History Main / TheStoner

* ''Literature/DancingAztecs'': Chuck Harwood. The appendix even calls him a pothead.

* Literature/{{Discworld}}'s parody of the ''Hashishin'' in ''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}'', renowned for being deadly and, at the same time, inclined to giggle, groove to interesting patterns of light on their daggers, and fall over.

The male version of the GranolaGirl. The stoner is generally a comical character who smokes, gets beat up, makes bad jokes, and suffers other sorts of ButtMonkey type things, only with more drugs. The most likely character to get a MushroomSamba bit. He is basically a cross between ButtMonkey and the wacky guy. Usually somewhere between a [[TechnicalPacifist technical]] and an ActualPacifist, and almost always entirely non-threatening, in physical appearance. May very occasionally be prone to [[LetsGetDangerous getting dangerous]], but only rarely and under truly exceptional circumstances.

May evolve into an EruditeStoner. See also TheSlacker and SurferDude for G-rated examples.

The male version of the GranolaGirl. The stoner is generally a comical character who smokes, gets beat up, makes bad jokes, and suffers other sorts of ButtMonkey type things, only with more drugs. The most likely character to get a MushroomSamba bit. He is basically a cross between ButtMonkey and the WackyGuy. Usually somewhere between a [[TechnicalPacifist technical]] and an ActualPacifist, and almost always entirely non-threatening, in physical appearance. May very occasionally be prone to [[LetsGetDangerous getting dangerous]], but only rarely and under truly exceptional circumstances.

** Otto, the school bus driver. In "The Seven-Beer Snitch", Otto's urine sample contains so many illegal drugs that when Otto looks at it, it resembles a scene from Music/TheBeatles film ''Film/YellowSubmarine''. And only actually contains "trace amounts of human urine". In the Movie, it's implied that Otto spent almost the entire movie stoned out of his head and didn't notice a thing that was going on.

* There is a bartender & dope dealer in ''[[VideoGame/{{Stalker}} S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear Sky]]'' named '''[[http://stalker.wikia.com/wiki/Ganja Ganja]]''', which is also a [[TheAlcoholic heavy]] [[VodkaDrunkenski drinker]] as well. [[GameplayandStorySegregation Although we can't buy his weed or see him toking/high]].

* The Electric Mayhem from ''Franchise/TheMuppets.'' In the 2015 series, Kermit notes that they're "Always happy. Legally, now."

* {{Deconstructed}} also in Afroman's "Because I got high". A very happy sounding song about a man who's drug use ruins his entire life. He loses his job, his kids, wife and ends up homeless...because he got high.

* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'': Leigharch has this huge pile of used cocaine (pot in the anime) stubs. This causes him to hallucinate weird things, say weirder things, and get kicked by Revy for being high on the job. Despite this he's an awesome getaway driver. Deconstructed when it's eventually revealed that he overdosed and got put in an insane asylum.
* A popular {{fanon}} for The Netherlands and Canada in ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'', coming from their relatively liberal drug policies from RealLife. In fairness Finland did say that the Netherlands was into some "shady drugs".

* Flax Seed from the Rarity issue of ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries'' is obviously never seen actually smoking pot (it's ''My Little Pony'' after all), but his personality fits this stereotype to a tee. WordOfGod on the matter is essentially, "I can't ''say'' he's stoned, but he pretty much is."

* The [[Series/{{Glee}} Warbler member]] Nick is a foul-mouthed, HotBlooded pot-smoker in ''FanFic/HuntingTheUnicorn.'' The Warblers constantly call him a stoner, but it's more of an in-joke since he only smokes a couple times a week. He's [[CloudCuckooLander prone to strange logic]] even without getting stoned.

* ''Disney/BigHero6'' has Fred, the quintessential college stoner dude. He’s got long hair, a knit cap and necklace inspired by big stompy lizard monsters, an adorkable love of comic books and some questionable hygiene practices. It's all stoner stereotypes and while Disney hasn't specified what it is he's quitting, the matter is settled in his line just before they meet Yokai...

* Fred of ''Film/GalaxyQuest'' isn't seen actually toking up on screen, but his extremely calm, slightly drowsy demeanor while everyone else is freaking out and his penchant for snacking are a huge tipoff to anyone paying the slightest attention. In the original cut this was supposed to be explicit but was cut to keep the film's PG rating, [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar but it's still pretty damn obvious]].

* [[Film/TheBigLebowski The Dude]] fits this trope quite well (and spectacularly), though the movie makes it clear that he is actually [[OnlySaneMan not as crazy and silly]] as basically everyone else. Creator/TheCoenBrothers mention in one of the behind the scenes documentaries that his "liberal drug use" allowed them to insert several fantasy sequences and a BusbyBerkeleyNumber without breaking the tone of the movie. Creator/JeffBridges also asked the Coens to tell him if The Dude had burned one on the way over so he could rub his eyes to achieve the appropriate level of redness.

