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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"But ain't much that we can do
''Except pour brew throughout the crew to make sure we all remember you
''And believe me it hurts
''To see the boy you broke bread with six feet in the dirt"''
|'''[[Geto Boys]]'''|"Six Feet Deep"}}
Libation is the tradition of pouring some drink, usually alcoholic, on the ground as a sort of offering. Sometimes for the gods, sometimes to the dead. This trope is mostly about doing it in memory of dead friends. Traditionally, one pours on the ground before drinking oneself. Will often involve [[Talking to
In the modern era, this is usually associated with the hip-hop subculture, where this is called "tipping" or "pouring one out". Commonly done with a 40 oz Malt Liquor. However, this is [[Older Than They Think|actually]] a very ancient practice in some parts of the world.
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{{examples}}
== [[Anime]]
* ''[[One Piece]]'': Genzou, the policeman at Nami's home village, pours some sake on Nami's mother Bellemere's grave, after the Straw Hats defeat Arlong.
* ''[[Space Cruiser Yamato]] / [[Star Blazers]]'' Sgt. Saito pours sake on the graves of the many men lost.
* ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' the crew of Nautilus do this at a secret graveyard.
* ''[[
* Implied in the ''[[All There in the Manual|StrikerS Sound Stage X]]'' of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', where in exchange for information on [[Right-Wing Militia Fanatic|Toreda]] and [[King in
* [[Trigun|Vash]] pours a bottle of alcohol over one of the lightbulb shaped power plants. {{spoiler|Turns out these are powered by angel-like beings, of which Vash is one.}}
* Seijuro Hiko does this in ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]''. More exactly, {{spoiler|he pours sake on the graves that child!Kenshin dug for three slave girls he had befriended, who were cruelly slaughted by bandits (who were immediately thereafter killed by Hiko himself). }}
* Roybea Roy from ''[[
* In ''[[Monster (
* ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' manages to make this trope ''creepy'' in "Black Dog Serenade". When one villain offers an assassin a bottle of champagne to celebrate their takeover of the prison ship, the assassin pours the champagne ''into the mouth of a dead guard'' while offering a toast to the devil.
* ''[[Tower of God]]'': Baam and his friends poor wine to honor their dead comrade [https://web.archive.org/web/20111031024151/http://www.batoto.com/read/_/21834/tower-of-god_ch59_by_the-company Ho.]
* ''[[Kazemakase Tsukikage Ran]]'': Ran insists that a new sake brewer's first batch goes to the master that died teaching him, just after burying the guy. She is a [[Bottle Fairy]], by the way, that should tell you how highly she reegards this trope.
* [[Eyeshield 21]]: It's done before the Ojou vs Deimon match.
* Reinhard von Lohengramm in ''[[Legend of Galactic Heroes]]'' poured a glass of white wine onto the glass windows {{spoiler|in the office of the Alliance High Council Chairman after he conquered the Alliance}} against the setting sun as a sign of respect to those who have died due to the war.
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
▲== Comic Books ==
* Jonah pours one for {{spoiler|his father}} after watching him die in ''[[Jonah Hex]]'' #69.
== [[Film]] ==▼
▲== Film ==
* In ''The Gridiron Gang'', Willie and Kelvin are members of rival gangs. After football practice, Kelvin asks Willie if he'd like a bottle of water, but before Willie can grab it, he pours it onto the ground, stating "my dead homies drink before you do."
* In ''[[Once Upon a Time In Mexico]]'', Agent Ramirez, an FBI agent, does this for his partner Archuleta after Agent Sands, the corrupt CIA agent and one of the other protagonists, tells him about how Dr. Guevara tortured him to death.
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* In ''[[Boyz N the Hood]]'', [[Ice Cube|Doughboy]] pours out a little of his drink on the curb for {{spoiler|his dead brother before its revealed that Doughboy himself is murdered not long after}}.
