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Compare [[Slipping a Mickey]] and [[Discreet Dining Disposal]]. Overlaps with [[That Poor Plant]] when the drink is poured
▲Heroes will every once in a while be offered a drink that they'd rather not partake of. Maybe they don't trust the one who gave it to them. Maybe it looks like an [[Alien Lunch|Alien Liquid Lunch]] or the product of a [[Lethal Chef|Lethal Bartender]]. Maybe they just don't do alcohol, or need to be on the top of their game for an upcoming fight, and can't just say so without giving something away. Whatever the reason, they'll discreetly pour it out or pass it off while no-one's looking.
▲Compare [[Slipping a Mickey]] and [[Discreet Dining Disposal]]. Overlaps with [[That Poor Plant]] when the drink is poured on a potted plant.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* This is standard operating procedure for dealing with [[Stalker
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▲* This is standard operating procedure for dealing with [[Stalker With a Crush|Kodachi's home cooking]] in ''[[Ranma One Half]]'', which typically includes stuff like paralysis powder, poison, or sleeping powder. Her brother, Tatewaki, even has a small dog he uses to test his meals for him. People would gladly do this with [[Lethal Chef|Akane's]] cooking too, if she weren't watching them like a hawk when getting them to taste her recipes.
== Comics ==▼
* Considered a cliché in ''Rubrique-à-Brac'' by [[Gotlib]].
* In the ''[[Tintin
* In the ''[[Blake and Mortimer]]'' story "Professor Sato's Three Formulae", Mortimer discreetly pours on the floor a cup of sake which he (rightly) suspects of being drugged.
* Everyone in ''[[The Boys]]'', save Wee Hughie and Love Sausage, pours shots of a rather potent blend of vodka over their shoulder. Lucky for them because, as Love Sausage states, "This shit would probably kill the AIDS virus!".
* In the German comic of the TV series ''Lindenstraße'', politician Rudolf Scharping is invited to "[
▲* In the German comic of the TV series ''Lindenstraße'', politician Rudolf Scharping is invited to "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saumagen Saumagen]" by then-chancellor Helmut Kohl. Which he gets rid off by feeding it to [[That Poor Cat]] (at the end, with brute force). Kohl comments that the cat always seems to get sick when he invites people for Saumagen, but [[The Fool|doesn't make the conclusion]].
* [[Batman|Bruce Wayne]] tends to do this at social functions, as his [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job|public persona]] needs to be seen to be drinking and occasionally appear to get drunk, while his true persona is a teetotaler. When he needs to be seen drinking while at home, he tends to drink things like [[Frothy Mugs of Water|seltzer water in champagne glasses]].
** In ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'', a conversation with Jim Gordon reveals to the reader that Bruce started drinking for real after he hung up the cowl. When he returns to being Batman, he picks up his old habits.
== [[Fairy Tales]] ==▼
▲== Fairy Tales ==
* This is an obligatory element of the fairy tale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses". The princesses [[Slipping a Mickey|offer the hero a drugged drink]] every night which he must dispose of without letting them know that he hasn't been safely sedated. In [[Robin McKinley]]'s version of the story, he does this by pouring it into the luxurious cloaks he is given to wear. Other versions of the story sometimes involve a hidden sponge.
* ''[[
== Films -- Animation ==▼
* In the fifth ''[[Harry Potter]]'' movie ''The Order of the Phoenix'', Harry disposes of spiked tea in a plant.▼
▲* ''[[The Emperor's New Groove (Disney)|The Emperor's New Groove]]'' has a villainous example, when Kronk and Yzma dispose of their potion-tainted drink. Ysma quickly dumps hers on a [[That Poor Plant|nearby cactus]]. Kronk pretends to drink his, using forced perspective to make it look like it's going in his mouth while he's actually spilling it on his shoulder. Their victim is so self-centered and oblivious that it is hardly necessary.
* In ''[[The Dark Knight]]''
* ''[[
▲* In the fifth ''[[Harry Potter]]'' movie, Harry disposes of spiked tea in a plant.
▲* ''[[The Dark Knight]]'': Bruce pours out his champagne on the balcony of his penthouse during the Harvey Dent fundraiser.
▲* ''[[Zombieland (Film)|Zombieland]]'': Tallahassee pours shots of whisky for him and Columbus and toasts them. While he knocks it back, Columbus throws his out the car window.
* ''[[Coyote Ugly]]'': Cammy teaches Violet a way to avoid getting drunk from all the shots customers buy for her: drink the shot without swallowing it, then pretend to chase it with a sip of beer while actually spitting the shot into the beer bottle.
* ''[[Three Ages]]'': [[Buster Keaton]] winds up drunk in one of the Modern Age sequences (which are taking place during Prohibition) when he imbibes a discreetly disposed drink.
* ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Smith]]'': John disposes of the drink Jane hands him into a potplant when he is suspicious of her motives {{spoiler|after they discover each others' secret identities}}
* In ''[[Jaws (
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
**
** In ''[[Raising Steam]]'', Moist von Lipwig uses the "funnel and tube setup" mentioned in the [[#Real Life]] section to keep his wits about him while negotiating right-of-way for the railroad. He gives the (usually high-quality) re-bottled spirits to the other people in charge of the railway.
* In [[
* When Herald Alberich of ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'' is undercover in Haven's bad neighborhoods, he carries a drinking jack with a slow leak
* ''[[Bored of the Rings]]''
* In one of the ''[[Young Jedi Knights]]'' books, [[The Cape (trope)|Luke Skywalker]], farmboy extraordinaire, does this with his drink while digging for information in the resident [[Bad Guy Bar]]. He [[That Poor Plant|dumps it in a plant]], [[Hilarity Ensues|which turns out to be an alien]].▼
* ''[[
* In ''[[Bored of the Rings]]'', Frito takes a dubious drink over to a potted plant -- which accepts it and puts it on the floor next to its pot.
