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== [[Advertising]] ==

* Seen in [[PSA]]s about not driving drunk. All of the people pulled aside have their cars filled with some kind of alcoholic drink (beer, red wine, or a martini complete with olives) and otherwise couldn't be more obvious about being intoxicated.

** One of those [[PSA]]s has a drunk motorcyclist, with his ''helmet'' full of booze. [[MST3K Mantra|Don't ask.]]<ref>The ad was showing people pulled over with their cars/vehicles filled to the roof with booze, to symbolize that it was impossible for them to hide that they were drunk to a trained cop with a breathalyzer.</ref>

== [[Film]] ==

* In ''[[North by Northwest]]'', Cary Grant's character is force-fed a quart of bourbon and put behind the wheel of a car on a cliffside road to kill himself. He manages to escape his foes, but gets caught by the police. At the station he absolutely admits that he's drunk, but can't get them to believe the circumstances.

* ''[[Withnail and I]]'', the "GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN!" scene.

== Literature ==

{{quote|"If in trouble with the law, do not try to be funny. My own father was pulled over for drunk driving. He said 'I admit I've been driving but I'm perfectly fit to drink.' This Did Not Go Down Well. He might have done better if he hadn't been wearing a 'Free the Tottenham Three' T-shirt."}}

* Zane does this in ''[[Eureka]]'' after crashing a flying scooter thing. {{spoiler|He's not actually drunk -- he's accidentally high on oxygen.}}

* Several ''[[Chappelle's Show]]'' skits show various reactions to this. In one instance, the stoned driver convinced the cop to smoke his weed, and then sped off.

{{quote|'''Leo:''' Is there a problem, Ociffer?

'''Cop:''' Did you just call me[[Beat|...]] ''ociffer''? }}

== [[Music]] ==

* Comedian/folksinger Martin Pearson gives a detailed (and hilarious) description of this happening to him, leading to his arrest, in the introduction to "The Wine Song" on the album ''Too Close for Comfort''.

* Bill Hicks had a joke about talking with a policeman while on LSD.

* Change drunk to stoned and you get part of [[Robin Williams]] at the Met.

== [[Theatre]] ==

* Happens with the drunk driver in the play ''[[Money Talks]]''. She staggers onto the stage clutching a steering wheel and tries to tell the court she is "as jober as a sudge".

== [[Video Games]] ==

* In ''True Crime: New York City'', if the player hassles pedestrians and subjects them to unwarranted pat downs, some people may refer to you as "ociffer" as a snide insult.

* Sierra's ''[[Police Quest]] I'' has the player character (a traffic cop) pull over a drunk man who is a textbook example of this trope, "ociffer" and all.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[American Dad]]'': An inebriated Francine gets pulled over by a cop, who she refers to as "Pig Fucker". Turns out his name is Officer Figpucker.

* The reason [[Andre the Giant]] was never charged with chasing four guys, and flipping their car over with all four in it. Would ''you'' believe four drunk guys ranting about an [[Planet Eris|angry giant]]?

* One of the drunken Youtube Mexicans of the day was an ''extremely'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3DKmlF77LA drunken girl] who vehemently denied being drunk and claimed that it was the ''tree'' that hit her.