Line #111 GargleBlaster/VideoGames


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7	->'''Bartender:''' Okay -- for you, something special. This is krogan liquor -- ryncol. You'll set off radiological alarms after you drink it. Should I pour you a quad?\
8	'''Shepard:''' Hell yeah! Put more stuff in the... the thing more stuff goes in.\
9	'''Bartender:''' Your funeral, pal/sister.
10	-->-- ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''
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12	Examples of {{Gargle Blaster}}s in VideoGames.
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14	* When the MMO ''VideoGame/AsheronsCall'' added brewing as an ItemCrafting ability it became possible to brew "Tusker Pus", a beer so horrible it does 9999 damage when drunk, several times more damage than a player character can possibly have hit points.
15	* In ''VideoGame/{{Atelier Annie\|Alchemists of Sera Island}}'', nobody knows exactly what it is in Gillian's drinks, but know that the stench is so powerful it could fell a field of Punies from a mile away, so they (especially Annie and Pepe) don't go near the stuff. Gillian is oblivious to this sort of reaction, and guzzles her own concoctions like water.
16	* During the second act of ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'', you can encounter a bloated, cursed bartender in the ruins of an old tavern who will invite you to drink with him. You're encouraged to do so, as drinking and talking with him for long enough will kill him without a fight thanks to him drinking so much that his stomach bursts. However, the brew he offers is not for the faint of heart; the first failed Constitution save immediately makes you drunk, the second poisons you, and the third knocks you unconscious. You can attempt Sleight of Hand checks to avoid drinking it entirely, but he'll immediately turn hostile if he catches you.
17	* ''VideoGame/BraveSoul'' has a cocktail called the "Lady Killer" which the bartender claims to be almost 100% alcohol (which would make it impossible for it to be a cocktail). [[TheHero Rudy]] is knocked out. Alicia claims it tastes like juice.
18	* ''VideoGame/{{Brawlhalla}}'': Apparently, everything that insane pirate Thatch drinks qualifies, as he seems to disregard any grog as bad quality if he can still feel his face afterwards. Also, he likes to mix his grog with ''gunpowder''.
19	* In ''VideoGame/BuffyTheVampireSlayerChaosBleeds'', Faith might muse about ''drinking'' bottles of fire intended to kill vampires.
20	* ''VideoGame/CrashFever'' has the God Killer, a sake said to be capable of making any avatar in ALICE shit-faced drunk in a flash. Oda Nobunaga downs some of the stuff and almost ruins the New Year's party, until you rein the situation back in.
21	* ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'': Lord knows what happened to the wine being quaffed by the bone courtiers inhabiting the ruins during the years they've been there, but it's telling that the only beings willing to try it are skeletons. If they so much as splash any on a living human they suffer both physical and stress damage.
22	* ''Videogame/DeepRockGalactic:'' The Bar at HQ has its share, what with its main customer being [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame dwarves, and really tough ones at that]]. Plenty that will make you drunk, berserk with rage or generally tougher than hell. But the crown is taken by the Blackout Stout, which will knock ''anyone'' out in one gulp through sheer level of drunkenness, even the four dwarf protagonists. It's apparently renown all throughout the civilized and semi-civilized universe for its sheer potency.
23	* While visiting Hengsha in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' Adam has the option of buying some [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Cocktails drink cocktails]] from a local club called The Hive. He can only ever get one of each, but given their descriptions he probably just decided to stop before he ended up in a coma.
24	* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
25	** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' has a list of dangerously potent alcoholic drinks the PC can give to Oghren (or Wynne, though Wynne prefers wine). The only drinks that ''don't'' count as gargle blasters are the watered-down ale and the wine. And the brandy. More amazingly, in ''Awakening'', Oghren is able to easily shrug off the darkspawn blood (and other mysterious-and-horrible ingredients) used for the Joining ritual of the Grey Wardens with a loud burp and a claim that it was "Not bad", while other characters either pass out and have freakish nightmares or die hideous deaths.
26	** For reference, The Warden, your character, passed out and had the nightmares when s/he undertook the Joining.
27	** In ''Origins'', Oghren can offer you a taste of his homemade brew once you've completed his personal quest. Unless you have enough points sunk into Constitution, it'll knock you out.
28	** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' adds a different type of GargleBlaster in the form of '[[NonindicativeName Grey Warden Whiskey]]': Wardens are allowed by treaty to requisition any supplies they need, including alcohol, but need to travel light. Some of them therefore choose to just carry one big bottle and top it up with whatever's available whenever it gets low. After a few years, each bottle develops its own unique flavour - all of them the sort of disgusting cocktail only someone who's tasted Darkspawn blood could stand, often with names to match.
29	** Also in ''Inquisition'' is a Qunari ale called Maraas Lok. The Iron Bull claims that the second shot is easier to swallow because the first one kills the nerve endings in the drinker's throat. Every time you have a gulp you'll get approval with him.
30	* ''Videogame/DwarfFortress'': It'd seem dwarves make their brews so damned strong it has literally affected their physiology to the point of having a massive, extra-effective liver, and even ''then'' weaker ones will often die from alcohol poisoning. Other species will often pass out with just one serving, and in particular goblins are absolutely terrible at handling that level of booze; most of your goblin visitors that get past the belligerent patrons will probably drink a single mug and drown in their own vomit afterwards. A {{Good Bad Bug\|s}} in an older version caused cats to die of alcohol poisoning just from trying to clean themselves off after a walk through the tavern. It also evaporates so quickly when exposed to fire it's almost (though not quite, [[VideogameCrueltyPotential unfortunately]]) explosive.
