History Main / LibationfortheDead

-->'''Second drunkard:''''''"I'm just gonna let it pass through my kidneys first."''

* In ''LightNovel/MushokuTensei'' Rudeus takes a bottle of strong liquor with him to [[spoiler:Paul]]'s grave and alternates between sipping it and pouring it on the grave while confessing his insecurities.

* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' manages to make this trope ''creepy'' in "Black Dog Serenade". When one villain offers an assassin a bottle of champagne to celebrate their takeover of the prison ship, the assassin pours the champagne ''into the mouth of a dead guard'' while offering a toast to the devil.

* In Wang Jinrei's ''[[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Tekken 2]]'' ending, Jinrei is seen emptying a bottle of sake on the grave of his long-deceased friend, Jinpachi Mishima[[spoiler:, who would be [[BackFromTheDead revived]] as a monster [[EnemyWithin against his will]] more than twenty years later]].

* Done in one of the {{Bad Ending}}s of the Anime/CodeGeass DatingSim ''Lost Colors''. [[spoiler:If Rai joins the Black Knights and dies in battle, [[http://s257.photobucket.com/user/lulu_quality/media/Lost%20Colors/snap012.jpg.html?sort=3&o=149 Todou]] offers his respects by drinking sake in front of the guy's grave.]]

* In ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', when Kim and [[PlayerCharacter the Detective]] examine the latter's records with the RCM, and see that he has three confirmed kills in the line of duty, and the Detective have a bottle of alcohol in his inventory, the player can choose to make him pour it out on group in sympathy with and honor of the dead.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Genzou, the policeman at Nami's home village, pours some sake on Nami's mother Bellemere's grave, after the Straw Hats defeat Arlong. Referenced later when we see that someone [[spoiler: (Sabo)]] left three cups of saké at the graves of [[spoiler: Whitebeard and Ace.]]

* ''Anime/TekkamanBlade'' has a scene where Blade pours sootch on [[spoiler:Seargent Bernard's]] grave, which is cut from the dub.
* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'': Vash pours a bottle of alcohol over one of the lightbulb shaped power plants. [[spoiler:Turns out these are powered by angel-like beings, of which Vash is one.]]
* ''Anime/XamdLostMemories'': on the grave of an child enemy soldier, until Ishuu realizes the recipient is underage, and consumes the remainder.

* ''Film/CooleyHigh'': One of the main character starts to pour his beer out. When one of his friends protests, he says it's for "the homies that ain't here."

* Martin empties a fifth of whiskey on his father's grave when he visits it in ''Film/GrossePointeBlank''. It's a rather bitter version of this trope, though, as it's implied his father was an alcoholic. He pours out the whiskey, drops the bottle on the grave and leaves.

* A man walks into a bar and orders three shots of whiskey, which he drinks all at once. The next day, he comes back and orders three more shots, and he keeps making the same order ever day. He becomes friends with the bartender, who eventually asks the man about the shots. The man tells him "me and my two brothers were close, but had to move apart for work, so we buy each others' shots to help remember each other". After a few years, the man comes in and orders two shots of whisky. The bartender says "did something happen?!", the man answers "oh, my brothers are fine, I quit drinking".

* This is the common practice in the world of Creator/HarryTurtledove 's ''Between the Rivers''. In that world, ancestor spirits can talk to their grandchildren on a daily basis, so that the ghosts can just ask their people to pour a little beer on the ground for them, and express thanks when they get it.

* In ''Literature/LookingForAlaska'', Pudge drops a cigarette in the creek after [[spoiler:Alaska's death.]] The Colonel, Takumi and Lara follow suit.

* In the Literature/{{Discworld}} novel ''Literature/ReaperMan'', 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 an interesting variant in the Armistead Maupin's ''Literature/TalesOfTheCity.'' 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: "Enjoy it. It's Columbian."

* Subverted in German SoapOpera ''Series/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.

* One of Bret's friend pours some orange juice in ''Series/FlightOfTheConchords'' when Bret goes missing.

* In one episode of ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'' after the cops FinallyFoundTheBody of a long missing cop and close the book on what happened to him, the mans former commander ends the episode pouring whiskey onto the gravestone while lamenting about how the killer was right under his nose for all those years and recalling happy memories about the dead cop.

