History Main / LibationfortheDead

* In ''{{Anime/Monster}}'', Lunge brings a bottle of beer to [[spoiler:Grimmer's]] grave.

* Seijuro Hiko does this in RurouniKenshin. More exactly, [[spoiler: he pours sake on the graves that child!Kenshin dug for three slave girls he had befriended, who were cruelly slaughted by bandits (who were immediately thereafter killed by Hiko himself). ]]
* Roybea Roy from AfterWarGundamX is shown pouring wine on the tombstone of his first love, [[spoiler: the woman who gave him his Gundam]]

* In {{Dune}}, Duke Leto Atreides makes the toast "Review, friends - troops long past review" by pouring out a flagon of water onto the floor (note that water is worth its weight in gold on the desert planet of Arrakis).

* In the Discworld novel Reaper Man, Mrs. Cake literally does this with a glass of liquor for her spirit guide 'One-Man-Bucket'. Thus he gets the ghost of the drink, after she kills it by setting it on fire.
** There's also another Discworld moment where Moist von Lipwig bribes a priest of Offler with sausages. They normally roast the sausages so the god gets the "essence," while the high-ranking priests get to eat the meat (based on real-world religions, of course).

* In the same spirit as [[TheOdyssey Odysseus]], [[spoiler: Nico]] in PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians offers up a Happy Meal and soda to communicate with several dead people.

* Joked about in ChappellesShow
* An episode of [[Martin]] had Martin and his friends stranded in his apartment and they have to ration their water. Coal tips out a bit saying "For brothers who ain't here." Martin tells him if he does it again. "you'll be a brother who ain't here!"
* Inverted in German SoapOpera AnnaUndDieLiebe . The villain Gerrit Broda goes to the cemetery and talks in front of his fathers grave how he was never loved by him and how he always favoured his brother. He proceeds to "plant" (stomp) a flower pot into the ground and "water" (throw a bottle of vodka on) it.
* In the last episode of StarTrekDeepSpaceNine, [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Martok]] wants to share a toast with Captain Sisko and Admiral Ross when the Dominion War is won after a particularly bloody battle. Sisko and Ross pour their drinks onto the ground instead, as both libation and protest.

* The opening fiction from GeistTheSinEaters is called "Rum is the Drink the Dead Like Best," for good reason.

* Done in one of the Bad Engings of the CodeGeass DatingSim ''Lost Colors''. [[spoiler: If Rai joins the Black Knights and dies in battle, Todou offers his respects by drinking sake in front of his tombstone.]]
* This is how you revive homies in {{Saints Row}} 1 & 2. You pour a 40 oz. on them, and they spring back to life. Quite humourous on homies who are on fire.

* Done in the third ''France Five'' episode, by [[TheLancer Black Beaujolais]] pouring wine on the tomb of his Japanese OldMaster.
* [[spoiler: [[StarFox Fox]]]] in ThereWillBeBrawl for his two fallen friends.

* One sidequest in ''ChronoTrigger'' requires you to pour sake on the traveller Toma's grave. This was changed to [[FrothyMugsOfWater pop]] in the US release, and later to generic "spirits" in the re-translated DS version.

* In ''{{Monster}}'', Lunge brings a bottle of beer to [[spoiler:Grimmer's]] grave.

* ''XamdLostMemories'': on the grave of an child enemy soldier, until Ishuu realises the recipient is underage, and consumes the remainder.

* Inverted in german SoapOpera AnnaUndDieLiebe . The villain Gerrit Broda goes to the cemetery and talks in front of his fathers grave how he was never loved by him and how he always favoured his brother. He proceeds to "plant" (stomp) a flower pot into the ground and "water" (throw a bottle of vodka on) it.

* ''IrregularWebcomic'''s Dr. North Dakota Jones [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/676.html suggests this]], but is outraged when his son suggests they use his own whisky.

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* ''{{Creepshow}}'': In the first segment, a mourner accidentally knocks over a bottle of booze on her father's grave.

-- '''Geto Boys''', "Six Feet Deep"

* ''{{Creepshow}}'': In the first segment, a mourner accidentally knocks over a bottle of booze on her father's grave.

* There's an interesting variant in the Armistead Maupin's ''Tales of the City.'' Anna Madrigal is in the habit of taping a joint to the door of her tenants as a welcoming present. In the last chapter, she visits the grave of her former lover, and tapes a joint to his tombstone with the words: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "Enjoy it. It's Columbian."]]

* In ''{{Monster}}'', Runge brings a bottle of beer to [[spoiler:Grimmer's]] grave.

->''Oh, the night that Patty Murphy died\\
Is a night I'll never forget\\
Some of the boys got loaded drunk\\
And they ain't been sober yet''\\
-- ''''GreatBigSea'''', "The Night Pat Murphy Died"

* In ''Amazing Grace'', one of the main characters, after winning a huge victory for anti-slavery, pours alcohol into Equiano's grave, with the bittersweet line "I know you don't normally drink, but this is a special occasion."

-- ''"GreatBigSea"'', "The Night Pat Murphy Died"

* Seijuro Hiko does this in RurouniKenshin. More exactly, [[spoiler: he pours sake on the graves that child!Kenshin dug for three slave girls he had befriends, who were cruelly slaughted by bandits (later killed by Hiko himself). ]]