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Sometimes it happens: the monster makes money, and its purported "victims" — or a single shrewd (and often heartless) member of the public — will put up with it, or even harness it for the sake of the benefits it brings, despite the harm it causes.
Compare [[Monster Protection Racket]], in which the profiteer has a more active role in the matter. Not to be confused with [[Milking the Giant Cow]].
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== Film ==
* In ''[[Dragonheart]]'', Bowen is a disgraced knight turned dragonslayer who succeeds in almost driving dragons to extinction in search of the one who he believes was responsible for his pupil's [[Face Heel Turn]] into a [[Complete Monster]]. The [[Last of His Kind|last one]], who eventually picks up the name of Draco, fights Bowen to a draw and suggests a way they both can survive: Draco mock-terrorizes villages and Bowen shows up to offer to "slay" him for an exorbitant fee. {{spoiler|It works until Draco tries to take a dive into a lake that's too shallow to submerge him.}}
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