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| 12 | [[caption-width-right:350:A drink to help you think!]] |
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| 14 | ->''"In victory, you deserve champagne; in defeat, you need it."'' |
| 15 | -->-- '''UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte''' |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Ever just have one of ''those'' days? Where things just go FromBadToWorse? [[DisasterDominoes Everything that could go wrong does go wrong]]? Does [[CosmicPlaything the entire universe]] have it [[ButtMonkey in for you]]? Or have you just had enough of being the OnlySaneEmployee / [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Person]] SurroundedByIdiots? |
| 18 | |
| 19 | That's when you just say to yourself (or whoever happens to overhear)... "[[TitleDrop I need a freaking drink]]." |
| 20 | |
| 21 | This comes in one of three flavors: |
| 22 | * Someone recites this phrase or a variant thereof; usually omitting the "freaking" or replacing it with [[PrecisionFStrike something else]]. |
| 23 | * Someone reaches for the nearest alcoholic beverage, or if they are currently holding one, will [[QuickNip down the rest of it in the blink of an eye]]. |
| 24 | * Someone discards the alcoholic beverage to grab one of greater volume and/or potency. Alternatively, they may [[CutASliceTakeTheRest pour a glass, pause, and then drink straight from the bottle]]. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | While this is similar to DrowningMySorrows, this is only a temporary solution. If the situation is especially bad, the drink can incite the same reaction as the {{Beergasm}}. Once they have the freaking drink, they're back on their feet with their head securely attached and ready to get back to business. Someone who needs a freaking drink will never have a BeardOfSorrow, either. If they need nicotine to go with their alcohol they may opt for a CigaretteOfAnxiety. |
| 27 | |
| 28 | Like with a PrecisionFStrike for a character that rarely swears, seeing TheTeetotaler or a likewise UsefulNotes/StraightEdge person engaging in this kind of behavior [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness is a surefire sign that things have gotten really serious]]. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | Contrast NoMoreForMe and LiquidCourage. Also see GiganticGulp. Occasionally, the drink [[DrunkOnMilk might be milk]] or [[CalmingTea tea]] for {{Brits|LoveTea}}. |
| 31 | ---- |
| 32 | !!Examples: |
| 33 | [[index]] |
| 34 | * INeedAFreakingDrink/FanWorks |
| 35 | * [[INeedAFreakingDrink/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]] |
| 36 | * INeedAFreakingDrink/{{Literature}} |
| 37 | * INeedAFreakingDrink/LiveActionTV |
| 38 | [[/index]] |
| 39 | |
| 40 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 41 | |
| 42 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 43 | * After the exercise equipment company Peloton released an infamous ad, titled "The Gift That Gives Back", that seemed to imply that a woman's husband was forcing her to work out of dissatisfaction with her weight (and [[{{Glurge}} presenting this as heartwarming]]), Creator/RyanReynolds, co-owner of the liquor company Advertising/AviationGin, responded with an ad of his own, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2t7lknrK28 "The Gift That Doesn't Give Back".]] In it, the actress who played the woman in the Peloton ad is seen at a bar with two of her friends getting plastered on gin, clearly trying to suppress her memory of the whole experience. |
| 44 | [[/folder]] |
| 45 | |
| 46 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 47 | * Haida in ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'' resorts to drinking during his roughest points. At one point in the ChristmasSpecial, a bartender hands him a bottle of whisky and he downs half of it in less than thirty seconds. |
| 48 | * In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', there are few situations that warrant a drink more than being in the grip of a Titan. To emphasize the cruelty of the series, one guy who is in this situation finds a bottle of good wine and tries to have one last drink...[[YankTheDogsChain but the bottle is empty]]. |
| 49 | * ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld'': From the OVA, Fujisawa-sensei has a moment like this when he realizes that he and his student Makoto [[NotInKansasAnymore aren't at Shininome High School anymore]] and scrambles for both a cigarette and a nip from his handy flask: |
| 50 | -->'''Fujisawa-sensei:''' You saw him, too? I thought I had the [=DTs=]. I need a cigarette... Everything's fine, relax, stay cool... ''[takes a long drag]'' That's it, a drink! That'll calm my nerves. Where is it? Ahh... ''[sees empty flask]'' Ahh, gone! No drink?! I need a drink! I can't live without it!\ |
| 51 | '''Makoto:''' Sensei...\ |
| 52 | ''[[[TheScream woman heard screaming off-camera]]]''\ |
| 53 | '''Makoto:''' Hey!\ |
| 54 | '''Fujisawa-sensei:''' Oh, shit! Someone else is out of alcohol! |
| 55 | * In ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'', Louise sees her familiar/servant/friend/love interest/(It's complicated!), Saito in a hot bath (heavily improvised, late at night, and out in school grounds) she angrily stormed off (all the while making herself even angrier by insisting to herself she had no reason to be angry) and grabbed a drink about to be ingested by another student. Through a long series of events (irrelevant to this example), the drink was spiked with a love potion (that also seriously altered her personality, apparently...) and only made the issue worse... for everyone. |
| 56 | * ''[[Manga/YuushaGojoKumiaiKouryuugataKeijiban Hero Union BBS]]'': |
| 57 | ** One thread is about a kogal (in this case, an airheaded one) and a samurai who are paired together and given guns in poor condition in order to fight the dark lord. In response to the duo's ignorant actions with the firearms, one hero, a serious assassin, finally breaks down and says, "Screw it, I'm drinking! I can't handle this!" |
| 58 | ** Oracle Hero was so fed up with the way his adventure was turning out that he made a rant thread titled, "I can't keep this up without drinking", got completely drunk, then spammed his thread so much that it crashed the entire board. |
| 59 | ** A RunningGag involving Shrine Maiden Princess has her claiming to need her "restoratives" whenever she gets sufficiently stressed out or bewildered by the contents of the current thread. If she does actually leave to get them, she will always return totally hammered. |
| 60 | * Non-alcoholic example in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' where Maki asked Ishigami for a full pot of herbal tea after [[spoiler:being told by her unrequited crush, Tsubasa that Kashiwagi has gotten [[TeenPregnancy pregnant with his baby]]]]. |
| 61 | * ''Anime/ProjectAko'': Captain Napolipolita was such a nervous wreck her bottle ran dry ''before'' her spaceship arrived on Earth. The dub employs the trope without the F-word while the original Japanese had her screaming for sake. Her situation does not appear to improve much after her ship becomes stranded on Earth. |
| 62 | * ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': From the latter half of Episode 6, from Madoka's mom, when Madoka talks to her about her problems, and how it's harder to recover from mistakes as an adult: |
| 63 | -->'''Madoka's mom:''' It's always hard being a grown-up. That's what alcohol's for. |
| 64 | * This is Reika's response to the ZombieApocalypse in ''Manga/Zom100BucketListOfTheDead'', constantly getting drunk so she doesn't have to think about it. This leaves her addled and unable to defend herself when a ZombieInfectee approaches her, leading to her infection. |
| 65 | [[/folder]] |
| 66 | |
| 67 | [[folder:Card Games]] |
| 68 | * ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' gives us [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=12389 Fleeting Image]]. It starts out as NoMoreForMe. But when the floating thing ''comes back'', he decides trying to sober up didn't help. |
| 69 | -->''Horas swore off drinking, but after meeting the creature a second time he decided he'd better start again.'' |
| 70 | [[/folder]] |
| 71 | |
| 72 | [[folder:Comedy]] |
| 73 | * Dr. Conway (known as Uncle Kage) was talking about his woes with the [[BlandNameProduct "ABC" Security Company]] -- then he slipped and said the company's ''real'' name [[spoiler:(ADT)]]. While he usually sips wine from a glass throughout his show, after that goof he chugged straight from the bottle, much to the amusement of the audience. |
| 74 | * Creator/KathyGriffin's mother's reaction to hearing that Kathy would be going on a cruise with lesbians and their children: "I need a drink!" *click* |
| 75 | [[/folder]] |
| 76 | |
| 77 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 78 | * The guidance counsellor in ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' does this in response to the students' crazy personalities/aspirations. This being ''Archie'' of course, he goes to [[BrandX Generic Pepto-Bismol]] to deal with the stomach ulcers caused by the stress rather than alcohol. He's typically downing an entire bottle of the stuff by the end of one of his stories, if not by the middle. |
| 79 | * In ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo: The Shadow Beyond Time'', this is Creator/CarlSagan's response to encountering an EldritchAbomination: |
| 80 | -->'''Sagan:''' I require a stiff drink. Several of them, in fact. Enough to paralyze a cow. |
| 81 | * In the [=PSmIth=] arc of ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire'', Der Rock the Destroyer ends up making a big order at the bar after getting OutGambitted by the hero. |
| 82 | -->'''Der Rock:''' You. Get me a drink. Make it large, strong, to go and put it on Godot's tab. |
| 83 | * ''ComicBook/FireflyTheSting'': When Inara is faced with the task of seducing Logar, she mutters that she's going to need a glass of champagne, adding in her thoughts, "Or twelve. I prefer choosing my own clients, not being used as an accessory." |
| 84 | * ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': Captain Cold needs a damn beer. |
| 85 | * ''ComicBook/HellfireGala'': After reading Captain America's mind and discovering she reminds him of his mother, who was born at least a hundred years ago, Emma Frost has the appropriate response: |
| 86 | -->'''Emma:''' I need a drink.\ |
| 87 | '''Kate:''' You have one.\ |
| 88 | '''Emma:''' [-I need another!-] |
| 89 | * ''ComicBook/{{Infinity Wars|2018}}'': After saving Adam Warlock from ([[DeathIsCheap yet another]]) death, Dr. Strange feels the best reaction to seeing what it was they just saw is have a drink. |
| 90 | * ''ComicBook/IronMan'': |
| 91 | ** A great inversion of this during the original "Armor Wars" story arc: "Even though I've never wanted a drink more... I've never needed one less." |
| 92 | ** During ''ComicBook/FearItself'', [[spoiler:the Grey Gargoyle's slaughter of Paris forces him back into alcoholism, not helped by enabling dwarves and endless amounts of mead.]] |
| 93 | * ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}'': "My robot brain needs beer." |
| 94 | * ComicBook/RedSonja is frequently shown arriving in town, heading to the nearest bar, and drinking just to deal with the difficulties of getting to the town. She lands the trope line when she arrives in New York and starts wandering Harlem trying to figure out what a modern tavern looks like. |
| 95 | * ''ComicBook/{{Revival}}'' has a scene where Wayne and Ken converse in Ken's living room. Diane offers Wayne a beer, which he refuses. She violently demonstrates that [[spoiler:she is a reviver]] and he accepts the drink. |
| 96 | * In ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons'' CharlieAndTheChocolateParody, Krusty starts his promotional tour of his new merchandise factory (after initially forgetting about it and sleeping in) with a look at a cyborg monkey-run assembly line. |
| 97 | -->'''Barney:''' Is there anything to drink?\ |
| 98 | '''Krusty:''' You bet, and I'm going to need it after this death march. |
| 99 | * ''ComicBook/TheSimpsonsFuturamaCrossoverCrisis'': When every fictional character from every book comes to life in the second miniseries and are about to cause lots of trouble in New New York: |