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* The [[The Lies of Locke Lamora|Gentlemen Bastards]] have a similar custom of "a glass poured to air" for absent or dead friends.
* In ''[[Dune]]'', Duke Leto Atreides makes the toast "Review, friends - troops long past review" by pouring out a flagon of water onto the floor (note that water is worth its weight in gold on the desert planet of Arrakis).
* In ''[[Looking for Alaska]]'', Pudge drops a cigarette in the creek after
* There's an interesting variant in the Armistead Maupin's ''[[Tales of the City]].'' Anna Madrigal is in the habit of taping a joint to the door of her tenants as a welcoming present. In the last chapter, she visits the grave of her former lover, and tapes a joint to his tombstone with the words: [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|"Enjoy it. It's Columbian."]]
* [[
* [[Discworld]]:
** In
** There's also another [[Discworld]] moment where Moist von Lipwig bribes a priest of Offler with sausages. They normally roast the sausages so the god gets the "essence," while the high-ranking priests get to eat the meat (based on real-world religions, of course).
* This is the common practice in the world of [[Harry Turtledove]]
* In the same spirit as [[
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s "[[
* [[The Bible]], Genesis 35:14: "And Jacob set up a Pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a Pillar of Stone; and he poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it."
▲== Live Action TV ==
* Kim Shin does this for his dead brother in [[Korean Drama]] ''[[The Slingshot]]''.
* Randy in ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'' pours some chocolate milk in the memory of an old shop teacher.
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* Accidentally done in the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "Fire and Water." Daniel has died (for the first of many times in the series) and at his wake, Jack accidentally spills some beer on the floor while having a flashback of his death. Unknown whether this was intentional on the writers' part or not.
* In the ''[[Scrubs]]'' episode ''My Friend With Money'' JD and Turk are reminiscing about a college friend who died from alcohol poisoning and pour some of their coffee out in his memory.
* Joked about in ''[[
* An episode of ''[[Martin]]'' had Martin and his friends stranded in his apartment and they have to ration their water. Coal tips out a bit saying "For brothers who ain't here." Martin tells him if he does it again. "you'll be a brother who ain't here!"
* Inverted in German [[Soap Opera]] ''[[Anna
* In the last episode of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Martok]] wants to share a toast with Captain Sisko and Admiral Ross when the Dominion War is won after a particularly bloody battle. Sisko and Ross pour their drinks onto the ground instead, as both libation and protest.
{{quote|
'''Sisko:''' "That doesn't mean I have to drink a toast over their bodies." }}
* [[The Colbert Report|Stephen Colbert]] commemorated the end of the Space Shuttle by pouring out some Tang onto his desk.
== [[Music]] ==▼
▲== Music ==
* The music video of "The End of the Road" by Boyz II Men.
* "Six Feet Deep" by Geto Boys.
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* [[Ice Cube]] makes mention of it in his song ''Dead Homiez''.
▲== Professional Wrestling ==
* The episode of Raw that followed [[Owen Hart]]'s death, [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] came down to the ring with two cans of beer. Saluting with one, he left the other in the centre of the ring "for Owen".
* The opening fiction from ''[[
==
* Clytemnestra sends libations and gifts to Agamemnon's grave in bad faith in ''[[
▲* The opening fiction from ''[[Geist: The Sin Eaters (Tabletop Game)|Geist: The Sin Eaters]]'' is called "Rum is the Drink the Dead Like Best," for good reason. Likewise, the game mentions that Sin-Eaters often make use of ''ofrendas'', gifts to the dead - usually booze, but can include cigars, candy, or hell money - to gain the trust of ghosts.
▲* Clytemnestra sends libations and gifts to Agamemnon's grave in bad faith in ''[[Electra (Theatre)|Electra]]'', but Electra persuades Chrysothemis not to take them and so dishonour their father.
** Electra and her servants deliver offerings to Agamemnon's grave in the second part of the ''Oresteia'' trilogy, appropriately titled ''The Libation Bearers.''
