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[[File:shepardbookhookersandblow_4153.jpg|link=Firefly (TV)|frame| The Good Shepherd sure knows how to party.]]
 
 
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[[Bonus Points]] are awarded if the cocaine is snorted off of the hooker's arse and / or breasts.
 
[[Sex, Drugs and Rock Andand Roll]] is a [[Sub-Trope]] where this happens to rockers. A [[Binge Montage]] is a common way to portray a night like this.
 
Compare [[A Party - Also Known Asas an Orgy]], [[Trade Your Passion for Glory]], [[Paid Harem]].
 
Not to be confused with [[Incredibly Lame Pun|hookers who blow]].
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* ''[[Scarface]]'' pretty much runs on this trope, given the nature of Tony Montana's work and...leisure activities.
* Used in ''[[Lord of War]]'' - though, mostly, secondhand. After a particularly bad bit of business, the eponymous gun-runner's brother and business-partner runs away, and is later found in a hotel-room having made a map of Ukraine out of cocaine, while two hookers lie passed out on his bed. Yuri Orlov himself also does an occasional line of coke, but never to the point of addiction.
* Charlie Wilson (a Member of Congress from Texas), in ''[[Charlie WilsonsWilson's War]]''. He's indicted and later acquitted of doing cocaine with strippers and a playboy model in Vegas. In [[Real Life]] he was known for his laid-back ways and liberal social views (and lifestyle--hey, it was [[The Seventies]]!) before he latched on to the [[Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan]] as a worthwhile pet issue.
* In ''[[Robo CopRoboCop]]'', an OCP executive who later gets blown up in his house does this. In the sequel, the baddies include an organization that seems to be a hybrid illegal drug manufacturer and religious cult.
* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'', though these ''are'' pirates we're talking about here.
* Jimmy, the dwarf actor from ''[[In Bruges]]'', makes good use of these in his free time. He's not rich or famous, but he's not a nice person either.
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* ''[[Gangs of New York]]'', when they aren't fighting.
* In ''[[Very Bad Things]]'', hookers and blow (or, more specifically, ''a'' hooker and blow) at the bachelor party is what kick starts the [[Plethora of Mistakes]] that drives the plot.
* In ''[[The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Film)|Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans]]'', the [[Dirty Cop]] protagonist has a [[Hooker Withwith a Heart of Gold]] for a girlfriend, uses his position to extort sex, and spends the entire movie high on Vicodin, heroin, marijuana, crack cocaine, regular cocaine, or more than one of those at once.
 
 
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* The [[Wicked Lovely|Dark Court]] likes to do this. [[Exaggerated Trope|A lot.]]
** Justified, though, by their very nature as the 'court of temptation'.
* Lord Iron from "[[The Cambist and Lord Iron (Literature)|The Cambist and Lord Iron]]" has this reputation.
 
 
== Live-Action TV ==
* Charlie on ''[[Lost (TV)|Lost]]'' falls into this in flashbacks. Before that he was a good Catholic boy who just wanted to make some music.
* Happens in ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' to an ''angel'' no less. Dean is flung a few years into the future to see the outcome of his choice of action. {{spoiler|They lost.}} Castiel is seen arranging orgies and doing drugs like there's no tomorrow. {{spoiler|Because there might not be. He's also been turned mortal.}}
* Played with in one episode of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' that featured the main patient purchasing cocaine from a drug dealer... in his sleep. His very specific form of somnambulism turns out to be one of the clues to what ails him, rather than a specific fall from grace. During that same scene, Thirteen is shown to know her blow, to the surprise of her partner in investigation.
* Not exactly blow, but "Hey, now!" Hank Kingsley in ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'' has been known to sooth his troubles through boozed-up sex marathons with prostitutes when the going gets tough.
* Following his father's death, Hank Moody of ''[[Californication]]'' goes on a bigger bender than usual, finally crossing 'snort cocaine directly off a hooker' off his to-do list.
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So I sit back and sing this song<br />
And drink and party all night long }}
* In [[Cage (Music)|Cage]]'s "Grand Ol' Party Crash", this is partly how we know that [[George W. Bush|The Dubya]] (voiced by [[Dead Kennedys (Music)|Jello Biafra]]) has fallen from grace.
* The music video for the Turisas cover of ''Rasputin'' has one of the singers in such a position, dressed in full pimp gear.
 
 
== Tabletop Games ==
* The [[Exalted|Green Sun Princes]] (who are often referred to as the [[Sex, Drugs and Rock Andand Roll|rock stars of Hell]]) are often said to be partially kept in line by their Yozi masters with the equivalent of demon hookers and blow (the other part being by their [[More Than Mind Control|Urge]] and [[Restraining Bolt|Torment]]). It's been noted that this is pretty ineffective in the long run; even if a Prince ''is'' primarily motivated by [[Hookers and Blow]], they'll eventually realize that they can easily acquire it for themselves.
** Also a common result of associating with the Guild.
** [[Adipose Rex|Sesus Naghezzar]] is also widely known for this as the ultimate mark of his hedonism.
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'''Skull the Troll:''' Despite the fact that my weapons and armor are in desperate need of repair, I blow the entire reward on ale and whores. ...What? I'm trying my best to roleplay a non-monster.<br />
'''Jade:''' No, no. I'm just shocked by the total accuracy of your portrayal. }}
* In ''[[Wizard School (Webcomic)|Wizard School]]'', Graham complains that the magical academy [http://www.meetmyminion.com/?p=1311 "blows. And not in a good way, like hookers or cocaine."]
 
 
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* Spoofed in ''[[The Onion]]'' article "[http://www.theonion.com/articles/macarthur-genius-grant-goes-right-up-recipients-no,4248/ Mac Arthur Genius Grant Goes Right Up Recipient's Nose]"
* Referenced in the [[Zero Punctuation]] review of ''Mafia 2'', where he snarkily lays out the typical plot of a story about the Mafia.
* This trope will sometimes come up in [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]]'s show. In what is a nice change, though, he doesn't act like there's only female prostitutes and realizes how difficult it is to get out of that life.
{{quote| '''Buzz The Bee:''' Maybe I can tempt you with the delicious taste of honey and nuts?<br />
'''Nostalgia Critic:''' Did you say [[Hookers and Blow]]? }}
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