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A [[Cash Gate]] is a character or [[Broken Bridge|other obstacle]] that makes you collect a certain (very large) amount of [[Global Currency]] before you can move on with the story. The point of such assignment is to make [[Sidequest|sidequesting]] and exploration your ''main'' quest for a while.

The difference between [[Twenty Bear Asses]] and this trope is that you only get bear asses from a certain source (e.g. [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|slain bears]]), while money can be raised through any number of activities, giving you a much greater degree of freedom and diversity in gameplay. Additionally, having that much money at one time may put you into the dilemma of whether to advance the plot or to buy that [[Infinity ~~Plus One~~ Sword]] lying on the shelf... and then spend many more hours raising the money all over again.

The difference between [[Twenty Bear Asses]] and this trope is that you only get bear asses from a certain source (e.g. [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|slain bears]]), while money can be raised through any number of activities, giving you a much greater degree of freedom and diversity in gameplay. Additionally, having that much money at one time may put you into the dilemma of whether to advance the plot or to buy that [[Infinity+1 Sword]] lying on the shelf... and then spend many more hours raising the money all over again.

Upon completing the quest, your money may or may not be [[Lost Forever]]. Compare [[Beef Gate]] and [[You Require More Vespene Gas]].

== Action-Adventure ==

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** If you get kicked out of any of the guilds for whatever reason (usually for stealing from or attacking a fellow member) then you have to perform a sidequest that involves either [[Twenty Bear Asses]] or this trope.

** In [[Skyrim]] several bandits tries to invoke this on you with a "user's tax". You can either pay the "tax" or beat their heads in.

* In ''[[Mass Effect 1]]'', you have to get the "Rich" Achievement to unlock the [[Infinity ~~Plus One~~ Sword|Master Spectre gear]]. Said achievement is awarded for having a whopping million credits in your purse at once. It also overlaps with a subtle [[Beef Gate]] later on: to get even ''better'' Spectre gear, you need the "Rich" Achievement ''and'' level 50 characters.

* In ''[[Mass Effect 1]]'', you have to get the "Rich" Achievement to unlock the [[Infinity+1 Sword|Master Spectre gear]]. Said achievement is awarded for having a whopping million credits in your purse at once. It also overlaps with a subtle [[Beef Gate]] later on: to get even ''better'' Spectre gear, you need the "Rich" Achievement ''and'' level 50 characters.