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* [[Luke Cage]] and Iron Fist, [[Heroes For Hire]]! Cage is so dedicated to his job that he once shook down Dr. Doom himself for just $200 owed to him. Throughout the various other incarnations of the team, the dynamic has shifted a little now and then - to the point that in the latest version, "for hire" means "available to do a favor for Misty Knight".
* ''[[PS238]]'' has all the sorts - some metahumans work alone, some in teams, some own business, and some work for enterprises such as [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/05052010/ Heroix].
* Paladin (who mostly appears in [[Spider-Man]] titles) often seems to be [[Only In It For The Money]] ; at least, he's a mercenary who sides with the good guys more often than not, but never for free. Spidey has, at times, seen him as selfish and shallow, but in Paladin's eyes, he's just trying to earn a living.
* In ''Young Captain Adventure'' from the short-lived ''[[Penthouse Comix]]'', this is true for most heroes, who are often more concerned with merchandising their names and images than actual heroics. The protagonist (one of the few trying to be a traditional hero) even sarcastically tells Herricane "Don't you have an infomercial to tape?" when she shows up to criticize him in the first issue.
== Film ==
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* Most free-choice RPG heroes do what they do for loot and XP. Good karma is just a bonus.
* You know [[Splinter Cell|Sam Fisher]] is one when he remembers that [[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell/Funny|he forgot to do the laundry]] in the third game.
* Yojimbo in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' is truly a mercenary, only fighting by your side if you pay him. Meaning you have to use money from your inventory ''in battle'' simply to activate some of his moves. Having said that, paying him enough increases the chances of him using his Zambato, which can slay an enemy in a single swipe.
== Webcomics ==
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* The titular character from ''[[The Non-Adventures of Wonderella]]'' is definitely one.
* Dechs, a.k.a. Shadehawk, of ''[[Antihero for Hire]]'', literally—to pay the rent, he patrols for criminals to turn in for the bounty (and, though [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything|we don't see it too often]], being "for hire"). Indeed, the setting has a "[[Super Registration Act|Superhero Activities Board]]" that's set up to encourage the Punch Clock Hero lifestyle. In one case, Shadehawk and Crossroad teamed up to thwart the villain [[Mad Scientist|Doctor Nefarious]] who they knew would have no problem [[Cardboard Prison|escaping prison]], and when Crossroad tried killing him instead of taking him to jail, Shadehawk wouldn't allow it, insisting that repeat offenders were vital to his income.
** His attitude has shifted some, though. He actually used to [
* The basic premise of [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=113529 Everyday Heroes]; Mr. Mighty is a nine-to-five hero, while his nemesis, Dr. Unpleasant, is a [[Punch Clock Villain]].
* As far as ''[[Nodwick]]'' heroes are concerned, [
{{quote|The price of '''liberty''' is '''eternal vigilance''' plus a hundred gold per '''hour''', not including '''expenses'''.}}
* Tagon's Toughs in ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' are kind of like this -
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'''Tagon''': But they're almost always bad guys and we only do it for the money. }}
* Everyone in ''[[Gone With the Blastwave]]'' inasmuch as there are any identifiable heroes, the war's been on so fuggin' long that no-one knows what's going on annymore.
* ''[[Full Frontal Nerdity]]'' PCs, unsurprisingly, [http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=457 are like this].
{{quote|'''Nelson''': Alignment aside, we're a for-profit business, not [[Justice League]].}}
== Western Animation ==
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* Himei, the main character of ''[[Sailor Nothing]]'', started out as an [[Ascended Fanboy|Ascended Fangirl]] who [[Jumped At the Call]], but eventually turned into a punch-clock hero as she came to hate her job of fighting evil and did it only because she had to.
* The ''[[Protectors of the Plot Continuum]]'' primarily kill [[Mary Sue|MarySues]] and fight other forms of badfic because it's their job to do so. Individual agents can retire if they want to, in theory, but most never do so.
*''Joe Zombie'' has a subversion with Ted Baxter. He was originally sent to kill Joe Rombie because of Mortogen, as he was an experimental supersoldier gone horribly right. However, he ended up sympathizing with the citizens of Stickville whom Rombie had killed. Sure enough, when Mortogen was shut down for their role in the massacre of Stickville, Baxter decided to dedicate his life to saving lives.
== Real Life ==
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