Only in It For the Money: Difference between revisions

* In the Nirvana arc of ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', Hot-Eye of [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Orachion Seis]] initally only ever talks about making money, and about how it's the greatest thing in the world. {{spoiler|Once the effect of Nirvana [[Heel Face Turn|changes his alignment]], however, he reveals that he only wanted money so he could fund a search for his lost brother: Wally, who the protagonists from the eponymous guild had already encountered in the Tower of Heaven arc.}}

* Fleet Admiral of the Free Planets Alliance [[Legend of Galactic Heroes|Yang Wenli]] expresses it this way:

* Bleed Kaga from ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula]]'' at first wants to get into races for the money, but at the last episode of the TV series, {{spoiler|he refuses Kyoko's offer for the money and instead gets himself out of the race so Hayato, Shinjyo and Randoll would take the top three spots.}}

* ''[[Gamble Fish]]'' has [[Fat Bastard|Kaoru]] [[Gonk|Gokijima]], a disgusting but cunning hustler who is only willing to help out [[The Hero|Tomu Shirasagi]] as long as he believes there's money in it for him.

* In ''[[Justice League of America|JLA]]: Rock of Ages'', Batman convinces Mirror Master to defect from the Injustice Gang by doubling Lex Luthor's paycheck. This probably inspired the Justice League example under Western Animation.

* Mr. Nobody once explained this concept to [[Spider-Girl]]:

'''Mr. Nobody''': "At a million dollars a head--plus five for Fisk--it's kind of a no-brainer." }}

* An old friend of [[Star Wars|Han Solo's]] sets him up to be captured by Boba Fett in ''[[Dark Empire]]''. Money was not only ''a'' reason, but the ''only'' reason he betrayed Han. It's pretty sad if you read ''[[The Han Solo Trilogy]]'' prequel novels, in which he also appears, and see what a great friend he used to be before his [[Start of Darkness]].

* ''[[A New Hope|Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope]]'': Han Solo: "Look, I [[Not in This For Your Revolution|ain't in this for your revolution]], and I'm not in it for you, princess. I expect to be well paid. I'm in it for the money." [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Or so he says.]]

* In the [[Film Noir]] ''[[Murder My Sweet]]'', Philip Marlowe perfectly describes this. He outright states that he only did it for the cash.

* In ''[[The Mechanic]]'', Charles Bronson's character says this is it. His [[Bastard Understudy]] however does it for the thrill of existing outside morals and laws, and kills Bronson's character for not living up to that image.

* In ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'' all of the explorers except for the protagonist are motivated by money.

* An example from ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'':

'''Tai Huang:''' That makes you the highest bidder. }}

* The bath house owner in ''[[And the Band Played On]]''.

* ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]'': [[Bounty Hunter|Blondie]], [[Bandito|Tuco]], and ''especially'' [[Career Killers|Angel Eyes]]. Unlike many villains with this trait it doesn't make him more sympathetic; in fact, it does just the opposite.

* ''[[Hard Rain]]'': Jim, says this almost word-for-word several times in the film. Even in the end, when Tom thinks Jim helped save his life:

* {{spoiler|Sergei Bazhaev}} in season 8 of ''[[24]]'', who's only involved [[Disc One Final Boss|initial Big Bad]] {{spoiler|Farhad Hassan}} because he's set to make lots of money selling him spent nuclear fuel rods. After he gets captured by CTU and sees his deal has fallen through, he actually tries (unsuccessfully) to help Jack recover the rods.

* An episode of ''[[Reba]]'' made a reference to this:

'''Kyra''': Eighty bucks is eighty bucks. }}

* You know all those hysterically insane [[Conspiracy Theories]] presented on the [[Glenn Beck]] show? Beck's admitted that if they didn't bring in the ratings, he'd dump them in a heartbeat because even he knows how loony they are.

* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'':

** Zaeed Massani only joins up with Shepard because of the pay. This may end up being subverted if you earn his loyalty.

** Initially this may look like [[What an Idiot!|utter stupidity]] on his part since he is explicitly informed that this is for all intents and purposes a ''suicide mission''...until you talk to him on the ship a few times and he reveals that he's been on a number of so-called "impossible missions" before and has always managed to come out in one piece. He's just ''that'' good.

*** His dossier in the Shadow Broker's ship also shows that he's really unconcerned about survival at this point. One of the retirement plans he considered was buying a ship, packing with explosives, and blowing himself up. Not that he's anything close to suicidal. You just can't go and settle down someplace quietly after a lifetime of kicking ass.