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Men who undergo this for a period often grow a [[Beard of Sorrow]] during the time.
If a friend shows up, the [[Power of Friendship]] can convert this to [[To Absent Friends]]. Sometimes. If not? [[Nailed to
The [[Bottle Fairy]] does this from time to time. The [[Wide
If the depressed character recovers, it will probably lead to a [[He's Back]] moment.
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* On ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]'', Godai and Mitaka have decided to duke it out once and for all for the hand of the fair Kyoko. Too bad this is Tokyo, where it seems like every street corner has a cop waiting to book you for causing a public disturbance. The guys end up at a beer vending machine drowning their sorrows.
* David from ''[[Blood Plus|Blood+]]'' after {{spoiler|the Red Shield's headquarters was sunk in order to kill Diva}} and the associated trip beyond the [[Moral Event Horizon]].
* {{spoiler|Lisa Kujoh aka}} Sumeragi Lee Noriega in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' personally implies that her constant drinking is for this single purpose.
* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' one of Negi's fellow teachers [[Unsuspectingly Soused|accidentally gave him some sake]] while eating in Satsuki's restaurant. The scene quickly degenerated into this trope as a drunken Negi [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v09/c073/14.html cried out his troubles].
* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
** Same thing happens pretty often in another game of the series, ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
* ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'': Misa Hayase goes to a bar and gets blind drunk in despair after she misinterprets {{spoiler|Hikaru giving Minmay a place to stay for the night as him rekindling his romance with her.}} She's found by Claudia, who talks to her about [[Beta Couple|her own relationship with]] [[Big Brother Mentor|Roy Fokker]] over a couple of glasses of wine.
** Roy was this before he met Claudia, which is explained in [[Macross Zero]] {{spoiler|with the death of his lover in the events of Zero causing a long segment of depression.}}
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** In the manga, he decides to have tea when Rangiku offers it to him.
** He's seen doing it again in the last episode of the anime, but it's now [[Played for Laughs]] since this happens [[spoiler: because he doesn't approve of Rose as his captain.] Iba and Yumichika watch over him and are rather peeved.
* Roy Mustang in [[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* Before she became the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade from ''[[Naruto]]'' is seen several times gambling/getting drunk from sake to get her mind off of having lost her brother Nawaki and boyfriend Dan, who both died horribly and (presumably) painfully.
** She didn't exactly quit drinking even after becoming Hokage. Jiraiya didn't exactly have a hard time convincing her to go to the bar in the middle of the day.
* Lampe and Kim san Kaku go out and get plastered at the end of the intro comic of ''[[Astro Boy (
* A realistic occurrence takes place in ''[[Monster (
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' features two examples. The first one is played straight, and it comes from in the ''R'' season,: Usagi notices that Mamoru has a "new" girlfriend {{spoiler|(he doesn't, but since he believes he cannot be with hyer, he puts on a [[Jerkass Facade]] and pretends that Unazuki is his new girl)}} and she tries to [[Comfort Food|drown her sorrows in dumplings]]; when Luna tries to reprimand her, she cries and says she's too depressed to care about getting fat. The second is far more [[Played for Laughs]] and happens in the Super S season, when Naru is manipulated into dating Tiger's Eye for three months after he claimed he was going to die, her boyfriend Umino goes on a drinking binge ''with fifteen milkshakes''; Chibiusa is grossed out and [[Lampshade Hanging|comments on this]], even pointing out that sake is the traditional beverage for such behavior.
* Sayoko from ''[[Ah!
** Subverted by Urd, who ''needs'' to drink to {{spoiler|restore her powers.}}
* Jeanne takes to drinking vodka by the bottle in ''[[
* [[Time Skip|Between the two seasons]] of ''[[Darker Than Black]]'', Hei starts doing this, complete with [[Perma Stubble]] [[Beard of Sorrow]] and [[Took a Level In Jerkass|a serious attitude problem]]. As such, the fans have [[Fan Nickname|nicknamed]] the second season up until the [[He's Back]] moment "Drunker than Hobo."
** There's also Huang, who would love to do this [[Never Gets Drunk|if he could ever get drunk]].
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* Lunch reacts like this in the ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' anime after the death of Tenshinhan, and subsequently catches [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]. (Note that this of course, was [[Filler]]. In the manga, she disappeared earlier than that.)
