History Main / AnthropomorphicVice

* The anti-smoking PSA ''The Adventures of Nic, A Teen'' stars a teenage anthropomorphic cigarette named Nic who is [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer ostracized by the other kids for being a "butthead"]] and fails three times to get a date to take to a concert, the short ending with Nic being put out as the announcer says "Don't be a butthead".

* The anti-smoking PSA ''The Adventures of Nic, A Teen'' stars a teenage anthropomorphic cigarette named Nic who is [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer ostracized by the other kids as a result]] and fails three times to get a date to take to a concert, the short ending with Nic being put out as the announcer says "Don't be a butthead".

* In the [[VerySpecialEpisode Very Special Comic Book]] ''ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Power Man]]'' the trio battle Smokescreen, who is a villain making kids smoke (and destroying one kid's track career) and is made of pure smoke.
* Nick O'Teen was a villain in a series of ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' [=PSAs=].

* The song "Ebeneezer Goode" by The Shamen is a song very obviously about ecstasy, down to its chorus of "eezer Goode, eezer Goode, he's Ebeneezer Goode" being a homophone for "E's are good". OTher references in the song credit him for the creation of rave culture, references the effects of the drug, and also warns against overuse "But go easy on old 'Ezeer he's the love you could lose [...] He's the kind of geezer who must never be abused"

* The song "Ebeneezer Goode" by The Shamen had people singing the chorus "-eezer Goode, -eezer Goode, he's Ebeneezer Goode" (which sounds exactly like "Es are good, Es are good...") and was filled with oblique references to taking the drug Ecstasy. Ironically, it was number 1 during the BBC's Drug Awareness Week, and even appeared on the popular BBC music show ''Top Of The Pops'' at the time. The song described Ebeneezer as "A gentleman of leisure, he's there for your pleasure" but warned that "He's the kind of geezer who must never be abused".

-->''"cocaine is my Girlfriend"

-->"White girl with me, Cindy Lauper"

-->"In the kitchen with Patrick Swayze, me and the yay is Film/DirtyDancing"''

-->''"cocaine is my Girlfriend"\\
-->"White girl with me, Cindy Lauper"\\

* In the Music/GucciMan led Posse Cut "Coca Coca" cocaine is referred to in may anthropomorphic terms:

* "Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds" by Music/TheBeatles is widely interpreted as an anthropomorphism for LSD. ([[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs It ain't]], it was actually inspired by a drawing John Lennon's son made about his classmate Lucy O'Donnell.) Doesn't mean that [[DeathOfTheAuthor people don't take it that way anyway]] or that the song isn't [[WordSaladLyrics pretty damn trippy]]:

Can also apply to situations where a vice that's named after a person is used in a sentence as if it were a person. As in "My friends Jack [Daniels], Jim [Beam], Joe [Camel], and Mary [Jane]." Additionally, a woman may invoke the HeartbreakAndIceCream trope by saying she has new boyfriends, Ben and Jerry. Someone may also invoke [[ThisIndexTouchesItself self-intimacy by saying that their date is Jill (based on representing the thumb and index finger as "J" and the other three fingers as "I, L, L") or Rosie Palms.]]

Can also apply to situations where a vice that's named after a person is used in a sentence as if it were a person. As in "My friends Jack [Daniels], Jim [Beam], Joe [Camel], and Mary [Jane]." Additionally, a woman may invoke the HeartbreakAndIceCream trope by saying she has new boyfriends, Ben and Jerry. Someone may also invoke [[ThisIndexTouchesItself self-intimacy by saying that their date is Jill (based on representing the thumb and index finger as "J" and the other three fingers as "I, L, L") or Rosie Palms.

Can also apply to situations where a vice that's named after a person is used in a sentence as if it were a person. As in "My friends Jack [Daniels], Jim [Beam], Joe [Camel], and Mary [Jane]." Additionally, a woman may invoke the HeartbreakAndIceCream trope by saying she has new boyfriends, Ben and Jerry. Someone may also invoke self-intimacy by saying that their date is Jill (based on representing the thumb and index finger as "J" and the other three fingers as "I, L, L") or [[SexualEuphemism Rosie Palms]].

Can also apply to situations where a vice that's named after a person is used in a sentence as if it were a person. As in "My friends Jack [Daniels], Jim [Beam], Joe [Camel], and Mary [Jane]." Additionally, a woman may invoke the HeartbreakAndIceCream trope by saying she has new boyfriends, Ben and Jerry. Someone may also invoke self-intimacy by saying that their date is Jill (based on representing the thumb and index finger as "J" and the other three fingers as "I, L, L") or [[ADateWithRosiePalms Rosie Palms]].