| 100 | -->'''Bender:''' Who's up for getting so drunk we don't care about the danger!\ |
| 101 | '''Homer:''' ''[raising his hand]'' I AM!\ |
| 102 | '''Fry:''' ''[raising his hand as well]'' YO! |
| 103 | * In ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' crossover ''ComicBook/EscapeFromThePhantomZone'', when ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} says she needs her help to break into a black ops facility, ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} decides she needs coffee to get through that conversation. |
| 104 | * ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': |
| 105 | ** Captain Haddock is like this [[TheAlcoholic all the time]]. Of course, he runs around with a danger-prone reporter who's probably wanted in several countries, so this is not surprising. |
| 106 | ** Tintin usually abstains, but even he ends up draining a bottle after he's sentenced to death by FiringSquad. [[WhatDidIDoLastNight He's completely puzzled when he wakes up the next day dressed as a colonel]] in the revolutionary government that has just seized power. |
| 107 | * ''ComicBook/WalterMelon'': Unlike his father, Achille Talon usually avoids heavy drinking. However, in ''Le Trésor de Virgule'', after finding out his fiancée had bought several (fake) shrunken heads as souvenirs, Achille grabs Arthur de Glouswallow's whiskey bottle and gets promptly plastered. |
| 108 | -->'''Achille:''' I'll never understand either Platopabo or women! |
| 109 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWomanDeadEarth'': After bringing Diana to the Batcave and placing her in the healing pod, Bruce, already dying from radiation poisoning, sits for a drink on a couch overlooking the ruins of Gotham, the same couch his corpse is found on centuries later. |
| 110 | * ''ComicBook/XFactor2006'': Theresa is a recovering alcoholic. Throughout the series, she is subjected to a great deal of stress and trauma including [[spoiler:the death of her baby]] and finally gives into temptation after an encounter with the Morrigan. [[spoiler:She is only stopped by the ghost of her dead father.]] |
| 111 | * In ''ComicBook/YoungJustice Secret Origins 80-Page Giant'', Arowette's story, "Shafted", ends with her guidance counselor recording that her advice inadvertently ''encouraged'' Cissie to continue being Arrowette to spite her mom, and she's unable to do anything about it without breaking confidentiality. She is holding a very large glass of wine. |
| 112 | [[/folder]] |
| 113 | |
| 114 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 115 | * ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'': A harried Opus is the new Bloom Picayune "Ombudsman." After frantically answering phone calls from irate subscribers, we find out why he's called that: |
| 116 | -->'''Opus:''' ''SOMEBODY POUR ME A BUD!'' |
| 117 | * ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': Calvin's teacher Miss Wormwood has done this at least once. She also variously downs antiacid medicine, coffee, and large quantities of cigarettes. But with [[BrattyHalfPint Calvin]] in front of her for several hours every day, who wouldn't... |
| 118 | -->'''Calvin:''' Does her doctor know she mixes all those medicines? |
| 119 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Lio}}'': When Lio's dad sees his son [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext running around with mutant toasts,]] he begins pouring booze into his #1 Dad coffee mug. |
| 120 | [[/folder]] |
| 121 | |
| 122 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 123 | * In ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'', Jiminy Cricket, of all people, on hearing Creator/EdgarBergen's description of the giant, declares, "That calls for a drink!". He promptly drains an entire cocktail glass through a straw, then hiccups. |
| 124 | * In ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'', Felix orders his first ever root beer from Tapper's after adopting the Sugar Rush racers when their game was unplugged. Woefully unprepared for managing fifteen hyperactive and chaotic children left him the most stressed he'd ever been in his life. |
| 125 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', as the dome is being lowered on Springfield, congregants of the local church see it and run into Moe's Tavern. [[NoMoreForMe Meanwhile, those in Moe's Tavern run into the church.]] |
| 126 | [[/folder]] |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 129 | * "Seven Days" by Music/{{Sting}} is about the singer trying to beat a dumb but strong guy for a girl. The second verse ends like this: |
| 130 | --> My rival is Neanderthal, it makes me think\ |
| 131 | Perhaps I need a drink\ |
| 132 | IQ is no problem here\ |
| 133 | We won't be playing scrabble for her hand I fear\ |
| 134 | I need that beer |
| 135 | * "Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" by Music/WeirdAlYankovic |
| 136 | -->''I was just so overwhelmed by its sheer immensity\ |
| 137 | I had to pop myself a beer'' |
| 138 | * "Beer in the Bar" by {{Music/Basshunter}} is about needing to drink in order to keep posting music online. |
| 139 | * Very many CountryMusic songs about DrowningMySorrows, far too many to count, will also have the narrator explaining this in some way. |
| 140 | * "Teenage Daughters" by Martina [=McBride=], however, is a non-DrowningMySorrows example (it's, obviously, about the highs and lows of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin raising teenage daughters]]). The [[BookEnds first and last stanza]] of the song is: |
| 141 | -->''I ain't complaining, but I'm tired, so I'm just saying what I think\ |
| 142 | And if we're being honest, then honestly, I think I need a drink'' |
| 143 | * Also, there's Terri Clark's "The World Needs a Drink", where she fantasizes about gathering all the world powers together for a drink at the bar to forget their troubles. |
| 144 | * The Music/DriveByTruckers song "Daddy Needs a Drink". |
| 145 | * "Smoke Break" by Music/CarrieUnderwood is about people who feel stressed out by everyday lives and express this phrase: |
| 146 | -->''She said, I don't drink\ |
| 147 | But sometimes I need a stiff drink\ |
| 148 | Sipping from a high, full glass\ |
| 149 | Let the world fade away\ |
| 150 | She said, I don't smoke\ |
| 151 | But sometimes I need a long drag\ |
| 152 | Yeah, I know it might sound bad\ |
| 153 | But sometimes I need a smoke break |
| 154 | * The Music/{{Halestorm}} song "[[BlackSheepHit Here's To Us]]." |
| 155 | -->Here's to you, fill the glass,\ |
| 156 | 'Cause the last few days have kicked my ass.'' |
| 157 | * The Music/JoanJett song ''Too Bad On Your Birthday'' is about consoling someone whose boyfriend just left her [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin on her birthday]] and has a line that goes "if you need a drink babe, I'm buying." |
| 158 | * The video for Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweat's song ''S.O.B.'' begins with Rateliff hiding in a building surrounded by police, causing him to rub his face and declare "Goddamn, I need a drink." This is said a few times in the song itself, as the song is about a person trying to quit booze and going through a [[GoingColdTurkey particularly harrowing detox]]. |
| 159 | * A common theme in the works of Music/JimmyBuffett, but his most famous example is a tropical tourist who's "wasting away again" in "Margaritaville": |
| 160 | -->''I blew out my flip flop\ |
| 161 | Stepped on a pop top\ |
| 162 | Cut my heel, had to cruise on back home\ |
| 163 | But there's booze in the blender\ |
| 164 | And soon it will render\ |
| 165 | That frozen concoction that helps me hang on.'' |
| 166 | * In the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltjBT_TuUVA "Wear A Mask"]], a parody of "Be Our Guest", the singer mentions needing a flask after hearing the belligerent excuses of people who refuse to wear masks for the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. |
| 167 | -->''Stop the lies, stop the fights!\ |
| 168 | No one's taking away your rights!\ |
| 169 | All this speculation makes me need a flask!'' |
| 170 | [[/folder]] |
| 171 | |
| 172 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 173 | * After he and Wrestling/TommyDreamer lost to Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys in the main event of (the first) ''Wrestling/{{ECW}} One Night Stand'', [[Wrestling/JimFullington The Sandman]] called for a beer. |
| 174 | * At World-1's August 2005 Return Show, Wrestling/SumieSakai wandered to the bar, took a seat, and grabbed an unattended drink after being knocked out of the ring by Alere Little Feather. |
| 175 | * In the main event of ''Wrestling/{{R|ingOfHonor}}OH FIFTH YEAR FESTIVAL: FINALE'', which was thought to be Wrestling/SamoaJoe's final ROH match at the time, he wound up walking away after being thrown from the ring by [[Wrestling/NelsonErazo Homicide]] and getting a beer. |
| 176 | * While running from Wrestling/ChristinaVonEerie during their non-tournament [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1URhoKKMNjU match]] at ''Beyond Tournament for Tomorrow II'', November 17, 2013, Wrestling/AllysinKay shouted, "I need a drink!". She got the drink, but then Christina chopped her, causing her to spit it out. |
| 177 | * In the [[HilariousOuttakes Blooper Reel]] EasterEgg on Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s ''WWE Divas South of the Border'' DVD (2004), one of the clips is Wrestling/TorrieWilson saying, "I think I need a drink." |
| 178 | [[/folder]] |
| 179 | |
| 180 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 181 | * Played straight on the online Test Cricket radio station [[http://www.testmatchsofa.com/ Test Match Sofa]], frequently admits to being run on booze; so much so that a running jingle says "Won't Someone, anyone, fix me a drink"" |
| 182 | * ''Radio/TrueCapitalist'': Ghost often invokes this trope by name after a particularly effective set of trolls. |
| 183 | * In ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'', this is encouraged by the Sheriff's Secret Police. |
| 184 | --> "Remember, if you see something, say nothing, and drink to forget." |
| 185 | * In the D&D podcast ''The Lucky Die'', after a series of split-party episodes, the team reunites and fill each other in on what they've learned. This includes the fact that the host of the social club they're staying at is [[ItMakesSenseInContext one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, who are the sons of Baba Yaga.]] There's a pause, followed by laughter and "Yeah, you might wanna take that drink." |
| 186 | * ''Podcast/TheLastPodcastOnTheLeft'': while for some light hearted, usualyl occult or UFO related series, Henry will recommend the listener to [[WatchItStoned roll up a big ole' hog's leg and smoke it]], for the Heavy Hitters, he sometimes recommends pouring "a detective amount of Whiskey" |
| 187 | [[/folder]] |
| 188 | |
| 189 | [[folder:Puppet Shows]] |
| 190 | * ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': In one episode set in a train station because the theater is being fumigated, Miss Piggy opens a Veterinarian's Hospital sketch by attempting to extract a bottle of wine from a nearby box. |
| 191 | [[/folder]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 194 | * ''Radio/BleakExpectations'': After a harrowing encounter with his archnemesis possessing someone at a séance, Pip Bin returns home to have a stiff drink, only to find his wife and sister have joined the temperance movement out of boredom and spite, and set about destroying every glass in the house. He and his brother in-law are forced to take to the streets of London to find a pub, to similarly poor luck. Later on, the BigBad abducts Pip's wife and sister, and Pippa states that they are unharmed but "notwithstanding our recent stance on the issue, I could really do with a drink." |
| 195 | * In the ''Radio/CabinPressure'' episode "Gdansk", when MJN Air is transporting an orchestra, Carolyn is confronted with a list of special requirements compiled by the conductor, who clearly finds many of them as absurd as she does ("The harpist will ignore you unless your aura is orange, there is nothing you can do to make your aura ''more'' orange"). Immediately after "The tubist must on no account be given alcohol" comes "The conductor must at ''all times'' be given alcohol". |
| 196 | * ''[[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'': |
