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You're in a sticky situation; you need to get something and there doesn't seem to be a legal way of getting it. (It could be banned, rationed, from overseas or possibly just made in extremely limited quantities). If you're unlucky, you'll have to visit
These are the guys who'll attempt to sell you anything, mostly items that [[Fell Off the Back of a Truck]]. The prices are usually dodgy too, either too good to be true or obnoxiously overpriced. (The former usually catches more people out than the latter). All in all, [[Greed|their main goal is money]].
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Compare and contrast [[Friend in the Black Market]], who also sells items at a premium but at least guarantees he's giving you the good stuff.
See also [[Snake Oil Salesman]], [[Shady Real Estate Agent]], [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]], and [[Crooked Contractor]].
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== Films -- Animation ==
* Disney's ''[[Pinocchio]]'' gave us the [[Trope Namer|actual Honest John]]
* The Merchant at the beginning of the [[Disney Animated Canon]] ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''.
* Similarly, in the Disney ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'', when Hercules lands in Thebes, a man appears, opens his vest, and says "Wanna buy a sundial?" Of course, Hades himself would be this trope if his deals involved actual money. James Woods even modeled Hades after a used car salesman.
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* Limbo in Tim Burton's ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' grabs some random stuff from a space pod and starts hawking it within 20 minutes of touchdown.
* The [[Robin Williams]] movie ''[[Cadillac Man]]''.
* His goods may be a quite a bit more high dollar than your average Honest John, but Justin Hammer in ''[[Iron Man
* In ''[[Mad Max]]'', Max encounters a shady gas station repairman who tries to sell him repairs on everything but Max's car frame. It's implied that his parts are all stolen as well. Max is too canny for the man and escapes with his pocketbook intact. The mechanic ultimately foments Max's downfall, though unwittingly.
* ''[[Flywheel]]'' has one in Jay Austin (pre-[[Heel Faith Turn]], of course).
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* Wes Weasley from ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', who first appeared in the episode "Birth of a Salesman". It should be noted Weasley has a few similarities with Phil Silvers, namely his voice, clothing, and glasses. [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|This may have been intentional]]....
* ''[[Daria]]'' has a used-car salesman who is not only sleazy, but creepy, trying to pick up Brittany, who is in ''high school''.
* Eddy from ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' is an Honest John [[Failure Is the Only Option|in training]] (though that's entirely his brother's fault).
* Hiroki Ishiyama of ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' is another Honest John in training. He's already quite good at selling overpriced concert tickets to the students of his school. Just give him a few years...
* ''[[The Berenstain Bears]]'' cartoon from the 1980s featured a con artist called Raffish Ralph as a recurring antagonist. He was eventually incorporated into the books and later, for some reason, renamed [[Meaningful Name|Ralph Ripoff]].
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== Real Life ==
* In the city of Genava, Illinois, there are two stores that actually have "Honest John's" in the title
* There was once also an "Honest Ed's" Toronto, Ontario discount store. It's now gone, although former proprietor Edwin Mirvish (24 July 1914 – 11 July 2007) still has his name on a [https://mirvish.com live theatre venue].
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