History Main / AlcoholInducedIdiocy

* Crumley Cogwheel, in the Paramount cartoon of the same name and employee of Michigan Nuts & Bolts, is so timid that he's never asked for a raise in the thirty years he's been there. His boss gives him a week to ask for a raise or he'll be fired. After all else fails (psychiatric help, self- determination), he resorts to going to a bar instead of his usual tea salon and getting drunk on his lunch break. He storms into the boss' office, chases off the board of directors and demands a raise. His boss gives him his raise...of $1.

* Crumley Cogwheel, in the Paramount cartoon of the same name and employee of Michigan Nuts & Bolts, is so timid that he's never asked for a raise in the thirty years he's been there. His boss gives him a week to ask for a raise or he'll be fired. After all else fails (psychiatric help, self- determination), he resorts to getting drunk on his lunch break. He storms into the boss' office, chases off the board of directors and demands a raise. His boss gives him his raise...of $1.

* Crumley Cogwheel, in the Paramount cartoon of the same name and employee of Michigan Nuts & Bolts, is so timid that he's never asked for a raise in the thirty years he's been there. His boss gives him a week to ask for a raise or he'll be fired. After all else fails (psychiatric help, self- determination), he resorts to getting drunk on his lunch break. He storms into the boss' office, chases off the board of directors and demands a raise. His boss goves him his raise...of $1.

* ''LetsPlay/RatsSMP'': PlayedForDrama. When Apo is captured by the Janitor early that day, the rats find the wine cellar to the Mansion on Day 29 while locating the key to free them. The group eventually splits off, and Bek, El, Jimmy, Krow, Oli, Oliver, and Will proceed to intentionally sabotage the Boiler Room so that the pressure in the machinery builds up, causing it to ''[[StuffBlowingUp explode]]''. El attributes the severe lack in judgement to this trope, on top of wanting the Janitor to be driven out of the Mansion. The Janitor is ''not happy about it'', considering his response is to [[spoiler:capture a random rat in a cage and start screaming at them, accusing them of causing the explosion… and the rat he captures [[MisplacedRetribution isn't even in on the Boiler Room plot]].]]

* ''LetsPlay/RatsSMP'': PlayedForDrama. When Apo is captured by the Janitor early that day, the rats find the wine cellar to the Mansion on Day 29 while locating the key to free them. The group eventually splits off, and Bek, El, Jimmy, Krow, Oli, Oliver, and Will proceed to intentionally sabotage the Boiler Room so that the pressure in the machinery builds up, causing it to ''explode''. El attributes the severe lack in judgement to this trope. The Janitor is not happy about it, considering his response is to [[spoiler:capture a random rat in a cage and start screaming at them, accusing them of causing the explosion… and the rat he captures [[MisplacedRetribution isn't even in on the Boiler Room plot]].]]

* In ''Finding Joy in Your Long-Distance Relationship''- the sequel to ''[[Fanfic/WorldsApartBuffy Worlds Apart]]''- Giles falls victim to the enchanted beer rather than Buffy when he buys a drink to justify visiting Xander at the bar, although ‘Caveman Giles’ is more interested in making a fort out of books than attacking anyone.

* According to Nash, many of the stories that end up on ''WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou'' probably began with four words: "Here, hold my beer."
* ''WebVideo/{{Chubbyemu}}'': Inverted with two cases of ''lack-of-alcohol-induced-idiocy''. One man undergoing alcohol withdrawal drinks the contents of a lava lamp, and another a homemade snowglobe. It’s excusable since they were undergoing delirium tremens, a particularly nasty symptom of withdrawal that results in a delirious mental state and and an uncontrollable sensation of insects crawling under the skin, but still...

* On a related note, the ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' succession game "LetsPlay/DrunkFortress", where the players are all completely drunk while playing the infamously complex and difficult game. Needless to say, PlayedForLaughs.

* Despite what you may think, this happens very little in ''WebVideo/ACoupleOfCuntsInTheCountryside''. Some embarrassing stories do get told in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjuO3xushcI alcohol]] episode, though.

* [[https://youtu.be/OEkC42_5iSo Episode 82]] of ''WebVideo/TheMusicVideoShow'' is essentially this since the host is drinking shots of Jack Daniels throughout the episode. This goes up to eleven in [[https://youtu.be/_t099xEGk44 the commentary]] when she called two of her friends, drunk. One of them after a funeral.
* ''Series/TheCallOfWarr'': Glintz-Terry and the Prince both start DrinkingOnDuty, which leads to them being absolute ''assholes'' to Durkin, Mabel and Ashes. They get so obnoxious and abusive that Durkin ''leaves'', culminating in his getting kidnapped by Vid.

* PlayedForDrama in ''Series/BreakingBad'', Walter White drinks a bit too much wine, and ends up telling Hank that [[spoiler:Gale Boetticher may not be the real Heisenberg]].

