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6->''"But the only brew\
7For the brave and true\
8Comes from the Green Dragon!"''
9-->-- '''Merry & Pippin''', ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing''
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11There are several trends in naming bars and inns, but among the more interesting ones, particularly in HighFantasy, is the tendency to name it after an animal, specifically in the form of... "The Adjective Animal." Extra points for alliteration and/or a present participle (that is, an adjective derived from a verb by adding "-ing"). It often also [[ColorAnimalCodename involves colors]]: White Hart, Red (or Golden) Lion, White Horse, Black Bull.
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13There are several other naming conventions for pubs. Either describe an animal in a different grammatical form (such as The Hog's Head, from ''Literature/HarryPotter'', from the barrel volume hogshead and the UK pub chain of the same name) or have "The Adjective Noun," without referring to an animal (such as The Salty Spitoon, from ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'') or linking two random nouns with a "&" (Elephant & Castle).
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15This is OlderThanPrint, going back to the European High Middle Ages. You obviously wanted your pub to have a name, so people can say "Join me at Alice's Tavern," instead of Bob's Tavern down the path. But since literacy was much less common back then, just writing "Alice's Tavern" on a sign would likely lead to someone not knowing that you've got a pub here. Instead, you'd paint a picture of, say, a red duck on the sign, and then people could say "Meet me at the sign of the Red Duck."[[note]][[UsefulNotes/BritishPubs This remains useful today for those who cannot read, such as those who just got quite drunk and now need to call a taxi.]][[/note]]
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17This pattern was reinforced by the way that from the middle ages until the 18th century most houses in European cities and towns -- not just those that housed an inn or tavern -- were named after such a sign because nobody had yet thought of numbering houses.
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19The "animal" can also be a monster-- this is particularly popular in fantasy settings to show the difference in what creatures people consider familiar. They don't actually ''have'' to be "real," though; dragons and unicorns are popular creatures for this trope right here in the real world. In futuristic/space settings it can include aliens, too. Compare ColorAnimalCodename, for when a character or group of characters use a color as the adjective for their animal aliases.
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22!!Examples:
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25[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
26* ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' mentions a 'Laughing Wolf Tavern' early on.
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29[[folder:Audio Plays]]
30* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'': The White Rabbit, on the Embankment in London, is a recurring location.
31* ''AudioPlay/ThePrincessThieves'' has both the Thirsty Hog, which is controlled by the heroic Hoods, and the Mad Bull, a disreputable bar owned by a criminal gang, complete with its own fight club.
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34[[folder:Comic Books]]
35* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': ''Asterix in Britain'' has the British inn "The Laughing Boar" ("''Le Rieur Sanglier''" in the original version, parodying English word order).
36* ''ComicBook/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThievesTheFeastOfTheMoon'' sees the thieves shack up at a tavern named the Friendly Bat.
37* In ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''/''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'' crossover "ComicBook/FromEterniaWithDeath", Prince Adam warns Teela he will go to the "Dragon's Breath Inn" later to have a drink and hopefully get in a brawl.
38* ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'': ''The Black Island'''s first edition names the Scottish village alehouse Tintin visits "Ye White Hart." However, it was renamed in the two fully colored editions, first to "Ye Dolphin" (with a picture of a dolphin) and then to "The Kiltoch Arms."
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41[[folder:Comic Strips]]
42* Dave Trampier's ''ComicStrip/{{Wormy}}''. In the Dragon magazine #96 strip, the last page had a depiction of an underground town full of trolls and goblins. One of the establishments was named the Blind Giant Inn.
43* The Swedish RPG comic ''Vidrig, Vandraren'' featured the inn Obscena Hyenan, The Obscene Hyena.
44* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide''
45** One strip had "buzzard beatniks" reading poetry in a dive named "The Dead Heifer."
46** A Western-based strip had several horses knocked over on their sides (like motorcycles) in front of the Red Dog Saloon.
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49[[folder:Fan Works]]
50* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14058788/3/The-Ancient-Proliferation-Covenant The Ancient Proliferation Contract]]'' mentions the Salty Serpent.
51* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12205182/1/Angel-s-Place Angel's Place]]'' Harry and his adoptive mother and sister stop at an establishment called Le Lutin Lilas.[[note]]The Lilac Gremlin.[[/note]]
52* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13349364/6/Atonement Atonement]]'' mentions the Flying Horse.
53* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/10075505/chapters/22450610 Azkaban's Heir]]'' Harry's bodyguard takes him into a dive called the Drunken Goat.
54* ''Fanfic/AGameOfCatAndCat'': The "Inebriated Walrus" is mentioned in Chapter 7.
55* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12578431/1/The-Chessmaster-Black-Pawn The Chessmaster: Black Pawn]]'' Ron has a summer job at the Muddy Hippogriff.
56* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/816381/18/Deny-Thy-Father-And-Refuse-Thy-Name Deny Thy Father And Refuse Thy Name]]'' mentions the Galloping Gorgon.
57* In ''[[FanFic/TheDuskyverse From Dusk to Nigh]]'', the cast has a lot of conversations at the Lusty Seapony. One character wonders how it got that name, since it's in a completely landlocked town. [[TheUnreveal The audience never gets to hear the answer.]]
58* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13844646/2/The-Girl-Who-Lived-In-Three-Castles The Girl Who Lived In Three Castles]]'' mentions the Rowdy Roc.
59* In ''Fanfic/TheGoodHunter'', an inn of Sheffield, The Prancing Pony, is named that way.
60* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10349675/1/Harry-Potter-and-the-Lightning-Scar Harry Potter and the Lightning Scar]]'' Sirius and Remus spend an evening reminiscing at the Bubbling Boggart.
61* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13093246/18/Harry-Potter-the-Spirit Harry Potter the Spirit]]'' mentions the Gutted Swine.
62* The Three Horses in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World''. The other pubs and inns mentioned do not follow this convention.
63* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13473114/8/Let-s-do-It-Right-This-Time Let's Do It Right This Time]]'' one of the many properties Harry inherits is a tavern called the Green Dolphin.
64* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13721156/8/Letters-to-Harry Letters to Harry]]'' Harry, Dean and Seamus decide to meet Ron at the Wiley Fox.
65* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13452914/1/Loose-Cannon Loose Cannon]]'' Ron suggests going to the Twisted Niffler.
66* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13852765/1/A-Most-Splendid-Expedition A Most Splendid Expedition]]'' Harry and Ron have drinks every Monday at the Whistling Parrot.
67* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/6385204/chapters/16518016#workskin Mystic Knight Online]]'' the main quartet visit The Wandering Pony to celebrate Asuna's birthday.
68* One of the [[FantasyTavern taverns]] in ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'', Hound's Head Bar, uses the other naming convention of describing an animal in a different grammatical form than precisely "The Adjective Animal".
69* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8907968/1/Once-Bitten-Twice-Shy Once Bitten, Twice Shy]]'' Harry and Draco have a drink at Le Chant Canard.[[note]]The Singing Duck.[[/note]]
70* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8701813/5/The-Only-Way-Out-Is-Through The Only Way Out Is Through]]'' mentions the Stamping Griffin.
71* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10502383/14/Owl-Post Owl Post]]'' when the Weasleys visit Romania they stay at the Toothless Dragon.
72* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13820683/36/The-Potioneer-s-Assistant-Rebrewed The Potioneer's Assistant Rebrewed]]'' Greg opens a pub called the Wandering Elf post-Hogwarts, while Seamus has one called the Happy Hippogriff.
73* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13614134/1/The-Reluctant-Savior The Reluctant Savior]]'' Draco's favorite pub is the Tipsy Toad.
74* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12078414/8/Shake-it-Bake-it-Brew-it Shake it, Bake it, Brew it]]'' Knockturn Alley has a pub called the White Wyvern.
75* ''Fanfic/TheTaleOfWestalaAndVilltin'':
76** The main tavern in Anorankhmar is the Plummeting Lemming.
77** The tavern in Hanoverian Hinckley is the Unobtrusive Beagle, a reference to the Snooty Fox bar at the Hanover Hotel, Hinckley (at the time when the Discworld Conventions took place there - they've changed it since).
78** The RecursiveFanfiction "After the Tale" mentions the Golden Halosaur (parodying the Silver Eel) and the Impolite Horse (parodying the Vulgar Unicorn).
79* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11682581/12/Trichromatic Trichromatic]]'' Remus and Snape meet a contact at the Blue Llama.
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82[[folder:Folklore]]
83* The "Blue Boar", traditionally the inn of choice of Myth/RobinHood and his Merry Men.
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86[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
87* In ''WesternAnimation/The3LittlePigsTheMovie'', [[TheBigBadWolf Big Boss]] owns an inn called ''The Inn of the Gentle Wolf''.
88** Once Big Boss [[spoiler: is gone, the pigs take ownership of the inn and rename it ''The Inn of the Singing Pigs'']].
89* [[HilariousInHindsight The Red Lobster Inn]] from Franchise/{{Disney|AnimatedCanon}}'s ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', which is where the Coachman often tends to hang out whenever he's not kidnapping boys, taking them to Pleasure Island, turning them into donkeys and shipping them to either the salt mines or the circus.
90* The Snuggly Duckling, of Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', which despite the cute name is a borderline BadGuyBar.
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93[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
94* A rather grisly example is The Slaughtered Lamb in ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'', which was later used in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' and made into RealLife pubs in both New York and London.
95* The Feisty Goat in ''Film/EuroTrip''.
96* ''Les Enfants du Paradis'' has the less than reputable tavern "Le Rouge-Gorge" (the French word for robin, literally "red throat"). As emerges during the scene, the name is actually a not-so-oblique reference to a previous landlord being found one morning with his throat cut.
97* ''Dancing at the Blue Iguana'' is a story about five dancers at the Blue Iguana strip club.
98* The Two-Headed Dog and The Famous Cock in ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'' are the only pubs out of the twelve to follow this formula. A few others (The First Post, The Old Familiar, The King's Head, The Good Companions) are similar, but without animals. Incidentally, all of the film's pubs are named for ones that exist in real life.
99* ''Snow Queen'' (2002) had the White Bear Hotel.
100* ''Film/TrueGrit''. While talking with Mattie Ross about his past life, Rooster Cogburn mentions that he once bought an "eating place" (restaurant) called the Green Frog.
101* In ''Film/WhereEaglesDare'', the team meet their contact at a tavern called "Zum Wilden Hirsch" (At the [sign of the] Wild Deer)
102* The RunningGag in ''Film/PoliceAcademy'', The Blue Oyster.
