Thor: Ragnarok introduces Valkyrie, who drinks enough to impress Thor to drown out the memory of being the only surviving Valkyrie, as Hela killed all the others.Jessica Jones: Jessica, after her time held captive by Kilgrave.In fact, it's implied that this happens quite a lot. Matt and Foggy notice, but don't know why. Daredevil: In " The Ones We Leave Behind", after Karen Page kills James Wesley and has a nervous breakdown, she spends several hours drinking every piece of alcohol in her apartment and has a Shower of Angst.In Iron Man 2 Tony decides to get absolutely plastered at his birthday party as his arc reactor is slowly killing him.Cap wants to drown his sorrows after Bucky, his best friend, is killed, but the super-serum he's been given has sped up his metabolism to the point that he can't get drunk no matter how hard he tries - and if the bottle shown on the table was full when he started, he tried pretty damn hard. Subverted in Captain America: The First Avenger.The Incredible Hulk strongly implies that General Ross was drinking heavily (he is saying "reload" while downing several cups of liquor) after the events of having to let Hulk escape before Tony Stark shows up with the purpose of offending him so much he won't have Blonsky participate in the Avengers initiative.It's hinted to be fairly common with him, as when he doesn't show up for work, Felix first assumes he's passed out in the bathroom at Tapper's. Wreck-It Ralph: Ralph appears to be trying to do this.Toy Story parodies this trope Buzz Lightyear gets "drunk" at a little girl's tea party.In Shrek 2, Shrek is at a tavern with Donkey and Puss in boots, drowning his sorrows with milk after the Fairy Godmother made him believe that Fiona had left him for Prince Charming.In Loving Vincent, Armand has a few too many drinks after losing his job.ending in a drunken brawl that lands him in jail for the night.In Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio after his son Carlo is killed in a bombing Gepetto takes up drinking, and he carves Pinocchio while he is drunk, resulting in his unfinished appearance.During the Fully Automatic Clip Show in the third act of 5 Centimeters per Second, it cuts from Takaki's ex-girlfriend to him at a bar, briefly shows a flash of the two of them sleeping at opposite sides of a bed and then returns to him drowning a drink, clearly implying this.In Beauty and the Beast, Gaston tries to do this after Belle rejects his marriage proposal, but decides it isn't working and throws his beer (and Lefou's) in the fire.A nicotine addict reaches for the Cigarette of Anxiety.įor characters who can't do this, see Never Gets Drunk. Somebody who does this way too much may get Barred from Every Bar. See Drunken Montage, an older trope that pictures the character stumbling through the big city night. Characters in a Sugar Bowl replicate this in a family-friendly way by getting Drunk on Milk And Ice Cream. The Hard-Drinking Party Girl does this from time to time. The Alcoholic is an extreme consequence of this trope played straight for long periods of time. ![]() If not? Time to throw him into a solitary confinement chamber. If the depressed character recovers, it will probably lead to a He's Back! moment. If a friend shows up, the Power of Friendship can convert this to To Absent Friends. If he never recovers, then he's definitely hopeless. Their residences often show the Mess of Woe. Men who undergo this for a period often grow a Beard of Sorrow during the time. A character who is usually very stoic or tough but turns into a pathetic drunk can be very pitiable, showing just how much they miss somebody, but be careful not to keep it going for too long or they may lose characterisation as a tough guy.Ĭharacters who do this may also suffer from Past Experience Nightmares and are prone to not eating enough, and it might lead to spending the night with somebody as the next step in "healing". ![]() It is often played for sympathetic laughs, but it can also be dramatic, embarrassing or angsty, especially if it goes with Off the Wagon or in Real Life cases of alcoholism. But when they are depressed and worn down by life, they down drink after drink to numb their pain.Ī well-known Truth in Television. When characters get frustrated or are in shock, they need a freaking drink.
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