History Main / HookersAndBlow

This became an especially popular thing in TheEighties, because other displays of [[ConspicuousConsumption excessive wealth]] were considered a good thing (even FurAndLoathing didn't signify decadence all the time). But with awareness of AIDS, and the message of DrugsAreBad, this trope became a great way to show characters falling from grace.

The term is a common slang for what some politicians, celebrities, and {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s like to have at parties.[[note]]Also the single funniest response to the job interview question "What are your weaknesses?", next to [[Franchise/{{Superman}} "Kryptonite"]], although the latter doesn't risk losing you the job.[[/note]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine,_women_and_song Wine, women, and song]] is an older, related term.

For extra depravity have the cocaine snorted off of the hooker's ass and/or breasts.

* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' Jiraiya takes Naruto's money, claiming he wants to protect [[ChildrenAreInnocent Naruto from this trope]]. Naruto later finds him in a bar, drunk off his ass and entertaining two prostitutes.[[note]] Well, OK, it's not explicitly said that they're prostitutes, given that this is an anime geared towards middle-school-aged boys, but it's [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar implied heavily.]][[/note]] This is an especially jarring example, because Jiraiya is actually a very wealthy man, yet [[KickTheDog he stole Naruto's money to fund his vices]] (and Naruto is very poor.)
* Rod Ross' {{Mafia}} gang in ''Manga/DeathNote'' were involved with selling drugs, and had a steady string of women implied to be prostitutes snuggling up with the higher-ups (except Mello, who wasn't interested.)

* Used in ''Film/LordOfWar'' - though, mostly, secondhand. After a particularly bad bit of business, the eponymous gun-runner's brother and business-partner runs away, and is later found in a hotel-room having made a map of Ukraine out of cocaine, while two hookers lie passed out on his bed. Yuri Orlov himself also does an occasional line of coke, but never to the point of addiction.

* In ''Film/SmokinAces'', mobster and magician (no, seriously) Buddy "Aces" Israel, is shown ankle-deep in hookers and cocaine as he hides out in a Lake Tahoe hotel waiting for his lawyer to agree a deal with the authorities for Israel to inform on other Mafiosi in exchange for his freedom. WordOfGod has it that the character was inspired by Frank Sinatra's dealings with the Mafia, so it may be that Israel's lifestyle was informed by Sinatra's, which featured lots of hookers (but no blow).

* Creator/BretEastonEllis and the rest of the 1980's "Brat Pack" of young authors write/wrote frequently about extremely decadent characters. Ellis in particular takes this UpToEleven, portraying his characters (especially [[Literature/AmericanPsycho Patrick Bateman]]) as decadent to point of making [[TheCaligula Caligula]] look prudish.

* In ''Literature/LayerCake'', the protagonist, a cocaine dealer, generally restricts his use of the drug to as an "aphrodisiac" and mentions attracting female partners with the appeal of high quality cocaine. His associate [[ScaryBlackMan Morty]] pretty much has this as his hobby.

* Charlie on ''Series/{{Lost}}'' falls into this in flashbacks. Before that he was a good Catholic boy who just wanted to make some music.

* Played with in one episode of ''Series/{{House}}'' that featured the main patient purchasing cocaine from a drug dealer... in his sleep. His very specific form of somnambulism turns out to be one of the clues to what ails him, rather than a specific fall from grace. During that same scene, Thirteen is shown to know her blow, to the surprise of her partner in investigation.

* Following his father's death, Hank Moody of ''Series/{{Californication}}'' goes on a bigger bender than usual, finally crossing 'snort cocaine directly off a hooker' off his to-do list. Also Lew Ashby on season two would literally die after spending the wrong moment with, you guessed it, hookers and blow. Also Atticus Fetch on season six was pretty well in touch with this trope.

** Invoked by Representative Robert Wexler at the 4:15 minute mark of [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/72021/july-20-2006/better-know-a-district---florida-s-19th---robert-wexler this clip]] when asked to say something that would lose him his upcoming election ([[ItMakesSenseinContext he was uncontested]]). This was [[CompletelyMissingThePoint inexplicably]] cited by actual journalists as an example of why politicians should be wary of going on the ''Report'' (and by extension ''Series/TheDailyShow''), as if Wexler had been the victim of ManipulativeEditing. Colbert asked him ''on camera, in character'' to say that he liked cocaine and hookers. [[DontExplainTheJoke That was the joke.]] In a rare example of Colbert going "out of character" as it were, he took the time to call out the media for essentially doing exactly what they were accusing him of doing.

