History Main / TheTeetotaler

A common prank is to [[IntoxicationEnsues trick this person]] into drinking a "Long Island Iced Tea" (which ''is'' an alcoholic drink), something which could be extremely dangerous to do in RealLife if there is a medical or addiction-related ''reason'' the person doesn't drink, and would be considered a felony in many jurisdictions. If this character ever utters the words "INeedAFreakingDrink!", it is usually a sign that things have gotten ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness really]]'' bad.

** ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Bruce Wayne is a teetotaler in the comics (and most adaptations outside of comics, including the Nolan films). Though [[SecretIdentity his public persona]] is a borderline alcoholic.

* Geoff Ramsey from WebOriginal/RoosterTeeth was a heavy drinker for a long period of time until quitting in 2017.

[[caption-width-right:320: [[MemeticMutation NYET! Meal is fine!]] [-Translation from the Russian Cyrillic: "[[BluntNo No!]]"-]]]

* "Series/BandofBrothers": Richard Winters is known throughout the unit as a non-drinker, to the point that his best friend Nixon hides his liquor in Winters' luggage. After their first night in France, a squad passes a wine bottle around deliberately skipping Winters, only for him to take a swig calling it a "night of firsts." His fellow officers continue to tease him right up to VE-Day asking him to sample a bottle just so they could say they saw him do it.

* ''Series/FraggleRock'': Wembley shows himself to be this in the episode "Wembley and the Mean Genie", after he accidentally releases a JackassGenie from a bottle. When the Genie is drinking radish beer and offers Wembley some, he refuses.

** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Peter Parker never touched the stuff; in fact, in one episode, where he was tricked into drinking it, he proved a ''very'' serious case of CantHoldHisLiquor. In fact, after Doctor Octopus became the ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan2013'', one of the things that made Mary Jane suspicious of him when he claimed to be Peter was the fact that he was drinking.

** ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Bruce Wayne is a teetotaler in the comics (and most adaptations outside of comics, including the Nolan films). Though [[SecretIdentity his public persona]] is a borderline alcoholic.
** ''Franchise/TheFlash'': Jay Garrick, the original Flash, never touches any alcohol.

** ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': In the series ''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone'', when Charlie Kweskill passes out on his desk, Perry White wonders if he might be lapsing into an alcoholic coma, but his co-workers find it unlikely: Charlie hardly ''samples'' something stronger than herbal tea.

** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Peter Parker never touched the stuff; in fact, in one episode, where he was tricked into drinking it, he proved a ''very'' serious case of CantHoldHisLiquor. In fact, after ''ComicBook/DoctorOctopus'' became the ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'', one of the things that made Mary Jane suspicious of him when he claimed to be Peter was the fact that he was drinking.

%%* Billy Butcher from ''ComicBook/TheBoys''.

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok'': It's subtle at first, but when Kratos first meets Thor, the Norse god of thunder, he brings with him a flask of mead as a welcoming gift, but refuses to have a drop to drink. Over the course of the story, it's learned that he and his wife Sif have been trying to mend their ways and better themselves from the AbusiveParents they previously were that, in their minds, led to [[spoiler:the deaths of their sons Magni and Modi at Kratos' hand]], something they don't want to repeat with their daughter Thrud. Unfortunately, the All-Father Odin has no respect for Thor's struggle, constantly putting him down for being anything other than a drunken killing machine for him to sic on the enemy. At one point, under the stress of trying to complete Odin's mission to [[spoiler:restore the mysterious Mask]], Thor relapses and starts drinking again, to his family's disappointment. [[spoiler:After sound advice from Kratos after their second battle, Thor seems to be on the path back to recovery, but it's cut short by Odin [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice killing him due to seeing him as useless]].]]

* They have a medical intolerance to alcohol, meaning that even imbibing small amounts can cause them physicial discomfort

* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Ami, as a teenager in a medieval Europe-based land, and ruling her own area, while also being able to manufacture anything she wants, she had ample opportunities to drink, but the only time she did, was to try to numb the pain of having been responsible for deaths, and that drinking led to her almost embarrassing herself, so she doesn't try drinking again.