* In the [[VerySpecialEpisode Very Special Comic Book]] ''ComicBook/SpiderMan, CoicBook/{{Storm}}, [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Power Man]]'' the trio battle Smokescreen, who is a villain making kids smoke (and destroying one kid's track career) and is made of pure smoke.

* Kumar is trying to liberate Harold from jail in ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle'' when he is distracted by a giant bag of weed at the police station. Kumar immediately forgets about Harold and has an elaborate DreamSequence where he falls in love with the anthropomorphized bag of weed, makes love to said anthropomorphized bag of weed, marries the bag of weed, and then is stuck in a miserable marriage with the bag of weed.

* The British folk song "John Barleycorn" (that's been performed by many artists including {{Music/Traffic}} -- appropriately, in their album that's actually called ''John Barleycorn Must Die'' -- Music/JethroTull, and Music/FairportConvention) describes the apparent [[MurderBallad "murder" of the title character]] as a way of depicting the planting, harvesting, and distilling or fermentation of grains into alcoholic beverages. Folk duo The Wild Oats, noticing they were performing in more cafes than alehouses, parodied the song as "[[MustHaveCaffeine Juan Coffeebean]]".

* In the second issue of ''Mr. T and the T-Force'', Mr. T is forcibly injected with a needle full of drugs of some kind and ends up cast into a surreal world of demonic creatures insisting he give up in terms of "[forgetting] the pain", giving in and enjoying the ride, and being his new best friends, leading to the visual of Mr. T ''fighting'' these things, declaring no one takes away his pain.
* In the [[VerySpecialEpisode Very Special Comic Book]] ''Spider-Man, Storm, Power Man'' the trio battle Smokescreen, who is a villain making kids smoke (and destroying one kid's track career) and is made of pure smoke.

* The commentary for ''The Jackhammer Massacre'' had the director mention he wanted to have the junkie VillainProtagonist hallucinate some kind of "Lord Meth" character. The idea was ultimately reduced to just having him hallucinate that a man has giant syringes for arms.

* One episode of ''Series/{{Community}}'' has Annie put on a play for children where Pierce plays the role of Drugs and almost ruins it by playing it as [[DontDoThisCoolThing a charismatic bad boy who all the kids admire.]] [[SlimeBall Chang]] saves the situation by taking over the role and making the kids associate drugs with his trademark loathesomeness.
* ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' features Jeff the Diseased Lung in a Cowboy Hat, an ironic mascot of Marlboro which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, "compromising" between their desire to have mascots and countries' desire to have anti-smoking advertisement.

* Modern updates of the 15th-century morality play ''Everyman'' (which ordinarily features characters that are AnthropomorphicPersonifications of various vices and virtues) will often include these among Everyman's temptations.
* In Terence [=McNally's=] play ''Whiskey'', different brands of whiskey are anthropomorphized as performing circus cowboys who have an act together: I. W. Harper, Tia Maria, Johnny Walker, Southern Comfort, and Jack Daniels (and their horse "Whiskey"). The personality of each is based on the branding of the liquors.

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* "Sister Morphine" by Music/TheRollingStones, about lying in a hospital bed drugged up:

* The Music/{{WASP}} song "Thunderhead" depicts heroin as a demon who demands that his followers ruin themselves and their families in his service, namely the title character, a man who's hopelessly addicted to it, dying of withdrawal in a detox clinic.

* The King's Court bosses in ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' are anthropomorphic representations of various entertainments and vices that the Devil's Casino can indulge. Most of them represent various forms of gambling -- Chips Bettigan (a stack of poker chips) represents poker, Pip and Dot represent dominoes, Phear Lap is horse racing, Pirouletta is roulette, Mangosteen is pool, and King Dice himself represents dice games -- but there's also bosses for arcade games (Mr. Chimes), stage magic (Hopus Pocus), alcohol (the Tipsy Troop), and cigarettes (Mr. Wheezy).

* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'', about [[AnimateInanimateObject anthropomorphic food products at a grocery store]], includes a bottle of whiskey named "Firewater" as the leader of the Non-Perishables. And yes, as evidenced by the name, he's depicted as your stereotypical MagicalNativeAmerican. Another member of the AllStereotypeCast is a tequila bottle, naturally with a UsefulNotes/{{Mexic|o}}an accent and [[MagnificentMoustachesOfMexico the requisite 'stache]]. Incidentally, Creator/BillHader voiced both these characterse.

* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'', about [[AnimateInanimateObject anthropomorphic food products at a grocery store]], includes a bottle of whiskey named "Firewater" as the leader of the Non-Perishables. And yes, as evidenced by the name, he's depicted as your stereotypical MagicalNativeAmerican.