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* Milo Minderbinder from ''[[Catch-22]]'' begins as a light-hearted version of this trope, paying far more attention to his various moneymaking schemes than the actual war he's supposed to be fighting. However, his financial syndicate grows so large and arcane that he eventually bombs his own air base, firmly believing that it's in everyone's best interest because it brings profit to his investors.
* Mundungus Fletcher from ''[[Harry Potter (Literature)|Harry Potter]]''.
* Tom Dennis Fitzgerald, the title character in ''[
* Jack from the book ''Little Men''.
* Silk from the ''[[Belgariad]]''.
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* Joey Jeremiah was the [[High School Hustler]] in the '80s versions of ''{Degrassi}''. He grew up to become a used-car dealer in [[The Revival]].
* Played for laughs with Junior Samples' used car lot on ''[[Hee Haw]]''.
* Private Joe Walker in ''[[
* Furlow's garage in ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]''. There's nothing that woman can't fix, and nothing she won't sell to the one evil empire you really don't want getting hold of it.
* Averted/Played with on an episode of [[Newhart]]. George leaves the Stratford Inn and finds a job as a car salesman. Due to his reputation of informing the customers when a car actually was a lemon or not, he was given the nickname "Honest George" and would often be sought after by potential buyers. Another salesman tried to take advantage of this by [[Blatant Lies|saying he was Honest George. Even to Dick when he came looking for him.]]
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* Almost every game of the ''[[World of Mana]]'' series features a suspicious merchant who is either an anthropomorphic cat or rabbit named Nikita. Sometimes he is playable, but he's always out to bring "happiness" to his customers. Like selling them overpriced glass beads as jewelry.
** At exactly twice the normal buying price, at least in ''Secret of Mana''.
* In ''[[Animal Crossing (Video Game)|Animal Crossing]]'', Tom Nook has almost complete control over your town's economy, forcing you to buy a house, and then upgrade it several times [[But Thou Must!|without really giving you a choice]]. His two nephews work for him when his store is fully upgraded, so he's also into child labor. He even manages to get control over the hair industry, having a salon in his store. And it's kinda creepy how he stalks you when you run around his store because he wants to be sure [[Kleptomaniac Hero|you don't steal anything]].
** Crazy Redd also fits this trope very well- he sells counterfeit paintings, after all.
* Bosco from the ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police (Video Game)|Sam and Max Freelance Police]]'' games from Telltale Games, mainly in the first season, where he sells the Freelance Police various overpriced (but strangely effective) [[Homemade Inventions]]. In Season Two, he's too preoccupied with his conspiracy theories to sell Sam and Max any goodies. He lampshades his role as a CMOT Dibbler, pointing out that he keeps thinking of the most ridiculous prices he can, but Sam and Max keep buying his stuff.
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