* The traditonal Irish folk song "Finnegan's Wake" has a variation: Tim Finnegan, known as TheAlcoholic in life, is brought BackFromTheDead when a drunken reveler at his funeral wake accidentally pours whiskey on his corpse. The reason for this variation is that the term "whiskey" comes from the Gaelic ''Uisce beatha,'' literally meaning "water of life." Finnegan got revived when he got doused with "water of life."

* One sidequest in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' requires you to pour sake on the traveller Toma's grave. This was changed to [[FrothyMugsOfWater pop]] in the US release, and reverted in the re-translated DS version. Whatever the alcoholic content of the drink, though, pouring it on the grave reveals the location of the Giant's Claw, the dungeon that the treasure-hunting Toma had been seeking.

* Comes up when you drink an ice cold fotie in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'', after first pouring out some for your homies in the Pasta 'Lean.

* ''VideoGame/TechRomancer'' does this in the Wiseduck story mode if you chose the ending where the crew decided that they were human and lay the beatdown on the enemy. Ten years later after the war, Alvin is the lone survivor and gives a libation to his now deceased crew.

* In ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', when Kim and [[PlayerCharacter the Detective]] examine the latter's records with the RCM, and see that he has three confirmed kills in the line of duty, and the Detective have a bottle of alcohol in his inventory, the player can chose to make him pour it out on group in sympathy with and honor of the dead.

* In a ''WesternAnimation/TheBuzzOnMaggie'' episode, the other bugs pour some juice on the ground before a field trip in honor of Maggie, who has accepted a detention so the rest of the class can get their excursion.

* Inverted when the cast of ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' pours soda on their cart when they are about to send it to the junk yard, then the cart suddenly comes back to life because of the soda.

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', when the family goes to Florida during spring break. Kid Rock at a concert has a large novelty bottle of beer - a 40 gallon bottle - which he pours to the memory of "friends not with us... back at home", and Homer tries to drink from it.

* ''Anime/KazemakaseTsukikageRan'': Ran insists that a new sake brewer's first batch goes to the master that died teaching him, just after burying the guy. She is a HardDrinkingPartyGirl, by the way, that should tell you how highly she regards this trope.

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* ''WesternAnimation/StarshipTroopersInvasion''. The SpaceMarines do this without booze as they're in a warzone, holding up their hands as if they're holding imaginary glasses.
-->'''Commander:''' We saved some lives. ''(troopers cheer)'' And we killed some bugs. ''(cheer)'' But we lost some good troopers today. ''(solemn silence from troopers)'' Here's to the dead.
-->'''Troopers:''' ''And to the next man to die!''
-->'''Commander:''' Now let's get back to [[PlanetTerra Terra]], and we can put some real glasses in these hands! ''(troopers cheer)''

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* In Wang Jinrei's ''[[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Tekken 2]]'' ending, Jinrei is seen emptying a bottle of sake on the grave of his long-deceased friend, Jinpachi Mishima[[spoiler:, who would be [[BackFromTheDead revived]] as a monster [[EnemyWithin against his will]] more than twenty years later]].'

* ''Literature/TheBible'': "And Jacob set up a Pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a Pillar of Stone; and he poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it." Genesis 35:14

-->'''Drunkard:'''''"Oh, promise that when i die, you'll pour whiskey all over my grave"''

* In the ''Webcomic/LegostarGalactica'' episode "Know When To Run", Bob Smith promises his old comrade-in-arms Magnus Powers (A ComicBook/NickFury {{Expy}}) that [[CasualDangerDialogue he'll buy him a beer once they're out of the combat zone they're in.]] Later in the episode, Magnus is fatally shot attempting a YouShallNotPass, and the episode ends on Bob going to 12 Forward and ordering that beer in one of the comic's few genuine TearJerkers.

* In Wang Jinrei's ''[[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Tekken 2]]'' ending, Jinrei is seen emptying a bottle of sake on the grave of his long-deceased friend, Jinpachi Mishima[[spoiler:, who would be [[BackFromTheDead revived]] as a monster [[EnemyWithin against his will]] more than twenty years later]].

