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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob refuses to help Alice in spite of her generous offer because of some trivial rule of Bob's that would be broken.
* '''Justified''': The hero is [[Lawful Good]], a [[Knight Templar]] or holds a personal grudge.
* '''Inverted''': The hero is asked to do something that will financially hurt him deeply, simply because it's the right thing to do. [[What the Hell, Hero?|He refuses]].
** [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]
* '''Subverted''': The hero gets offered riches and power... and he accepts.
* '''Double Subverted''': The hero accepts the villain's offer of money so he can get close enough to the villain to finally destroy not only the villain but his whole evil organisation, and donates the money to charity.
* '''Parodied''': The hero resists all attempts at bribery... and finally falls for a trivial offer by the villain.
* '''Deconstructed''': The [[Anti
* '''Reconstructed''': The hero accepts the money... and uses it to hire a team of thugs to beat the villan senseless.
* '''Zig Zagged''': To everybody's surprise, the hero accepts the villains offer. In a moment of [[What You Are in
* '''Averted''': When the villain and hero are alone, the hero kills the villain before he even has the chance to speak.
* '''Enforced''': It must be made clear that the [[Lovable Rogue]] is actually a good guy, so give him a chance to betray the heroes for money and refuse it.
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* '''Conversed''': "Looks like this would be the moment where the villain offers the hero money to leave him alone."
* '''Played For Laughs:''' The villain keeps upping his offer, to the point where he starts emptying his pockets to see if there might be something the hero wants.
* '''Played For Drama:''' Bob first falls for the offer of money, then has a [[My God, What Have I Done?]] moment and risks his life (or [[Redemption Equals Death|loses it]]) to do what he should have done in the first place.
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