* Matthew, Harvey, and Dr. Bamford in ''Film/SavingGrace'' to varying degrees. Matthew likes to think of himself as easygoing (although he can be high strung), Harvey tries to be an [[EruditeStoner Erudite Stoner]] but ends up more of a [[ConspiracyTheorist Conspiracy Theorist]]. Dr. Bamford is a slacker prone to crashing on couches, but seems to be a surprisingly competent doctor. It's implied there isn't much for anyone under 50 in the town to do except get stoned and hang out at the pub.

* In ''Film/AmericanUltra'', Mike Howell is just your typical small-town, loser, stoner. Dead-end job, doodling his daydreams and ideas in a journal, local sheriff harassing him about all the petty arrests for minor trouble he's been picked up on, and the "too good for him" girlfriend that babysits him. The only thing differentiating Mike from most of the other people on this page is that besides enjoying getting high, he used to be in a secret CIA program that trained him to be an unstoppable super-badass. He just doesn't remember any of that.

* Chris Lang in ''Literature/TomorrowWhenTheWarBegan''. He's shown to be a weird genius with more of a drink problem than anything else, in the film he wears a dressing gown, is prone to weird, like, ''weird'', stoner-talk and smokes on screen.

* On ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'', the Pawnee Animal Control department is run by 2 stoners who eventually get fired. There's also the former head of the Parks department who grows pot in some public park flowerbeds.

* Music/BoneThugsNHarmony: In fact Krayzie Bone smoked so much that one of his lungs collapsed!!

%%* Both Creator/{{Jack|Black}} and Kyle of Music/TenaciousD--as demonstrated in their music and their HBO shorts, as well as ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny''.

-->[[Creator/ChrisFarley Chris Farley]], [[Creator/ChrisRock Chris Rock]], [[Creator/BobMarley Bob Marley]]

-->[[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Ricky Williams]], [[TakeThat fuck how]] {{Usefulnotes/Miami}} feeling

* How about [[Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick The Brian Kendrick]]? He walked to the ring like a stoner before anyone even knew he really was one. In fact, most of the reason why his push was dropped so quickly and he was fired was because he repeatedly failed the marijuana portion of the wellness test. Hence, why Wrestling/{{TNA}} took him in and did pretty much nothing with him.

%%* Road Dogg, Wrestling/EvanBourne, Wrestling/RTruth, Paul London, Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley and X-Pac are among the wrestlers known to be stoners, as well as those listed above (though Paul is UsefulNotes/{{straight edge}} who just acted like a stoner)

* Wrestling/JuggaloChampionshipWrestling often has entire audiences of stoners, who love it when Weedman blows smoke out into their mist. Also, AK Izzy High. ([[DontExplainTheJoke he is]]).
* Wrestling/JackSwagger. Though he doesn't ''act'' like it, it's a very well-known fact that the reason Swagger has been stuck in mid card hell for so long is because he can't stay away from the cannabis plant (well, that and behavioral issues in general). It came to bite him in the ass big time when, in the middle of the biggest push of his career, he got arrested for marijuana possession. He was back in the midcard and it's unlikely he'll ever leave it again.

* In ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', [[EruditeStoner Zahua]]; as part of his order's WarriorMonk training, he routinely does a cocktail of mood-altering drugs and hallucinogens. He spends most of the adventure completely stoned and/or tripping, occasionally making non-sequiter comments about whatever he's hallucinating at the time. To a [[DownplayedTrope much lesser extent]], banter involving Zahua, Hiravias and Edér suggest all three are casual users of the marijuana-like whiteleaf plant.
* Emily Kaldwin, the canon protagonist of ''VideoGame/Dishonored2'', is revealed to be one in her letters from her lover Wyman. Said lover introduced her to the illegal white leaf tobacco, which is read next to a hookah and upon inspection she'll remark she had "good times" with Wyman and her friends in the past. A rare case where she isn't portrayed with all the negative and stereotypical traits associated with it.

** Damara is seen smoking a joint in a lot of her animations, and tells Meenah to "Chill the fuck out. Let's touch each other. Please get stoned with me." However, in her case, it's just a cover for her [[{{Yandere}} bitterness and foul personality]].

