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''Except pour brew throughout the crew to make sure we all remember you<br />
''And believe me it hurts<br />
''To see the boy you broke bread with six feet in the dirt"''|'''[[
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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* ''[[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 [http://www.batoto.com/read/_/21834/tower-of-god_ch59_by_the-company Ho.]
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* In [[Looking for Alaska]], Pudge drops a cigarette in the creek after {{spoiler|Alaska's death.}} The Colonel, Takumi and Lara follow suit.
* 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."]]
* [[
* In the [[Discworld]] novel ''[[Discworld
** 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]] 's ''Between the Rivers''. In that world, ancestor spirits can talk to their grandchildren on a daily basis, so that the ghosts can just ask their people to pour a little beer on the ground for them, and express thanks when they get it.
* In the same spirit as [[
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s "[[
* [[The Bible]] : 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. Genesis 35:14
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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| '''Martok:''' "Before you waste too many tears, remember, these are Cardassians lying dead at your feet. Bajorans would call this 'poetic justice'."<br />
'''Sisko:''' "That doesn't mean I have to drink a toast over their bodies." }}
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== Tabletop RPG ==
* The opening fiction from ''[[
== Theatre ==
* Clytemnestra sends libations and gifts to Agamemnon's grave in bad faith in ''[[
** Electra and her servants deliver offerings to Agamemnon's grave in the second part of the ''Oresteia'' trilogy, appropriately titled ''The Libation Bearers.''
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* 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 dead -- angry about the wasted booze.
* 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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== 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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* "Goblet of Fire in 15 minutes" by [[Cleolinda Jones]]
{{quote| '''Dumbledore:''' So I ask you to join me now, in pouring one out for C-Dig. }}
* Done in the third ''[[
* {{spoiler|[[Star Fox (
== Western Animation ==
* Parodied in ''[[The Simpsons (
* In a ''[[The Buzz
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