Friend in the Black Market: Difference between revisions

 

== Film ==

* ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'': Red is able to get, amongst other things, a poster of Rita Hayworth and a [[Chekhov's Gun|small rock hammer]].

* Flash Harry in the ''[[St Trinian's]]'' series.

* Recurring character Bubba Rogowski of [[Dennis Lehane]]'s [[Kenzie and Gennaro Series]] is a former Marine who specializes in obtaining lots of illegal weapons and tech, and has put lives mines through his entire warehouse apartment to deter unwelcome guests. He's also something of a [[Psycho for Hire]] and a [[Man Child]] who can barely read, but he's been friends with Patrick since they were kids and will kill anyone who messes with him.

* Mundungus Fletcher in ''[[Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix]]'' starts out this way, as the guy brought in to help the Order get information on dark dealings (and to get the Weasley twins illegal goods), but his role in the story develops.

* In Neuromancer and it's two sequels, there's "The Fynn", a blackmarket dealer that appears regularly to sell equipment and information to the protagonists. Due to the nature of the depicted cyberpunk society, it's debatable wether he can be considered a friend, though.

 

 

== Live Action TV ==

** 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."}}

* G'kar deals with... not really a friend, but a man he knows who deals in black market weaponry, which he needs for the [[La Résistance|resistance on Narn]]. The dealer is selling him for far more than the weapons are worth. G'Kar should know, because he sold many of those very weapons to Earth during the Earth Minbari War fifteen years earlier. In this case, the quality of the merchandise is guaranteed with the understanding that what G'kar will do to the dealer if it isn't will be unpleasant.

* In ''[[Firefly]]'', the crew of Serenity tend to ''work'' for this guy (or a variety of these guys), using their skills and ship to acquire the goods for the market. From time to time, they will be seen doing business of their own with these sorts when they need to get things like disguises for their heists.

* Sgt. Bilko in ''[[The Phil Silvers Show]]''

* Dorium in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "A Good Man Goes to War". He starts out working for the villains, then learns that they've kidnapped {{spoiler|one of the Doctor's companions and her child}} and decides to run for it before the Doctor turns up, knowing how many people owe him favours. As it turns out, ''he's'' one of those people, and is drafted into the [[Gondor Calls for Aid]] scenario.

** 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.]]

* In ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'', Irish and Seth are this for Nigel West Dickens. Of course, West Dickens is a [[Snake Oil Salesman]].

* [[Villainous Glutton|Krew]] is this in Jak and Daxter to the [[La Résistance|Underground]] but he;ll sell them out if the price is high enough.

 

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