History Main / BarBrawl

* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "Midsomer Life", a brawl erupts in the local pub between a group of entitled out-of-towners and the locals who are sick of being patronized. Inspector Barnaby gets punched in the face while trying to break it up.

A Bar Brawl is a fight scene where the emphasis is less on fighting skill and more on [[KungShui destruction of furniture]]. Glass will be broken, [[GrievousBottleyHarm ordinary bottles will be turned into weapons]], [[TeethFlying teeth will go flying]] and very probably [[ChairmanOfTheBrawl a chair as well]], most likely across somebody's back. Someone will probably [[ChandelierSwing swing from a chandelier]], even if there weren't any there to start with. FlippingTheTable and making a BatteringRam out of another ImprovisedWeapon are not unheard of. At some point, the fighting will become widespread among the patrons who aren't involved in the instigating argument. A good clue this is about to happen is when ThePianoPlayer secures the piano and leaves (and a subversion is if he's the one ''starting the trouble''). Bonus points (or perhaps a FacePalm) if [[DestinationDefenestration someone gets thrown out the window]] and / or [[BarSlide slides across the counter]], or if the guy who starts the fight was actually there to try to PREVENT violence from occurring.

%%* ComicBook/BuckyBarnes has quite the propensity to this when his BerserkButton has been pushed, that being harm befalling his loved ones.

* Even if Winnowill's diversion in ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' may not qualify as a bar brawl, [[http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/OQ/OQ14/DisplayOQ14.html?page=7 it looks]][[http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/OQ/OQ14/DisplayOQ14.html?page=8 like one.]]

* In ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueUnited'' #5, four Leaguers -ComicBook/GreenArrow, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, Stargirl and Animal Man- barge in Block-C20, a derelict space station turned into a bar for bounty hunters who take exception to the presence of several heroes. Chaos ensues.
* Subverted in ''ComicBook/{{Lanfeust}}'': Lanfeust and [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Hebus]], looking to blow off some steam, try to start one. Unfortunately, the rest of the bar stands up, eagerly anticipating the fight... but they all claim they're on the troll's side. Including the guy who got thrown across the room by said troll.

* At one point in ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'', Jesse, sensing that Cassidy is in a bad mood (his girlfriend had just died of an overdose), deliberately picks a fight in a bar to burn off the bad vibes. (He still had limits, however, and stopped Cassidy from eating his opponents.)
* ''ComicBook/TheSavageDragon'':

* In the first volume of DC's ''[[ComicBook/StarTrekDCComics Star Trek]]'', the recreation deck is hosting a bachelor party for Konom, the pacifistic Klingon who had been given an honorary Starfleet commission by Kirk. Per Kirk's orders, Ensign Bearclaw provides non-alcoholic punch. Not satisfied with it, Scotty, Chekov, and Bones all spike the punch. This leads to a drunken argument between Bearclaw and Konom breaking out into an all-out brawl, and Kirk, who had been on duty, gets beaned with a thrown bottle the moment he enters the room.
* One happened in the last issue of the [[ComicBook/StreetFighterMalibuComics '90s Street Fighter Comic]].

* In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', the entire millions of years long Cybertronian Civil War was, in fact, the result of a bar brawl that was triggered by someone's need for a bendy straw.

* ''Franchise/XMen'':

* ''Film/OurManFlint''. Flint starts one with 0008 (Triple-O-Eight) so he can talk with him without anyone realizing that they're allies.

* In the ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' fan fiction ''Fanfic/{{Trouble}}'', Butch gets into huge fights every night with the two former slavers and the ex-raider living in Rivet City, along with off duty guards. Though for the most part they all admit they have fun beating the crap out of each other.
* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''/''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' crossover ''Fanfic/TheVampireOfSteel'', a brawl breaks out when Buffy and Kara go to "Willy's Place" as looking for Zol-Am and find Zol-Am himself. Since the subsequent fight involved two Kryptonians and a Slayer, there was no much bar left when it was over.

* In ''Film/{{Sunset}}'', Wyatt Earp watches a bar brawl being filmed for the FilmWithinAFilm about his life, and then remarks to Mix that he had never been in a fight like that in his life.

*** In "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E14Tapestry Tapestry]]", [[PhysicalGod Q]] ([[OrWasItADream possibly, it's up for interpretation]]) showed [[TheCaptain Jean-Luc Picard]] that a bar brawl was a pivotal moment in the life of the young captain (even though it nearly killed him, he had to get a artificial heart after he was stabbed). [[ForWantOfANail Essentially, had Picard been the sort of man who would have avoided the fight, he would have never made captain; his career stalling as a junior officer who never takes risks, and is never noticed]].