| 197 | ** When it's established that (due to the effects of the Infinite Improbability Drive) Ford and Trillian are the only two members of the core cast who haven't coincidentally met before: |
| 198 | --->'''Zaphod:''' Oh, god. ''[rapidly]'' Ford, this is Trillian, Hi. Trillian, this is my semi-cousin Ford who shares three of the same mothers as me. Hi. ''[...]'' Zaphod Beeblebrox, this is a very large drink. ''Hi.'' |
| 199 | ** Earlier in the story, Ford pulls Arthur away from his sit down against a bulldozer and takes him to the Red Lion Pub to explain that (a) he's really an alien and (b) the Earth is going to be destroyed. |
| 200 | --->'''Arthur:''' But can we trust them?\ |
| 201 | '''Ford:''' Myself, I'd trust them to the end of the Earth.\ |
| 202 | '''Arthur:''' Yes but how far is that?\ |
| 203 | '''Ford:''' About twenty minutes away. Come on, I need a drink. |
| 204 | * In ''Radio/TheMenFromTheMinistry'', after finding out that they've not only accidentally [[spoiler:destroyed [[BadBoss Sir Gregory's]] new house, but also put a Victorian Era convenience in its place]], what's Lennox-Brown's reaction? |
| 205 | -->'''Lennox-Brown:''' Get the brandy from the first aid cabinet. |
| 206 | [[/folder]] |
| 207 | |
| 208 | [[folder:Roleplay]] |
| 209 | * It's not alcoholic, but the version of Kyle Rayner in ''Roleplay/DCNation'' frequently "needs a sketchpad" in the aftermath of shit hitting fan. |
| 210 | [[/folder]] |
| 211 | |
| 212 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 213 | * Near the end of ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix'', John Hancock reverses his position on rum in the Congressional chamber after Rutledge and the South walk out over the anti-slavery clause. Not as funny as it sounds, as it's basically the DarkestHour in the debate. |
| 214 | * In ''Theatre/TheCompleteWorksOfWilliamShakespeareAbridged'', Romeo is about the drink the poison, kiss Juliet and die. As both characters are played by men, the actor playing Romeo takes another swig of the "poison" before kissing the man lying before him, as if hoping that the stuff will deaden his senses. |
| 215 | * ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'': |
| 216 | ** After the infamous duel, Burr sings: |
| 217 | --->''I strike him right between his ribs\ |
| 218 | I walk towards him, but I am ushered away\ |
| 219 | They row him back across the Hudson\ |
| 220 | I get a drink'' |
| 221 | ** In the "Laurens Interlude" number, Lafayette and Mulligan react mutely to the news of Laurens' death. Lafayette falls to his knees and weeps. Mulligan takes a pull from a hip flask. |
| 222 | * Several productions of ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' (including the 2012 film) have Fantine take a swig of something just before she makes her decision to be a prostitute. |
| 223 | * ''Theatre/TheMoonIsBlue'': |
| 224 | -->'''Patty:''' ''[suddenly]'' I'd like a drink.\ |
| 225 | '''David:''' ''[promptly]'' Good idea.\ |
| 226 | '''Don:''' I thought you considered it high school to drink unless you actually craved it.\ |
| 227 | '''Patty:''' ''[defiantly]'' Well, I crave it now. |
| 228 | * On yet another Shakesperian note, in ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' Lady Macbeth gets Duncan's guards drunk so that her husband can murder him. She needs a swig of wine afterwards to cope with what she's done. |
| 229 | * On another Shakespearian note, in ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', when the Nurse believes Juliet to be dead, she cries out for "aqua vitae" an archaic term for distilled spirits. |
| 230 | * In ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'', the Lady of the Lake sings this in "Diva's Lament": |
| 231 | -->''I'm with a bunch of British Knights\ |
| 232 | Prancing 'round in wooly tights\ |
| 233 | I might as well go to the pub'' |
| 234 | * ''Theatre/{{Tosca}}'': As Scarpia writes the letter of safe conduct before he can proceed with the ScarpiaUltimatum, the libretto calls for Tosca, who is on the receiving end, to chug the glass of wine he poured for her earlier, to help her endure what's to follow. And in doing so, she spots the knife... |
| 235 | %%* ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'': |
| 236 | %%-->"Uggh. I need a butterbeer." |
| 237 | [[/folder]] |
| 238 | |
| 239 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 240 | * In ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoQogaKnellOfArCiel'', [[spoiler:returning character Cocona]] is often seen mentioning her need for a drink whenever you end up building some of the more reality-breaking items in the game, such as a floating tablet... out of spare parts. |
| 241 | * ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate'': [[MrExposition Shaun Hastings]], who runs the in-game database, is implied to have a moment like this, as relayed by Rebecca Crane. One of the characters who receives a bio is Mary-Anne Disraeli's pet corgy, Desmond. Desmond also happens to be [[spoiler:the modern-day progaonist of ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI I]]'' through ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII III]]'', who was Shaun's best friend and died in a HeroicSacrifice]]. [[TraumaButton Shaun doesn't take it well]]. |
| 242 | -->'''Shaun:''' Not funny, universe. Not funny at all.\ |
| 243 | '''Rebecca:''' Jeez, what'd you find in there? Shaun's locked himself in his room, I can't find the whiskey, and I think I hear crying. |
| 244 | * Implied in ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'', which features a distillery where various types of alcohol can be equipped like normal equipment [[BoozeBasedBuff to provide passive bonuses.]] The further along the game goes, the more the Kid levels up and the more booze he can equip at once, which also coincides with the increasing level of terrible crap the Kid experiences in a post-apocalyptic hellhole. |
| 245 | * In the ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}'' series, "I sure could use a drink." is one of the lines that's uttered by Caleb. After all he's been through, like being turned into a zombie and having his god desert him, you can't blame him. |
| 246 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'', Galloway says "I need a drink!" if you annoy him by repeatedly writing gibberish in English class. |
| 247 | * In ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly'', Hyde enters the café to see Lua and Baileys either exchanging sweet compliments or arguing over Lua "seeing everything as conflict". Either way, Hyde needs a spicy drink to wash it all down. |
| 248 | * One of the disgruntled Motor World pedestrians in ''VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing'' exasperatedly shouts "I need a drink! That's an understatement." |
| 249 | * Drinking at the Bar in the Inn is one of the many ways that heroes can relieve their Stress at the Hamlet in ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon''. |
| 250 | * The player dwarves of ''VideoGame/DeepRockGalactic'' need no encouragement to drink--they are only too happy to drink before a mission, after a mission, or even vaguely contemplating a mission. On the other hand, MissionControl is the StraightMan and OnlySaneEmployee trying to keep a lid on the idiotic antics of the players, and the achievements strongly imply that the vagaries of player stupidity regularly drives them to the bottle. |
| 251 | -->'''Achievement unlocked:''' ''Foreign Objects in the Launch Bay.'' You kicked every barrel into the launch bay. You are why Mission Control drinks. |
| 252 | * James proposes this to his colleagues at the end of the bonus chapter of ''VideoGame/DetectivesUnited III: Timeless Voyage''. They're all extremely shaken by everything that's just happened to them, so he suggests that they "go have a glass of wine at the closest pub." The game's closing scene shows the three of them doing just that, collected around a table and enjoying drinks and each other's company. |
| 253 | * In ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', you have the option to react like this if you fail to brave the stench of the corpse while trying to get near it. Kim, knowing full well that Harry is a severe alcoholic, will sternly disapprove. |
| 254 | * ''Franchise/DragonAge'': |
| 255 | ** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', if you [[spoiler: discuss Alistair becoming king and marrying Queen Anora with him and Arl Eamon at Arl Eamon's estate]], Alistair will say, in a shaky voice, "I think I need a drink. Or ten." |
| 256 | *** Once Arl Howe explains that he hired the Antivan Crows to assassinate the surviving Wardens, Loghain turns away and drains his goblet. |
| 257 | *** In the ''Warden's Keep'' DLC, Levi will react this way after the encounter with [[spoiler:the [[FallenHero demon-possessed Sophia Dryden]]]]. |
| 258 | --->'''Levi Dryden:''' [[spoiler:I can't believe my great-great-grandmother was still alive! Well, sort of alive. Sort of... dead. I need a drink.]] |
| 259 | ** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', Hawke can invite Varric to share a drink at the Hanged Man after dealing with Bartrand being warped by the lyrium idol in Act II of the game. |
| 260 | ** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', Dorian says this after a [[CallingTheOldManOut nasty confrontation with his father]]. |
| 261 | --->'''Dorian:''' Now it's time to drink myself into a stupor. It's been that sort of day. |
| 262 | ** According to ''[[AllThereInTheManual The World of Thedas, Vol. 2]]'', King Cailan and Queen Anora -- back when he was Ferelden's crown prince and she was his betrothed -- went on a quest to deal with a giant which was plaguing part of the countryside. They were successful, but according to a companion who was with them for part of the quest, Anora summed up the experience by saying that "We're going to go have a drink. A lot of drinks. Maybe all the drinks." Neither of them was ever willing to discuss the details with anyone. |
| 263 | * Overheard in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', in a conversation between Captain Lonely-Gale in Windhelm and a server in the local tavern. He lists a few things which are plaguing him, the last being an AbhorrentAdmirer who "won't leave me alone." The server asks if he would like a drink, and the good captain replies, "Oh, ''very much so''." |
| 264 | * ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'' has an entire side quest started by and devoted to one of these moments, though mostly caused by the fact the usual beer offered just isn't stiff enough. Plus, one of the ways to deal with your Nightmares is to invoke this with Laudanum instead of anything alcoholic or to go to the Carnival and start guzzling hot wine, never mind the fact your reputation'll be stained by being caught ''that'' drunk. Thus, many player characters live by this trope, witnessing awful stuff and reacting by drinking like maniacs. |
| 265 | ** Mr Wines 'is' this trope. Fairs fair, it does have a lot it wants to forget. |
| 266 | * In ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', the phrase "Huugh... I need a drink, who's with me?" is said by a [[LaResistance Rebel Base]] Commander after surviving a [[DeathFromAbove raid]] by a [[TheEmpire Combine]] Hunter-Chopper. |
| 267 | * One Gerudo woman in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' named Deltan can be found at the Noble Canteen drunkenly hunched over a table sobbing over all the [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon men who have rejected her]]. |
| 268 | * A non-alcoholic version happens in ''VideoGame/LiveALive''. Colonel Darthe requests Cube to brew him a cup of coffee both as a sign that he's learn to appreciate Cube (as he refused the coffee at the beginning of the Distant Future Chapter) and that he needs to unwind after everything that's happened regarding [[spoiler:OD-10 and the Behemoth]]. |
| 269 | * In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', a Renegade Shepard can destroy businessman Lorik Qui'in's career for being reluctant to testify against a corrupt Administrator. When he finds out, the poor guy's reaction is, "Excuse me, please. I feel the need to order more drinks while I can still afford them." |
| 270 | ** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3: [[{{DLC}} Citadel]]'', this will be Jack's response to the suggestion that her and Miranda's mutual antagonism is actually BelligerentSexualTension and they should GetARoom. Miranda concurs. |
