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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"In victory, you deserve champagne; in defeat, [[Morton's Fork|you need it]]."''
|'''[[Napoleon Bonaparte]]'''}}
Ever just have one of ''those'' days? Where things just [[It Got Worse|go from bad to worse]]? [[Disaster Dominoes|Everything that could go wrong does go wrong]]? Does [[Humiliation Conga|the entire world]] [[Butt Monkey|have it in for you]]? Or have you just had enough of being [[Surrounded
▲{{quote|''"In victory, you deserve champagne; in defeat, [[Morton's Fork|you need it]]."''|'''[[Napoleon Bonaparte]]'''}}
That's when you just say to yourself (or whoever happens to overhear)... "'''I
▲Ever just have one of ''those'' days? Where things just [[It Got Worse|go from bad to worse]]? [[Disaster Dominoes|Everything that could go wrong does go wrong]]? Does [[Humiliation Conga|the entire world]] [[Butt Monkey|have it in for you]]? Or have you just had enough of being [[Surrounded By Idiots]]?
▲That's when you just say to yourself (or whoever happens to overhear)..."I need a freaking drink."
This comes in one of two flavors:
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While this is similar to [[Drowning My Sorrows]], this is only a temporary solution. If the situation is especially bad, said drink can incite the same reaction as the [[Best Beer Ever]]. Once they have said freaking drink, they're back on their feet with their head securely attached and ready to get back to business. Someone who needs a freaking drink will never have a [[Beard of Sorrow]], either. If they need nicotine to go with their alcohol they may opt for a [[Cigarette of Anxiety]].
Can sometimes be a type of [[Trigger]]. Contrast [[No More for Me]]. Also see [[Gigantic Gulp]]. Occasionally, the drink [[Drunk
{{examples}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[
▲* In ''[[Zero no Tsukaima (Light Novel)|Zero no Tsukaima]]'', Louise sees her familiar/servant/friend/love interest/(It's complicated!), Saito in a hot bath (heavily improvised, late at night, and out in school grounds) she angrily stormed off (all the while making herself even angrier by insisting to herself she had no reason to be angry) and grabbed a drink about to be ingested by another student. Through a long series of events (irrelevent to this example) the drink was spiked with a love potion (that also seriously altered her personality, apparently...) and only made the issue worse... for everyone.
* From ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'': "It's always hard being a grown up. That's what alcohol's for."
* Fujisawa-sensei from the ''[[El Hazard]]'' OAV has a moment like this when he realizes that he and his student Makoto [[Not in Kansas Anymore|aren't at Shininome High School anymore]] and scrambles for both a cigarette and a nip from his handy flask:
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'''Makoto:''' Sensei...
''[[The Scream|(woman heard screaming off-camera)]]''
'''Makoto:''' Hey!
'''Fujisawa-sensei:''' Oh, shit! Someone else is out of alcohol! }}
== Comic Books ==
* From ''[[Nextwave]]'', "My robot brain needs beer."
** Most [[Warren Ellis]] characters are like this, actually. Special notice should go to [[Transmetropolitan|Spider Jerusalem]], who, after finding out that the President is out to kill him, walks into a bar and orders 37 shots of whiskey.
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* [[Iron Man]] had a great inversion of this during the original ''Armor Wars'' story arc: "Even though I've never wanted a drink more... I've never needed one less."
** During ''[[Fear Itself]]'', {{spoiler|the Grey Gargoyle's slaughter of Paris forces him back into alcoholism, not helped by enabling dwarves and endless amounts of mead.}}
* [[Tintin
== Fan
* [http://kotorfanmedia.net/node/9227 This]{{Dead link}} ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' fic features ''Carth'' of all people saying something to this effect.▼
* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfic
▲* [http://kotorfanmedia.net/node/9227 This] ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' fic features ''Carth'' of all people saying something to this effect.
* Said by George (without the
▲* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfic, ''[[Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality (Fanfic)|Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality]]'', Professor McGonagall goes into the bar for a drink after a long day of taking Harry shopping for school supplies. ''[[Justified Trope|This]] [[Insufferable Genius|is]] [[Weirdness Magnet|perfectly]] [[The Chessmaster|justified]].''
* One ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanfic,
▲* Said by George (without the “freaking” part) in ''[[With Strings Attached (Fanfic)|With Strings Attached]]'' after John reveals his wings to him. The four then proceed to a bar and get trashed (except for John, who can't any more).
