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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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* ''[[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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