History DrinkBasedCharacterization / SoftDrinks

* Inverted in ''Fanfic/TheWrongReflection''. Eleya mentions in passing to Kai Kira Nerys that she can't stand Earl Grey, [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard's]] drink of choice. Fitting, because as a starship CO she's got [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Sisko's]] pragmatism and [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Kirk's]] attitude.

* From ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fanfic, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5733297/1/A-Time-for-Changeling A Time for Changeling]]'' Bathilda Bagshot tended to become pretty upset if she didn't get her pumpkin juice.

* ''Series/BreakingBad'': Lydia Rodarte-Quayle drinks chamomile tea with stevia and soy milk. This is, however, not used to establish her as a calm and mellow person, but rather as petty, high-strung and borderline obsessive-compulsive; the tea must be chamomile, the sweetener must be stevia and the additive must be soy milk, and substitutions are not acceptable. Note that this is in 2008-10, when these things had become widely available relatively recently. (Stevia in particular hadn’t hit the mainstream by that point—it only got FDA approval for general use as a sweetener in 2008.)

* ''Series/BreakingBad'': Lydia Rodarte-Quayle drinks chamomile tea with stevia and soy milk. This is, however, not used to establish her as a calm and mellow person, but rather as petty, high-strung and borderline obsessive-compulsive; the tea must be chamomile, the sweetener must be stevia and the additive must be soy milk, and substitutions are not acceptable. Note that this is in 2008-10, when these things were still relatively new.

* ''Series/BreakingBad'': Lydia Rodarte-Quayle drinks chamomile tea with stevia and soy milk. This is, however, not used to establish her as a calm and mellow person, but rather as petty, high-strung and borderline obsessive-compulsive; the tea must be chamomile, the sweetener must be stevia and the additive must be soy milk, and substitutions are not acceptable.

** Phoenix: As of VisualNovel/ApolloJustice, grape juice.

** Used for humor in the [[Film/BackToTheFuture first film]], when Marty gets George to man up and try asking Loraine to the dance, he goes up to the counter of the diner and orders milk. ''[[PunctuatedPounding slaps bar]]'' "[[MundaneMadeAwesome Chocolate!]]" The glass slides in from off-screen, George takes a big sip, and heads off to talk to Loraine as Marty looks on, dubious.

** When times get rough in 1885 in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', genius Emmett "Doc" Brown heads to the bar. The Hill Valley saloon is so RatedMForManly that when Marty tries to order a nonalcoholic drink, the barflies laugh while the bartender pours him a free shot of whiskey -- that [[GargleBlaster BURNS]] the bar top where it spills. However, Doc is [[CantHoldHisLiquor apparently so bad at being drunk]] that the bartender keeps some sarsaparilla [[note]]an old West-era soft drink; root beer is descended from it[[/note]] in stock just for him. Doc ends up drinking one single shot of whiskey, which knocks him out entirely.

* ''Series/{{MASH}}'':
** Radar O'Reilly: Grape Nehi.
** In a couple early episodes, we learn General Clayton's "usual" is sherry and ginger ale.
** In the episode where they get the Officer's Club, it's shown Frank Burns' usual drink is a Shirley Temple.

* In Season 5 of ''Series/MadMen'' there's a scene where Sally is at lunch in a restaurant with Megan and one of Megan's friends. Sally orders coffee and puts lots of sugar in it (the scene cuts to an overhead shot of the sugar landing into the coffee and fades out before she stops), illustrating how Sally's growing up but is still somewhat of a kid.

* ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}'' In "[[Recap/YellowjacketsS2E2EdibleComplex Edible Complex]" the adult Lottie (now a cult leader) orders a smoothie with ashwaghanda, an ingredient with calming properties such as stress relief. Instead, her acolyte Lisa brings her one with maca root, an ingredient that increases libido. Lottie makes a note of the mix-up but drinks it anyway even though Lisa offers to get her another one.