103* ''Film/TheNun''. The Black Bear bar is in the village near the abbey.
104* ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina''. The White Tiger is a bordello found in San Francisco's Chinatown.
105* In ''[[Film/RushHour Rush Hour 2]]'', Ricky Tan launders money through the Red Dragon casino and hotel in Las Vegas. Doubles as a DevelopmentGag as ''Rush Hour'' director Creator/BrettRatner was also directing the film ''Literature/RedDragon'' around the same time.
106* ''Film/TheHangoverPartII''. The White Lion Bar in the city of Bangkok is destroyed during the course of the movie.
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110* ''Creator/{{Chaosium}}'''s ''LARP/CthulhuLive''. Skirmish Publishing's adventure ''The Green Fairy'' is set in the bar of the same name, which can be found in Paris.
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113[[folder:Literature]]
114* ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' has the Red Lobster Inn, where the Fox and the Cat take Pinocchio for a break during their journey to the Field of Miracles. The two order a big meal for themselves and leave after Pinocchio falls asleep. When he wakes up, Pinocchio is informed by the owner that the Fox and the Cat left a message instructing him to go meet them in the woods, and also gave him the "honor" of paying the bill. The "Red Lobster" name has later been adopted by a RealLife restaurant chain and a food/culinary channel in Italy, "Gambero Rosso".
115* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' has The Prancing Pony in Bree, the Green Dragon in Bywater and the Golden Perch in Stock.
116* Tortall, the setting of many of Creator/TamoraPierce's books, has a couple. Most notable is The Dancing Dove, but there is also a mention of a place called The Jugged Hare in Squire. ([[http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/516438 Jugged Hare is an English dish]]).
117* The Sozzled Parrot in ''Literature/ArtemisFowl''.
118* The story of Literature/TheKnightsOfTheCross by Creator/HenrykSienkiewicz starts in the Ornery Aurochs inn.
119* Creator/AgathaChristie wrote a novel (set at an inn) entitled ''Literature/ThePaleHorse''.
120* Creator/FritzLeiber's ''Literature/FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser'' stories. The city of Lankhmar has the Silver Eel, Golden Lamprey and Whistling Fish taverns.
121* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''
122** The Crimson Leech, which gets briefly mentioned at the very start of ''Literature/TheColourOfMagic''. It may be a parody of The Silver Eel example above, since it's frequented by Bravd the Hublander and the Weasel.
123** The ''Compleat Ankh-Morpork City Guide'', names over two hundred city pubs that were never mentioned in the books, and goes to this well on several occasions, including the Green Dragon (formerly owned by the dragon-breeding Ramkin family), the Singing Hippo, and the Flaming Kookaburra ([[LandDownUnder FourEcksian]] embassy in the back room). The list of cafes also has the Plaited Pheasant and the Prancing Pony Tearoom.
124** ''Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook'', the travel guide to the [[Literature/RaisingSteam new railway]], says the inn in the town of Seven Bangs is called The Jolly Dragon, although it's recently been renamed from The Jolly Green Cabbage. (The local tourist industry is trying to convince people that the craters that give the town its name were created by a battle with a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent noble dragon]], rather than an unfortunate accident in the cabbage pickling industry.)
125** The earliest mentioned in the first book was the Broken Drum. ("You can't beat it.") After some insurance-related light arson, the new owner renamed it the Mended Drum, and it was the most commonly mentioned bar in most of the series.
126** A fairly definitive fan-created overview is ''[[http://wiki.lspace.org/Pubs here]]''.
127** Just to round off the options for one's night out, there's a strip joint called the Pink Pussycat Club and a gay men's establishment called the Blue Cat Club. (His-and-hers ThemeNaming?)
128* There's a Gaiman story where the pub was called the Dirty Donkey, only the picture on the sign looked more like a Pale Horse.
129* ''[[Literature/{{Sten}} Vortex]]'', the penultimate book in the Sten Series, has "The Blue Bhor" although the fully sentient alien Bhor might take offense to being called an animal.
130* ''Literature/ThievesWorld'' series. The WretchedHive city of Sanctuary has the Vulgar Unicorn, Golden Lizard and Diving Bird taverns. Several vague descriptions of the Vulgar Unicorn's sign are given, including "...that animal improbably engaging itself" and similar.
131* The Blue Boar in ''Literature/GreatExpectations''.
132* Steven Brust's ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'' novels.
133** Vlad sees two such sign on inns/pubs in ''Literature/{{Jhegaala}}'' and refers to them by their signage. However, the locals call the first pub by the owner's name.
134** In the Literature/KhaavrenRomances, a scholar from the capital opens a pub in the countryside, ''doesn't'' do this, and has to have it explained to him that nobody in the area can read.
135* "Literature/TheMostPreciousOfTreasures" has The Talking Carp.
136* The Literature/SherlockHolmes short story "The Adventure of the Priory School" has The Fighting Cock Inn.
137* The location of Creator/ArthurCClarke's ''Literature/TalesFromTheWhiteHart'', based on RealLife meeting place for London sf fans, the White Horse.
138* The sequel to ''Literature/TheZeroStone'', ''Uncharted Stars'', has The Diving Lokworm, a BadGuyBar where the protagonist goes to find a starship pilot. The Lokworm is an unwholesome alien creature.
139* ''The Pink Rat'' is the most prominent BadGuyBar in ''Literature/TheShadow'' pulp series.
140* Fred Vargas' last novel has ''Le Sanglier Courant'' (''The Running Boar''), which is actually a restaurant but often serves as a meeting place for the main characters. For some reason, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Adamsberg]] insists on calling it ''Le Sanglier Bleu'' (''The Blue Boar'').
141* ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' has The Grateful Turbot tavern.
142* ''Franchise/StarWars''
143** In Michael Stackpole's ''[[Literature/XWingSeries X-wing: Wedge's Gamble]]'', the rogues meet in the Azure Dianoga Cantina.
144** Michael Reaves' ''Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows'' features the Dizzy Dewback Cantina.
145** ''Double Cross on Ord Mantell'', a short story by Michael Mikaelian published in Star Wars Galaxy 5 has the Drunken Bantha on Ord Mantell.
146** James Luceno's ''Cloak of Deception'' has The Tipsy Mynock.
147** Michael Stackpole's ''Dark Tide II: Ruin'' features The Violet Viska on Garos IV.
148* The poem and drinking-song ''Altassyrisches'' by 19th-century poet Viktor von Scheffel is much better known by its first words "Im Schwarzen Walfisch zu Askalon" ("In the 'Black Whale' in Ascalon").
149* Creator/SMStirling's ''Dies the Fire'' (and several other Emberverse volumes) has The Hopping Toad, in Corvallis, Oregon.
150* The backstory of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has the Clanking Dragon, named for a multi-piece iron dragon sign that had a habit of clanking in the wind. During the Blackfyre rebellion the sign was taken down as the black iron of the sign resembled the black dragon sigil of the rebelling Blackfyres and the local lord was a Targaryen loyalist. After that it was called The River Inn, until the river moved and is now known as "the inn at the crossroads."
151* Creator/RobertRankin's ''Brentford Trilogy'' books have a pub called The Flying Swan. There is also the Shrunken Head, which is Brentford's primary music venue.
152* Creator/LeoFrankowski's ''[[Literature/TheCrossTimeEngineer The Cross-Time Engineer]]'' series has The Pink Dragon topless bar.
153* In ''Literature/AnimalFarm'', Mr. Jones drinks at a pub called the Red Lion.
154* ''Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse''
155** ''Hidden Universe Travel Guides: The Klingon Empire'' has a traditional Klingon tavern called the Tipsy Targ.
156** More surprisingly, ''Hidden Universe Travel Guides: Vulcan'' has two hotels called the Sleepy Sehlat and the Lazy Le-Matya (the latter including the Starving Sehlat restaurant).
157* ''Literature/TheBrothersLionheart'': Nangiala has an inn called the Golden Cockerel, complete with a fat, jovial landlord named Jussi.
158* ''Magazine/TheSpaceGamer'' magazine issue #54, story "The Conjuring". Phorbal and the thief Clar go to the Carved Bear Inn in order to find the sorcerer Mikall.
159* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' series features ''many'' named inns and taverns, most of which are pretty esoteric and make poetic reference to a political or social feature of the region; presumably this is possible because literacy is much higher than in your standard medieval fantasy world. Among these, however, are several that fit the motif of this trope: the Blind Pig, the Blue Cat, the Golden Ducks, the Golden Stag, the Old Sheep, the Stranded Goose. There are also several that follow the same with things other than animals: the Blue Rose, the Bunch of Grapes, the Dancing Cartman, the Golden Wheel, the Great Tree, the White Tower. And then there are those that are a combination of two items, or a specific number of common items: the Ball and Hoop, the Crown and Lion, the Hoop and Arrow, [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings The Nine Rings]], Three Plum Blossoms.
160* The Black Fish Tavern in ''{{Literature/Dinotopia}}'', where a lot of the island’s less savory residents hung out.
161* The Blue Boar in the ''Literature/VillageTales''.
162* ''Literature/DuneEncyclopedia''. A laundrywoman enters a contest and wins a trip to the PleasurePlanet of Gamont. While there, she has lunch at a restaurant called the Flipping Frog.
163* ''Literature/{{Tolivers Secret}}'': The Jolly Fox Tavern in Elizabethtown is the place Ellen has to go to in order to deliver her grandfather's message to the owner, Mr. Shannon.
164* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': The Frothing Otter (with its sign depicting a reclining otter with a tankard of ale) is a popular tavern in Bistort which Sam and Arcie enjoy frequenting. It turns out this is a common name, as they visit another in a different city later.
165* The first tavern Mudge takes Tom-Jon to in the ''Literature/{{Spellsinger}}'' novels is the Pearl Possum.
166* Short story "Murder! At the Ruptured Troll" by Ken St. Andre. The city of Khosht has the Green Dragon and Ruptured Troll taverns.
167* M. A. Carrick's ''The Mask of Mirrors'' has the Gawping Carp.
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170[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
171* Played with on ''Series/TheATeam'' episode "The Big Squeeze", when Hannibal decides to use props from his movie producer friends to fake a new restaurant to lure in some Mafia extortionists.
172-->'''Hannibal:''' (''in a faux Irish accent'') And we'll call it, "The Naked Lady".
173* ''Series/ThreesCompany'' has The Regal Beagle pub where the characters sometimes hung out.
174* ...Because ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse'' has the Mucky Duck.
