History Main / ARoundOfDrinksForTheHouse

->''"OK everybody, for the next 15 minutes, ⅓ off on every pitcher. One per customer. Domestic beer only. Hey, no sharing!"''

* Subverted in the [[SoOKItsAverage short lived]] detective series ''Series/{{Mayo}}'', where the titular character would say this to his team and be turned down by all of them [[EveryEpisodeEnding at the end of every episode]].

* As seen in the video example below, ''Film/SnowDogs'' combines this with TheFunInFuneral. Ted's mother, Lucy, arranges to have her last will and testament read aloud at the [[MyLocal only bar]] in her small Alaskan town. She begins the proceedings by saying that she wants everyone to have a good time and remember her fondly--and gets them into the spirit by telling bartender Barb to "pour a round of Wild Turkey on me!" The crowd cheers as Barb passes out glasses and tops them off with whiskey.

* According to Hollywood legend, Vivian Vance--who famously played Ethel Mertz on ''Series/ILoveLucy''--was out at a restaurant when she got word of the death of William Frawley, who'd played her husband Fred on the show. Since the two [[HostilityOnSet couldn't stand each other]], Vance reportedly shouted "Champagne for everyone!" to celebrate the occasion.

* During the reading of the will in ''Film/SnowDogs,'' Ted's mother buys everyone in the bar a shot of whiskey as the last thing she bequeaths.

** In ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}'', Vimes finds this to be a useful way of navigating the tricky diplomatic waters of drinking in [[MyLocal your local pub]] when you happen to own the entire village (you could say he's the landlord's landlord). Several times, he buys a round for all the patrons, generally as a way to earn their goodwill, and once in an attempt to avert a BarBrawl.
** Back in ''Discworld/FeetOfClay'', Sergeant Colon resorts to basically the same tactic after Nobby has a moment of AlcoholInducedIdiocy. It prevents a BarBrawl, but then leaves him with the problem that he's just paid for a hell of a lot of drinks with the Watch's petty cash. ''All'' of it.

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* In 2004 a businessman at a London nightclub said "[[http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/75081-The-Drinks-Are-On-Me The drinks are on me]]". The nightclub patrons ordered 110 bottles of champagne, and he ended up with a bill for more than £42,000 ($59,000).
* In the United States, every now and then a moderately successful professional athlete might return to the college for which he played 2-3 years later and do this. They are inevitably surprised when the students immediately start buying the most expensive drinks in the house...''and'' also the same crappy drinks they had been drinking before in the same quantities.
* If you see a bell in a Thailand bar, don't ever ring it, because it means you have to buy everyone a round.

* In ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}'', Vimes finds this to be a useful way of navigating the tricky diplomatic waters of drinking in [[MyLocal your local pub]] when you happen to own the entire village (you could say he's the landlord's landlord). Several times, he buys a round for all the patrons, generally as a way to earn their goodwill, and once in an attempt to avert a BarBrawl.
* Back in ''Discworld/FeetOfClay'', Sergeant Colon resorts to basically the same tactic after Nobby has a moment of AlcoholInducedIdiocy. It prevents a BarBrawl, but then leaves him with the problem that he's just paid for a hell of a lot of drinks with the Watch's petty cash. ''All'' of it.

* If you see a bell in a bar in Thailand and [[SchmuckBait someone encourages you to ring it]]...don't. It's a sign you're prepared to buy everyone in the bar a round. And not just everyone in the bar, but everyone who works on the premises, whether or not they were in your sight at the time.

* If you see a bell in a bar in Thailand and [[SchmuckBait someone encourages you to ring it]]...don't. It's a sign you're prepared to buy everyone in the bar a round.

* On ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'', after being totally humiliated in a bar, Scrooge [=McDuck=] subverts this trope:

* In ''Girls Just Wanna Have Fun'', after [[ForegoneConclusion the protagonists win the dance contest]], Jeff's father - who is watching the televised event at a bar - calls for the bartender to provide a round of drinks on the house. Someone responds by dumping a pitcher of beer over his head, prompting him to laugh hysterically while shouting, "Drinks on ''me''!"

* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', Shepherd can buy drinks for all of [[BadGuyBar Afterlife's]] patrons. The bartender tells you that there are a lot of patrons there that night and gives you the option of weaselling out.

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* ''Film/WakingNedDevine'': After the townsfolk successfully hoodwink the lotto man, the first place they go is down the pub, where they ''all'' offer to pay for the copious amounts of alcohol that is flowing.

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* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', Shepherd can buy drinks for all of [[BadGuyBar Afterlife's]] patrons. The bartender tells you that there are a lot of patrons there that night and gives you the option of weaselling out.
* In ''VideoGame/MountAndBlade'', buying booze for everyone in town increases [[AllianceMeter your reputation]] for that town.
* This is a gameplay mechanic in the ''VideoGame/UnchartedWaters'' series: ordering a round of drinks for the entire tavern gives a temporary bonus to how many sailors you can hire there afterwards. The more money you spend on the drinks, the larger the bonus.
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', the Warden can convince/threaten Lloyd the bartender of Redcliffe's tavern to allow the militia to drink for free. Since their village is about to be attacked by another ZombieApocalypse, [[INeedAFreakingDrink they need those drinks]]. Best part? The Warden doesn't have to spend a single copper. He/she can simply ''threaten to murder Lloyd'' and take ownership of his tavern!

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* During the reading of the will in ''Film/SnowDogs'' Ted's mother buys everyone in the bar a shot of whiskey as the last thing she bequeaths.

* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Allegiance", one of the clues that the Picard aboard the ''Enterprise'' is an imposter is seeing the normally-distant captain order a round of ales for everyone in Ten Forward.

* Big and Rich's song "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" has this line- "And I buy the bar a double round of Crown".