To Absent Friends: Difference between revisions

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* Played straight in ''[[Star Trek III: The Search For Spock]]''.

** Not totally for Spock, as Bones was unable to attend the get-together due to his apparent breakdown a couple scenes before.

** Also played straight in ''[[Star Trek Nemesis]]''.

** Also played straight in ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]''.

* Théoden's heartfelt "Hail to the victorious dead!" speech in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]: Return of the King'', as the Rohirrim remember their fallen brethren after the Battle of Helm's Deep.

* Subverted in ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''. Frank proposes a toast "to absent friends". Unbeknownst to everyone but Frank (and possibly Riff-Raff and Magenta), the body of the recently slain Eddie is right under the table they're dining on.

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* [[Gentleman Bastard|Locke Lamora]] practices the Camorri tradition of "pouring a glass to air," setting out a drink for a friend who's gone -- whether that means dead, or simply long absent.

* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s "[[Beyond the Black River]]", [[Conan the Barbarian]] and the sole survivor of the fort discuss the deaths at the end, particularly Valannus and Balthus.

* The first book of the Invasion cycle in the [[Magic: The Gathering]] books ends with this. The united forces of Dominaria have dealt a mighty defeat to the invading Phyrexians, and there's a massive celebration. But three men sit apart: Urza, {{spoiler|who lost longtime friend Barrin}}, Gerrard, {{spoiler|who lost his love Hanna}}, and Agnate, {{spoiler|who dealt a mercy kill to his 'brother' and comrade Thaddeus}}.

* In a few of his [[Callahan's Crosstime Saloon|Callahans']]'' books, Jake and the gang deliver what they call the "All-Purpose Toast"; "Here's to all those who weren't as lucky."

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== Live Action TV ==

* In one episode of ''[[M*A*S*H|Mash]]'', Colonel Potter acts oddly. At the end, he reveals that he and some comrades had found some cognac in an abandoned French chateau during [[World War I]], saved the last bottle, and declared that the last survivor would drink a toast to the rest. Potter is now the last survivor, and draws in the MASH staff to hear his story and share the bottle.

* In one episode of ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]]'', Colonel Potter acts oddly. At the end, he reveals that he and some comrades had found some cognac in an abandoned French chateau during [[World War I]], saved the last bottle, and declared that the last survivor would drink a toast to the rest. Potter is now the last survivor, and draws in the MASH staff to hear his story and share the bottle.

* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' has this trope, like many others, to an art form. It's played quite frequently in the Viper rec room, especially. Apollo's retirement toast is an awesome example of the trope. (involving five shots of a potent drink--quite possibly [[Military Moonshiner|eau de flight deck]]):

{{quote|"To Galactica!" (Apollo takes a first shot amidst cheers)

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* In the final episode of ''[[Babylon 5]]'' Sheridan invites his surviving friends to have [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|dinner with him one last time]]. He then invokes the trope by name, and they name absent friends to toast to. Garibaldi names G'Kar, Vir names Londo, Delenn names Lennier, and Dr. Franklin and Ivanova name Marcus.

* ''[[The West Wing]]'' episode "Requiem" combines this with the [[Meaningful Funeral]] to provide a heartfelt (and [[Tear Jerker]]) send-off to Leo McGarry and, by extension, his actor John Spencer. Combined very effectively with the [[Meaningful Funeral]] at the beginning of the episode; the funeral is presented so as to mourn Leo's death (and Spencer's), whereas the wake is about celebrating his life and how much his friends loved him.

* [[The Next Generation]] has an episode in which they find Scotty persevered in a transporter beam for over seventy years. As the events of the episode wear down on Scotty, he takes a private moment alone in a holodeck simulation of the original Enterprise where he toasts to his now gone comrades.

* In the ''[[Deep Space 9]]'' episode 'The Sound of Her Voice', the crew of the Defiant holds a wake for {{spoiler|Lisa Cusak}} which ends with Miles O'Brien making a speech that brings this troper close to tears. Made even more moving by the fact that this is {{spoiler|the very end of the episode before Jadzia's death, arguably the first true main cast kill outside of the films.}}

{{quote|''The war changed us... pulled us apart... I want my friends in my life, because someday we're going to wake up and we're going to find that someone is missing from this circle. On that day, we're going to mourn, and we shouldn't have to mourn alone.''}}

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* Commander Shepard can do this in ''[[Mass Effect]] 2'' when drinking with Doctor Chakwas. In ''3,'' several characters do this as the body count climbs. Tali actually gets [[Drowning My Sorrows|plastered]] while mourning {{spoiler|Miranda}}, if the latter doesn't survive {{spoiler|Sanctuary}}.

** Weirdly Tali does so even if she does survive.

* After the quest "All that Remains" {{spoiler|in which Leandra dies}} in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', Aveline will ask how Hawke is feeling in her office. After recounting how her own father died, Aveline will offer a drink to Hawke. Hawke can propose a toast to those they have lost.

* The ending cinematic for Legend of Dragoon shows Dart placing a mug next to a picture of Lavitz.