* In ''[[Kuragehime]]'', Tsukimi tries to fall asleep to forget her broken heart, but can't. She asks one of the girls at the boarding house she lives in for advice and is given a one-word response: booze. She ends up falling unconscious after one cup of sweet sake.
* Although we only see Yukiji's [[Bottle Fairy]] tendencies in ''[[
* Kazehana, resident [[Bottle Fairy]] of ''[[Sekirei]]'' does this during a season two episode after {{spoiler|the death of Uzume}}. Much to her annoyance, she can't get drunk.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Oniisama
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** He just did it again. In Fear Itself he started screaming at Odin and the other gods, yelling that if they wanted a sacrifce he'd give them the "only thing he could give worth anything": his sobriety, by taking a huge swig of alcohol. Even though it was a [[Narm]] scene, it was a total tearjerker to see him so broken.
* [[Spider-Man]] also did this in one issue. (Although, given [[Retcon|everything]], we should probably cut him some slack...)
* John Constantine does this at least twice in ''[[
* ''[[Flare]]'' did this in the "Duel" story, which was a crossover with [[Eternity Smith]].
* ''[[X-Men]]'': Cyclops, after a revelation that he was having a psychic affair with Emma Frost, ended up in a strip club and was drinking his sorrows in wine.
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'''Renee:''' No. Seems that all the problems I have when I start drinking are still there when I stop. }}
* It's hevaily implied (read: all but explicitly stated) that this is why [[Empowered (Comic Book)|Ninjette]] is the [[Bottle Fairy]] she is.
* [[Superman]] went to the bottle in response to losing all of his powers in ''[[JLA:
* This happens early in ''[[Savage Dragon]]'' continuity. After a love interest gets [[Stuffed in A Fridge]], the main character drowns his sorrows at a bar. A [[Bar Brawl]] soon follows after a supervillain decides to literaly [[Bullying a Dragon|bully a dragon]].
* In ''[[
* Shift of the ''[[Batman and
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Rodney Skinner in the fourth installment of ''[[
* Mark Printzen in chapter ten of ''[[The Ollivander Children
* In ''[[
* Happens in the [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comic]] ''[[Roommates 2007
* Sirius Black tries this in [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3735743/117/The_Moment_It_Began Chapter 117] of ''The Moment It Began'' after {{spoiler|his brother Regulus dies.}}
== Film ==
* Mulder does this in the first ''[[The X
* ''[[Back to The Future]] III'' has a subversion. Doc goes to get drunk after losing Clara and doesn't actually drink anything, but acts strangely anyway.
{{quote| '''Some Guy:''' How much has he had?<br />
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{{quote| -- "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."}}
* In ''[[A Few Good Men]]'', Daniel Kaffee gets roaring drunk after an important witness for his case commits suicide.
* In the [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] vehicle ''[[
** It's a blueberry daquiri. The commentary reveals that it was supposed to be much more flamboyant, but someone in the prop department missed the memo.
{{quote| '''Bob:''' You don't drink.<br />
'''George:''' Yeah, but I've been meaning to start. }}
* Inigo Montoya does it in ''[[The Princess Bride (
* In ''[[The
** This also appears in ''[[The Three Musketeers (1993
* [[Eccentric Mentor|Mr. Miyagi]] in ''[[The Karate Kid]] 2''.
** The scene in the first film when he's drinking because of his and his dead wife's anniversary qualifies, too. Especially because he passes out.
* ''[[The First Wives Club]]'': Goldie Hawn's character bawls about how she would have been cast as the sexy lead character of Monique in a movie not five years ago, but now she's Monique's mother. She babbles about how other actors would be better suited to the role, ending in [[Sean Connery]], but counters the last, noting that Sean Connery would be Monique's boyfriend, as he's 500 years old but "still a stud..."
* Eddie Valiant in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'', who still grieves over the death of his brother years earlier.
* ''[[Toy Story]]'' parodies this trope: Buzz Lightyear gets "drunk" at a little girl's tea set.
