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[[File:Girl_Genius_Gargle_Blaster.jpg|link=Girl Genius|frame|You just need to get used to it!]]

 

 

A drink so potent the whole room hushes when someone orders it. The bartender pales and asks, "Are you sure?", and then, after putting on a welding mask and asbestos gloves, takes the bottle out of a locked safe and pours it with tongs. When the stirring spoon is removed, [[Ate the Spoon|it's been melted away]], and the ice cubes jump out with a yelp when dropped into it. And that's just the beginning of the fun.

* A commercial from 8TV Malaysia's early days involves a skit where a tea lady offers all sort of strange concoctions which everyone except the sane nerd of the office orders. The tea lady then explains that 8TV is different from the other channels, and the sane nerd, still a little unconvinced, ends up ordering wasabi tea.

 

* [[Genius Bruiser|Sadaharu]] [[Badass Normal|Inui]] from ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]'' is ''infamous'' among his peers for making disgusting vegetable juices. He often uses them [[Lethal Chef|as punishment]] for players that fail their training exercises. One drink was even called "Penal Tea". The only two known survivors of these drinks are Tezuka and Fuji, though once even ''Fuji'' was KOed by one of the drinks and swore "never again" to be incapacitated by it by winning the next outing event.

* In ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'', Megumi's opening gambit in [[Cooking Duel|winning Akito's heart through his stomach]] is an "energy drink" that's one of these, made from a nonsense list of horrible ingredients. She gives it to him as he's begging for something to wash the taste of Yurika's equally horrific [[Lethal Chef]] fare out of his mouth. It really, ''really'' does not help.

* The ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi]]'' anime has a bottle of liquor that Tina brought from America. It ''glowed in the dark''. Taeko, the resident [[Meganekko]]—slash--[[Dojikko]] drank a cup straight, and everyone thought it was fine. As it turned out, Taeko is just really good at holding her liquor, and naturally, [[Hilarity Ensued]].

* The suicide sauce from ''[[Air Gear]]''. From the ingredients we heard, we know it has ginger ale, coffee with milk, plum-flavored seaweed tea, chestnut juice, raw egg, spicy barbecue sauce (which, it should be noted, caused Kazu to freak out and say "He's gonna kill us dead!"), chipotle mayonnaise, oyster sauce, fish sauce, and habanaro pepper sauce. Then, upon losing a race, {{spoiler|Ikki was forced to gulp it down while wearing something that forced his mouth to stay open.}} '''Yuck'''...

 

* In ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]'', during a [[Hackmaster]] campaign, a particular bar requires first-time patrons to order ''Gut Busters''. They use it to weed out low-level characters; drinking a drink of it does 1d10 damage, which is more than most first-level characters have. Bob's character, after being assaulted by certain patrons, gets a double, forgetting both that he's been injured and that each shot does 1d10 damage. He dies from the drink, to the shame of his party members.

* In the ''[[Achille Talon]]'' album ''Viva Papa!'', the only product of the [[Banana Republic]] of Tapasambal is an alcohol made from cactus juice. The locals seem able to drink it without trouble, but when the hero and his sidekick Lefuneste sip a little, they instantly turn red and produce cartoonish jets of steam. Along with the obligatory ''Les Tontons flingueurs'' (see below) [[Shout-Out]]: "''Cha, ch'est une boichon d'homme, cha!''" ("Now, jhat'sh a men'sh drink, jhat!").

 

* There's whatever Honest John was drinking in ''[[An American Tail]]''. Seems to do nothing to him but get him drunk, but it does burn holes in the floorboards.

* In ''[[The Rescuers]]'', Luke the muskrat is always toting a jug of "swamp juice" which he charitably gives to anyone who looks a little tired ("It's good for what ails ya."), leaving the poor drinker with [[Fire-Breathing Diner|fire and smoke coming out of his mouth.]] That, and it gives the dragonfly, Evinrude, a burst of energy—and is ''used for fuel'' in a jetski-like vehicle.

* In ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]'', Kronk is mixing up Yzma's poison for Kuzco at dinner. As he proceeds to add in the poison, a horrifying pink explosion explodes out of the cup.

* Cactus juice in ''[[Rango]]''. A fly drinks it and keels over... and then one of its eyes pops out. It also made Rango breathe fire (after ''eating'' a lit cigar).

