History Main / BeerGoggles

* Music/{{Eminem}} experiences this in "Just Lose It" - he attempts to chat up a woman before "she" reveals "herself" to actually be Music/DrDre.

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* ''Fanfic/{{Katzenjammer}}'': According to Tidearrow, Starscream apparently found him attractive enough whilst inebriated to want to take him somewhere private within half an hour of laying sight on him. The next morning, Starscream's main opinion on Tidearrow is that he's an idiot.
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* When ''ComicStrip/{{Cathy}}'' ended, ''ComicStrip/LibertyMeadows'', which often took potshots at the former, did this in tribute. A character sits next to Cathy in a bar and drinks until she morphs into a typical Frank Cho sexy girl.
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The term "beer goggles" is slang for the phenomenon in which consumption of alcohol lowers sexual inhibitions, to the point that the intoxicated person uses little to no discretion when approaching or choosing sexual partners--especially if the man later regrets advancing on someone that they know (or realize) would be inappropriate or unattractive while sober.

* In ''The Creator/BlueCollarComedy Tour'', Creator/LarryTheCableGuy says he once knew a girl who looked like Creator/MichellePfeiffer, "only a little shorter, and the face were different."

Best way to get past a ButterFace. BedmateReveal, NotStayingForBreakfast and WhatDidIDoLastNight are tropes that may follow in the morning after. See also ButLiquorIsQuicker for when someone deliberately gets another drunk in order to sleep with them.

-->'''Elaine:''' So basically what you're saying is, 95% of the population is undateable?\\

'''Elaine:''' Then how are all these people gettin' together?\\
'''Jerry:''' Alcohol.

** In another episode, Roger offers to buy beer for Steve and his friends. A drunken Steve then brings home a [[GonkyFemme spectacularly ugly girlfriend]], prompting [[EverybodyHasStandards Roger]] to experience [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone profound regret]].

The term "beer goggles" is slang for the phenomenon in which consumption of alcohol lowers sexual inhibitions to the point that the intoxicated person uses little to no discretion when approaching or choosing sexual partners. Subsequently, the [[Administrivia/RenamedTropes former trope name,]] Ten With a Two, refers to the man (now sober) later regretting advancing on someone that they know (or realize) would be inappropriate or unattractive while sober.

* At Duffland, a beer-themed amusement park, Bart from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' tries on some goggles that read "see through the eyes of a drunk". He looks at his unattractive aunt Selma and sees [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/4/44/Beer_Goggles_3.png/revision/latest?cb=20151004041319 a beautiful vixen]].

The term "beer goggles" is slang for the phenomenon in which consumption of alcohol lowers sexual inhibitions to the point that the intoxicated man uses little to no discretion when approaching or choosing sexual partners. Subsequently, the [[Administrivia/RenamedTropes former trope name,]] Ten With a Two, refers to the man (now sober) later regretting advancing on a woman that he knows (or realizes) would be inappropriate or unattractive while sober.

In some cases, the numbering scenario comes into play, with the protagonist rating his target (regardless of success) on a scale of 1 to 10. To a sober man, a "1" would be someone who is very ugly while a "10" is the perfect, most physically attractive woman. With the "beer goggles" effect in play, usually any woman-–regardless of perceived or actual physical beauty--will rate at or near the top of the scale.

The trope has found its way into the subject matter of several songs. While usually humorously applied, usually by a sober woman observing an intoxicated man approach his (usually ugly) target, it can have negative meaning as well.

Best way to get past a ButterFace. See also ButLiquorIsQuicker.

* ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' took a swing at testing this trope, and while it won't turn a Gonk into a Supermodel, they ''did'' discover that when rating the attractiveness of a lot of faces on a scale of 1-10, the numbers ''did'' skew a bit higher when they were drunk than when they were sober or tipsy.

* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', if you order the "Mystery Drink" at Illium's Eternity Lounge and then talk to the (elderly) bartender, her character model will have changed to look younger.

[[caption-width-right:320:Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L11fQ6-QTIc One European beer add]] was from the point-of-view of a beer drinker looking at a dull-eyed, unimpressive-looking woman in a bar. His glass would come up every time he took a swig, obscuring his view of her, and each time it lowered she'd look HotterAndSexier. Finally, the glass lifts up and it's empty, and she's suddenly back to her dull self. The drinker quickly orders another one.

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* Played with a bit in Music/LittleBig's video for "I'm OK" - Ilich attempts to invoke BeerGoggles to make the sloppy drunk Sonya seem more attractive. After the third shot, it seems to have worked, since he sees an attractive blonde...but when he gets off his stool, he bumps into Sonya - the blonde had ''actually'' been a different woman.[[/folder]]

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* "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On", a 2005 country hit by Neal [=McCoy=], about a man who--after being dumped by his girlfriend--gets very drunk and starts approaching women at random, with every one of them the homecoming queen type (even if butt ugly). The song also humorously plays up the man's positive perception of bar fights and lights in the same bar.

* JimmyBuffet "Why Don't We Get Drunk And Screw?"

* ''Creator/JimmyBuffet '' "Why Don't We Get Drunk And Screw?"

* ''Music/JimmyBuffet '' "Why Don't We Get Drunk And Screw?"

* Invoked in "Work It" by Music/MissyElliott where she goes, "Don't I look like a Creator/HalleBerry poster? / See the Belvedere playing tricks on ya!" The music video even includes a cameo from Berry herself as the man in the video looks at Missy through his glass. * * ''Music/JimmyBuffet'' "why Don't We Get Drunk And Screw?"

* Invoked in "Work It" by Music/MissyElliott where she goes, "Don't I look like a Creator/HalleBerry poster? / See the Belvedere playing tricks on ya!" The music video even includes a cameo from Berry herself as the man in the video looks at Missy through his glass.
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* Lampshaded at the end of ''Film/{{Deadpool}}''. The title character spends most of the film letting his LoveInterest think he's dead because the experiment that gave him superpowers also made him ugly. Fortunately, she's as quirky as he is, so after the shock of his DramaticUnmask...

* In a ''WesternAnimation/{{Tex Avery}}'' cartoon called "The Plumber of Seville," the plumber drinks too much at lunch and sees an unattractive harp player as a beautiful blonde through beer goggle effect.

* Invoked in "Work It" by Music/MissyElliot where she goes, "Don't I look like a Creator/HalleBerry poster? / See the Belvedere playing tricks on ya!" The music video even includes a cameo from Berry herself as the man in the video looks at Missy through his glass.