* ''[[The Punisher]]'' film has the titular character resort to drinking Wild Turkey Bourbon (TM) straight in his depression after the murder of his entire family. The way the bottle was clearly labeled and placed on the table facing the audience smacks of [[Product Placement]].
* Similarly, Harry Osborne in ''[[Spider-Man (
* Basically the entire plot of ''[[Leaving Las Vegas]]''.
* Jason Lee's character does this to an absurd degree in ''Kissing A Fool''.
* ''[[
* The explanation given for why Michael was in prison for a year in ''[[Miss Pettigrew Lives for
* Subverted in ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger
* Tecate beer is common for this trope, as it is one of the few beer brands that will pay for product placement even when characters use it in this way:
** ''[[Hellboy (
** ''[[The Hammer]]''
* ''[[The Last Samurai]]'', starring Tom Cruise, has retired U.S. Army Captain Nathan Algren drunk for a good third of the movie, drowning his sorrows and being haunted by nightmares due to his role in the American Indian genocide around the time of General Custer.
* In ''[[
* After Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline) admits to his fiancee Emily Montgomery (Joan Cusack) that he's gay shortly before they're to get married in the 1997 comedy ''[[In and Out]]'', Emily is shown drowning her sorrows at the same bar Peter Malloy (Tom Selleck) is at. When a wedding dress-clad Emily hits on Peter and Peter reveals that he too is gay, this creates a hilarious [[Heroic BSOD]] moment that was coincidentally what was shown on that year's Oscars telecast when Joan Cusack was nominated for an Oscar for that role.
* The reason Ron is the town drunk in ''[[The
* The protagonist of British [[World War Two]] movie ''[[Ice Cold in Alex]]'' starts out the film drinking heavily as a result of the stress he's been put under during the campaign in Africa, and the plot is driven by his yearning for a cold beer 300 miles away.
== Literature ==
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s ''[[
* Aral Vorkosigan tries this in [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'s ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|Shards of Honor]]'' before his fiancee shows up and invalidates the need. His son Miles does it too, on occasion; evidently, it's hereditary. Though his mother (that's the fiancee we mentioned) does also say it's partially Miles's attempt to uphold tradition.
* As mentioned in the [[Film]] examples, Athos of Dumas' ''[[The Three Musketeers (
* David and Leigh Eddings have used this at various times in ''[[The Belgariad]]'' and its prequels.
** Belgarath tried this in ''Belgarath the Sorcerer'', after learning of his wife Poledra's [[Death
** Silk does this in ''[[The Belgariad]]'' after speaking with his mother for the first time in years. To elaborate, his mother used to be a beautiful woman, but caught a blindness inducing [[The Plague|illness]] that left her face horribly scarred, and nobody could ever bring themselves to let her know. The scene is powerful precisely because of the contrast with Silk's [[Jerkass Facade]] and the overall humorous tone of the series.
* [[Genghis Khan]] in Conn Iggulden's ''[[Conqueror|Bones of the Hills]]'' takes to the airag after Temulun is killed during a raid ({{spoiler|after being [[Moral Event Horizon|raped]] by Kokchu}}).
* [[Graham McNeill]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40000]] [[Ultramarines (
* In ''[[
** The Luggage, an animated chest whose sentience is debatable, [[Discworld
** Detritus, Gaspode and Thomas Silverfish all do this about halfway through ''[[Discworld
* ''[[The Vampire Chronicles]]'' has a fair amount of this going on. Louis in ''Interview with the Vampire'' not only drinks away his sorrows but picks fights and sleeps with prostitutes, hoping to get himself killed. Later in ''Blackwood Farm'' Quinn also drinks away his sorrows and his fears. In ''Queen of the Damned,'' this is slightly subverted, as Daniel Molloy tries to drink away his madness (from the knowledge that vampires are real).
* Averted and played straight in ''[[Star Wars|Starfighters]] [[Star Wars Expanded Universe|of]] [[X Wing Series|Adumar]]'' - Wedge heads to a bar mostly for privacy while he thinks through some questions of honor vs. the chain of command (he doesn't get very drunk, either). However, at the bar, he runs across {{spoiler|Admiral Rogriss}}, who decided the answer to his problem ([[Not So Different|basically the same as Wedge's]]) was to get stone drunk.
