History Main / DrinkingContest

* ''Tower of London'' interprets Clarence's legendary drowning (in a pipe of wine) as being inflicted on him during a drinking contest he had, indeed, been winning.

* In the Website/{{QuestDen}} quest ''Salikai'', Sisirri finds herself in an imprompty high-stakes contest when Fleshweaver Voidsong attempts to mind-control her. Since the mental connection requires compatible states of mind, Sisirri consumes mind-altering substances in an attempt to sever the connection. However Voidsong also drugs herself to keep up, until [[spoiler:Sisirri drinks Voidsong under the table]].

* ''LightNovel/NogizakaHarukaNoHimitsu'': The male protagonist's elder sister and his homeroom teacher are fond of these.

* The reader's first sight of Sakyon in ''Manga/{{Ooku}}: The Inner Chambers'' is him winning a drinking contest with some luckless woman with a crush on him. It seems he makes a fair bit of money doing this.

* ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzerDasFinale'' has an underaged variation. Instead of alcohol, two high-school aged students trade shots of habanero hot sauce until one can't take the heat any more.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'':

* In [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws109/ this]] WebComic/GirlsWithSlingshots strip, "...just one drink..." turns into an impromptu drinking contest and the prize.... a free beer.

* In ''WebComic/KillSixBillionDemons'', the devil Vladok offers to take Allison where she wants to go if she can win a drinking contest. It's also a MusicalEpisode featuring a devilish drinking song, as devils apparently start singing whenever they engage in a competition, and their magic compels anyone participating to sing as well. Cio gives Allison a magic doll to help her cheat, [[spoiler:but she wins without it. Never try to outdrink a career sorority girl with low self-esteem]].

* In ''Series/{{Blackadder}} II'', the episode "Beer" features Edmund Blackadder trying to [[TwoTimerDate simultaneously have a quiet dinner]] with his fanatically religious relatives in one room, and have a bawdy drinking contest with some friends in the next room down the hall. Edmund is notorious for being [[CantHoldHisLiquor a complete lightweight]] when it comes to drinking which leads to him doing everything he can to avoid actually taking a sip lest his relaitves find out what's going on.

* In ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'', we learn that the traditional form of dueling among Horneaters, referred to as an ''alil'tiki'i'' duel, is to see who can still sing coherently after drinking the most mugs of beer.

* In ''Series/{{Blackadder}} II'', the episode "Beer" features Edmund Blackadder trying to [[TwoTimerDate simultaneously have a quiet dinner]] with his fanatically religious relatives in one room, and have a bawdy drinking contest with some friends in the next room down the hall.

** In ''VideoGame/IcewindDale 2'' you can have a drinking game with a human barbarian during act 1 to win his wolf's head totem, but he won't compete with a dwarf so you have to use a non-dwarven player character to duel him.

A competition to see who can hold his liquor better. In its simplest form, participants drink equal amounts simultaneously and whoever quits or passes out first, loses. Variants may involve periodic tests of skill, often with the loser obliged to perform some humiliating forfeit.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Harvest Moon|64}} [[SuperTitle64Advance 64]]'' has a drinking contest. In fact to marry one of the bachelorettes you need to beat her in the contest. It's [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl harder]] than it sounds.
** For extra fun, it's possible to out-drink everyone in town in a single contest.

* In ''Film/LordOfTheRings: Return of the King'', [[{{Bishonen}} Legolas]] and [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Gimli]] have a last-man-standing-wins drinking contest. By the end of the night, Gimli passes out on the floor while Leglolas is left perfectly sober except for a "slight tingling" in his fingers. However, if one looks closely it appears that Gimli has drunk quite a bit more than Legolas, making it an uneven contest.

** Implied in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E16MakeRoomForLisa Make Room for Lisa]]." The mourning after ditching work to attend a radio promotion at a bar, Homer is woken up by Marge. The camera pulls out reveal that Homer had apparently passed out while getting out of his car; which is parked in the street in front of the Simpson house blocking both lanes of traffic. He becomes slightly indignent when Marge points out the situation he's found himself in:

** The Space Wolves are often known to participate in these as a result of that meeting. Of course, given the accelerated metabolism of the average Space Marine, the victory criteria is reversed: The winner is the person who can drink enough alcohol fast enough to ''get'' drunk. The quantities involved are usually sufficient to kill groups of standard humans outright.

A Drinking Contest is typically dreaded by a character who CantHoldHisLiquor, and may be subject to exploitation by one who NeverGetsDrunk. Compare EatingContest, or may be paired with an EatingContest.

* The ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' novel #1 has one of these between Dante and [[SignificantAnagram Gilver]].

* In ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'', one of the missions in the Outback involves a lemonade-drinking contest between Sly, Murray and Bentley and the miners they're battling, After you win, it leads to a bar fight because "that turtle spilled more than he drank!"

** In ''VideoGame/IcewindDale 2'' you can have a drinking game with a human barbarian during act 1 to win his wolf's head totem, [[GenreSavvy but he won't compete with a dwarf]] so you have to use a non-dwarven player character to duel him.

* The start of Sanguine's quest in ''VideoGame/Skyrim'' involves you taking him on in a drinking contest. You end up passing out and doing some crazy stuff offscreen, setting up the rest of the plot.

* The start of Sanguine's quest in ''VideoGame/ElderScrollsSkyrim'' involves you taking him on in a drinking contest. You end up passing out and doing some crazy stuff offscreen, setting up the rest of the plot.