| 271 | ** Also in Citadel, when infiltrating the social gathering at the casino, Shepard can run into a SpoiledBrat socialite. Then, up the stairs, is her father, who's busy getting drunk after dealing with her "self-indulgent phase" all day. When Shepard says that they've met the daughter, the father asks if they need a [[GargleBlaster ryncol]]. |
| 272 | ** In ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'', it turns out that [[spoiler:Admiral/Councillor]] Anderson a) watches a lot of material that obviously annoys him (such as a documentary aimed at exonerating the bad guy of the first game) and b) buys a lot of expensive alcohol, usually immediately after watching said material. The inference is obvious, especially given that most of the time where that isn't happening, his work involves [[AssInAmbassador Ambassador]] [[{{Jerkass}} Udina]] and/or [[ObstructiveBureaucrat the Citadel council]], which would drive ''anyone'' to drink. |
| 273 | * In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', one of Snake's radio support members Para-Medic, who has the job of telling him how to maintain his health and what animals and plants are okay for him to eat, informs him of a certain type of mushroom he has procured that should never be combined with alcohol. Para-Medic, being the good physician she is, explains that the mushroom inhibits the body's natural ability to absorb and break down alcohol so if you were to go drinking after eating it you would get a hangover from hell. Snake finds this fascinating but he takes Para-Medic's words as an insult, asking if she honestly thinks he would risk compromising the mission at hand by drinking alcohol, Para-Medic responds by saying that she is popping back a shot right now as they speak and says that Snake should join her and loosen up. Snake is flabbergasted by Para-Medic and grunts in disgust, who then says that she was only joking, which in frustration causes Snake to mutter under his breath, "Uh... I need a drink.", before ending the conversation. |
| 274 | * In ''VideoGame/{{The Punisher|THQ}}'' video game, after you complete the Stark Enterprises level, a cutscene with ComicBook/IronMan appears where he looks at the mess you made and, visibly shocked, says "I need a drink." |
| 275 | * ''VideoGame/{{Resident Evil Village}}'': After watching her phone call to Mother Miranda play out, you can enter the room Lady Dimitrescu just vacated and read a diary entry she left laying nearby. At the very end of the entry (which notes her frustration at being treated as if she's not superior to the other Mutant Lords despite seemingly being Miranda's favorite) she says the trope name almost verbatim. |
| 276 | * ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRogue'': Beat the game as a bartender, he'll make a grand speech about his new cushy job [[spoiler:as Mayor]], when suddenly he's interrupted by the crowd demanding drinks just because he's rambling behind a podium that uses the same materials as a bar. Then ''he'' says, "I need a freaking drink." |
| 277 | * In the original Japanese release of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioKart'', Bowser and Peach down the bottle of champagne they receive when either of them wins in first place. Peach is even shown visibily tipsy after having done so. |
| 278 | * More or less implied in a few ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' games. One case that leaps to mind is from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' when the party briefly disbands in Grand Chokmah. You have to relocate a few of your party members. [[ColonelBadass Jade Curtiss]] is [[SurroundedByIdiots in the bar.]] |
| 279 | * During Episodes 3, 4, and 5 of ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale'', Kenny has this reaction to most events [[spoiler: (after Duck and Katja have died, Kenny will be unable to refuse any bottles of Whiskey he finds) ]]. Crista also falls prey to this [[spoiler: despite being pregnant]] and Lee has the option to drink with Kenny and Chuck on several occasions. |
| 280 | ** PlayedWith in a humourous way in Season 2 Episode 1, when Clementine has a juice box with her when she has to fix a wound on her arm. The player can invoke the trope by having her sip from the juice box before each step in the process. |
| 281 | * Malvolio Portius requires a glass of Something Expensive before talking about ''VideoGame/WildStar'''s Chua. |
| 282 | * In ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'', the phrase is uttered by Shani if you are on the Neutral path during chapter 5. As a doctor, she sets up a field hospital in the middle of a battlefield between the Order and the Scoia'tael and is treating both sides indiscriminately. Scoia'tael members barge in her hospital and, after seeing that she is treating humans, try to kill them and her. After Geralt disposes of them, members of the Order enter the hospital. Shani tells them that they are late and that their help is no longer needed, only for them to start attacking her and her non-human patients when they realize she is helping non-humans. Once again, Geralt deals with them, leaving behind a bloody mess in the middle of the hospital. At this point, a very shaken and distraught Shani says she needs a drink. |
| 283 | * In a ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' cinematic trailer, two warriors locked in a life-or-death struggle were soundly defeated by a Pandaren. A later cinematic showed the two of them getting drunk while trying to come to terms with being beaten by a "bear". |
| 284 | [[/folder]] |
| 285 | |
| 286 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 287 | * Vegeta in ''WebAnimation/{{Ducktalez}} 5'', as a result of watching ''Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties'' with Scrooge in ''Ducktalez 4''. |
| 288 | * ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': Stolas in "The Circus" falls into this trope so he can deal with [[RichBitch Stella's]] constant remarks about their AwfulWeddedLife in her [[InsistentTerminology not-divorced]] anniversary party. It becomes readily apparent when he demands absinthe in place of wine and starts drinking it ''by the bottle''. |
| 289 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Qrow's default response when things don't go his way is to [[TheAlcoholic resort to drinking]]. He's introduced getting drunk because he's [[FunctionalAddict preparing for a confrontation]] over General Ironwood's behaviour towards Professor Ozpin. When he has a tense meeting with his estranged sister, he asks the barmaid for another round. When his meeting with Professor Lionheart isn't as helpful as he hoped, he ditches the kids to find a bar. However, when he finally learns the [[AwfulTruth truth]] that Professor Ozpin has been hiding, he's so [[BrokenPedestal devastated]] that he moves from this trope to DrowningMySorrows by spending the whole of Volume 6 in a [[AddledAddict drunken stupor]], leaving the kids to try and figure things out alone. |
| 290 | * ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' has Yahtzee doing this in the ''VideoGame/DayZ'' review. |
| 291 | -->'''Yahtzee:''' So I started my first game, spawned on the shores of a mysterious land, made for the nearest visible building, and was immediately beaten to death by six squawking working-class zombies in flat caps. Then I paused to have a little drinkie[[note]]Yahtzee's avatar is pouring himself a large glass of wine and going "'S gonna be a long afternoon"[[/note]]. |
| 292 | ** His avatar does this pretty frequently whenever he refers to having to psyche himself up for playing a game he's fairly certain he's going to hate. |
| 293 | [[/folder]] |
| 294 | |
| 295 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 296 | * In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'', the titular Doctor goes out to a bar after arguing with his parents. He orders a bottle of Jose Cuervo tequila and ''downs the entire bottle in the time it takes the bartender to turn around and get him a shot glass.'' |
| 297 | -->'''Dr. McNinja:''' It disappeared! Oh my God! Jose Cuervo must have been a ninja too! HAHAHAHA! *thud* |
| 298 | * ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'': After all she's been through, Fern is only too happy to follow Balmer, Methanyll, and Hyde when she finds out they have booze. |
| 299 | * In what is likely an homage to ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', at one point in ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge,'' [[VideoGame/MegaManX Zero]] mentions "I picked the wrong week to stop snorting [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Energon cubes]]. |
| 300 | * ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'': |
| 301 | ** Abel of all people becomes victim to this trope [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1183.php here]]. |
| 302 | ** In [[http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1349.php this comic]], Nitemyste [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder responds to a sarcastic question from Wildy]]. |
| 303 | --->'''Nitemyste:''' ''[pouring a flask into his coffee]'' Anyways, with this conversation I now know it's time to upgrade my drink to something stiffer. |
| 304 | * ''Webcomic/DeadWinter'': |
| 305 | ** Black Monday blues states that he'll be fine after [[spoiler:surviving a close-range shotgun blast thanks to a BulletproofVest]], [[http://www.deadwinter.cc/page/334 just give him a bottle of Jack]]. He makes good on that promise by picking up a bottle of Jack while grabbing his new outfit. |
| 306 | ** Ironically we also see his former employer Domingos Santos, [[http://www.deadwinter.cc/page/405 having himself some whisky]], thanks to the ZombieApocalypse giving him some complications. Not to mention that Monday has chosen to wage a one man war against him thanks to recognizing that he was being given the old YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness schtick. Also funnily enough the [[http://www.deadwinter.cc/page/166 first drink that he needed was tea]]. |
| 307 | * ''Webcomic/DorkTower'': |
| 308 | ** Ken responds to a badly mangled takeoff of O. Henry's ''Gifts of the Magi'': |
| 309 | --->'''Ken:''' If anyone needs me, I'll be seeking the Spirit of Christmas ''Spirits''. 98 proof. |
| 310 | ** [[http://www.dorktower.com/2008/09/12/dorktower679/ Bill also gets in on the act]]. |
| 311 | --->'''Carson:''' Isn't it premature for Bill to be hitting the celebratory champagne? Oh, never mind, that's vodka. |
| 312 | * ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': |
| 313 | ** Despite being underage, Diane's [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2013-06-05 realization]] that she wants more than a superficial relationship [[AwfulTruth shocks her]] to the point that she decides to try obtaining alcohol in order to forget her epiphany. |
| 314 | --->'''Diane:''' Screw the rules. I'm drinking tonight. |
| 315 | ** After several men see [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/hope-002 what they believe to be a ghost]] while on their way to a bar, one of them [[NoMoreForMe wonders if going drinking is even a good idea]]. The others decide that they need a drink after seeing a ghost. |
| 316 | * In one of the ''Webcomic/ErfWorld'' summer updates, Parson gets into a discussion with Jack and Maggie about the nature of time in Erfworld. At some point, he realizes that he is either too drunk or not drunk enough to participate in the conversation. Having no way to sober up, he gambles on the latter, and downs a wineskin. |
| 317 | * ''Webcomic/ErrantStory'': [[HitmanWithAHeart Jon]] needs ''lots'' of freaking [[http://www.errantstory.com/2005-11-14/441 drinks]] after he, Sarine and Meji get away from the [[ItMakesSenseInContext Giant Magic Potato]]. Of course, the next OhCrap moment, just minutes later, leaves him SuddenlySober. (Predictably, Sarine is stone sober throughout.) |
| 318 | * ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': Winston Thurmad suspects he'll need one due to [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01970.htm an upcoming discussion with Dvorak and Qwerty]]. |
| 319 | * ''Webcomic/FriendshipIsDragons'': Three times so far: |
| 320 | ** Twilight Sparkle in the Nightmare Moon story arc at Pinkie's surprise party: |
