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* The location of ArthurCClarke's ''TalesFromTheWhiteHart'', based on RealLife meeting place for London sf fans, the White Horse.

** As a reference to this, the tavern in Hanoverian Hinckley in the Discworld fandom fanfic ''[[http://tale.cunobaros.com/index.html The Tales of Westala and Villtin]]'' is the Unobtrusive Beagle. The main tavern in Anorankhmar, meanwhile, is "The Plummeting Lemming".

** And "The Bannered Mare" from ''{{Skyrim}}''.

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* The Snuggly Duckling, of Disney's ''{{Tangled}}'', which despite the cute name is a borderline BadGuyBar.

This goes back to the European High Middle Ages (and is therefore OlderThanPrint). You obviously wanted your pub to have a name, so people can say "Join me at Alice's Tavern," instead of Bob's Tavern down the path. But since literacy wasn't that a big thing back then, just writing "Alice's Tavern" on a sign would likely lead to someone not knowing that you've got a pub here. Instead, you'd paint a picture of, say, a red duck on the sign, and then people could say "Meet me at the sign of the Red Duck."

** ''ForgottenRealms Adventures''
*** Arabel. Inns: Red Stirge, Murdered Manticore. Taverns: Dancing Dragon
*** Baldur's Gate. Inns: Splurging Sturgeon, Blushing Mermaid
*** Berdusk. Inns: Running Stag,

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* The Dirty Duck is a well-known pub in Stratford-upon-Avon where actors from [[RoyalShakespeareCompany RSC]] productions traditionally can be found hanging out after a performance.
* The Laughing Lion is a restaurant located in Dover, New Jersey.
* Red Lobster would likely count, since lobsters and crabs aren't ''naturally'' red.
* The Red Lion was actually an example in the description. It's also a chain of hotels in RealLife.
* Some unusual ones found online:
** The Bleeding Wolf, Hale, Altrincham, Cheshire
** Drunken Duck, Hawkshead, Cumbria
** Mad Dog, Odell, Bedfordshire
** The Sociable Plover - Portsmouth

* Perhaps the most well-known is the Prancing Pony, of ''TheLordOfTheRings''. ''TheLordOfTheRings'' also has "The Green Dragon" in Hobbiton.

* The Judges Guild supplement ''City State of the Invincible Overlord'' had quite a few of them.

There are several trends in naming bars and inns, but among the more interesting ones, particularly in HighFantasy, is the tendency to name it after an animal, specifically in the form of... "The Adjective Animal." Extra points for alliteration and/or gerund (that is, an "-ing" word). It often also involves colors: White Hart, Red (or Golden) Lion, White Horse, Black Bull.

* Perhaps the most well-known is the infamous Prancing Pony, of ''TheLordOfTheRings''. ''TheLordOfTheRings'' also has "The Green Dragon" in Hobbiton.

* Red Lobster would likely count, since Lobsters and crabs aren't ''naturally'' red.

There are several other naming conventions that are close, but not quite the same. They either describe an animal in a different grammatical form (such as The Hog's Head, from Literature/HarryPotter) or have "The Adjective Noun," without referring to an animal (such as The Salty Spitoon, from SpongebobSquarepants).

* A [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/27087639@N00/5391093707/ sign]] for "The Green Dragon" can be seen in {{Disneyland}}'s ''Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.''

* [[HilariousinHindsight The Red Lobster Inn]] from Disney's ''{{Disney/Pinocchio}}'', which is where [[CompleteMonster the Coachman]] often tends to hang out whenever he's not kidnapping boys, taking them to Pleasure Island, turning them into donkeys and shipping them to either the salt mines or the circus.

* Tortall, the setting of many of Tamora Pierce's books, has a couple. Most notable is The Dancing Dove, but there is also a mention of a place called The Jugged Hare in Squire.

* Notably averted in {{Discworld}} - of the dozen or so drinking establishments on the Disc, the closest any of them gets to this is "The Mended Drum" (previously "The Broken Drum.")
** There's one definite {{Discworld}} example: the Crimson Leech gets briefly mentioned at the very start of ''Discworld/TheColourOfMagic''. It may be a parody of The Silver Eel example above, since it's frequented by Bravd the Hublander and the Weasel.

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* "The Swarthy Hog" from KingsQuestV.

* ''FamilyGuy'''s The Drunken Clam.

There are several other naming conventions that are close, but not quite the same. They either describe an animal in a different grammatical form (such as The Hog's Head, from HarryPotter) or have "The Adjective Noun," without referring to an animal (such as The Salty Spitoon, from SpongebobSquarepants).

* Iroh's tea shop, The Jasmine Dragon, in ''AvatarTheLastAirbender''.

There are several trends in naming bars and inns, but among the more interesting ones, particularly in HighFantasy, is the tendency to name it after an animal, specifically in the form of... "The Adjective Animal." Extra points for alliteration and/or participles (that is, an "-ing" word). It often also involves colors: White Hart, Red (or Golden) Lion, White Horse, Black Bull.

There are several trends in naming bars and inns, but among the more interesting ones, particularly in HighFantasy, is the tendency to name it after an animal, specifically in the form of... "The Adjective Animal." Extra points for alliteration and/or gerunds (that is, an "-ing" word). It often also involves colors: White Hart, Red (or Golden) Lion, White Horse, Black Bull.

* "The Crippled Burrick Inn" from the second ''{{Thief}}'' game. (Burricks are the [[Demythification down-to-earth version]] of dragons in the game's universe.)

* "The Crippled Burrick Inn" from the second ''{{Thief}}'' game. (Burricks are the [[{{Demythification}} down-to-earth version]] of dragons in the game's universe.)

* "The Crippled Burrick Inn" from the second ''{{Thief}}'' game. (Burricks are the [[{{Demythization}} down-to-earth version]] of dragons in the game's universe.)

* The Drunken Dragon Inn from ''{{Oblivion}}''.

* From ''DungeonsAndDragonsOnline'': The Wayward Lobster, The One-Eared Bugbear Inn, and (in a pirate-themed zone) Salty Wench Tavern.
* The Swarthy Hog from KingsQuestV.