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* The memoirs of one James Crosbie, a moderately notorious armed robber, describe a fairly impressive list of achievements; he held a responsible position at a Kenyan mining company, and for a long while was running his own quite successful metalwork business. And yet despite having earned better money during those times—to say nothing of ''not being on the run from the law''—he claims to have felt a much lesser sense of achievement from this than from robbing banks, despite the much greater failure rate, smaller financial returns and lengthy prison sentences. Of course, a better example of an [[Unreliable Narrator]] is hard to imagine... |
* The memoirs of one James Crosbie, a moderately notorious armed robber, describe a fairly impressive list of achievements; he held a responsible position at a Kenyan mining company, and for a long while was running his own quite successful metalwork business. And yet despite having earned better money during those times—to say nothing of ''not being on the run from the law''—he claims to have felt a much lesser sense of achievement from this than from robbing banks, despite the much greater failure rate, smaller financial returns and lengthy prison sentences. Of course, a better example of an [[Unreliable Narrator]] is hard to imagine... |
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* In ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'', the Amazon tribe has become far more successful this way than they were back in the days they were known as savage man-hating warriors, {{spoiler|having founded Amazon.com and running it out of Seattle.}} |
* In ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'', the Amazon tribe has become far more successful this way than they were back in the days they were known as savage man-hating warriors, {{spoiler|having founded Amazon.com and running it out of Seattle.}} |
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=== Live Action TV === |
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* In [[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]], most monsters feed on humans in one way or another, and many are of the [[Picky People Eater]] type. With the Pishtaco, but a type of monster native to South America, they feed on fat. Not fatty foods, mind you, they have these long, lamprey-like tongues that they use to suck the fat tissue out of human victims, and before anyone says that's silly, you should see the state that the bodies of their prey are in - the poor victims are literally nothing but skin and bones, certainly the deaths were not pleasant. In the episode where they appear, two Pishtaco siblings - Alonso and Maritza get the idea of opening a weight loss resort, in which case they can use their feeding abilities to provide liposuction, getting easy meals and making a decent profit without having to worry about being discovered by hunters like Sam and Dean. {{spoiler| Unfortunately, after Alonso almost kills a client, Maritza punishes him by barring him from other clients (the punishment leaving him unable to feed on live prey) leading Alonso to go and hunt for victims outside the clinic.}} |
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=== Tabletop Games === |
=== Tabletop Games === |
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