31	* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
32	** In the backstory, the [[OurElvesAreDifferent Bosmer (Wood Elves)]] are bound by the Green Pact, an agreement they made with the patron deity of their forest homeland to never harm the plant life within. As a result, the Pact limits their ability to produce alcohol from fruit or grain, so they've invented alternatives. Jagga is fermented pig's milk, similar to real life Mongolian Airag (replacing horses with pigs). There is also Rotmeth, created from fermented meat rubbed with the organs of Thunderbugs, which takes years to brew. It is an essential drink to have at all Bosmer weddings.
33	** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'', Ancient Dagoth Brandy can be found, and its effects include semi-permanent reductions to both intelligence and willpower, with no benefits to show for it. Considering the drinks have likely been fermenting in the presence of plague-infested evil for a few thousand years, its potency is understandable.
34	** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'':
35	*** The player can enter into a drinking competition [[spoiler:with a man who turns out to be Sanguine, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of [[FunPersonified Debauchery]] and [[TheHedonist Hedonism]]]]. The brew is apparently strong enough that the [[PlayerCharacter Dragonborn]] wakes up on the other side of Skyrim with no memory of the previous night, having experienced all manner of wacky adventures.
36	*** Talen-Jei, the waiter at the Bee and Barb inn, dabbles in making cocktails. The Cliff Racer, a blend of Firebrand Wine, Cyrodiilic Brandy, Flin, and Sujamma, fits this trope closest, but the Velvet [=LeChance=] deserves an honorable mention for being garnished with ''deadly'' Nightshade (albeit a nonlethal quantity).
37	*** The ''Dawnguard'' DLC introduces Redwater [[FantasticDrug Skooma]], in a Skooma house. It immediately knocks the drinker out, so they can be dragged down to the basement to become a Vampire's Thrall. Interestingly, if you drink some, your companion is locked up with you, despite not drinking any.
38	* ''Videogame/FallenLondon'': Mr. Wines' favorites, presumably because it takes something ''very'' strong to even faze a being like it. Examples include:
39	** Black Wings Absinthe, which will ''always'' send you straight into a dangerous drunken bender [[WhatDidIDoLastNight which you won't remember next morning]] (your only clues are a tattered opera cloak and a scandalous article about you on the newspaper).
40	** Strangling Willow Absinthe, whose effects are not quite explained, but it's apparently enough to have acquired a reputation as something only a madman would drink. And for occasionally trying to escape cellars on its own, somehow. And apparently the "strangling" is ''quite'' literal; it will also try its best to set you on fire if you make a flambé from it. It bears mentioning that Mr Wines doesn't actually know what absinthe is, and just gives that name to anything alcoholic that horribly fucks you up, be it through simple drunkenness or some other way.
41	--->'''Description for Strangling Willow:''' Get it off! GET IT OFF!
42	** Amanita Sherry and Muscaria Brandy, the vintages of Hell. Devils can drink them without a problem; to anyone else they're lethally poisonous. There's a strong implication that devils drink specifically ''because'' they're lethally poisonous, and the thought of humans mistaking them for normal wine and getting more dead than drunk amuses them.
43	** Not exactly alcoholic, but it serves similar purposes: Fourth City Airag, Year of the Tortoise. Stuff's been fermenting for ''years'', which isn't good for something with so much milk in it. And it smells ''awful'' when uncorked. And somehow, it's still a very, very desirable drink, costing as much as five wine cellars. The airag they serve you back at Port Carnelian already screws you up if you're not careful, and this is explicitly stronger.
44	** Greyfields 1868, First Sporing is an inversion: it's a drink so warm and pleasant it lets you sleep peacefully and gives you nice, relaxing dreams. Pretty important in a city where nightmares get literally maddening.
45	* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''
46	** The series has a number of alcoholic beverages and narcotics that give temporary benefits to the player, such as increasing their combat speed, making them more resistant to damage, or raising their charisma (one of the amusing side effects of alcohol). There's a TruthInTelevision moment in that your character can become addicted, and once the effects of the drugs wear off his/her stats are reduced until s/he is either cured of addiction by a doctor, or s/he takes another hit. It's surprisingly fun to play as a junkie.
47	** The ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' DLC "Dead Money" introduces the [[https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Sierra_Madre_martini "Sierra Madre martini"]], created by Dean, a Ghoul who's been in the Sierra Madre for two centuries and had time to experiment. It's created via brewing the residue of the poison cloud that permeates the place with a bag of [[https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Junk_food potato chips]] in a rusty tin can. Tastes hideous, highly addictive and gives some pretty nifty buffs.
48	** There is but one drink that can beat a Sierra Madre Martini... the awesome Large Wasteland Tequila. At 100 survival skill it gives you +9 strength, +3 charisma, and -9 intelligence. (The maximum stat level is 10 and the minimum stat level is 1.) It makes you as strong and as ''stupid'' as statistically possible.