* In ''[[
▲* One ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' fanfic, "Once Bitten, Twice Shy", gave this reaction to ''[[Shrinking Violet|Fluttershy]]'' of all ponies on a disastrous [[Not a Date|not-date]] with Twilight Sparkle. After one setback, Rarity gives her a glass of wine to help get her confidence up. Following a particularly stressful incident, Fluttershy ''drains'' most of the wine bottle and has to be magically sobered up before she's able to stand, let alone go back into the restaurant.
* In a ''[[Bleach]]'' fanfic called
▲* In ''[[The Ballad of Twilight Sparkle (Fanfic)|The Ballad of Twilight Sparkle]]'', Twilight Sparkle has this reaction to a movie studio's legal team trying to intimidate her into signing over the rights to her likeness for a movie the Great and Powerful Trixie is making. It probably didn't help that Twilight had thoroughly embarrassed herself in front of Trixie several times earlier in the fic.
* In ''[[
▲* In a [[Bleach]] fanfic called "Saying I Will", the final major arc of the story has Byakuya drinking a 1000-year old Sake after finding out that {{spoiler|Ichigo is the deceased Soul King's nephew and is next in line for the throne. Made worse by the fact his reaction is all recorded on tape.}}
* In the ''[[My Little Pony:
▲* In ''[[Through a Diamond Sky (Fanfic)|Through a Diamond Sky]]'', as Flynn's working on escaping his captors, he remarks to himself that he needs a nap, a cold beer, and a ''long'' talk with his wife; not necessarily in that order.
* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]/[[Bewitched]]'' crossover ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7051218/1/Harry-Potter-and-the-Elder-Sect Harry Potter and the Elder Sect]'', this is Narcissa Malfoy's reaction to seeing Lucius dancing and singing [[Right Said Fred]]'s "I'm Too Sexy" along with his altered and now-animate Dark Mark.
▲* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanfic [http://www.fimfiction.net/story/16112/Whispers Whispers], the mere mention of [[Royal Brat|his brothers]] is enough to get Arcanus chugging on wine without looking back, despite insisting ''a few seconds ago'' that he doesn't care for it.
* Appears in the [[crossover]] story ''[[My Apartment Manager is not an Isekai Character]]'', when Misato and Kaji from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' discover that they and their friends aren't the only ones in the story who are from other stories.
{{quote|"If I hadn't spent most of my recent life working with Ritsuko and the MAGI, I'd ask how much you've had to drink."
"Not a drop, I swear! Although I need a freakin' drink," Kaji admitted.}}
* This is the reaction PRT ENE directory Emily Piggot has every time she has to deal with the Family in the ''[[Worm]]/[[Luna Varga]]'' crossover ''[[Taylor Varga]]''.
** It's also Rebecca "Alexandria" Costa-Brown's reaction in at least one case:
{{quote|With a deep sigh, she shook her head, said "Door to tequila," and stepped through the resulting portal without looking back.}}
== Film ==
* Done in the [[Robin
▲* Done in the Robin Willaims/Nathan Lane comedy ''[[The Birdcage]].'' After Armond learns his son, Val, is getting married, Armond downs an entire glass of white wine, then goes to get even more.
* ''[[The Patriot]]''. After getting thoroughly chewed out by his superior, Col. Tavington watches a ship full of munitions, supplies and General Cornwallis' good clothes get blown to splinters by Benjamin Martin's [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|militia]]. This takes place at a very gallant ball overlooking the harbor (and said ship). One of the partygoers mistakes the destruction for ''fireworks''. Tavington quickly downs his drink and spikes the glass into the ground.
* In ''[[
* ''[[Unforgiven]]'', another Clint Eastwood film. Clint's character, who is [[The Atoner|trying to put his murderous past behind him]], has sworn off the bottle because when he gets drunk, he gets mean. {{spoiler|When the news that Ned was killed reaches him, he takes one drink after another, signaling a return to his murderous ways and one hell of a violent revenge coming against Ned's killer, Little Bill}}.
* ''[[From Hell]]'': One of the prostitutes says as much and goes out to buy some hooch. Bad idea with Jack The Ripper on the prowl.
