Credit Card Plot: Difference between revisions

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'''Captain Murphy''': You ''exactly'' told me that it was a magical goodies creator!|''[[Sealab 2021]]''}}

 

* This is pretty much the entire plot of the ''Confessions of a Shopaholic'' film (I can't speak for the book) - the main character spends the film running up thousands of pounds of debt, messing up her job and friendships in the process because she's obsessed with shopping.

* Inverted in ''[[The Sure Thing]]''. Gib and Alison have lost all their money and are stuck in a rainstorm, trying to break into a locked trailer for shelter, when Alison remembers a credit card her father had given her. But then she remembers something important:

'''Gib''': Well, maybe one will come up. }}

 

** In another episode, Malcolm's parents find out Malcolm bought Christmas presents with a credit card they didn't know he had. Hal uses a pretend hug as a pretense to steal the card, which Hal then uses to pay for a trip for the entire family without telling Malcolm that he put it on Malcolm's credit card.

* In ''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]'', Cookie runs up a massive debt on his "emergency" card buying everything from pizza to a pony from one instant-delivery company.

'''Cookie:''' DUH! [[What an Idiot!|I'LL JUST PUT IT ON THE CARD!]] 8D\\ }}

** This eventually came back to bite him in the ass when he wound up stranded in the desert (don't ask, its an odd show) and when he tried to use the card, found he was over he spending limit.

== Newspaper Comics ==

* Used in a ''[[Zits]]'' arc:

'''Dad:''' WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A HAMMOCK! }}

* ''[[Get Fuzzy]]'' liked to do this from time to time by having Bucky (and sometimes Satchel) order all sorts of random stuff on Rob's card(s).

== Radio ==

* Happened to Connie Kendall in the ''[[Adventures in Odyssey]]'' episode "A Little Credit, Please":

'''Mrs. Kendall''': That's a very good question. I can't wait to hear your answer. }}