175* ''Series/PigAndWhistle'', a Canadian musical variety show set in a fictional English pub, broadcast on CTV from 1967 to 1977. Remembered less-than-fondly by an entire generation of Canadian children who had to suffer through it to get to the ''Series/WonderfulWorldOfDisney'', which aired immediately after.
176* ''Series/TheCarolBurnettShow''. In a sketch about a man trying to get his car's license plates at a government agency, he asks the female clerk if he can take her to lunch and she says for him to meet her at the Whispering Escargot[[note]]French for "snail"[[/note]] restaurant.
177* The Unfriendly Possum in the ''Series/TrueBlood'' episode "Fuck the Pain Away".
178* ''Series/BarRescue'', naturally, with Blue Frog 22, The Dirty Rooster, The Gallopin' Goose, The Drunken Donkey, and Armadillo Grill are some of the bars to be rescued.
179* In the ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' episode "A Murdog Mystery'', George and Henry stop at a pub called the Tipsy Ferret.
180* ''Series/{{Roseanne}}''. In the season three episode "Do You Know Where Your Parents Are?", Roseanne and Dan have dinner at the Blue Swan Cafe, the place where he first asked her to be his girlfriend twenty years earlier. They later go to the attached Blue Swan Motel, the same place they made love for the first time.
181* The Pink Parrot in ''{{Series/The Tripods}}'', where the humans in the domed city went in their little free time.
182* In ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', the title character and his family frequent numerous five-star restaurants that have surreal French names that follow this trope's basic formula: example include Le Cigare Volant (The Flying Cigar), Le Cochon Noir (The Black Pig), Le Pied de Cochon (The Pig's Foot), Le Petit Oiseau (The Little Bird), Coeur de Singe (Monkey's Heart), and Le Petit Bistro.
183* On ''Series/{{Haven}}'', Duke's bar is The Grey Gull, though is usually just referred to as "the Gull."
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186[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
187* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
188** Ed Greenwood used this one a lot in the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' setting.
189*** ''Volo's Guide to Waterdeep''. Inns: The Galloping Minotaur, The Grey Serpent, The Raging Lion, The Rearing Hippocampus, The Wandering Wemic. Taverns: The Blue Mermaid, The Crawling Spider, The Friendly Flounder, The Grinning Lion, The Red-Eyed Owl, The Sleeping Snake, The Sleepy Sylph, The Spitting Cat, The Spouting Fish, The White Bull. Nightclub: The Smiling Siren. Tavern and Fest-hall: The Gentle Mermaid. Tavern, Inn and Fest-hall: The Blushing Mermaid
190*** ''Volo's Guide to Cormyr''. Gambling Houses: The Lucky Dragon. Glassblowers: The Crystal Wyvern. Inns: The Dead Dragon, The Golden Unicorn, The Murdered Manticore, The Old Owlbear, The Red Stirge, The Roaring Griffon, The Snowbound Hound, The Wild Goose. Restaurants: The Old Oyster, The Sleeping Cat. Taverns: The Dancing Dragon, The Silvery Sembian Snail
191*** ''Volo's Guide to the Dalelands''. Festhalls: The Lonely Mermaid. Inns: The Black Horse, The White Hart. Rental storage: Dunstable's Sleeping Cat. Taverns: The Drunken Lion, The Thirsty Pig
192*** ''Volo's Guide to the North''. Inns: The Crowing Cockatrice, The Frost-Touched Frog, The Happy Halfling, The Headless Troll, The Hooked Knucklehead (a type of fish), The Shining Serpent, The Sleeping Dragon, The Stone Stallion, The Whistling Stag, The White-Winged Griffon. Restaurants: The Fried Rat, The Leaping Leucrotta. Taverns: The Crowing Cockatrice, The Dancing Goat, The Dreaming Dragon, The Embattled Dwarf, The Falling Orc, The Merry Mer-She (mernaid), The Old Owl, The Sighing Sylph, The Singing Manticore, The Sly Fox, The Smiling Satyr, The Talking Troll. Warehouses: The Watchful Turtle
193*** ''Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast''. Inns: The Black Boar, The Dire Dragon, The Happy Hippocampus, The Jaded Unicorn, The Old Talking Ox, The Raging Lion (in Scornubel), The Running Stag, The Storm Griffin, The Wandering Wyvern, The Worried Wyvern. Tankard Houses: The Curious Kelpie. Taverns: The Dancing Bear, The Happy Cow, The Scarlet Stag
194*** ''Forgotten Realms Adventures'' (those that aren't in the supplements above). Inns: Black Bear, The Black Cockerel, The Black Viper, The Bloody Boar, The Blue Cow, The Rising Raven, The Roaring Lion, The Spitting Cockatrice, Splurging Sturgeon, The Weeping Wyvern. Taverns: The Empty Fish, The Roaring Dragon, The Silly Satyr, The Stranded Fish (burnt out), The Tattooed Troglodyte. Inn and tavern: The Black Stag, The Blushing Mermaid (Baldur's Gate), The Naughty Nixie, The Weeping Unicorn
195*** ''1st Edition Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting'' boxed set (those that aren't in the supplements above). Festhall: The Lavender Lion. Hardware Shop: The Copper Cockatrice. Inns: The Night Wolf, The Watchful Lynx. Taverns: The Black Rat, The Blinking Owl, The Dancing Dracolisk, The Drunken Dragon, The Golden Goblin, The Lame Camel, The Lazy Lizard, The Striking Snake, The Thirsty Thunder Beast, The Two-Headed Lion. Tack Shop: The Silver Stallion.
196*** The novel ''Elminster's Daughter''. The Green Wyvern is a taproom (tavern) in the city of Suzail in Cormyr.
197*** The Silver Lion tavern can be found in the city of Selgaunt in Sembia.
198*** ''The Horde'' boxed set. The Red Sturgeon tavern is in the town of Almorel.
199*** The ''Lands of Intrigue'' boxed set, "Book One: Tethyr". The city of Zazesspur has the Purple Minotaur and Breaching Whale inns as well as the Smiling Centaur tavern.
200*** ''Ruins of Zhentil Keep'' boxed set "Campaign Book". In Zhentil Keep can be found the Cloven Ogre, Gorey Eye-Beast and Roaring Dragon taverns. In the village of Snowmantle is the Singing Dryad tavern.
201*** ''City of Splendors'' boxed set. The city of Skullport has the Burning Troll Tavern and the Crowing Cockatrice Inn. The city of Waterdeep has the Sated Satyr, Mighty Manticore, Quaffing Quaggoth and Beer Golem taverns and the Grey Griffon Inn.
202*** ''The Ruins of Myth Drannor'' boxed set. Before its fall, the city of Myth Drannor had the Dancing Dryad tavern.
203*** ''Spellbound'' boxed set "Campaign Guide". In the nation of Thay, the city of Bezantur has the Sea Wolf Inn and the Slain Sahuagin tavern.
204*** ''Skullport''. The Dizzy Drake and the Tumbling Bugbear are taverns. The Hobbled Lamia and the Tawdry Nymph are festhalls (bordellos). The Fatted Bookworm is a store that sells books, scrolls and paper. The Feathered Rat sells both animals and monsters.
205*** 2nd Edition AD&D TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms ''Prayers from the Faithful''. The Masked Marilith is a store in the city of Saerloon in Sembia that sells unique and rare valuable items.
206*** 2nd Edition AD&D TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms ''The Code of the Harpers''. The city of Silverymoon has a bawdy tavern named the Dancing Goat. The Running Stag Inn can be found in the city of Berdusk.
207** Mayfair Games adventure ''Beastmaker Mountain''. The village of Pell has one remaining inn, the Crippled Unicorn.
208** 1977 Holmes Basic D&D boxed set. In the sample dungeon, the {{PC}}s can gather in the Green Dragon Inn (thus making this an early example of YouAllMeetInAnInn). The Green Dragon also appears in one of Holmes' Boinger and Zereth stories: "The Sorceror's Jewel" in ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine #46.
209** The 1983 Mentzer version continued the tradition. In the introductory adventure provided in the Dungeon Master's Rulebook, the {{PC}}s [[YouAllMeetInAnInn all meet at the Gold Dragon Inn]].
210** The 5th-edition Dungeon Master's Guide includes a table for rolling up random Adjective Noun taverns; a majority of the Nouns are animals.
211** Basic Set D&D supplement GAZ 1 ''The Grand Duchy of Karameikos''. In the elven domain of Rifllian, human visitors will feel most comfortable in the Silver Swan Inn.
212** ''TabletopGame/{{Mystara}}'' boxed supplement ''Glantri: Kingdom of Magic'', adventure "The Test of Darkness". During the course of the adventure, the {{Player Character}}s stay at the Red Drake Inn.
213** Modules
214*** A3 ''Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords''. The city of Suderham has the following. Taverns: Waltzing Werebear, Grimacing Gargoyle. Gambling Hall: Bouncing Bugbear. House of Ill Repute: The Wild Cat.
215*** [=AC1=] ''The Shady Dragon Inn''. The Shady Dragon (called the Shady Dragon '''Tavern''' in the text) is a place where {{PC}}s can meet and join up with {{NPC}}s to go adventuring.
216*** [=DG1=] ''The Shattered Statue''. The village of Volkumburgh has the Crimson Wyrm Inn.
217*** [=GA1=] ''The Murky Deep''. The Purple Mermaid tavern can be found on the docks of the town of Whitton.
218*** [=HHQ3=] ''Thief's Challenge''. The Grey Griffon pub and the Bloated Boar tavern can be found in the town of Hylock.
219*** I10 ''Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill''. The small seaside town of Mordentshire has the Salty Dog tavern.
220*** I12 ''Egg of the Phoenix''. The city of Fairway has the Red Wyvern Inn.
221*** L1 ''The Secret of Bone Hill''. The Dying Minotaur Inn can be found in the city of Restenford in the Lendore Isles, in the ''TabletopGame/{{Greyhawk}}'' setting.
222*** N1 ''Against the Cult of the Reptile God''. The village of Orlane features the Inn of the Slumbering Serpent.
223*** TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}} setting supplement ''Chilling Tales'', adventure "The Taskmaster's Leash". In the realm of Dementilieu, the Laughing Pig Inn can be found in the town of Chateaufaux.
224*** [=WG7=] ''Castle Greyhawk''. In the title fortification can be found the Snooty Salamander Inn and the Merry Memory Moss Tavern (memory moss is a type of monster).