* In ''[[UHF (
* ''[[
* Played with in ''[[Star Trek VI
** In ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'', Zephram Cochrane was found very inebriated in a bar after the Borg shell his base
* ''[[Indian in The Cupboard]]'' had the cowboy character stumble hungover out of the titular magic cupboard, unaware that he'd been transported through time and space (and size). After swearing to lay off the hooch several times in a row, he realizes that he's surrounded by giants, and proclaims, "Oh my dear sweet Lord. I need me a drink."
* Played with in ''[[Airplane!]]'' by Lloyd Bridges' character, Steve McCroskey, progressing from smoking, to drinking, to amphetamines, to sniffing airplane glue.
* Shorti does this in ''[[Scary Movie]] 2''. [[Squick|Watching the butler "mishandle" the turkey for the feast]] forces him to down a bottle of red wine in short order.
* ''[[Red Dawn]]'' has Col. Tanner explaining military tactics to a bunch of high-schoolers: "Now I think that's pretty simple. Any questions so far?" Kid: "Yeah, what's a ''flank''?" "What's a defilade?" Tanner: "I need a drink!"
*
* Done in the 2009 ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' film. After [[Awesome By Analysis|systematically taking out his opponent in a pit fight]], he walks over to a small table, snatches a bottle of beer off it, uncorks it with his teeth and chugs it as he walks by.
** Of course, Holmes tends to be the opposite of this, in that when things are crazy is for the most part when he ''doesn't'' need a freaking drink. Calm moments and inactive periods, however, inspire him to get zonked out of his mind to stop it from being bored.
* Variation in ''[[Hellboy (
* One of the Americans in 1999's ''[[The Mummy
* ''[[Benny and Joon]]'': Shortly after meeting [[Cloudcuckoolander]] Sam for the first time, Benny mutters "I need a beer."
* In ''[[My Man Godfrey]]'', during a typical evening at home, Mr. Bullock takes a whole tray of martinis
* After a wild skimmer chase through downtown [[Star Wars|Coruscant]] and an attempt on Padme's life, Obi-Wan announces his intention of getting a drink - or two. Never get into a vehicle piloted by [[Drives Like Crazy|Anakin Skywalker]].
* [[Pirates of the Caribbean|"But why is the rum gone?"]]
* In ''[[Clue (
* In ''[[The Little Shop of Horrors]]'', Mr. Mushnik returns late to the shop to get some money to pay his restaurant bill and sees Seymour feeding body parts to the plant. He instantly dashes back to the restaurant and demands
* In ''[[The Avengers (
* A truly ironic example happens at the end of ''[[The Untouchables]]''. With Al Capone finally behind bars, Eliot Ness is understandably exhausted as he packs up his office and thinks about Malone. A reporter stops him and mentions that Prohibition is due to be repealed, and then asks Ness what he might do then. Ness responds, "I think I’ll have a drink."
== Literature ==
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** Commander Vimes tends to think this when things are going particularly poorly, but after ''[[
▲** Commander Vimes tends to think this when things are going particularly poorly, but after ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Guards Guards|Guards Guards]]'' he quit (with a brief relapse in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Men At Arms|Men At Arms]]''), and for a long time afterwards had to remind himself that just one would be too many. William de Worde's first impression of him in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/The Truth|The Truth]]'' is "badly dressed, badly spoken, and badly in need of a drink".
** It's actually been mentioned that Vimes is, in fact, slightly "Knurd": meaning he's more sober than sober, and actually needs at least one drink in him to be "normal". Klatchian coffee is so strong that it has the same effect, but the Klatchians make very certain they are well and truly out of their heads on ''orakh'' (the only liquor on the Disc that can match scumble for potency, made from cactus sap and scorpion venom) before partaking.
** In a scene in ''[[
** In ''[[Hogfather]]'', when a huge surplus of extra belief floods Discworld, one of the beings created is Bilious, the Oh God of Hangovers, who experiences the consequences when other people engage in this trope. At one point, he much relishes a chance to turn the tables on a god who loves to get drunk.
** In ''[[
* ''[[
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** This also happens to Crowley in the backstory:
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* Harry Potter gets his first taste of Ogden's Fire Whiskey in ''[[Harry Potter
** More fitting this trope is of course Hagrid's reaction to only narrowly escaping the most powerful dark wizard of all times: "Haven't go' any brandy, have yeh, Molly?" asked Hagrid a little shakily, "Fer medicinal purposes?"