| 321 | --->'''Twilight:''' Well, yes, but... Why...? Ugh, I need a drink!\ |
| 322 | '''DM:''' [[InAndOutOfCharacter In-character or out-of-character]]?\ |
| 323 | '''Twilight:''' BOTH! |
| 324 | ** The Dungeon Master in the "Dragonshy" story arc when a major plot hole is pointed out by the players. |
| 325 | ** Both Applejack and Twilight Sparkle when confronted by Pinkie Sense in the "Feeling Pinkie Keen" story arc. |
| 326 | * ''Webcomic/GetMedieval'': [[http://www.ainself.net/irony/get_medieval/get_medieval0875.gif here]] |
| 327 | -->'''Sir Gerard:''' Now, I just need a bath and a drink. A ''long'' bath, and a ''big'' drink.\ |
| 328 | '''Eleanor:''' How long and how big?\ |
| 329 | '''Sir Gerard:''' Could we just fill the tub with Ale? |
| 330 | * ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': |
| 331 | ** Considering the week/months in comic time that the cast of has been having by [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070418 this point]], it's amazing that Wooster is the first to invoke this trope and that it took so long for him to feel the need to imbibe a little. |
| 332 | ** After seeing their rather unflattering portrayal in an act based on Agatha's adventures thus far, [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200706 Gil and Tarvek declare in unison that they need a drink, and then go together to drink and commiserate.]] |
| 333 | ** When Bang, ah, [[KlingonPromotion assumes]] [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20210517 command]] of an airship in a rather bad situation, she calls for a meeting of the ship's senior crew once they're out of immediate danger, and adds that "somebody had better have rum!" |
| 334 | ** When Tarvek [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20230901 returns]] from talking with Othar Tryggvasen (GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER!), Gil is holding a glass of wine, which he hands to him: |
| 335 | --->'''Gil:''' I'll bet you need this more than I do.\ |
| 336 | '''Tarvek:''' This, and a troop of its little friends. |
| 337 | * ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': Arianna sees a sudden surge of social media hits about the Mighty Halo on her computer. She glances at a bottle of roast coffee rum under a cloche, then takes a deep breath and follows the media alert. Upon seeing a picture of Sydney apparently kissing a demon (when she's actually him giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation) and the flood of social media messages to that affect, she pours herself that drink. |
| 338 | * In ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'', this is how Creator/JaneAusten [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=263 reacts]] to ''Sense and Sensibility and Mister Darcy and Sharks in Space Riding Motorcycles Plus There Is a Time Machine''. |
| 339 | * ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': |
| 340 | ** Roxy does this at the end of [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006391 one conversation]]. |
| 341 | ** Early in ''Hivebent'', Eridan does this while [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004349 pondering]] his [[LoveHurts relationship]] with Feferi. Simultaneously, Feferi does the same thing for the same reason. |
| 342 | --->''Another emotionally exhausting conversation. Too many FEELINGS AND PROBLEMS. It couldn't be any clearer to you. You and this sea princess have splashed down hard into the moirail zone, and now you don't know which way's upward. Perhaps tonight you will reveal your true feelings toward her, and end these exaggerated emotional theatrics once and for all, one way or another.\ |
| 343 | You need a stiff drink.'' |
| 344 | * ''Webcomic/JL8'' uses a child's version: [[http://limbero.org/jl8/55 "Root beer float. Make it a double."]] |
| 345 | * ''Webcomic/JoJopolis'' has an example of I Need a Freaking Toke. After their encounter with [[StarterVillain Wolfman Jack]], Jordan takes a puff of marijuana to unwind. Although Sonny calls him out for smoking right in front of him, a police officer, he shortly after asks him to pass the joint. |
| 346 | * ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'': After an [[http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=383 encounter]] with a [[ItMakesSenseInContext ghostly duck]], Wick is seen pouring himself a shot of whiskey with a helpless expression on his face. |
| 347 | * ''Webcomic/LeavingTheCradle'': After Mark helps bring the unconscious alien to their house, the very next thing he does right after that is take out a bottle of alcohol from the cabinet and [[https://leavingthecradle.com/comic/35 start drinking.]] |
| 348 | * ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}'': After Piffany essentially [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2008-09-17 out-lawyers a pair of devils]], one of them proclaims, |
| 349 | -->'''Devil:''' I do so need a three-martini lunch right now. |
| 350 | * ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': |
| 351 | ** Variation in ''[[Recap/TheOrderOfTheStickOnTheOriginOfPCs On the Origin of PCs]]''; when Elan insists that [[YouAllMeetInAnInn you have to recruit adventurers in a tavern]], Roy asks "Why? I need adventurers, not a drink. ...Well, not JUST a drink." |
| 352 | ** Played straight with the Cliffport Police Chief in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0339.html "C.P.P.D. Blues"]]. |
| 353 | --->'''DaChief:''' Looks like I picked the wrong week to [[Film/{{Airplane}} quit sniffing pixie dust]]. |
| 354 | ** Upon [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0747.html being "out-logicked" by Elan]] regarding General Tarquin's trustworthiness, an already-drunk Haley reaches out for Durkon's tankard. |
| 355 | --->'''Durkon:''' Lass! Dinnae ye think ye've drank enough?\ |
| 356 | '''Haley:''' Depends. Am I drunk enough yet that later, I won't remember getting out-logicked by Elan?\ |
| 357 | '''Durkon:''' Och! Na. Ye'll need at least two more pints fer tha. |
| 358 | ** Durkon combines it with BrainBleach in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0688.html "The Comics Must Flow"]]. |
| 359 | --->'''Durkon:''' Och, it's times like this, I wish I had a 500-foot-tall bottle o' tequila!\ |
| 360 | '''Roy:''' I don't think that would work to drown the worm.\ |
| 361 | '''Durkon:''' Who said anythin' aboot tha worm? I jus' wanna get too blitzed ta remmemb'r this! |
| 362 | ** In the prequel story ''How the Paladin Got His Scar'', after O-Chul and Hinjo (who is underage) are told the [[DarkSecret secret lore of the Sapphire Guard]], we next see them at a bar. |
| 363 | --->'''O-Chul:''' ''[pouring a shot]'' Here.\ |
| 364 | '''Hinjo:''' I'm too--\ |
| 365 | '''O-Chul:''' The day you learn you will be responsible for [[spoiler:containing a god-eating horror that lives under our feet]] is the day you come of age. Drink. |
| 366 | * ''Webcomic/OutThere'': Miriam ''always'' needs a freaking drink. Sherry, Araceli, Rebecca, et. al. ''sometimes'' need a freaking drink. Clayton never needs one, but he'll have one anyway, thank you. |
| 367 | * ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'': |
| 368 | ** Variation in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=513 #513]]: |
| 369 | --->'''Marten:''' Jesus CHRIST do I need a drink right now. [[BrainBleach To throw in my EYES]]. |
| 370 | ** Shortly after Marten vents his bitterness over his latest argument with Dora, Faye decides it's time for [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1798 the emergency bourbon]]. |
| 371 | ** Marten comes in [[DrowningMySorrows intending to get drunk]] [[spoiler:to take his mind off Dora]]; [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1812 when he sees what Pintsize has done to help him with that]], it requires immediate application of liquor. |
| 372 | ** After [[spoiler:reflexively telling Angus she loves him too]], Faye -- who is [[TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest still recovering from]] [[spoiler:the trust issues from her father's suicide]] -- [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2039 needs a coping mechanism.]] |
| 373 | --->'''Wil:''' I don't believe I know that drink.\ |
| 374 | '''Faye:''' It's easy. You put two ice cubes in a glass, then dump 'em out and fill it with bourbon. |
| 375 | * ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'': This is Robespierre's reaction to learning that [[spoiler:he's part of the group embarked in a mission to save multiple universes]]. |
| 376 | -->'''Robespierre:''' Robespierre is going to drink away his retirement fund. |
| 377 | * ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': |
| 378 | ** Kevyn orders [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2007-09-17 multiple strong drinks]], with carbonation so it hits his bloodstream fast enough to overpower his SuperSoldier boosts, after seeing General Xinchub's clone naked, and taking three amnesia pills. |
| 379 | ** The complications of sergeant Schlock's trial for assaulting a police officer lead Massey to declare he's having an [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2016-06-01 olives-and-ethanol lunch.]] |
| 380 | * ''Webcomic/TeamFortress2'': |
| 381 | ** Miss Pauling and the crew track down [[spoiler:Sniper's parents]], who turn out to be parodies of Jor-El and Lara. On learning that they used pretty much all the Australium left in the world to [[spoiler:paint a bunch of space rockets that exploded]], Miss Pauling gets handed a full wineglass and drains it. |
| 382 | ** [[TheAlcoholic Lar-Nah]], in particular, dove into this trope to cope with her husband's sheer incompetence. |
| 383 | --->'''Lar-Nah:''' ...and thanks to your father, everyone in New Zealand ''drowned'', and we've been stuck in this sealed lab ever since.\ |
| 384 | '''Bill-Bel:''' Where your mother has been trying to drown ''herself'', one bottle of wine at a time. |
| 385 | * ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': As the monsterous living First Silver "weapon" and the inak revolutionaries converge on the city leaving a bloodbath in their wake Liro is seen hiding out under a table drinking, and reaching up to grab another drink as other characters discuss the carnage scratching at their sheild. |
| 386 | * John Kossler of ''Webcomic/TheWordWeary'' goes from TheTeetotaler to this after a particularly bad day. |
| 387 | [[/folder]] |
| 388 | |
| 389 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 390 | %%* In ''Literature/PayMeBug'', Grif Vindh says this over, and over, and over. |
| 391 | * ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'' go through [[BrainBleach Bleeproducts]] like water, after most missions. Even before Bleeproducts are discovered: Intelligence Agent Architeuthis, [[https://kdrewniak.com/ppc-lost-tales-hacking/architeuthis/mission02.html while investigating a failed attempt at a humor fic]], sees the self-insert and [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings four hobbits]] going into the Prancing Pony. [[spoiler:Of course, another (highly energetic) self-insert pops in, bounces off of Barliman, and glomps Frodo. In the scuffle, Architeuthis' drink is spilled.]] |
| 392 | -->'''Architeuthis:''' I follow them in and order some good strong mead, as I've a feeling I'm going to need it before this job is through. |
| 393 | * The sporkers of Blog/DasSporking often get involved with this, taking advantage of the fact that most can summon drinks of their choice through various magical means. Mervin often makes use of this, with one memorable instance involving her drinking vodka in orange juice, getting increasingly exasperated with the work she was sporking (''Literature/{{Twilight}}[=/=]Literature/NewMoon'') and as a result adding less and less orange juice to the vodka. By the end, she's drinking vodka with the orange juice added in with an eyedropper. |
| 394 | [[/folder]] |
| 395 | |
| 396 | [[folder:Websites]] |
| 397 | * When the sporker of [[http://www.conjugalfelicity.com Conjugal Felicity]] decided to tackle the ''Literature/MaradoniaSaga'', he decides to ignore pointing out the countless spelling and grammar errors in favor of simply taking a drink for each one. When sporking the third book, upon reading a clumsily written part in which [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil a character is raped]], he tells his readers that "I am now drinking heavily to get that thought out of my head. I apologize if the rest of this sporking does not make any sense." |
