History Main / HideousHangoverCure

* In the first ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster'' story, Jeeves gets the job by curing Bertie's hangover, and afterwards often dispenses the concoction following Bertie's latest night on the town. Jeeves' mixture includes cognac, black pepper, cinnamon, and a raw egg. (Also featured in the first episode of [[Series/JeevesAndWooster the TV series]].)

Often involves BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce or KlatchianCoffee (Which can often do this on its own). Related to ItTastesLikeFeet (because it usually does), GargleBlaster (because it usually requires one), and [[IAteWhat I Drank What?]] (a common response from the subject afterward). Compare RawEggsMakeYouStronger.

-->'''Sergei:''' This will make you feel better.
-->'''Keith:''' Well, I can't feel any worse. ''[drinks bottle]'' I was wrong.

-->'''Ron during a morning program:''' Never been hungover. After I've had too much whiskey, I cook myself a large flank steak, pan-fried in salted butter. I eat that, put on a pair of wet socks and go to sleep.
-->'''Ron to his [[HangoverSensitivity horribly hungover coworkers]]:''' [[NoIndoorVoice TOP OF THE MORNING EVERYONE!]] I brought some burgers and fries! Eat up, the protein soaks up the sugar!

* In ''Series/ThirtyRock'' episode ''Generalissimo,'' after Tracy goes out with the new interns and has a huge hangover, Kenneth gets his uncle Harlan's hangover cure.

* Occurs in the seventh season of ''Series/{{Weeds}}'' When Doug assures Andy that a raw egg mixed with a Clamato and some crushed Oreos will fix him right up after a rough night drinking.

* An episode of ''Series/BrotherlyLove'' had the mom making a hangover cure for the eldest brother. She never said what was in it, but, "If it starts to taste like ranch dressing you're drinking it too slowly."

-->'''Sergei:''' This will make you feel better.\\

'''Keith:''' Well, I can't feel any worse. ''[drinks bottle]'' I was wrong.

* ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'': Oboro accepts a hangover cure from village medic Eruruu. There isn't any buildup or indication of a gag, but the poor man's expression after throwing it back, along with the fact that it gives him convulsions and nearly kills him makes it fall squarely under this trope. He even forces her to add something to make it taste sweeter.

** The ultimate hangover cure appears in ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}''. The wizards of Unseen University mix together every hangover cure they can think of, including a whole bottle of Wow-Wow sauce ([[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce the ultimate hot sauce]], which distressingly contains two-thirds of the active ingredients in gunpowder) and at least three magic spells. They end up with a glowing, effervescent beaker containing "the essence of pure sobriety". It goes down easy and has no lasting side effects for the drinker, Bilious, the [[OddJobGods oh god of Hangovers]], but this is because Bilious gets his perpetual hangover from the drinks consumed by Bibulous, the God of Wine. So naturally, Bibulous ends up getting the "humorous side effects" of the hangover cure. Up on Cori Celesti, he starts to hear some kind of "descending note" -- [[NoodleIncident and then we cut back to the horrified wizards magically watching.]]

* ''Film/ThePrincessBride'x: Fezzik dunks a drunk Inigo's head alternately in two barrels filled, respectively, with hot and cold water. It works, after a fashion.

* PrincessBride: Fezzik dunks Inigo's head alternately in two barrels filled, respectively, with hot and cold water. It works, after a fashion.

The only reliable cure for hangovers is time (for the body to get rid of the alcohol) and lots of water (to combat dehydration), but that doesn't stop fictional characters, especially TheDrunk or the hard-partying Fratbro from trying all sorts of other methods to speed up the process. The Hideous Hangover Cure comes in two varieties: the first is something that will catapult you back into full sobriety within minutes, sometimes even seconds; the second variety is the one you take to stop feeling awful the next day and speed the recovery.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask [[VideoGameRemake 3D]]'' (but not the original) has you get one of these for Gorman when he's literally DrunkOnMilk. The remedy consists of [[HairOfTheDog more milk]], plus unspecified ingredients that Gorman's brother apparently picks up off (or out of) the ground. These additives seem to make the milk spoil quickly; returning the completed beverage is a TimedMission. Tatl is all too happy to inform you of how disgusting she thinks the concoction is and forbids you from doing anything that might risk spilling or consuming it (such as using the WarpWhistle to get back to town quickly), more due to the smell than for Gorman's sake.