* GlamRap usually features this, or implies that this is the source of the speaker's wealth.

-->''At that time I, the Lord, will make Judah and Jerusalem prosperous again. Then in Judgment Valley I will bring together the nations that scattered my people Israel everywhere in the world, and I will bring charges against those nations. They divided up my land and gambled to see who would get my people; they sold boys and girls to pay for prostitutes and wine.'' (Contemporary English Version)

** A certain Sidereal charm (a charm is a magic power) allows him or her to avoid official summons (and thus avoiding intrigues he or she's not interested to be entangled in)... as long as he or she spend most of his or her days drowning in orgy. {{Squick}}.

* WebVideo/BennettTheSage invokes this as a joke regarding ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'''s status as a CashCowFranchise for ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz'' as a little girl asked why there's still war, Bennett for a skit as her grandfather said "Because Creator/{{Bandai}} needs that coke and whore money," before Bennett!Grandpa corrects himself and added "I mean, milk and cookies money."

** Director Bullock, the local chief of the CIA, is a depraved drug addict who indulges in every vice imaginable to deal with the stress of his job. He favors chubby asian callgirls.

* In ''Literature/TheBible'': Mentioned in God's judgment against the nations in [[Literature/BookOfJoel Joel 3:1-3]].

* ''{{Brickleberry}}'' had Smokey The Bear, a DepravedKidsShowHost (and Steve's childhood hero), who turns out to be an alcoholic drug-addict who sleeps with anything that moves, and ends up getting Steve addicted to crack and sleeps with Ethel (who Steve is in love with) before dying of a heart attack.

* "Bitches n Marijuana" by Chris Brown & Tyga featuring ScHoolboy Q is about... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin take a wild guess]].

* In the ''[[Series/{{Firefly}} Serenity: Better Days]]'' miniseries, the crew steals a fortune. The book contains DaydreamSurprise panels showing what each person says they'll do with their share. Zoe and Wash [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming buy a cruise ship and raise a family on it]], Kaylee opens an engine part shop that stocks entirely [[ContinuityNod compression coils]]. River does... [[http://fandomania.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/serenity2-003.jpg something interesting]], etc. When they get to the Shepherd's, [[http://fandomania.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/serenity2-002.jpg it's not exactly what one would expect from a man of God.]] After seeing the crew's shocked looks, he explains that he was joking.

For extra depravity have the cocaine snorted off of the hooker's arse and/or breasts.

* ''Series/JessicaJones'' sees Jeri indulge, quite literally, [[Spoiler:while coming to terms with her ALS diagnosis and threatened ouster from the firm.]]

-->''At that time I, the Lord, will make Judah and Jerusalem prosperous again. Then in Judgment Valley I will bring together the nations that scattered my people Israel everywhere in the world, and I will bring charges against those nations. They divided up my land 3 and gambled to see who would get my people; they sold boys and girls to pay for prostitutes and wine.'' (Contemporary English Version)

-->''In those days and at that time,''
-->''when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,''
-->''I will gather all the nations,''
-->''and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.''
-->''I will enter into judgment with them there''
-->''regarding My people and My heritage Israel,''
-->''whom they have scattered among the nations;''
-->''they have also divided up My land.''
-->''They have cast lots for My people,''
-->''and have traded a boy for a prostitute;''
-->''they have sold a girl for wine,''
-->''that they might drink.''

-->''Son of Slaanesh, full of desire, [[RichardPryor He does cocaine and his head's on fire]]!\\

* WebVideo/BennettTheSage invokes his as a joke regarding ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'''s status as a CashCowFranchise for ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz'' as a little girl asked why there's still war, Bennett for a skit as her grandfather said "Because Creator/{{Bandai}} needs that coke and whore money," before Bennett!Grandpa corrects himself and added "I mean, milk and cookies money."

* WebVideo/BennettTheSage invokes his as a joke regarding ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'''s status as a CashCowFranchise for ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz'' as a little girl asked why there's still war, Bennett for a skit as her grandfather said "Because Bandai needs that coke and whore money," before Bennett!Gradpa corrects himself and added "I mean, milk and cookies money."

* ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}''. Henry Hill is portrayed as having various mistresses and, towards the end of the film when he's become a large-scale drug dealer, as having degenerated through [[GettingHighOnTheirOwnSupply getting high on his own supply]].
* ''Film/{{Casino}}''. In his voiceover, Ace Rothstein comments that Nicky Santoro and his crew became careless and sloppy through booze, "broads" and coke. The latter is illustrated by a famous shot from inside a giant straw hoovering up a line of Bolivia's finest.

* ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'', when they aren't fighting.

* Early in ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet'', Jordan's boss recommends a steady dose of "cocaine and hookers" as necessary for a successful Wall Street career. The remainder of the film more than delivers.

* Happens in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' to an ''angel'' no less. Dean is flung a few years into the future to see the outcome of his choice of action. [[spoiler: They lost.]] Castiel is seen arranging orgies and doing drugs like there's no tomorrow. [[spoiler: Because there might not be. He's also been turned mortal.]]

* The music video for Music/TheProdigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" includes the main protagonist, from whose eyes we see the action of the video unfold, eventually pick up a stripper and 'party' with her in this fashion. [[spoiler: In a rare example of a gender inversion of this trope, the protagonist is eventually revealed to be a woman.]]

* ''AmericanDad'' have no less than ''three'' characters who embrace this trope.

** In ''Film/{{RoboCop|1987}}'', OCP executive Bob Morton is seen doing cocaine with ALadyOnEachArm shortly before getting blown up in his house.

* If he's not being a spy, WesternAnimation/{{Archer}} is doing it with a hooker in his spare time.

* Following his father's death, Hank Moody of ''Series/{{Californication}}'' goes on a bigger bender than usual, finally crossing 'snort cocaine directly off a hooker' off his to-do list.

** In another episode, a commercial parody for ''Samuel Adams Boston Lager'' features three businessmen having lunch. One orders a Sam Adams, and the others remind him of his outstanding [=DUIs=], but he insists he needs something to wash away the taste of weed and hooker-spit.

* In the '80s anime, ''The Professional'', Manga/{{Golgo 13}}'s target in San Francisco, Bernart Muller, is an ex-nazi who is partying with hookers in a penthouse sealed in bulletproof glass.

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* In the 80's anime, ''The Professional'', Manga/{{Golgo 13}}'s target in San Francisco, Bernart Muller, is an ex-nazi who is partying with hookers in a penthouse sealed in bulletproof glass.

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* In the ''[[{{Series/Firefly}} Serenity: Better Days]]'' miniseries, the crew steals a fortune. The book contains DaydreamSurprise panels showing what each person says they'll do with their share. Zoe and Wash [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming buy a cruise ship and raise a family on it]], Kaylee opens an engine part shop that stocks entirely [[ContinuityNod compression coils]]. River does... [[http://fandomania.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/serenity2-003.jpg something interesting]], etc. When they get to the Shepherd's, [[http://fandomania.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/serenity2-002.jpg it's not exactly what one would expect from a man of God.]] After seeing the crew's shocked looks, he explains that he was joking.

* Comicbook/{{X 23}}'s pimp, Zebra Daddy, in ''Comicbook/{{NYX}}'' is a drug dealer and sex trafficker in the [[BigRottenApple Flat-Iron District]]. The book establishes that he samples both his products.

* In ''Film/RoboCop1987'', OCP executive Bob Morton is seen doing cocaine with ALadyOnEachArm shortly before getting blown up in his house. In [[Film/RoboCop2 the sequel]], the baddies include an organization that seems to be a hybrid illegal drug manufacturer and religious cult.

* BretEastonEllis and the rest of the 1980's "Brat Pack" of young authors write/wrote frequently about extremely decadent characters. Ellis in particular takes this UpToEleven, portraying his characters (especially [[Literature/AmericanPsycho Patrick Bateman]]) as decadent to point of making [[TheCaligula Caligula]] look prudish.

* [[RealTimeWithBillMaher Bill Maher]] - "Be More Cynical"
--> "George Bush's policy in South America was 'crop replacement': Instead of growing cocaine, they should grow bananas and chrysanthemums. I don't know if you've ever tried to lure a stripper to your hotel room with a banana and a chrysanthemum, but let me tell you folks - It's slow going."
* In one episode of ''DeadLikeMe'', Daisy says something about Mason having snorted "blow off a dead hooker's stomach". He doesn't deny it and basically gets a look about him as if he doesn't wish to incriminate himself.