| 398 | * The ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' column "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-celebrity-animals-where-are-they-now-a-drunk-column/ 7 Celebrity Animals: Where Are They Now? (A Drunk Column)]]" was supposed to just be a fun self-imposed drinking game for Soren, but ends with Soren doing this when [[spoiler:he finds out that all his favorite and not so favorite Celebrity Animals are dead]]. |
| 399 | --> Drink Count: Hard to say. I've been pouring out a lot of it and reevaluating some things. |
| 400 | %%* Dr. Shelton says [[http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9228842 something like this]] when he starts hearing a voice in his head. |
| 401 | * ''Website/NotAlwaysRight'': |
| 402 | ** A story where the narrator asks, after finally closing the store nearly half an hour past the stated closing time, [[https://notalwaysright.com/finally-closes-the-sale/80218/ "Who's buying the first round?"]] |
| 403 | ** You know it's been a bad day when [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness the teetotaler]] [[https://notalwaysright.com/retail-workers-never-get-away-scotch-free/58615/ is demanding Scotch]]. |
| 404 | * Website/SFDebris: |
| 405 | ** The review of ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' opens with what might be a fitting metaphor for the film: A bottle of booze! |
| 406 | --->"Like the viewers' hopes, the bottle's dashed within the first few minutes." |
| 407 | ** [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing One does not simply walk into VOY without rum]]. *sound of clinking ice* |
| 408 | ** In the re-release of "The 37's", Chuck says that whenever someone says "ancient" in Trek, he takes a drink. Not as a drinking game, but as a coping mechanism. |
| 409 | * The end of the trivia section on [[Website/TFWikiDotNet Transformers Wiki]] [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/B.O.T._%28episode%29 article]] for the [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers G1]] episode "B.O.T." (widely considered to be the worst episode from ''any'' Transformers series): |
| 410 | -->"Good God, I need a stiff drink." |
| 411 | [[/folder]] |
| 412 | |
| 413 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 414 | * WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd does this quite a lot in response to always having to play such [[NintendoHard unforgivable]] games. His favorite seems to be Rolling Rock, and he apparently believes that the only thing better than ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3 ''is having a leprechaun bring him beer. The trope loses some of its impact due to the sheer amount of Rolling Rock he drinks. Sometimes, though, he'll break out some hard whiskey for when beer, alone, isn't enough for the occasion, such as when he revisited ''Dr. Jekell & Mr. Hyde''. |
| 415 | * ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'': Linkara has also done this by tossing back a bottle in a paper bag on occasion: |
| 416 | ** Every episode reviewing an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Marville}}'' opens with a drunk Linkara. Even when it's a holographic version of him! The very first review ends with this: |
| 417 | --->'''Linkara:''' I'm not gonna review issue two next week. Why? Because if I'm gonna continue with ''Marville''. ''I'M GONNA NEED A LOT OF ALCOHOL!'' |
| 418 | ** In ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWallTheMovie'', Linkara starts to write up his review of ''[=BloodGunn=] #1'' and can barely make it past the first page before taking a swig from his flask. |
| 419 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/user/peanut3423 The Autarch of Flame]] says this occasionally at the end of his countdowns. It becomes a MadnessMantra near the end of his "Top Ten Scariest ''Series/TwinPeaks'' Moments" |
| 420 | * ''WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown'': In his review of ''Film/SevenPounds'', Film Brain signs off with "...and I need a stiff drink." |
| 421 | * GM Dave of ''[[http://www.bannable-offenses.blogspot.com/ Bannable Offenses]]'' is quite the heavy drinker, mostly due to the fact that he spends 8 hours a day (plus whatever he plays at home) often dealing with the dumbest members of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' in existence, and will occasionally (read, very, very often) use this phrase or a variation thereof. Unsurprisingly, his most vicious (and therefore funniest) punishments come on the rare occasion when he runs out of Jack Daniels. Lord help you if you anger him then... |
| 422 | * Subverted in ''WebVideo/TheBatterysDown'': Molly's cousin tells Dani that he's Irish which means he needs he "needs another fucking drink". |
| 423 | * WebVideo/BennettTheSage needed some strong stuff to get through reviewing ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie''. He starts wondering why the hell it's not working before it kicks in and needs a stomach pump commercial break. |
| 424 | * ''WebVideo/TheBookWasBetter'': Krimson Rogue's reaction to the AdaptationDecay of the ''Percy Jackson'' movie is to get hammered. He ends the review by puking his guts out. |
| 425 | * ''WebVideo/BroniesReact'': D.Notive's reaction to receiving the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls1'' trailer is to go make himself a drink -- before even watching a second of it. |
| 426 | * ''WebVideo/{{Computerphile}}'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY The Problem with Time & Timezones]]. Creator/TomScott is describing a hypothetical programmer, who created [[ASimplePlan a simple tool]] that takes two times, in two time zones, and calculates how far apart they are in seconds... and all the exceptions and rule-patches needed to make sure it's accurate. When someone in the Southern hemisphere calls up to tell this hypothetical programmer that they do Daylight Saving Time backwards compared to the Northern hemisphere, the programmer starts "looking longingly at their intoxicant of choice and wondering whether they should have a quick drink before keeping going". [[FromBadToWorse This happens at minute 3 of a 10-minute video]]. |
| 427 | * Matt in ''WebVideo/TheCultOfScratchwood''[='=]s ChristmasSpecial, after he realizes Santa Claus is RealAfterAll. |
| 428 | * In one of the more gentler examples from ''WebVideo/DemoReel'', NiceGuy Creator/UncleYo immediately asks for some Guinness on tab when a drunken depressed Donnie hits on him with the Pocky tagline. |
| 429 | * ''Dicebreaker'', in a livestream of Johnny, Wheels and Lolies playing three-sided chess, ran into a situation where they couldn't, for the life of them, tell which direction a bishop was supposed to go when it ran into the middle part of the baffling hexagonal chessboard. |
| 430 | -->'''Wheels:''' This piece here ''[indicates Lolies's bishop]'' could go like this ''[points through one of his own pawns]'', or it could go like this ''[points at Johnny's knight]''\ |
| 431 | '''Johnny:''' ...I'm getting a beer. |
| 432 | * Creator/LindsayEllis: |
| 433 | ** WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick is a full-blown LadyDrunk, and went straight for the bottle after watching ''The Christmas Shoes''. |
| 434 | ** She did a video essay on the technical reasons for why ''Film/{{The Phantom of the Opera|2004}}'' (2004) sucked. She ''starts'' the video polishing off a bottle of wine (and is already tipsy at this point) and cycles between wine, whiskey, and beer for the rest of the video, accumulating at least a half dozen bottles. |
| 435 | ** She does it again during the second part of her "autopsy" on the [[BrokenBase notorious]] ''Series/GameOfThrones'' Season 8 and series finale. Notably, she did the first part sober, and while we don't ''see'' her with a drink in hand until roughly 14 minutes into the second (hour and ten minutes long) video, there are a worryingly large amount of empty Corona bottles and Bloody Mary cans behind her. She brings out the Bacardi half-way through tearing into the Lannisters, by the time she gets to Cersei she's about as tipsy as she was at the start of the Phantom of the Opera video[[note]]With a fresh bottle of Corona[[/note]] and has another bottle of Corona for Daenerys. |
| 436 | * WebVideo/TheFanFictionCritic, during her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYBLNhSI40Q review]] of ''Fanfic/LegolasByLaura'': "[[RunningGag It's five o'clock somewhere, right?]]" *swig* |
| 437 | * ''WebVideo/FoldingIdeas'': |
| 438 | ** The episode on "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDclQowcE9I The Art of Editing and]] ''{{Film/Suicide Squad|2016}}''" starts off with Dan downing a bottle of cough syrup ([[https://youtu.be/2ALMpIemuIo?t=141 a later comment response video revealing it was actually water]][[labelnote:"OR WAS IT?"]]"It was water."[[/labelnote]]). |
| 439 | ** He would {{discuss|edTrope}} this a year later in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMb7-6eg4Zo The Art of Storytelling and]] ''Film/TheBookOfHenry''": |
| 440 | --->'''Dan:''' So last year, for the first time in the history of my channel, when I did my episode on the editing in ''Suicide Squad'', I indulged in the [[DeadHorseTrope well-worn trope]] where a reviewer plays up needing drugs or alcohol to get through the process. Now, in the script, [[SubvertedTrope it was supposed to be cooking oil as a total subversion of the trope]], but at the last minute, I decided to just use an old cough syrup bottle instead, so I wound up inadvertently just [[PlayedStraight recreating the trope in its entirety]] in an attempt at being witty. Anyway, let's talk about [[TitleDrop the art of storytelling and The Book of Henry!]] ''[[[ExaggeratedTrope huffs a balloon]] full of [[PlayedForLaughs nitrous oxide]]]'' |
| 441 | ** Surprisingly, he doesn't do this for his three-part deep-dive into the ''Series/FiftyShades'' series, but he does mention in the second video that he's figured out exactly when Creator/DakotaJohnson started drinking to get through the sex scenes (she admitted to this in an interview), and it was apparently during the shower sex scene in the boathouse because "she just sounds drunk". Immediately followed by the clip of said scene where she does, indeed, sound three sheets to the wind. |
| 442 | * ''WebVideo/GameTheory'': Discussed in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhF0sYqpFJ4 No Cowboy is Safe! Red Dead's Biggest THREAT!]]", when Austin Hourigan (of ''The SCIENCE!'') points out a tidbit about drinking beer in the late [=1800s=] in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': |
| 443 | -->'''Austin:''' Arthur [Morgan] also drinks quite a bit, with an [[BizarroEpisode entire mission]], [[Awesome/VideoGameLevels easily the best part of the game]], being dedicated to [[CantHoldHisLiquor getting blackout drunk]]. This isn't an anomaly, and it in fact would be much more surprising if Arthur Morgan wasn't a ''bon vivant''. In the 1800s, the average man ''[caption says, "Hi Jim!"]'' consumed seven gallons of ethanol (pure ethanol amounts, mind you!) per year, which translates into over four-and-a-half beers per day, or over 1,659 bottles of beer per year: over 155 gallons of beer per year! And you wonder why prohibition has existed! |
| 444 | * WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic does this fairly often: |
| 445 | ** In the review for ''Titanic: The Animated Movie'', he pulls out progressively larger bottles of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jagermeister&redirect=yes Jägermeister]] until he has one the size of himself. And when it's discovered there's another animated ''Titanic'' movie that's even worse, he shoves that off the desk and calls in one so large it has to be ''airlifted by three helicopters''. And when he reviewed the ''[[RuleOfThree even worse]]'' [[RuleOfThree sequel]] to the second animated ''Titanic'' movie, he summons a bottle that's the ''size of a'' '''''planet'''''. |
| 446 | ** He delivers the line "Booze. I must have booze," in a traumatized monotone during ''Film/BabyGeniuses'', while staggering shell-shocked through a convention, before fishing out a silver flask.... |
| 447 | ** Then there is ''Film/HowardTheDuck''. |