225*** X3 ''Curse of Xanathon''. The town of Rhoona has taverns named The Gobbling Gander, The Waltzing Dolphin, The Beached Whale, The Lucky Gull and The Blarney Chicken. It also has the Red Dragon Inn.
226** ''Dragon'' magazine #132.
227*** Article "All the Trappings". An example of a trap-based security system is that of the Grey Griffon Inn in the town of Phalanx.
228*** The short story "Out of Hand" has the Lusty Lorelei tavern.
229*** The article "The Ecology of the Aurumvorax" mentions a Red Lion tavern.
230** ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine
231*** Issue #37 adventure "The Pit of the Oracle". A Green Dragon Tavern can be found in the town of Narrion.
232*** Issue #73. An article about bounty hunters starts off with a short story that mentions the Laughing Trout Inn.
233*** Issue #176 short story "Time for an Experiment". One of the establishments near the Pavilion Fair is the Growling Owl Tavern.
234*** Issue #272. The article "Sleeping Dragon Inn" describes the winner of the "Sleeping Dragon Inn" contest in ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' #251. It was intended to be the setting for future ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' articles and ''Magazine/{{Dungeon}}'' magazine adventures.
235*** Annual #5 has a random tavern name generator. One of the basic name formats is "The [Table 2] [Table 4]". Table 2 is "Adjectives" and Table 4 is "Creatures".
236** ''Magazine/{{Dungeon}}'' magazine
237*** Issue #3, adventure "Blood on the Snow". The Groaning Griffon Inn is in the town of Winterwolf.
238*** Issue #4. In the adventure "Escape from the Tower of Midnight", the Black Boar tavern can be found in the city of Posidonis. The adventure "Trouble at Grog's" centers around the Happy Half-Ogre Inn and Tavern in the town of Dagger Rock..
239*** Issue #5, adventure "Hirward's Task". The Brown Mastiff Inn exists in the village of Leirchmon.
240*** Issue #7, adventure "The Matchmakers". The city of Povero has the the Gray Whale pub.
241*** Issue #13, adventure "Of Nests And Nations". The Laughing Dog tavern and Graceful Swan inn are in the city of Specularum in the Grand Duchy of Karameikos.
242*** Issue #14 adventure "The Wererats of Relfren". The {{Player Character}}s can stay at the Lazy Cat Inn.
243*** Issue #16 adventure "Vesicant". The NotSoSafeHarbor pirate port of Scrape has the Pukin' Buzzard Ale Inn.
244*** Issue #18 adventure "Crocodile Tears". The village of Tajiki has the Golden Carp Inn.
245*** Issue #23 adventure "Deception Pass". The village of Amril features the Iron Horse Inn.
246*** Issue #26 adventure "Nine-Tenths of the Law". The Black Lion tavern can be found in the City of Wysos.
247*** Issue #27 adventure "Tarfil's Tomb". The Grinning Werebear Inn is in the city of Kelvin, in the Grand Duchy of Karameikos.
248*** Issue #27 adventure "Courier Service". In the village of Nalv, the only inn in town is the Ice Serpent.
249*** Issue #33 adventure "That Island Charm". While relaxing in Port Naliam, the {{PC}}s get a hot tip when they go to the Swaggerin' Shark tavern.
250*** Issue #36 adventure "The Sea of Sorrow". The spelljammer port of Skydock has the Black Manta tavern and ale-house.
251*** Issue #38 adventure "Horror's Harvest". The Giggling Gargoyle Inn can be found in the village of Delmunster.
252*** Issue #44 adventure "A Hot Day in L'Trel". The city of L'Trel has the Hammered Dwarf inn.
253*** Issue #44 adventure "Train of Events". The Laughing Vulture Inn provides shelter to the {{PC}}s in Carmazoz Town.
254*** Issue #45 adventure "An Artist's Errand". The floating stronghold of Skyport features the Black Manta Inn.
255*** Issue #49 adventure "North of Narborel". In the city of Narborel can be found both the Skittering Crab tavern and the Flying Manta Inn.
256*** Issue #57 adventure "The Murder of Maury Miller". The Drunken Dragon Inn can be found in Gundershire, the capital of the kingdom of Cobbish.
257*** Issue #58 adventure "The Ghost of Silverhill". The village of Shiningwater has the Old Raccoon Inn.
258*** Issue #59 adventure "Wedding Day". After the wedding, the wedding party goes to the Roasted Goose Inn for dinner.
259*** Issue #67 adventure "Falls Run". The village of Falls Run has a bar and grill called the Sleeping Wolf which is the meeting place of an evil qabal.
260*** Issue #68 adventure "The Artist's Loving Touch". The town in which the adventure takes place has a tavern called the Surly Satyr.
261*** Issue #70 adventure "The Maze of the Morkoth". The sunken city of Dir-Emlis once had a tavern called the Flying Fish.
262*** Issue #74 adventure "The Scourge of Scalabar". The coastal city of Scalabar has a tavern/inn called the Lazy Lamprey.
263*** Issue #75 adventure "Into the Nest of Vipers". The Worried Wyvern tavern serves customers in the small town of Sevenecho.
264*** Issue #76 adventure "Friend of the Vine". The halfling thief Little Glum can be found in the Lounging Lizard tavern.
265*** Issue #78 adventure "The Winter Tapestry". The town of Molvencold only has one inn: the Inn of the Howling Wolf.
266*** Issue #81 adventure "A Race Against Time". The Pink Parrot tavern can be found in the city of Red Fern.
267** ''Magazine/{{Imagine}}'' magazine
268*** Issue #7 article "The Beginners' Guide to Role Playing Games." As the beginning of an adventure, the {{Player Character}}s have a YouAllMeetInAnInn encounter at the Silver Scorpion Inn.
269*** Issue #9 adventure "Lyndum". The title town has the Red Robin Inn.
270*** Issue #10 adventure "Thunder Crag". The Golden Lion inn can be found in the town of Blackridge.
271*** Issue #17. In the "Pellinore" campaign setting, the Black Pig public house (tavern) can be found in Westmeet Square. In the adventure "Tir Nan Og", a village on the title island has the Grey Partridge Inn.
272*** Issue #18. The Black Bird alehouse is in the Wynd section of town.
273*** Issue #21, adventure "For Whom the Bell Tinkles". The {{PC}}s start the adventure in the White Weasel inn.
274** ''Magazine/WhiteDwarf''
275*** Issue #2, article "Competitive D&D". In the competitive adventure "Pandora's Maze", the {{Player Character}}s are called together at the Brass Monkey Inn to hear the reading of a will. They receive some magic items and must enter a dungeon to find the rest of their inheritances.
276*** Issue #22, adventure "The Search for the Temple of the Golden Spire". The adventure begins with the {{Player Character}}s arriving in the town of Greywood and staying for the night at the Howling Fox Inn.
277*** Issue #40, adventure "The Eagle Hunt". The McGuffy & Rose Investigations agency is located next to the Grey Swan tavern.
278*** Issue #48, adventure "The Lone and Level Sands". The {{Player Character}}s meet their patron, a wandering demonologist, in the Lying Monkey bar.
279*** Issue #60 article "The Dancing Bear Inn". The Dancing Bear Inn can be found in Ravens Bluff, the Living City.
280*** Issue #66 adventure "The Philosopher's Stone". After a long journey to the small village of Ur, the {{Player Character}}s can find shelter in the Dancing Bear Inn.
281*** Issue #67 adventure "A Murder at Flaxton". The village of Flaxton features the Black Squid Inn.
282*** Issue #69 adventure "Plague from the Past". The village of Saltwater has the Slaughtered Giant inn.
283*** Issue #90 adventure "Killing in Silk". There's an illustration of a sign with the words "The Skewered Orc" and a picture of someone's arm thrusting a sword into an orc.
284*** Issue #91 adventure "A Matter of Pride". The White Hart is the only inn in the village of Dorfisdale.
285** ''Magazine/{{Polyhedron}}'' magazine
286*** Issue #23 adventure "In the Black Hours Part 2". The Blue Fox Tavern is located next to the Thieves' Guild Guildhall.
287*** Issue #60 article "The Living City". In the city of Raven's Bluff, the Dancing Bear Inn can be found near the Two Brothers' Butchery shop.
288*** Issue #67 article "The Everwinking Eye". The city of Mulmaster has the Drunken Rothé tavern (a rothé is a creature similar to a small ox).
289*** Issue #71 adventure "The Drunken Giff". This TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}} campaign adventure starts with the {{Player Character}}s going to The Drunken Giff tavern.
290*** Issue #74 article "The Ill Eagle Inn". The Ill Eagle Inn is named for its mascot, an intelligent talking eagle named Toddle.
291*** Issue #80 adventure "Guarded Wagon". The adventure begins with the {{Player Character}}s drinking in the Black Dog Bar in the city of Balic.
292*** Issue #85 article "The Everwinking Eye". In the city of Zhentil Keep can be found the Cloven Ogre and Roaring Dragon taverns.
293*** Issue #91 article "Elminster's Everwinking Eye". The town of Mossbridges is the home of the Blushing Gynosphinx Inn.
294*** Issue #92 adventure "River Rats". The {{Player Character}}s meet their patron in the River Rat bar in the city of Greyhawk. They will recover their prize, the Hasty Barge of the Nyr Dyv, near the Spotted Cow Inn.
295*** Issue #103 article "The Living City - The Horse Businesses". One of Ravens Bluff's equine-related operations is the Iron Bull Smithy. It has an iron bull statue hanging from its roof.
296*** Issue #113 adventure "A Pirate's Life for Me". The Rampant Lion Inn and the Sleeping Bear boarding house can be found in the port city of Lidah.
297*** Issue #116 article "Elminster's Unwinking Eye". The walled town of Blackbarn has the Unsnug Snail bordello and the Laughing Cat and Old Nag taverns. In the town of Bloutar can be found the Spitted Stag inn.
298*** Issue #117 article "Elminster's Everwinking Eye". The Chased Unicorn inn and the Faring Falcon bookshop are in Dapplegate, a town in the Border Kingdoms.
299*** Issue #121 article "Elminster's Everwinking Eye". The town of Felshroun has the Sunset Swan inn and the Rolling Gnome music shop.
300*** Issue #122 article "Elminster's Everwinking Eye". The walled town of Gallard has a number of "firesword houses" (shish-ka-bob restaurants), such as the Risen Dragon and the Black Buck. It also has the Proud Phantom and Sharyn's Smiling Sphinx inns.
