No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine/Playing With

Basic Trope: Instead of killing the defeated/captured hero, the villain cooks him/her a meal.
 * Straight: Emperor Evulz's Mooks have successfully captured Alice and Bob. His first act is to bring them into his lair and cook them a meal.
 * Exaggerated: Emperor Evulz has beaten Alice and Bob within an inch of their lives during their last encounter. He then immediately calls for medical support, performs CPR on both of them until the doctors arrive, sees that their clothes are mended, and has their families informed that they will live. When they awaken, he makes sure that they get everything they want or need prior to their next encounter.
 * Downplayed: Emperor Evulz locks them in his dungeon, but makes sure they're fed and reasonably kept.
 * Justified: Emperor Evulz follows a strict moral code that demands he show a certain level of decency even to his enemies.
 * Alternatively, he's trying to warm the heroes up to him with a warm meal.
 * Evulz's Empire is negotiating with The Federation for Alice and Bob's release, so killing or abusing them wouldn't make sense.
 * Or he's just nuts.
 * Inverted: Alice and Bob have captured Emperor Evulz. They make sure he's well cared for.
 * Subverted: Emperor Evulz orders the food to be undetectably poisoned.
 * Double Subverted: But this doesn't work and the heroes end up with a delicious meal regardless.
 * Parodied: Emperor Evulz treats the dinner with his arch-nemeses with as much worry and care as an overprotective mother treats her daughter's wedding day while the Mooks stare in silent disbelief.
 * Deconstructed: Emperor Evulz, despite the name, isn't actually evil, but everyone thinks he is. Alice and Bob, being heroes, feel it's their duty to stop whatever evil plans he has. They arrive at his scary-looking fortress amidst the desolate wasteland expecting traps or maybe a Mook army, but instead the armored guards graciously escort them inside. Evulz greets them diplomatically and invites them to a meal. Alice and Bob are eventually forced to conclude that Emperor Evulz and his kingdom of darkness really aren't evil at all and leave, telling everyone what they learned about the dangers of racism.
 * Reconstructed: ...thereby giving Evulz the chance he needs to launch an attack once everybody started thinking he was Good All Along.
 * Zig Zagged: ???
 * Averted: Emperor Evulz just shoots (or tries to shoot) Alice and Bob the moment he has them at his mercy.
 * Enforced: The audience are fans of old-school villainy, and would probably complain if Evulz was... y'know, more pragmatic.
 * Lampshaded: Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
 * Invoked: "Would you care for a smoke and a pancake?"
 * Exploited: "Hey, you can't just KILL us! You're the villain! You're supposed to treat us like guests until we find the way to blow up your secret base or something."
 * Defied: "No, I'm just going to shoot you now."
 * Discussed: "Inviting your enemies to dinner when you have them at your mercy? That makes SO much sense!"
 * Conversed: "You ever wonder why the Super Villain seems to need to feed the heroes he captures?" "Personally, I think he just want to show off his leet cooking skillz."

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