History Main / LactoseOverLiquor

* One ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' issue begins with Batman leaving Robin alone at a quasi-BadGuyBar while he goes to talk with an informant. Needled by the barman, Robin (who's drawn to look barely 12) fearlessly orders milk; one {{Beat}} later, a local HookerWithAHeartOfGold joins him.

--> '''Karon:''' Can I get you something to drink?\\

* In ''Film/InspectorGadget2'', Gadget tries to infiltrate Dr. Claw's operation by going undercover as a thug at a BadGuyBar that Claw's been hiring henchmen out of. The cover begins to fall apart when our family-friendly comedy protagonist orders a "nice, tall glass of milk". When the other patrons react, he amends his order to "''chocolate'' milk. Make it a double!".

* ''Film/VictorVictoria'': {{Exploited}} by King when he becomes uncomfortable with playacting as half of a gay couple, and goes off to a working-class watering hole to pick a fight, apparently thinking to reassure himself of his masculinity.
-->'''King:''' ''[to the barman]'' Milk.\\

'''King:''' How about your sister's? ''[cue BarBrawl]''

--> '''Moss''': I came here to [[ChewBubblegum drink milk and kick ass]]. And I've just finished my milk.

* ''VideoGame/LiveALive'': Invoked in "The Wanderer" chapter (which takes place in TheWildWest). Pike, an outlaw from the Crazy Bunch, decides to order a glass of milk for the Sundown Kid as a [[CondescendingCompassion "friendly gesture"]]. Should Sundown refuse, Pike will get angered and mock him with a claim that he "won't drink any milk that won't come from [[YourMom his mom's tits]]", and once Sundown responds to him with his own YourMom insult, Pike draws his gun, and the two fight, thus kickstarting the chapter's main plot.

* Played with in ''WebComic/TheHeroOfThreeFaces''. Superman, in keeping with his squeaky-clean reputation, drinks milk -- which his BizarreAlienBiology metabolizes into alcohol. "After all, lactose and alcohol are just sugar with ideas above its station."

* WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons: At the beginning of "Wags to Riches", an executor reads a will explaining the qualities of the dog who will inherit his late master's fortune, and as he reads, Spike acts out those traits in hopes that he will be the lucky dog. When the will mentions that the dog must be "sober", Spike appears uptight and holding a cup of milk... but when it also mentions that he should also be "one of the boys", and Spike immediately drowns himself in beer.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': When Homer and Lisa are at Moe's together, Moe serves a beer to Lisa and a chocolate milk to Homer. Lisa tells him that ''she'' ordered the chocolate milk, so Moe apologizes and switches them.

* ''Film/{{Catwoman|2004}}'': The infamous film adaptation has Creator/HalleBerry pouncing, meowing, and walking with a SupermodelStrut through Gotham city. In one scene, she goes to a club and orders a White Russian without ice, vodka, or Kahlúa. Even the bartender seems amused when he ends up getting her the drink, which is just straight-up cream.

** A 2020 story had Her Father Kit Walker (The Phantom) visit her together with her mother Diana Walker, and they and Heloise and her Roomate Kadia went out for dinner. And it is casually shown that while all four of them was given Wine to dinner, both Kit and Heloise is shown covering their full glasses when they are offered a refill by their waitor.
** A few readers of the [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Swedish Phantom Magazine]] during it's heyday in the 70's and 80's would sometimes ask about this in the Fan Letters section, pointing out how unrealistic this trope is, considering how badly dairy products fare in the tropical climates the Phantom often operates in, not to mention that he's occasionally shown sharing drinks with seedier types while undercover as Mr. Walker. The editors would usually reply that [[StatingTheSimpleSolution the milk order isn't absolute, and there's plenty of other non-alcoholic options such as fruit juices, sodas, or just plain water]].

* In one episode of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', Yusei, the protagonist, goes into a seedy bar somewhere in Neo-Domino City and orders a glass of milk [[spoiler:so he can show the bartender a card he has gotten from another character as a message.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/AlfredJKwak'': In one episode, Alfred has a dream in which he the people he knows are living in the Wild West. At one point, Henk orders a milk at the saloon, much to the surprise of the bar owner and the other patrons. He nevertheless sticks to his choice.

-->-- '''George [=McFly=]''', ''Film/BackToTheFuture''

* In ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', George is about to approach his crush Lorraine at the MaltShop. He needs LiquidCourage and heads over to the bar to order... chocolate milk. In this case, it's probably intended to indicate the relative wholesomeness of Hill Valley in 1955 and/or the fact that George is a somewhat wimpy dork.