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** The Kount gets quite rightly pissed when anyone questions his knowledge of and passion for automobiles. It's more of a [[Tranquil Fury]] in his case, though.
* [[Betting Minigame]]:
** Sometimes, when Rick and a customer can't agree on a price, the customer will offer to settle the dispute by gambling with whatever it is they're trying to sell, with Rick paying the winner's price. Unfortunately, for all his skill as a pawnbroker, Rick has really shitty luck. Whether it's flipping a collectible coin, spinning an antique roulette wheel or playing a hand of blackjack on a gaming table, Rick always seems to lose. He even [[
** Rick and Corey have a habit of betting on Chumlee missing when they go to test out an antique firearm they had just purchased. This has come back to bite them more than once, as Chumlee's actually not a bad shot.
* [[Big Fun]]: Corey, and Chumlee. Just imagine those two on a see-saw together.
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* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: Go look up the video pitch Rick made and submitted to History as the original show idea. It shows all three of the family members smoking like chimneys, footage of the guns kept under the counters with Corey announcing "Try to rob my shop and I ''will'' shoot you", and tried to play up the drama of people flipping out and actually having to be thrown out of the shop. History clearly decided to do a bit of a [[Retool]] to make it a little more low-key and (slightly) more family-friendly. Oddly enough, this is the angle ''[[Hardcore Pawn]]'' would eventually take.
** Another pitch focuses more on people affected by the economy who're coming in to pawn. This one lacks Chumlee, but features Rick's niece and a night shift pawnbroker named Charles Ingalls, who mans a drive-thru-style pawn window. Ingalls is later mentioned during the fifth season, when the decision is made to hire people for the night shift, and the pawn window is seen when Chumlee is training a new employee on the shift with him.
** The early episodes of the show itself also count. The very first episode features a guy pawning his table saw for $4,000, and we actually see Rick's moving crew come out to the guy's house and load the saw onto the truck. Another episode featured a couple who actually wanted to ''buy'' something, namely the "death clock" that Rick's shown polishing in the opening credits and that he keeps in one of the main display cases behind the front counter. Another bizarre inversion featured a ''customer'' in the role of [[Mr. Exposition]] when he gave Rick the lowdown on some of the jewelry he was selling. Rick even [[
** Not an early installment, but a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvu6APT3JLY 2003 episode] of ''Insomniac with Dave Atell'' featured Rick and the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop before ''Pawn Stars'' aired in 2009.
* [[Epic Fail]]: Rarely, Rick and the others will lose money on a deal.
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** Chumlee tried his luck with making his own wine in another episode. Everyone hated it—except the Old Man.
** Corey and Chumlee purchased a turn-of-the-century waffle iron. When Rick couldn't close a deal on a very rare cannon he wanted, Chumlee cooked up some waffles. The waffles ended up a little softer than usual, which Rick points out (Chumlee added too much water to the mix), but Old Man liked them.
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: In one episode, Big Hoss buys a classic Harley-Davidson motorcycle for $7,000. Chumlee falls in love with the bike, and asks to be put on the company payment plan so he can buy it himself. The Old Man refuses to do it unless Chumlee can come up with a $3,000 down payment. We then see a series of clips that shows Chumlee working hard and selling items left and right, including the previously mentioned ''[[Kill Bill]]'' katana, using the money he gets on commission for the down payment. The Old Man even [[
* [[Licensed Game]]: There's a ''Pawn Stars'' Facebook game.
* [[Like Father, Like Son]]: Present with all three generations of Harrisons. Rick has inherited the Old Man's occasional willingness to offer customers higher prices than what they were asking for, while Corey has begun using his father's [[Catch Phrase]] of only wanting something if he can get it "for the right price." All three of them are also master [[Deadpan Snarker]]s.
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