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* MiracleOfSound did a song called "[[TheElderScrollsVSkyrim "Nord Mead"]] about how awesome the Nords think their mead is.
--> ''You can keep your filthy skooma!''
-->''It makes our bellies bleed!''
-->'''Cause when we raise our flagon''
-->''To another dead [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]]''
-->''There is just one drink we need!''
-->''Nord Mead!''
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* In RobertEHoward's ''The Tower of the Elephant'' where ConanTheBarbarian hears of the title tower.

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* In RobertEHoward's ''The Tower of the Elephant'' ''Literature/TheTowerOfTheElephant'' where ConanTheBarbarian hears of the title tower.

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* A rather large fraction of the main characters of the SwordOfTruth run into these at some point, and their responses run the gamut from avoiding attention to intimidation and in some cases just outright killing people.
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** "Hoes and wine all ze time!"

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** "Hoes "[[JoJosBizarreAdventureAbridged Hoes and wine all ze time!"time!]]"
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* The mead hall Heorot from the epic Anglo-Saxon poem ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'' serves as the hero's base of operations during his quest to slay Grendel and, later, Grendel's Mother. Making this trope OlderThanPrint.

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* OlderThanPrint: The mead hall Heorot from the epic Anglo-Saxon poem ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'' serves as the hero's base of operations during his quest to slay Grendel and, later, Grendel's Mother. Making this trope OlderThanPrint.mother.
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* A serving wench in a low-cut, shoulder-revealing top

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* [[FanServiceWithASmile A serving wench in a low-cut, shoulder-revealing toptop]]
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* A dark corner where mysterious cloaked strangers sit
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* The mead hall Heorot from the epic Anglo-Saxon poem ''{{Beowulf}}'' serves as the hero's base of operations during his quest to slay Grendel and, later, Grendel's Mother. Making this trope OlderThanPrint.

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* The mead hall Heorot from the epic Anglo-Saxon poem ''{{Beowulf}}'' ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'' serves as the hero's base of operations during his quest to slay Grendel and, later, Grendel's Mother. Making this trope OlderThanPrint.
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[[caption-width-right:269:[[AManIsNotAVirgin Whores optional]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:269:[[AManIsNotAVirgin Whores not optional]].]]
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* The mead hall Heorot from the epic Anglo-Saxon poem ''{{Beowulf}}'' serves as the hero's base of operations during his quest to slay Grendel and, later, Grendel's Mother. Making this trope OlderThanPrint.
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* The Inn at the Crossroads in ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' is the setting for a few important scenes in the first book.


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* The Hanged Man tavern in ''DragonAge2'' is where you go when you need to have a conversation with Isabela or Varric.
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* Both the 1982 and 2011 ''ConanTheBarbarian'' films feature scenes of the titular hero celebrating a successful adventure at a tavern with free-flowing alcohol and half-naked wenches.
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* TheElderScrollsVSkyrim has mead, bar brawls, bar wenches, wood taverns, sellswords (an in-game slang term for mercenaries), fetch quest givers, the works.
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* ''Exiern has had two of these so far.

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* ''Exiern ''{{Exiern}}'' has had two of these so far.

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* The Alestorm song ''Wenches and Mead'' is about exactly this.
** "Hoes and wine all ze time!"
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* The Alestorm song ''Wenches and Mead'' is about exactly this.
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* ''Exiern has had two of these so far.
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The Alestorm song ''Wenches first is the spoof of the YouAllMeetInAnInn trope, where Denver joins the party and Mead'' is about exactly this.
Tiffany discovers [[GenderBender she]] can [[CantHoldHerLiquor no longer hold her liquor]].
** "Hoes The second one found the unfortunate owner having to cash in his literal [[ImpossibleInsurance Impossible]] HeroInsurance when Tiff and wine all ze time!"Faden finally had their big confrontation.
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* The Prancing Pony at Bree in ''TheLordOfTheRings'', one of many in that verse.

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* The Prancing Pony at Bree in ''TheLordOfTheRings'', one of many in that verse.verse, but this one is probably the TropeCodifier.
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* The Mended Drum in {{Discworld}} is a parodic exaggeration; it's been rebuilt several times, and the brawlers rehearse their moves to look the best for tourists.
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* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/2/ our group heads there for info.]]
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* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/2/ our group heads there for info.]]
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* KingdomOfLoathing has the Typical Tavern, where there is never not a brawl going on. Your second real quest involves clearing the rats out to the cellar.

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* KingdomOfLoathing has the Typical Tavern, where there is never not a brawl going on. Your second real quest involves clearing the rats out to of the cellar.

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* ''{{Slayers}}'': Lina and co sometimes take a break in these. [[PersonOfMassDestruction Considering her reputation and her temper though]], sometimes this is to the detriment of the other customers, the tavern, the city the tavern is located at...
* ''{{Claymore}}'': Occasionally a member of the titular groups shows up in the FantasyTavern. When they do, it's a total atmosphere-killer.
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* Extremely common in ''DungeonsAndDragons''.

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* Extremely common in ''DungeonsAndDragons''. There is even a splatbook about it!
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** In ''HeroesOfMightAndMagic'' III, it's a prerequisite to the "Town Hall" upgrade (whence "City Hall" and "Capitol"). That's right, before you can get the most basic civic infrastructure up and running, the inhabitants need somewhere to go for a drink!
* In ''MedievalTotalWar'', an Inn allows you to hire mercenary armies, a Tavern allows you to hire assassins.
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* ''HeroesOfMightAndMagic'' has these available as an ''upgrade'' to your towns. Uses include hiring heroes, improving morale when the town is under attack and receiving cryptic clues about your enemies.
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* KingdomOfLoathing has the Typical Tavern, where there is never not a brawl going on. Your second real quest involves clearing the rats out to the cellar.
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* ''{{Tangled}}'' features the Snuggly Duckling.

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* ''{{Tangled}}'' features the Snuggly Duckling. Flynn takes Rapunzel here in an effort to scare her into cutting her day trip out of the tower short, but then she saves him from the thuggish clientele and kicks off a CrowdSong.
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Also a place [[YouAllMeetInAnInn for first meetings]].

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Also a place [[YouAllMeetInAnInn for first meetings]]. Or [[YouAllMeetInACell to set up such meetings]].

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* ''{{Tangled}}'' features the Snuggly Duckling.







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* In RobertEHoward's ''The Tower of the Elephant'' where ConanTheBarbarian hears of the title tower.

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