Heroism Incentive: Difference between revisions

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See also [[Not in This For Your Revolution]]. Compare to [[Bribe Backfire]] and [[Comically Small Bribe]] does not work because this bribe works, or they [[Do You Want to Haggle?|haggle until it works]]. [[Every Man Has His Price]] is only when the characters frequently bribe people during the narrative, while this could happen frequently to better the character usually it is only necessary the first time. A fairy innocuous version is the [[Motivational Kiss]].

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== [[Advertising]] ==

* What would you do for a Klondike Bar?

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* On ''[[Scrubs]]'', Dr. Cox tried talking J.D. out of being his second-born's godfather simply by giving him a hug. It almost worked.

* ''[[Lost in Oz]]'' did this with the bottled tornado that would take Alex home once she defeated the Witch.

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== [[Real Life]] ==

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* Many schools offer rewards based off of [[wikipedia:Accelerated Reader|Accelerated Reading]] test results to get the students to read more.

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* Also in high school: "Come to [Insert class subject here] study group. We have candy."

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** In the same vein many college groups advertise free pizza at their meetings.

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*** Which is the source of the [[Memetic Mutation|meme]] "Come to [[Star Wars|the Dark Side]]. We have cookies!"

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* Michael Moore, encouraging college students to vote in the 2004 elections , passed out underwear and Ramen noodles.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

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* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "The Girl Who Slept Too Little", a frightened and naked Chief Wiggum refuses to come down from a tree. The second Lou offers him a doughnut, he's already on the ground, clothed, and ready to go.

* ''[[Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines]]'' has Muttley either rescuing Dastardly from a tumble out an airplane to retrieving the recalcitrant Zilly—provided he gets a medal for his troubles.

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