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Food as Characterization
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Even before we get deep into the story, or sometimes afterwards, an early clue about a character can be presented by how they like their food or drink. Sometimes, the food choice is symbolic, representing something about their personality, affiliation, or true nature. Other times, it's simply a character tic that makes the person more memorable. | |
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Hannibal: Hannibal Lecter is a Man of Wealth and Taste and a Supreme Chef whose meals are always meticulously-crafted Food Porn. Unfortunately, to match his love of being a Devil in Plain Sight, they usually have a secret ingredient. | |
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Picky Eater: An immature person or The Finicky One will only eat a few things. | |
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Poirot: The titular Belgian detective is effete, sophisticated, and as fastidious about his food as about everything else. He seeks out skilled continental chefs; places highly specific orders, once refusing to eat eggs of unequal sizes; and calls English cuisine nothing more than food, to the bemusement of his English friends. Nonetheless, when Hastings takes him out for midnight fish and chips after a case, he digs in with a secret grin. | |
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The Kingston Cycle by C.L. Polk: Grace's relationship with Avia is always underscored by the fact that Grace is a tremendously wealthy noblewoman and Avia went from Riches to Rags. It rises to the surface when Grace's servants serve them a Simple, yet Opulent breakfast, including candied oranges, while outside, much of the country is being pushed towards starvation by a brutal winter. | |
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Dungeon Keeper Ami: Goblins like to eat insects, as their crunchiness goes well with chicken, but also because they're not very civilized, living through banditry, with other species appearing to make civilization. | |
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The Last of Us (2023): The first sign that Bill is more than just a Crazy Survivalist is when he grudgingly allows Frank to stay for lunch, then comes out with an exquisitely cooked meal and wine pairing. Frank is stunned silent, and by the end of the day, they're in a relationship. | |
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The Dresden Files: Harry Dresden is a Blue-Collar Warlock with little disposable income whose tastes run in two directions - a magical Truce Zone pub with top-notch steak sandwiches and phenomenal beer, and fast food. In Changes, he insists on meeting The Don Johnny Marcone at a Burger King. Even after he has a more stable income, he still loves to order from the extremely cheap Pizza 'Spress, precisely because it's terrible pizza that was all he could afford in his younger days, and thus it satisfies a deep nostalgia. | |
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The Kingkiller Chronicle: Kvothe's Orphan's Ordeal and subsequent money troubles left him fond of Mundane Luxuries like snacking on fresh apples (rather than scrounging for discarded cores) and treating his friends to dinner at a nice (but not fancy) restaurant. | |
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Probably one of the greatest example is the lunch scene from The Breakfast Club. Each lunch symbolizes the character and their relationship with their parents. Andy has a giant lunch made by his parents. It's also not particularly healthy despite being him athlete. It's lunch his parents clearly made for him to maintain his weight, but the high sugar content (cookies and a 6 pack of content) shows they don't really care about his actual wellness, only for him to maintain appearances. Andy also seems unaware of all that's in his lunch, symbolizing his lack of control in his own life. Claire has sashimi (which she identifies as sushi). A fancy lunch (especially for the time), to showing her parents wealth and desire to show off that wealth. Bryan has PB and J, with the crusts cut off. Showing his parent's smothering nature and the fact they still perceive him as a child. Allison disassembles her lunch to make a sandwich of captain crunch and pixie sticks. Symbolizing her rebellious nature and her general weirdness which she does to draw attention. Bender's parents are neglectful, he therefore has no lunch. |
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Supernatural: The Winchester brothers are blue-collar monster-hunters who live on the road, so they tend towards simple restaurant fare and fast food. Dean loves burgers so much that one angel tries to bribe him with a platter from his favourite restaurant, while Sam, the more conscientious and forward-thinking of the pair, tries to balance out the heart-stopper meals with salads. | |
