Arbitrarily-Large Bank Account: Difference between revisions

== Film ==

* Saito in [[Inception]] has one, justified given that he's head of the #2 energy conglomerate on Earth. When faced with the challenge of infiltrating a jetliner, he uses the expediting power of cash:

'''Saito''': I bought the airline. ''Everybody turns and stares at him. Saito looks uncomfortable under the stares.'' '''Saito''': It seemed neater. }}

* Played straight in ''[[Star Wars]]'' with [[The Empire]]. Can you imagine exactly how much it would cost to build not one but two moon-sized, hyperspace capable battle stations?

*** Admittedly, they have the wealth of a galaxy-spanning empire. Even a minor developed planet could produce billions of credits (if only in raw materials), and the cost to build a Death Star can be spread across thousands of systems of the more developed systems. Supposedly, the Second Death Star had pretty much available resource of the Empire thrown at it, but there's a difference between building a moon-sized construct in twenty years, and building it in two.

* Parodied in ''[[Small Soldiers]]'': during the aftermath of the toys' rampage, [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Bill Mars]] keeps everyone quiet by having his secretary go around printing checks with [[Undisclosed Funds|unspecified ammounts of money]].

** He's implied to be a major military supplier, presumably with a government contract, if his company can afford to design AI chips and smart missiles.

 

== Live Action TV ==

* In ''[[Torchwood]]'', it seems that Torchwood has an unlimited bank account, and it is mentioned several times through the series how each of the members have had a significant pay increase over their old jobs. It seems that they all have rather nice places, and large amounts of spare cash since starting with Torchwood.

* The Doctor gives ''unlimited credit'' to a companion in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Long Game". He's told to keep out of trouble. {{spoiler|Yeah, right.}}

* Both averted and played straight in ''[[Sanctuary]]''. When the newbie to the team asks if there is a health plan, and Amanda Tapping's character says no. (Granted, the organisation is headed by probably the best doctor in the world with medical contacts in every corner of the globe, so it's entirely possible their health plan is simply "Dr Helen Magnus". Also, the [[Sanctuary]] has enough resources to purchase a lot of new medical equipment, and pay the taxes and upkeep costs for a castle. Given that they always get help for any injuries or illnesses that occur, possibly they don't have a designed health plan because they'd have to write "Covers anything. Like, anything at all that could or could not happen to anyone, human or otherwise."