49	*** However if you have Cass, and her Whiskey Rose perk which negate the bad effects of alcohol, it'll turn from a GargleBlaster into a SuperSerum. She can also make Moonshine if the Courier provides the ingredients: two mutfruit, yeast and... a fission battery.
50	** ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' has the Dirty Wastelander, made of Whiskey, Mutfruit, and Nuka-Cola, which grants 3 strength but takes away 2 intelligence, or 6 strength and 4 intelligence with the Party Boy perk.
51	** ''VideoGame/Fallout76'' introduces Nukashine, made from the incredibly radioactive Nuka-Cola Quantum and even more nuclear material, just for good measure. It increases unarmed combat damage and sprint distance, and has a chance to cause the player to [[WhatDidIDoLastNight black out and wake up in a different part of the map]]. Oh, and the first time the player drinks it, they start ''hallucinating''.
52	* In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', Shuten-Douji's Multitude of Colors - Providential Oni Poison, a divine brew so powerful that even oni consider it highly poisonous. It's so insanely dangerous that her pouring it on the ground and letting it flow to her enemy's feet is enough to qualify as a LimitBreak, and one that inflicts damage, toxic poison, a skill-seal, and debuffs to just about everything, at that. According to her Material profile, if she uses it in its most concentrated form, it will flat-out ''decompose'' any living thing caught in it to a few bones.
53	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': Whatever is in Auron's jug is not to be trifled with considering in his [[LimitBreak Overdrive]] he spits it onto his BFS, ''which causes dark fire and '''black holes'''''. Another has Auron creating a whirlwind and then hurling his entire jug in, at which point the tornado turns into a fiery pillar. A level of FridgeBrilliance when it comes to the alcohol: [[spoiler:he's ''dead''. What's the worst it can do?]]
54	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'':
55	** The dwarves like their liquor ''hard''. As in "pure ethanol that can be burned to power a tank" hard. One of their cocktail recipes compares its taste to being punched in the face by a dwarf, while another one says that going blind from it is just part of the fun. But they're also tasty enough for the dwarves open a tavern that earns a neat profit, indicating that the people of Lakeland enjoy them.
56	--->'''How to Drink Ludicrously Strong Alcohol and Not Die:''' While you may be thinking that drinking undiluted ethanol is a perfectly valid way to imbibe this beverage, the burned throat of the author would attest otherwise.
57	** The dwarves' strongest drink is "nitrobrew", an alcoholic beverage that also works as an effective paint stripper and can knock out a bison with a single serving.
58	* In ''VideoGame/GalaxyOnFire 2'', in the Supernova expansion, there is a certain alcohol introduced into the story, discovered and served by Mkkt Bkkt, that causes those who drink it to start sputtering random noises (it sounds rather like they are reading the noises from a comic page out loud rather than imitating the sounds). This happens mere SECONDS after the first sip, about four or five seconds to be more precise. To top it all off, the only way to cure the effects without waiting a rather long amount of time involves a type of frog venom that can VIOLENTLY EXPLODE if it's even shaken around too much.
59	* ''VideoGame/GemstoneIV'' introduced a blackout-inducing drink called Eldreth's Death-rum, based on a real player-made concoction served during a gaming convention room party. Several employees watched as a brave attendee offered to try the stuff, pronounced it "not that bad" and started to walk away with no ill effects -- before suddenly dropping to his knees five steps later.
60	* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': [[CatGirl Diona]] intends for her drinks to be this - specifically, she intends to mix a drink so horrible that it would drive anyone who consumed it to swear off alcohol for the rest of their lives, as her plan to destroy Mondstadt's wine industry (which [[MisplacedRetribution she blames for her father's drinking problem]]). However, due to a blessing from the Spring Fairy, her mixes [[SpringtimeForHitler always turn out amazing]], much to her frustration.
61	* In the ''Night of the Raven'', an expansion pack for ''[[VideoGame/{{Gothic}} Gothic 2]]'' one can find a recipe for Lou's Hammer - a very strong booze with swampsharks' teeth as one of its ingredients. Drinking it for the first time will result in boosting the hero's stats. But there's also Double Lou's Hammer that does nothing except [[spoiler:depleting half of hero's life bar]]. Even Samuel, a pirate who is in charge of the alcoholic supply of the camp, sincerely warns the player's character not to drink it.
62	* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' features the "Love Juice", the favorite drink of the band Love Fist: 3 fizz bombs, 1 part boomshine, 3 parts trumpet, and 1 litre of petrol. Boomshine itself could be considered a Gargle Blaster. It's potent enough to intoxicate someone on the fumes alone, and if put too close to an open flame, will detonate like a weapons-grade explosive. At one point, a bottle of it is even fashioned into a makeshift pipebomb to blow up a limo. Oh, and one of its ingredients is '''battery acid'''.
63	* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' has advertisements for "Alco Holla", which is described as a mix of malt liquor and caffeine -- not dissimilar to the real world beverage Four Loko. The radio ad, in particular, plays up the side effects of consumption.
64	-->''YOU BLACKIN' OUT, ASSHOLE!''
65	* ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'': According to one bit of background conversation in a charr character's home instance, charr whiskey qualifies as one of these.
66	--> '''Charr Citizen:''' There's whiskey and then there's charr whiskey. I once saw a human try to drink charr whiskey, Ha! He never got his voice back!
