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* Ben Harper in ''[[My Family]]'' takes this to almost [[Catch Phrase]] levels.

* Happens every now and then on ''[[Babylon 5]].'' In one episode, Londo hands Vir an unpleasant mission while at the bar and Vir finishes off the drink his boss abandoned at the table before heading out. The temptation is probably pretty heavy for [[The Alcoholic|Garibaldi]] at times.

* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' when Ted has to break up for the second time with a girl he dated much earlier but broke up with her on her birthday. When he realizes it's her birthday yet again and she starts to say how he's brought hope back into her life. He turns to the waiter and says "Oh so much more wine."

* Jen does this in ''[[The IT Crowd]]'' when hearing of how a high school classmate has the perfect successful life that Jen wished she had.

* In the ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]'' episode "[[Community (TV)/Recap/S2 E10 Mixology Certification|Mixology Certification]]" Annie starts off the night odering Root Beers but as she gets progressively worked up about planning out her entire life she eventually ends up switching to screwdrivers.

* ''[[Mad Men]]'' features this constantly, albeit usually without saying the phrase. Expect Roger (and Don during Season 4) to immediately reach for the booze when something goes wrong... or simply when they enter a room.

* ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' uses this as a [[Running Gag]] with Penny, notably in the season four premiere where she is dragged into chaperoning Sheldon on his first "date" with Amy Farrah Fowler. As it becomes clear that Amy is the [[Distaff Counterpart]] of Sheldon, especially when it comes to [[No Social Skills]], they eventually turn their combined [[Brutal Honesty|lack of tact]] on Penny. Once it gets to calculating how many men she has slept with, she begs the waiter for a drink.

* 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).

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