* ''[[The Nutty Professor]]'' features the "Alaskan Polar Bear Heater", a drink invented by the lead character and dictated to a barman. Although Buddy drinks it without any noticeable effect, the barman takes a sip and loses consciousness.

* In ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future]] III'', "Authentic Frontier Whiskey" is strong enough to cause the bar to smolder. Doc, who [[Can't Hold His Liquor]] anyway, downs a glass and drops like a brick at the most inconvenient time. Also, when they try to fuel the DeLorean with some of the bartender's strongest whiskey, it blows the fuel manifold out of the ass of the car!

* Another Disney flick, ''[[Snow Dogs]]'', features "soup", which is stored in a hip flask. When questioned about the quotation marks, the maker replies, "Well, there's soup ''in'' it."

* ''[[Revenge of the Nerds]]''. Another Alpha Beta brother asks Stan Gable to try a drink called simply "Fireball". He has one sip straight from the bottle and promptly [[Spit Take|spits it out all over]]. As it turns out, it has a ridiculously high proof, and Haystack later spits it through a lighter's flame and burns down the AB house.

* In ''[[The Great Escape]]'', Americans Hilts, Hendley and Goff celebrate the Fourth of July by [[Military Moonshiner|distilling some homemade booze]] and sharing it with the others. It appears to be powerful stuff.

{{quote|'''Bartlett''': In the three years, seven months, and two weeks that I've been in the bag, that's the most extraordinary stuff I've ever tasted. It's shattering!

'''MacDonald''': (''mildly'') Well, I think it's rather good. }}

 

== [[Literature]] ==

{{quote|"A lot of stories are told about scumble, and how it is made out on the damp marshes, according to ancient recipes passed down rather unsteadily from father to son. [[Noodle Implements|It's not true about the rats, or the snakes' heads, or the lead shot. The one about the dead sheep is a complete fabrication. We can lay to rest all the variants of the one about the trouser button]]. But the one about not letting it come into contact with metal is absolutely true..."}}

** As everyone knows, there's no danger of encountering watered-down scumble — because scumble reacts explosively when it contacts water.

*** Rendered very amusingly in the "Big Comic" edition where the view cuts to the horrified customers exclaiming "A ''pint''?!?" in hushed tones when Mort places his order.

** See the [[Real Life]] section below for the drink scumble is based on.

*** Also mentioned is the rotgut brewed by and flogged to soldiers, hangman (one drop and you're dead!)

** Trolls also have a drink called luglarr, or "Big Hammer", a variant of Troll beer made by adding certain metallic salts to the drink that manages to make it even ''more'' dangerous—very hard to do. The result is ''roughly'' the same as scumble, to the effect that anyone who can't simply be pushed over minutes after drinking some is considered almost preternaturally resistant to its effects, even by other trolls. To sum up: this stuff ''etches pavement'' (and remember, trolls are pretty much ''made of rock'').

** An early ''Discworld'' book mentions the mountain farmers making a strong real-life liquor called applejack by putting buckets of cider out in the winter and letting everything but the alcohol freeze.

** In the Tiffany Aching series, there is the often-referred-to "special sheep liniment", a type of moonshine whisky which all the sheep-farmers keep around for cold nights; it is said to put hair on your chest. It is often speculated by people who are unfamiliar with it what would happen if one were to actually give it to a sheep, with the implication usually coming back that they are not sure, but it probably wouldn't be good.

* Maple mead from [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'s ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|Vorkosigan]]'' series is always discussed with trepidation by the main characters. The Dendarii mountain folk, who are backwards even for a backwards planet like Barrayar, don't mess around with their alcohol. In moderation, the drink doesn't have much kick. The first glass or two taste sickly sweet, the next few glasses taste pretty good... and then you wake up the next morning with a killer hangover.