67	* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfNewerth'': One of the Engineer's skills involves throwing a large explosive keg, stunning and knocking back any targets hit. According to the skill description, he drinks this stuff.
68	* ''VideoGame/IcewindDale'' 2 has a drinking contest against a barbarian you may participate in. The drink of choice is fermented boar's blood. Whether you succeed or fail is based on your character's constitution score, but somebody's going to end up hurling their guts out on the floor before it's over.
69	* In ''VideoGame/ImprobableIsland'', you can buy one in the pub in the capital city. Those who drink one tend to wake up covered in other people's blood.
70	* ''VideoGame/{{Indivisible}}'':
71	** The salty sea-dog Baozhai loves these. She keeps a secret stash under the Iron Kingdom of some kind of hard liquor, apparently made from apples, that only Zebei and (to her great pleasure) her crush Thorani can stomach and enjoy alongside her. The rest of the cast spits it out, or refuses to drink it after a sniff.
72	** Even Baozhai, though, is taken aback by 'awa, an ingredient in Leliana's [[CordonBleughChef alarming]] stew which numbs Baozhai's tongue and renders her drunk in a single swig. (This doesn't stop Baozhai from asking for another round.)
73	* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has a number of potent alcoholic beverages.
74	** Such as the Pan-''Dimensional'' Gargle Blaster. Drinking it gives you the message "You feel like your head ''is'' a gold brick with a slice of lemon wrapped around it." The Pan-Dimensional Gargle Blaster is [[DefiedTrope designed to cause absolutely none]] of the traditional GargleBlaster effects; it shunts all of them to an AlternateSelf in a parallel universe (hence the name). Unfortunately, it turns out that if you're the sort of person who would drink one, the odds are amazingly good another you will be drinking one at the same time, so...
75	** There are a number of suitably dodgy drinks available in the clan dungeon Hobopolis, including fermented pickle juice, "squeeze"[[note]]Sterno with the denaturing additives filtered out[[/note]] and the booze available from the hobo marketplace in the Hobopolis Town Square.
76	** When raiding the mini-fridge in the sunken party yacht at Spring Break Beach, you can find the Ultimate Mind Destroyer, which does exactly that. You can't drink it yourself, but you can give it one of the shop owners at the beach, causing them to completely forget whatever quests you did for them.
77	** Single-player spinoff ''VideoGame/WestOfLoathing'' has the [[AllNaturalSnakeOil Snake Oiler]] class, whose special ability is brewing liquor and medicine from venomous snake substances and body parts. There's also plentiful use of laudanum, a cocktail of opium and alcohol considered medicinal in the setting (and the era it's based on), even though one NPC visibly has a PTSD-induced addiction to the stuff.
78	* Yet another one for Creator/BioWare: Tarisian Ale in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' is brewed with glands from a monkey-like critter. There's an optional sidequest where some low-ranking Sith mooks serve it at a party. You and Carth apparently don't partake, as the two of you are the only ones in the room ''conscious'' after the party-goers drink it.
79	* ''Videogame/LeagueOfLegends'': Gragas' brews might already qualify, considering the barrels he tosses around; the brews inside are strong enough to significantly slow down ''any'' champion, from mere human to abomination, and the stronger varieties are explosive enough that they can be used as actual ordnance. Oh, and they can get ''him'', a giant of a man who has been drinking extra-potent brews his entire life, drunk. Just not quite as drunk as he wishes. Hence, his ultimate goal is to find a way to brew a definite Gargle Blaster that will finally get him absolutely smashed.
80	* The potion maker in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' uses a welding mask as described above when mixing up new potions. The process also involves small explosions and clouds of colored smoke. Link burps up a small puff of colored smoke after drinking one.
81	* ''Franchise/MassEffect''
82	** The Dark Star bar on the Citadel in the second game serves the Commander "batarian ale - uncut". The bartender has never seen anyone drink it and remain standing. Shepard, of course, orders another one, at which point the bartender gives him/her a ryncol, below. The aftermath of Shepard's binge-drinking in the Dark Star is undoubtedly the most amusing part, with the Commander waking up on the men's room floor sometime later while a turian relieves himself at one of the urinals. Doubly hilarious if your Shepard is female.
83	** Then there's "ryncol", the krogan drink of choice. Said drink is said to have the effect of paint thinner on non-krogan. Shepard is just knocked out by it. Then again, Shepard [[{{Cyborg}} isn't quite human]] [[BackFromTheDead anymore]]. Grunt's recommendation on ryncol is "Don't try to act tough -- that stuff'll go through a human's insides like broken glass." The Darkstar bartender informs you when you order one that you'll be setting off radiation alarms for a week. And note that Shep drank it when s/he was already noticeably inebriated.
84	-->This is...[[ShoutOut it's]] [[Franchise/StarTrek green]]?
85	** In the ''Citadel'' DLC of the third game, it's shown that ryncol is so strong that it can function as a MolotovCocktail ''[[ExaggeratedTrope without being lit on fire first]].''
86	** ''Citadel'' also contains a reference to drinks called turian horosk and a volus bina. Turian horosk is not being served because the establishment wants their guests entertained instead of comatose. A volus bina, meanwhile, will put you on the floor with its alcohol content, while the ammonia will let you clean up after yourself if you survive.
