History Main / FrothyMugsofWater

** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'': This trope is actually {{inverted|Trope}} in the fourth case, where alcohol is explicitly mentioned in the English translation, while the original Japanese dances around it. This trope is also {{parodied|Trope}} in the fifth case, along with the previously mentioned RunningGag, where another character is shown drinking "grape juice" and Apollo mentions that Phoenix told him it makes people feel "relaxed". Athena gives him an "Are you serious?" look and wonders if he was actually talking about the fermented kind, since she's never heard of actual grape juice doing that.

* In ''VisualNovel/VA11HALLA'', one of the drinks you can make is "Frothy Water".
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* That is orange juice in ''VideoGame/DuelSaviorDestiny''. Totally not alcohol, and they didn't turn it orange in [[BleachedUnderpants this release]] to cut down on adult content. Absolutely not, no sir.

** [[TheBartender Sparkling Cookie]] is clearly made of champaign, with fizzy blond hair and a pet that's pretty obviously a champaign bottle.

* Parodied in ''Cubicle Quest'' via an exchange with the break room bartender in the Dungeon of Work.

* Surprisingly averted in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Mega Man Battle Network 4]]'', where in the English release absolutely no attempt is made to hide the fact that a teenage girl is getting drunk off sake. Yes, it is actually referred to as sake in the English release. That was one of the few redeeming things about the [[BlindIdiotTranslation English translation]].
** There's also a... [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment rather strange moment]] in ''Battle Network 2'' where Lan has to [[http://www.mythrilmoth.net/misc/mmbn2-whiskey.gif rap-off with a gangster for some of his whiskey.]] This, too, was kept in translation (likely because Lan needed the whiskey to [[ItMakesSenseInContext make a trap for a spider)]].

** The Japanese version of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' has Bobbery ask for a bottle of 'Vintage Red' as a final request when he believes he is dying. (It is later revealed he was just sleepy.) The international version has the name of the beverage [[https://tcrf.net/Paper_Mario:_The_Thousand-Year_Door/Regional_Differences#Chuckola_Cola changed to 'Chuckola Cola' and the color changed from red to purple]], even though the words wine or alcohol are never even used and Bobbery never acts drunk afterwards. Chuckola Cola is the name of the "soda" from the aforementioned ''Superstar Saga'', making [[{{Woolseyism}} this edit more believable and nearly unnoticeable to the casual player]]. The only slip-up is that they forgot to change the color of the smaller sprite that briefly appears when you are prompted to hand it over.

** Always make sure to have one character in particular in your party when going to 65,000,000 BC for the first time, strictly for the scene where they develop a hangover after a long night of drinking ''soup.''

* Many churches substitute red wine with unfermented grape juice during communion for various reasons (to comply with teetotaler morality, to avoid the dicey implications of giving children actual wine, to not pose a temptation for recovered alcoholics, etc.), on the grounds that wine ''is'' grape juice [[MetaphoricallyTrue from a certain point of view]]. This can be a shock for a parishioner raised on one or another visiting a different church.

* According to [[Series/NineteenKidsAndCounting Jim Bob Duggar]], UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} turned water into grape juice. The belief that people in biblical times drank grape juice instead of wine does pop up in some fundamentalist sects. Of course, this has zero basis in fact; fresh grape juice will naturally turn into wine on its own because of the yeast present in grape skins, and people in that era had no pasteurization, refrigeration, or added sulfites to halt the fermentation process. Besides, wine was actually more sanitary than water at the time because the alcohol inside made it unsuitable for water-borne pathogens, which is why Jesus turning water to wine is so miraculous in the first place.

** Downplayed in "Gideon Rises", when Stan realizes [[spoiler: he can't care for the kids without the Mystery Shack, and he'll have to send them home early]]. He goes to a diner and asks for their "strongest and most expired apple cider". When cider ferments, it becomes alcoholic. However, it's said in a way that not everyone will recognize what he's talking about. (In America, the word "cider" can refer to a non-alcoholic variety of apple juice in addition to the alcoholic one.)

** When questioned about his excessive "soda" consumption, a random NPC in a bar asserts that he knows when he's had enough "sugar".

* In [[Manga/WorldWitches Brave Witches]], there's a sequence where Krupinski drinks wine straight out of the bottle, is shown clearly drunk, and wakes up the next morning obviously hung over, but her beverage is only ever described as "adult grape juice". She even keeps Hikari from drinking it on the basis that it's for grown-ups. This is likely meant to skirt Japanese broadcast regulations generally prohibiting the depiction of minors consuming alcohol: it's not alcohol if you don't explicitly call it that! There's also a scene in an earlier episode where she explicitly mentions that a bottle contains champaigne, but it's not actually drunk on-screen.

* ''Anime/LastExile'' provides what might be an interesting inversion--the mugs which look an awful lot like beer steins, reserved by many for special occasions and may be served at bars ''really do contain water''; clean drinking water is a luxury in drought-stricken Anatoray, with special "First Water", the purest form, costing about what a commoner earns in a day.

** In ''Literature/TheSilverChair'' Puddleglum takes many sips out of a square black bottle that contains some drink that the children don't like. Later he gets completely sozzled (and then hungover) from drinking a giant's version of the same.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' is another aversion. Some of the inns in the game have taverns inside, with certain patrons who have clearly been hitting the bottle a few times too many (complete with AlcoholHic). Like in ''Twilight Princess'', though, they won't serve Link because he's underage.[[note]] At least, they think Link is underage. Biologically, this Link is over 100 years old.[[/note]]

** In "Taking Over Midnight", the Pines throw a karaoke party. The resident RatedMForManly side character arrives holding two large kegs, only to then reveal that they're filled with meat.

* Paul Hogan, "Crocodile Dundee", once did a commercial for Foster's Ale, mentioning that, due to American laws, he couldn't actually been seen drinking it on camera. Cue him saying, "Three two, fade to black..." as he brings the mug up to his lips. The end of the commercial cuts back to a mostly finished mug with his voice-over.

** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'' has a hilarious segment in which the characters are involved with what is obviously a wine-making business, with grapes and grape vines, fermenting, vintages, etc. -- which all the characters describe as "soda". It's not so much censorship as a joke. In the airport, soda is banned on-site and will be confiscated.[[note]]The German version averts this trope and outright calls it wine in the aforementioned wine-making business.[[/note]] In addition, Starbeans Cafe serves "Bean Juice." Not coffee. Bean juice. Quite bit of gameplay is even dedicated to finding specific beans to use in particular "blends." [[WriterRevolt There were going to be cameo appearances by other Nintendo characters who would come and drink the coffee, but they were written out of the game.]]

* Apparently, the US dub of the British Christmas Special ''Father Christmas'' has Santa getting a bottle of alcohol changed to him getting a bottle of cologne. In the UK, the traditional thing for children to do on Christmas Eve is to leave a glass of sherry for Santa and a carrot for Rudolph, so Santa's drinking is something we've all come to accept. Europe in general is somewhat more liberal than the US when it comes to alcohol and depictions thereof.