History Main / TheBartender

** Makino owns a bar in Foosha village.

* In ''LifeOnMars'', Nelson is an oracle nonpareil who may just be the protagonist's subconscious.

Many bartenders are [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep known only by their nickname]], they also often take up the duty of a {{quest giver}}s in [[YouAllMeetInAnInn any fantasy]] (or [[FeudalFuture science-fantasy]])-themed TabletopGame.

* Maude in ''ByeByeBirdie''.

Working in a bar is never easy. You have to deal with [[PlayerCharacters lowlifes, drunks, soldiers]] who will harass the female entertainment and some of the clientele with their better armed arsenal, and the average Joe who confesses his life problems to you as you pour him another round. This is the life of TheBartender: he pours a round and just quietly listens and observes the setting.

Unless, of course, he's asked for advice. Just how valuable this advice might be depends on the story, but when you're desperate and maybe a bit drunk, it might seem like a good idea.

Many bartenders are [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep known only by their nickname]], they also often take up the duty of a {{quest giver}}s in [[YouAllMeetInAnInn any fantasy]] (or [[FeudalFuture science-fantasy]])-themed TabletopGame.

* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in [[http://everblue-comic.com/2010/12/13/page-60/ Everblue]].

* Aberforth Dumbledore, the barkeep of the Hog's Head in ''HarryPotter''.

* One of {{ThatGuyWithTheGlasses}}'s characters, Dominik, is this. It's not easy for him, because the bar in question is mostly visited by troubled Video Game Characters.

* A Turian bartender in [[MassEffect Mass Effect 2]]'s Dark Star lounge [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the advice-giving portion of the Bartender trope; if Shepard attempts to milk him for gossip, he suggests you ask around before commenting that he doesn't get "why humans always ask him that."

* {{Larry Niven}}'s Draco Tavern books are told from the perspective of the barkeep to an alien [[CityOfWeirdos Bar of Weirdos]].

* Brian Flanagan (played by Tom Cruise) learns the fine art of bartending from Doug Coughlin (Brian Brown) in ''Cocktail''.

-->"I'm Guinan. I tend bar and I listen."
-->-- Guinan, ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration''

* "Mac", who runs MacAnally's in TheDresdenFiles. MacAnally's is one of few places which is neutral ground for supernaturals, so every non-"vanilla human" in Chicago will drop by sooner or later. He doesn't talk much, though.

* Moe Szyslak from ''TheSimpsons'', voiced by Hank Azaria.

Working in a bar is never easy, you have to deal with [[PlayerCharacters lowlifes, drunks, soldiers]] who will harass the female entertainment and some of the clientele with their better armed arsenal and the average joe who confesses his life problems to you as you pour him another round. This is the life of TheBartender, he pours a round for the folks and just quietly listen and observes the setting.

*** That and her social status has been booted down since she advocated militarizing the Asari race due to recent events and nobody listened to her.

*** That and her social status has been booted down since she advocated militarizing the Asari race due to recent events

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* At the center of the ''{{Criminal}}'' universe is Gnarly, the ex-boxer who runs The Undertow, a dive bar frequented by crooks, con-men and people who just plain run out of luck. Like most bartenders, he has seen and knows a lot more than he lets on, and is extremely judicious in applying it.

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*[[spoiler:Justin]] Callahan of the ''[[{{ptitlebga5e439}} Callahan's Crosstime Saloon]]'' stories by Spider Robinson.