== [[Video Games]] ==
▲== Video Games ==
* ''[[Tech Romancer]]'' Does this in the Wiseduck story mode if you chose the ending where the crew decided that they were human and lay the beatdown on the enemy. 10 Years later after the war, Alvin is the lone survivor and gives a libation to his now deceased crew.
* Comes up when you drink an ice cold fotie in ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'', after first pouring out some for your homies in the Pasta 'Lean.
** Tilting a fotie in the Ancient Hobo Burial Grounds wakens the angry
* One sidequest in ''[[
** FYI, ''sake'' is a generic term in Japanese; it can specifically mean Japanese rice wine or it can mean booze in general. The DS version didn't ''change'' the name, it ''reverted'' it.
* In ''[[Super Robot Wars]] Original Generation 2'', Sean Webley does this at the funeral of {{spoiler|[[The Captain|Daitetsu Minase]], this is extra effective as a scene since they have been putting of having a celebratory drink together for the entire game as each new crisis interrupts them.}}
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* This is how you revive homies in ''[[Saints Row]]'' 1 & 2. You pour a 40 oz. on them, and they spring back to life. Quite humourous on homies who are on fire.
== [[Web Comics]] ==▼
▲== Web Comics ==
* Done sometimes in ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]'' in honour of fallen characters.
* [http://nonadventures.com/2008/11/22/alls-fairy-in-love-and-war/ This] ''[[The Non
* [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2001/11/05/ ... and this] ''[[Penny Arcade]]''.
* [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1470 Multi-track 40-pouring] from ''[[Questionable Content]]''.
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* Done at the end of ''[[Garanos]]'' on {{spoiler|Ethreden's grave}}.
== [[Web Original]] ==▼
▲== Web Original ==
* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' parodies this at the end of the Strong Bad Email "video games."
** And again in the Strong Bad Email "retirement", when Homestar pours out a bottle of Mountain Dew for the Tandy 400 (after pouring it ''into'' the Tandy 400 along with some fizzy denture tablets, causing it to explode in a green, rectangular mushroom cloud).
* Parodied in ''[[The Onion]]'' with [https://web.archive.org/web/20100219102023/http://www.theonion.com/content/node/32339 "Clinton Pours Malt Liquor On Ground For Dead Homies"].
* "Goblet of Fire in 15 minutes" by [[Cleolinda Jones]]
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* Done in the third ''[[
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== Western Animation ==▼
* Parodied in ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'', in the episode where the family go to Florida during spring break. Kid Rock at concert has a large novelty bottle of beer - a 40 gallon bottle - which he pours to the memory of "friends not with us... back at home", and Homer tries to drink from it.▼
* In a ''[[The Buzz On Maggie (Animation)|The Buzz On Maggie]]'' episode, the other bugs pour some juice on the ground before a field trip in honour of Maggie, who has accepted a detention so the rest of the class can get their excursion. ▼
▲== [[Western Animation]] ==
▲* Parodied in ''[[The Simpsons (
▲* In a ''[[The Buzz
== Other Media ==
* A subversion used to exist amongst sailors in the Mediterranean, back when people had all sorts of superstitions about what was in/on/near the ocean. To protect them from mermaids (who, in most myths, lean decidedly towards [[Tsundere]] or even outright [[Yandere]]), they would pour a glass of wine into the water, hoping to please any mermaids (and thus protect the sailors themselves from disaster.)
* Ceremonies in the Voodoo tradition typically involve pouring our libations of rum for the spirits of the dead, especially if guidance from or communion with said spirits is the objective.
* The ancient Greeks poured libations to their dead, and the practice is mentioned by their earliest writers.
* Swedish joke: two alcoholic friends discusses their love of alcohol.
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'''Second drunkard:''' ''"Sure, i will. I will."''
'''Second drunkard:'''
* The [[Ancient Egypt
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