* Not exactly food or drink, but ''WebComic/NerfNow'' knows full well [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/206 what consumable to leave]] at the grave of your WorthyOpponent and fellow Engineer.[[note]]A box of ammo to give him more metal, of course.[[/note]]

* "Goblet of Fire in 15 minutes" by Creator/CleolindaJones.
-->'''Dumbledore:''' So I ask you to join me now, in pouring one out for C-Dig.
* Done in the third ''WebVideo/FranceFive'' episode, by [[TheLancer Black Beaujolais]] pouring wine on the tomb of his Japanese OldMaster.

* Episode fourteen of ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi's'' second season has a segment called "Inner Lives of Beowolves" featuring a pair of Grimm discussing a friend who got dusted by "that blonde with the awful puns" while on a coffee break. As soon as they pour the coffee in the cups they promptly pour it into the ground as a farewell.

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', when the family goes to Florida during spring break. Kid Rock at a concert has a large novelty bottle of beer - a 40 gallon bottle - which he pours to the memory of "friends not with us... back at home", and Homer tries to drink from it.

* It's a thing in Korean television dramas, where it's a gesture of respectful mourning of family members.
** Kim Shin does this for his dead brother in KoreanDrama ''Series/TheSlingshot''.
** Yeon-jae does this near the end of Season 1 of ''Series/{{Stranger}}'', as she mourns her husband, who recently killed himself.
* Randy in ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' pours some chocolate milk in the memory of an old shop teacher.
* One of Bret's friend pours some orange juice in ''Series/FlightOfTheConchords'' when Bret goes missing.
* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode ''Bad Day at Black Rock'', a {{Mook}} pours beer on the floor of his apartment to mourn a fallen friend.
** Also again, in the season six episode ''...And Then There Were None'', Bobby Singer pours out a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue onto his friend and old hunting partner's grave.
* Accidentally done in the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "Fire and Water." Daniel has died (for the first of many times in the series) and at his wake, Jack accidentally spills some beer on the floor while having a flashback of his death. Unknown whether this was intentional on the writers' part or not.
* In the ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' episode ''My Friend With Money'', JD and Turk are reminiscing about a college friend who died from alcohol poisoning and pour some of their coffee out in his memory.

* Subverted in German SoapOpera ''Series/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.

* [[Series/TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]] commemorated the end of the Space Shuttle by pouring out some Tang onto his desk.
* ''Series/ManVFood'' has Adam pouring marinara sauce after his partner in a competition vomits outside, thus forfeiting the challenge.

* ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'': During Season One, Boo pours one out for [[spoiler:Tricia, after the latter's suicide]]. After the two were previously romantic rivals.
* Variation in ''Series/ThePacific'': Basilone and J.P. share a drink at a bar in Melbourne after the 1st Marine Division pulls out of Guadalcanal. They order a third drink for their friend, who was killed in the same action where Basilone earned his Medal of Honor, and leave it on the table for him. When a JerkAss Aussie soldier fed up with the wild antics of the relaxing Marines tries to drink it, [[BarBrawl Basilone takes exception]].
* In ''Series/TheFollowing'': After [[spoiler:Joe Carroll's execution]], a despondent Ryan Hardy orders two drinks at the bar, one for himself and one for [[spoiler:Joe's ghost]].
* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', the guys pour "Romulan Ale" on Richard Feynman's grave.
* In ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'', Riley is buried with a bottle of brandy. [[spoiler:Which Harper digs out again.]]
* Parodied in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. At the end of the ''Film/AtlanticRim'' episode, they decide to pour one out for everyone who died in the movie...leading to a gag where, as Tom and Crow keep pointing out other implicit casualties, they keep pouring more and more wine, going well past what the bottle could actually hold.
* In ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' at the end of "Provenance", Team Machine are sitting round a table having a drink. Reese pours an extra glass for [[spoiler: Joss Carter]].
* In one episode of ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'' after the cops FinallyFoundTheBody of a long missing cop and close the book on what happened to him, the mans former commander ends the episode pouring whiskey onto the gravestone while lamenting about how the killer was right under his nose for all those years and recalling happy memories about the dead cop.