* The [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]] novel ''Fog Juice'' is named for the Gargle Blaster prepared by the protagonist to solve problems. It is said to be a recipe passed down through generations of university students, which can be summed up as every bottle in the kitchen plus a large mixing bowl. Its main advantage is that when you come round, whatever unfortunate situation you were in will definitely have resolved itself—however, you may have a few new problems, the least of which is working out where you are and how you got there. It also renders you completely immune to all other forms of alcohol in the future, even notoriously evil Pirate Grog. And {{spoiler|allows you to access the collective human unconsciousness with an avatar of your inner self. For the main character, this is a terrifying floating mass of tentacles which are themselves made of vomit. The female lead, in disgust, wonders pointedly what this says about him.}}

* "You let her drink a [[Black Jewels|Gravedigger]]?" (The [[Capital Letters Are Magic|Blood]] in Anne Bishop's [[Black Jewels]] universe have very high metabolisms, especially when their power is deep. This makes it difficult for some characters to get drunk without making use of a Gargle Blaster concoction. Or two. Or seven. On the other hand, if a more mid-powered Blood gets any in them, [[Hilarity Ensues]].)

* The fourth book of [[Stephen King]]'s [[Dark Tower]] series, ''Wizard and Glass'' mentions one of these. In the bar in Mejis where young Roland and his compatriots are staying, the bartender dumps the unfinished drinks of all her customers into a keg labeled "Camel Piss", and charges a small sum to anyone who is stupid, brave or desperate for alcohol enough to want to drink it.

 

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

* On the episode of ''[[Married... with Children]]'' the Bundys sit around a smoking glass of yellow liquid and Peg and the kids urging Al to drink it by telling Al it's Tang (even though Al [[Lampshade Hanging|points out that "Tang don't smoke"]]).

* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' featured a just-barely Gargle Blaster on the episode "Relics", where James "Scotty" Doohan was a guest star—it was apparently the only real alcoholic beverage on the entire ship. Data tasted it several times to try to determine its composition, was perplexed, and finally settled for describing it (accurately) as "... green."

** ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' features a bar regularly, but the mix that most evoked this trope is the (implied to be [http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Warp_core_breach aptly-named]) [http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Warp_core_breach_(beverage) "warp core breach"].

** Klingon Blood Wine is so stated to be much stronger than whiskey—so much so that it is used as a test of character for candidates for induction into the Order of Kahless.

* A ''[[Lost in Space]]'' episode where Doctor Smith is mistaken for a lookalike gunslinger and plays it to the hilt, ordering the gunslinger's favorite drink in a saloon on a Western Planet, inspiring awe among the crowd. IIRC, the bartender actually has to assemble the ingredients wearing heavy gloves.

* Granny's "tonic" on ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]''.

{{quote|'''Lister:''' ''(hoarsely)'' Very smooth.

'''Cat:''' I was expecting something with a little more kick to it. }}

* The "Recipe" for moonshine on ''[[The Waltons]]'', given the respect it was given by everyone who knew what it really was (unlike the two elderly sisters who brewed it from their late father's, um, recipe). However, no one was ever really shown getting blitzed on the stuff.

* On ''[[Greek]]'', the Honors Engineering students whip up a batch of "Aerosol Death Juice" for their party, and have one of the wildest parties ever to grace the Kappa Tau house. And if you consider that Kappa Tau is the [[Animal House|Delta House]] of CRU's Greek Row, that's saying something.

'''Bartender:''' Enough to make you forget you're being thrown into a volcano. }}

* [[1000 Ways to Die]] has the "USSR-Dead" 'case': A Ukrainian immigrant joining [[The Mafiya|the Russian Mafia]] accidentally drinks sulfuric acid (the same one used [[Fingore|to burn his fingerprints]] so no one could link him to any crimes) while celebrating his initiation. So do his "patrons". They all die when their innards freaking ''dissolve''.

 

== [[Music]] ==

{{quote|''It bubbled and it burbled and it glowed a fizzly green

''And what it did to test equipment frankly was obscene...'' }}

'''Every fighter pilot in the room:''' ''''''CAUSE IT TASTES LIKE FUCK!''''' }}

* The Poxy Boggards have a song called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZhinyam4mY "Happy Jack's Undrinkable Ale"] (here covered by the Wild Oats):

''He seemed alright, so we all went off to bed.

''We awoke to the screams of our captain way up in the crow's nest.

* Gaelic Storm has a song about "Johnny Jump Up", an especially potent "cider".

** It's a traditional Irish song that has been done by a variety of performers.

 

== [[Radio]] ==

** ''Hitchhiker's Guide'' also features Old Janx Spirit, which in addition to getting people drunk also suppresses their telepsychic powers. (This property is exploited in an amusing [[Drinking Game]], which Ford plays to lose.) An old Orion mining song describes its side effects as: "my head will fly, my tongue will lie, my eyes will fry and I may die". Naturally, it's an ingredient in the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.