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'''Prince:''' Ashamed of what?<br />
'''Tippler:''' Ashamed of drinking! }}
* In the first ''[[
* [[H. Beam Piper]]'s ''[[Little Fuzzy]]'' has a sad-whimsical description of the process:
{{quote| Take a drink because you pity yourself, and then the drink pities you and has a drink, and then two good drinks get together and that calls for drinks all around.}}
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* Lytol in the ''[[Dragonriders of Pern]]'' series drinks to unconsciousness whenever he is forcibly reminded of his dragon's death, as a way of easing the pain of the loss. This is considered better than the alternative; most riders who lose their dragons [[Driven to Suicide|kill themselves]].
** There's also a small instance in the first book of the same series. F'lar assumed leadership of the weyr from previous Weyrleader R'gul. After Weyrwoman Lessa performs the huge event of the plot, R'gul insists that it's not possible and F'lar must be mad, and privately prepares to resume leadership once F'lar's incapability is publicly known. When people show up who prove that it really did happen exactly the way the leaders said, "R'gul got very quietly drunk."
* In ''[[
* Sydney Carton from ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' does this pretty much 24/7.
* Haymitch Abernathy of ''[[The Hunger Games]]'' has been doing this ever since he left the titular [[Deadly Game]] as a teenager. Considering his only ally and friend in the arena was killed without him having even the slightest chance to save her and most of his family and friends were then killed to punish him for his almost nonexistent "rebellion", and his job ever since has been to accompany and train two kids a year for an almost certain death in the titular [[Deadly Game]], you can see why.
* ''[[Belisarius Series]]'': It's something of a tradition of Antonina's, when Belisarius goes away on a potentially hopeless mission against the Malwa, to get thoroughly trashed, accompanied by Irene.
* Several characters in ''[[
* Leesil, one of the protagonists of ''[[The Saga of the Noble Dead]]'', drinks heavily in the first arc to suppress his memories of the time he spent as an assassin.
* In [[
* In the ''[[Knight and Rogue Series]]'' Fisk claims that he handled being dumped by his first crush "in the time honored way" while telling the audience about a time Jack had come to scold him for being to sentimental and attatched to people while he was drunk.
* In [[Michael Flynn]]'s ''[[Spiral Arm
== Live Action TV ==
* Almost every (major) character has done this at least once on ''[[
* The Irish Drinking Song game in ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?
** There's also a game aptly titled 'Bartender' where one player acts as the bartender and the other three sing their sorrows out (which are provided by the audience members.)
* Kirsten in ''[[The OC]]''.
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** Sawyer is fond of doing this as well.
* The Canadian TV series ''[[Butch Patterson Private Dick]]'', features a title character who drinks for a number of reasons, not least his shame over his tendency to [[Urine Trouble|wet his pants]], to prematurely ejaculate, or his inability to have sex without paying a woman for it. He normally keeps up a brave front, but he occasionally lets his private shame and self-pitying show through, bursting into tears, yelling at whoever is in the room and then running away.
* [[
** Wesley, Lorne and Spike all drowned their sorrows {{spoiler|after Fred died.}}
** Played straight when Angel fires the rest of his staff - they immediately go to a karaoke bar they know, get incredibly drunk, and sing "We Are The Champions". Badly.
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* ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]''. Alex Drake may be the only woman born who can hold her own in a wine bar with Gene Hunt and an epically bad mood, and she has every excuse in the world for doing so.
** It happens in both versions of ''[[Life On Mars]]'' as well. "What? I had no idea how long this stakeout was going to last!"
* Nathan Petrelli, complete with [[Beard of Sorrow]], at the beginning of the second season of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''.
* When [[The X
* When Leonard's mother, a neurophysiologist and psychologist, comes to visit on ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', her influence prompts Leonard to knock on Penny's door and simply ask, "Do you have any alcohol?" The two of them spend most of the rest of the episode getting sloppy drunk.
* Damar of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' spent several episodes getting drunk, to drown out first his unease and his conscience over dealing with the Dominion, his murder of Dukat's daughter, then his problems when promoted to leader of Cardassia. His snapping out of this and [[Heel Face Turn|becoming a good guy]] marks the beginning of his becoming truly [[Badass]].
