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** Schlock himself is an odd case: while he ''can'' get drunk, [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2012-01-29 he's able to manipulate the rate at which he metabolizes stuff]], allowing him to either stay drunk for days ot sober up instantly.

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** Schlock himself is an odd case: while he ''can'' get drunk, he's able to manipulate the rate at which he metabolizes stuff, allowing him to either stay drunk for days ot sober up instantly.

* Akiha from ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' is a type 3a: she can drink large quantities of alcohol with almost no noticeable side effects (she gets disappointed when others can't keep up with her). If she drinks enough she eventually just falls asleep. [[spoiler:May be a result of the Tohno family having demon blood in their ancestry.]]

* The ComicBook/IncredibleHulk is immune to alcohol.

** His cousin She-Hulk can't either due to her size and metabolism. This doesn't apply to her human form though, and should she revert back into Jennifer Walters all the alcohol She-Hulk drank will affect her instantly.

* ''Series/SheHulkAttorneyAtLaw'': When Bruce Banner explains to Jennifer Walters all the good things about being a Hulk, one of them is that due to how their bodies metabolize alcohol at a fast rate, they can drink as much as they want and never get drunk.

* Harlock of ''Anime/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, he still remains cold-stone sober.

!!Can't Get Drunk

* 3b: In ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' Naofumi is completely immune to alcohol. He happily ate several cohol fruits without any ill effect, despite them containing enough alcohol that a single fruit can produce a ''barrel'' of booze. When another character ate just ''half'' of a fruit they nearly died of alcohol poisoning.
-->'''L'Arc:''' (Watching Naofumi casually eating a Cohol Berry like it is candy) [[LampshadeHanging Saying you can hold your Liquor is an understatement.]]

* 3a or possibly 3b: Keira Knightley of ''Script/AHDotComTheSeries'' is a synthetic clone of [[Creator/KeiraKnightley the actress in question]] -- one side-effect of her simplified genetics is that she processes alcohol far more efficiently than the average human, and can drink almost anyone under the table.

* Harlock of ''Anime/CaptainHarlock'' is constantly seen drinking what's implied to be extremely potent alcohol, but while his crew are seen in various stages of intoxication, he still remains cold-stone sober.

* While Jessica can get drunk, her tolerance is so high that she only drinks the strongest possible alcohol, comparing its strength to gasoline.

!!To Stoic

!!To Silly

* ''Literature/AfterTheRevolution'': Posthumans with implants have tolerances way over that of baseline humanity due to their modifications, and metabolize them extremely quickly as well. The denizens of [[CityOnWheels Rolling Fuck]] imbibe drug cocktails that would be fatal to a human several times per day to maintain a mild buzz, and SuperSoldier Roland considers an entire pill bottle of Oxycodone to be a starter to get an Opiate high.

** In ''Literature/WitchesAbroad'' Granny Weatherwax downs a bottle of absinthe under the impression that it's [[FromACertainPointOfView an herbal drink]], and complains of feeling "a bit woozy".

* Drebin laments his inability to get drunk in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' when he offers a beer to snake, the nanomachines running through just about every soldier's bloodstream now eliminate the alcoholic content before it has time to metabolize. [[spoiler: In the ending, once all the patriot nanomachines have been disabled, Drebin shows up completely wasted.]]

* JC Denton of ''VideoGame/DeusEx'', due to his nano-upgrades, can metabolise alcohol within seconds. In gameplay terms, this leads to blurry vision for a moment or two. The effects stack with more drinks, but it just makes the blurriness last slightly longer.
* Dwarves in ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' are much like robots in ''Futurama'': regularly consuming alcohol makes them ''normal'', lack of alcohol makes them lethargic to the point of uselessness. For a long time, alcoholic beverages didn't do anything except prevent withdrawal; an update in 2015 added proper intoxication (and alcohol poisoning, for those who go too far), but dwarves (having massive livers) have innate resistance to it and rarely if ever reach the point of passing out. Other creatures may vary, but both kinds of gnomes (Dark Gnomes and Mountain Gnomes) are known for having massive booze capacity, being able and willing to raid your alcohol stocks and gulp down entire barrels without even feeling it despite weighing a fourth of what a dwarf does.

