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{{quote|'''Woman:''' You ''asshole''! What were you doing with my sister in that ''hot tub''?... A diamond? So you ''do'' love me!... I don't even know what I was mad at you about!|[[GTA Radio|Radio advertisement]] in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''}}
The stereotype of woman really liking expensive luxuries, to the point where supposedly they can forget any problems, or do any favors, as long as they get some pretty things to admire. Can be true for some, but ''not all''.
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* Parodies of the DeBeers ad campaign have it turn out to be this.
** In that show that [[Demetri Martin]] had on Comedy Central, they had several De Beers parodies.
* Many commercials for jewelry stores play to this
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXnDAPOxIKw See it in action.] Courtesy of Cracked:
{{quote|"A man proclaims love for his woman loudly, bravely and in one of the most romantic spots in the world. This generally irks her, and so he gives her a diamond and she's okay with him again. Because passionate heartfelt sentiment doesn't hold a candle to cold, hard ice."}}
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* ''[[Madame Bovary]]'' uses this trope as a way to deal with depression... and lose your shirt over it.
* In [[Scaramouche]], Climene falls for the Marquis' money.
* [[Gender
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' has a fake ad where the shadow of the lady shows her going down on the guy. Has the fake slogan "Diamonds. She'll Pretty Much Have To."
* In the ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' episode "Date With Destiny", Kitten is shown dating
** Averted in the episode "Sisters." Starfire does go into "shiny pretty yay!" mode when Blackfire gives her a valuable necklace and wears it for most of the episode, but once she realizes that it was stolen ''and'' Blackfire only gave it to her to frame her for all her other crimes, she immediately gets rid of it and goes to settle things with her sister.
* In the ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]'' episode "The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan," a female abominable snow monster loves jewelry, which is apparently why she has accumulated a massive horde of treasure.
* Ronda from ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' was obviously pleased whenever her father bought her things, or when she got a fancy pearl necklace.
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* [[Fairly Oddparents]] has an episode where Timmy discovers that this works on his mother and fairy-godmother, so he wishes up the perfect boyfriend for his evil babysitter. Since said wish resulted in a human, this also counts as [[Distracted by the Sexy]].
* In ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]'' episode "Time is Money", Jimmy learned his father once had the chance to become wealthy by investing in a fast-food franchise. Jimmy, Sheen and Carl then went back in time to prevent Hugh from missing the chance. When Jimmy returned to present time, he saw that his parents became [[Rich Bitch|rich bitches]]. Jimmy's father insulted Carl and Sheen, who stopped minding about it when he gave them a gold bar.
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