301*** Issue #123 adventure "A Wish for Temptation". In the town of Mossbridges can be found the Blushing Gynosphynx (sic) tavern.
302*** Issue #124 article "Elminster's Everwinking Eye". In the town of Hawkgarth, the Laughing Unicorn tavern is cozy, superior and known for the illusion of a "dancing, glowing white unicorn" that [[WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve appears every night at midnight]]. It's a favorite haunt of traveling minstrels, and there's a ballad about "the welcoming sight of its window candles at the end of a long and dangerous ride".
303*** Issue #126 article "Elminster's Everwinking Eye". The village of Ornryl has Happy Homonculous tavern, Boldo's Vale has the Green Griffon inn, and the village of Dragonmount has the Flying Unicorn tavern.
304*** Issue #127. In the article "Elminster's Everwinking Eye", The Wailing Wolf tavern is in the area known as High Mukshar. In the adventure "The Saving Grace of Valrenwood", the title town has the Happy Jackal tavern.
305*** Issue #128 article "Elminster's Everwinking Eye". In the village of Irl, the Bold Ki-rin Inn is a three story mansion with superb stables.
306*** Issue #128 article "Elminster's Everwinking Eye". The Land of Two Princes has the Roaring Lion Inn in the hamlet of Corthgrolt and Malduth's Stag Inn in Revelrar.
307*** Issue #132 article "Elminster's Everwinking Eye". Visitors to the small town of Clarkswell can stay at the Cooked Goose Inn.
308*** Issue #134 adventure "Intrigue in Raam". The city of Raam features the Sunbathing Inix bar.
309*** Issue #146 article "Taverns: Gateway to Adventure". The Salty Dog tavern can be found in the Shadystreets section of Crow's End in the city of Ravens Bluff.
310*** Issue #147 article "Elminster's Everwinking Eye". The Griffon Aflame tavern can be found in the Owlhold of the Border Kingdoms in the Forgotten Realms.
311** The Net supplement ''50 D&D Bar Encounters'' had The Elven Hare, The Bloody Bunny, The Dirty Troll, The Noble Hound and The Rotten Fish.
312** ''TabletopGame/{{Dragonlance}}'' setting. The Red Dragon Inn is found in the city of Tarsis.
313** In the ''TabletopGame/{{Greyhawk}}'' setting, Lord Robilar owns The Green Dragon Inn in the city of Greyhawk. This inn also appears in the AD&D Coloring Album for children.
314** ''TabletopGame/AdvancedDungeonsAndDragons1stEdition'' TabletopGame/KaraTur boxed set
315*** Kuo Te' Lung, capital of the Empire of Shou Lung, has the Imperial Phoenix restaurant.
316*** In the river town of Cham Fau is the Lucky Dragon Inn.
317*** The city of Balanzia used to have the Yellow Magpie Inn and the White Dog Inn.
318** TabletopGame/{{Planescape}} setting
319*** Original boxed set, booklet "Sigil and Beyond". The town of Plague-Mort exists just outside the Abyss. The Golden Griffon tavern is the favorite hangout of the town militia.
320*** Adventure ''In the Abyss''. The Grinning Imp is a small tavern in the city of Sigil that sells drinks from all over the multiverse.
321*** Supplement ''In the Cage: A Guide to Sigil''. In the city of Sigil can be found the Speckled Rat tavern, the Golden Bariaur Inn, the Friendly Fiend magic shop and the Slumbering Lamb boarding house.
322*** Adventure ''Harbinger House''. The Friendly Fiend is a shop for adventurer's gear in the city of Sigil.
323** Advanced D&D 1st Edition supplement ''Dungeoneer's Survival Guide''. An example has the {{Player Character}}s meeting an {{NPC}} called Olaf at the Shaggy Mammoth Inn.
324** ''Tarantis''
325*** The city-state of Tarantis has the Singing Ogre Inn, six taverns (the Laughing Bear, the Little Beaver, the Red Dog, the Roaming Wolf, the Roaring Bull, the Snorting Dragon and the Soaring Eagle), the Golden Dragon bar and the Burnt Dragon magicians' club.
326*** The area controlled by the pirate Brotherhood has the Red Lion Inn.
327** Mayfair Games' Role Aids
328*** ''Dark Folk''. The Green Dragon Inn can be found in the town of Aspregull.
329*** ''Dwarves''. The town of Ostahar has the Blue Beetle and Racing Willibs taverns.
330** ''Magazine/{{Multiverse}}'' magazine (Winter 1985) D&D adventure "Caravan". After the caravan reaches the village of Ramenford, the party will stay at the Flying Fish tavern.
331** ''Magazine/{{Adventurer}}'' magazine, adventure "The Black Tower part 1: Beasron's Keep". The town of Kavank has an inn called the Singing Dragon.
332** RPGA adventure ''Wand of Archeal''. In the city of Kayleigh's Folly, the {{Player Character}}s can have a drink with the mayor at the Drowned Muskrat Inn.
333** Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar: The New Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser''. The city of Lankhmar has the Black Nag Stables, the Jolly Otter Inn and the Golden Perch tavern.
334* ''The TabletopGame/RedDragonInn'' is a board game about drinking games, which can trivially be turned into a DrinkingGame itself.
335* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}''
336** ''Native American Nations Vol. 2'', adventure "Eye of the Eagle". The city of Kemano in the Tsimshian Nation has a tavern called The Randy Sasquatch.
337** ''Seattle Sourcebook'' (1990).
338*** Bars: The Filthy Dragon, The Green Fish, The Lost Unicorn
339*** Hotels: Gold Lion Inns (also a BlandNameProduct for RealLife Red Lion Hotels)
340*** Restaurants: The Big Rhino, The Shy Giant
341*** Stores: The Green Nymph, The Silver Slug.
342** ''London Sourcebook''. White Lion Hotels and The Lounging Lizard nightclub can be found in London.
343** ''Neo-Anarchist Guide to Real Life''. The Chrome Stallion nightclub in San Francisco and The White Elephant Saloon in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
344** ''Prime Runners'' sourcebook. The Chrome Rat nightclub in the Salem section of the Seattle Metroplex is co-owned by the rock star William Marshall Ossian.
345** ''Shadows of the Underworld'' supplement, adventure "Two Solitudes". In San Francisco, the White Horse Tavern is just a few blocks from UC Berkeley.
346** ''State of the Art: 2064'' supplement. The Red Lion nightclub can be found in Cape Town, Azania (South Africa).
347** ''Ka•Ge magazine''
348*** Volume 1 Issue 5 (third quarter 1992) story "Vengeance". The Big Rhino is a Seattle restaurant that caters to orks.
349*** Volume 1 Issue 8 (2nd quarter 1993) story "Instruction Takes A Turn". Roc meets the fixer Weasel in the Chrome Beetle bar.
350* Judges Guild
351** ''City State of the Invincible Overlord (Revised)''
352*** Brothels: Happy Harpy
353*** Inns: Golden Lamprey
354*** Taverns: Dewy Dryad, Flipping Frog, Prancing Ki-Rin Saloon, She-Devil, Singing Squid, Wild Boar
355*** Inn/Tavern: Blue Dolphin, Bonny Black Bear, Crummy Crab, Green Goblin, Sea Nymph, Silver Eel
356*** Flop Houses: The Water Dog
357** ''City State of the World Emperor''
358*** Inns: The Slapping Fish, the Red Roc and the Hearty Halfling
359*** Guesthouses: The Toasting Toad
360*** Taverns: The Bawdy Piglet alehouse
361** ''Magazine/{{Pegasus}}'' magazine
362*** Issue #3, ''Isle of the Blest'' (sic): The city of Rallu has the Red Hydra and Smiling Mermaid Inns.
363*** Issue #4. In the story "A Trip to the Underworld", the Cooked Goose Inn can be found in the village of Gooding. In the "Island of Tirnanog" article, the town of Heratus has the Swinging Satyr Inn and the Sleeping Siren Tavern, and the halfling village of Dalmaric features the Leaping Lizard Tavern.
364*** Issue #6. In the "The Azurerain Pirates" article, the Red Lion Inn can be found in the city of Bireznia.
365*** iSSUE #8. The city of Damkina has the Bad Badger tavern and the Leaping Unicorn Inn.
366** ''The Thieves of Fortress Badabaskor''. The title fortress has the Iron Stallion Inn.
367** ''Druids of Doom''. The village of Wili's Holding has The Leaping Groundhog inn.
368** ''Verbosh''
369*** Inside the title city can be found the following inns: The Red Roc, The Flying Falcon, and the Galloping Goblin.
370*** In the town of Wartenberg are the Ardent Ogre alehouse, the Wandering Wyvern inn and the Stalking Wildcat mead hall.
371** The ''Lost Man's Trail'' supplement (2010) has the Fat Deer Inn.
372** ''The Mines of Custalcon''. The Golden Chimera Inn can be found in the town of Byrny and the White Boar Inn is in the town of Trollslore.
373** ''Wilderlands of High Fantasy'' Issue O Guidelines Booklet. In the village of Haghill, the bard Punty Ticknar stays at the Lively Leech Inn.
374** ''Demons of Dundurn'' adventure. The Feathered Serpent Inn can be found in the village of Parth and is a major focus of the adventure.
375** ''Restormel'' adventure. The village of Restormel has the White Hart Inn.
376** ''Pirates of Hagrost'' supplement. The village of Ashenshaft has the White Wyvern Inn.
377** ''Magazine/TheDungeoneer'' magazine #18, story "The Book of Doom". Louise, Nech and Kerk are adventurers drinking at the Green Goblin Inn and counting their money.
378* ''TabletopGame/{{Earthdawn}}''
379** The 1st Edition main rules has a picture of the signboard of an inn called "The Gilded Toad".
380** ''Path of Deception'' adventure. In the small city of Haven near the ruins of Parlainth can be found the Restless Troll inn.
381** ''Sky Point & Vivane'' boxed set, Book 2 "Theran Vivane". The Theran section of Vivane has a tavern called the Blackguard Duck. It's a regular meeting place for the t'skrang who work in the Vivane boat yard.
382* ''Dark Dungeon'' RPG supplement ''Samaris, Island of Adventure''. The Green Dragon Inn can be found in the city of Southport.
383* ''Dangerous Journeys/Mythus'' RPG
384** The main rulebook includes the scenario "High Time at the Winged Pig", which takes place at an inn called The Winged Pig.
385** ''Magazine/{{Journeys}}'' magazine #4
386*** Adventure ''The Sceptre of Amun-Ra". While the HPs (Heroic Personas, AKA {{Player Character}}s) are at the Grenouille Bleu (Blue Frog) tavern/inn, they are approached by a woman who asks them to protect her from villains.
