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* In ''[[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 ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanfic ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130813213433/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.

 

 

* In ''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]'', [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s character, George, has hit the low point of his life, so he leaves the TV studio saying that he needs a drink. His friend Bob points out that he doesn't drink, and George replies, "Yeah, but I've been meaning to start."

* ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'': "Where are you going?" "To see if there's a pub!"

* ''[[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 (film)|Hellboy]] 2: The Golden Army''. "You're in love. Have a beer."

* ''[[Benny and Joon]]'': Shortly after meeting [[Cloudcuckoolander]] Sam for the first time, Benny mutters "I need a beer."

* 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?"]]

 

== Literature ==

** Commander Vimes tends to think this when things are going particularly poorly, but after ''[[Discworld/Guards! Guards!|Guards Guards]]'' he quit (with a brief relapse in ''[[Discworld/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/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 ''[[Discworld/Witches Abroad|Witches Abroad]]'', Nanny Ogg is both figuratively and literally stuck between Magrat and Granny Weatherwax after the two have a falling-out. As the three walk along a [[The Wizard of Oz (film)|yellow brick road]], Magrat says, half to herself "What [[Insufferable Genius|some people]] need is a bit more heart," to which Granny replies "What [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|some people]] need is a lot more brain." Nanny, meanwhile, thinks to herself "What ''I'' need [[Stealth Pun|is a drink]]."

** In ''[[Discworld/Mort|Mort]]'', one of the mortal pleasures Death attempts is drinking. When he and the bartender discuss his lack of friends, he pauses, then muses aloud that he thinks he could be friends with the next bottle of booze.

* ''[[Good Omens]]'': Crowley and Aziraphale do this after Crowley delivers the newborn Antichrist to the hospital where he'll be switched with another family's baby, and the pair are forced to confront the possibility of [[The End of the World as We Know It]], and all the great things Earth has going for it.

** This also happens to Crowley in the backstory:

{{quote|Crowley got a commendation for the Spanish Inquisition. He ''had'' been in Spain then, mainly hanging around cantinas in the nicer parts, and hadn’t even known about it until the commendation arrived. He’d gone to have a look, and come back and got drunk for a week.}}

** 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 P.I.]]'' series, as befits a homage to hardboiled detective fiction. Even the Grand Inquisitor demanded brandy in a jar when he stopped by to complain about his ecclesiastical colleagues. Upon his return from one emotionally-wracking case, Garrett's associates practically ''forced'' a mug into the main character's hand, anticipating that this trope was in effect.

* 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.

{{quote|"Yeah, that's it," he murmured after a while. "''Whew''! I guess {{spoiler|Vanning must have been the only guy who ever reached into the middle of nest week and--killed himself}}! I think I'll get tight."

And he did. }}

'''Macros:''' I need a drink.

'''Miranda:''' First you need a bath. }}

* In "[[Best Served Cold (novel)|Best Served Cold]]" by Joe Abercrombie, Cosca turns "A drink, a drink, a drink," almost into a [[Survival Mantra|personal credo]].

* 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.

* Happens pretty frequently in ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (novel)|Jeeves and Wooster]]'', since Bertie's automatic stress response is to go someplace and order a few drinks. If Jeeves is in the vicinity, he'll prepare the drink, but [[Nerves of Steel|he never needs a drink himself]].

 

 

* 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

* ''[[Stargate Universe]]'', Air Part 3. {{spoiler|Chloe Armstrong's mother finds out her husband is dead and her daughter is stranded on a ship billions of miles away. The way she throws down whiskey is this trope without the phrase}}.

* ''[[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.

** 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):

** 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!"

* 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.

* Amusingly subverted in one episode of ''[[Bones]]'' (paraphrased):

{{quote|'''Brennan''': ''(searching)'' I need vodka!