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A food fight is a form of chaotic collective behavior, in which food is thrown at others in the manner of projectiles. These projectiles are not made to harm or damage others, but to simply ignite a fight filled with spontaneous food throwing. Food fights may be impromptu examples of rebellion or violence, however, they can also be planned events. For example, La Tomatina is a regularly held, organized Spanish food fight in which participants pelt each other with tomatoes. In organized food fights, the food "weapons" are usually all of one kind, or of a limited variety. An impromptu food fight will use whatever food is on hand.

Food fights are a common element in slapstick comedy, with the pie in the face gag being especially prominent. Food fights are frequently featured in children's television and books, usually as an example of destructive or reckless behaviour. One famous food fight scene in a movie took place in National Lampoon's Animal House. Another took place in Hook.

Though usually associated with juvenile settings such as schools, there are notable incidents that take place in more official locations, such as the food fight at a lunch meeting of the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan.^[1] In Europe, some food fights evolved into traditional celebrations rooted either in recent past such as the Spanish Tomatina or in long-gone centuries such as the Battaglia degli aranci during the Ivrea Carnival in Italy.

In East Kilbride in Scotland there is a massive food fight held every year during the month of October. It takes place in the town's shopping centre at around 6pm on a Friday night. The main difference between this event and most other food fights is that this food fight takes place on the ice - that is, on the ice rink at the Princess Mall. Thousands of participants from all over the country and even the globe come to take part in this prestigious event known to many as The Grand Classic EK Food Fight on Ice.

In fiction

• The musical film Bugsy Malone based upon prohibition era Chicago had much of it fighting scenes using food as weaponry, including lethal cream pies.
• The students gets food fights scenes in the movie Bratz: The Movie.
• The British television show Skins makes use of a food fight at one of the character's houses in its first series.
• The Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation features a food fight in its second season, for which then 8th grader Emma Nelson was blamed and suspended for a week.
• The pilot episode of Invader Zim features a food fight.
• An episode of Lizzie McGuire featured a food fight.
• There was a food fight in an episode of Zoey 101.
• Two episodes of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody featured a food fight.
• There was a tomato fight in an episode of Phil of the Future.
• There was a food fight in the film National Lampoon's Animal House.
• There have been food fights in episodes of Total Drama Island.
• A food fight is in one of the scenes in the movie Max Keeble's Big Move.
• A Biz Markie music video depicts him at a club, attempting to seduce a woman using food based innuendo. The woman is unreceptive and throws the types of food at him that he mentions in the lyrics.
• A food fight drives the plot of one episode of the children's television show Recess.
• The cartoon character students are food fights at Acme Looniversity of the animated television show Tiny Toon Adventures.

References

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Food Fight
Developer(s)	General Computer Corporation
Publisher(s)	Atari
Release date(s)	1982
Genre(s)	Action
System(s)	Arcade, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit
Players	1-2

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Food Fight

Food Fight was one of two games developed by General Computer Corporation for Atari as the result of an out of court settlement between the two companies, the other being Quantum. GCC started out by developing upgrade kits for Missile Command which they sold to arcade owners without Atari's permission, so Atari sued. Food Fight was a "cute" game that pit a hungry young man named Charley Chuck against four hostile chefs.

Charley Chucks one and only goal, every stage, was to run from the right side of the screen over to the ice cream cone that was waiting for him, slowly melting, on the left side of the screen. Because the ice cream continued to melt, Charley only has 32 seconds to reach it before the ice cream is all gone. Between Charley and the cone are stockpiles of food and some angry chefs who are determined to prevent Charley from reaching the ice cream for some very unknown reasons. Charley will automatically pick up any food that he passes by, and chuck it in his current direction. The chefs can do the same. If Charley hits the chef, they are taken out of play for a while, but if a chef hit's Charley, that's one lost life.

Food Fight employed a special 360° analog joystick that gave the player a wide selection of directions to move and throw food in instead of the typical 8 directions. It also made instantaneous about-faces difficult to perform. Nevertheless, Atari ported it to two of their home systems, the Atari 7800 and the Atari XE systems in 1987 and 1988 respectively. The XE version (which runs on all XL and XE home computers) is a bit poor as Charley runs far too quickly across the screen, but the 7800 version is hailed as a fabulous conversion, and among many 7800 owners' favorite games. An unlicensed clone of the game was developed for the TRS-80 Color Computer in 1983 called Foodwar.

Atari 7800 screen

Atari 7800 box

Atari XE screen

Atari XE box

Story

title

How many ice cream cones can Charley Chuck eat? He'll soon find out. As an ice-cream cone melts on the other side of the screen, Charley Chuck just naturally has to go for it. But he must get past Oscar, Angelo, Jacques, and Zorba, four chefs who unexpectedly pop out of holes, chase Charley Chuck and throw food at him. They're all out to stop Charley Chuck if he isn't fast enough.

Table of Contents

• How to play
• Walkthrough

Gameplay summary

• You control Charley Chuck as you guide him from the right side of the screen to the ice cream cone on the left side of the screen.
• You must reach the ice cream cone in 32 seconds before it completely melts.
• Up to four chefs will rise out of holes in the ground in an effort to stop Charley.
• Charley and the chefs can pick up and throw food at one another.
• If Charley is hit by a piece of food, or touched by the chefs, or the ice cream cone melts, he loses one life.
• If Charley hits a chef with a piece of food, they are temporarily removed from the screen until they climb out of another hole.
• Charley earns more points for each chef that he hits, and more bonus points for every ice cream cone he successfully collects.

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Food Fight
Developer(s)	Atari
Publisher(s)	Atari Arcade Atari 8-bit Atari 7800
Release date	Arcade: 1983 (NA) Atari 7800: 1986 Atari 8-bit: 1988 (NA)
Genre	Shoot 'Em Up
Mode(s)	Single player
Age rating(s)	N/A Atari 7800
Platform(s)	Arcade Atari 8-bit Atari 7800
Input	Atari 7800 Controller
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Food Fight is an arcade game released in 1983. It was ported to the Atari 8-bit home computers and the Atari 7800.

Gameplay

Food Fight hero, Charley Chuck, gets points by eating his ice cream cone before it melts. To do this, he must fight off Oscar, Angelo, Jacques, and Zorba, the four mean-looking chefs who rise from holes and throw food at him.

Each of the chefs wears a different hat: Oscar wears a big hat; Angelo wears a small hat; Jacques wears a curved hat; and Zorba wears a tall hat.

Charley must not be caught by a chef, get hit by food thrown by a chef or walk onto an open hole or else he is a goner.

On some stages, the food that Charley can throw at the chefs include peas, tomatoes, bananas and pies (each in piles). On these stages, the supplies are limited, so you must try to use whatever you can to throw at the crazy chefs before they run out.

On other stages, the food that he can throw are watermelons. On these stages, Chuck can throw pieces of watermelon continuously because the supplies are absolutely unlimited.

Whenever Charley makes a direct hit at a chef, the chef is temporarily stunned.

Chuck must eat the ice-cream cone before it melts in order to proceed to the next stage. When Chuck eats the cone, the ice-cream flavor changes and the game difficulty increases.

If the round lasts a long time and Charley has a lot of narrow escapes or close calls before successful completion, the game may award an "Instant Replay" - when this happens silly music plays (there is no background music during gameplay) and the entire round is played back on the screen. The music is synchronized to the replay so that the last few notes correspond perfectly to the point where Charley eats the cone. Getting an "Instant Replay" does not add to the player score, but it sure is fun to see. When the chefs pop up they also leave holes on the screen, you fall in a hole you die! Avoid the holes.