* The main premise of the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fanfic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9518583/1/11-Drunk-Nobodies-Play-Slender 11 Drunk Nobodies Play Slender]] is that the Organization gets drunk and [[HilarityEnsues this happens.]]

* This trope is more or less the entire plot summary of the Creator/StephenKing short story ''Drunken Fireworks''. When two families of wealthy career alcoholics kindle a rivalry over that year's Fourth of July sparklers, HilarityEnsues.

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' has this all over the place. Ted's apartment is above a bar and they spend a lot of their free time there drinking. From time to time, one or more of them gets really drunk and does something really stupid. HilarityEnsues.

* Any time the Series/MythBusters have to get drunk on camera for a myth, [[HilarityEnsues hilarity of some kind is sure to ensue]]. The hangover myth (beer vs. beer and liquor) is a prime example; it includes Tory jumping into bed by climbing the wall outside the bedroom (rather than, you know, using the ''door'' to get in).

* Many ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' players remember the early story mission "A Quiet Time". It entails Arthur Morgan and his friend Lenny heading to a saloon to relax. What started as a plan on having only "one drink" culminates in them drinking much, ''much'' more than one. [[HilarityEnsues Bar brawls, line dances, slap fights, attempts to evade arrest, and a monstrous hangover ensue]]. The mission also gave us the sight of an outlaw drunk off his ass shouting "LENNY!" every six seconds, something that would become one of Roger Clark's[[note]]Arthur's VA[[/note]] most requested lines.

* ''Webcomic/AskDrunkChara'', of course. Chara's drunkenness even manages to affect an alternate version of himself- when ''Webcomic/AskFriskAndCompany'''s ghostly version of Chara possessed them, that Chara got their inebriated state along with their body. HilarityEnsues as AFAC!Chara wonders when Frisk moved the house to the ocean and falls for askers telling them that Flowey had become the Absolute God of Hyper-White-Chocolate and needing to be defeated by hugs (ItMakesSenseInContext- white chocolate is AFAC!Chara's BerserkButton and a group of askers led by [=ClimaxStriker=] were trying to get Chara and Flowey in physical contact in order to [[spoiler:draw out Asriel's soul, which Chara held]]).

* On a related note, the ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' succession game "LetsPlay/DrunkFortress", where the players are all completely drunk while playing the infamously complex and difficult game. Needless to say, HilarityEnsues.

* In ''Film/{{Barbarian}}'', A.J. gets drunk and leaves a ([[BackhandedApology lousy]]) apology to the co-star raped, despite being told explicitly by his lawyer not to do that.

* In ''Film/Barbarian'', A.J. gets drunk and leaves a ([[BackhandedApology lousy]]) apology to the co-star raped, despite being told explicitly by his lawyer not to do that.

Incidents of jaw-dropping stupidity brought about by a character's excessive consumption/usage of mind-altering substances. These substances are usually, but not always, alcoholic beverages.

Unfortunately, instances of Alcohol-Induced Idiocy are so common that this is TruthInTelevision, and [[https://scitechdaily.com/even-moderate-drinking-found-to-be-linked-to-brain-changes-and-cognitive-decline studies have shown that even casual booze consumption can cause cognitive decline]].

* ''Fanfic/RobbReturns'': [[spoiler: After Robert disinherits him, Joffrey gets drunk and thinks that killing Robb and presenting his head to Tywin will [[MissingStepsPlan somehow]] force his father to restore him to the Princedom.]]
* ''Fanfic/TheSmeetSeries'': In the third story, ''Indokani'', Red gets so drunk while at a Sobrekt bar that he doesn't hesitate to sign off on Skoodge and Bob's rather idiotic idea to [[spoiler: bet the ''[[CoolStarship Massive]]'' against a Sobrekt captain in a game]]. The next day, he's horrified when he realizes what he's done [[spoiler: especially as Skkodge and Bob ''lost'' their bet]].

** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pinkie Pie]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} Julien]] get high and show up to the vet with a [=McDonald=]'s burger, begging [[AdaptationalGenderIdentity Wilhemina]] [[WesternAnimation/ChickenRun Tweedy]] to turn it back into a cow.

* [[Music/LambOfGod Mark Morton]] wrote "Redneck" as a TakeThatMe for Randy (who had to sing it), and specifically insulted his longstanding drinking problem and innumerable asinine drunken antics (particularly while onstage, as evidenced by the line "the laughingstock of your own fucking stage").

Incidents of jaw-dropping stupidity brought about by a character's excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages.