* Happens a lot in the ''[[Garrett
* Lightsong, a [[Physical God]] in ''[[Warbreaker]]'', is rather fond of trying to get drunk, despite his long-suffering high priest's insistence that he is physically incapable of getting drunk.
* [[Henry Kuttner
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And he did. }}
* Used in more than a few volumes of ''[[The Dresden Files]]''. The biggest one occurs in ''Changes'' after Harry learns {{spoiler|he and Susan have an 8-year old daughter she never told him about}}.
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* Shows up ''all the time'' in the works of [[Robert Asprin]].
* Shows up in the third book of the ''[[Riftwar Cycle|Serpentwar Saga]]''. Pug, Nakor and Miranda have finally tracked down the legendary wizard Macros the Black in their quest to get his aid in dealing with the Serpent Queen. Miranda (whose background has been a total mystery up to that point) addressed Macros as Daddy and then says
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'''Macros:''' I need a drink.
'''Miranda:''' First you need a bath. }}
* In [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s short
* In "[[Best Served Cold (
* In ''[[Wheel of Time]]'' {{spoiler|after Min, Aviendha and Elayne bond Rand, Elayne decides to take this opportunity to finally bed Rand}}. Birgitte, {{spoiler|who's bonded to Elayne and, like everyone else is aware of everything Elayne is doing and feeling through their bond}} and the other two decide that yes they do indeed need a drink, in the plural sense and as soon as can be arranged.
* In
* Happens pretty frequently in ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (
== Live Action TV ==▼
* The Trope image is ''[[The Colbert Report]]''. During [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/77985/november-08-2006/the-word---sigh this "The Wørd" segment] after the 2006 Midterms (and giving the Democrats control of the House), Stephen Colbert was visibly depressed, slouched over and with [[Face Palm|his head in his hand]]. The bullet point reacted to this by displaying this exact phrase (see above)
** Stephen proceeds to pull out what appears to be scotch and first the Word says "Fight it" before he gives up and pours, changing the message to "F*ck it" and finishing with "Oh, sweet brown medicine, take away the pain..." as he downs the whole glass
* Done on ''[[The Daily Show]]'' when Jon and Mike Huckabee discuss [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-june-18-2009/exclusive---mike-huckabee-extended-interview-pt--1 abortion and the pro-life movement].
** Jon Stewart after a bad day on ''[[The Daily Show]]'':
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* Ben Harper in ''[[My Family]]'' takes this to almost [[Catch Phrase]] levels.
* Happens every now and then on ''[[Babylon 5]].'' In one episode, Londo hands Vir an unpleasant mission while at the bar and Vir finishes off the drink his boss abandoned at the table before heading out. The temptation is probably pretty heavy for [[The Alcoholic|Garibaldi]] at times.
* As with virtually every other liquor-related trope, ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' when Ted has to break up for the second time with a girl he dated much earlier but broke up with her on her birthday. When he realizes it's her birthday yet again and she starts to say how he's brought hope back into her life. He turns to the waiter and says "Oh so much more wine."
* Jen does this in ''[[The IT Crowd]]'' when hearing of how a high school classmate has the perfect successful life that Jen wished she had.
* Nate says or does this every now and then in ''[[Leverage]]''. As a recovering alchoholic, it's a bad sign. Notably, at the end of ''The Twelve-Step Job'', after he has been in rehab with a happy-pilled Parker for several days.
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'''Nate''': I need a drink. }}
* Anya in the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "Doppelgangland" (3x16). Subverted because [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|she can't get even that]]. "I'm 1,120 years old! Just gimme a frickin' beer!!"
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** In a season 7 episode where Buffy is showing the potential slayers the demon bar, Clem plays a particularly frightening joke on them, causing Vi to say, "I could use a shot of that yak urine right about now."
** In season 5, Quentin Travers does the [[Stuffy Brit]] version after Buffy reads him the riot act.
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'''Giles:''' Well, it's, it's not, you know, during working hours...
'''Travers:''' I think I could use a glass. }}
* On an episode of ''[[Mork and Mindy]]'', Mork tries to explain religion to Orson, who becomes so confused he decides he needs a drink.
* In ''[[Sex and
* In ''[[Pawn Stars]]'', Rick and Corey get a Peter Lik print. While staring at the image, Corey remarks that it makes him want to have a beer.