 

* In one bit, [[Patton Oswalt]] talks about the Guinness in Ireland, which he describes as tasting like a "cupcake and [[Insubstantial Ingredients|handjob]] smoothie". He goes on to say, "You don't even realize you're getting drunk, until two hours later, when you're punching a fire hydrant."

* [[Jay Mohr]] talks about the "[[Funetik Aksent|gret]]" beer he had at a pub in Scotland, which he describes as "black, with leaves in it, and piping hot. I took one sip, and instantly shit my pants."

* ''[[Tales From The Floating Vagabond]]'', is a sci-fi comedy RPG centered around [[Inn Between the Worlds|a dimensional nexus that's also a pub]]. The house special is called "The Singularity", which only the Floating Vagabond's bartender knows how to mix without killing the person ordering it. There's a random table you roll on whenever you drink one. Some of the results from that table include "Imbiber instantly goes to maximum intoxication stage", "Imbiber is ''temporarily taken over by a past life''", "Imbiber ''grows extra limbs''", and "Imbiber's clothes come alive and gain sentience".

** The absolute minimum possible result from drinking a Singularity is +5 Intoxication Points... which in the Vagabond system is the mechanical equivalent of drinking an entire case of beer and then finishing it off with three shots of vodka. The second-mildest result is '''10''' Intoxication Points. The result above ''that'' is "instant unconsciousness". ''There are sixteen tiers of intoxication above this on the Singularity table''.

* In the Tol Galen LARP/tabletop system (played only in the channel islands and filled to the brim with references) there are a few of these, the best established being Goblin Krakk (named for puns and the ballistic missile warhead from warhammer 40k) which is made from adding white powdered substances to berry juices and fermenting in however you can, it causes literal brain rot. Most recent addition to this list is called Surt (after the norse fire giant destined to ingulf the world) that was invented by accident when Blackwatch (a mercenary company with a hideously complex corporate structure that borders on SCP foundation levels of protocol) sent the recipe for its existing gargle-blaster called Reaver (Brewed up by the poison department as a beverage strong enough to hide the taste of the hideously powerful combat drugs Blackwatch constantly trials on its forces, named after the Firefly characters that also inhabit our system as the virus) to its "Alternative power sources" division, roughly translated as the people who want to build weapons that make magic obsolete. The name for Surt is derived from the fact that the recipie was created on the containment site of an Utsuho expy and related materials contaminated the first batch. When the first bottle was opened the artificial atmosphere ignited and almost lead to a major containment breech. To cut a long story short, there is a drink in our system with the same properties as a thermobaric weapon.

* ''[[Changeling: The Lost]]'' has the Brewer Kith of the Wizened Seeming—basically, changelings who were put to work mixing reality-bending concoctions for the enjoyment of the [[The Fair Folk|True Fae]]. These were the guys who made the cider that knocked out Rip Van Winkle, and it shows—their Kith blessing is the ability to spend a point of Glamour and turn any liquid into an alcoholic concoction. Even at the lowest levels of their power, it's still possible (through very lucky rolls) to create a drink that can knock a man unconscious in one gulp.

** There's a special Contract only they can get that [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|lets them do this without even touching the drink in question...Which doesn't sound too useful, until you realize that you can do this with ANY Drink you're close enough to (Faerie healing elixirs, a Hunters Buffing Potions). Need to get a guy to spill a secret? Sit across the room, wait for him to take a drink of just about anything, and BOOM, he's spilling his guts.]]

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

** Boomshine itself qualifies to some degree. One of its ingredients is '''battery acid'''.

* ''[[Quest for Glory]]'' 1 featured "Dragon's Breath", which makes your character spontaneously combust if you drink it. In the fifth and final game, the Dead Parrot Inn has a rotating selection of house special drinks; one is the Dragon's Breath. After four adventures and defeating evil djinns, demons, and an [[Eldritch Abomination]], the hero is ''finally'' able to stomach it (but it still turns him fire-engine red and makes him bounce up and down like a [[Looney Tunes]] character).

** Hilariously, one Argentinian news channel [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP5bR1o-elg believed the aforementioned recipe to be genuine], a fact that earned it a mention in ''[[Tales of Monkey Island]]''.

* ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' allows the player to engage in a drinking contest, with the final round (before the opponent passes out) being a beverage known only as scurrd. It is, from a game-rules perspective, statistically ''impossible'' for any normal human being to imbibe scurrd without losing consciousness; it requires a Constitution score one point higher than what a first-level character is capable of having. A character with magically-enhanced or dwarven constitution can safely drink the scurrd, which results in the opponent passing out, and earns the PC massive respect from his buddies. If you successfully drink it, it temporarily doubles your hit points. It's the game world spontaneously recognizing the sheer [[Badass|BadAssery]] of your feat.

** On Ryusei's route in the first game, Ryusei actually tries to explain to Giado and the others exactly what it is that goes into a "Kusuha Special" (something having to do with ground-up gecko tails and viper venom). Naturally, this doesn't sit well with Giado ''or'' his stomach.

** Elzam and Arado are among the few human characters who can withstand it. Elzam, being a [[Chef of Iron]], isn't intimidated by so-called "bad food" (he went so far as to name ''all of the ingredients''; granted, it was in the Alpha games, who have almost no translations at all), and Arado's undergone so much gene modification that he can consume almost anything that's generally edible. [[Gundam Wing|Heero Yui]] drank it in ''Alpha 2'' without passing out; Of course, he's [[Made of Iron]], so it wouldn't be surprising if he had a [[Stealth Pun|cast-iron stomach]].

* ''[[Space Quest]] 6'' and the fan-made prequel ''Space Quest 0'' feature "Coldsaurian Brandy," an extremely potent and disgusting liquor (it has a rotting fish in the bottom of the jug). Roger doesn't ''drink'' the stuff, but it makes a mean Molotov cocktail, and it's good for poisoning purposes.

* In ''[[Atelier Annie]]'', nobody knows exactly what it is in Gillian's drinks, but know that the stench is so powerful it could fell a field of Punies from a mile away, so they (especially Annie and Pepe) don't go near the stuff. Gillian is oblivious to this sort of reaction, and guzzles her own concoctions like water.

** Then there's "ryncol", the krogan drink of choice. Said drink is said to have the effect of paint thinner on non-krogan. Shepard is knocked out by it. Then again, Shepard [[Cyborg|isn't quite human]] [[Back from the Dead|anymore]].

{{quote|''This is... it's green.''}}

** A [[Dummied Out]] piece of dialogue mentions something called Quarian Thruster Fuel. There's no mention of the effects but given that it's allegedly distilled from raw antimatter we can hazard a guess.

* In ''[[Nelly Cootalot]]'', the Barnacle Bar offers several drink with questionable names. Things like ''Texas Medicine'' and ''Admiral Nosehair's Old Unsanitary'' come to mind.

** Scrumpy is an actual drink, its made from hard cider. And yes, it is. It's Scrumble, from Discworld.

* ''[[Brave Soul]]'' has a cocktail called the "Lady Killer" which the bartender claims to be almost [[Critical Research Failure|100% alcohol]]. [[The Hero|Rudy]] is knocked out. Alicia claims it tastes like juice.

** Another has Auron creating a whirlwind and then hurling his entire jug in, at which point the tornado turns into a fiery pillar.

** A level of [[Fridge Brilliance]] when it comes to the alcohol: {{spoiler|He's ''already dead'', so that's why he can handle it}}.

* The ''[[Fallout]]'' series has a number of alcholic beverages and narcotics that give temporary benefits to the player, such as increasing their combat speed, making them more resistent to damage, or raising their carisma (one of the amusing side effects of alcohol). There's a [[Truth in Television]] moment in that your character can become addicted, and once the effects of the drugs wear off his stats are reduced until he is either cured of addiction by a doctor, or he takes another hit. It's surprisingly fun to play as a junkie.

** Talen-Jei, the waiter at the Bee and Barb inn, dabbles in making cocktails. The Cliff Racer, a blend of Firebrand Wine, Cyrodiilic Brandy, Flin, and Sujamma, fits this trope closest, but the Velvet LeChance deserves an honorable mention for being garnished with Deadly Nightshade (albeit a nonlethal quantity).

* Bottles of liquor found in [[System Shock]] 2 are usually somewhere around 250% proof, but they are graded after effect rather than alcohol content, and contain a number of other drugs that simulate the effects of alcohol.

