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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
This comes in one of two flavors:
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{{examples}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[The Familiar of Zero]]'', 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 (
* 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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* 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 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.
== Film ==
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== Literature ==
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** Commander Vimes tends to think this when things are going particularly poorly, but after ''[[
** 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 ''[[
** In ''[[
* ''[[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.
{{quote|'''Crowley''': ...The point is... the point I'm trying to make... is dolphins. That's my point...}}
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* In ''[[The Winds of War and War and Remembrance|The Winds of War]]'', Pug Henry declares his need for a drink when his son Byron is still missing somewhere in Europe, his son Warren the fighter pilot has {{spoiler|apparently been shot down in his plane}}, his wife Rhonda {{spoiler|is leaving him}} and {{spoiler|his battleship was sunk shortly before he was scheduled to take command of it}}.
* 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]].
== Live-Action TV ==
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* 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' Kitchen]]'', when Nadia asks Panos' wife how she deals with her marriage, her response is "a little ouzo goes a long way."
== Music ==
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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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* Played straight on the online Test Cricket radio station [https://web.archive.org/web/20131031175217/http://testmatchsofa.com/ Test Match Sofa], frequently admits to being run on booze; so much so that a running jingle says "Won't Someone, anyone, fix me a drink""
* [[The Nostalgia Chick]] is a full-blown [[Lady Drunk]], and went straight for the bottle after watching ''The Christmas Shoes''.
== Radio ==
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* [[True Capitalist|Ghost]] often invokes this trope by name after a particularly effective set of trolls.
== 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: The Gathering]]'' gives us [https://web.archive.org/web/20070831041200/http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?id=12389 this card]. It starts out as [[No More for Me]]. But when the floating thing ''comes back'', he decides trying to sober up didn't help.
▲== Theater ==
* ''[[A Very Potter Musical]]'':
{{quote|"Uggh. I need a butterbeer."}}
== Video Games ==
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* In ''[[Ar Tonelico 3]]'', {{spoiler|returning character Cocona}} is often seen mentioning her need for a drink whenever you end up building some of the more reality-breaking items in the game, such as a floating tablet... out of spare parts.
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Nodwick]]'': After Piffany essentially [http://comic.nodwick.com/?comic=2008-09-17 out-lawyers a pair of devils], one of them proclaims,
{{quote|"I do so need a three-martini lunch right now."}}
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* [[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!]]'', Grif Vindh says this over, and over, and over.
== Western Animation ==
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* Another children's cartoon example: Jake from ''[[Adventure Time]]'', when he attends a really boring meeting.
{{quote|'''Jake:''' Ugh. ''(turns to a prince)'' Buy a [[It Makes Sense in Context|la]][[Disguised in Drag|dy]] a drink?}}
== Real Life ==
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