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* 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 ~~and~~ Dragons|D&D]]'s complicated monetary system. After some back-and-forth involving copper, silver, gold, platinum and electrum pieces, the guard the conman was paying toll to ends up having to sell his weapon and armour to him.

* An episode of the Finnish [[Tabletop RPG|RPG]]-themed comic ''Peluri'' combined this with poking fun at [[Dungeons & Dragons|D&D]]'s complicated monetary system. After some back-and-forth involving copper, silver, gold, platinum and electrum pieces, the guard the conman was paying toll to ends up having to sell his weapon and armour to him.

== [[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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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* The 2nd edition ''[[Dungeons ~~and~~ Dragons]]'' sourcebook ''The Complete Thief's Handbook''. The end of Chapter 6 had a story that illustrated the second type of con, which they called the "short-change swindle".

* The 2nd edition ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' sourcebook ''The Complete Thief's Handbook''. The end of Chapter 6 had a story that illustrated the second type of con, which they called the "short-change swindle".

== [[Western Animation]] ==

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