A Glass of Chianti: Difference between revisions

[[File:yourvampiresucks.jpg|link=Hellsing|frame|So you ''do'' [[Dracula|drink... vine!]] [[That Liar Lies|Liar!]] ]]

 

 

Many [[Big Bad]]s, being more [[Aristocrats Are Evil|high-class]] than most heroes, like to sip some wine, usually red, while [[Slouch of Villainy|lounging on their throne]]. This makes them seem [[Wicked Cultured|refined]] and [[Evil Is Cool|worldly]], even when [[Villains Out Shopping|relaxing]]. Heroes and more petty villains go for the more boorish beer, usually because they either can't afford wine or they have [[Evil Tastes Good|no taste for the stuff]].

Note that red is seen as a lot more sinister than white wine, due to its [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|Color Coding]] and general connotations with blood. When a vampire (usually richer and more refined, not one of the [[Our Vampires Are Different|biker vamps)]] drinks red blood from a wine-glass, it invokes much the same imagery, and one can argue that villains drink red wine specifically to invoke the vampiric example.

 

 

Another common variant is the Snifter of Brandy, preferably poured from a snazzy, cut-glass decanter.

* Funny enough, in the original novel of ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]'' it was a "big Amarone" and not Chianti. Still a red wine from Italy, though. The change in the film was probably a case of [[Small Reference Pools]].

* The titular Count in ''[[Dracula]]'', [[I Do Not Drink... Wine|does not eat or drink]]. He does however know enough about fine wines to provide Johnathan Harker with "a bottle of excellent Old Tokay" to have with supper.

 

* Lex Luthor from ''[[Smallville]]''. In fact, most of the time you can clearly see the crystal decanter in his living room.

* Adelei Niska sips on an unidentified drink in the ''[[Firefly]]'' episode "War Stories" while watching Mal being [[Cold-Blooded Torture|tortured]].

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

*** Johnny will comment on his drink if you inspect it after the boss fight. It's apparently 100% currant juice. [[Frothy Mugs of Water|Really.]]

* Mr X does this in the bad ending of ''[[Streets of Rage]] 3''.

 

== Web Comics ==

* Miho's character in the [[Megatokyo]] online game/backstory manages to play this as A Goblet Of Chianti. The line ("Ah, but there is still the wine...") and [[Manipulative Bastard|the]] [[Technically a Smile|expression]] clinch it.

 

== Web Original ==

* [[The Nostalgia Chick]] had a glass of dark-looking eggnog held in her hand during her second part of "Dreamworks Vs. Disney". While she's not [[Anti-Hero|technically]] a villain, but she [[Kick the Dog|kicked Nella]] rather badly during that episode.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==