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== Live Action TV ==
* Private Walker, the spiv in ''[[Dad's Army|Dads Army]]''.
* Both Radar and Klinger from ''[[M*A*S*H (television)]]'', who use their wits to get anything the hospital needs. (Klinger getting the job when Radar leaves)
** And when that didn't work, more than a couple times Father Mulcahy was the go-between between the camp and the ''actual'' black market.
{{quote|"You'd be surprised with what a priest can get away with."}}
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* Barney from ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' "has a guy" for just about everything, from a "Suit Guy" and a "Whip Guy" to a "guy in the DA's office" who "scored us front row seats to a lethal injection!"
{{quote|'''Barney:''' And, if I don't have a guy for something, then I have a Guy Guy to get me a guy. And, oddly enough, his name is Guy.}}
* In ''[[Seinfeld]]'' Kramer's unseen friend "Bob Sacamano" provides many obscure, black-market products - from counterfeit Russian "rat hats" to "The Wizard" Tip Calculator for the condo association (which may be hot!). He is said to have made a fortune for having invented the "paddle with ball" toy, being the first one to attach a rubber band. Before that, Kramer insists, people would hit the ball and it would just fly away.
* Uncle Eddie from ''[[Grounded for Life]]'' has a lot of connections with suspicious people, and is often able to obtain questionable items. Pointed out in one episode:
{{quote|'''Lily:''' You always say you "know a guy". How many guys do you know?
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* This arises as a gameplay mechanic in an awful lot of video games (especially [[RPG|RPGs]]) where the shopkeepers expect the heroes to cough up the dough even when the world is about to end. After all, [[Adam Smith Hates Your Guts]]. It fits this trope more than Honest John as at least they sell you legitimate items.
** [[Diablo|Except that little snotrag Wirt.]]
* The ''[[Spyro the Dragon]]'' series has Moneybags, who will perform various services for you for, "* ahem* , a small fee." It's usually anything but small (not to mention sometimes the price is insane for what he does), but if you want to finish the game, let alone get [[
** You {{spoiler|[[Pay Evil Unto Evil|get your]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|money back]]}}.
* [[Ratchet and Clank|Ratchet]] can buy a lot of black market gear during the course of his adventures, from weapon mods to hypnosis gadgets to [[Infinity+1 Sword|giant overpowered weaponry.]]
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