* ''[[
* ''[[NCIS]]''. "Minimum Security". Gibbs grumbles "[[Must Have Caffeine|I need coffee]]" after being woken up by a naked Tony pointing his pistol at an iguana.
* In the ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' episode "Red Sky
** Also, in the episode "The Real Ghostbusters", Sam and Dean say "I need a drink" in sync after being thoroughly weirded-out by some LARPing fans. ''Of themselves.''
** Also, Castiel does a variation of this in the season 5 finale (when they realise that they are really ''really'' screwed):
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** Castiel again, after the events of the episode [[Break the Cutie|"The Dark Side of the Moon."]] In the next episode, after he gets a call from the boys:
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'''Castiel''': [[Blatant Lies|No]]. ([[Beat]]) [[Verbal Backspace|Yes]].
'''Sam''': What happened?!
'''Castiel''': I went and found a liquor store.
'''Sam''': And?
'''Castiel''': [[Crowning Moment of Funny|I drank it]]. }}
** Also, Castiel in the episode "Free To Be You And Me". When Castiel is taken to a brothel by Dean and is introduced to one of the girls there, he downs a generously sized glass of beer before being pulled away to one of the back rooms.
** And generally Dean does this on a regular basis. The only thing that separates this from [[Drowning My Sorrows]] is how quickly he recovers afterwards. Considering the things that are trying to kill him/beat him/torture him, you know things are really bad when he ''stops'' drinking! {{spoiler|This is also a sign of him being absolutely crushed by everything and still (somehow) going: he stops enjoying things that used to make him feel good}}.
* In the ill-fated early 90s reboot of ''[[Dark Shadows (TV series)|Dark Shadows]]'', after saving Josette from the zombie of Jeremiah Collins, his father Joshua says, "I need a stiff drink!"
* In one episode of ''[[Yes
* A double example appears in one episode of ''[[Friends]]'': first Monica accepts Rachel's offer of margaritas after her painstakingly organised photo collection gets messed up; later, while collecting ingredients for said margaritas from Ross' apartment, Rachel accidentally overhears Emily leave a message on Ross' answering machine saying she's having doubts about re-marrying. She immediately unscrews the cap of the tequila she's holding and takes a swig straight from the bottle.
** In the episode "Everybody Finds Out", Phoebe and Rachel decide to have Phoebe hit on Chandler to prove that he and Monica are seeing each other. This escalates to the point where they're in Chandler's apartment for a date. When Phoebe pours them wine and they toast, both promptly drain their entire glasses.
* A noteworthy example in a ''[[
* Amusingly subverted in one episode of ''[[Bones]]'' (paraphrased):
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'''Booth''': So do I, Bones, but we're on duty here!
'''Brennan''': No... to preserve the tissue samples. }}
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. Kira is helping two rival Bajoran clans resolve a territorial dispute. This exchange ensues.
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'''Kira''': Quark, save the small talk and get me a Stardrifter.
'''Quark''': So how are the negotiations going?
'''Kira''': Make it a double. }}
* In ''[[The West Wing]]'', when C.J. tells Abbey Bartlet that the swing vote on her medical review board is recusing himself:
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* In the ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' episode "Role Model", House is pressured by [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Vogler]] into giving a speech. When House, in mid-speech, goes [[Off the Rails]] (putting it ''very'' mildly), Chase reaches for his glass, presumably of champagne, and downs the whole glass in one gulp.
* Used in ''[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]'' as "D'you fancy a drink?", usually said by one of the partners to the other after a particularly hard case.
* Subverted in an episode of ''[[
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'''Peggy''': Yeah. It's pretty great. }}
* In an episode of ''[[Castle]]'' when Rick is practicing making drinks in the kitchen, his teenage daughter walks in saying "I need a drink." When he gives her A Look, she explains she meant water.
** In another episode, Castle "[[Sophisticated As Hell|quotes]]" [[Ernest Hemingway]] as saying, "Man, I sure could use a drink right about now."
** In on of the earlier epsiodes, Castle takes Beckett to a fancy ball, after being introduced to the mayor, Castle askes Beckett if she wants a drink, he reaction was very much this trope, though she tried to back out of it (Castle ignores her).
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'''Beckett:''' Yeah. Vodka. Lots of vodka ''[he makes a great face and leaves to do so but she holds him back]''...But I'm on duty. So water?
