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* ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'': "Where are you going?" "To see if there's a pub!"
* Played with in ''[[Star Trek VI]]: The Undiscovered Country'': After the not-quite-successful diplomatic dinner involving Kirk, Chancellor Gorkon, their respective senior staffs, and rather too much Romulan Ale, the Klingons have just beamed off the Enterprise, at which point Bones leaves the transporter room proclaiming, "I'm going to go find a pot of black coffee".
** In [[Star Trek: First Contact]], Zephram Cochrane was found very inebriated in a bar after the Borg shell his base camp--thoughcamp—though it was implied that he could [[The Alcoholic|often be found there]] Borg attack or no.
* ''[[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.
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* [[Pirates of the Caribbean|"But why is the rum gone?"]]
* In ''[[Clue (film)|Clue]]'', as the guests try to determine how Mr. Boddy died when it seems like he wasn't murdered, Mrs. Peacock shouts "Oh, I need a drink!" and helps herself to some brandy. But while drinking, Professor Plum theorizes "Maybe he was poisoned!", making Mrs. Peacock throw the glass on the ground and scream her head off.
* 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 alcohol--anyalcohol—any kind they've got, as long as he gets drunk.
* In ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'', after {{spoiler|his army is destroyed}} and {{spoiler|[[Curb Stomp Battle|he gets hilariously stomped by the Hulk]]}}, Loki admits to the Avengers that, if its okay with them, he'll have the drink Tony offered him earlier.
 
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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 anything -- exceptanything—except perhaps water -- inwater—in the [[British Political System|British House of Commons]] chamber. There is one exception: the Chancellor of the Exchequer is allowed to have an alcoholic beverage while delivering the Budget speech. Considering how long (George Osborne's 2010 Budget speech lasted 55 minutes, and that's short; [[William Gladstone]]'s 1853 Budget ran nearly five straight hours) and important the speech tends to be -- tobe—to say nothing of all-too-likely Opposition heckling -- theheckling—the Chancellor is well-advised to take advantage of that exception.
** 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 HookHook—a -- a teetotaler -- stunnedteetotaler—stunned his companions by getting in line for the grog ration. "After all that," he explained, "I feel I need a little something."
* [[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.
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