A Glass of Chianti: Difference between revisions

It might be worthy of note that Chianti is not actually a high class wine, and Fava beans aren't gourmet food, either. However, both are very rich in iron, as is the liver - and blood. Also, iron interacts with certain types of psychiatric medication, implying that Lecter was off his meds. The hint is rarely ever taken, though.

 

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Creed from the ''[[Black Cat (Manga)|Black Cat]]'' manga had this once, complete with a rose inside of it, while he was [[Slouch of Villainy|lounging around in his evil castle]].

* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' : [[Mad Scientist|Dr.]] [[Complete Monster|Hell]] and his lackeys are sometimes seen drinking glasses of wine.

* Piedmon from ''[[Digimon Adventure (Anime)|Digimon Adventure]]''. He even got to keep it in the dub, with none of the dub's infamous [[Frothy Mugs of Water]] lines.

* Evangeline of ''[[Negima]]'' does the "ungirly" version by often drinking red wine ([[Vain Sorceress|usually in the most refined way possible]]). She is partial to several varieties of rare alcohols though (also drunk in refined ways).

* Altena in ''[[Noir (Anime)|Noir]]'' not only drinks wine but also owns a private vineyard. She also picks up the grapes herself, and is implied to at least participate in the making of the wine, as well. All and all, she's one hard-working [[Big Bad]].

* ''[[Pokémon (Anime)|Pokémon]]'''s Giovanni sometimes is seen drinking some sort of alcohol, though it's never certain what sort it is.

* Captain Napolipolita in [[Project a Ko]] is invariably seen with a glass of wine. When she can't get any, she goes into instant withdrawal and [[More Dakka|shoots up her own bridge]]. (It's a parody of ''[[Captain Harlock]]''.)

* Prince Diamond of ''[[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]]'' goes so far as to hold his wine glass up to an image of Neo Queen Serenity, with whom he is infatuated, so it looks like she's ''sitting'' in the glass.

** This is actually a [[Shout Out]] to [[Big Bad]] Leader Desslok in ''[[Star Blazers]]''.

* [[The Chessmaster|Fei Wong]] of ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' spends most of his time drinking wine, looking bored, and letting loose a needlessly cryptic comment vaguely foreshadowing the next step of his plan to whoever happens to be listening.

* Dr. Muraki in ''[[Yami no Matsuei]]'' (the anime) only got one scene where he drank red wine, but he milked it for all it was worth.

** For the love of all that is good, please rephrase that.

* Pegasus of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' loved to [[Villains Out Shopping|drink wine and read comic books]], but the censors turned his wine into [[Frothy Mugs of Water|"fruit juice"]].

** Which actually works with his character because he acts childish for most of his on-screen time.

* [[Lupin III (Anime)|Lupin III]] finds out about the tasting of a bottle of wine made for Napoleon, so he decides to swap it for a bottle of plonk. {{spoiler|The guests are fooled by the cheap wine, but the real wine spoiled long ago.}}

* The head of the committee after the protagonists in ''[[Choujin Gakuen (Manga)|Choujin Gakuen]]''. At this point in the story, the heroes haven't met her face to face and she watching the fight from a button on the minions she sent after them. But Adam manages to guess correctly that she holding one just based on her condescending tone.

* [[The Alcoholic|Yuuko Ichihara]] of ''[[Xxx Holic (Manga)|Xxx Holic]]'' enjoys nothing more than tossing back beers, sakes and anything with liquor in it in the most booze-hound manner imaginable. That she's still creepy, imposing and pretty much ''omniscient'' at times, is a rather interesting contrast. Not to mention smoking ''an opium pipe''. It could just be tobacco in there, but still...

* In ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Anime)|Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'' and it's American ''G-Force'' translation, [[Gender Bender|Berg Katse]] was often seen with a glass of wine.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* Lex Luthor from ''[[Smallville]]''. In fact, most of the time you can clearly see the crystal decanter in his living room.

* [[The Master]] in ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' has always been fond of quality drinks (and cigars, of course). He's shown sipping whisky in ''The Time Monster'', wine from fine goblets in various Ainley!Master stories and glugging wine or whisky in [[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S3 E12 The Sound of Drums|"The Sound of Drums"]].

* ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]'' promotional images occasionally feature Scorpius holding a wine glass of an unnamed alien vintage (in the images where he's not [[Knife Nut|holding some kind of bladed instrument]], of course).

 

== Web Original ==

 

 

* An episode of ''[[South Park]]'' parodies this. Cartman fakes having Tourette's, and is going to be on TV, and plans to say things on live television, and get away with it. When explaining this to Kyle, Cartman is sipping what appears to be wine, Kyle takes a sip from a glass and claims "This is apple juice!"

* In ''[[The Black Cauldron]]'', Horned King [[A Glass in The Hand|broke his glass]] just like in Saint Seiya.

* In ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode ''Monty Can't Buy Me Love'' , Kent Brockman reads: "This new breed of fun-loving billionaire is a welcome change from the classic joyless miser, brooding in his cavernous mansion, grasping a glass of brandy with his thin, clawlike fingers and a superior smirk on his greedy, soulless face" . Cut to Montgomery Burns sitting in his mansion, in that exact pose, glass in hand and uttering a reverbering "bah"