Drowning My Sorrows: Difference between revisions

* Katchoo does this a few times in ''[[Strangers in Paradise]]'', usually after a bitter argument with, or involuntary separation from, Francine or David.

* From ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]''.

'''Brainiac 5:''' Are you kidding? I drink to forget you. }}

* In ''[[Blackest Night]] Titans'', Red Star was drinking in memory of his family (Pantha and Baby Wildebeest).

* Renee Montoya does this at the start of ''[[Fifty Two]]''. Of course, at that point it wasn't so much drowning her sorrows as it was [[The Alcoholic|just plain drowning]].

** At least she learnes her lessons.

'''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|Ninjette]] is the [[Bottle Fairy]] she is.

* Mulder does this in the first ''[[The X-Files|X-Files]]'' movie.

* ''[[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.

'''Bartender:''' None. That's the first one and he hasn't touched it yet. }}

** Well, to the other patrons, he's acting weird. To the rest of us, he's just moping and rattling off common knowledge about 1985.

** When Marty gets him to leave, he actually ''does'' drink...and instantly passes out.

* Rick Blaine does this in ''[[Casablanca]]''. You know the quote:

* 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 ''[[UHF]]'', George goes out drinking and orders something pink with a little umbrella in it. The drink clashes horribly with his somber mood.

** 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.

'''George:''' Yeah, but I've been meaning to start. }}

* Inigo Montoya does it in ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]''.

** In ''[[Goblet of Fire]]'', Winky the house-elf drinks several bottles of Butterbeer a day after being fired by Mr. Crouch. Butterbeer is a very mild drink for humans (children can drink it without any problem) but it's pretty strong for house-elves.

* When ''[[The Little Prince]]'' visits a planet with no one but a tippler on it, he inquires why the man is drinking constantly:

'''Tippler:''' Ashamed of drinking! }}

* In the first ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' novel, ''Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers'', Lister's response to finding out that [[Everybody's Dead, Dave]] is a [[Freak-Out|spectacular mental breakdown]] complete with massive alcohol abuse. It is ''not'' played for laughs.

* [[H. Beam Piper]]'s ''[[Little Fuzzy]]'' has a sad-whimsical description of the process:

* Happens in the [[Night Huntress]] series. Three days after {{spoiler|Bones leaves her}}, Cat's apartment is littered with empty gin bottles and ice cream cartons.

* 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]].

*** The only more literal way would be if the episode had been called "Beer Bad", WHICH IT WAS.

*** Though given this exchange at the end of the episode, one gets the impression that [[Joss Whedon]] couldn't resist subverting the anti-alcohol message:

'''Xander:''' Good. Just as long as that's clear. }}

** And Anya tries to drown her sorrows at the Bronze, but as she looks outwardly like a teenage girl the bartender stubbornly insists on an I.D. "I'm 1,120 years old! Just give me a frickin' BEER!!!"

* 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.

* 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.

'''Castiel:''' On a bender. }}

* ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' has this happen to several characters several times during the show's run. [[A Father to His Men|Bill Adama]] hits this trope hard in the fourth season, so much so that his best friend and second in command (and accomplished [[The Alcoholic|alcoholic]] himself) Saul Tigh has to snap him out of it.

* 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 5]]'': Vir, after {{spoiler|killing [[The Caligula|Emperor Cartagia.]]}} Notably, the scene manages to go from [[What Have I Done|dead serious]] to [[Rule of Funny|completely hilarious]] and back, mostly because Vir doesn't get drunk very often.

** 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 ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'', is through this delightful quote, by, of all people, Alex Karev, who wasn't exactly her BFF:

* Just about every ''[[M*A*S*H]]'' character was prone to this at some point or another.

'''Margaret:''' No... just taking them out for a little swim. }}

* Modus operandi of [[Gossip Girl|Chuck Bass]].

* In ''[[Farscape]]'', Aeryn spends all of "The Choice" drunk while she mourns {{spoiler|Crichton's death.}}

* 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:

'''Jim''': That's what you think. *''Turns, opens a red box, which turns to be filled with bottles of whisky''* Who said nothing good ever came out of Whitehall? }}

* During the Las Vegas season of ''[[The Real World]]'', Frank drinks water ''in anger'' during Steven and Trishelle's first hook-up.

* The Irish folk song "Keg of Brandy" may qualify. The narrator seems to be a (rather sweet) alcoholic tramp who is very world-weary, especially on the subject of romance and marriage.

