 'Pet Shop Hop' and Coco seemed to fallen this trope. They haven't been seen since 'Dinertown Detective Agency'.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Those College boys and the Hot Shots from the very first Diner Dash game.

* MegaCorp: Big Corporation, naturally. WordofGod says that prior to the first game, Flo was one of Big Corp's stockbrokers.

* OfficialCouple: Many in the ''Diner Dash'' series -- Quinn and Joe, Walter and Scarlet, Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith, and Victoria and Tony, to name a few.
** Quinn and Joe looks more like a case of WillTheyOrWontThey.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Glampires

** Rosie the Regular, who for years appeared in restaurants, Flo served, featured in spinoffs, always used as an example how to play in the help section of games, the very first customer who entered Flo's restaurant and was served, finally gotten ADayInTheLimelight in her game 'Soap Opera Dash'.

* MustHaveCaffeine: Shakes McGee only ever wants coffee.

** Also Seymour Senior and the other seniors(See more seniors, get it?). Also Colin Cellphone(Call in Cell Phone). Tina Teenager. The first name sounds like the first or two syllable of what she is- a Teenager. Simon STAR the Celebrity. Starla the Starlette(and her little baby, Sky). Trip and Tipper the Tourists, Cookie the Chef, Bobbi Sewer in 'Dress Shop Hop' works with clothes and how could we forget Flo (who goes with the Flo) and some fans believe her name could be short for 'Florida' which, according to Avenue Flo, is the street where Flo's Diner is located. 'Flo' could also be short for 'Florence', of course.

* [[MissingEpisode Missing Game]]: ''Diner Dash: Once Upon a Diner''. The people behind it are still working to make the game available again.

* ExcusePlot: Microwaves send you through time. Really?

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* BigEater: Hal and the Hungrymen.

** In ''Avenue Flo: Special Delivery'', some of the models on the shelf with the baby monitors look like [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic old-school Cylons.]]

** Confirmed in ''Avenue Flo'', when she mentions having worked at Big Corp as she navigates the cubicle maze.

* RoseHairedGirl: Greta and the little girls (from Pet Shop Hop) in 'Dinertown Tycoon' only.

Diner Dash is perhaps the first pioneer in this series of "service management puzzle" games where the goal is not just to earn points, but to keep everybody's mood from falling too low and causing them to write you off as they leave unsatisfied. It has led to a variety of [[FollowTheLeader spinoffs]] by other studios with varying levels of success.

** In ''Avenue Flo: Special Delivery'', some of the models on the shelf with the baby monitors look like [[/Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic old-school Cylons.]]