Lord of the memes

Red Dwarf has a gag where the crew has a time machine, but have sworn never to use it because of the potential dangers. But then the ship's curry supply is lost in a flood, and Lister (an average British slob) decides to go back to 20th century Earth for some curry.

Later on in the series they need a tyrannosaurus rex to lose its lunch, so they make a giant curry. The dinosaur loves the curry, and after having its fill it goes for the ship's supplies of lager and ice cream