The only reliable cure for hangovers is time (for the body to get rid of the alcohol) and lots of water (to combat dehydration), but that doesn't stop fictional characters from trying all sorts of other methods to speed up the process. The Hideous Hangover Cure comes in two varieties: the first is something that will catapult you back into full sobriety within minutes, sometimes even seconds; the second variety is the one you take to stop feeling awful the next day.

Regardless of the intent, it's almost always a vile concoction, whether it's provided by a bartender or a well-meaning friend. To qualify for this trope, the cure must be effective (or at least the character proffering it must believe it is); otherwise this is just "let's play pranks with the drunk guy."

Note that "HairOfTheDog" (having a little more of the same stuff that caused your problem in the first place) does '''''not''''' count as an example of this trope, considering that it's not hideous at all, and is in fact mildly awesome. Some hideous cures may, on the other hand, ''include'' the hair of the dog. Hey, it's an excuse to be drunk while the sun's up!

* In the first ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster'' story, Jeeves gets the job by curing Bertie's hangover, and afterwards often dispenses the concoction following Bertie's latest night on the town. Jeeves' mixture includes cognac, black pepper, cinnamon, and a raw egg. (Also featured in the first episode of [[Series/JeevesAndWooster the TV series]].

* In the first ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster'' story, Jeeves gets the job by curing Bertie's hangover, and afterwards often dispenses the concoction following Bertie's latest night on the town. As in ''Cabaret'', Jeeves' mixture includes eggs and Worcestershire sauce (could be a Bull Shot).

* On the first episode of ''Series/JeevesAndWooster'', Jeeves mixes one up for Bertie shortly after arriving. A splash of cognac, a raw egg, some black pepper, and a few other secret ingredients make for a concoction that wipes out Bertie's hangover within seconds and leaves him completely awake and articulate.

* From ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire'', there's "Thank Prime", a mixture that we never learn the ingredients for[[note]]Although the assembled ingredients include ice, mustard, a lemon, an oil can, a bottle with a skull and crossbones on it, and Elmer's Glue.[[/note]], but it's apparently ultra-effective, instantaneously curing a hivemind-sized hangover with no side-effects... its taste is never brought up. Of course, the first one to drink it was so hung over he was hoping it would be poison.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6245901/1/Three_Years_At_Sea Three Years at Sea]]'', Zuko's crew swears by a noxious mixture of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg century eggs,]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinky_tofu stinky tofu,]] and kimchee all drenched in hot sauce.

** In ''Literature/TheLastContinent'' [[RepetitiveName Crocodile Crocodile]] tells Rincewind that the cure for too much beer is [[spoiler: "more beer"]].

* Creator/RobertAHeinlein uses several of these. In ''Literature/IWillFearNoEvil'' hangovers are cured by a thermos of coffee with a Danish pastry and by a [[https://web.archive.org/web/20090705035349/http://www.cocktail.com/recipes/s/SilverFizz1930.htm Silver Fizz]] made with vodka instead of gin. In ''Literature/GloryRoad'' another cure is mentioned with unspecified ingredients, but the mnemonic used to remember them is the witches' lines from Macbeth ("Eye of newt and toe of frog...")
* ''[[Literature/HonorHarrington In Enemy Hands]]'' has Theisman use an inhaler to sober up. It's explicitly described to be a very unpleasant system shock, but it's not specified if the vomiting a few pages later is because of the drug or realizing [[spoiler: he had accidentally given Cordelia Ransom ideas on how not to get caught mistreating prisoners of war]].

* "Literature/ATangledWeb1981": Hangaway tablets, which hit "like a pile driver."