* Tessa and her squad in ''Webcomic/{{SSDD}}'' allegedly would need to drink enough alcohol to poison a small elephant to get drunk due to their nanites. Though that may be a retcon as earlier (chronologically much later) Tessa got ReassignedToAntarctica for getting drunk and destroying her CO's car. At one point the squad is shown getting drunk off "cider" so strong it has to be sold as paint thinner.
* Nicole of ''Webcomic/QuantumVibe'' is a variation, she is genetically engineered to metabolize alcohol much more efficiently than normal, so it takes enough alcohol to knock out a beltape to get her drunk. But once she reaches that tipping point she gets very drunk very fast.
* True for most military personnel in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' (although it doesn't come up that often). Soldier boosts are common and (amongst other effects) speed up the metabolism, making it difficult to get drunk. [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2007-09-17 Kevyn]] [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2007-09-23 solves]] [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-11-24 this]] by drinking a ''lot'' of alcohol and using a carbonated chaser to speed the absorption into his blood stream.
* In ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'', Arthur has a good head for alcohol generally, and specifically is [[http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/1187.htm completely unable to metabolise]] the main ingredient in Gawaine's GargleBlaster.

* Mark Spencer (aka The Crusader) of ''Webcomic/LoveAndCapes'' is a CaptainErsatz of Superman, and just like Kryptonians, he also falls under 3b - he explicitly chalks it up to being NighInvulnerable. He still likes drinking fine alcohol, though - because of his SuperSenses, he's able to taste complexities in them that most miss. At one point, a villain [[PowerCopying copies both his appearance and his powers]], and said villain is frustrated that he inherits this as well.

* Most of the sporkers of Blog/DasSporking fall under the 3a category. When they resort to alcohol [[INeedAFreakingDrink to numb the pain from whatever they're sporking]], they tend to down ridiculous amounts of it before their sense get impaired. One notable instance is when Mervin and [[Film/OnceUponATimeInMexico Agent Sands]] are sporking ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner]]'' and play a drinking game to it using ''coffee mugs'' instead of shot glasses. When they are so drunk that Sands is pissing himself, Mervin finally uses the Keyboard of Power to force them sober (which comes with the nasty side effect of launching them straight into a hangover).
* ''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).
** [[HillbillyMoonshiner 'Shine]], a [[MadScientist Devisor]] specializing in distilling, can make liquors which effect Exemplars and Regens who are otherwise immune. In some cases they have to be tailored to the specific individual.
** At least two individual in the series - Hive and Gouyasse - ''require'' alcohol to power their abilities. Hive (a nanotech-empowered security officer) is immune to the effects; [[JerkJock Gouyasse]] (a student who has a special permission to have alcohol on campus) isn't, and it shows.

* In the DC animated movie [[WesternAnimation/WonderWoman2009 Wonder Woman]], Steve Trevor takes Diana to a bar and they have quite a few shots of tequila to [[InVinoVeritas get her to open up]] ([[ButLiquorIsQuicker or maybe something else...]]). But after a long series of shots, Diana is still stone-cold sober while poor Trevor can't even sit up. On top of that, she's trying to have an in-depth discussion on Greek tragedies. She later calls him a pathetic lightweight.

* A lot of East Asians (especially those from areas that traditionally have low alcohol tolerance and dependence, such as regions near Eastern China) are known to be genetically restricted to 3b rules. They metabolize alcohol in such a way that [[BlessedWithSuck they skip "drunk" and just go straight to "hung over"]] [[note]]Ethanol is metabolized by multiple pathways. The most common form involves conversion of ethanol to acetaldehyde facilitated via alcohol dehydrogenase, then the acetaldehyde gets converted to acetate facilitated via aldehyde dehydrogenase, and finally the acetate is broken down into carbon dioxide and water. Some people have a hyperactive alcohol dehydrogenase and unchanged aldehyde dehydrogenase activity - this imbalance in reaction rates results in acetaldehyde accumulating at a faster rate tan acetaldehyde conversion into acetate.[[/note]] (there's a reason why this phenomenon is commonly nicknamed [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_flush_reaction ''Asian'' Flush]]). Depending on how these genes came about, this may also explain the stereotypical Native American intolerance to alcohol as well, as Amerindians are currently believed to be descended from proto-Mongolians who crossed the Bering Strait land bridge.

* A lot of East Asians (especially those from areas that traditionally have low alcohol tolerance and dependence, such as regions near Eastern China) are known to be genetically restricted to 3b rules. They metabolize alcohol in such a way that [[BlessedWithSuck they skip "drunk" and just go straight to "hung over"]] (there's a reason why this phenomenon is commonly nicknamed [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_flush_reaction ''Asian'' Flush]]). Depending on how these genes came about, this may also explain the stereotypical Native American intolerance to alcohol as well, as Amerindians are currently believed to be descended from proto-Mongolians who crossed the Bering Strait land bridge.