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== [[Film]] ==
* Alluded to in ''[[Maverick (film)|Maverick]]''.
{{quote| '''Maverick:''' I had to hot-foot it out of there, as it wouldn't be long before Joseph had a scheme to help me reinvest my newly-acquired thousand.}}
* Sets the plot in motion in ''[[Layer Cake]]''. The protagonists' boss, Jimmy Price, has lost a bundle on stupid investments and fires off a bunch of these, chiefly by stealing a bunch of ecstasy from some other gangsters, embezzling the savings of his underling and shopping his villainous colleagues to the police.
 
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* Discussed with utter contempt in Styx's "Rockin' the Paradise":
 
{{quote| Don't need no fast-buck, lame-duck profits for fun<br />
Quick-trick plans take the money and run<br />
We need long-term, slow-burn, gettin' it done<br />
A straight-talkin', hard-workin' son-of-a-gun }}
 
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* Approximately 90% of ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' episodes.
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''...
{{quote| '''Homer:''' This isn't just another one of those get rich quick schemes. This scheme is guaranteed to get us rich... and quick!}}
* ''[[Family Guy]]''. Peter needs to raise $50,000 fast or he'll lose his house.
{{quote| '''Quagmire:''' Well, you could whore yourself out to 1,000 fat chicks for 50 bucks each. Or 50 REALLY fat chicks for 1,000 bucks. What? Don't look at me like that. Fat chicks need love, too. But they gotta pay.}}
* [[The Flintstones|Fred Flintstone]] concocted a new get-rich-quick scheme every 5 or 6 episodes. His battlecry was, "Barney, we're gonna be rich!"
 
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