| 448 | --->'''Critic:''' Uh... how many more {{pun}}s are there going to be in this movie where you simply insert the word "duck" into common, everyday phrases?...\ |
| 449 | '''Caption:''' [1,358 more]\ |
| 450 | '''Critic:''' Okay, I'm just gonna have ''[pulls out bottle]'' ''this'' on standby, I hope you don't mind.\ |
| 451 | ''[later]''\ |
| 452 | '''Critic:''' Just to check, this, ah, ''idiotic waif'' isn't going to play any major part in this movie, is she?\ |
| 453 | '''Caption:''' [LOVE INTEREST]\ |
| 454 | '''Critic:''' Okay, bottoms up. ''[takes a shot]''\ |
| 455 | ''[slightly afterwards, he is seen ''chugging'' it straight from the bottle]'' |
| 456 | * ''Pro Chefs React'': Professional chefs Brian Tsao and Paul "Frenchie" Denamiel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Eadh7b2cjE analyze Cooking With Jack's chili]], in which he uses badly frostburned brisket. |
| 457 | -->'''Brian:''' I've done a little research into this brisket of his, and it's ''fourteen months old.''\ |
| 458 | ''[Frenchie pauses, sighs, and reaches for his glass]'' |
| 459 | * LetsPlay/ProtonJon, during the Four-Player Battletoads race with LetsPlay/SuperJeenius, LetsPlay/NintendoCapriSun, and Pcull, says this after one particularly hard section of Rat Race. The achievement quotes the trope name. |
| 460 | -->'''Jon:''' I'm just going to put down the controller at this point, and I'm going to drink something. |
| 461 | * At the end of WebVideo/{{Saberspark}}'s review for ''WesternAnimation/EightCrazyNights'', he declares that he needs to do a lot of drinking to forget it. Quick cut to him demanding an eggnog from the bartender because he needs it for his next Christmas Crap review: ''WesternAnimation/SantaInc''. |
| 462 | * ''WebVideo/SomeMoreNews'': At the end of the episode "Joe Biden, Primary Donald Trump as a Republican", Cody the News Dude once again states that Joe Biden is closer to Republicans than to Democrats, and one of his evidence is "all these women and girls [Biden] touched inappropriately" -- then he promptly apologizes for it being a cheap shot, but says we all could probably use one right now. So he grabs a shot of whisky and downs it, VisualMetaphor-style. |
| 463 | * ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'': Spoony did this once. After seeing ''[[Film/{{Twilight}} Breaking Dawn, part 1]]''. For ''real''. (For added points, he's not much of a drinker but he does keep a small stock in case of company, so he was dancing from rum to vodka to whisky, and also nursed a can of Diet Coke.) And since he didn't want to drink alone, he had a conference call with Linkara and Creator/JewWario while he expounded upon the outright terribleness of the movie. For ''an hour and a half''. |
| 464 | * WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows says "I need a stiff drink" in ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'' when he finds out that Malachite's Hand is hidden in the field where they started. The rest of the team doesn't sound any better. |
| 465 | * ''WebVideo/SuperPowerBeatDown'': ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} mutters "I need a beer..." [[spoiler:after defeating the Franchise/{{Predator}}]]. |
| 466 | * ''WebVideo/SuperTherapy'': In the episode "Avengers Therapy!", Dr. Lynn Matthews ends up taking a swig from Tony Stark's flask at the end of a session spent trying to convince Iron Man, Captain America and Thor to [[HypocriticalHumor lay off the drinking]]. |
| 467 | * ''WebVideo/WarningReadersAdvisory'': Derek the Bard often finds himself in need of one, and often reaches for a crystal skull full of vodka. |
| 468 | * In WebVideo/TheWarpZone's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B18ss3dbRAI "Harry Potter: Hogwarts in 2020"]], Professor Snape's chosen means of coping with his lecture going online during the pandemic is to bring a Tequila Sunrise to its first session. Not only that, but his immediate response to Voldemort Zoom-bombing the class is to reach for his drink. |
| 469 | -->'''Severus Snape:''' Welcome back to another magical year at Hogwarts. As you're all aware, the Muggle-born COVID pandemic has become so widespread that we in the Wizarding World can no longer ignore it. As such, we are taking a note from the Muggles and moving all our classes online this year. A terrible, terrible inconvenience, I'm aware but we all must find a way to cope.\ |
| 470 | ''[Snape brings a large glass to his lips and takes a sip]''\ |
| 471 | '''Hermione Granger:''' Oh, what potion is that, Professor?\ |
| 472 | '''Severus Snape:''' A Tequila Sunrise, Miss Granger, a very... advanced concoction. |
| 473 | * WebVideo/TheWebcomicRelief, a [[CausticCritic caustic]] webcomic critic, reacts this way after having to review ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}''. But then again, can you really blame him? |
| 474 | %%* Said by [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream a Great Soft Jelly Thing]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4vBiN4kts this]] YouTubePoop. |
| 475 | [[/folder]] |
| 476 | |
| 477 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 478 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': |
| 479 | ** In a children's cartoon example, Jake when he attends a really boring meeting [[ItMakesSenseInContext disguised as Princess Bubblegum]]. |
| 480 | --->'''Jake:''' Ugh. ''[turns to a prince]'' Buy a [[DisguisedInDrag lady]] a drink? |
| 481 | ** In "Another Five Short Graybles", Jake Jr. pours herself some more "juice" in response to Finn and Jake being annoying. |
| 482 | ** "Bad Timing" has Princess Bubblegum pour herself what looks like whiskey after watching LSP cry. |
| 483 | * ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': |
| 484 | ** In the episode "Oedipal Panties", Roger has been trying to keep himself off of alcohol, only to go back to drinking when he sees [[{{Squick}} Stan giving his mother a scrubbing in the bathtub]]. |
| 485 | ** In the episode "1600 Candles", Stan and Francine have been altering Steve's age with a serum to avoid dealing with the same puberty-induced violent mood swings they suffered through with Hayley's puberty. After Francine accidentally turns him five in a bid to keep him 14, Stan tries to instead age him to 21, happily musing about his plan to Francine after he gives Steve the serum. When Steve appears, aged all the way to 80-years-old, Fran simply groans "Oh my God" in disgusted resignation and downs both shots of whiskey that Stan had poured for him and Steve to share. |
| 486 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "Crisis 23300 miles above the Earth!", has ComicBook/MartianManhunter say he needs a [[TrademarkFavoriteFood cookie]] once Aquaman starts singing whale songs at the party the Justice League is hosting for the Justice Society. He was earlier shown eating a boxful out of nerves, and even pours the rest of another box into his mouth before joining the massive brawl breaking out between the two teams. So while it's more kid-friendly, the effect is the same. In the comics, it's explained that due to his physiology that Oreos are literally as addictive as drugs to him. So for him, it is a "drink". |
| 487 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania}}'': Upon hearing that Dracula's [[LegionsOfHell Horde]] has been spotted near town, a man named Peter runs into the local pub demanding an ale. He downs his drink in one breath before telling the other patrons the news. |
| 488 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/TheDoverBoys The Dover Boys at Pimento University; or, The Rivals of Roquefort Hall]]'': |
| 489 | -->'''[[DastardlyWhiplash Dan Backslide]]:''' Confound those Dover Boys! Oh, how I hate them! I hate Tom! I hate Dick! And I hate Larry! They drive me to ''drink''!\ |
| 490 | ''[blurs running over to the bar to pound down drinks at ludicrous speed, with the bartender taking a single drink in the middle; blurs back to original position]''\ |
| 491 | '''Dan Backslide:''' Confound them! ''[[AlcoholHic HIC!]]'' |
| 492 | * ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': In "[[Recap/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriendsS1E9WorldWideWabbit World Wide Wabbit]]", after finding out that he's become an Internet celebrity thanks to a viral video, an angry Mr. Herriman announces he's going out for "a stall, stiff glass of carrot juice". |
| 493 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Helga on the Couch", upon learning her daughter will be attending therapy, Miriam Pataki loudly announces, "I need a smoothie." If you watch enough of the show [[ParentalBonus (and you're old enough)]] you know she really means something stronger. |
| 494 | * ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': |
| 495 | ** After Hank gets into a fight with Peggy in a hotel room, he heads to the minibar, sighing and proclaiming, "I need me one of those eight-dollar beers..." |
| 496 | ** In the "Returning Japanese" two-parter, Hank and his Japanese half-brother Junichiro are wandering around a subway station looking for Cotton, who plans on [[TooDumbToLive spitting in the face of the emperor]]. They pause, and Hank sees a neon billboard advertising beer. He says he could go for a beer that size. Junichiro ''without hesitation'' goes to the nearest vending machine and buys both of them a beer. |
| 497 | --->"Yep." "Hai." |
| 498 | ** During "Edu-macating Lucky" when Luanne announces [[spoiler: she's pregnant with Lucky's child]] Peggy rather calmly sits down, and tell Bobby to get her "A cold towel, and a glass of bourbon." |
| 499 | * Comes up in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', where Korra, Asami, and a group of Earth Nation soldiers escape from the desert (and the giant burrowing land shark that tried to eat them) and find themselves at a town. One of them notices a... unique mount tied up outside the city. |
| 500 | -->'''Soldier:''' Captain, have we been out in the desert too long, or is that a ''dragon'' over there?\ |
| 501 | '''Captain:''' Ugh, come on. Let's go get a drink... |
| 502 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'', an episode has the band awakening a lake troll. In the ensuing chaos, Nathan states he needs ''exactly'' one hundred beers. Cut to the Nathan and the band in a bar, asking for one hundred beers. Earlier, when Offdensen said that the troll was affecting their sales, Pickles also declared he needed a drink. A ''different'' drink, not the one currently in his hand. |
| 503 | * A lighter version in ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali''. In "Tooey's Hero," Tooey is slightly nervous about the visit of his hero, Eugene Pike. Molly suggests he drink hot chocolate to cool down. |
| 504 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan works are full of these moments, but even the show itself has a few. |
| 505 | ** In the first episode, main character Twilight Sparkle pours herself a glass of what looks like booze while [[GenkiGirl Pinkie Pie]] talks [[MotorMouth her ear off]]. It's actually hot sauce, [[FireBreathingDiner much to Twilight's dismay]]. The scene has become a minor [[MemeticMutation meme]] in the fandom in conjunction with the quote from ''WesternAnimation/TheDoverBoys'' seen above. |
| 506 | ** Rarity takes a turn in "Sweet and Elite"; during an upper-crust garden party that her friends have just gatecrashed, she drains a glass of (what appears to be) punch in one shot. |
| 507 | ** Berry Punch is usually the one to do this in all fan works, especially so after her scene where she took a taste of the punch straight from the bowl. (Lauren Faust's name for her during the development process was Pinot Noir, for the drink that helped her get through the stress of coordinating a very spread-out team.) |
| 508 | * At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'' cartoon "College of Hard Knocks", Olive hands Popeye what he thinks is a diploma. It turns out to be a marriage license. |
| 509 | -->'''Popeye:''' '''''YEOWWW!!''''' ''[to us, wearily]'' I needs me spinach! |
| 510 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 511 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E3LisasSax Lisa's Sax]]" has this from [[CaptainErsatz a parody of]] Michigan J. Frog: |
| 512 | --->"We're proud ta present on tha Dubba-ya-Bee, [[TakeThat anudda bad show dat no-one will see-ee-eee]]! Ugh, I need a drink." |