'''Castle:''' ''[rolls his eyes and smirks]'' Yeah. Vodka... }}
* In the ''[[
* On ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', Jill hastily asks for some liquor when she is worried about her son Brad driving by himself for the first time. In another instance, Tim gulps down his drink after he is [[Mistaken for Gay]] at a bar.
* In the ''[[
* ''[[Mad Men]]'' features this constantly, albeit usually without saying the phrase. Expect Roger (and Don during Season 4) to immediately reach for the booze when something goes wrong... or simply when they enter a room.
* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'', Amy needs another glass of wine when she realizes {{spoiler|she's the Doctor's mother-in-law}}.
* ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' uses this as a [[Running Gag]] with Penny, notably in the season four premiere where she is dragged into chaperoning Sheldon on his first "date" with Amy Farrah Fowler. As it becomes clear that Amy is the [[Distaff Counterpart]] of Sheldon, especially when it comes to [[No Social Skills]], they eventually turn their combined [[Brutal Honesty|lack of tact]] on Penny. Once it gets to calculating how many men she has slept with, she begs the waiter for a drink.
* Toward the end of the ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'' episode "Dave Returns" ([[S 4 E 15]]), Leslie says "And now I am going to endorse ten beers into my mouth, because today has been very stressful." (Or words to that effect). Despite the large number of beers, it counts as needing a freaking drink and not [[Drowning My Sorrows]] because Leslie specifically cites stress as a factor, and it's a one-time thing (at a party at a bar, no less).
* In the ''[[Bitchin'
== Music ==
* "Seven Days" by [[The Police|Sting]] is about the singer trying to beat a dumb but strong guy for a girl. The second verse ends like this:
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Perhaps I need a drink
IQ is no problem here
We won't be playing scrabble for her hand I fear
I need that beer }}
* "Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
{{quote|
I had to pop myself a beer }}
* Very many [[Country Music]] songs about [[Drowning My Sorrows]], far too many to count, will also have the narrator explaining this in some way.
* "Teenage Daughters" by Martina McBride, however, is a non-[[Drowning My Sorrows]] example (it's, obviously, about the highs and lows of [[Exactly What It Says
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And if we're being honest, then honestly, I think I need a drink }}
* Also, there's Terri Clark's "The World Needs a Drink", where she fantasizes about gathering all the world powers together for a drink at the bar to forget their troubles.
== New Media ==
* [[
* [[
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** He would later be seen ''chugging'' the Jack straight out of the bottle.
** In the review for Titanic: The Animated Movie, he pulls out progressively larger bottles of Jagermeister until he has one the size of himself.
*** And when it's discovered there's another animated Titanic movie that's even worse, he shoves that off the desk and calls in one so large it has to be delivered by ''helicopter''.
** [[Atop the Fourth Wall
** In his review of [[Seven Pounds]], Film Brain signs off with "...and I need a stiff drink."
** [[The Spoony Experiment
* The end of the trivia section on ''[[Transformers]]'' wiki [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/B.O.T._%28episode%29 article] for the [[The Transformers (
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* Played straight on the online Test Cricket radio station [
* [[
== Radio ==
* ''[[The
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* [[True Capitalist
== Recorded and Stand Up Comedy ==
* Dr. Conway (known as Uncle Kage) was talking about his woes with the [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|"ABC" Security Company]]--then he slipped and said the company's ''real'' name {{spoiler|(ADT)}}. While he usually sips wine from a glass throughout his show, after that goof he chugged straight from the bottle, much to the amusement of the audience.
* [[Kathy Griffin]] 's mother's reaction to hearing that Kathy would be going on a cruise with lesbians and their children: "I need a drink!" *click*
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Magic:
==
* ''[[A Very Potter Musical]]'':
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== Video Games ==
* One of the disgruntled Motor World pedestrians in ''[[Crash Bandicoot|Crash Tag Team Racing]]'' exasperatedly shouts "I need a drink! That's an understatement."
* In ''[[The Punisher (
* In ''[[Bully (
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'', one of Snake's radio support members Para-Medic, who has the job of telling him how to maintain his health and what animals and plants are okay for him to eat, informs him of a certain type of mushroom he has procured that should never be combined with alcohol. Para-Medic being the good physician she is explains that the mushroom inhibits the body's natural ability to absorb and break down alcohol so if you were to go drinking after eating it you would get a hangover from hell. Snake finds this fascinating but he takes Para-Medic's words as an insult asking if she honestly thinks he would risk compromising the mission at hand by drinking alcohol, Para-Medic responds by saying that she is popping back a shot right now as they speak and says that Snake should join her and loosen up. Snake is flabbergasted by Para-Medic and grunts in disgust, who then says that she was only joking, which in frustration causes Snake to mutter under his breath, "Uh... I need a drink.", before ending the conversation.
