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A lot of money has changed hands in this transaction. However, unlike a [[Briefcase Full of Money]], this is a very public affair, usually designed to generate a lot of attention. So how is this shown when the cameras are on? Why, with a giant novelty check, of course!
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It's worth noting that there is no required size or format for checks, so giant novelty checks can indeed be cashed at most banks so long as they have all of the required bank info on them. If you're a real shuckster, you can even endorse them on the back in your own name, no matter who is named as the payee on the front.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uca-ts8zf4 This] Esurance commercial, a full-on parody of this trope.
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* ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'': Earl gets his lottery winnings first as a giant novelty check for publicity photos, then a regular-sized real check. Randy tries to "double the winnings" by cashing the giant novelty check. It doesn't work.
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'': The Mads once invented a giant novelty checkbook, which causes some problems for them when Frank writes some checks but can't remember who he wrote them to.
* ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' once featured Stephen donating some money with an absurdly huge novelty check (roughly 40 feet wide and 8 feet tall)--which he signed with an ordinary pen and a normal-sized signature. He also inverted this trope by promising Kim Jong Il a giant novelty check if he came on the
{{quote|''"I was going to send a giant novelty check, until I realized that for Kim Jong-Il, this ''is'' a giant novelty check."''}}
* The pilot of ''[[Code LISA]]'' has the boys see one on television and wish for it. It teleports back a couple of seconds later, to illustrate that magic is temporary in this 'verse.
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** Mr. Burns also sells the nuclear power plant in one episode and receives a giant novelty check. In the next scene, Burns flips the check over and endorses it with a giant quill.
** Mr. Burns also buys the 25 greyhound puppies Santa's Little Helper had with Santa's Bitch, netting himself a cool $25 million.
** In one episode, someone won the lottery in Springfield. A display is made out of the giant check
** When Mr. Burns backs out of a donation, he marks it not only on the check but also in a giant checkbook.
* ''[[Back to The Future]]'': The animated series had one episode where a TV show host offered $50,000 to anyone who brought an alien, a dinosaur or a boogeyman. Biff Tannen Senior and Junior found the dinosaur Verne brought from the past and got a novelty check for $50,000. When the dinosaur was "revealed" to be a fraud, the host ripped the check.
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