 

** When she tries it a second time? {{spoiler|She and another Congressman who tried it achieve world peace..}}

* ''[[Stickman and Cube]]'' has {{smallcaps|Una Muerte Con Mucho Dolor}}, which comes with several hours of warnings and disclaimers and must be served in a diamond glass.

* ''[[Something*Positive]]'' recently introduced an [[Intoxication Ensues|accidental]] one, with Davan taking a swig from a flask... not realizing Monette had dumped Everclear in it... and Fred had dumped moonshine in it... and PeeJee had dumped absinthe in it. He instantly started hallucinating imaginary characters from ''Girls With Slingshots'', the comic whose characters' wedding he was attending at the time.

{{quote|'''Faye:''' Everything's...blueshifted...a myriad of quantum states...all of them deliciously intoxicated...

'''Hannelore:''' ''(reading label)'' "Warning: Consumption of this bourbon whiskey may cause you to get religion, get naked, or get arrested."

'''Dora:''' It doesn't say anything about relativistic time dilation. Maybe we should call the hospital. Or a physicist. }}

* In ''[[Wicked Awesome Adventure]]'', one of the Big Three soda corporations fighting over the [[After the End|post-apocalyptic]] world has made Mule Kick Hallucinogenic Vision Potion. It may or may not be alcoholic, but Mule Kick [http://www.wickedawesomeadventure.com/2010/06/107-get-and-drink-beverage.html freely acknowledges (and even advertises)] its propensity to give its drinkers [http://www.wickedawesomeadventure.com/2010/10/197.html mind trips].

 

== Web Original ==

* ''[[Tasakeru]]'': [[Bottle Fairy|Faun's]] favorite drink is something called "Dead God Firewater". It's bright red, and the fumes alone are almost enough to make another character pass out. It's a type of whiskey, as the name suggests-with 10 percent unidentified red chemical (I suspect battery acid) and gunpowder to taste.

* Virtual pet site ''[[Neopets]]'' plays this one as a direct homage with their Pan Galactic Gargle Slushie item—the description even reads "The wisest saying in the galaxy is apparently, 'Never drink more than two Pan Galactic Gargle Slushies unless you are a twenty ton mega-elephant with pneumonial bronchitis.'" While the site is kid-friendly and thus does not actually let pets get drunk, it's one of the rarest and most expensive slushies in the game, which likely says a lot about the staff.

* Brog ale in ''[[The Gods of Arr-Kelaan]]'', the fermentation process involves sulfuric acid and something like nitroglycerin and even Brogs can only drink one a day. Ronson gets a little numb for a few seconds if he drinks enough of it fast enough.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

*** It also causes Daffy's guns to [[Bullethole Door|shoot a hole in the floor]], which he falls into and then rockets out of.

{{quote|'''Daffy''': ''(parachuting down)'' I hate you.}}

** Another episode features the Forget-Me-Shot, a concoction of Jägermeister, sloe gin, triple sec, ''quadruple'' sec, gunk from a dog's eye, "Absolut Pickle", the red stripe from Aquafresh toothpaste, and the venom of the Louisiana loboto-moth, stirred with a home pregnancy test (until it gets a positive response). The drink is so powerful it erases the previous 24 hours off of the drinker's memory.

** And there's the episode where Bart and Milhouse are in the Flanders house unsupervised, and they discover Ned's [[Beatles]] collection; they each down a can of 40-year-old Beatles-themed novelty soft drink, and Bart's causes him to briefly hallucinate about Milhouse as John Lennon.

* In [[Tex Avery]]'s ''The Shooting of Dan McGoo'', a character drinks a shot of ''straight whiskey'' and promptly shoots up to the ceiling like a rocket. When he lands, he complains, "This stuff's been cut," with Droopy adding, "Whaddaya want for 10 cents, gasoline?"

* Two episodes of the cartoon adaptation of ''[[The Mask (animation)|The Mask]]'' have gargle blaster drinks:

** In the season two episode "Flight as a Feather", The Mask foils a suicide bombing attempt by the Mayor's stripper ex-girlfriend ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]) by pulling off her strategically-placed suicide belts, mixing them into a blender, and drinking the mixture (but not before distracting Kellaway and Doyle by flashing Cookie's naked body in front of them).