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The uniqueness of the various Athena Club girls is emphasized by their dietary preferences. Mary Forgets to Eat; Diana eats enough for three women, mostly sweets; Catherine consumes only meat, fish, and dairy; Justine is a staunch vegetarian; and Beatrice subsists on steeped vegetation. | |
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Parasite (2019): The Parks are Sheltered Aristocrats who keep expensive, premium-quality Hanwoo beef* (Which can rival premium Wagyu beef in quality and cost) sirloin in the fridge but thoughtlessly mix it in with instant noodles. | |
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In Bravely Default, the main characters are given an opportunity to order food on the Grandship. The suave Ringabel gets spiced meat dishes, the cute and naïve Edea gets a fluffy omelet and a sweet parfait, country boy Tiz gets big filling meat dishes and humble Agnès orders a small vegetarian meal. | |
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In The Office (US), Michael's preference for chain restaurants is a sign of his immaturity and lack of sophistication; for example, when he goes to New York City on a business trip, he gets a "New York Slice" from Sbarro, and uses the local Chili's both when he has a meeting with a potential major client, and when hosting the annual Dundie awards. | |
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In the The Loud House episode "Project Loud House", each of Lincoln's sisters likes her eggs cooked differently (except the twins, who both like theirs hard-boiled). Some of these preferences don't say anything about their personalities, but two do, namely Luan who likes hers in a cube shape (or "funny side-up") which ties into her quirky personality, and Lucy who likes hers burnt because she's a goth and therefore likes fire and the colour black. | |
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In Moshi Monsters, the movie has Diavlo, who likes his sausages burnt "into oblivion", which ties into the fact that he's a Diavlo and has fire powers. | |
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Unsounded: The two-toe Lizard Folk cultivate certain beetles for food. It's an ordinary part of their diet, but children mock them for "eating roaches", and they face much worse Fantastic Racism from adults in the story. | |
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Delicious in Dungeon: Laios's Establishing Character Moment is when he reveals his lifelong fascination with monsters to his party members, including and especially wanting to know what they taste like. Conversely, the fact that Senshi has lived off the plants and monsters of the titular dungeon for over a decade, and can cook them into surprisingly delicious meals, is an early sign of how in tune with the dungeon's ecosystem he is. | |
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Forever: Used regularly. Henry drinks cognac "the older the better" or orders whiskey by name and year, showing his vast knowledge and sophistication, as well as making coffee or tea at home through more elaborate processes instead of drip/instant or tea bags, a holdover from his earlier days when such conveniences weren't available. He's shown at least once enjoying a full English breakfast, complete with tomato and beans. Jo, meanwhile, orders "whiskey, whatever's well" and pigs out on a gyro that nauseates Henry. She's known for eating most of her meals at her desk, showing that she has little life outside of work since her husband died. Abe cooks, a lot, using food to show love by making Henry's favorites after unpleasant deaths and making him a soup "guaranteed to cure colds and bullet wounds" after he's been shot. His cooking skills clearly came down from his mother, showing how close they were, and how much she is still missed when he makes dishes she used to make. |
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You: Love believes in this very heavily. She insists on taking Joe to restaurants all around Los Angeles to find his "perfect bite", analyzing him all the way through. In the end, the dinner she makes for him encompasses not only what he likes in a meal, but his personality and interests in general—old fashioned, done right, not gimmicky, but real. | |
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The Raven Tower: When the heir to the throne, Mawat, suffers his first major setback, he locks himself in his room and leaves his meals outside to spoil. It's an early sign of how he takes his rank and its privileges for granted, and of how his Hair-Trigger Temper often works against him. | |
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The Sword of Truth: Richard can't stomach meat because of all the killing he has to do in his job as a war wizard. | |
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In Justice League Unlimited, Fat Bastard Steven Mandragora is eating a massive amount of raw oysters as he's interrogated by Agent Faraday. While making suggestive comments to Black Canary, he mentions to Green Arrow that he likes his oysters "young and sweet." | |
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