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== Theme Parks ==

* Parodied in, of all things, the JAWS Ride at Universal Studios Orlando. Like most of the rides there, the waiting line has TV hanging from the ceiling showing fake commercials and programs related to the theme of the ~~ride -- in~~ Jaws's case, stuff about Amity. One of the commercials features a Crazy Eddie, who LITERALLY WRECKED THE ELECTRONICS he was peddling ON-CAMERA so he could give you the "discounted" prices. Complete with a miserable complaining accountant.

* Parodied in, of all things, the JAWS Ride at Universal Studios Orlando. Like most of the rides there, the waiting line has TV hanging from the ceiling showing fake commercials and programs related to the theme of the ride—in Jaws's case, stuff about Amity. One of the commercials features a Crazy Eddie, who LITERALLY WRECKED THE ELECTRONICS he was peddling ON-CAMERA so he could give you the "discounted" prices. Complete with a miserable complaining accountant.

* The line for Space Mountain at Disneyland used to have TVs with a similar programming loop, including an Insane Proprietor selling used spaceships. Sadly, it was eliminated when Space Mountain got remodeled.

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{{quote|'''Irrational Eddie:''' Irrr-ational Eddie here! With Irrr-ational Numbers! At Irrr-ational Prices! We've got roots of negative numbers and decimals that go on infinitely and NEVER repeat themselves! Why?! BECAUSE I'M IRRATIONAL!}}

* The ''[[Monkey Island]]'' series has reoccurring character Stan, a manic salesman who gets locked into a coffin in the second game and released in the third, has been the proprietor of a used-coffin business, used-crypt business, used-ship business, and life insurance salesman, plus others.

* Subverted by ''[[Fallout]] 3'''s Crazy Wolfgang, who is actually completely sane and just has a more involved sales pitch than the rest of the ~~merchants -- his~~ prices are exactly the same as everyone else's.

* Subverted by ''[[Fallout]] 3'''s Crazy Wolfgang, who is actually completely sane and just has a more involved sales pitch than the rest of the merchants—his prices are exactly the same as everyone else's.

** Considering the ridiculous missions Moira sends you on, she's a lot closer to this trope than any other merchant in the game.

** [[Fallout: New Vegas]] has the hidden [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCKoz_Q2sCE Wind-Brahmin Salesman]. Being a Nightkin, he is likely actually insane.