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{{trope}}
'''"Quick change"''' is a form of the [[Short Con]] in which the [[Hustler]] confuses a cashier into giving more change than they should. The most lucrative quick change technique is the "progressive", in which smaller denomination bills are thrust back at the cashier for consolidation into a higher denomination. "Here, give me a five for these ones." (then, while holding the five and the ones...) "Oh, wait. Go ahead and give me a 10. Let me see... one, two, three, four and five is .. yeah, a 10. Thanks."
If you were paying attention, that was five dollars becoming 10. A quick change artist can keep that rolling until he ends up walking away with a $100 bill.
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Naturally, the best way to avoid these schemes is by being cool, calm, nice and slow.
[[I Thought It Meant|Not to be confused with the theatrical term for a very fast costume change.]] Not used in [[Quick Change (film)|the film of the same name]].
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* The Trickster does a variant near the start of [[The DCU]]'s [[Crisis Crossover]] ''Underworld Unleashed'', with rueful narration about how a charter member of The [[Flash]]'s [[Rogues Gallery]] is now reduced to conning pizza boys.
* José Carioca manages to get into the World Cup for free by responding to the cashier's request for money with a complaint that he hasn't gotten his change back yet. Joe takes the ticket and runs off while the cashier contemplates his statement.
* An episode of the Finnish [[Tabletop RPG|RPG]]-themed comic ''Peluri'' combined this with poking fun at [[Dungeons
== [[Film]] ==
* An old ''[[Abbott and Costello]]'' routine does a variation relying on Abbott's fast talk and Costello's stupidity. "Could you give me two 10s for a five?"
** As a variant, Abbott gets a few dollars off of Costello by counting 10 dollars in a non-standard fashion.
{{quote|'''Abbott:''' All right, all right, I owe you $10, right?
'''Costello:''' Yeah, that's right.
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* In the novel ''[[American Gods]]'', Mr. Wednesday casually pulls a variant of this, involving a credit card as well as cash, on a gas-station attendant. The exact details aren't mentioned, however: [[Neil Gaiman]] once stated in an interview that he'd deliberately tried to obfuscate the details of the cons used in the book, to prevent anybody from trying to replicate them in real life. (Didn't actually work, though. One of the bigger cons in the book was successfully replicated by a Canadian fan, who walked away with more than $6,000...)
== [[Live
* Harry the Hat pulls this on Coach on ''[[Cheers]]'', while talking to [[
* Done with a twist in ''[[CSI]]'' - {{spoiler|Hypnosis is used, and the teller ends up making change for a $20 -- using $50s}}.
* Done every which way in ''[[Hustle]]''; whenever they pay for their drinks the barman is going to be left with less money than he started with. And he knows this, and ''still'' can't work out how it happens.
** ''[[The Real Hustle]]'' demonstrates how to make it work in real life, usually on store cashiers, and how ''not'' to fall for it.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* The 2nd edition ''[[Dungeons
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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Cook: [Laughs while running away] I sure got the best of that Injun! I have my beans and my flour back, and it only cost me [slams to a stop, outraged] TWO OF MY OWN PIES! }}
== [[Real Life]] ==
* [[Truth in Television]], obviously. It will happen at least once to every person who works with both money and the public.
** A friend of [[Penn & Teller]] [http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=10MJHKIflAU shows you how it's done].
** Banks have avoiding this trope as part of their teller training. If [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Teller tries this on a teller]], all bets are off.
** The ten for a five variant
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[[Category:The Con]]
[[Category:Short Con]]
▲[[Category:Quick Change]]
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