Drowning My Sorrows: Difference between revisions

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If the depressed character recovers, it will probably lead to a [[He's Back]] moment.

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* 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.

* In ''[[Skip Beat!]]'', Tsuruga Ren does this when {{spoiler|he is unable to fully understand his character, Katsuki.}}

* In ''[[Oniisama e...]]'', {{spoiler|Prof. Misonoo}} does this in his [[Backstory]] when {{spoiler|his first wife left him and she took kid!Takehiko along with her.}}

 

== Comic Books ==

** Later, when Carol Danvers ([[Ms. Marvel]]) loses her power ''the second time'' (as Binary), she fell onto this and caused her to get expelled from [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]. She manages to get out of this thanks to the counseling from Iron Man himself, as fellow alcoholic.

** 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.

* In ''[[All Fall Down]]'', Portia resorts to this after the loss of her powers, as do several superhero wannabes after being disarmed by the Ghoul.

* Shift of the ''[[Batman and the Outsiders|TheOutsiders]]'' indulges in this after being forced to kill Indigo. Despite claiming that alcohol doesn't effect his physiology, he manages to get pretty damn hammered.

 

== [[Fan Works]] ==

* Happens in the [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comic]] ''[[Roommates 2007|Roommates]]'' because it's a [[Crossover]] and from a main cast of four characters two are romantic [[Villain]]s and one was [[The Rival]]. [[I Need a Freaking Drink|So sometimes they just need a drink]]... or more. Also happens to the boys in the [[Spin-Off]] ''[[Girls Next Door]]''.

* 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 ==

* The reason Ron is the town drunk in ''[[The Warrior's Way]]''.

* 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 [[Michael Flynn]]'s ''[[Spiral Arm|The January Dancer]]'', a common reason to be in the Bar on Jehovah.

 

* Almost every (major) character has done this at least once on ''[[Scrubs]]''. Probably most notable is the occasion when Dr Cox spends around a solid week doing this after {{spoiler|killing three patients by causing them to have rabies-infected organs transplanted}} and needs babysitting by all the other characters.

* The Irish Drinking Song game in ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'' is based off this, and is sometimes played after the 'winner' is decided so the host can join in.

* 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.

 

== Music ==

{{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:Cachaça|cachaça]] on me"; but many don't know it's about drowning romantic sorrows as [[Chorus-Only Song|they only learned the chorus]]).

 

== Theater ==

** Note that this also depends on the production. Some will portray him as just having gotten angry...and some imply that he somehow managed to get a hold of actual alcohol.

* The song "Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please" from ''[[Panama Hattie]]''.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

* In ''[[Exalted]]'', Demetheus accidentally killed a friend during a fight, and then proceeded to go on such an ''epic'' sorrow-drowning bender that the Goddess of Intoxicants herself, Burning Feather, came down from Yu-Shan to sober him up.

 

== Video Games ==

** 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."

* One of the [[Game Over]]s 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.

 

* 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 ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''. It's not so much depression as a [[Brain Bleach|scramble to get a very disgusting image out of his head]] before it gets saved to long-term memory, though.

* [[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.

 

== Western Animation ==

* In the first season finale of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', "The Best Night Ever", Spike is disappointed when the girls leave to do their own thing at the Grand Galloping Gala instead of enjoying the night together like he suggested. At the end of the episode, we find Spike's spent the night stuffing his face with donuts and hot cocoa at Pony Joe's donut shop. He even [[Drunk on Milk|briefly acts like a sullen drunk]].

* [[The Legend of Korra]] features Bolin doing this with [[Drunk on Milk|noodles]] after he sees {{spoiler|his crush Korra kiss his brother}}. He becomes uncoordinated, sullen and the next day is clearly hungover.

 

== Real Life ==