| 513 | ** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E7MargeGetsAJob Marge Gets a Job]]", Groundskeeper Willie wrestles a wolf that escaped from a shooting of Krusty's show and attacked Bart at school. When they are finished, [[WorthyOpponent Willie shares a flask of Scotch with the whipped wolf.]] |
| 514 | --->'''Willie:''' Ah, don't feel bad for losing. I was wrestling wolves back when you were at your mother's teat. |
| 515 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E1HomersBarbershopQuartet Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]" starts at a swap meet. Before opening it, Mayor Quimby quietly voices his disgust at the event. He then cheerfully opens the event before walking off: |
| 516 | --->'''Quimby:''' I need a drink and a shower. |
| 517 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E19AFishCalledSelma A Fish Called Selma]]": When Troy tries to have sex with Selma to conceive a child (and scotch those pernicious rumours about his fish fetish), he just keeps making suggestive growling noises at the door of their bedroom. Selma wants to break the ice and offers him some wine. He quickly runs to the bed, empties both glasses, and returns to the door to continue growling. |
| 518 | ** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS31E9ToddToddWhyHastThouForsakenMe Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?]]", Ned Flanders goes to Moe's Tavern to drown his sorrows after his son Todd renounces his faith in God. [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Mind you, this is a guy who spent 4,000 days at Alcoholics Anonymous over ONE blueberry schnapps.]] |
| 519 | [[/folder]] |
| 520 | |
| 521 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 522 | * Several air forces (US and UK come to mind) would hand their pilots a shot of whiskey after returning from a mission during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and other wars. |
| 523 | ** ''Lost Moon'', a memoir by Jim Lovell (the commander of spaceflight Film/{{Apollo 13}}) recounted an incident from his military days, in which he had to land on a darkened aircraft carrier at night as part of a training exercise. First, his tracking beacon locked onto the wrong signal, putting him miles off course. Then, as he tried to find the carrier again, he accidentally shorted out the lights in his plane, leaving him unable to see his instruments. Ironically, this lights failure allowed Jim to see the glowing algae in the wake of the carrier, and so he found his ship, but his plane's lights were still out, meaning he was ''aiming at an unlit runway in the dark with only a penlight to view his instruments.'' [[ComingInHot His landing, as a consequence, was rougher than the norm]]. Upon exiting the cockpit, the ship's doctor offered him brandy, saying "Have a little medicine, on me." He downed most of it in one gulp. |
| 524 | ** Other airforces (USSR and Japan) pass around the liquor ''before'' the mission. |
| 525 | * Ships of the United States Navy are officially dry, but submarines on war patrol during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII generally carried a few bottles of strong whiskey, which was known as "depth-charge medicine" and distributed to all hands after close depth-chargings or other exceptionally harrowing experiences. |
| 526 | * [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust Schutzstaffel (SS) troopers working in 1941-2 to execute "undesirables"]] in Soviet Russia in UsefulNotes/WW2 (generally Jewish civilians) by shooting them at close range were provided with alcohol in the evenings. [[ItNeverGetsAnyEasier They partook heavily]]. |
| 527 | * TruthInTelevision for a lot of people. Reasons for falling into this trope are usually from very high-stress environments, including but not limited to: academic pressure, corporate/work projects, dangerous jobs, struggles in one's personal life, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the birth of a newborn child]]. |
| 528 | * Nobody is allowed to eat or drink anything -- except perhaps water -- in the [[UsefulNotes/BritishPoliticalSystem British House of Commons]] chamber. There is one exception: the Chancellor of the Exchequer is allowed to have an alcoholic beverage while delivering the Budget speech. Considering how long (George Osborne's 2010 Budget speech lasted 55 minutes, and that's short; UsefulNotes/WilliamGladstone's 1853 Budget ran nearly five straight hours) and important the speech tends to be -- to say nothing of all-too-likely Opposition heckling -- the Chancellor are strongly encouraged to take advantage of that exception. Past chancellors have opted for: |
| 529 | ** Water (the pansies): George Osborne (UsefulNotes/DavidCameron's Chancellor), Alastair Darling (UsefulNotes/GordonBrown's), Gordon Brown (UsefulNotes/TonyBlair) |
| 530 | ** Whiskey: Kenneth Clarke (UsefulNotes/JohnMajor) |
| 531 | ** Spritzer: Nigel Lawson[[note]]Yes, [[Creator/NigellaLawson her]] dad[[/note]] (UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher) |
| 532 | ** Gin and tonic: Geoffrey Howe (Thatcher again) |
| 533 | ** Brandy and water: UsefulNotes/BenjaminDisraeli (himself) |
| 534 | ** Whisky: UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill (UsefulNotes/StanleyBaldwin, 1925) |
| 535 | ** Sherry and beaten egg: The aforementioned Gladstone (several [=PMs=], including himself. The aforementioned longest speech ever was under UsefulNotes/TheEarlOfAberdeen; he only drank one glass for that one, so... kudos.) |
| 536 | * While smoking and eating may be banned, the House of Commons does offer its members free snuff, a powdered form of tobacco that is inhaled. This is due to the smoking ban being implemented in 1693 when tobacco use was far more common. |
| 537 | * After the historical Battle of Rorke's Drift the real Henry Hook -- a teetotaler -- stunned his companions by getting in line for the grog ration. "After all that," he explained, "I feel I need a little something." |
| 538 | * When a person has low blood pressure (or other problems which have similar symptoms), one of the things that might help them temporarily is a bit of alcohol. Coffee and a few other things have similar results, but alcohol is also calming on their nerves. And it's faster to take a quick shot than sit with hot coffee. |
| 539 | * Pi mnemonic: "How I need a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics." Count the letters. 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9... |
| 540 | * In 1995, orthopedic surgeon Angus Wallace had to treat a woman with tension pneumothorax -- on an ''in-flight airplane''. He first used cognac to sterilize his [[MacGyvering improvised surgical equipment]] (for example, a coat-hanger for a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trocar trocar]]) and, after the surgery was successful, the rest of it to calm his nerves. |
| 541 | * The [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Navy]] abolished the rum ration in 1970 but temporarily reauthorized it in 1982 because of the Falklands War. |
| 542 | * A quote from a drug and alcohol counselor: "Do you know why people turn to alcohol? Because it works. People wouldn't drink if it didn't." |
| 543 | * [[Creator/TheSportsGuy Bill Simmons's]] friend Daniel needed one when the two were watching the infamous "Game 162," in which the 2011 Red Sox blew a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the 9th against the Baltimore Orioles and minutes later watch the Tampa Bay Rays come back from a 7-0 deficit and beat the New York Yankees 8-7 in extra innings, capping off the largest September collapse in baseball history (the Red Sox had a 9-game lead for the AL Wild Card on September 3rd). The line itself comes in at 8:45 PM PDT on Simmons's [[http://grantland.com/features/a-running-diary-game-162/ live blog of the games.]] |
| 544 | * Creator/MikeDuncan, creator of ''Podcast/TheHistoryOfRome'' and ''Podcast/{{Revolutions}}'', has noted that after finishing recording an episode of both of these series (a grueling process, involving insane amounts of reading, writing, editing, and then finally several takes recording the script), he has a large, stiff drink (usually a beer). |
| 545 | * During UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, the Italian army used to distribute extra rations of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grappa grappa]] before launching an attack. |
| 546 | * As the pilots of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_232 United Flight 232]] were trying to land a plane with no hydraulic systems, and therefore no control, one of the pilots in the cockpit told the captain they'd have a beer when this was all over. The captain responded, "Well, I don't drink, but I'll [[PrecisionFStrike sure as shit]] have one." |
| 547 | * Not always booze; the British National Grid's biggest ever power surge came after the national team lost a UsefulNotes/FIFAWorldCup semi-final against Germany. The surge was caused by half the country [[BritsLoveTea needing a bloody cuppa]] and simultaneously turning on their kettles. |
| 548 | * Jonny Wilkinson was known to be a teetotaler before he broke the habit following England's loss to South Africa in the 2007 Rugby World Cup final. |
| 549 | * Legendary England footballer Sir Stanley Matthews, who played his last premiership game at the age of ''50'', was famously a teetotaller, having only knowingly drunk alcohol once... champagne out of the FA Cup in 1953. |
| 550 | * People who investigate child molestation or child pornography often report knowing when the bars ''open'', which is understandable given what they see on a regular basis. |
| 551 | * [[https://www.floydianslip.com/pink-floyd/interviews/gerald-scarfe.php Recalling the]] TroubledProduction of ''Film/TheWall'', Gerald Scarfe stated that "I would find myself about 9 o'clock in the morning driving in my car with a bottle of Jack Daniels on the passenger seat. I'm not a heavy drinker, but I had to have a slug before I went in in the morning, because I knew what was coming up, and I knew I had to fortify myself in some way." |
| 552 | * Creator/JohnLeguizamo revealed in his memoir that he and Creator/BobHoskins had such a miserable time making ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' that they both had to get drunk just to make it through a day's filming. |
| 553 | * During the Usefulnotes/COVID19Pandemic-induced lockdowns of 2020, people started posting pictures of their "quarantinis" and other alcoholic beverages on social media from home quite early in the day in places like the US where it's considered vaguely taboo to drink during daylight hours. It's not surprising that alcohol sales went up during this period. According to government statistics released in 2023, US alcohol consumption during 2020-2022 increased more than it had increased for the previous 50 years. |
| 554 | * Defied during the [[UsefulNotes/FormulaOne 2018 Hungarian GP]], between Scuderia Ferrari's paddock crew and their driver Kimi Räikkönen, though this was justified due to problems regarding the water pump on his car: |
| 555 | -->'''Räikkönen:''' You forgot to connect the drink through.\ |
| 556 | '''Ferrari Radio:''' Yes, confirmed.\ |
| 557 | '''Räikkönen:''' Is the drink, is it on now? Okay, I have no idea.\ |
| 558 | '''Ferrari Radio:''' We forgot to connect, Kimi. You will not have the drink, sorry.\ |
| 559 | '''Räikkönen:''' Is it on or not? The drink? Let me know.\ |
| 560 | '''Ferrari Radio:''' No, Kimi. You will not have the-\ |
| 561 | '''Räikkönen:''' No, no, no... Is the switch on or not?\ |
| 562 | '''Ferrari Radio:''' You mean the slow button?\ |
| 563 | '''Räikkönen:''' No, no... Is my Drinking... Is it emptying the bottle or not?\ |
| 564 | '''Ferrari Radio:'''No. No, Kimi, no! You will not have the drink! |
| 565 | * Charles Joughin, the Chief Baker aboard the UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic is another famous example of this. After giving up his assigned seat in a lifeboat, he spent the rest of the night helping people evacuate, throwing deck chairs overboard for people to use as flotation devices, and drinking. Bizarrely, he survived, despite apparently spending several hours in freezing cold water clinging to the overturned collapsible B. He turns up in ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', as the guy dressed in all white, drinking from a flask as the ship begins her final plunge. |
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