History Main / LactoseOverLiquor

* ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'': In " The Pony Express", the new recruits for the Pony Express are forced to drink milk in the saloon since their contract forbids them from drinking alcohol. This gets them mocked by the members of the Pacific Railway (the Pony Express' main competitor). Their leader, the station master, even forces William Russell, head of the Pony Express, at gunpoint to drink a bottle of whiskey. In the comic, he actually drinks it, while in the animated adaptation Luke shoots the bottle. In both versions, Luke then gets back at the station master by forcing him at gunpoint to drink a bottle of milk.

But some characters will do just that. They could simply be a TheTeetotaler, too young to imbibe alcohol, not in the mood for a stiff drink, or suffering health maladies that would make alcohol a problem for them. Whatever the case, they have ordered milk.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'': When La Squadra, Passione's hitman team, goes to a restaurant, Pesci orders milk instead of alcohol or espresso. He is the most inexperienced member of the team and displays a hesitant, meek, and cowardly personality.

(A 2020 story had Her Father Kit Walker (The Phantom) visit her together with her mother Diana Walker, and they and Heloise and her Roomate Kadia went out for dinner. And it is casually shown that while all four of them was given Wine to dinner, both Kit and Heloise is shown covering their full glasses when they are offered a refill by their waitor.)

* ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'': In " The Pony Express", the new recruits for the Pony Express are forced to drink milk in the saloon since their contract forbids them from drinking alcohol. This gets them mocked by the members of the Pacific Railway (the Pony Express' main competitor). Their leader, the station master, even forces William Russell, head of the Pony Express, at gunpoint to drink a bottle of whiskey. In the comic, he actually drinks it, while in the animated adaptation Luke shoots the bottle. In both versions, Luke then gets back at the station master by forcing him at gunpoint to drink a bottle of milk.
* Another classic example is when ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom'' goes to town in the guise of Mr. Walker, to extract information. He will invariably visit the grungiest bar in the seediest part of Morristown and order milk. Nobody ever mocks him for it... more than once ("It is good for the bones" [starts breaking bones]). And they will always have a bottle handy. The Phantom'' is teetotal, which appears to [[LegacyImmortality go in the family]]. \\

His now college-aged daughter Heloise is apparently continuing the tradition, with an amusing side-story detailing her college roommate's spectacularly failed attempt to drag her into a GirlsNightOut, GirlsNightOutEpisode, where her offer to buy her a beer was met with a completely straight-faced "I am not even in the mood for milk". Then a random Guy got grabby and a BarBrawl started and she kicked their asses and she said that the next evening would be spent studying for their exams. \\

* Another classic example is when ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom'' goes to town in the guise of Mr. Walker, to extract information. He will invariably visit the grungiest bar in the seediest part of Morristown and order milk. Nobody ever mocks him for it... more than once ("It is good for the bones" [starts breaking bones]). And they will always have a bottle handy.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo'': When La Squadra, Passione's hitman team, goes to a restaurant, Pesci orders milk instead of alcohol or espresso. He is the most inexperienced member of the team and displays a hesitant, meek, and cowardly personality.

* In ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', George is about to approach his crush Lorraine at the MaltShop. He needs LiquidCourage and heads over to the bar to order ... chocolate milk.

* BA Baracus, the resident ScaryBlackMan from ''Series/TheATeam'' is a strict teetotaller and only drinks milk.

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* ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'': Alex and his friends are too young to order alcohol...so they drink milk laced with drugs that make them super-violent instead.

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* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo'': When La Squadra, Passione's hitman team, goes to a restaurant, Pesci orders milk instead of alcohol or espresso. He is the most inexperienced member of the team and displays a hesitant, meek and cowardly personality.

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* ''Film/Catwoman2004'': The infamous film adaptation has Creator/HalleBerry pouncing, meowing and [[SexyWalk sexy walking]] through Gotham city. In one scene, she goes to a club and orders a glass of milk (because of her [[CatGirl feline inclinations and behaviours]]). The bartender smirks and gives her one.

* Milk is the favorite drink of Archie Goodwin, the title character's right hand man in the Literature/NeroWolfe series. While he's not a complete teetotaler, the milk preference does subvert the hard-drinking private eye stereotype.

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* The [=McPoyles=] from ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' are an incestuous, inbred family obsessed with drinking milk and keeping a warm temperate climate that often antagonizes the gang. They have tried ordering milk at Paddy's only to be outright denied and shooed away by Dennis and Mac. Their milk drinking habits are used to portray them as off-putting, weird, and gross.

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* The [=McPoyles=] from Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia are an incestuous, inbred family obsessed with drinking milk and keeping a warm temperate climate that often antagonizes the gang. They have tried ordering milk at Paddy's only to be outright denied and shooed away by Dennis and Mac. Their milk drinking habits are used to portray them as off-putting, weird, and gross.

** When she first appears in town, Roberta orders milk at the Yellow Flag, presumably having given up alcohol after becoming a maid for the Lovelace family.. The next time she shows up, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness she demands a bottle of tequila]].

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* In the Fifties, Pierre Mendès-France famously asked for milk to be served to pupils, to replace alcohols which were served at some schools, especilly the ones where clean water wasn't readily available.
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* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'': At the start of the Jane Greenback arc, when the CarnivalOfKillers is being assembled in the local tavern, everyone notices two of them (Lotton The Wizard and Claude "Torch" Weaver) have glasses of milk instead of beer like everyone else does. Lotton states he doesn't like the smell of beer, and Claude says drinking alcahol is against his religion.

* VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'': Milk is Ramza's drink of choice, too, prompting the bartender to comment.

* Another classic example is when ''ComicBook/ThePhantom'' goes to town in the guise of Mr. Walker, to extract information. He will invariably visit the grungiest bar in the seediest part of Morristown and order milk. Nobody ever mocks him for it... more than once ("It is good for the bones" [starts breaking bones]). And they will always have a bottle handy.

* Sheriff Geronimo of ''Film/FinalJustice'' orders a tall glass of milk while trying to pump the bartender for information, an act that earns him the ridicule of a tiny Maltese man who was standing nearby. This then leads to a massive BarBrawl which Geronimo handily wins. While we never do see the Sheriff imbibe alcohol, his stated reason for ordering milk is that it helps to [[AcheyScars soothe an old gunshot wound]], rather than teetotalism.

* Sheriff Geronimo of ''Film/FinalJustice'' orders a tall glass of milk while trying to pump the bartender for information, an act that earns him the ridicule of a tiny Maltese man who was standing nearby. This then leads to a massive BarBrawl which Geronimo handily wins. While we never do see the Sheriff imbibe alcohol, his stated reason for ordering milk is that it helps to soothe an AcheyScar|s he picked up from an old gunshot wound, rather than teetotalism.

* Sheriff Geronimo of ''Film/FinalJustice'' orders a tall glass of milk while trying to pump the bartender for information, an act that earns him the ridicule of a tiny Maltese man who was standing nearby. This then leads to a massive BarBrawl which Geronimo handily wins. While we never do see the Sheriff imbibe alcohol, his stated reason for ordering milk is that it helps to soothe an AchyScar he picked up from an old gunshot wound, rather than teetotalism.

* Sheriff Geronimo of ''Film/FinalJustice'' orders a tall glass of milk while trying to pump the bartender for information, an act that earns him the ridicule of a tiny Maltese man who was standing nearby. This then leads to a massive BarBrawl which Geronimo handily wins. While we never do see the Sheriff imbibe alcohol, his stated reason for ordering milk is that it helps to soothe an AcheyScar he picked up from an old gunshot wound, rather than teetotalism.