1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character feeds another because of affectionate feelings. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice invites Bob, her crush, over for a home-cooked meal after a rough day at the office. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Alice quits her job to work as Bob's unpaid cook because of his hard work. |
5 | ** Alice's cooking is so wonderful, Bob falls for and proposes to her after just one bite. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': A character feeds another because of ''platonic'' affectionate feelings (e.g. baking for a friend who's feeling down). |
7 | * '''Justified''': |
8 | ** Alice is a chef and loves to cook, especially for those she cares about. |
9 | ** Bob is a BigEater and making him good food is a very easy way to get on his good side. |
10 | * '''Inverted''': |
11 | ** Alice reminds Bob not to eat because she knows he's on a diet. |
12 | ** Alice ''eats'' a lot more for Bob, to gain weight for him. |
13 | ** Alice despises Bob and cooks him awful food. |
14 | ** Bob eats Alice's cooking (good or bad) because he loves her. |
15 | * '''Subverted''': |
16 | ** Alice offers Bob a box of chocolates, but they turn out to be gags. |
17 | ** Alice cooks for Bob because Bob pays her to do so, not out of love. |
18 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
19 | ** Except that's only one of them. |
20 | ** But even if Bob had never hired her, Alice would still be willing to cook for Bob. |
21 | * '''Parodied''': |
22 | ** Bob is morbidly obese because of Alice's supplying him with food. |
23 | ** Bob proposes to Alice solely for her cooking ability. |
24 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Alice cooks for Bob, but it's DependingOnTheWriter whether she is in love with him or not. |
25 | * '''Averted''': Alice never cooks for Bob. |
26 | * '''Enforced''': "Feeding will show she can cook and her tender heart." |
27 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Alice cooked something for Bob. Think she likes him?" |
28 | * '''Invoked''': When Carol learns of Alice's crush on Bob, she teaches her to cook his favorite meals so she can do this. |
29 | * '''Exploited''': |
30 | ** Bob's on a tight budget, and leads Alice on because he likes the free meals. |
31 | ** Alice uses mildly addictive drugs when cooking for Bob so he'll keep coming to her for meals. |
32 | * '''Defied''': |
33 | ** "Just because I like you doesn't mean I'm cooking for you." |
34 | ** Alice only cooks for Bob to practice her cooking skills, and tells him as such. |
35 | * '''Discussed''': "Dude, Alice cooks for you? Every day? She's totally into you!" |
36 | * '''Conversed''': "Alice seems to really like Bob. Do you think she'll cook for him?" |
37 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
38 | ** Alice's feeding Bob is an attempt to make him dependent on her. |
39 | ** Alice is so shy, the only way she can express her feelings is though cooking, but Bob doesn't know that. From his perspective, Alice is just a nice girl who likes to cook for him. |
40 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
41 | ** But her feelings are genuine, she's just learning to cope with them. |
42 | ** One day, Alice gives Bob a cake with the words "I love you" on it. Bob immediately realizes why Alice cooked for him, and the two officially become a couple, with Alice still cooking for Bob. |
43 | * '''Implied''': Alice cooks for Bob frequently, and it occasionally looks like she might have a crush on him. |
44 | * '''Played For Laughs''': Alice is actually an oblivious LethalChef, and it's all Bob, who actually does reciprocate, can do to not hurt her feelings. |
45 | * '''Played For Drama''': Alice makes Bob food because she sees herself as unworthy of love, and thinks her cooking skills are her only good attribute. |
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