* ''Literature/GotrekAndFelix'': The dwarf Slayer Gotrek saves Felix's life by pulling him away from a cavalry charge sent to suppress a riot Felix had instigated. When Felix sobers up, he learns that he agreed to become Gotrek's rememberer, that is, to follow Gotrek around the world as Gotrek seeks to find a foe capable of finishing him off and write down the Slayer's final moments. Problem is Gotrek is just too good a fighter to die ([[DeathEqualsRedemption to his chagrin]]), so he and Gotrek have been at it for more than two decades.

* ''[[Creator/Antony444 The Dance Is Not Over]]':

* ''Fanfic/JuniorOfficers''
** In [[Recap/JuniorOfficersS2E7HappyBirthdayShellington his birthday chapter]], Shellington acts like a dolt after downing five pints of beer.
** In "[[Recap/JuniorOfficersS2E18LadiesNight Ladies Night]]", Dashi gets hammered in Hobart, Australia and proceeds to ramble like an idiot before eventually passing out completely drunk.

** The game's mechanics encourage this. Recreational drugs increase a specific primary stat, which boosts all the skills under that stat; the higher the skills go, the more likely they are to turn into an obsession, pushing your player character into doing and saying weird and stupid things. Alcohol is associated with the FYZ stat, which is something of a TokenEvilTeammate stat; unlike INT, PSY and MOT, which can get pompous, delusional and fixated respectively but are largely benign, every skill under the umbrella of FYZ (apart from Shivers) has a stupid, aggressive, [[TestosteronePoisoning macho]] personality and encourages your player character towards paranoid violence, masochistic addiction-chasing and egomania. This simulates the lowered inhibitions, resistance to pain and emotional numbness caused by drinking. If you choose to embrace Fascism as a political ideology, you will get '''double''' the stat bonus from drinking alcohol, allowing you to discover new ways of destroying yourself, hurting others and being stupid now that you have chosen [[AcceptablePoliticalTargets the most self-destructive, dangerous and stupid political ideology of them all]].

* The Film/CabinFever fic, ''Fanfic/CabinFeverPartingShot'', which revolves around a set of [[WildTeenParty Wild Beach Parties]], is drenched in this trope. Everything from a rifle shooting contest between competitors who can barely stand upright, to drunken night swimming, and of course, [[EverybodyHasLotsOfSex copious impulsive sexual encounters]] between [[ButLiquorIsQuicker people with elevated blood alcohol levels]].

* In the WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfic novel ''Fanfic/FoolsAndDrunks'', this is how Snips and Snails wind up [[spoiler:trapped in [[GhostTown Sunney Towne]]]].

* The main force behind the fic, [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8544839/1/It-Seemed-Like-A-Good-Idea-At-The-Time It Seems Like a Good Idea at the Time]] by [=Livin4Jesus=]. It features Tony and Clint getting drunk and doing stupid stuff.

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' sees Drax "The Destroyer," drunk off his ass, decide that calling the genocidal KnightTemplar and telling him where the Guardians and the [[MacGuffin MacGuffin]] they possess are located was something approaching a decent plan -- in smaller words, he ''drunk-dialed Ronan''.

* Lampshaded on the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E5BeerBad Beer Bad]]" with its DevolutionDevice plot that turns the college kids and Buffy into [[AllCavemenWereNeanderthals neanderthals]]. Played straight in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E5LifeSerial}} Life Serial]]" when Buffy goes out drinking with Spike, throws a punch at a BigRedDevil, and falls flat on her face.

* One quest in ''Videogame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' seems to be a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheHangover''. A guy in a tavern challenges you to a drinking contest. After four drinks, you black out... and wake up in the Temple of Dibella in Markarth. You then spend the next little while learning what you did last night due to Alcohol-Induced Stupidity, and trying to fix things. [[spoiler:In the end, it turns out you were the victim of an elaborate prank by Sanguine, the Daedric Prince of Debauchery.]]

* Jake Hama of ''Videogame/TheSecretWorld'' is frequently guilty of this - especially given that he's such a drunkard that you can track him down just by following the empty bottles he's left in his wake.

** In "[[Recap/CheersS3E18 Bar Bet]]", recovering alcoholic Sam suffers a relapse and drunkenly bets a man that if he hasn't married Creator/JacquelineBisset in one year, he'll let him have the bar. 364 days later, after Sam has long since sobered up and gone back on the wagon, the man shows up at the bar to collect on the bet.

* This is the reason Inukai from ''Manga/FlyingWitch'' turned into a [[{{Animorphism}} dog-person]]. She got drunk off her ass and decided to snack on some magical chocolate designed to [[ForcedTransformation turn people into animals]].

* ''Creator/NickRewind'': Face begins drunkenly trumpeting and [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext injuring himself]] during the "Party Like It's the '90s" New Year's special after drinking a comically large amount of celebratory champagne.[[note]]To put it in perspective, the average TV show has around eighty people working on it at any given time. One champagne bottle per five guests is a healthy ratio, so Face could have drunk at least ''sixteen'' bottles in one sitting.[[/note]]