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The Dinner and a Show trope as used in popular culture. When a family gets together in a Sitcom for a big family dinner, expect hilarity to ensue.

The Fancy Dinner trope as used in popular culture. Either at an expensive restaurant, at an expensive club or a dinner at the Richies'. Very common in …

The sheer, mind-breaking disconnect of the embodiment of strife, hatred, evil and missing-left-socks engaging in polite conversation over tea and snack.

An instance where a character thinks they are invited as a guest, but are actually intended as the main course. May include dialogue like "We'd like to have you ...

A character, usually a housewife but almost Always Female, offers her partner three choices; traditionally, it's either meal, bath or sex.

It's a sign that they're hopelessly sad and utterly alone. For one thing, it shows that there's no one in their life to cook for them (or for them to cook for).

There are various tropes for where characters go out to eat, anything from getting coffee to a family dinner. It could be establishing relations by giving ...

A Graphical Trope common in Zany Cartoons. If someone swallows something large, their body will deform to accommodate it, taking the shape and size of the ...

A standard sitcom plot in which the (Always Male) boss of the main character comes to their home for dinner. Naturally, they'll panic when they learn of it ...