* Az, Ragz, and G-man in ''Webcomic/DarwinCarmichaelIsGoingToHell'' are three shaggy-haired, tie-dyed ''angels'' who do nothing all day long but smoke pot, watch TV, and eat cheetos, which they do on Darwin's couch while mooching off his hospitality. They speak in a drawl peppered with "man"s and their names are even stonerfied versions of classic angel names (Azrael, Rafael, Gabriel). One arc reveals that they once had a mission on earth, but they got too into drugs after arriving in the 60's and completely forgot about it.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1481 SCP-1481]] is a perpetually stoned genie whose "magic lamp" is a plastic coffee cup. Due to his drug-addled state, he's hopelessly inept at granting wishes, usually just conjuring up food to sate his munchies instead, and desperately asking for drugs. He's so out of it that it never crosses his mind that he can just conjure up drugs for himself like he does with the food, and when someone points it out, he suffers a HeroicBSOD. [[spoiler:In a rare moment of lucidity, he reveals that [[BenevolentGenie all he wants to do is grant wishes and make people happy]], but some utter bastard used his first wish to turn him into the train wreck that he is, used his second wish to make his first wish ''irreversible'', and then ''just walked away'', all purely ForTheEvulz.]]

* Shaggy from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''. Okay, so it was never canonized, but in every conceivable way he is your typical stoner hippy. He's stick thin, scruffy, always hungry, will eat dog snacks, and he's always freaking out.

* Manic from ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'' talks and generally acts stoned most of the time, and he's a thieving pickpocket from the lowest classes -- a background prone to stumbling into drug habits. It wasn't canonized but it's opinion shared by many fans and critics of the show alike.

%%* Jim Anchower of ''Website/TheOnion''.

* Bud in ''Pinball/NoGoodGofers'' gives the impression of being one, between his FishEyes expression, slacker voice, and occasional bouts of incoherence. [[CaptainObvious Also, he's named]] ''[[PunnyName Bud.]]''

* A popular {{fanon}} for The Netherlands and Canada in ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'', coming from their relativel liberal drug policies from RealLife. In fairness Finland did say that the Netherlands was into some "shady drugs".

The stoner is very similar to the 19th Century "funny drunk." However, that became a DiscreditedTrope as groups like AA and MADD gained influence. The modern stereotype is that drunks are likely to beat you up, while stoners aren't, so stoners make better comedy.

May evolve into an EruditeStoner. See also TheSlacker.

* Subverted in ''Fanfic/HighlyQuestionableDecisions''. While she didn't consume any drugs, Satsuki acts like one when she turns of her brain (at Ryuuko's advice). Naturally, those around her assumed she was on drugs.

%%** Otto, the school bus driver.

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* Played straight for non-comedic effect in ''Film/JackieBrown''. Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson) brings in an old reliable partner, Louis Gara (Robert [=DeNiro=]), for a crime job. But Gara has become a stoner and can longer hold up his end. Ordell ends up [[spoiler:having to kill Louis]].

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1481 SCP-1481]] is a perpetually stoned genie whose "magic lamp" is a plastic coffee cup. Due to his drug-addled state, he's hopelessly inept at granting wishes, usually just conjuring up food to sate his munchies instead, and desperately asking for drugs. He's so out of it that it never crosses his mind that he can just conjure up drugs for himself like he does with the food, and when someone points it out, he suffers a HeroicBSOD. [[spoiler:In a rare moment of lucidity, he reveals that all he wants to do is grant wishes and make people happy, but some utter bastard used his first wish to turn him into the train wreck that he is, used his second wish to make his first wish ''irreversible'', and then ''just walked away'', all purely ForTheEvulz.]]

* Danny "Sexbang" Avidan of Music/NinjaSexParty has admitted to being one in his twenties, describing one particular incident of him spending three straight days sitting on a couch doing nothing but eating pot brownies. He eventually kicked the habit.

* Weezy F Broly in [=SSJ9K=]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuXnpybjZZw parody]] of ''DragonBallZBrolyTheLegendarySuperSaiyan''. Paragus makes him smoke the "Tree of Might" instead of using a PowerLimiter to keep him under control. When he becomes the Legendary Bodybuilder Saiyan, the high wears off.

* On ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Ted, Marshall, and Lily were this when they were in college. They grew out of it, but occasionally slip back into it for old times sake (although by the year 2020, they complain that they can't handle more than one joint anymore). However, since Future!Ted is telling the story to his kids, he replaces all mentions of smoking pot with "eating a sandwich", with a corresponding VisualEuphenism.

* On ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Ted, Marshall, and Lily were this when they were in college. They grew out of it, but occasionally slip back into it for old times sake (although by the year 2020, they complain that they can't handle more than one joint anymore). However, since Future!Ted is telling the story to his kids, he replaces all mentions of smoking pot with "eating a sandwich", with a corresponding VisualEuphemism.