Expensive Glass of Crap: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Lupin III (Manga)|Lupin III]]'': In [[Lupin III (Manga)/Recap/S2 E12|"The Sleight Before Christmas"]], the gang steals a bottle of wine being given as a gift to the US President, that was originally supposed to be a gift from Napoleon to Empress Josephine, and replace it with a much newer bottle of wine. Lupin and his crew watch the president enjoy the fake bottle of wine on TV. Then they open theirs and realize that they've stolen a 200 yr old bottle of vinegar.

* In the ''[[Serenity (Film)|Serenity]]'' comic "Wash Out", fancy-ish champagne is switched for cheap rotgut at Wash's eulogy. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that Wash liked the rotgut better.

* Referred to in [[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]], the story of the wedding at Cana; It was the custom to switch out the good wine for inferior stuff once the guests were buzzed, but Jesus turns water into the ''good'' stuff and people can tell the difference.