* Invoked by Representative Robert Wexler on ''Series/TheColbertReport'' at the 4:15 minute mark of [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/72021/july-20-2006/better-know-a-district---florida-s-19th---robert-wexler this clip]] when asked to say something that would lose him his upcoming election ([[ItMakesSenseinContext he was uncontested]]). This was [[CompletelyMissingThePoint inexplicably]] cited by actual journalists as an example of why politicians should be wary of going on the ''Report'' (and by extension ''Series/TheDailyShow''), as if Wexler had been the victim of ManipulativeEditing. Colbert asked him ''on camera, in character'' to say that he liked cocaine and hookers. [[DontExplainTheJoke That was the joke.]] In a rare example of Colbert going 'out of character' as it were, he took the time to call out the media for essentially doing exactly what they were accusing him of doing.

* "2 Hookers and an 8 ball" by MindlessSelfIndulgence the name should make it pretty clear.

* The Song ''Wenches And Mead'' By {{Alestorm}} celebrates this partictuar lifestyle choice:
--->When I come back from a mighty quest
--->I have no need for sleep or rest
--->I head to a tavern for a drink
--->And get so drunk I cannot think
--->A wench by my side, a jug of mead
--->These are the things that I most need
--->So I sit back and sing this song
--->And drink and party all night long

* The [[{{Exalted}} Green Sun Princes]] (who are often referred to as the [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll rock stars of Hell]]) are often said to be partially kept in line by their Yozi masters with the equivalent of demon hookers and blow (the other part being by their [[MoreThanMindControl Urge]] and [[RestrainingBolt Torment]]). It's been noted that this is pretty ineffective in the long run; even if a Prince ''is'' primarily motivated by Hookers And Blow, they'll eventually realize that they can easily acquire it for themselves.

** [[AdiposeRex Sesus Naghezzar]] is also widely known for this as the ultimate mark of his hedonism.
*** Or rather, widely supplies such proclivities in the rest of the Scarlet Dynasty to secure his own powerbase (he still indulges, but not as severely as his image suggests he does; it's used to help people underestimate him).

* Daemon Prince Doomrider of Slaneesh, from TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} (specifically its earlier editions), was basically this trope taken to the absolute highest Grimdark levels, with an equal dose of DrivesLikeCrazy.
** Now with [[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Doomrider more song!]]
--->Son of Slaanesh, full of desire, [[RichardPryor He does cocaine and his head's on fire]]!
--->DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM Rider!
--->Doom rider.
--->Na na, na na.

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* Shows up in the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' games.
** Trevor from ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV GTA5]]'' appears to be the deconstruction of this concept. He's a successful bank robber who earned wealth by scoring big in the heist game but by throwing away his money on the aforementioned Hookers And Blow (he's definitely a meth addict and his personality suggests he probably pays for sex on top of it), he's relegated himself to a rather pathetic existence by the time the events of the game roll around (stuck in the middle of a dusty nowhere town living in a disgusting trailer).

* A RealLife videogame example in which the lead producer of ''Ant Simulator'' [[http://www.gamewatcher.com/news/2016-01-02-ant-simulator-cancelled-after-business-partners-spend-crowdfunding-money-on-booze-and-strippers found out]] his partners were using Kickstarter funds for, among other things, booze and strippers.

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* Internet comedy due BriTANick have a hilarious short video called [[http://www.youtube.com/user/BriTANicKdotcom#p/u/8/lzphtZoN350 "Taint Monopoly"]] where Nick calls Brian, asking him if there's going to be cocaine at his party. Brian response of course not, to which Nick wonders what they're going to do with the "girls" ...

* Referenced in the WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation review of ''Mafia 2'', where he snarkily lays out the typical plot of a story about the Mafia.

-->'''Buzz The Bee:''' Maybe I can tempt you with the delicious taste of honey and nuts?
-->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' Did you say Hookers And Blow?

* The ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "The Thin White Line" has Brian accidentally becoming addicted to cocaine. Next thing you know he's introducing the family to his "girlfriend" -- a bony, washed up prostitute.