"To alcohol! The cause of — and solution to — all of life's problems."
— Homer Simpson, The Simpsons, "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment"
Tropes about alcoholic beverages and the consumption thereof. But you don't need to read this index! You can quit any time you want! *hic*
Theesh Topes — theesh Topes Are Some of the Besht in the Wod! I love 'em sho mush! *hic*
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- Addled Addict: An alcoholic's physical and mental health deteriorate due to their addiction.
- Adjective Animal Alehouse: A common naming scheme for bars and inns, of the form "The [Adjective] [Animal]."
- Alcohol Hic: A drunk person has the hiccups.
- The Alcoholic: A character who tends to excessively consume alcoholic drinks.
- Alcoholic Parent: A parent who is an alcoholic.
- Alcohol-Induced Bisexuality: Someone shows themselves to be Ambiguously Bi, but only when intoxicated.
- Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: A character ends up doing stupid things after getting drunk.
- Alcohol Is Gasoline: Alcohol is used in place of gasoline to power a motor.
- All Beer Is Ale: Lager doesn't seem to exist in most fictional worlds.
- Anthropomorphic Vice: Alcohol and other vices are personified or anthropomorphized.
- Anti-Alcohol Aesop: An Aesop is given on the dangers of drinking alcohol.
- Bar Brawl: A huge fight breaks out at a bar.
- Barred from Every Bar: Getting kicked out of multiple bars due to drunken misbehavior.
- Bar Slide: The bartender slides the drink across the bar to the customer.
- The Bartender: Someone (usually male) who owns a bar and mixes the drinks for their customers. They're usually the go-to person for gossip.
- Beer Commercials: TV ads for beer in the U.S. aren't allowed to show the beer being drunk.
- Beergasm: Someone drinks alcohol and reacts with over-the-top pleasure.
- Beer Goggles: Getting drunk will cause a person to see another person as being more attractive than they actually are.
- Binge Montage: When you have thirty seconds to show a long night of partying.
- Booze-Based Buff: Video games have alcohol featured as a power-up to make the player character stronger.
- Booze Flamethrower: Spitting alcohol through an open flame to create a much larger burst of fire.
- But Liquor Is Quicker: Getting someone drunk so that it would be easier to bed them.note
- Can-Crushing Cranium: Crushing an empty can of beer against your own forehead to show how tough you are.
- Can't Hold His Liquor: It doesn't take a lot of alcohol for a person to get drunk.
- Descent into Addiction: An arc where a character goes from a healthy drinker to an alcoholic.
- Designated Driver: A sober person who has to drive people home when they're too drunk to safely drive their own vehicles.
- Discreet Drink Disposal: A character quietly gets rid of their drink due to wanting to stay sober, without offending the person who gave it to them.
- Drink-Based Characterization: A character's choice of drink is used to reveal something about them.
- Drinking Contest: A competition to see who can drink the most alcohol.
- Drinking Game: A game where you take a swig of an alcoholic beverage every time something happens while you're watching a movie or show.
- JustForFun.Drinking Game: Make your own!
- Drinking on Duty: Drinking when you're supposed to be working.
- Drowning My Sorrows: A character becomes alcoholic after falling into depression.
- Drowning Our Romantic Sorrows: Resolving a Love Triangle over some drinks.
- Drunk Driver: Alcohol and automobiles don't mix. Here's what happens when you try.
- Drunken Boxing: A martial art fighting style based on imitating a drunk's movements.
- Drunken Glow: Blushing as a sign of drunkenness.
- The Drunken Sailor: Sailors love booze.
- Drunken Master: A character who is incredibly competent—but only when drunk.
- Drunken Montage: When you have thirty seconds to show a long night of drowning your sorrows.
- Drunken Song: Character sings to show that they are drunk.
- Drunk on Milk: A character becomes inebriated after drinking a non-alcoholic drink.
- Drunk Rolling: Stealing from people who have passed out drunk.
- Dry Crusader: A character who abstains from alcohol and tries to make others give up alcohol as well.
- Expensive Glass of Crap: Wine snobs can't tell the difference between fancy wine and bum wine that's had its label swapped.
- Fake High: Characters get drunk on a non-alcoholic placebo.
- Flair Bartending: Drink-making with an eye to showmanship.
- Foul First Drink: A character tries alcohol for the first time and finds the taste disgusting.
- Frothy Mugs of Water: Alcoholic beverages are replaced with non-alcoholic beverages, but are still treated as if they are alcoholic.
- Functional Addict: An alcoholic who can still function in their professional and personal life.
- Gargle Blaster: A concoction of different alcohols that isn't remotely safe to drink.
- Gigantic Gulp: Drinking from a comically huge cup.
- A Glass of Chianti: Villains love red wine.
- Going Cold Turkey: An alcoholic curing themself by the most direct, painful way possible.
- Hair of the Dog: The best cure for a hangover is more alcohol!
- Hangover Sensitivity: Lights are too bright and sounds are too loud for a hung over character.
- Hard-Drinking Party Girl: A girl who drinks hard and parties hard.
- Heal It with Booze: Using alcohol as a disinfectant or anesthetic.