** And he slips a bit of information to Quark, leading to a particularly entertaining scene in which he is trying to tell Kira and Odo what he learned while roaring drunk.
{{quote| "I just shared a bottle of kanar...with Damar!...Hey...that rhymes! (unintelligible giggling)"}}
* In ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', it's shown that Sam and Bobby both drink a lot after {{spoiler|Dean's death}}. Bobby at least had been hinted at avoiding alcohol now, but with the whole apocalypse {{spoiler|Sam using his powers, and Dean in hell}} thing, the boys have still been drinking in a not-so-healthy way.
** After {{spoiler|finding out that God doesn't intend to do anything with the apocalypse}}, Castiel goes and drinks a whole liquor store.
{{quote| '''Castiel:''' I found a liquor store.<br />
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* Ben Harper from ''[[My Family]]'': One episode features him being unable to get at his booze, resulting in him grinding through a fair chunk of the 10,000 or so choices on the combination lock in order to get at whiskey {{spoiler|that turns out to be cold tea, courtesy Nick's new job as a background actor}}.
* Subverted in an episode of ''[[Titus]]'': Christopher Titus' father, habitual drinker Ken Titus, goes on the wagon, and his relatives find his sober behavior so insufferable that within two weeks they have an intervention to urge him to start drinking again.
* In ''[[I
* A flashback in one episode of ''[[Frasier]]'' shows Niles hitting the (wine) bottle especially hard during his divorce with Marris, making a reference to the term when he said, "Who knew my sorrows were such strong swimmers."
* ''[[Babylon
{{quote| '''Vir:''' I was drinking to Emperor Cartagia... but he wasn't here, so I had to drink for him. So first it was me drinking for Cartagia, and then me drinking for me, and then I got caught in this ''cycle''... and then Emperor Cartagia, his glass broke!}}
** It's also a significant part of [[The Alcoholic|Garibaldi's]] [[Backstory]]. {{spoiler|Garibaldi restarts drinking when he realizes that he can't kill Bester for [[Mind Rape|brainwashing]] him into [[More Than Mind Control|accidentally betraying]] Sheridan.}}
** Londo is also a heavy drinker. First he drinks to the [[Vestigial Empire|lost glory of the Centauri Republic]], then to {{spoiler|[[Morality Chain|Adira]]}} and finally to {{spoiler|ruined Centauri Prime and to keep the [[Puppeteer Parasite|Drakh Keeper]] from ruining his [[Thanatos Gambit]].}}
* Probably the best way to explain Meredith's relationship with tequila, on ''[[
{{quote| '''Alex:''' When your life is sucky you get drunk and sleep with inappropriate men. It's your thing.}}
* Just about every ''[[
{{quote| '''Hawkeye:''' Drowning your sorrows, Margaret?<br />
'''Margaret:''' No... just taking them out for a little swim. }}
* Modus operandi of [[Gossip Girl|Chuck Bass]].
* After being {{spoiler|killed and brought back to life}} in ''[[
* On ''[[Fringe]]'', Walter Bishop is normally on any number of psychotropic drugs at once. When he hits rock bottom, instead of drowning his sorrows, he smokes them out. To similar, but far more hilarious, effect.
** Also, Olivia does this so often it's pretty much her nightly ritual now.
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* On ''[[Good Times]]'', Keith does this after feeling frustrated about not being able to play football, working part-time as a cab driver, and the lack of full-time work. The drinking escalates when his old college roommate (now a pro football player) comes to visit. Keith then starts insulting everyone around him and he slaps Thelma. Thelma packs his bags and tells him that he can either quit drinking for good and stop feeling sorry for himself or he can leave her for good. Keith chooses Thelma.
* Colleen McMurphy, on ''[[China Beach]]''.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Yes Minister]]'', Jim Hacker, at the end of "The Whisky Priest," seems at first to just [[I Need a Freaking Drink|Need A Freaking Drink]] (OK, several drinks). Then:
{{quote| '''Annie''': You're sort of a whisky priest. You do at least know when you've done the wrong thing.<br />
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** ''[[Twinkle Twinkle]]'': Mostly serious sorrowful drinking, especially by the female leads.
