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Line 12: Compare [[Disproportionate Reward]]. {{examples}} == Film == * Eric Cartman in ''[[South Park]]'' once tried to make up for all the bad things he did because he thought that he had died, and could only reach heaven through redemption. His big idea: make everyone a fruit basket. This included Scott Tenorman, the surviving victim of Eric's crossing of the [[Moral Event Horizon]].<ref>How did Eric not go to jail for that, after gloating about it in front of the whole town?</ref> A fruit basket with an 'I'm sorry' card, that's it.▼ * In ''[[Syriana]]'', the prince feels responsible for the death of an associate's child, and offers him money. ** Though the death was clearly an accident, and he offered him a career-making deal in apology. == Literature == * In ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'', a nobleman whose speeding carriage has just crushed a child flips a coin onto the street to the grieving father. The father all all commoners in audience react with outrage. The incident shows the growing discord between the classes that ultimately leads to the French Revolution and Reign of Terror. * Dickens also used this in ''[[David Copperfield (novel)\|David Copperfield]]'', though it was never carried out, between Steerforth and Little Em'ly: in exchange for having seduced her, taken her from her loving family, dragged her all over Europe as his pet, completely broken her sense of self-worth, and broken her heart, Steerforth offers Em'ly marriage to his odious, much-older, and fully cooperative manservant, Littimer, as a consolation prize. Em'ly doesn't go for it. * Has happened from time to time in ''[[Harry Potter]]''. One example ~~that jumps to mind~~ was when Harry spent the entire fifth book as the subject of a propagandic smear campaign from the Ministry of Magic, making him a social outcast and hated by the wizard community. And he's tortured by a sadistic Ministry garrison at Hogwarts. When he proves himself right and is a public hero again, the new Minister of Magic (who appears to have done bugger-all to improve the Ministries methods), offers him a chance to "be friends," so he can look good by leeching off Hary's great PR. Harry is quite pissed, particularly when he sees that the aforementioned sadist still had her job. {{spoiler\|He does, however, refuse to give up Harry's location when the Death Eaters torture him for it, and they subsequently torture him ''to death''.}} == Live-Action TV == * Played for laughs on ''[[Top Gear]]'' road trips, where the presenters amuse themselves by buying each other odd, useless, or bulky presents... and then sometimes buy even larger and less useful replacement presents for ones that they accidentally break or lose. Can lead to a highly entertaining [[Escalating War]]. * In [[Black Books]], Bernard and Manny, while housesitting, have just consumed a bottle of wine worth around £10,000. Manny suggests they make up for it by buying the owner...a pencil. == Western Animation == ▲* Eric Cartman in ''[[South Park]]'' once tried to make up for all the bad things he did because he thought that he had died, and could only reach heaven through redemption. His big idea: make everyone a fruit basket. This included Scott Tenorman, the surviving victim of Eric's crossing of the [[Moral Event Horizon]].<ref>How did Eric not go to jail for that, after gloating about it in front of the whole town?</ref> A fruit basket with an 'I'm sorry' card, that's it. {{reflist}}