* In ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]] United'' #5, four Leaguers -ComicBook/GreenArrow, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, Stargirl and Animal Man- barge in Block-C20, a derelict space station turned into a bar for bounty hunters who take exception to the presence of several heroes. Chaos ensues.

* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** In ''ComicBook/TheThirdKryptonian'', Karsta Wor-Ul and her companions were ambushed by Almeracian soldiers when they stopped by an alien bar right after leaving Krypton.

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** ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheBookOfBobaFettS1E4TheGatheringStorm The Gathering Storm]]" the Wookie Krrsantan starts a brawl with a group of Trandoshan after taking exception to their presence in the cantina. One of the Trandoshans comes up behind him and breaks a bottle across his head. When a totally unaffected Krrsantan turns around, the poor Trandoshan's face ''screams'' OhCrap

*** "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E8AFistfulOfDatas A Fistful Of Datas]]" has Alexanders's Ancient West holodeck program. Honorable mentions go to Riker for minor bar violence on two separate occasions, neither of which erupted into full-scale brawls.

** "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E21HollowPursuits Hollow Pursuits]]" opens with one in one of Barclay's holodeck fantasies, where he confronts holographic recreations of the ''Enterprise'' senior officers.

*** Similar to "Sarek", in "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E17NightTerrors Night Terrors]]", the crew is put on edge due to a lack of sleep caused by a NegativeSpaceWedgy and it's only stopped by [[TwoShotsFromBehindTheBar Guinan suddenly using a phaser rifle]].
** "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E8AFistfulOfDatas A Fistful Of Datas]]" has Alexanders's Ancient West holodeck program. Honorable mentions go to Riker for minor bar violence on two separate occasions, neither of which erupted into full-scale brawls.
** In "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E14Tapestry Tapestry]]", [[PhysicalGod Q]] ([[OrWasItADream possibly, it's up for interpretation]]) showed [[TheCaptain Jean-Luc Picard]] that a bar brawl was a pivotal moment in the life of the young captain (even though it nearly killed him, he had to get a artificial heart after he was stabbed). [[ForWantOfANail Essentially, had Picard been the sort of man who would have avoided the fight, he would have never made captain; his career stalling as a junior officer who never takes risks, and is never noticed]].

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'', "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles The Trouble with Tribbles]]". When the cast of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' was to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6KGOkzbf_c spliced into original series footage]] for the episode "Trials and Tribbleations" (which returned via TimeTravel to "The Trouble With Tribbles"), one of the more difficult tasks they faced was learning how to avoid the more realistic fight choreography used today in favor of 1960s-style stage fighting so they would not look out of place during the Bar Brawl.
** The difference in styles is lampshaded effectively when Dr Bashir attempts to throw some "old school" bar brawl moves and promptly pulls a muscle in his shoulder.
** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' had SEVERAL bar brawls: two in Ten-Forward started by edgy crewmen who were being influenced by some external force, one in one of Barclay's holodeck fantasies, and another in Alex's Ancient West holodeck program. Honorable mentions go to Riker for minor bar violence on two separate occasions, neither of which erupted into full-scale brawls. Also, one of the Ten-Forward incidents led to Guinan [[TwoShotsFromBehindTheBar firing off a blast from a rare antique phaser rifle over the heads of the brawlers]], mentioning that she'd just fired it on setting one, and then asking if anyone cared to see setting ''two''. [[spoiler:Nobody did.]]
*** In "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E14Tapestry Tapestry]]", [[PhysicalGod Q]] (possibly, it's up for interpretation) showed [[TheCaptain Jean-Luc Picard]] that a bar brawl was a pivotal moment in the life of the young captain (even though it nearly killed him, he had to get a artificial heart after he was stabbed). Essentially, had Picard been the sort of man who would have avoided the [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown fight]], he would have never made captain; his career stalling as a junior officer who never takes risks, and is never noticed.
** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine': In "Bar Association", O'Brien, Bashir, and Worf have an off-screen argument about organized labor that somehow escalated into a bar brawl, landing all three in a jail cell. Sisko was not pleased.
*** Another [=DS9=] brawl occurs as the natural result of having Klingons, Romulans, and alcohol in the same place.