** ''[[You Are Beautiful]]'': Go Mi Nam gets drunk on champaigne his first night and ends up throwing up on the lead singer of the band he just joined. This is after throwing up in a flower pot, {{spoiler|and before anyone knows he's a girl}}.
* In the ''[[
* [[Inspector Lynley]], after {{spoiler|his wife's death in the series five finale}}, which he believes is his fault, takes to this. His partner, [[Sarcastic Devotee|DS Barbara Havers]], is not amused, but even though she's his [[Most Important Person]], even ''she'' can't reach him. It takes an [[It's Personal]] case, [[It Makes Sense in Context|a near brush with arrest for murder]], and Barbara nearly being killed to [[He's Back|make him something remotely like himself]] again. The first thing he does after he comes to his senses is apologise to Barbara, after which she remarks, "You know, I probably shouldn't say this, but [[I Need a Freaking Drink|d'you fancy a drink]]?" Clearly, this time she trusts him not to go off the deep end.
* On ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', Cory does this once after his break up with Topanga in season five. In a later episode, Shawn does this after {{spoiler|he is unable to find his real mother.}}
* In the third episode of ''[[Black Mirror (TV series)|Black Mirror]]'' Liam ends up getting drunk after suspecting his wife was flirting with another man. Decides to get the babysitter involved before driving over and attacking the guy.
* On ''[[Lie to Me (TV series)|Lie to Me]]'' Foster gets totally smashed (on a bottle of Lightman's very, very expensive Scotch, no less, which she stole from his office). When he confronts her, she is both hilarious in her chattiness and heartbreakingly honest, as she displays her vulnerability and her love and loyalty for Lightman, while finally taking a stand against his aggressive personality.
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* "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)", a classic Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer standard recorded by [[Frank Sinatra]], among others.
* "Death of a Clown" by [[The Kinks]]. ("I'm drowning my sorrows in whiskey and gin...")
* "Hurricane Drunk" by [[Florence and
{{quote| I'm going out/I'm going to drink myself to death.}}
* Brazil has "Garçom" ("waiter", the guy who the binge drinking protagonist speaks about his broken heart) and "Pinga Ni Mim" ([[Double Entendre]]: as it can be both "drops on me" - as the chorus mentions a leak - and "[[wikipedia:Cacha%C3%A7a|cachaça]] on me"; but many don't know it's about drowning romantic sorrows as [[Chorus
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== Video Games ==
* Gorman in ''[[The Legend of
** Played straight by an NPC in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
* ''[[Escape
{{quote| '''Guybrush:''' Drinking isn't the answer, Carla."<br />
'''Carla:''' That depends on the question, doeshn't it? }}
* ''[[Wing Commander (
** Especially because {{spoiler|of the scramble alert following shortly thereafter. Alcohol and spacecraft do not mix, and flying drunk will [[Interface Screw|make your ship behave erratically.]]}}
* Haku Yowane from ''[[Vocaloid|Vocaloids]]'' is notorious for this; she drinks because she knows she's just a failed [[Expy]] of Miku. [[Tsundere|Neru Akita]], on the other hand, has a different way of handling her [[Rage Against the Reflection|jealousy of Miku...]]
* The Japanese version and the DS retranslation of ''[[
* Similarly happens in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'', where Cid is originally drinking heavily after the death of his wife. In the [[Bowdlerize|American translation]], he merely has trouble keeping a job.
* The Demoman in ''[[
{{quote| "They got more [[Overly Long Gag|*BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*]]s than they got the likes o' me!"}}
* Nearly every dwarf in ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' has in their bio: "Urist McAlequaffer needs alcohol to get through the working day" and will add "and is working more slowly due to its scarcity" should the fortress run out. Given the myriad horrible things that can (and frequently do) happen to the dwarves, it is rather easy to see why they would drink so much? Besides them being, you know, [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|dwarves.]]
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* After [[The Force Unleashed|Starkiller]] defeats him at the TIE fighter construction facility above Nar Shaddaa, Rahm Kota is found in a bar in Bespin.
* Deego in ''[[Rogue Galaxy]]'' is first found drowning his sorrows after a combat mission went badly wrong.