* In ''[[Half-Life]] 2'', the phrase "Huugh.. I need a drink, who's with me?" is said by a [[La Résistance|Rebel Base]] Commander after surviving a [[Death From Above|raid]] by a [[The Empire|Combine]] Hunter-Chopper.
* In ''[[Blood]]'', "I sure could use a drink." is one of the lines that is uttered by Calib. After all he's been through, like being turned into a zombie and having his god desert him, you can't blame him.
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* ''[[Echo Bazaar]]'' has an entire side quest started by and devoted to one of these moments.
* In ''[[Dragon Age]]'', if you {{spoiler|discuss Alistair becoming king and marrying Queen Anora with him and Arl Eamon at Arl Eamon's estate}}, Alistair will say, in a shaky voice, "I think I need a drink. Or ten."
* In ''[[Ar Tonelico
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* ''[[Nodwick]]'': After Piffany essentially [http://comic.nodwick
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* Variation in ''[[Questionable Content]]'' [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=513 #513]:
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** A recent example sees Faye deciding it's time for [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1798 the emergency bourbon].
** Marten comes in [[Drowning My Sorrows|intending to get drunk]] {{spoiler|to take his mind off Dora}}; [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1812 when he sees what Pintsize has done to help him with that], it requires immediate application of liquor.
* In ''[[
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* Variation in "[[Prequel|On the Origins of PCs]]" in ''[[The Order of the Stick]]''; when Elan insists [[You All Meet in An Inn|you have to recruit adventurers in a tavern]], Roy asks "Why? I need adventurers, not a drink. ...Well, not JUST a drink."
** And played straight with the Cliffport Police Chief [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0339.html here].
** Aaand Durkon combines it with [[Brain Bleach]] [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0688.html here].
* Ken in ''[[Dork Tower]]'' responds to a badly mangled takeoff of O. Henry's ''Gifts of the Magi'':
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** [http://www.dorktower.com/2008/09/12/dorktower679/ Bill also gets in on the act].
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* In what is likely an homage to ''[[Airplane!]]'', at one point in ''[[Bob and George]],'' [[Mega Man X|Zero]] mentions "I picked the wrong week to stop snorting [[Transformers|Energon cubes]].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091219225530/http://starslip.com/2009/04/23/starslip-number-1021/ This] ''[[Starslip]]'' strip.
* [http://concessioncomic.com/index.php?pid=20091013 This] [[Concession]] strip.
* ''[[Out There]]'': Miriam ''always'' needs a freaking drink. Sherry, Araceli, Rebecca, et. al. ''sometimes'' need a freaking drink. Clayton never needs one, but he'll have one anyway, thank you.
* ''[[
* [[Dan and
* In one of the ''[[Erfworld]]'' summer updates, Parson gets into a discussion with Jack and Maggie about the nature of time in Erfworld. At some point, he realizes that he is either too drunk, or not drunk enough to participate in the conversation. Having no way to sober up, he gambles on the latter, and downs a wineskin.
* John Kossler of ''[[The Word Weary]]'' goes from [[The Teetotaler]] to this after a particularly bad day.
* Considering the week/months in comic time they've been having by [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070418 this point], it's amazing [[Girl Genius|Wooster]] is the first to invoke this trope and that it took that long.
* Roxy does this in ''[[Homestuck]]'' at the end of [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006391 this] conversation.
* ''[[Friendship
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'''Twilight:''' BOTH! }}
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''
** Massey is [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2016-06-01 going to have] an olives-and-ethanol lunch.
** Alexia Murtaugh suggests "[//www.schlockmercenary.com/2019-03-20 drinks and debriefing]" after they sent their [[Brain Uploading|clones]] on a one-way trip… while Haley Sorlie [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2019-03-22 visited the same bar] trying to get over the discovery that [[Genius Ditz|Kaff Tagon]] can casually "read her like a book".
