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Incidents of jaw-dropping stupidity brought about by a character's excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages. This tends to overlap with In Vino Veritas: Often the character committing the act of Alcohol-Induced Idiocy will be an otherwise sensible and reasonably intelligent person when sober. If the character is normally dimwitted, getting drunk will make him even dumber. In both cases, the character's inebriation usually results in him being a danger to himself and others. Someone who becomes a Drunken Master when intoxicated is the direct opposite. Examples

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  • Alcohol-Induced Idiocy
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  • Incidents of jaw-dropping stupidity brought about by a character's excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages. This tends to overlap with In Vino Veritas: Often the character committing the act of Alcohol-Induced Idiocy will be an otherwise sensible and reasonably intelligent person when sober. If the character is normally dimwitted, getting drunk will make him even dumber. In both cases, the character's inebriation usually results in him being a danger to himself and others. Someone who becomes a Drunken Master when intoxicated is the direct opposite. Examples
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  • Incidents of jaw-dropping stupidity brought about by a character's excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages. This tends to overlap with In Vino Veritas: Often the character committing the act of Alcohol-Induced Idiocy will be an otherwise sensible and reasonably intelligent person when sober. If the character is normally dimwitted, getting drunk will make him even dumber. In both cases, the character's inebriation usually results in him being a danger to himself and others. Someone who becomes a Drunken Master when intoxicated is the direct opposite. Alcohol-Induced Idiocy can be similar to the Idiot Ball or any other plot device that depends on Contrived Stupidity. Thus, this trope is related to Plot Induced Stupidity, Too Dumb to Live, What an Idiot!, Out-of-Character Moment, What Were You Thinking?, and Phlebotinum-Induced Stupidity. Can often lead to a character getting an Embarrassing Tattoo ... or doing something much, much worse. Some of the other results of Alcohol-Induced Idiocy are covered in the What Did I Do Last Night?, You Wake Up in a Room, and Sorry, Ociffer... tropes. May overlay Youth Is Wasted on the Dumb. The Alcohol-Induced Idiocy trope can also be used as An Aesop about the dangers of over-consuming alcohol and drunk driving. Unfortunately, instances of Alcohol-Induced Idiocy are so common that this is Truth in Television. Examples
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