* Barney from ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' has the Stinson Hangover Fixer Elixir, which he claims was invented by his ancestor Barney Stinsonheimer, commissioned by President Roosevelt as part of the Too-Many-Manhattans Project. Ingredients include ginger, Tantrum soda, Funyuns, bananas, grease, and a secret ingredient. Amazingly enough, it works, but when the others try to make one for Barney, they discover that [[spoiler:there was no secret ingredient; the elixir only worked because [[MagicFeather they thought it would]].]]

* Boris of ''WebVideo/LifeOfBoris'' features this as #6 on his list of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFMK7bQ1pjE Slav Hangover Cures]], the Gopnik Iced Tea: pickle juice, whole pickles, warm vodka, lemon juice, caviar, and sauerkraut, all blended together into a frothy nightmare concoction.

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_oyster_%28cocktail%29 Prairie Oyster.]] Actually most of Website/TheOtherWiki's article on the drink is them doing our job for us.

* In the American South, it's pretty common for people to get rid of their hangover by... having some more booze the next morning ([[HairOfTheDog "hair of the dog that bit ya"]]). It's as much fun as it sounds, but seasoned drinkers swear by it.

* Your Russian buddy in ''VideoGame/TonyHawksUnderground'' (the first) gets drunk, and you need to help him clear his hangover. Cure consists of pills, rotten eggs, vodka, dog shavings, unknown liquids, vodka, grapes, more vodka, and other curious ingredients.

* Spike from ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' appears fond of the Prairie Oyster (see Real Life entry below) (apparently [[HairOfTheDog seasoned with a little gin]]) as a hangover cure. His hangover is so bad that ruining his egg yolk drives him to singlehandedly beat the piss out of all involved brawlers and make it again. Spike generally likes to make his enemies look like jackasses and plays around with them in a fight, that time, however, he just [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped them]] out of hangover-rage.

* The "Wake-Up Juice" from ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII''. [[AluminumChristmasTrees This is an actual legit drink]], the Bull Shot, a variant on the well-known Bloody Mary. The drink used in the film is actually a combination of ''two'' Bull Shot variations (Bull Shot, Bull Shot #4). It consists of one ounce of club soda, two ounces of beef broth, one ounce of tomato juice, one teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce, quarter of a teaspoon of lemon juice, three dashes of Tabasco-Habanero sauce, and some dried garlic. It immediately causes the Doc to holler and rush to the nearby water trough without waking up. Explanation? "That's just a reflex reaction. He won't be awake for another 10 minutes." Doc does wake up a few minutes later, with a headache.

* The Wiki/SCPFoundation has [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-294 SCP-294,]] a vending machine capable of dispensing any liquid imaginable. Someone once made the mistake of asking it for a [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Pan Galactic]] GargleBlaster, the after-effects of which included a headache that was only relieved by consuming ''an entire bottle of Excedrin''. [[note]]It's mentioned that this would normally cause "deleterious effects from overdose of acetaminophen and acetylsalicylic acid". Said "deleterious effects" include ''death'', so DoNotTryThisAtHome. Though where you'd get a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster in RealLife, we wouldn't know.[[/note]]

* Creator/RobertAHeinlein uses several of these. In ''Literature/IWillFearNoEvil'' hangovers are cured by a thermos of coffee with a Danish pastry and by a [[http://www.cocktail.com/recipes/s/SilverFizz1930.htm Silver Fizz]] made with vodka instead of gin. In ''Literature/GloryRoad'' another cure is mentioned with unspecified ingredients, but the mnemonic used to remember them is the witches' lines from Macbeth ("Eye of newt and toe of frog...")

The only reliable cure for hangovers is time (for the body to get rid of the alcohol) and lots of water (to combat dehydration), but that doesn't stop fictional characters from trying all sorts of other methods to speed up the process. The Hideous Hangover Cure comes in two varieties, the first is something that will catapult you back into full sobriety within minutes, sometimes even seconds. The second variety is the one you take to stop feeling awful the next day.