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* CPO Pertwee in ''[[The Navy Lark]]''
== Tabletop Games ==
* Fairly common in Cyberpunk and Space Opera genres.
* ''[[Dark Heresy]]'' also has a system of Contacts. Those can help with things like information (as informants, inquiry via their own acquaintances, Lore skills, divinations from a psyker...), items (discount, improved Availability) or favours. XP cost of an individual Contact who's both reliable and has very useful capabilities may be greater than a Talent significantly improving relationship with a whole Imperial organization or other widespread group. Unreliable ones cost less.
== Video Games ==
* This arises as a gameplay mechanic in an awful lot of video games (especially [[RPG]]s) 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, "*
** You
* [[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.]]
* [[Soul Brotha|Drebin]] in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' is named for ''[[The Naked Gun]]'' character due to what he sells; 'naked guns' - the arms he sells are not ID-Locked, and so can be used by anybody, which comes in very handy for Snake. Also plays the [[Big Damn Heroes|Big Damn Hero]] at times, and serves as [[Mr. Exposition]] in relation to the backstories of [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|the Beauty and the Beast Corps.]]
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