History PlayingWith / CantHoldhisLiquor

** Bob rarely drinks and has not built up any tolerance.

** Bob can hold most drinks as well as others, but he ordered a GargleBlaster, which exceeded his limits by so much.

** [[YourMindMakesItReal It's all in Bob's head]] -- when his friends tell him a soda pop is an alcoholic beverage, he passes out; meanwhile, he takes a Long Island Iced Tea (not knowing its alcoholic content) with no problems.

Back to ... back ... to ... back ... eh, here's the [[CantHoldHisLiquor main trope]], ah'm gunnnnna ([[AlcoholHic hic!]]) go lie down...

* '''Subverted''': Bob passes out after taking a sip of liquor ... then it turns out he'd been drinking for several hours. That was the straw that broke the camel's back.

** Bob can hold most drinks as well as others, but he ordered a GargleBlaster.

** Bob gets drunk even though he hasn't ingested any alcohol by any means.

* '''Invoked''': Bob doesn't like drinking, but succumbs to peer pressure, so he acts as if he's very drunk after just a sip as an excuse not to drink any more.

** Bob gets drunk even though he hasn't any ingested alcohol by any means.

** He gets his existing friends to accept his condition and he becomes their regular designated driver when they go to bars.

* '''Subverted''': Bob passes out after taking a sip of liquor...then it turns out he'd been drinking for several hours. That was the straw that broke the camel's back.
* '''Double Subverted''': He'd just been drinking the weakest, girliest drinks imaginable and shouldn't be tipsy in the least.
* '''Parodied''': It's all in Bob's head -- when his friends tell him a soda pop is an alcoholic beverage, he passes out; meanwhile, he takes a Long Island Iced Tea (not knowing its alcoholic content) with no problems.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob passes out after a small sip of liquor. But he'd been drinking all day...except he was drinking very weak liquor. But he'd still been drinking ''all day'' - anyone would pass out after that much drinking.

* '''Enforced''': "We need to show the viewers that drinking is bad. Let's have a seemingly healthy adult male pass out after a drop of liquor!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "He's passed out already? The party hasn't even ''started''." "That's Bob for you."

* '''Discussed''': "That's it, Bob! First drink of the night!" "Well, you've seen the TV shows. Maybe I'll be passing out before I can bring the second drink to my mouth."

* '''Reconstructed''': So he finds friends that don't drink.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob takes a sip of wine and gets drunk. HilarityEnsues.
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob has an alcoholic drink despite having no tolerance for it (possibly after eating the aforementioned "inky cap") and is hospitalized with alcohol poisoning.

Back to...back...to...back...eh, here's the [[CantHoldHisLiquor main trope]], ah'm gunnnnna (hic!) go lie down...

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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Parodied''': It's all in Bob's head - when they tell him a soda pop is an alcoholic beverage, he passes out; meanwhile, he takes a Long Island Iced Tea (not knowing its alcoholic content) with no problems.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Defied''': ???

* '''Justified''': Bob rarely drinks and has not built up any tolerance.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is seen as less of a man and ostracized because of his inability to handle alcohol. People are reluctant to befriend him because they know he (and by extension they) can't drink.
* '''Reconstructed''': So he finds friends that don't drink.

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