History Main / FlairBartending

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[[caption-width-right:275:Dinner and a show.]]

Drink-making with an eye to showmanship, often incorporating juggling, dance moves, and nonstandard use of bar equipment. Possibly more prevalent in RealLife than in media; any given media portrayal has a good chance of being an homage to ''Film/{{Cocktail}}''.

* In ''Film/PoliceAcademy 7: Mission To Moscow'', Jones (the guy who does the sound-effects with his mouth) goes undercover as a fancy barkeeper. This is part of his schtick.

* ''Film/CoyoteUgly''. Creator/MariaBello, who plays the bar's owner Lil, was a bartender for years before her big break, and gets to show off her skills in the film. Lil's flair is all Maria.

* Parodied in ''Jane Austen's Mafia!'', when the priest mixes an UmbrellaDrink for a distraught Joey.

* In ''Film/PoliceAcademy5MissionToMoscow'', Jones (the guy who does the sound-effects with his mouth) goes undercover as a fancy barkeeper. This is part of his schtick.

See also BarSlide. Likely to be an element of the CoolestClubEver.

* Long John Silver in ''Disney/TreasurePlanet'' uses his multi-function cyborg arm to cook like this.

* ''Manga/{{Bartender}}'' averts this, or plays this straight, depending on your point of view.

* Mentioned but averted in ''VisualNovel/VA11HALLA'': when a customer says that Jill should be more extravagant in serving drinks, throwing bottles around and such, Jill points out that it would take longer to get the drink, the drink would be improperly mixed, and there would be a high likelihood of a broken bottle, broken glass, or broken face.

* Defied in ''VisualNovel/VA11HallA'', where Jill states that she doesn't bother with this because it just wastes time and adds nothing to the flavor.

* The ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' episode "Feats of Clay" has Piper cast a confidence spell on a meek waiter so he'll have the confidence to ask a female coworker to marry him. Instead, he becomes a hyperconfident bartender, not very interested in his coworker anymore. Phoebe {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this by asking "I thought you were supposed to make him confident, not turn him into Tom Cruise?"

* ''Film/CoyoteUgly''.

* See Coyote Ugly up there in film? ''[[{{Defictionalization}} That's a real place!]]'' (It's in Las Vegas, in the New York New York resort.)

* See Coyote Ugly up there in film? ''That's a real place!''

* The ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' episode "Feats of Clay" has Piper cast a confidence spell on a meek waiter so he'll have the confidence to ask a female coworker to marry him. Instead, he becomes a hyperconfident bartender, not very interested in his coworker anymore. Phoebe {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this by asking "I thought you were supposed to make him confident, not turn him into Tom Cruise?".

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Thomas_(bartender) Jerry Thomas]], likely the RealLife UrExample.

* JD and Turk of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' did this in one episode.

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[[AC: Anime and Manga]]
* ''Manga/{{Bartender}}'' averts this, or plays this straight, depending on your point of view.

[[AC:Film -- Animation]]
* Long John Silver in ''Disney/TreasurePlanet'' uses his multi-function cyborg arm to cook like this.

[[AC:Film -- Live Action]]

[[AC:Live Action TV]]
* ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'', episode "Pour Judgment." Doug takes work as a bartender to fulfill an old dream. Broken glass ensues.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', episode "Three Days of Snow," when Ted and Barney briefly take over [=McLaren's=].
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'''s Abby was shown to have flair bartending skills.
* One of the Challenges in ''Series/BeautyAndTheGeek''.

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[[AC:Web Original]]
* In the ''WebOriginal/{{Paradise}}'' fiction setting, a bartender who Changed to take on monkey characteristics bartends this way, using all five limbs. Because he looks perfectly human to people who can't see through the Change, the way he does what he does is perceived as puzzling to say the least.

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[[AC:Real Life]]

* ''VideoGame/TheSims3 Late Night'' has this as an entire skill.

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