==
* In the ''[[
▲* William de Worde in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[Discworld (Literature)/The Truth|The Truth]]'', when he discovered that the lemons his host dropped in the tea he's drinking was fished out of the river Ankh. After spitting out his first sip with an excuse about it being too hot, he "accidentally" kicked his cup of tea when he stood up to leave.
* In an episode of
▲* [[Judge Dee]], title protagonist of Robert van Gulik's series of detective novels, does this once to get out of the poison-in-teacup situation.
▲* When Herald Alberich of ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'' is undercover in Haven's bad neighborhoods, he carries a drinking jack with a slow leak, to get rid of the alleged beer he's been served without having to actually drink the stuff.
▲* ''[[Bored of the Rings]]''. When Frito Bugger tries to get rid of his Orca-Cola drink by pouring it into a potted palm, the plant takes the glass from him and sets it carefully on the floor.
▲* In one of the [[Young Jedi Knights]] books, [[The Cape|Luke Skywalker]], farmboy extraordinaire, does this with his drink while digging for information in the resident [[Bad Guy Bar]]. He [[That Poor Plant|dumps it in a plant]], [[Hilarity Ensues|which turns out to be an alien]].
▲* ''[[Ring World]]''. Triggered by the sight of an ususual creature. The plant doesn't complain; the alien lifeform living there does, loudly.
▲* In the ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'' episode "Guise Will Be Guise", Wesley (while disguised as Angel) disposes of the blood they offered him in a flower vase. Poor Wesley clearly wasn't at his best, because the vase was clear and the water was then visibly red.
▲* In an episode of ''[[The Office]]'' (US), Karen pours shots into the trash while Andy and Jim drink them, leaving her sober and them hammered at the end of the evening.
* [[Mr. Bean]] once did a Discreet Dinner Disposal with steak tartar.
* Catherine on ''[[News Radio]]'' did this with the Rocket Fuel Malt Liquor.
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* In 2006, JBL challenged Steve Austin to a beer drinking contest on Saturday Night's Main Event. After setting up the rules that the two would drink as much beer as they could in one minute while standing back to back, JBL proceeded to dump beer down the front of his shirt as opposed to ingesting it.{{context|reason=How is this an example of the trope as written?}}▼
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* ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade
▲* In 2006, JBL challenged Steve Austin to a beer drinking contest on Saturday Night's Main Event. After setting up the rules that the two would drink as much beer as they could in one minute while standing back to back, JBL proceeded to dump beer down the front of his shirt as opposed to ingesting it.
* In ''[[Monkey Island 2
*
▲* ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade (Tabletop Game)|Vampire: The Masquerade]]'': there is a separate character skill that deals with such things ("Sanguine Disposition" in the tabletop game.) It allows the characters to pass for humans in mixed company (since most vampires can't ingest anything but blood and refusing a drink might be impolite).
▲* ''[[Monkey Island 2]]: LeChuck's Revenge'': Guybrush has to do a [[Drinking Contest]] with Rum Rogers Jr. Because he's such a lightweight, he has to empty his drink inside a potted dead plant, while replacing it with near-beer..
▲* ''[[Return to Zork]]'': You may have to do this a couple of times during your [[Drinking Game]] with Boos in order to get his keys to East Shanbar. If you don't you get drunk, and lose.
* ''[[Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'': To stay polite, Durkon disposes of his cup of bloodwart tea and replaces it with some alcohol from a flask, by distracting his host with a discussion on "[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0737.html Comparative Mythology]".▼
* In the ''Giant Days'' [[Spin-Off]] of ''[[Scary Go Round]]'', Esther not-so-discreetly disposes of her drink in [http://www.scarygoround.com/gd/?date=20101026 this strip].▼
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▲* ''[[
* When Zuko makes tea for Iroh in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', Iroh takes one sip, then dumps it out the window behind him as soon as Zuko is looking the other way. Zuko is a [[Lethal Chef]] when it comes to tea, but he gets better at it later in the series.▼
▲* In the ''Giant Days'' [[Spin-Off]] of ''[[Scary Go Round]]'', Esther not-so-discreetly disposes of her drink in [https://web.archive.org/web/20110624035107/http://www.scarygoround.com/gd/?date=20101026 this strip].
* Happens in ''[[Batman the Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' with that shake Wildcat makes.▼
* Leela does this when Zap offers her "[[Delusions of Eloquence|sham-pag-n]]" in an episode of ''[[Futurama]]''.▼
* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "Party of One", after Rarity finds out Pinkie Pie's pet baby alligator has been swimming in the punch bowl, she politely continues drinking, but once Pinkie's back is turned she discreetly spits her mouthful of punch into a potted plant.▼
▲* When Zuko makes tea for Iroh in ''[[
▲* Happens in ''[[Batman
▲* Leela does this when Zap offers her "[[Delusions of Eloquence|sham-pag-n]]" in an episode of ''[[Futurama]]''. In another episode, [[Lethal Chef]] Bender notes that [[That Poor Plant|the potted plant in the kitchen]] gets more withered every time he cooks.
▲* In the ''[[My Little Pony:
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Prohibition agent Izzie Einstein had a funnel and tube setup in the lining of his coat which allowed him to have any alcohol he got out of illegal bars poured into a flask he kept in an inside coat pocket - the contents of which he would use as evidence in court.
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