Basic Trope: Someone gets another person inebriated to have sex.
- Straight: Bob gives his Love Interest Alice some beer to bed her.
- Exaggerated:
- Bob gives Alice a single sip of alcohol, and she immediately jumps into bed with him.
- Many people get their lovers drunk to have sex.
- Alice gives Bob alcohol, LSD, and cocaine to get him in the mood.
- Downplayed:
- Bob gives Alice a little alcohol, but not enough to get her drunk.
- Alice gets Bob drunk in the hopes of Kissing Under the Influence.
- Bob only wants Alice to get naked, not have sex.
- Justified:
- Bob didn't know that getting someone drunk for sex could be considered rape.
- Bob got Alice drunk specifically so he could force himself on her.
- Alcohol is considered a Love Potion or aphrodisiac In-Universe.
- Two characters normally have Incompatible Orientations, and the only way to give shippers any fodder is through Alcohol-Induced Bisexuality.
- The two are celebrating something regarding their relationship, most likely tying the knot and consummating their marriage (after a night of drinking champagne).
- Inverted:
- Alice and Bob have sex while sober.
- Alice gets drunk so she can bed Bob.
- Subverted:
- Bob leads a drunk Alice into an empty bedroom and encourages her to lay down... and then leaves the room to get her a blanket and glass of water.
- Someone believes Bob has unsavory motives because he handed Alice a beer, but it turns out to be non-alcoholic.
- Alice gets Bob drunk with the intention of having sex with him, but she realizes Bob can't consent and stops before they do anything.
- Double Subverted:
- Alice turns into a Lovable Sex Maniac when drunk, and Bob isn't Above the Influence, so the two end up having sex anyway.
- Bob has infused the non-alcoholic beer with a Love Potion.
- Parodied:
- Bob gives Alice alcohol in the hopes of bedding her, but once she's drunk, she does something to kill the mood (like puking on him) or passes out.
- Bob offers Alice alcohol in the hopes of bedding her, but little does he know that Alice Never Gets Drunk. By the end of the night, Bob has spent most of his paycheck on alcohol and is too drunk for sex, while Alice is hardly even buzzed.
- Bars or liquor stores rate their drinks by how likely they are to get you into bed with someone, ranging from "Absolutely Not" to "What Did I Do Last Night?".
- Alice and Bob got drunk for their wedding anniversary, yet whoever got the other drunk is swiftly accused of rape even though it was mutually consensual.
- Zig-Zagged:
- Alice is Playing Drunk: she wants to have sex with Bob, but has a Paralyzing Fear of Sexuality. Bob offering her a drink gave her an excuse to fall back on if anyone else finds out.
- Alice goes out drinking with her friends. Once she's drunk, her friends drop her off at Bob's house, giving Bob a wink and an, "As requested."
- Averted:
- Alice and Bob only have sex while sober.
- Nobody drinks or has sex.
- Enforced: The producers wanted a Very Special Episode about the effects of alcohol, Questionable Consent, or Date Rape.
- Lampshaded: "Are you trying to get into my pants? That's the third drink you've given me tonight."
- Invoked:
- Alice mentions offhandedly that she's a lightweight, so when they go out drinking later, Bob deliberately gives her the booziest drinks available.
- Slipping a Mickey with the intention of sex.
- Alcohol-Induced Bisexuality.
- Defied:
- Alice refuses to drink with Bob because she suspects he has ulterior motives.
- Alice's friend Dani notices Bob giving Alice drinks, so she makes up an excuse to get between them or pull Alice away.
- Discussed: "Maybe buy some drinks? Alcohol is pretty good at reducing inhibitions, if you know what I mean."
- Conversed: "Do the writers think alcohol is a Love Potion or something? It's like every time someone hands someone else a drink, they end up in bed together."
- Implied: Bob offers Alice liquor at a party and later leads her into an empty room. Neither of them reappear until the next morning.
- Deconstructed:
- Alice realizes that Bob got her drunk for the sake of sex, and breaks up with him because she can no longer trust him. She struggles to come to terms with the fact that she was raped and blames herself for accepting the drinks.
- Word gets out that Bob deliberately gets girls drunk so that they'll sleep with him. He's branded a creep at best and a rapist at worst, and his friends and loved ones distance themselves from him or cut him off.
- Played for Drama: Alice was deeply in love with Bob, but wasn't ready for sex, and the realization that Bob got her drunk and raped her leaves her a Broken Bird. She spirals into a deep depression and turns to unhealthy or dangerous habits, like drinking or sexual promiscuity, to numb the pain.
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