* For true bottom of the bottle sorrow:

And all these conductors and porters, and I'm all out of quarters. }}

** What about [[Smile Empty Soul]]'s "Bottom of A Bottle"?

I do it for the love.... that I find at the bottom of the bottle... }}

::That's [[Tom Waits]], "Bad Liver and a Broken Heart." Waits' voice is almost uniquely suited to this kind of song. He has quite a few other songs like this, including "The Piano Has Been Drinking", "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You", "Invitation to the Blues", and "Saving All My Love for You".

* "Russia on Ice" by Porcupine Tree

* "The Price of Love" by the Everly Brothers, with its laboured yet lovely rhyme:

Drink all you can but you won't forget her. }}

* The Byrds' "An empty bottle, a broken heart, and ''You're Still on My Mind''".

* "Here Comes A Regular" by The Replacements

* [[Bob Dylan]] clocks in with "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues," ending with this verse:

* "How You Remind Me" by [[Nickelback]] features elements of this.

* The appropriately-named "Drinking Song" by Jenny Owen Youngs. The chorus, "There's solace at the bottom of the bottle", is [[Lyrical Dissonance|oddly cheery.]]

* "Tear in My Beer" by Hank Williams Sr (and a mashup duet created by his son)

* Invoked by Glaswegian [[Baroque Pop]] band [[Camera Obscura]] in the first verse of "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY_L_rafEs0&feature=related Let's Get Out of This Country]"

* [[Nas]]'s "Drunk by Myself". What makes this song stand out is the fact that his drinking is accompanied by ''[[Drives Like Crazy|trying to get away from all his troubles in a speeding vehicle.]]''

* In [[Drake]]'s song "Marvin's Room", he is in a club drunk dialing one of his ex-girlfriends.

* "Death of a Clown" by [[The Kinks]]. ("I'm drowning my sorrows in whiskey and gin...")

* "Hurricane Drunk" by [[Florence and the Machine]]:

* 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-Only Song|they only learned the chorus]]).

 

** Played straight by an NPC in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]]''. After you complete his quest, and leave his house, you can come back and find him missing. He's gone to the local tavern, and is seated at the bar, crying his eyes out because his girlfriend is seeing someone else.

* ''[[Escape from Monkey Island]]'' has Carla drinking at the microbrewery on Jambalaya Island to forget her time on Monkey Island. Unfortunately, Guybrush inadvertently reminds her of what she was drinking to forget, and she complains "Thanksh a load, Threepwood. Now I gotta shtart all over again."

'''Carla:''' That depends on the question, doeshn't it? }}

* ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]] III'': Halfway into the game, [[Colonel Badass|Col.]] [[Player Character|Blair]] drowns his sorrows {{spoiler|after discovering Angel's fate}}. After the cutscene showing {{spoiler|her fate}}, you're given a choice of talking with [[Wrench Wench|Rachel]] or drinking some more. Unless one is a masochist, talking is probably better than drinking.

* 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 ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' is characterized this way. His melee weapon is the very bottle he draws his "comfort" from, and his taunt for said weapon features him shouting "Cheers, mate!" and taking a hearty swig. A good number of his in-game lines either sound completely drunk or reference his being so ("I'm drunk - you don't have an excuse!", "Imagine if I ''hadn't'' been drunk!", etc.). His "Meet the Team" video features the strongest example of this trope, with him going from sober to somewhat wasted by the end and bemoaning the fact that he is "a black Scottish cyclops".

* 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.]]

* Cloud from ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' is implied to do this rarely and only when he gets really, really, REALLY depressed, like in ''On the Way To a Smile: Case of Tifa''.

** And watching conspiracy vids, just to see how much bull the public is fed, probably bringing Udina along just to see the conspiracy shitstorm

** During ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', ''Tali'' of all people is seen getting soused after {{spoiler|Miranda dies on Sanctuary}}. She manages to get wasted off of triple filtered Turian brandy, introduced through an "Emergency induction port".

'''Tali:''' [[Insistent Terminology|Emeeerrrgency. Induction. Port.]] }}

** Ashley also gets wasted at some point, but you only see the aftermath, what with her curled up on the floor with a massive hangover. Shepard can then proceed to make fun of her.

'''Ashley:''' You're a damned space pirate. }}

* 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.

== Western Animation ==

* Parodied in ''[[Futurama]]''. In "I, Roommate", Bender gets so depressed about Fry throwing him out of their apartment that he ''stops'' drinking and (since robots need alcohol to function properly) starts to act drunk.

** He even grows a [[Beard of Sorrow]] made out of rust!

* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' drowns his sorrows in ''ice cream'' on [[The Movie]]. [[Drunk on Milk|It has the same effect on him as alcohol.]]