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''To see the boy you broke bread with six feet in the dirt"''|'''[[Geto Boys]]''', "Six Feet Deep"}}

 

* Inverted in German [[Soap Opera]] ''[[Anna und die Liebe]]''. The villain Gerrit Broda goes to the cemetery and talks in front of his fathers grave how he was never loved by him and how he always favoured his brother. He proceeds to "plant" (stomp) a flower pot into the ground and "water" (throw a bottle of vodka on) it.

* 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.

'''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.

* Parodied in ''[[The Onion]]'' with [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]]

* Done in the third ''[[France Five]]'' episode, by [[The Lancer|Black Beaujolais]] pouring wine on the tomb of his Japanese [[Old Master]].

* {{spoiler|[[Star Fox (series)|Fox]]}} in ''[[There Will Be Brawl]]'' for his two fallen friends.

* 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.

'''Second drunkard:''''''"I'm just gonna let it pass through my kidneys first."'' }}

* The [[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptians]] poured libations to the dead, or at least to dead kings, at least since Old Kingdom times.