History Main / TheTeetotaler

* Blaise in RuneFactory3 openly hates alcohol. Apparently [[NoodleIncident: something happened when he had "a glass of wine at a party", but he doesn't remember and no one will tell you what!]]

* Adolf Hitler is, arguably, the reason we have anti-smoking legislation. He was at one time a very dedicated smoker, and grew to find the habit disgusting.

* Mr. Garibaldi on ''[[BabylonFive Babylon 5]]'' starts off as a Type B. Then comes [[OffTheWagon Season 5]] ([[DisContinuity if it ever happened]])...
* [[RumpoleOfTheBailey Sam Ballard]] seems to be one at first, being a goody-two-shoes who only ever drinks mineral water...but then we learn that he isn't, but [[CantHoldHisLiquor really ought to be]].

* FriedrichNietzsche saw alcoholism as a method of escaping from the reality, which was also the basis on which he rejected religion and mysticism.

* The residents of Ennett House Drug and Alcohol Recovery [[DepartmentOfRedundencyDepartment House]] (''[[RunningGag sic]]'' in DavidFosterWallace's ''InfiniteJest'', being required to join AA or NA, are of course therefore required (theoretically) to be Type Bs, but Don Gately eventually comes to be an honest one (it's important).

* Mr. Garibaldi on ''[[BabylonFive Babylon 5]]'' starts off as a Type B. Then comes [[OffTheWagon late Season 4]]...

* Possible {{Trope Codifier}}: Wyatt Erp was known for drinking tea instead of alcohol. This obviously gave him a useful advantage in reaction time when breaking up (the perpetrators of) barfights.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Ulrich_Rudel Hans-Ulrich Rudel]], [[{{AcePilot}} flying ace]] and quite possibly the most [[{{PersonOfMassDestruction}} destructive]] man '''ever''' abstained from both drinking and smoking.

* [[{{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Ulrich_Rudel}} Hans-Ulrich Rudel, [[{{AcePilot}} flying ace]] and quite possibly the most [[{{PersonOfMassDestruction}} destructive]] man '''ever''' abstained from both drinking and smoking.

A common prank is to trick this guy into drinking a "Long Island Iced Tea" (which ''is'' and alcoholic drink).

See also StraightEdge and SmugStraightEdge.

Contrast with IDoNotDrinkWine.

* Joshua Carver of ''NoHero'' never drinks, mokes, and is a vegan.

!!Examples:

* Sir Lancelot became one during ''TheOnceAndFutureKing'', and Sir Galahad, of course.

* The pirate Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts was a Teetotaler in RealLife.
* In ''[[TheChroniclesOfNarnia Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]'', Eustace's parents were teetotalers.
* There are numerous teetotallers in the works of GKChesterton, who almost always turn out either to be fools or thoroughly bad lots (one example is the Rev. David East in "The Man Who Shot the Fox").
* A lifestyle choice in ''KingdomOfLoathing''. Choosing to be incarnated as a teetotaler will block your ability to drink alcoholic beverages for the entire run in favor of a greater ability to consume food (which is unlocked about halfway in). There's also the "boozetafarian" path, which is this reversed, meaning that you may not consume food, while alcohol is completely fine, and finally the oxygenarian run, in which you may consume ''neither'', although you can consume things that don't count as food. Needless to say, the oxygenarian run is the one that yields the most rewards.
* Played with in ''ToBeOrNotToBe'':
-->'''Colonel Ehrhardt:''' "You know, I never quite trust a man who doesn't drink or smoke."
-->'''Jozef Tura (as Professor Siletski):''' "You mean, like our Führer?"
-->'''Colonel Ehrhardt:''' "Yes...'''''NO!'''''"

* Adolf Hitler is, arguably, the reason we have anti-smoking legislation. He was at one time a very dedicated smoker, and grew to find the habit disgusting.
* Ibram Gaunt of ''GauntsGhosts'' became an alcoholic at one point. He gets clean and becomes this trope.
* Gabe from ''PennyArcade'' doesn't even take aspirin or those vitamin boosts at Jamba Juice, and was too nervous to take his prescribed anxiety medication. Compare to the often-drunken Tycho.

* While it wasn't directly referenced in ''LAConfidential'', Russell Crowe asked the writer and director whether his character, Bud White, ever drank alcohol. They told him no. Because he likes [[DyeingForYourArt dyeing for his art]], Crowe did the same during the entire shoot. As an Australian, he is miserable.
* Commander Vimes from ''{{Discworld}}'' stopped drinking entirely around ''Discworld/MenAtArms'', because he's a recovering alcoholic and doesn't want to get back onto that slippery slope at all.
* RealLife example: Richard E. Grant. CueIrony when he was cast as the alcoholic Withnail in ''WithnailAndI''. The director got him to go on a drinking binge once to better understand the character. Grant reportedly found it 'deeply unpleasant'.
* Possible {{Trope Codifier}} Wyatt Erp was known for drinking tea instead of alcohol. This obviously gave him a useful advantage in reaction time when breaking up (the perpetrators of) barfights.
* Joshua Carver of NoHero never drinks, mokes, and is a vegan.
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* ScottPilgrim is (usually) one of these.

* An actual choosable run in ''KingdomOfLoathing'', choosing a teetotaler run will block your ability to drink alcoholic beverages for the entire run in favor of a greater ability to consume food (which is unlocked about halfway in). There's also the boozetafarian run, which is this reversed, meaning that you may not consume food, while alcohol is completely fine, and finally the oxygenarian run, in which you may consume ''neither'', although you can consume things that don't count as food. Needless to say, the oxygenarian run is the one that yields the most rewards.