History Main / SuddenlySober

* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'': Clurican the [[FairFolk Faerie]] did this at the end of the World's End arc--he was completely soused for most of the episodes, then suddenly sobers up (as the storm blows itself out).

** More like "Suddenly Sane", but during the Whitebeard War saga, Sanji got sent to an island of transvestites... and despite his efforts, wound up becoming one of them. But when he sees the newspaper talking about [[spoiler:Ace's death]], his makeup falls off and he immediately snaps back to his old self.

* PlayedForLaughs in the [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas OVA]] of ''Manga/FairyTail''. The girls all get drunk while partying in Lucy's house, until Erza decides to rope everyone into playing the Guildmaster's Game, and when she gives the first order ([[NakedPeopleAreFunny forcing Gajeel to strip naked in front of everyone]]), the other girls sober up in shock. Then, after Erza is forced to walk back home naked ([[ShamelessFanserviceGirl not that she cares one bit]]), she runs into Jellal, [[CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest and she quickly sobers up in embarrassment]].

* In the Sinbad comedy ''Houseguest'', the main character, posing as a renowned wine expert, manages to bluff his way through a wine-tasting party by getting everybody else roaring drunk. A group of upper-crust white folk do not remove their pants and get down to "Brick House" when mildly tipsy. However, a scene ''later that very night'' has the hosts perfectly sober, and nary a hangover the next morning. [[FridgeLogic And how did they drive everybody home that night?]] However, the movie is such a mess in the editing department that this seems to be just another oversight.

* ''Fanfic/ThisBites'': In Chapter 75, Commander-in-Chief Kong incites this reaction on Sengoku, who's [[DrowningMySorrows drinking his stress away]]. In a last-ditch effort to dissuade him from retiring, Kong tries to use [[spoiler:the memory of Sengoku's dead son]], which he knows is a BerserkButton. He only manages to say the first syllable of his name before blacking out from Sengoku's Haki, and when he regains consciousness five seconds later, Sengoku doesn't seem to have moved, but the wall directly behind him is crumbling to pieces. Then, [[TranquilFury Sengoku calmly asks]] [[IllPretendIDidntHearThat if Kong was saying something]].

* First episode of ''Manga/BlackLagoon''. Revy and Rock have an impromptu drinking-competition in a BadGuyBar, and both of them are looking extremely sloshed - then a bunch of mercenaries shoot up the place with heavy machine guns and grenades, and they all have to crawl to safety and drive to safety - which they accomplished without so much as a hiccup. Perhaps justified for Revy, since she's a top-grade ActionGirl and all-round badass, but Rock is just a Japanese salaryman who gained his alcohol-tolerance from getting dragged out drinking with his superiors all the time.

** More like "Suddenly Sane", but during the Whitebeard War saga, Sanji got sent to an island of transvestites... and despite his efforts, wound up becoming one of them. But when he sees the newspaper talking about [[spoiler:Ace's death]], his makeup falls off and he immediately snaps back to his old self.

* Zig-zagged in ''Fanfic/BornToBeWilde''. Judy goes through an entire chase and fight with a bat after drinking a glass of "non-alcoholic" carrot juice, lasting at least ten minutes. By the time it's finished [[spoiler:and the bat, who killed the club owner, escapes]], she's still sloshed... that is, until [[MoodWhiplash she sees Nick's body in a pool of blood]]. [[spoiler:Then the Precinct 5 officers bust in, and due to a bad impression resulting from the fight, she's shot with a tranq dart. When she comes to, the blend of tranquilizer and the remaining alcohol means she's right back to being heavily doped.]]

* This trope can also result from people either [[ObfuscatingStupidity pretending to be drunk, or acting more drunk than they actually are]], then they stop pretending (or forget to keep up the pretense) when something interesting happens.

* In ''Empath: The Luckiest Smurf'', Papa Smurf has a remedy that makes Smurfs suddenly sober from the effects of [[FantasticDrug smurfnip]].

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' has "syntheol", which is defined as an alcohol simulation that mimics its pleasurable effects without actually ''intoxicating'' you so that you can drink all you want in the ship's bar and still be sober if RedAlert is called. It's speculated by some fans that it works by allowing imbibers to become sober at will. It's also suggested that adrenaline can neutralize it.

* In ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'', our heroes host Klingon Chancellor Gorkon and his staff at a dinner aboard the ''Enterprise'' in which a lot of Romulan ale is drunk. This leaves Kirk and his officers quite hungover at their next shift -- until a photon torpedo suddenly hits ''Kronos One'', and the hangovers quickly disappear.

* During the ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas 2007 strips]], a cheerfully drunk England is [[FourthWallMailSlot told]] by Finland that one fan wants his advice on what to do about a broken heart, whereupon he suddenly becomes sober and sad as he reveals that he himself has suffered from a broken heart for at least 100 years and knows [[TheWoobie all too well]] [[LoveHurts what heartbreak feels like]]. [[TalkingAnimal Hanatamago]] even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this: "He suddenly snapped out of it!"

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* Zig-zagged in ''FanFic/BornToBeWilde''. Judy goes through an entire chase and fight with a bat after drinking a glass of "non-alcoholic" carrot juice, lasting at least ten minutes. By the time it's finished [[spoiler:and the bat, who killed the club owner, escapes]], she's still sloshed... that is, until [[MoodWhiplash she sees Nick's body in a pool of blood]]. [[spoiler:Then the Precinct 5 officers bust in, and due to a bad impression resulting from the fight, she's shot with a tranq dart. When she comes to, the blend of tranquilizer and the remaining alcohol means she's right back to being heavily doped.]]