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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Mission: Impossible (TV series)
** “The Play”: When escaping from the [[People's Republic of Tyranny]] Vitol Enzor bribes the border guard checkpoint commander and tells Jim that [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|bribe money]] solves any problem in an Eastern Europe nation-state. See [https://web.archive.org/web/20130528233054/http://www.tv.com/shows/mission-impossible/the-play-69709/ here], [http://www.tv.com/shows/mission-impossible/the-play-69709/recap/ here], [http://www.tv.com/shows/mission-impossible/the-play-69709/trivia/\], or [http://www.youtube.com/user/MIuploader here].
** "The Pawn": Phelps offers an indirect bribe to the KGB officer who is guarding the nuclear scientist Phelps has been assigned to extract. He is threatened with deportation by the KGB officer who sees through his [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] and orders more surveillance. However, Phelps knew the KGB officer could not be bribed and used the conversation to manipulate the officer’s emotions.
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:* In another early episode, this is combined with [[An Offer You Can't Refuse]]. Norm's boss offers him the position of their company's "corporate killer". (The guy in charge of firing people, not exactly a much sought-after position.) He tells Norm that there is a large raise involved, and that he'd be fired if he didn't accept it. Norm's stern response:
{{quote|'''Norm:''' Sir, I cannot be threatened... And I cannot be bought... But... Put the two together and you've got a deal.}}
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''; for a while, this was the reason behind Spike's [[Enemy Mine]] with Buffy, because she and Giles would pay him for his help.
== [[Music]] ==
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* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'': [[media:Mtg Bribery 5514.jpg|This card]] sums up at least one application of this trope in the game.
** In addition to the monger cards, and the new legend rule (wherein playing a second copy is bribing the character to leave), this is the default behavior of black, which uses ''everything'' as a resource.
* In the ''[[Planescape]]'' campaign setting, it's possible to get almost anything you want in Sigil through bribery - information, special treatment from a service, entrance into a place you couldn't otherwise get into, even getting the town watch to look the other way (depending on how honest he is). Probably nowhere in the universe is the expression "money talks" more true than there.
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'''Winston:''' However, I am a fast learner.}}
:* In "Loathe Thy Neighbor" the heroes are hesitant to take the Micawbs' case, seeing as the Micawbs are stranger than most of the ghosts they tend to bust. Then Mr. Micawb says that cost is not an issue and they'll pay any price; the guys change their mind quickly.
* In ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]'', Poison Ivy does ''not'' like Lex Luthor or the Legion of Doom, calling it an "industrial tax shelter" run by chauvinists. But when Lex offers to let her join as the ''leader'' in the [[Season Finale]] of season 3, she agrees, so long as she is paid an "obscene" amount of money for the position, is the actual leader (not a puppet), and does not have to babysit Bane. Lex fully intends to comply with those conditions, ''and'' grant her unlimited resources - the only condition is, she has to assassinate the Joker.
* In ep. 6 of ''[[Hazbin Hotel]]'', Cherri Bomb barges into the hotel to find Angel Dust, hoping to take him out for one of their old romps. Charlie sees this as an opportunity and asks if she can take the others with them. (She and Vaggie both have an important appointment to go to.) Cherri seems annoyed at this request, saying she only came for Angel Dust, but changes her mind quickly when Charlie shoves a huge wad of cash into her hands.
* In ''[[The Flintstones]]'' episode "Droop-Along Flintstone", Fred's incredibly wealthy cousin Tumbleweeds comes to town, and insists on treating them to dinner at the costliest restaurant in town. When the snobby waiter refuses to seat them - as Tumbleweeds is informally dressed - Tumbleweeds actually ''buys the restaurant'' to get a seat. Later, his wife tells Fred and Barney he tends to do that a lot.
== [[Web Original]] ==
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