* Cass, one of your possible companions in ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' is found doing this in a crappy military bar after her caravans have (suspiciously) been vaporized. She's still [[The Alcoholic]] after she joins your party but at least she isn't depressed.
* Taro Namatame from Persona 4.
* One of the [[Game Over|Game Overs]] in ''[[Hotel Dusk: Room 215]]'' has [[Game Over Man|Dunning]] offering to cheer Kyle up by getting drunk with him. It's a [[Game Over]] because Kyle is too drunk to do anything else for the rest of the night.
== Webcomics ==
* Largo of ''[[Megatokyo]]'', thanks to Erika. [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|Nine words]]: [[Wham! Episode|"If I sleep with you, will you go away?"]]
* Kevyn in ''[[
* Ash tried this in ''[[Misfile]]'' [http://www.misfile.com/index.php?page=255 at one point]; it [[Kissing Under the Influence|didn't work out so good]].
* Sabine in ''[[The Order of the Stick
* Riff from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' gets into this after he [http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=070828 destroys humanity]. Geez, talk about [[Wangst|emo]].
** Aylee gets in on this too after taking on a [http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=071120 human-ish form].
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* In ''[[The Specialists]]'', [http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-81/ Captain Victory is slipping away a hip flask when he and Max first meet] -- and he's suffering from [[Survivor Guilt]].
* [http://hiddendepths.smackjeeves.com/comics/1356584/001-bulbasaur/ Bulbasaur does this] after dropping a little girl in a [[Big No|failed rescue attempt]] in ''151 Hidden Depths''.
* In ''[[No Rest for The Wicked (
== Web Original ==
* In ''[[
* Daniel in ''[[
* Gavin of ''[[Kate Modern]]'' binges on large quantities of alcohol when depressed.
* In ''[[I'm a Marvel And
** Superman did the same thing and even joined him.
** [[Iron Man]] went through this when Batman's movie surpassed his movie. He got so drunk that he ended up at Wayne Manor.
*** [[Iron Man]] getting drunk? Perish the thought!
* ''[[A World of Laughter,
* [[Homestar Runner|Strong Bad]] drowns his sorrows when he finds out that his friend The Cheat is dating Marzipan.
* In ''[[Theatrica]]'', drowning one's sorrows is just what the doctor ordered.
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{{quote| "I'm crazy and sober and don't know what I'll do!"}}
** He even grows a [[Beard of Sorrow]] made out of rust!
* ''[[
** Done similarly in ''[[
* Probably the only reason [[The Simpsons (
** With a special nod to an episode where he gives Homer a special drink, specifically made to cause short-term memory loss. Of course, when he can't remember what he's supposed to forget, Homer comes to some pretty wild conclusions.
* Both parodied and played for drama in ''[[
* ''[[Teen Titans (
* Toki Wartooth does this after his father's death in ''[[Metalocalypse]]'', getting hammered numerous times since then. The other band members note on this, with Skwisgaar saying he doesn't want to babysit Toki during Seth's wedding, and everyone being shocked that he's drinking straight vodka in the morning. {{spoiler|Ironically, he knocks out Nathan's assailant with a vodka bottle in the season 2 finale.}}
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* K'nuckles from ''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]'' seems to do this with "maple syrup". Also, in "High Land Lubber" he actually asks Peppermint Larry for something to drown his sorrows, {{spoiler|even though Peppermint Larry gives him prune juice.}}
* In the [[Bugs Bunny]] version of ''[[Casablanca]]'', Bugs himself is drinking carrot juice saying something similar to the film's true quote.
* Occurs in the ''[[Recess]]'' episode, "I Will Kick No More Forever", when Vince starts losing his touch in every sport. The scene that features this trope is when he stays home from school binging out on root beer and donuts (complete with [[Balloon Belly]]) while watching video recordings of his previous games. Mikey even asks, "Don't you think you've had enough!?"
* In the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "Ass Burgers", this is effectively what the cynics do, all [[Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory|ridiculousness]] aside. By the end of the episode, this is {{spoiler|what Stan turns to, [[Negative Continuity|possibly]] on a long-term basis, just to get through a normal day.}}
* In the first season finale of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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