History PlayingWith / FrothyMugsOfWater

** The beverage is a children's substitute for New Year's Champaign. But don't tell the kids, please?

* '''Justified''': The censors have Bob written as a teetotaller who tries very hard to hide the fact to avoid looking soft (to the point of making his soft drinks look like something harder).

** Bob describes what year and Vinyard his "grape juice" is from.

* '''Inverted''': Bob is animated drinking clear liquid from a plastic bottle, but the dub changes it to Vodka even though he shows no signs of getting drunk.

** The dub has Bob's regular bar have an additional tab labeled ''[[MoralGuardians Board of Standards and Practices water]]'' [[BitingTheHandHumor that all agree tastes terrible]].

** Alcohol only comes up in the context of a VerySpecialEpisode in which the characters learn about the evils of drink (which naturally would have to be cut or left as is in a dub).

* '''Defied''': "I'm sick of overbearing moral guardians. This show is meant for '''teenagers''' - why don't they realize that such teenagers have probably already heard about alcohol?"

* '''Parodied''': The dub has Bob drink "water", but doesn't change the fact he [[CantHoldHisLiquor plainly gets hammered]].

*** Except in the context of a VerySpecialEpisode in which the characters learn about the evils of drink.

** Alcohol isn't mentioned in any way
*** except in the context of a VerySpecialEpisode in which the characters learn about the evils of drink.

** Alcohol isn't mentioned in any way.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob drinks what is clearly a beer, but thanks to pressure from the censors, he has a line describing it as ''really'' dirty tap water.

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

* '''Downplayed''': Bob drinks what is clearly a beer, but thanks to pressure from the censors, he has a line describing it as non-alcoholic.

* '''Inverted''': Bob is drinks clear liquid from a plastic bottle, but the dub changes it to Vodka even though he shows no signs of getting drunk.

* '''Inverted''': Bob is drinks water from a plastic bottle, buthe dub changes it to Vodka even though he shows no signs of getting drunk.

* '''Inverted''': A dub has Bob claim his clear drinking water. The dub changes it to Vodka even though he shows no signs of getting drunk.

* '''Inverted''': A dub has Bob claim his clear drink with an olive in it is a Martini. It was originally a joke where he was actually drinking water, but [[AmericanKirbyIsHardcore this was changed]] to avoid the AnimationAgeGhetto.

* '''Conversed''': "I bet that "tea" was was beer in the orginal dub".

* '''Double Subverted''': However, the censors do insist that Bob ends up going teetotal after this, and all later instances of him drinking invoke this trope.

* '''Discussed''': "That doesn't look like tea..."
* '''Conversed''': "It is tea...Long Island Iced Tea!"

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* '''Exploited''': The show has NoFourthWall. Bob TheTeetotaller happily drinks beer knowing it will become something else in the dub.

* '''Straight''': Bob drinks what looks like a mug of beer, but says plainly that it is root beer.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob drinks what looks like a mug of beer, but says plainly that it is ''really'' dirty tap water.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob drinks a mug of beer, but says plainly that it is of the nonalcoholic type.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob is trying to [[TheAlcoholic hide his]] [[OffTheWagon drinking]] from his AA sponsor.
** Alice does not allow alcohol in the house, and Bob is trying to sneak beer in.
* '''Inverted''': Bob drinks water with an olive in it, and says it's a martini.
* '''Subverted''':
** The drink is never discussed.
** The drink is from a plastic water bottle.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** And it looks ambiguous enough to be interpreted either as an alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverage.
** Another character comments that the "water" smells more like vodka or gin.
* '''Parodied''': Bob drinks "water" from a water bottle, but [[CantHoldHisLiquor plainly gets hammered]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob drinks beer from a bottle which on says "water" but the company that made this "water" are actually beer producers using clear water filled with medical alcohol. Except the medical alcohol is not alcohol. It's marijuana. Spiked with alcohol. From a fraudulent company. That only has fraudulent banking and actually produces... caffeine. Caffeine spiked with... You know what? This is going too far!

* '''Invoked''': Bob is underage, and is trying to sneak vodka to a public event.
* '''Exploited''': Alice, noticing that Bob sometimes gets drunk, examines all of the drinks that are labeled non-alcoholic.
* '''Defied''':
** Bob knows he'll get caught, and doesn't try this.
** Or, Bob is so [[{{Delinquents}} defiant]] that he just takes a can of beer.

* '''Played For Drama''':
** Bob gets [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin caught]] and arrested for underage or public drinking.
** AliceAndBob fight over Bob being a covert alcoholic by drinking non-alcoholic drinks laced with booze.
** [[TheAlcoholic Bob]] has a relapse during his long road to sobriety.
* '''Implied''': Bob decides to have a bit of cola. Next day, Bob gets a hangover.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': ???

* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Basic Trope''': The audience is told that what looks to be an alcoholic beverage is not.
* '''Played Straight''': Bob drinks what looks like a mug of beer, but says plainly that it is root beer.

** Bob is trying to [[TheAlcoholic hide his]] [[OffTheWagon drinking]] from his AA sponsor.

** Another character comments that the "water" smells more like vodka or gin.
* '''Parodied''': Bob drinks "water" from a water bottle, but [[CantHoldHisLiquor plainly gets hammered]].
* '''Lampshaded''': "That doesn't smell like plain water to me..."

* '''Played For Laughs''': See "Parodied" and "Exaggerated"

** Bob gets [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin caught]] and arrested for underage or public drinking.

** [[TheAlcoholic Bob]] has a relapse during his long road to sobriety.

* '''Justified''': Bob is trying to [[TheAlcoholic hide his]] [[OffTheWagon drinking]] from his AA sponsor.

* '''Subverted''': The drink is never discussed.

* '''Double Subverted''': And it looks ambiguous enough to be interpreted either as an alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverage.

* '''Averted''': Alcohol isn't mentioned in any way.

* '''Defied''': Bob knows he'll get caught, and doesn't try this.

* '''Played For Drama''': Bob gets [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin caught]] and arrested for underage or public drinking.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob drinks what looks like a mug of beer, but says plainly that it is tap water.
* '''Justified''': Bob is trying to [[TheAlcoholic hide his]] [[OffTheWagon drinking]] from his sponsor.

* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':

** Characters drink alcohol, but don't deny it or try to hide it.
* '''Enforced''': "We can't have drinking! This is a family show! {{ThinkOfTheChildren}}!

* '''Played For Laughs''':

** AliceAndBob get into an argument; Alice doesn't want drinking in her home, and Bob wants to be free to enjoy a cold beer on a Sunday afternoon in his home.
** [[TheAlcoholic Bob]] relapses, thus setting his recovery back to square one.