* "Six Feet Deep" by Music/GetoBoys.
* Music/LupeFiasco's ''The Cool'', the titular character comes BackFromTheDead, and although he: "Smelled the Hennesy from when his niggas got reminded and poured out liquor in his memory...He couldn't sip it fast enough, so the liquor was just fillin' the casket up."

* Music/IceCube makes mention of it in his song "Dead Homiez".
* "People Are Crazy" by Music/BillyCurrington:
--->''And I drop by today, to just say thanks and pray,
--->I left a six-pack right there on his grave.''
* The traditonal Irish folk song "Finnegan's Wake" has a variation: Tim Finnegan, known as TheAlcoholic in life, is brought BackFromTheDead when a drunken reveler at his funeral wake accidentally pours whiskey on his corpse. The reason for this variation is that the term "whiskey" comes from the Gaelic ''Uisce beatha,'' literally meaning "water of life." Finnegan got revived when he got doused with "water of life."
* This is referenced in Music/MelanieMartinez's "Dead To Me", but as the title implies the person isn't actually dead. It's a BreakupSong.
* In the Music/DropkickMurphys song "Jimmy Collins Wake" a libation is poured for the titular former Red Sox manager.

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* A man walks into a bar and orders three shots of whiskey, which he drinks all at once. The next day, he comes back and orders three more shots, and he keeps making the same order ever day. He becomes friends with the bartender, who eventually asks the man about the shots. The man tells him "me and my two brothers were close, but had to move apart for work, so we buy each others' shots to help remember each other". After a few years, the man comes in and orders two shots of whisky. The bartender says "did something happen?!", the man answers "oh, my brothers are fine, I quit drinking".
* Swedish joke: Two alcoholic friends discuss their love of alcohol.
-->'''Drunkard:'''''"Oh, promise that when i die, you'll pour whiskey all over my grave"''
-->'''Second drunkard:'''''"Sure, i will. I will."''
-->*{{Beat}}*
-->'''Second drunkard:''''''"I'm just gonna let it pass through my kidneys first."''
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* ''VideoGame/TechRomancer'' does this in the Wiseduck story mode if you chose the ending where the crew decided that they were human and lay the beatdown on the enemy. Ten years later after the war, Alvin is the lone survivor and gives a libation to his now deceased crew.
* Comes up when you drink an ice cold fotie in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'', after first pouring out some for your homies in the Pasta 'Lean.
** Tilting a fotie in the Ancient Hobo Burial Grounds wakens the angry dead -- angry about the wasted booze.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration 2'', Sean Webley does this at the funeral of [[spoiler:[[TheCaptain Daitetsu Minase]], this is extra effective as a scene since they have been putting off having a celebratory drink together for the entire game as each new crisis interrupts them.]]
* In Wang Jinrei's ''[[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Tekken 2]]'' ending, Jinrei is seen emptying a bottle of sake on the grave of his long-deceased friend, Jinpachi Mishima[[spoiler:, who would be [[BackFromTheDead revived]] as a monster [[EnemyWithin against his will]] more than twenty years later]].

* Should Bo' Rai Cho perform a Brutality on an opponent in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', he will pour some of his drink on the ground for them.
* During the pre-Graveyard interlude of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', Lea's reprieve is [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 atop the clock tower in Twilight Town with sea salt ice cream]] - a bar for himself to eat, and one to let melt for his absent friend. [[spoiler:When Saïx stops by, he observes that Lea got ''three'' bars, and neither of them is quite sure why - a sign that Lea is subconsciously remembering ''Xion'' as well as Roxas. [[KickTheDog Saïx takes Xion's bar]] for the conversation, and points out that Roxas isn't the first friend Lea has had disappear on him.]]