87	** ''Citadel'' also also contains a rather disgusting cocktail that's three parts horse-choker and one part mouthwash, made by Joker for a drinking contest to keep Cortez from dragging him out to the shooting range later. (Joker wins.) Cortez manages about two shots and gives up from the taste alone, [[ItTastesLikeFeet which he poetically compares to a goat's ass]]. If Garrus is around, he'll comment that Cortez made a big mistake because "[Joker] wanted the battle ''and'' he picked the weapon" and since Joker downs two glasses without flinching (unlike Cortez), it makes you wonder if he came up with this concoction [[CrazyPrepared specifically to win drinking contests]].
88	** [[CoolOldLady Matriarch Aethyta]] on Illium in the second game can, if asked the right questions, recollect about a time when she saw a krogan drink a ''blended turian'' on a dare. Given that turians have MirrorChemistry compared to most life in the galaxy (quarians are the only other sentient life with the same chemistry), well... "[[NoodleIncident Nobody one came out of that one looking pretty]]."
89	** ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' has Ryder encounter a krogan bartender, whose first words to Ryder are emphatically stating that no matter what Ryder says, they're not getting any ryncol (their reaction suggests the bartender's had to deal with non-krogan coming in and asking before). Not that Ryder can't find Gargle Blasters elsewhere. One side-quest has them hunting down the strongest booze on [[WretchedHive Kadara]], as a gift for Nakmor Kesh. Ryder buys her a six-pack of the (very illegal) drinks... and it doesn't do a thing to Kesh.
90	** A background event at [[BadGuyBar Kralla's Song]] has the bartender trying to find something, ''anything'', to knock out Nakmor Drack. Eventually, she had to resort to filling a 190% proof drink with tranquilisers, which got Drack's attention. At one point, the bartender can serve Ryder a mix of angaran wine (which has a strong kick with a slow absorption rate) mix with ryncol.
91	* The ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' series of computer games does this to grog. Instead of plain-ol' watered-down rum, it's a drink made with a variety of bizarre ingredients, which may (or may not) include ''Kerosene, Propylene Glycol, Artificial Sweeteners, Sulphuric Acid, Rum, Acetone, Red Dye No 2., [[DevelopmentGag SCUMM]], Axle Grease, Battery Acid, and/or Pepperoni''. Needless to say, it's capable of burning holes through reinforced pewter mugs in a matter of seconds. This apparently doesn't stop it from being sold in familiar-looking red-striped soda vending machines, [[AnachronismStew despite the games being set in the 17th century]]. The unusual composition is no doubt why, in the second game, near-grog is described as being as nasty-smelling and foul-tasting as the real thing, sans the alcohol, so even pre-fake-ID Guybrush is allowed to drink it. Or he would be, if the bartender hadn't just sold the last bottle to Captain Kate Capsize, who prefers to be sober when she runs her glass-bottomed boat tours.
92	** Hilariously, one Argentinian news channel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP5bR1o-elg believed the aforementioned recipe to be genuine]], a fact that earned it a mention in ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland''.
93	** In ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland2LeChucksRevenge'', one puzzle for retrieving a map piece involved having a drinking contest with a hermit named Rum Rogers, Jr. using his grog recipe, with twice the alcohol and twice the calories. No matter what, Guybrush has to drink first, and drinking it causes him to faint after flipping out. You have to dump the grog into a nearby tree and substitute it for the near-grog before sitting on the stool, therefore accepting the challenge, forcing Rogers to drink his grog and collapse after you have your turn.
94	* In the video game of ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife'', one puzzle requires you to get Creator/KarlMarx hammered, with a combination of several potent liquors, topped off with ''[[{{Squick}} spoiled chocolate milk]]''.
95	* In ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'', mixing any two drinks for your "meal" tends to result in you becoming tipsy as sin and getting the "Unlucky Cat" skill, which is indicated by you falling over immediately after consumption and then starting the quest with 25 health and 25 max stamina (both out of a cap of 150).
96	* From the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' series, the contents of [[DrunkenMaster Bo Rai Cho's]] gourd. Outworld is comparable to Asia, so perhaps it's a variation of Baijiu, the stronger versions of which are called 'Chinese Lighter Fluid'. Regardless, whatever it is it's extremely flammable, can even cause Bo Rai Cho himself to spew and is lethal if imbibed by anyone else. Indeed both of his fatalities in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' involve him force-feeding his opponent liquor; in the first one, he tosses a small match at their mouth afterwards, causing the opponent to [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe blow up from the torso up, leaving the legs still flaming]]. The second one causes them to [[NauseaFuel vomit forth their own intestines]].
97	* In ''VideoGame/NellyCootalot'', the Barnacle Bar offers several drink with questionable names. Things like ''Texas Medicine'' and ''Admiral Nosehair's Old Unsanitary'' come to mind.
98	* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' allows the player to engage in a drinking contest, with the final round (before the opponent passes out) being a beverage known only as scurrd. It is, from a game-rules perspective, statistically ''impossible'' for any normal human being to imbibe scurrd without losing consciousness; it requires a Constitution score one point higher than what a first-level character is capable of having. A character with magically-enhanced or dwarven constitution can safely drink the scurrd, which results in the opponent passing out, and earns the PC massive respect from his buddies. If you successfully drink it, it temporarily doubles your hit points. It's the game world spontaneously recognizing the sheer badassery of your feat.
