FOOD

FOOD is Dad's primary food source. It is also eaten by other people in Town, USA, like Cheryl and Daughter. In its canned form, which is its most common form, it is a red gelatinous cylinder inside of a white can labeled "FOOD" in black lettering. It has also appeared in both drink form as a red liquid and sauce form as a red syrup.

**Spoiler Warning!**

**Below contains spoilers for**
Act II, Act III

## In Dad's Life

### Act I

FOOD first appears in Dad's Life during Dad's Dinner. Dad sits in front of a can of FOOD and expects his family to join him for dinner. A red orb appears and opens the can for him, putting the FOOD on his plate. In Family Dinner, Dad, Cheryl, and Daughter are all at the table with their own FOOD, although Cheryl is not eating her FOOD.

### Act II

FOOD appears prominently in Act II, with its first major appearance in Little Towels. After Dad eats a pancake that the blue orb provides for him, he says, "Where am I?" Cheryl rushes in with a can of FOOD, and Dad says, "Who are you?" She forces a spoonful of FOOD into his mouth, after which he says, "Thanks, Cheryl," and happily eats the FOOD as Cheryl removes the pancakes. Later, in 40K Celebration! 🎉, Cheryl orders pancakes for Dad, but makes sure that he puts FOOD sauce on them before he eats them.

In Father's Day, Dad seems to be cooking a can of FOOD on the grill. He later pours red liquid from the FOOD can into a cup and drinks it. In the video Griffin, Daughter suggests that she and Griffin go to the mall and get some frozen FOOD together. In Is Sniffing Cheating?, Cheryl angrily throws a can of FOOD on the ground after seeing Dad flirt with Diane, and Dad responds, "Poor FOOD." In Dad Magazine, Cheryl is eating a can of FOOD. She later finds Dad surrounded by empty cans of FOOD. When she asks what the horrible smell is, he says, "I've been eating cases of FOOD and my human body filled up, so I took the farts and put them in the air to make room."

### Act III

FOOD appears less in Act III, since its primary purpose seems to have been to control Andan, who fled in Dad Elucidated. However, Boss does appear with FOOD cake in Scarlett Dawn. A case of FOOD is also briefly seen between floors of the Top Secret Facility in The Facility (Video). In Andan's Run, when Computer Master is talking to Andan about his previous work with Cheryl, he says, "I am proud of embedding coding in an edible substance, though." This implies that he invented FOOD while working with Cheryl. There is also a can of FOOD on top of the lockers at High School.

## Trivia

* In the video "Dad Reviews FOOD", Dad says that FOOD tastes like FOOD and little bit of red, he also mentions that FOOD is very powerful.
* FOOD can be purchased from STORE for $72.
* Dad claims that FOOD is not made from any living things, not even plants.
* FOOD is also a song on Dad's album More Music. In it, Cathy Prince is doing an investigative piece on FOOD and how popular it is. Once she eats some, she says that she needs more FOOD.
	+ The song also mentions FOOD's full name- Flavored Osmotic Oral Dinner- and claims that its only ingredient is the color red.
* Since we see Daughter eat FOOD, we know that FOOD can be ingested by bots as well as humans. However, it doesn't seem to affect their behavior the same way that it affects humans, perhaps because the bots' programming is already compatible with the Server.
* Tom has had an interesting history with FOOD. On June 1, 2019, he did a birthday stream in which he was given FOOD as a present from Dad. He begins eating the FOOD and saying things like "FOOD is good", "Dad is good", and "I love Dad", seemingly having been affected by the FOOD's mind-altering abilities.
	+ However, Carl later pointed out on Discord that the FOOD that Tom ate seemed to be some kind of knockoff. Tom later said that he ate FOOD and that he was covered in it in a livestream on January 8, 2020. The next day on the Beyond Worlds Discord, Crothers also mentions knockoff FOOD. It is unclear why this is happening, but Carl has claimed in Discord that whatever is going on with Tom and the knockoff FOOD is not an official part of Dad's Life.
* On October 29, 2019, Tom picked up Andan and took him to IHOP. While there, Durk arrived and switched plates with Andan, causing Andan to eat FOOD sauce and revert back to his Dad state.
* Dad has said that FOOD can be used as a tracker, at least temporarily.
* Dad has said or implied that he sent FOOD to many YouTubers in an attempt to "save" them from The Dark Party, and in some cases to get them to join the Quantum Cul-De-Sac. These YouTubers have included Fredrik Knudsen, Barely Sociable, ReignBot, Markiplier, MatPat, and NightDocs. NightDocs in particular had a period of time in January 2020 when he ate FOOD on camera and became obsessed with Dad until Nexpo broke the FOOD's effects by getting NightDocs to eat a steak omelet at IHOP.
* In Matpat's Dark Secrets (RealiTEA), an ad played for New FOOD, although it is currently unclear what new FOOD is or how it is different from the FOOD we have seen. This video also shows us the effect that FOOD has on MatPat.
* The role of FOOD is played by canned cranberry sauce.
* On February 22, 2021, two livestreams, *Vitamins* and *Medicine* occurred on Dad's main channel. They are both unlisted. It is theorized that these streams may have some significance when it comes to FOOD, although their exact meaning is currently unclear.
	+ *Vitamins* is twelve minutes long and features a red and blue pill. Someone moves the pills around and uses cans of FOOD to cover them. Eventually, a third, white pill appears and this is the one that is taken.
	+ *Medicine* is ten minutes long and follows a similar formula to *Vitamins*, except that the pills are yellow and grey. Eventually, a third, black pill appears, and this is the one that is taken. A cup containing what seems to be either a liquid form of FOOD or LCL is also seen in this stream.