* ''Webcomic/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 whiskey.
* Done at the end of ''Webcomic/{{Garanos}}'' on [[spoiler:Ethreden's grave]].
* Dig 'Em Frog (of Honey Smacks fame) pours out a libation in honor of [[spoiler:Cap'n Crunch]] at his funeral in ''Webcomic/BreakfastOfTheGods''.
* [[WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja Doctor McNinja]] drops a slice of pizza in honor of [[spoiler:Chuck Goodrich]], who sacrificed himself to close the time portal under Cumberland for good, foiling King Radical's plans. The rest of the crowd, moved by the gesture, starts to [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/26p84/ drop their slices as well]]. Doc freaks out because they're dropping ''golden cockatrice sausage'' pizza, which is ''really expensive''.
--> '''''"How much do you think a dead man can eat?!"'''''
* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'': Bam and his friends pour wine to honor their dead comrade [[http://www.batoto.com/read/_/21834/tower-of-god_ch59_by_the-company Hoh.]]
* Not exactly food or drink, but ''WebComic/NerfNow'' knows full well [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/206 what consumable to leave]] at the grave of your WorthyOpponent and fellow Engineer.[[note]]A box of ammo to give him more metal, of course.[[/note]]

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Genzou, the policeman at Nami's home village, pours some sake on Nami's mother Bellemere's grave, after the Straw Hats defeat Arlong. Referenced later when we see that someone [[spoiler: (Sabo)]] left three cups of saké at the graves of [[spoiler: Whitebeard and Ace.]]
* ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'': Sgt. Saito pours sake on the graves of the many men lost.
* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' the crew of Nautilus do this at a secret graveyard.
* ''Anime/XamdLostMemories'': on the grave of an child enemy soldier, until Ishuu realizes the recipient is underage, and consumes the remainder.
* Implied in ''AudioPlay/StrikersSoundStageX'', where in exchange for information on [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic Tredia]] and [[KingInTheMountain Ixpellia]], [[MadScientist Jail Scaglietti]] asks for enough Belka Red Wine for one so that he and the imprisoned [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Numbers]] [[HollywoodCyborg Cyborgs]] can honor the death anniversary of [[spoiler:their fellow Number [[PsychoForHire Due]]]].
* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'': Vash pours a bottle of alcohol over one of the lightbulb shaped power plants. [[spoiler:Turns out these are powered by angel-like beings, of which Vash is one.]]
* Seijuro Hiko does this in ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''. More exactly, [[spoiler:he pours sake on the graves that child!Kenshin dug for three slave girls he had befriended, who were cruelly slaughtered by bandits (who were immediately thereafter killed by Hiko himself). ]]

* In ''Anime/{{Monster}}'', Lunge brings a bottle of beer to [[spoiler:Grimmer]]'s grave. Earlier, Reichwein had [[spoiler:brought scotch to the grave of recovering alcoholic Richard Braun, [[TearJerker saying that it was okay to have it now]].]]

* ''Anime/KazemakaseTsukikageRan'': Ran insists that a new sake brewer's first batch goes to the master that died teaching him, just after burying the guy. She is a HardDrinkingPartyGirl, by the way, that should tell you how highly she regards this trope.

* Partway through ''Anime/GravestoneOfDaisukeJigen'', Lupin empties a flask onto the titular gravestone, after [[spoiler:Jigen fakes his death.]]

* Late on in ''Manga/RaveMaster'', Shuda visits the ruins of the Imperial capital, recently destroyed by the forces of the renewed Demon Card and littered with dead soldiers, including two of the four [[EliteFour strongest generals]]. Shuda praises them all for going down fighting despite the collapse of the government and pours saké on the ground.

* Jonah pours one for [[spoiler:his father]] after watching him die in ''ComicBook/JonahHex'' #69.

* In ''RolePlay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'', Jason visits his father's grave in Fall City, Fiore on Father's Day during the Hoenn-2 arc and pours a sour bourbon mix on and around the tombstone after taking a swig himself.
* Upon Minato's death in ''Fanfic/TheLineIsNotBroken'', his mother Tsunade poured her alcohol on the dirt in remembrance.

* In ''The Gridiron Gang'', Willie and Kelvin are members of rival gangs. After football practice, Kelvin asks Willie if he'd like a bottle of water, but before Willie can grab it, he pours it onto the ground, stating "my dead homies drink before you do."
* In ''Film/OnceUponATimeInMexico'', Agent Sands, a corrupt CIA agent, meets with and attempts to recruit Agent Ramirez, a retired FBI agent. They briefly [[AsYouKnow talk about how Ramirez's partner Archuleta was tortured to death]] by Barillo and Dr. Guevara. Both of whom are sitting behind them. After Sands leaves, Ramirez pours some of his drink on the ground, makes a toast, and decides to work with Sands for revenge.
* Martin empties a fifth of whiskey on his father's grave when he visits it in ''Film/GrossePointeBlank''. It's a rather bitter version of this trope, though, as it's implied his father was an alcoholic. He pours out the whiskey, drops the bottle on the grave and leaves.

