# People eating food in the movies...in movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies, food-cooking\ **Created:** [December 18, 2020, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-food-in-the-movies-in-movies/928318 "2020-12-18T09:46:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-food-in-the-movies-in-movies/928318/1 "2020-12-18T09:46:16Z")
Discussing food for an upcoming movie night someone suggested that we restrict ourselves to things eaten in movies while characters are at the movies. My first thought was popcorn and raisinets as in _Whiplash_. Any other suggestions? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JgZNzqlpY8A/hqdefault.jpg "eating around the raisinets") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgZNzqlpY8A) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-food-in-the-movies-in-movies/928318/2 "2020-12-18T14:16:54Z")
Does the “popcorn trick” from _Diner_ count? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-food-in-the-movies-in-movies/928318/3 "2020-12-18T14:48:09Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4gxQ-OGcQOc/hqdefault.jpg "It Came From Hollywood - concession stand scene with Tommy Chong") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gxQ-OGcQOc) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-food-in-the-movies-in-movies/928318/4 "2020-12-18T15:00:01Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/0hQyd5L.gif) ](https://i.imgur.com/0hQyd5L.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-food-in-the-movies-in-movies/928318/5 "2020-12-18T15:21:39Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Does the “popcorn trick” from _Diner_ count? Yeah, sexual assault is always a real hoot ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-food-in-the-movies-in-movies/928318/6 "2020-12-18T15:48:16Z")
Hedley Lamarr, having failed to get a student discount when buying a movie ticket, damn near chokes on his raisinets upon seeing that the film’s protagonist is on his way… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-food-in-the-movies-in-movies/928318/7 "2020-12-18T15:54:10Z")
If drive-in movies count, the end of **Pee-wee’s Big Adventure** has everyone getting movie food while watching P-W’s movie. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@bmoak1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak1)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-food-in-the-movies-in-movies/928318/8 "2020-12-18T21:44:04Z")
The 4th-wall breaking opening scene to Tampopo. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0JXmUSMPUpA/hqdefault.jpg "Tampopo (1985) - Intro") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JXmUSMPUpA) ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-food-in-the-movies-in-movies/928318/9 "2020-12-20T17:54:33Z")
I love that movie! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-food-in-the-movies-in-movies/928318/10 "2020-12-20T21:31:59Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Yeah, sexual assault is always a real hoot I wasn’t excusing it (in fact it’s pretty disgusting on a lot of levels) but the scene does involve someone eating food in a movie theatre in a movie.