387*** Article "The Prancing Pony Inn". The title inn is intended to be a place the Heroic Personas ({{Player Character}}s) can use as a base of operations.
388* ''Atlantis: The Lost World'' generic RPG setting. City of Atlantis: the Silver Unicorn and Gilded Dragon taverns. City of Tang in Khitai: the Red Bird Inn.
389* R. Talsorian Games' ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'', supplement ''Night City''. One of the city's Chinese restaurants is called The Silver Dragon, and a bar is called The Night Owl.
390* ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu''
391** Campaign ''At Your Door'', adventure "Where A God Shall Tread". The Black Dragon restaurant can be found in Toronto's Chinatown district.
392** ''Dark Designs'', adventure "Eyes for the Blind". The Black Lion Hotel can be found in in Truro.
393** ''Masks of Nyarlathotep''
394*** Chapter 2 "London". The Laughing Horse pub can be found in the village of Lesser-Edale in Derbyshire.
395*** Chapter 5 "Shanghai". The Stumbling Tiger bar in Shanghai where the PlayerCharacters can contact Jack Brady.
396** ''Cthulhu By Gaslight'', adventure "The Yorkshire Horrors". In the town of Northallerton, the Investigators can obtain useful information by talking with a madman at the Red Rooster Inn.
397** ''Cthulhu Britannica''. The village of Middle Harling has the Red Lion pub.
398** Supplement ''Green and Pleasant Land'', adventure "The Shadow Over Darkbank". The adventure starts in a small hotel called the Golden Lion.
399** Supplement ''Nightmare in Norway''. The small village of Vikenberg, Norway, has an inn and tavern called The Grey Wolf.
400** ''Magazine/TheUnspeakableOath'' #5, adventure "The Lambton Worm". The Black Bull is the best pub in the town of Burton Green.
401** ''Blood Brothers'' adventure "The Swarming". The [[PlayerCharacter Investigators]] will spend part of the adventure at the Red Fox Inn.
402** Theatre of the Mind Enterpises (T.O.M.E.) supplement ''Pursuit to Kadath''. The Velvet Dragon speakeasy (bar illegal under Prohibition) can be found in the off-Broadway theatrical district in New York City.
403* The online PDF supplement ''100 Pub, Tavern, and Inn Names'' has the following examples: The White Hart, The Prancing Horse, The Dancing Bear, The Old Griffon, The Bawling Orc, The Charging Boar, The Hopping Troll, The Black Charger and The Jumping Trout.
404* ''TabletopGame/{{Arduin}}''
405** Supplement ''Arduin Grimoire Volume 2: Welcome to Skull Tower''The following inns and road houses can be found in Arduin towns and cities:
406*** Talismondé: The Dancing Termite, The Wild Whipporwill, The Fat Fox, The Scarlet Rooster, The Tourmaline Turtle, The Silent Canary, The Star Bear, The Merry Manticore, The Unique Unicorn, The benevolent Basilisk
407*** Khurahaen: The Wanton Wombat, The Velvet Turtle, The Fabulous Frog, The Wild Wasp, The Green Goblin, The Iron Swan, The Wayward Wyvern, The Reluctant Turtle
408*** Melkalund: The Silver Seal, The Sleepy Snake, The Timid Tiger, The Happy Harpy, The Adamantine Oliphaunt, The Lavender Lizard, The Emerald Dragon, The Phantom Firefly, The Wobbly Wookie
409*** Nytharna: The Yellow Toad
410*** Vorlnyaas: The Sapphire Salamander, The Carnelian Cat
411*** Tara: The Wild Wolf
412*** Watchtown: The Silent Serpent, The Fabulous Falcon
413*** Bridgewater: The Royal Rabbit, The Rainbow Dragon
414*** Lowbridge: The Happy Hobbit, The Opaline Ogre
415*** Hobbiton: The Grumpy Griffon
416*** Rosewater: The Drowned Rat, The Phantasmal Pheasant, The Golden Dove, The Prismatic Bat
417*** Leiberton: The Red Worm, The Golden Gull
418*** Quatermas: The Pack Rat
419*** Bordertown: The Lost Hobbit
420*** Ridgetown: The Golden Canary
421*** Owl Valley: The Golden Goose II
422*** Hillhaven: The Iron Horse
423*** High Bridge: The Bowlegged Dragon
424*** Small Harbour: The Prancing Porpoise
425*** Stoop House: The Marmalade Monkey
426*** Mickleby: The Iron Worm
427*** Easterly: The Gilded Camel. The Diamond Parrot, The Mithril Medusa
428*** Ox Haven: The Emerald Ox
429*** Pavane: The Timid Poltergeist
430*** Smallshire: The Jolly Giraffe
431*** The Quarries: The Marble Wyvern
432*** Independent road houses: The Flying Lion, The Flying Turtle, The Red Leopard, The Dancing Dolphin, The Lazy Leprechaun, The Flying Whale, The Prismatic Pheasant, The White Roc (in the Whispering Trees near Arkham), The Silver Frog, The Iron Spyder, The Smiling Wolf, The Flying Fox
433** ''Arduin Dungeon #4 Death Heart''
434*** A map shows the location of the Smoking Serpent Inn and the Winged Elf Inn.
435*** In the Silver Forest, the owner of the Laughing Dragon Inn knows a legend about the valypyr named Khormankai.
436* ''TabletopGame/{{Rolemaster}}'' ''Shadow World'' setting supplements
437** ''Cyclops Vale''. The mining town of Coronan has the Blue Dragon Inn.
438** ''Quellbourne: Land of the Silver Mist''. The Raging Threk Inn can be found in the town of Kelfour's Landing.
439** ''Star Crown Empire and the Sea of Fates''. The Red Eagle Inn in the town of Borbinak.
440** ''Kingdom of the Desert Jewel''. The Restless Khabak Inn in the nome (province) of Meyaat in the country of Gethrya.
441* ''Star Wars''
442** ''Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition'' features the Dancing Dewback.
443** ''Star Wars Adventure Journal 5'' has the Laughing Bantha.
444** The ''Living Force'' adventures ''Quarters'' and ''Peaces'' featured the Raging Rancor Cantina on Genarius.
445** ''Magazine/{{Polyhedron}}'' magazine #86 article "The New Republic Campaign". A group of rebels visits the Ravaging Wardog Cantina.
446* Creator/{{Chaosium}}'s ''TabletopGame/{{Stormbringer}}''
447** Adventure ''Stealer of Souls''. The four merchants who hired Elric to kill Nikorn ask Freyda Nikorn to meet them at the Purple Dove Tavern in Bakshaan.
448** ''Stormbringer Companion'' adventure "Hall of Risk". One of the possible adventure rationales, "Quest for the Sybil", has the {{PC}}s meet their patron at the Screaming Gull Inn.
449** ''Demon Magic: The Second TabletopGame/{{Stormbringer}} Companion'' adventure "The Velvet Circle". The {{PC}}s are sent to the town of Fakash, where they are to meet a man named Chunloom at the Black Camel Inn.
450* ''TabletopGame/KoboldsAteMyBaby'' 3rd edition. The sample village of West Bumble has the Screaming Unicorn Tavern. The [[ObsessiveCompulsiveBarkeeping barkeeper is washing the three unbroken glasses in the place]].
451* Mayfair Games' ''TabletopGame/{{Chill}}'' supplement ''Veil of Flesh''. One of the Ganabes is hiding out at the Blue Baboon Tavern.
452* ''Chivalry & Sorcery'' adventure ''Stormwatch''. The town of Wyndhaven has the Golden Lyon (Lion) tavern.
453* Flying Buffalo's ''Citybook'' series.
454** ''Citybook I: Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker'' has the Diamond Spider Tavern.
455** ''Citybook II: Port O' Call'' has the Scotch Woodcock Fishery.
456** ''Citybook III: Deadly Nightside'' has the Singing Frog Sanctuary.
457** ''Citybook VII: King's River Bridge'' has the Guzzlng Gargoyle tavern.
458* ''TabletopGames/LejendaryAdventures''. The introductory adventure "Moon Slaves" has the Savory Swine tavern.
459* ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}''
460** Quietly lampshaded in a (black and white) illustration in one supplement (may have been ''Kingdom of Champions'', which dealt with Britain) in which then-iconic villainous martial artist Green Dragon is visibly pondering the sight of an inn, pub, or similar establishment with an obvious dragon sign...
461** ''Vibora Bay'' supplement. The title city has the White Hare Motel.
462** In the ''TabletopGame/HeroSystem'' supplement ''TabletopGame/FantasyHero'', the Free City of Weyrcliff has the Dusty Dog Tavern.
463* ''Dying Earth'' RPG adventure "[[http://www.dyingearth.com/violetcusps_files/Exasperating.zip The Exasperating Cadaver]]" on the Dying Earth website. One of the places the {{PC}}s will visit is the Loud Oyster tavern in Canal Town.
464* ''Encounter Critical''.
465** The starter module in the main rules has the [=PC=]s meet their patron at the Rusty Sighing Panther Tavern.
466** ''Asteroid 1618'' supplement. The Domed City has the Phasic Dragon Pub, which is almost entirely patronized by adventurers.
467* ''It Came from the Late, Late Show''. In the adventure "The Iron Fist of Shao-Lin vs. the Dragon Ninjas", the {{PC}}s will go to the Inn of the Red Foo-Dog to find out who sent the thugs to attack the Shao-Lin temple.
468* ''TabletopGame/{{Runequest}}''
469** Supplement ''Hero Quest'' - ''Champions of the Reaching Moon''. In the city of Glamour can be found the Tardy Newt inn. It's in the basement of the Prax's Place restaurant.
470** 3rd Edition boxed set "Gamemaster Book". In the adventure "The Money Tree", the {{PC}}s have a YouAllMeetInAnInn encounter: specifically, the Bouncing Buffalo Inn.
471* ''TabletopGame/WorldOfSynnibarr''. The section detailing the Aquarian race notes that there's a Blind Owl tavern in the city of Terra. In the example adventure, while the {{PC}}s are staying in the city of Terra they decide to go there.