99	** The mod ''Demon'' contains an actual bottle of scurrd. Its description is rather...interesting.
100	--->What is in Scurrd? What, indeed. Scurrd just seems to find the way to where it can do the most harm. It's truly vicious.\
101	\
102	It cannot be smelled by the elderly...\
103	It cannot be held by small children...\
104	It is Scurrd, and woe be to [[YeOldeButcheredEnglish ye that take it to ye tongue]].
105	** Scurrd is preceded in the drinking contest by other potations such as Thayvian Fire Juice, Catoblepas Death Cheese Wine, and a mushroom-based Drow concoction known as T'Keela.
106	* In ''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'', one sidequest requires you to prepare a special drink for Popola so she can work up the nerve to sing alongside Devola. The bartender says Popola is the only one that can stomach it. The ingredients include ''lizard tails and rat tails''.
107	* ''VideoGame/PaperChase'': Downplayed with the alcoholic drink (described as grain alcohol in the BASIC version and rum in the Inform version), which is strong enough to get the player character light-headed with only a couple of gulps.
108	-->The bottle contains a dark, evil-smelling reddish liquid. The label is noticeable for its large number of X's.
109	* If you go to visit the nurse's office in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' while tired or sick, the whackjob who runs it (who also teaches a class on ''magic'', mind you) offers you a concoction that is made of a number of poisonous substances and some good-luck charms (including rabbit's feet... ''in a drink''). If you choose ''not'' to drink it, he gives you actual medicine; if you drink it, it boosts your Courage, because he congratulates you on having the guts to try.
110	* ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory''
111	** The series features several powerful drinks with such wonderful names as Troll's Sweat and Djinn Sling. Drinking too much has such effects as knocking you out (at which point you wake up outside the bar with your wallet missing), or outright killing you.
112	** ''Quest for Glory 1'' features "Dragon's Breath", which makes your character spontaneously combust if you drink it. In the fifth and final game, the Dead Parrot Inn has a rotating selection of house special drinks; one is the Dragon's Breath. After four adventures and defeating evil djinns, demons, and an EldritchAbomination, the hero is ''finally'' able to stomach it (but it still turns him fire-engine red and makes him bounce up and down like a WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes character).
113	* ''VideoGame/Rayman3HoodlumHavoc'' gives us Plum Juice, a potent beverage that, on top of being fermented from hallucinogenic plums and Globox (its biggest drinker due to being forced into it by Andre whom he had accidentally swallowed) being allergic to it, leads to some very bizarre effects[[note]]like inflating into and floating away like a balloon and burping up purple bubbles that Rayman can bounce off of to get to higher places[[/note]]. It's also potent enough to be used as a makeshift MolotovCocktail, as shown by the Hoodlums who weaponize it against Rayman.
114	* In ''VideoGame/ReturnToZork'' one puzzle (That may seem familiar to fans of Monkey Island 2) has you visiting the town drunk, which you need to knock him out on his own rye to get his keys and unlock the trapdoor to access the next part of the game. The puzzle involves making a toast (Saying the correct words for the drunk's personal toasting ritual, which he won't comply if you mess up) dumping the drink in the plant (He's too drunk to notice) and repeat. He can take up to three mugs, but one will knock you out.
115	* ''Videogame/RuneScape'' has Braindeath "Rum," favorite drink of Gielinor's pirate population. Ingredients include mashed-up spiders and sea slugs, and it's implied to be able to control people's minds. At one point in the quest dealing with its manufacture, it actually comes to life as an "Evil Spirit" which the player then needs to pacify in combat.
116	** The "Bar Crawl" miniquest to get into the Barbarian Agility Course involves traveling to almost every pub on the mainland and ordering barbarian-only specialty drinks that are... not exactly on the menu. In some pubs, you have to ''sign a legal waiver'' before they'll let you have the house special. These drinks are described in gruesome detail, wreak havoc on your stats, lead to much hilarity ensuing, and since the barbarians are illiterate, they judge whether you've completed the pub crawl based on how wasted your character is, rather than on the bartenders' signatures on your receipt.
117	*** A list of the drinks: Uncle Humphrey's Gutrot (Blue Moon Inn, damages you for 260 hp along with lowering Attack, Strength, Defense, and Smithing), Olde Suspiciouse (Jolly Boar Inn, lowers Attack, Defense, Mining, and Crafting), Fire Toad Blast (Blurberry's Bar, will hit you for 5x your Constitution level), Fire Brandy (Dragon Inn, lowers Attack and Defence), Heart Stopper (Flying Horse Inn, hits you for 20-30% of your total life points), Liverbane Ale (Forester's Arms, lowers Attack, Defense, Fletching, Firemaking, and Woodcutting), Hand of Death Cocktail (Rising Sun Inn, hits you for up to 200 hp and lowers Attack, Defense, Ranged, and Smithing), Supergrog (Dead Man's Chest tavern, lowers Attack, Defense, Herblore, Cooking, and Prayer), Ape Bite Liquer (Karajama Spirits Bar, lowers Attack and Defense, and Black Skull Ale (Rusty Anchor Tavern).
118	** Although it appears to be an ordinary beer, Asgarnian Ale is strong enough to ''dissolve gold''.
