Drinking Game/Just for Fun

This page is for your own examples of Drinking Games.

Many such games also feature an "alcoholic's version", which recognizes that a particular trope is used excessively by assigning drinks to it. Such variants should be played with caution as they can lead to alcohol poisoning. For example, whenever William Shatner overacts, take a sip (and hope that his scenes are short and few, because you won't be putting that bottle/glass/cup/mug/whathaveyou down until he's off the screen).

Some games also feature a cynical "teetotaler's version", where drinks are assigned only for realistic behaviors which are conspicuously absent from the show (such as a lack of Genre Blindness). This variant should also be used with caution, as it can lead to remaining sober enough to realize you're wasting your life watching TV. For example: drink the whole jug when the Doctor isn't familiar with the Monster of the Week.

Perhaps the original television-related drinking game is "Hi Bob!" Simply pick an episode of The Bob Newhart Show and drink whenever anyone says "Hi Bob!" This game has an elegant simplicity which is lacking from many television-themed drinking games, in that there is only a single relevant event, easy to remember even after many occurrences of "Hi Bob!" Many other drinking games result in lengthy lists of events to drink on, which can be fun to read but may be impractical for actual play. The level of drunkenness achieved in "Hi Bob!" can also vary widely with the episode chosen—with a little knowledge and/or advance research, one can select an episode with a desired level of inebriation in mind.

One traditional game that has been played with many series is to drink along with the characters: whenever someone has a drink, you take a drink.

Thanks to modern technology, this wiki can be used to generate new and exciting drinking games on the fly for other shows. Here's how:

When a marathon of your show of choice is about to air, look up its entry in Series and print a copy. Now, look at the section titled "This series provides examples of" for a list of tropes, devices, idioms and cliches. (And remember, while Tropes Are Not Bad, neither is any excuse to get drunk.)


 * For every use of a Trope, take one sip.
 * For every parody or use of a Subverted Trope, take two sips.
 * For every use of a Discredited Trope or Dead Horse Trope, take two sips.
 * For every use of a Characteristic Trope, take three sips.

For teetotalers: Drink only when a law or formula is broken.

Anime and Manga

 * Berserk
 * Black Lagoon
 * Bleach
 * Cardcaptor Sakura
 * Death Note
 * Digimon
 * Dragon Ball
 * Fullmetal Alchemist
 * Fushigi Yuugi
 * Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni
 * Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
 * Naruto
 * Neon Genesis Evangelion
 * Pokémon
 * Princess Mononoke
 * Ranma ½
 * Soul Eater
 * Spirited Away
 * The Vision of Escaflowne
 * Yu-Gi-Oh

Video Games

 * Beatmania
 * Betrayal At Krondor
 * Bioshock
 * Borderlands
 * Call of Duty
 * Earth Bound
 * Gears of War
 * God of War
 * Grand Theft Auto
 * I Wanna Be the Guy
 * Just Cause 2
 * Left 4 Dead
 * The Legend of Zelda
 * The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
 * The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword
 * Mario Kart
 * Monkey Island
 * Mother 3
 * No More Heroes
 * Parasite Eve
 * Republic Commando Series
 * Star Wars Battlefront
 * Super Paper Mario
 * Super Smash Bros
 * Team Fortress 2
 * Umineko no Naku Koro Ni
 * X-COM

Live Action Film

 * The Big Lebowski
 * Clash of the Titans
 * The Dark Knight Saga
 * Deathstalker II Duel of the Titans
 * District 9
 * Dodgeball
 * Fantastic Four
 * Ferris Buellers Day Off
 * Forklift Driver Klaus
 * Harry Potter
 * James Bond
 * Layer Cake
 * The Lord of the Rings
 * Metropolis
 * Millers Crossing
 * The Princess Bride
 * Reservoir Dogs
 * The Room
 * Scream
 * Star Wars
 * Top Gun
 * Raocow
 * Velvet Goldmine
 * Watchmen
 * Withnail and I
 * Zombieland

Live Action Television

 * The Bachelor
 * Barefoot Contessa
 * Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
 * Beerfest
 * Black Books
 * CSI: Miami
 * Degrassi
 * Dexter
 * Doctor Who
 * Downton Abbey
 * Eurovision Song Contest
 * Firefly
 * Friends
 * Game of Thrones
 * Ghost Adventures
 * Good Eats
 * Heroes
 * House
 * Jackass
 * Jonathan Creek
 * Kamen Rider Agito
 * Kamen Rider Den-O
 * Laguna Beach
 * Man vs. Wild
 * Maury
 * Medium
 * Merlin
 * Misfits
 * Most Extreme Elimination Challenge
 * NCIS
 * Politics
 * Semi Homemade Cooking
 * Smallville
 * Stargate SG-1
 * Torchwood
 * The Walking Dead
 * Whose Line Is It Anyway
 * Wonder Pets

Music & Musicals

 * Cannibal the Musical
 * Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog
 * DragonForce
 * Gorillaz
 * Justin Bieber
 * Labyrinth
 * Manowar
 * The Phantom of the Opera
 * The Police
 * Repo the Genetic Opera
 * Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
 * Trapped in The Closet
 * U2
 * A Very Potter Musical

Print

 * Batman
 * Belgariad
 * The Clique
 * The Eye of Argon
 * Hamlet
 * Harry Potter
 * House of Leaves
 * Johnny the Homicidal Maniac
 * Superman
 * Teen Titans
 * Twilight
 * Warrior Cats
 * World War
 * Young Wizards

Web Original

 * Alternate History: The Series
 * The Angry Video Game Nerd
 * Brewdening Love
 * Bronyism
 * The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
 * Forbiden Fruit the Tempation of Edward Cullen
 * Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality
 * The Leet World
 * Legolas By Laura
 * Let's Play
 * Light and Dark The Adventures of Dark Yagami
 * My Inner Life
 * My Immortal
 * Tribe Twelve
 * True Capitalist

Western Animation

 * Adventure Time
 * Avatar: The Last Airbender
 * The Brave Little Toaster
 * Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy
 * Fairy Tail
 * Family Guy
 * Help I'm a Fish
 * Mulan
 * My Little Pony
 * The Smurfs
 * Thumbelina
 * Tintin
 * Young Justice

Elsewhere on the Internet

 * Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers: mindspring.com
 * Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series): ringthis.com
 * Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series): battlestarwiki.org
 * Code Geass: animehistory.wordpress.com
 * Kamen Rider Kabuto: tvnihon.com
 * Kingdom Hearts: board8.wikia.com
 * MythBusters: manwithpez.com
 * Red Dwarf: reddwarf.bemusement.org
 * Star Trek: The Next Generation: netjeff.com
 * Pokémon: prguitarman.com
 * What The Fuck Is Wrong With You? and Radio Dead Air: docs.google.com