* In the ''[[Buzzy The Crow]]'' cartoon, ''Cat-Choo'', Buzzy makes a concoction of mustard, black pepper, hot sauce, and other spicy foods for a "remedy" for Katnip's cold. When Buzzy finishes stirring it, the spoon has completely melted. After drinking it, Katnip's tail shoots out fireworks like a cannon.

** Another T&J cartoon, Chuck Jones' "Is There A Doctor In The Mouse" has Jerry concocting a formula, which when he drinks it, gives him super speed.

 

== [[Real Life]] ==

{{quote|"You idiot! Captain Morgan is a racist! ''HE HATES MEXICANS!''"}}

* The "Bear Fight," which is a Jager Bomb followed immediately by an Irish Car Bomb. So called because after drinking one, it feels like there are bears fighting in your stomach

** Three shots of vodka;

** Two shots of absinthe;

** One and a half shots of gin;

** One shot of blackberry liqueur.

* "Chuck Norris" aka Jalapeño vodka, made from steeping the sliced hot peppers in vodka until it kicks like its namesake.

* The Drink called an "Adios Motherfucker"—White Rum, gin, Tequila, Blue Curacao, Vodka and a splash of bar lime. Like Jäger, guaranteed to ail what cures you.

** Sprinkle Parmesan or Asiago on a Prairie Fire: Boom! Grannie's Panties.

** Or a Buffalo Sweat; Replace the tequila with overproof rum (151, for example, but several other overproofs are even higher in alcohol content)

* Most instances of homemade hard liquor -- "Moonshine"—fall under this trope, being as it is generally not only stronger than an irritable rhinoceros but tastes like a combination of industrial cleaners and whatever vessel it was cooked up in.

** The [[Other Wiki]] has a guide to [[wikipedia:Moonshine by country|Moonshine by country]].

* Chinese peasant liquor certainly falls under this trope. It can best be described as smelling of death, and the experience of a half-shot was not unlike an aluminum baseball bat across the eyes. Due to poor brewing and distilling techniques, it often contains high concentrations of toxic methanol.

* A franchise bar called "The Hub" in Japan has a drink on its menu that's similar to this. It was a shot that is 3/4 rectified spirit and 1/4 absinthe.

{{quote|'''[[Mitch Hedberg]]''': I tried absinthe when I was over in Europe, because I heard it was supposed to make you trip hallucinogenically -- but actually, it's just a liquor, so I was just getting fucked up... I wound up lying on the floor, trying to ''force'' the trip: "Why is the floor the lowest I can go?" Didn't work.}}

** Absinthe was originally made with wormwood, which caused the hallucinogenic effects and also shortened the drinker's life even more than the alcohol itself. This version of the drink was eventually banned, and the ban was lifted when the toxic component was left out.

* Graduate school chemists used to have a cheap way of making insta-gargle blasters. Take the pure ethyl alcohol jug from the lab, run it through a simple distillation to take out other alcohols, dilute with water and add some orange concentrate. The stuff was horrifically nasty and as strong as you felt like making it.

** [[Public Service Announcement]]: Drinking chemical-grade ethanol is extremely hazardous to your health, even in diluted form, as the last stage of purification to get rid of traces of water involves mixing it with benzene, the traces of which in the final product are '''extremely''' carcinogenic.

* A Mobile, Alabama bar serves a Long Island Iced Tea variant called "The Paralyzer", where the Coca-Cola is replaced with Everclear. Some refer to it as the [[Highlander]], because in the end, you will need only one.

** A standard LIIT is already stronger than most cocktails with equal parts vodka, tequila, white rum, gin, and Triple Sec. Though the liquor is diluted with lemon juice, gomme syrup, and coke, averaging out at a total of about 22% alcohol.

* In York, there's a bar that used to sell a drink called the Hellshot, consisting of a shot of 89% absinthe and 88% vodka (or something). You had to sign a disclaimer before you had one. Needless to say, the authorities banned it. Five years later, the bar still advertises it as "BANNED" though, presumably for street cred. Another bar has a shelf marked "Dangerous" with all the stronger spirits.

** The components of the Hellshot are still legal individually, however. Cue [[Loophole Abuse]].

* "Kehlenschneider" ("throat-cutter") is a German 80% chili schnapps with a 400,000 Scoville rating.