119	* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' and ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' have the 3rd Street Saints-sponsored energy drink "Saints Flow". Pierce is contractually prohibited from revealing the ingredients, but at one point is hinted that tiger milk is one of them. In one news ticker, it's also said that a shipment was recalled after testing positive for human growth hormone. According to Asha and Johnny Gat it tastes like ass, it's prohibited in California and it's rumored to cause birth defects ''in adults''. The advertisements sell it as "If cocaine and coffee fucked in an alley, this would be the baby they left in the trash can".
120	* ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest 6'' and the fan-made prequel ''Space Quest 0'' feature "Coldsaurian Brandy," an extremely potent and disgusting liquor (it has a rotting fish in the bottom of the jug). Roger doesn't ''drink'' the stuff, but it makes a mean MolotovCocktail, and it's good for poisoning purposes.
121	* ''VideoGame/SpaceStation13'' has its fair share of gargle blasters, most of which are special mixed drinks which somehow achieve a much higher alcohol content than their constituent parts, as well as a few that - while ''mechanically'' not having alcohol content - [[MushroomSamba will abuse your senses all the same,]] such as [[{{VideoGame/Fallout}} Nuka-cola]][[note]]made with real uranium![[/note]], the atomic bomb[[note]]A b-52 shot (which exists in real life) with added uranium[[/note]] and even the original [[{{Literature/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy}} pan-galactic gargle blaster]]. Chief among the many impossibly strong drinks on the station is the famous bacchus' blessing, which is created by mixing together absinthe[[note]]able to cause hallucinations, and not the fun, colorful kind[[/note]], the syndicate bomb[[note]]a mixture of beer and whiskey cola, somehow 90% alcohol[[/note]], the manly dorf[[note]]a special mix of beers and ales which is ''100% alcohol''[[/note]], and hooch[[note]]an incredibly potent (and toxic) homebrewed liquor made by fermenting welder fuel[[/note]]. The result is a [[ATankardOfMooseUrine sickening, frothy mixture]] which is ''[[BeyondTheImpossible 300% alcohol.]]'' It tastes like a wall of bricks, and one sip will have you seeing double, puking up your guts[[note]]not literally, though there is a poison that does that[[/note]], and possibly passing out. If you drink an entire shot of the stuff, you will need a new liver when (or rather if) you wake up.
122	* Some of the drinks you can craft in ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}'' may qualify, considering that they're made of rather odd ingredients (Bloody Puss, anyone? It's made out of pussplums and flesh strands.) that can provide various temporary buffs. An example that would definitely fit this trope however would be Toxic Juice, which is made from toxitops ([[CaptainObvious which are obviously toxic]]) and alien fruit jam, which can poison anyone who drinks it.
123	** The mod ''VideoGame/FrackinUniverse'' takes it up a notch, giving you the ability to craft other types of booze, from plain ol' [[https://frackinuniverse.miraheze.org/wiki/Wheat_Beer wheat beer]] to stuff like [[https://frackinuniverse.miraheze.org/wiki/Shadow_Spirits Shadow Spirits]] and the [[https://frackinuniverse.miraheze.org/wiki/VX_Special_Blend VX Special Blend]].
124	* In ''VideoGame/StarshipTitanic'', you have to find ingredients for the bartender robot to mix into a cocktail. The ingredients include a crushed television set and a flock of pureed starlings. Since the robot itself doubles as a blender, the result fries his circuits and switches his personality to a [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy happy drunk]].
125	* In ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6'', Jamie Siu uses a variation of DrunkenBoxing that is enhanced by a drink he chugs from his gourd during fights, which he describes as an "herbal blend". In World Tour, when the PlayerCharacter takes a swig, they have a ''very'' strong reaction to the drink and become immediately inebriated.
126	* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''
127	** Kusuha Mizuha from ''Super Robot Wars: Original Generation'' is famous for her "Health Drinks". The exact ingredients are listed [[https://youtu.be/uWxROkWKmlI?t=229 here]], and is known for a single sip being enough to knock adult men unconscious. However, once you recover you feel absolutely ''amazing''. There exists a select few (mostly aliens) who actually enjoy the taste. Most other people run in terror the moment Kusuha offers them a drink, under the cover of flat-out (but politely delivered) BlatantLies.
128	** On Ryusei's route in the first game, Ryusei actually tries to explain to Giado and the others exactly what it is that goes into a "Kusuha Special" (something having to do with ground-up gecko tails and viper venom). Naturally, this doesn't sit well with Giado ''or'' his stomach.
129	** Elzam and Arado are among the few human characters who can withstand it. Elzam, being a ChefOfIron, isn't intimidated by so-called "bad food" (he went so far as to name ''all of the ingredients''; granted, it was in the Alpha games, who have almost no translations at all), and Arado's undergone so much gene modification that he can consume almost anything that's generally edible.
130	** Surprisingly, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Heero Yuy]] drank it in ''Alpha 2'' without passing out; of course, he's MadeOfIron, so it wouldn't be surprising if he had a [[StealthPun cast-iron stomach]]. Which makes Masaki Andoh's reaction of completely passing out even more hilarious, seeing as how he and Heero [[Creator/HikaruMidorikawa share a seiyuu.]]
