History Main / FlairBartending

->"It don't seem natural to me, throwing up a drink before you've even swallowed it."

* Rodin from ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' indulges in this, most prominently intermixed with Beyonetta's LockAndLoadMontage.

-->--'''Reg Deadman''', ''Series/GoodnightSweetheart'', "Flash, Bang, Wallop"

-->--'''Reg Deadman''', ''GoodnightSweetheart'', "Flash, Bang, Wallop"

Drink-making with an eye to showmanship, often incorporating juggling, dance moves, and nonstandard use of bar equipment. Possibly more prevalent in RealLife than in media; any given media portrayal has a good chance of being an homage to ''{{Cocktail}}''.

* ''{{Bartender}}'' averts this, or plays this straight, depending on your point of view.

* ''{{Film/Speedy}}'' (1928): HaroldLloyd and coworkers are soda jerks with flashy, baseball-derived techniques. Includes more than one BarSlide.
* ''{{Cocktail}}'' is the TropeCodifier.
* ''CoyoteUgly''.

* ''TheKingOfQueens'', episode "Pour Judgment." Doug takes work as a bartender to fulfill an old dream. Broken glass ensues.

* One of the Challenges in ''BeautyAndTheGeek''.

* The ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' episode "Feats of Clay" has Piper cast a confidence spell on a meek waiter so he'll have the confidence to ask a female coworker to marry him. Instead, he becomes a hyperconfident bartender, not very interested in his coworker anymore. Phoebe {{lampshade}}s this by asking "I thought you were supposed to make him confident, not turn him into Tom Cruise?".

* ''VideoGame/TheSims 3 Late Night'' has this as an entire skill.

* The Frat Army in ''KingdomOfLoathing'' includes "wartenders" who mix drinks on the battlefield and even use them as weapons.

* In the ''{{Paradise}}'' web original fiction setting, a bartender who Changed to take on monkey characteristics bartends this way, using all five limbs. Because he looks perfectly human to people who can't see through the Change, the way he does what he does is perceived as puzzling to say the least.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Moe competing in a bartending competition: An Irish bartender chops a beer can in half with a meat cleaver, removes the two halves of the can, and overturns a frosty mug over it. The beer, against all logic, stays put until the beer mug is set down right side up. Contestant #2, a well-endowed Hooters girl, simply bounces up and down while operating two taps. Moe arranges mugs in the shape of the Duff logo.
* WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants often does this while preparing Krabby Patties.

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* Long John Silver in ''TreasurePlanet'' uses his multi-function cyborg arm to cook like this.

* PhineasAndFerb do this while making milkshakes in the episode "Out to Launch."

* In ''ABitOfFryAndLaurie'', StephenFry does this in the cocktail sequences that end all the season 3 and 4 episodes.

* ''TheSims 3 Late Night'' has this as an entire skill.

* One episode of ''TheSimpsons'' has Moe competing in a bartending competition: An Irish bartender chops a beer can in half with a meat cleaver, removes the two halves of the can, and overturns a frosty mug over it. The beer, against all logic, stays put until the beer mug is set down right side up. Contestant #2, a well-endowed Hooters girl, simply bounces up and down while operating two taps. Moe arranges mugs in the shape of the Duff logo.

* ''{{Cocktail}}'' is the TropeCodifier, and may be the UrExample of media portrayals as well.

* One of the Challenges in ''Beauty and the Geek''.

* Although the Citadel bartender in ''MassEffect2'' pours drinks normally for the most part, he adds some style when Commander Shepard decides to down [[GargleBlaster ryncol]].

* PhineasAndFerb do this while making milkshakes in the episode "Out to Launch."

See also BarSlide.

* Flair Bartending contests are regularly held, some of which are even televised.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Thomas_(bartender) Jerry Thomas]], likely the RealLife UrExample.

* ''HowIMetYourMother'', episode "Three Days of Snow," when Ted and Barney briefly take over [=McLaren's=].
* ''{{NCIS}}'''s Abby was shown to have flair bartending skills.

* Carla did several stunts to win a best barmaid contest in ''{{Cheers}}'', including a complete flip while holding a platter of drinks.
* JD and Turk of ''{{Scrubs}}'' did this in one episode.

* The ''{{Charmed}}'' episode "Feats of Clay" has Piper cast a confidence spell on a meek waiter so he'll have the confidence to ask a female coworker to marry him. Instead, he becomes a hyperconfident bartender, not very interested in his coworker anymore. Phoebe {{lampshade}}s this by asking "I thought you were supposed to make him confident, not turn him into Tom Cruise?".

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* PhineasAndFerb do this in the episode "Out to Launch."

* {{Bartender}} averts this, or plays this straight, depending on your point of view.

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* Long John Silver in ''TreasurePlanet'' uses his multi-function cyborg arm to cook like this.

* {{NCIS}}'s Abby was shown to have flair bartending skills.

* In the {{Paradise}} web original fiction setting, a bartender who Changed to take on monkey characteristics bartends this way, using all five limbs. Because he looks perfectly human to people who can't see through the Change, the way he does what he does is perceived as puzzling to say the least.

* JD and Turk of ''{{Scrubs}}'' did this in one episode.

* {{Bartender}} averts this.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Thomas Jerry Thomas]], likely the RealLife UrExample.

* {{Bartender}} subverts this.