* [http://www.cracked.com/article_16314_nectar-broke-worlds-5-worst-ways-to-get-drunk.html This Cracked article] details a few alcoholic nightmares that can be quite dangerous to one's health. The worst being changaa, a Kenyan concoction that can contain battery acid or jet fuel.

* For [[Yanks With Tanks|US Military in Korea]] [[wikipedia:Soju|Soju]] is like this for new drinkers. It looks like wine cooler but the alcohol content can vary. Many a soldier or airmen has tired to slam shots only to spend the evening being carried back to the barracks. However it's cheep and comes in many flavors so it's popular with troops and is now available in the US.

* Tactical Nuclear Penguin is one of the world's strongest beers, at 32% alcohol by volume. It's brewed in Scotland and sells for £35. The Brewery also produces Sink the Bismarck, at 41%, in an attempt to reclaim the world title from Germany. It is also £40 for 330ml. Or for the really suicidal, the brewery does a multipack with Tactical Nuclear Penguin. Seriously.

* There is a story of a wealthy and possibly quite eccentric landowner, who, for reasons best left unknown, mixed four gallons of whisky with some chloride of lime and gave the mixture to his daughter. She took one sip of the mixture, proclaimed that it was quite delicious and passed out on the spot. This substance is now known as chloroform.

** For those who don't know, chloroform is produced when ethanol (i.e. "drinking" alcohol) or acetone is reacted with chlorine ions in an alkaline environment (both of which were provided by the bleaching agent).

* If you read the label of a bottle of Methylated Spirits, you'll notice that it says that the contents is 95% Ethanol. The other 5% is Methanol (and possibly a dye), which is added to make it toxic so people won't drink it. [[Too Dumb to Live|Of course some people do anyway...]]

** That's why it's known as a ''denatured'' alcohol—one rendered not safe to drink.

** Liquor from Shaoxing, usually used for cooking, tends to taste like a cross between burning hair, soy sauce, and sorrow.

* Rocket Fuel: In a large bucket, combine half a liter of Everclear, about an equal portion of food grade dry ice, and a can of frozen juice concentrate of some kind; stir the mixture until the dry ice evaporates out, then serve it with a ladle. The dry ice makes it so cold, the alcohol freezes into a slush, so you don't even taste it until it thaws out, which you won't if you just shoot it. Perfect example of "you don't even realize you're getting drunk".

** Since it's a mixture of all the available sodas, some of which (like most lemon-limes and some root beers) don't contain any caffeine at all, it would actually be ''less'' caffeinated than a plain cola or Mountain Dew.

* Alaskan Martinis. Used to defeat visiting Texans waving around excessive ego about their booze capacity. Recipe: Everclear, left outside at 20-30 below zero. Seriously dangerous, from internal frostbite as well as the obvious.

* A group of chemistry post-grads at (I believe) the University of North Carolina used to exploit their knowledge of practical chemistry to create a terrifying drink known as Mech Fuel—artificially produced ethyl alcohol mixed with propylene glycol (i.e. non-toxic antifreeze) as a sweetener.

** Doesn't sound too bad actually. 1 oz. absinthe, 1 oz. grain alcohol, that's barely more than a double shot. Probably tastes disgusting though.

* The Cement Mixer, an actual cocktail from the 1980s. 1 shot of Bailey's Irish Cream with 1 shot of Lemon juice. Taken at the same time. The lemon juice will curdle the Bailey's in your mouth, making it stick to your teeth like sugary cement. And people used to pay bartenders to serve them this...

* A restaurant in Quebec City called (the French translation of) "The Goblin's Tankard" serves a drink made of equal parts whiskey and sourpuss, adding tabasco and then heating. For those that think this is too girly, there's the "Holy Grail", which ups the ante on the alcohol content, adds strips of habanero pepper, and is served in a glass whose rim is bordered in paprika. Few people have resisted it.

* Chinese Herbal Tea, like most of Guangdong's delicacies which be rather foul tasting to the untrained tongue. Its bitterness will make you wonder if you are drinking sewer water or something similar.

* A few submit their taste buds willfully to the terror of hrenovuha, Eastern European drink made by adding horseradish into 60-70 % ABV moonshine.

* Most military functions have their own version of "The Grog." Simply put, each unit brings a different type of alcohol (or other addition) and the various ingrediants are poured into a large pot. Ingredients have included such things as sand from Iraq (along with the boot it was brought home in) and shredded paper.

 

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