History Main / NeverGetsDrunk

* [[ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} Kate Kane]] has an extremely high alcohol tolerance as a result of her hard-partying years after being discharged from the Army. For example, she was able to effectively fight off a mugger shortly after downing ''seven shots of bourbon''.[[note]]In any reasonable drinking time, this means her BAC would have ranged from 0.1 to 0.2, or from "visibly drunk" to "blackout drunk"[[/note]]

* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} varies DependingOnTheWriter. His HealingFactor either makes him have the tolerance of a much larger man and never get hung over, or completely neutralizes the effect of alcohol. (Likely this is because alcohol affects the body in the same way a toxin or poison does, something that he is immune to). In one issue of ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}'' in particular, Shi'ar Imperial Guardsman Fang tells Comicbook/{{X 23}} a story of how one night he and a bunch of friends wanted to get Logan drunk, so brought him to the same bar they're currently visiting on a mission to get him wasted. In the end, it required delivering a constant supply of the strongest alcohol they could find via what basically amounted to a gigantic high-tech camelback.

* Franchise/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and Kryptonians overall usually fall into type 3b, such as in ''Series/{{Smallville}}''. However, they can be affected by magical beverages, since Kryptonians are vulnerable to magic. Superman can also get drunk by drinking straight up poison (which happened when he unknowingly drank a concoction intended to kill [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]]).

* Kenneth from ''Series/ThirtyRock'' has been drinking hard liquor, or [[HillbillyMoonshiner "hill people milk"]] as it's known in the [[DeepSouth small Georgia town]] he grew up in, since he was a baby, and as such has an incredibly high alcohol tolerance. When taking part in a drinking contest, he is shown to be on his feet and essentially sober, drinking notorious partiers Jenna and Tracy under the table.

* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': Some mutants, especially Exemplars and Regenerators, have idiosyncratic reactions to drugs of all sorts, including alcohol. Many get either total immunity after their first exposure, or rapid recovery after a shortened period of intoxication (e.g., Belphoebe getting heroically plastered but still standing, waking up the next morning to a hangover which faded after only a few minutes and no other effects); others get ''[[CantHoldHisLiquor increased]]'' but accelerated reactions (e.g., Murphy passing out after half a bottle of beer, then waking with a hangover twenty minutes later) or unpredictable reactions such as hallucinations (e.g., Circuit Breaker's reaction to almost any medicine at all).

* In the extended cut of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'', Legolas and Gimli have a drinking contest. After downing well over 10 mugs of ale, Legolas finally starts feeling some effects, "a slight tingling in my fingers. [[FirstTimeFeeling I think it's affecting me!]]"[[note]]In the books, elves can indeed get drunk, though it takes far more than it would a human--two elves in ''Literature/TheHobbit'' share a pair of enormous flagons of very fine wine, which is enough to knock them both unconscious.[[/note]] Meanwhile, the heavy-drinking Hobbits (half the size of a normal man) were dancing, singing and full of energy. [[spoiler: Where is Gimli? On the floor, where he had gone cross eyed and fallen out of his chair upon attempting to talk smack about Legolas' impending intoxication.]]

** Also possibly due to [[TheAlcoholic his having drunk massive amounts of alcohol for pretty much his entire life]].

* A side story for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV Stormblood'' describes Yotsuyu Brutus' first meeting with [[BigBad Zenos yae Galvus]]. At the time of the story, her employment consists of helping her targets relax and spill their secrets; this proves ineffective on Zenos, who empties his cup of sake again and again to no effect.

* Harlock of ''Manga/CaptainHarlock'' is constantly seen drinking what's implied to be extremely potent alcohol, and has described himself as an alcoholic, but while his crew are seen in various stages of intoxication, including a woman whose [[BizarreAlienBiology species require alcohol to live]], he still remains cold-stone sober.