== Web Original ==
* GM Dave of ''[http://www.bannable-offenses.blogspot.com/ Bannable Offenses]'' is quite the heavy drinker, mostly due to the fact that he spends 8 hours a day (plus whatever he plays at home) often dealing with the dumbest members of [[Final Fantasy XI]] in existence, and will occasionally (read, very, very often) use this phrase or a variation thereof. Unsurprisingly, his most vicious (and therefore funniest) punishments come on the rare occasion when he runs out of Jack Daniels. Lord help you if you anger him then...
* [[Protectors of the Plot Continuum]] go through [[Brain Bleach|Bleeproducts]] like water, after most missions.
* Subverted in ''[[The
* It's not alcoholic, but the version of Kyle Rayner in ''[[DC Nation]]'' frequently "needs a sketchpad" in the aftermath of shit hitting fan.
* Dr. Shelton says [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319
* Said by [[I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream|a Great Soft Jelly Thing]] in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4vBiN4kts this] [[
* [[The Fan Fiction Critic]], during her [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYBLNhSI40Q&feature=related review] of ''[[
* [[Warning! Readers' Advisory|Derek the Bard]] often finds himself in need of one, and often reaches for a crystal skull full of vodka.
* In ''[[Pay Me, Bug
== Western Animation ==
* An episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' has this from [[Captain Ersatz|a parody of]] Michigan J. Frog:
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* In ''[[King of the Hill]]'', after Hank gets into a fight with Peggy in a hotel room, he heads to the minibar, sighing and proclaiming, "I need me one of those eight-dollar beers..."
** In the "Returning Japanese" two-parter, Hank and his Japanese half-brother Junichiro are wandering around a subway station looking for Cotton, who plans on [[Too Dumb to Live|spitting in the face of the emperor]]. They pause, and Hank sees a neon billboard advertising beer. He says he could go for a beer that size. Junichiro ''without hesitation'' goes to the nearest vending machine and buys both of them a beer.
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** During "Edu-macating Lucky" when Luanne announces {{spoiler|she's pregnant with Lucky's child}} Peggy rather calmly sits down, and tell Bobby to get her "A cold towel, and a glass of bourbon."
* In ''[[Metalocalypse]]'', an episode has the band awakening a lake troll. In the ensuing chaos, Nathan states he needs ''exactly'' one hundred beers. Cut to the Nathan and the band in a bar, asking for one hundred beers.
* ''[[The Dover Boys|The Dover Boys at Pimento University; or, The Rivals of Roquefort Hall]]'':
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* In the ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' episode "Helga On The Couch," upon learning her daughter will be attending therapy, Miriam Pataki loudly announces, "I need a smoothie." If you watch enough of the show [[Parental Bonus|(and you're old enough)]] you know she really means something stronger.
* Implied in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Rarity takes a turn in "Sweet and Elite"; during an upper-crust garden party that her friends have just gatecrashed, she drains a glass of (what appears to be) punch in one shot.
* Another children's cartoon example: Jake from ''[[
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== Real Life ==
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*** Well, yes, but (1) the pilots were given straight shots of whiskey (known in some cases to induce an unsettled stomach, depending on the quality of the whiskey) and (2) even if the primary reason was stomach-settling, this factor can't have hurt. [[Double Subversion]], then?
* [[Truth in Television]] for many many people. Reasons for falling into this trope are usually from very high stress environments including but not limited to: college homework projects, corporate/work projects, a new baby, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|or playing]] ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]''.
* In general, nobody is allowed to eat or drink
** While smoking and eating may be banned, the House of Commons does offer its members free snuff, a powdered form of tobacco that is inhaled. This is due to the smoking ban being implemented in 1693 when tobacco use was far more common.
* After the historical Battle of Rorke's Drift the real Henry
* [[Noah Antwiler]], by Literature/Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part I. His V-log on watching it is interspersed with him, for the first time, drinking both rum and whiskey, continuously. [[Hilarity Ensues|It shows]].
* Reportedly, when Stalin realized Hitler had doublecrossed him, his initial reaction was to lock himself in a bar and go on a week long drinking binge.
* When person has low blood pressure (or other problems which has similar symptoms), one of the things that might help them temporarily is bit of alcohol. Coffee and few other things have similar results, but alcohol is also calming on their nerves. And its faster to take quick shot than sit with hot coffee.
* Pi mnemonic: "How I need a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics".
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