- Hideous Hangover Cure: Folk remedies for hangovers with bizarre ingredients.
- Hillbilly Moonshiner: The stereotype that people living in the country like to illegally brew their own alcohol.
- I'll Take Two Beers Too: A joke where one character orders drinks for themself, and the other thinks they're ordering for them both; or, vice versa.
- I'll Tell You When I've Had Enough!: The character drinking at the bar gets confrontational when the bartender tries to tell them to go easy on how much alcohol they're consuming.
- Impairment Shot: A point-of-view shot of someone in a boozy state.
- I Need a Freaking Drink: A character remarks that they need a drink to make it clear how exasperated and depressed they are about the current situation.
- I Never: A kind of drinking game where the objective is for everyone to take a shot whenever another person claims to have not done something that the other person actually did do.
- Intoxication Ensues: Accidentally getting drunk.
- Intoxication Mechanic: The player character in a video game using drugs or alcohol hinders the player from playing the game.
- In Vino Veritas: Getting drunk causes you to show how you really are.
- Kids Raiding the Wine Cabinet: Kids sneaking a drink of the funny grape juice.
- Lactose over Liquor: Ordering milk in a place usually associated with drinking alcohol.
- Lady Drunk: An old, bitter, female drunk.
- Lampshade Wearing: A character wears a lampshade on their head to show that they are drunk.
- Libation for the Dead: A drink is poured onto the ground to honor the deceased.
- Liquid Courage: Alcohol makes you braver.
- Luxurious Liquor: Rich people drink fancy alcohol.
- Military Moonshiner: When military regulations forbid alcohol, some soldiers get creative.
- My Local: When the Local Hangout is a pub (the British/Irish equivalent of a bar).
- Nailed to the Wagon: An alcoholic is forced to go cold turkey.
- Necktie Headband: A classic sign of drunkenness.
- The Need for Mead: The standard fantasy-world tavern setting.
- Never Gets Drunk: A character never gets drunk no matter how much they've been boozing.
- No More for Me: A character consuming an alcoholic beverage witnesses something strange that they assume to be an inebriation-induced hallucination and promptly gets rid of their drink.
- Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping: When not serving drinks, bartenders dry glasses and do nothing else.
- Ode to Intoxication: A song about how great drinking alcohol is.
- Ode to Sobriety: A song about how great not drinking alcohol is.
- Off the Wagon: A recovering alcoholic starts drinking again.
- One Drink Will Kill the Baby: A pregnant woman abstains from alcohol out of concern that consuming it could be harmful for her baby.
- Pink Elephants: Alcohol-induced hallucinations.
- Playing Drunk: A character pretends to be drunk.
- Quick Nip: Casually taking a quick sip of alcohol without commenting on it or interrupting what you're doing.
- Recovered Addict: They used to be The Alcoholic, but not anymore!
- A Round of Drinks for the House: A man expresses joy at an occurrence by offering everyone at the bar drinks that he alone will pay for.
- Saint-Bernard Rescue: Big dogs carrying brandy to help those trapped in the snow.
- Science Cocktail: Beakers, flasks, and other cool-looking glassware is used to create a drink.
- Sentimental Drunk: Alcohol makes them nicer.
- Single Malt Vision: Severe drunkenness makes you see double, triple, or more.
- Skull Cups: Celebrate your dark victory by drinking from the skulls of your defeated enemies.
- Sommelier Speak: Some characters can only describe wine in Purple Prose.
- Sorry Ociffer: A drunk person gets confronted by police and fails spectacularly at hiding their drunkenness.
- Stalling the Sip: A character keeps putting off drinking the poisoned wine, despite not knowing it's poisoned.
- Suddenly Sober: Sobriety as the plot demands.
- A Tankard of Moose Urine: Absolutely awful beer.
- The Teetotaler: They don't drink, for personal reasons.
- To Absent Friends: Heroes or other good guys propose an alcoholic toast to people who are dead or otherwise not present.
- Umbrella Drink: No tropical vacation is complete without a brightly-colored fruity drink garnished with a paper umbrella.
- Undiscriminating Addict: They're addicted to alcohol, but only because they're addicted to everything.
- Unsuspectingly Soused: Drinking something that they don't know is alcohol.
- Villain Raises a Toast: Villains raise an alcoholic toast.
- Vodka Drunkenski: Russians are drunks, with a preference towards vodka.
- Watering Down: Adding water to a drink, to weaken it or to make it last longer.
- What Did I Do Last Night?: A character regains consciousness after a night of being drunk and starts to panic while trying to remember what they did while they were inebriated.
- Wine Is Classy: Wine as a symbol of sophistication or wealth, for heroes or villains.
And I'll tell you when I've had too many tropes!
Nappa: Vegeta! What does the breathalyzer say about his blood alcohol content?
Vegeta: It's OVER NINE PERCENT!!! (crushes breathalyzer in hand)
Nappa: WHAT? Nine percent? How the hell is he even alive?
Vegeta: It's OVER NINE PERCENT!!! (crushes breathalyzer in hand)
Nappa: WHAT? Nine percent? How the hell is he even alive?