131	** ''Divine Wars'' follows up on this for more hilarity: [[spoiler:After using a Cyflash to take out the Divine Crusaders' enemy forces at Aidoneous Island, he is exhausted due to how Cybuster's attacks work (long story). Since Cybuster is still needed, Shiro and Kuro produce a bottle of Kusuha's health drink; Masaki immediately recovers in order to ''avoid the health drink''.]]
132	** Even aliens who happen to be stone-cold badasses are not necessarily immune; [[spoiler:Ingram]] had a few moments of what must have amounted to an alien version of "oh god oh god I'm gonna die". Although, the ''Divine Wars'' version of this incident had [[spoiler:Ingram]] sound like [[spoiler:he]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKHcwXOuZRQ was having]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything a giant orgasm]].
133	** Lamia Loveless, an ''android'', is incapacitated by the drink. Her first assumption is that they found out she was a spy and tried to poison her. Actually, she suspected as much before drinking it, but was absolutely ''positive'' afterwards.
134	** Come ''2nd Original Generation'', [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Ing Egret]] and [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDestiny Ventus]] said that the drink ''is delicious''. When [[{{Delinquent}} Michiru Hanaten]] drinks it, he claims that it's so bitter though he doesn't pass out but that was because it was only a ''super mild edition''.
135	** When Kusuha and Bullet appear in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30'', the latest victim of the drink is [[Anime/GunXSword Van of the Dawn]], who takes a gulp, declares it delicious and promptly passes out a moment later. This is the same Van who, in his home canon, will douse his food in condiments because he claims the food has no taste. The same Van who, in a DLC mission in this game, scarfs down [[Manga/MajesticPrince Kei Kugimiya]]'s cakes, which are notable for being ''too sweet''.
136	* Bottles of liquor found in ''VideoGame/SystemShock 2'' are usually somewhere around 250% proof, but they are graded after effect rather than alcohol content, and contain a number of other drugs that simulate the effects of alcohol.
137	* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' is silent about the composition of the Demoman's "Scrumpy", but general fan opinion is that it's some sort of Gargle Blaster, very likely self-distilled (one of the maps is Granary, and one of the Demoman's teammates is a borderline MadScientist Engineer from Texas...). Worth noting that "scrumpy" is a British slang term for hard cider, specifically the "craft cider" stuff made the old-fashioned way... which inspired "scumble" from the Literature/{{Discworld}} series if that gives you some idea.
138	** The description for [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Whiskey_Bib one item]] indicates that, even scrumpy not being enough, the Demo has even started drinking ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol woodgrain alcohol]].''
139	** [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Spent_Well_Spirits One of his taunts]] has him chugging a cocktail of his scrumpy and ''the powder from one of his grenades'', which he then spits out into [[BoozeFlamethrower a lit lighter]], causing [[EverythingMakesAMushroom a mini-mushroom cloud]].
140	* ''VideoGame/TequilaAndBoomBoom'': The Dragonbreath drink that you can order in the saloon. It lives up to its name as anyone drinking it blows fire out of their mouth afterwards.
141	* ''VideoGame/WishboneAndTheAmazingOdyssey'': The red wine in the wineskin that Wishbone picked up at Troy is ''very'' potent, enough to cause Polyphemus (a ''giant cyclops'') to slur his words and then pass out.
142	* White Gull is one of the few potions ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'' can brew that isn't instantly lethally toxic to mortals. It can be brewed from any alcohol available, and makes the ideal base for any other potions. Even with his witcher resistance to toxins, ''just one'' will make Geralt drift across the floor like a bobber on a fishing line, two will get him 86'd to wake up on the cobbles. Non-witcher humans won't get through one. There is no canonical evidence of how much a dwarf can drink. It's sometimes used as an anaesthetic on those already near death.
143	** A quest in ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' sees Geralt and his witcher buddies improvise a few alarming cocktails, half White Gull and half spirits (probably vodka), to reach appropriate levels of sloshed despite their super-efficient metabolisms.
144	* In ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'', Horton Boone's moonshine. One shot loosens BJ Blazkowicz's lips [[spoiler:even in his new SuperSoldier body]]. Two shots and he's shouting, arguing, and ranting [[spoiler:about his own surprisingly right-wing views]]. Three shots and he's on the ground. [[spoiler:Boone says most people are out after one shot.]]
145	* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''
146	** The game has you construct several of these on various quests. How potent they truly are really depends on what level the quest is, although the quest giver will always act like it's the strongest stuff out there.
147	** The actual GargleBlaster of the game is the Sulfuron Slammer. It's so strong, it ''sets you on fire when you drink it''.
148	** To quote Harkkan; "Thundermar ale is [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale 220 proof]]; [[HowIsThatEvenPossible I don't know how that's possible]]."[[note]]220 proof is 110% alcohol.[[/note]]
149	** There's the Tikaria & [=K.A.Y.T.=]. It consists of Troll Rum, mixed with Kiwi, Apple, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Yellow #42]] and Tangerine.
150	** Banana Infused Rum is something you can make if you study Way of the Brew in Pandara and max out the skill. It requires not only bananas and rum (of specific brands) but Witchberries, a silkworm Pupa, and Black Pepper. Drinking it actually turns you into a Hozen Pirate for thirty seconds. (Remarkable in that Hozen are monkey-like humanoids.)
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