* ''Film/AustinPowers'': Dr. Evil: "One for me, and one for my homies."
* In ''Ned'', a parody of the Ned Kelly story, the villain (a British governor) takes a sip of tea and does the same as Dr Evil. It's a weird movie.
* In ''Film/BoyzNTheHood'', [[Music/IceCube Doughboy]] pours out a little of his drink on the curb for [[spoiler:his dead brother before it's revealed that Doughboy himself is murdered not long after]].
* In ''Film/KingArthur'', Bors pours out a measure of wine on the grave of his dead friend [[spoiler:Dagonet.]] His intent is clear as sits down beside the grave marker and encourages his friend to "Drink... [let's] get drunk" before taking a hefty swig himself as his fellow knights depart.
* The generals of Wu and Shu in ''Film/RedCliff'' pour wine onto the ground when [[ShootTheMessenger their messenger to Cao Cao is murdered]].

* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Eddie is about to down a small bottle of whiskey before taking the Toontown Tunnel for the first time since his brother Teddy was killed (in Toontown). However, in a combination of this and NoMoreForMe (both signs he's taking this case seriously), he pours out the bottle undrunk before throwing it into the air, shooting it with his Toon Gun, and then continuing on towards Toontown.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' after Chicharrón's [[DeaderThanDead Final Death]] Héctor pours out two shots of tequila, drinks one, and leaves the other by his friend's empty hammock.

* ''Film/TheGravedancers'': During the impromptu wake in the graveyard, Sid pours a large measure of booze on to Devin's grave.

* The [[Literature/TheLiesOfLockeLamora Gentlemen Bastards]] have a similar custom of "a glass poured to air" for absent or dead friends.

* In Literature/LookingForAlaska, Pudge drops a cigarette in the creek after [[spoiler:Alaska's death.]] The Colonel, Takumi and Lara follow suit.

* [[Literature/TheOdyssey Odysseus]] pours a libation of sheep's blood for Hades and Persephone when he goes to the edge of the underworld. The spirits of the dead appear to try to drink it, and per Circe's instructions, he stands guard over it until the spirit of [[BlindSeer Tiresias]] appears and drinks first. Tiresias advises Odysseus on how to return to Ithaca, and other spirits (including his own mother, who died from grief) speak to him before the crowd of dead becomes too large, and Odysseus with his men flees back to the ship.
* In the Literature/{{Discworld}} novel ''Literature/ReaperMan'', 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.
* This is the common practice in the world of Creator/HarryTurtledove 's ''Between the Rivers''. In that world, ancestor spirits can talk to their grandchildren on a daily basis, so that the ghosts can just ask their people to pour a little beer on the ground for them, and express thanks when they get it.
* In the same spirit as [[Literature/TheOdyssey Odysseus]], [[spoiler:Nico]] in ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' offers up a Happy Meal and soda to communicate with several dead people.
* In Creator/RobertEHoward's "Literature/BeyondTheBlackRiver", when Literature/ConanTheBarbarian is talking of Balthus's YouShallNotPass, with the aid of a dog, he drinks to his memory and pours out the rest -- smashing the cup as well.
* ''Literature/TheBible'': "And Jacob set up a Pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a Pillar of Stone; and he poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it." Genesis 35:14
* In the ''Literature/ParadoxTrilogy'', Devi performs one at the beginning of ''Honor's Knight'' to honor a fallen comrade.
* [[Literature/{{Redwall}} Lord Brocktree]] drops a flagon of red wine into the pool wherein his father died.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Genzou, the policeman at Nami's home village, pours some sake on Nami's mother Bellemere's grave, after the Straw Hats defeat Arlong.

* Kim Shin does this for his dead brother in KoreanDrama ''Series/TheSlingshot''.

* In the fifth issue of ''[[ComicBookGIJoeDevilsDue G.I. Joe: America's Elite]]'', Flint empties a liquor bottle onto the ground when visiting Lady Jaye's grave.