472* Midkemia Press supplement ''The City of Carse''. Inns: The Black Stag, The Blue Djinn, The Bronze Mermaid, The Golden Lion, The Leaping Hart (deer). Taverns: The Bitten Dog. Dyer's: The Blue Ox. Expedition Outfitters: The Laden Mule. Fishmonger's : The Happy Flounder. Fuller's: The Wooly Sheep. Pawnbroker: The Brass Monkey. Smithy: The Prancing Horse. Stable: The Tired Donkey. Veterinarian's: The Lame Horse. Woodcarver: The Wooden Duck.
473* ''TabletopGame/{{DragonQuest}}'' Adventure 3 ''The Enchanted Wood''. In the mini-adventure "The Sage", the {{PC}}s will meet the person hiring them in the Purple Palfrey Inn.
474* The Companions' ''Streets of Gems'' adventure. The town of Sontra has the Dancing Dolphin Inn.
475* Gamelords Ltd. supplement ''Thieves Guild 10: Bandit Gangs and Caravans''. Two of these establishments can be found on [=LaRue=] Street in the city of Haven: the Dour Mouse Inn and the Hungry Tyger shop/warehouse.
476* ''Magazine/{{Ares}}'' magazine #10, game "The Return of the Stainless Steel Rat". One of the locations in the space station is the White Egret Bar.
477* ''TabletopGame/TunnelsAndTrolls'' solo adventure ''Blue Frog Tavern''. {{PC}}s can stop at the title drinking establishment, which is found in a forest.
478* ''Magazine/SpaceGamer'' magazine
479** Issue #70, generic superhero adventure "One From the H.A.R.T.". The White Hart Bar is a tavern and restaurant that is the hideout of a group of VIPER agents. The name is a ShoutOut to Creator/ArthurCClarke's ''Literature/TalesFromTheWhiteHart'' short stories.
480** Issue #83, Advanced ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' adventure "A Plague in Westbrook". The Prancing Elk tavern is one of the largest buildings in the village of Westbrook.
481* Creator/{{FASA}}'s adventure ''Traitor'', based on Creator/{{Chaosium}}'s ''Literature/ThievesWorld'' RPG. The {{Player Character}}s begin the adventure with a YouAllMeetInAnInn at the Golden Lion inn.
482* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'', ''GURPS Fantasy'' supplement ''Harkwood''. The Clumsy Lion Inn is located halfway between Castle Harkwood and Harkwood Town.
483* ''TabletopGame/FadingSuns''. The supplement ''Al Malik Fiefs'' has the Green Phoenix and Thirsty Demon bars.
484* ''TabletopGame/FengShui'' supplement ''In Your Face Again'', adventure "Invincible Chi". The adventure starts at a club called The Flying Pig.
485* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'' supplement ''Superiors 4: Rogues to Riches''. The White Rabbit nightclub in Detroit is the Earthly headquarters of Fleurity, the Demon Prince of Drugs.
486* Much like the games that inspired it ''TabletopGame/PalladiumFantasy'' contains several such inns and taverns to the point where it can be expected that any major town or city the party visits will have at least one or two.
487* ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}''
488** Classic ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}''
489*** Supplement ''Rogues in Space Volume II: Scam''. In the adventure "A Matter of Reputation", Sir John [=Macalasdair=]'s preferred restaurant is a high class place called The Rampant Lion.
490*** Supplement ''Port Xanatath''. The spaceport has a tavern called the Shimmering Worm.
491** ''[=The New Era=]''. In the magazine ''The Traveller Chronicle'' #3, the adventure "A Bonnie Mess" has the adventurers meeting a potential patron in a nightclub called the Silver Stallion.
492* ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'': The historic Lantern Hill district of TabletopGame/FreedomCity contains the Emerald Dragon Tavern, which dates back to colonial times and is now a historical landmark.
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494
495[[folder:Theater]]
496* The Hunted Stag in ''Theatre/TooManyGirls''.
497* The White Horse Inn on the Wolfgangsee from ''The White Horse Inn'' (''Im weißen Rössl'').
498[[/folder]]
499
500[[folder:Theme Parks]]
501* A [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/27087639@N00/5391093707/ sign]] for "The Green Dragon" can be seen in [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disneyland's]] ''Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.''
502[[/folder]]
503
504[[folder:Video Games]]
505* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' has an inn called "La Volpe Addormentata", or "The Sleeping Fox" in English. The tavern is a front for Rome's Thieves Guild, and its name is a reference to the guild's leader, who goes by "La Volpe".
506* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
507** Too many in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena Arena]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'' to even mention.
508** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'' has the Six Fishes Inn and the Black Shalk Cornerclub. The Winged Guar (guars being a species native to Morrowind often used as beasts of burden) appears in the ''Tribunal'' expansion.
509** "The Drunken Dragon Inn" and "The Gray Mare" from ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]''.
510** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' has "The Bannered Mare", "The Sleeping Giant Inn", "The Stumbling Sabrecat" (a tiny one in Fort Dunstad), and "The Winking Skeever", as well as "The Retching Netch" in the ''Dragonborn'' expansion. The latter two give you option to ask the bartender where the name came from.
511** "The Screaming Mermaid" and "The Sleepy Eaglet" in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline''
512* The Stray Sheep bar from ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'', if non-fantasy examples count.
513* From ''VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragonsOnline'': "The Wayward Lobster", "The One-Eared Bugbear Inn", and (in a pirate-themed zone) "Salty Wench Tavern".
514* "The Swarthy Hog" from ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVAbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder''
515* "The Crippled Burrick Inn" from the ''VideoGame/ThiefIITheMetalAge'' game. (Burricks are the appropriately [[LowFantasy down-to-earth version]] of dragons in the game's universe.)
516* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''
517** Stormwind has both the Blue Recluse and the Slaughtered Lamb.
518** The Horde hearth location in Dalaran is "The Filthy Animal", coming as close to this page's title as one can get.
519* The Golden Lion pub in ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorFrontline''.
520* The Drunken Rat from ''VideoGame/TheBardsTale''.
521* The Naughty [[MixAndMatchCritters Ottsel]] (formerly the [[AlliterativeName Hip Hog Heaven]] Saloon) in the ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' series, which is the LocalHangout / GoodGuyBar and is actually run by Daxter when he's not out adventuring. Torn commandeers the place for a makeshift southern HQ for the Freedom League in ''VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander'' after our heroes are thrown out of the city (Daxter is not pleased, but otherwise rolls with it) and it serves as the gang's meeting spot whenever they're in Haven City in ''VideoGame/JakXCombatRacing''.
522* The Octarine Parrot in ''VideoGame/DiscworldNoir''.
523* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
524** The Sunken Sarlacc Cantina in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''.
525** ''Star Wars: Cantina'' features the Thirsty Bantha on Tatooine.
526* ''VideoGame/TempleOfApshai''. The game's instruction booklet has a prologue called "The Adventures of Brian Hammerhand". After Brian arrives in a small village, he gets a drink in the Wallowing Whale tavern.
527* In ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'', taverns include the Blue Boar, the Gilded Lizard, the Honorable Hound, the Salty Dog, and the Slaughtered Lamb, and several non-animal examples.
528* In Creator/{{Infocom}}'s ''Cutthroats'', your character stays in a scruffy room at the Red Boar Inn.
529* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher''. Vizima, capital of Temeria has The Hairy Bear Inn. It has everything from gambling and illegal fist-fighting to drug dealing, borderline prostitution, and even gang warfare.
530* ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite''. One area in the game is a bar called the Salty Oyster.
531* The Slaughtered Calf Inn from ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', where you first meet Leah.
532* The Drunken Pig from ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault''.
533* ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' has the Inn of the Giggling Donkey that harbours the scum of all Zaron (really Jimmy's house).
534* As mentioned below in the Real Life folder, the Green Dragon Tavern in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII''.
535* ''VideoGame/AgeOfConan Hyborian Adventures'' has the Thirsty Dog Inn.
536* ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands'' features the Purple Skag Inn in Hollow Point.
537* ''VideoGame/PinkPantherPassportToPeril'' has the Mucky Duck, a pub located in London.
538* In ''VideoGame/{{Fabulous}}: Angela's Sweet Revenge'' one of Angela's girlfriends suggests going for drinks at the Pink Owl.
539* ''VideoGame/AlternateReality: The City''. One of the places you can get a good night's sleep is the Lazy Griffin Inn.
540* ''Nevertales 6: Forgotten Pages'' has the Red Dragon Inn.
541* ''Wildhollow'' has the Angry Weasel Inn.
542* ''VideoGame/DreamfallChapters'' has the DoubleEntendre Rooster and Kitten. Kian makes many, many ImaginedInnuendo comments about it.
543* The titular establishment in ''VideoGame/DinkSmallwood'' mod ''Golden Duck''.
544* ''VideoGame/{{Vampyr}}'' has the Turqoise Turtle, a neutral ground for conflicting gangs in the neighborhood.
545* The Blue Iguana is a shady nightclub from ''[[VideoGame/LastHalfOfDarkness Society of the Serpent Moon]]''.
546* ''VideoGame/LoveOfMagic'': The King's Dragon, complete with undead dragon head on the wall.
547* ''VideoGame/CounterfeitMonkey'': You go to look for one of your partners, Slango, at the Counterfeit Monkey. It's a bar where you can play a game to get information.
548* ''VideoGame/BestOfThree'': The game takes place in the Weeping Donkey Coffee Shop.
549* ''Runefall 2'' mentions the Prancing Platypus.
550* ''VideoGame/FarCry'':
551** In ''VideoGame/FarCry3'', before delivering Jason to the second island, Agent Willis tells him that he can find an infiltrator of his in a bar called Crazy Cock.
552** ''VideoGame/FarCry5'' has the Spread Eagle, a bar which serves as a gathering place for the Resistance against Eden's Gate.
553* ''VideoGame/{{Starfield}}'', has the Brown Horse Tavern on Titan, one of the oldest establishments in the galaxy by the time the game starts. A tour guide lampshades that its name is a deliberate throwback to Earth naming conventions.
554* The fangame ''VideoGame/PokemonUranium'' has The Tipsy Tancoon[[note]]Tancoon is an Pokemon original to the game (or "fakemon") that looks like a cross between a dog and a racoon[[/note]] in Venesi City. It's notable for being one of the two places that sell Carrot Wine, which is needed to evolve certain Pokemon (not Tancoon, though).
555[[/folder]]
556
557[[folder:Web Comics]]
558* ''Webcomic/ThePigsEar''
559* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}''
560** [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=284 The Black Dragon]]
561** [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1607 The Hotfae Cafe]]
562* ''Webcomic/{{Pacificators}}'' feature the Tough Fish Cafe (where we first met some of the main characters, and we return to it every once in a while).
