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* Many of the shops hidden in the ruins of ''[[La-Mulana]]'' are hidden behind walls. Some just sell ammo, but others (including one [[Guide Dang It]] example) sell vital and otherwise unobtainable [[Plot Coupon]]s, though they don't come cheap. The shopkeepers tend to be undead, and say that you're the first customer in hundreds of years.

* The dungeons of ''[[Spelunky]]'' have, besides the ordinary emporiums, gambling parlors, kissing booths and the super-secret Black Market. The shopkeepers are tough and well-armed, [[Shoplift and Die|as players may find out the painful way]], meaning that it is actually reasonable for them to have made it through the dungeons. That still doesn't explain why they feel the need to serve the vast customer base that typically appears miles underground. Or why they don't just grab the gold lying around themselves.

* The merchant in ''[[Prehistorik Man]]'' sets up shop in pretty much any non-friendly territory...though he'd not get close to the haunted [[Nothing but Skulls|Dinosaur Graveyard]].

 

* ''[[Torchlight]]'' has them. Possibly justified by the fact that they're travelling goblin (who might get a free pass from some of the dungeon's inhabitants) merchants.

* ''[[Wild ARMs]] 5'' has them in little jack-in-the-boxes.

* The Kecleon shops in the ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]'' Games. Possibly justified by the fact that they're always at ridiculously high levels and will most likely kick your ass if you steal from them.

* Brax the Salesdemon from [[Dungeons of Dredmor]] almost makes sense. Being a demon, he can summon Debt Collectors (more demons), which explains why monsters don't dare attack him. Also, most civilians probably wouldn't buy merchandise from a demon, even one with a [[Unmoving Pattern|suit]], so he just markets his stuff for adventurers who find his shops.

* One dungeon in ''[[Shining Soul]] II'' is actually a house and storefront that you are asked to infiltrate by the Hub Town's storekeeper. The entire purpose of going there is to secret-shop so that the storeowner can compare prices and undermine her rival.

* ''[[Atelier]]'' has you ''play'' as one of these shopkeepers.

* There's only one of these shopkeepers in ''The Haunted Ruins'', but she keeps showing up lower and lower down. As she does, her sprite [[Glamour Failure|slowly shifts]] (and she keeps insisting that the change is all in your head.)

 

* ''[[Forgotten Worlds]]'' presents us with Sylphie, the [[Arms Dealer]] with the shop which ''literally'' comes out of the ceilings/floors within enemy areas. One wonders how did she set up her shops that way...

* ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution|Deus Ex Human Revolution]]'' has a LIMB clinic semi-hidden within [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]]. Mostly [[Justified Trope|Justified]] because the area only became a "dungeon" when an event caused most of the population there to go insane, and the shopkeeper managed to barricade herself. Transactions are all computer-based, which explains why the shopkeeper simply can't give you free merchandise. Still, it does come off as a bit silly.

 

* As alluded to in the ''[[Cracked.com]]'' quote, the pirate merchant from ''[[Resident Evil 4]]''.

* [[Global Agenda]]. Why are there people standing out in the middle of the desert? Right near colonies of respawning robots? Alone? We have no damn clue.

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