563* The ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' strip "[[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/12/07/the-vault-of-winter-part-one The Vault Of Winter]]" features the Silver Unicorn
564* In ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}'', several of the characters are opening a pub, and [[http://corneliusbear.blogspot.com/2006/10/pub-name-backpedal.html ask a cantankerous friend for a suggestion:]]
565-->"If I recall, Roast Beef had suggested naming the place, ''"The Dude and Catastrophe."'' This was because his computer was more or less on fire at the time. He then hung up on me. I didn't consider it a serious contribution.\
566Regardless, [[http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=05252007 they went with it.]]"
567* Parodied in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', "The Heroic Adventures of Binky and Clyde", with "Franchise/{{My Little|Pony}} [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/130219 Prancing Pony Tavern]]". The tavern sign has a silhouette of Pinkie Pie from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
568* Most of the inns seen in ''Webcomic/ChampionsOfFaraus'' have this sort of naming theme. One for example, is named "The killer sturgeon"
569* Creator/BrittanyShepard's fantasy adventure webcomic ''Webcomic/{{Evon}}'' begins in an alehouse named The Happy Vixen, where TheHero meets the AuthorAvatar character. The place indeed has a vixen in it, though she seems more weary than happy.
570* The Spanked Monkey, which according to ''Webcomic/GhastlysGhastlyComic'' is the most popular - or perhaps only - watering hole in Hamilton, Ontario. It is the hang-out for figures as diverse as the tentacle monsters Nort and Glemph, tentacle-obsessed Kiki, Glemph's cousin [[CampGay F'ga the Fabulous]] and his boyfriend [[StraightGay Bobby]], [=BDSM=] fanatic Smokey, 1970s {{Blaxploitation}}-film refugee Brewster Bombe, [[{{Transvestite}} Futanari Freddie]] and her reluctant beau [[ComicBook/ChickTract Chick Tracts Boy]], [[{{Chibi}} Chibi Sue]], Fnanp the Flaky New Age Neo-Pagan, Kwerki, Bunny Boy, Moe Girl, The Attention Whore, Mistress Zsa-Zsa and her pet Gimp Girl, Drunk and Bitter Jesus (and his annoying counterparts Aryan Jesus and Jihad Jesus), and stoic bartender with a DarkAndTroubledPast, Hammer.
571* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': Nary's pub in New Tawhoque is called The Midnight Cricket.
572[[/folder]]
573
574[[folder:Web Original]]
575* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1590 SCP-1590 ("The Book of Tamlin")]] is an anomalous hidden object video game that goes through many different rooms related to the player's own history and memories. One of the rooms a D-Class found while playing the game was a strip club called the Naughty Kitty, where the D Class is asked to "Find where Daddy hides when he's sick of your crying."
576* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': The [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/content_page/9/746-imp-4-a-teacher-s-tail-part-2 "Flying Blue Squirrel, which was an on campus pub, reserved for the staff and faculty."]]
577[[/folder]]
578
579[[folder:Western Animation]]
580* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Peter Griffin's usual hangout is The Drunken Clam.
581** From "Family Guy Viewer Mail 2," the in-universe British counterpart to ''Family Guy,'' ''Chap of the Manor,'' has two such alehouses: "The Fox & Pig & Dog & Wolf & Cat & Fiddle & Whistle & Cock" and "The Dog & Cat & Bull & Whistle & Fiddle & Cock & Pig & Wolf & Carriage & Fife & Other Wolf."
582* Iroh's tea shop, The Jasmine Dragon, in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
583* "The Golden Pheasant" from ''WesternAnimation/AlbertTheFifthMusketeer''.
584* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' episode "Jack and the Gangsters" has a nightclub called The Blue Monkey.
585* In ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', the Krusty Krab restaurant owned by Mr. Krabs.
586* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "The Seven Beer Itch" features a London pub called The Brexiting Swan. The sign shows a swan [[TakeThat shooting itself in the foot]].
587* The WesternAnimation/PepeLePew ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Heaven Scent" includes an establishment called Le Yellow Dogge Inn.
588[[/folder]]
589
590[[folder:Real Life]]
591* The Dirty Duck is a well-known pub in Stratford-upon-Avon where actors from [[Creator/RoyalShakespeareCompany RSC]] productions traditionally can be found hanging out after a performance. It's something of an ascended nickname; the original name was the Black Swan, which also counts.
592* "Schwarzer Bär" (black bear) is the name of a hotel in Jena which continues the tradition of a medieval guesthouse which counted Martin Luther among its patrons.
593* The Laughing Lion is a restaurant located in Dover, New Jersey.
594* The Red Lobster restaurant chain in the U.S.
595** There's also Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Rusty Bucket, Black Bear Diner and Mellow Mushroom, among many, many other chains.
596* The Red Lion is a chain of hotels in RealLife, as well as being the most common real-life pub name in England.
597* In the 2000s, there was a milkshake store chain in Iran called "Ice Pack". They were getting into trouble with the CulturePolice as 'foreign' names aren't allowed for businesses but instead of changing the name they simply opened a dictionary and found archaic Persian words that sounded the same and announced that the first syllable meant "disappointed" and "pak" was an outdated word for "frog" so basically, BilingualBonus saved their asses and gave them a mascot.
598* Music/RichardWagner was born in the house "Zum rot-weißen Löwen" ("At the (sign of the) Red-and-White Lion") in Leipzig in 1813. That city is also home to Germany's oldest existing coffee-house "Zum arabischen Kaffee-Baum" ("At the Arabian Coffee-Tree").
599* Boston, Massachusetts, has a restaurant called the Salty Pig.
600** A little more expectedly, Boston also has a bar called the Squealing Pig. Also the Black Lamb and the White Bull.
601** There is also the Bull & Finch Pub at Boston Common, the original name of the bar famous for providing the external establishing shots of the titular spot from ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' (the real pub is considerably smaller on the inside). Alas, it was renamed to Cheers Beacon Hill in 2002 to take advantage of the show's popularity.
602* Some unusual ones in the UK:
603** The Bleeding Wolf -- Hale, Altrincham, Cheshire
604** Drunken Duck -- Hawkshead, Cumbria
605** Mad Dog -- Odell, Bedfordshire
606** The Sociable Plover -- Portsmouth
607** {{Ye Olde|ButcheredeEnglishe}} Thirsty Pig -- Maidstone, Kent
608** The Ski-in' Doo -- Aviemore [[note]]"doo" is Scots for "dove", Aviemore is a ski resort, it's also a pun on the Gaelic word ''Sgian-dubh''; a small dagger that's part of Highland dress.[[/note]]
609* The Horny Bull is a restaurant/cafe/bar in Tauranga, New Zealand.
610* The Battered Beaver, Oakdale, CA
611* The Winking Lizard is a tavern in Northeast Ohio.
612* Madison, Wisconsin has, among others, The Jade Monkey, Bear & Bottle, and The Tipsy Cow.
613* San Diego, California, U.S.:
614** Bar/Dance Club: The Tipsy Crow
615** Bar/Tavern: The Black Cat, The Blind Burro, Green Dragon, The Pink Elephant, Red Rooster, Rockin Baja Lobster, The Salty Frog, The Sand Crab, The Silver Fox
616** Bar and grill: Blue Frog, Blue Parrot, The Jumping Turtle, Red Fox Room, Regal Seagull (ale house and sausage grill), The Tickled Trout, The Tin Fish
617** Cocktail Lounge: Nite Owl, Red Parrot
618** Pub: Flying Elephant, The Regal Beagle (named after the ''Series/ThreesCompany'' pub under LiveActionTV above).
619** Restaurant: Blue Jay Lodge, Red Fox Steakhouse, Red Marlin, The Smoking Goat
620** Restaurant and bar: Lazy Dog
621** Tattoo parlor: The Red Crow
622** U.S. Naval installation on San Clemente Island off the coast of San Diego: a bar called the Salty Crab.
623* The famous 6th Street in Austin, Texas is home to several of these - Blind Pig Pub, Chuggin' Monkey, Dirty Dog Bar, and Dizzy Rooster, to name a few.
624* One of the most famous cafés in Paris is ''Les deux Magots'' ("the two monkeys").
625* Nantwich (a town in Cheshire, England) has the Red Cow pub.
626* The Dutch city of Rotterdam has ''De witte aap'' ('The White Monkey'), once voted 'best bar in the world' by Lonely Planet readers.
627* U.S. country singer Brad Paisley gets his morning cup of coffee at a coffeehouse called the Frothy Monkey in Franklin, Tennessee.
628* The Green Dragon Tavern in Boston, used as the planning site of the Boston Tea Party and the starting point of Paul Revere's famous ride.
629* A French hotel called "Au Lion d'Or" (the Golden Lion), also a bad pun ("au lit on dort" means "in bed, you sleep").
630* In Paris you have or used to have the Montmartre cabarets ''Le Chat Noir'' (the Black Cat) and ''Le Lapin Agile'' (the Nimble Rabbit); the latter started out as the ''Lapin à Gill'' (Gill's Rabbit).
631* Molecular Gastronomist,[[note]]Read: CordonBleughChef, but in a good way[[/note]] [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka wannabe]] and all-round mad genius Heston Blumenthal named his three-Michelin-star-winning restaurant in [[UsefulNotes/HomeCounties Bray, Berkshire]] the Fat Duck. (The restaurant building actually was a pub called The Ringers or The Bell before Blumenthal took it over.) Blumenthal also owns an actual pub in Bray called The Hind's Head ("hind" being an old word for a doe), serving modernised British dishes (e.g. a steak and kidney pudding made with oxtail instead of the traditional beef cuts).
632* "The Dun Cow" is a common name for pubs in England, including Warwick, Sedgefield and Shrewsbury.
633* The oldest inns in the UsefulNotes/CzechRepublic actually avert this, being all named after people. But one of the well-known alehouses in Prague is "At the Golden Tiger" (famous for having been frequented by the writer Bohumil Hrabal). The house gained its sign, and the accompanying name, at the beginning of the 18th century, but it was a café first before it became an alehouse some time in the 19th century.
634* The Eagle and Child in Oxford[[note]]its famous patrons include ''Creator/JRRTolkien'', ''Creator/CSLewis'', and ''Creator/WHAuden'' who were part of a club called the "[[UsefulNotes/TheInklings Inklings]]" - [[Franchise/{{Splatoon}} no, not those Inklings]] - that met there[[/note]] is an aversion - it's not an Adjective Animal, it's "X and Y" where "X" happens to be an animal.
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