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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In only the fifth episode of ''[[Pokémon]]'' titled 'Showdown in Pewter City', Ash and Misty discuss the upcoming gym battle with Brock over a meal. After Ash refuses help from Misty, she angrily leaves the restaurant and Ash is left to stare at the bill and subsequently yell for Misty to come back. The bill originally read ¥1150, which [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=1150+yen+in+dollars just barely qualifies] for this trope, but the [[
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': Ed becomes enraged when he gets the bill from Ling about the food he and Lan Fan ate in the hotel.
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[''the scene cuts to Kevin outside'']<br />
'''Dad:''' [''offscreen''] KEVIN! YOU SPENT $967 ON ROOM SERVICE?!? }}
* The bill Conrad van Orton gets hit with by Consumer Recreation Services in ''[[The Game (
* In ''[[White Christmas]]'', Bing Crosby's character's reaction to the estimate on how much the Christmas show is going to cost is "Wow!", which is apparently "Right up there between 'ouch' and 'boing'."
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* Mike from ''[[Suits]]'' is panicked when [[Smug Snake]] Lewis runs up a ridiculously large bill on wine at his dinner. Naturally, Jerkass with a [[Hidden Heart of Gold]] Harvey pays it off for him.
* On time on ''[[Square One TV|Mathnet]]'' George was working undercover as a diner cook, and had to deal with a patron who didn't expect tax on his bill. "I didn't order tax on my hamburger, just ketchup!" Of course this was just an excuse to deliver some Educational Programming about tax and percentages. The bill wasn't that much bigger than he expected, but it was bigger.)
* In one episode of ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', Michael calls his father on the phone in the hotel room where he's waiting for his fiancee, to prove to him that he's not afraid of intimacy. After his father tells him to put her on, Michael claims she's in the shower, to which George Sr. replies that he'll wait. They end up waiting through to the following morning, and anybody who's ever seen the overpriced phone rates at hotels can anticipate Michael's reaction to his room charge that morning:
{{quote| '''Michael:''' Oh, ''[[Borrowed Catchphrase|come on!]]''}}
* ''[[Happy Days]]'': in episode "Goin' to Chicago" the high school choir goes on a field trip to Chicago. Richie, Potsie & Ralph sneak out of the hotel room they're staying in to go to a nightclub, where all checks are $36. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk1mH_dc-hw#t=4m58s Link.]
* On ''[[
* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' had an absurdly large bill come at the end of the Emergency Room version of the restaurant sketch.
* Similar to the ''[[The Simpsons]]'' example below, Earl from ''[[Dinosaurs]]'' is shocked at the high number on his phone bill, until Francine points out it's their phone number. Earl is not as shocked when he sees the actual bill, although he does admit it's pretty high.
* On ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', upon receiving a plumber's bill:
{{quote| '''Dawn:''' That's a weird phone number. Oh, wait... Is that the bill?!}}
* [[Played for Drama]] on ''[[The Sopranos]]''. Chris is the low man on the totem pole when the crew goes out to dinner, so he's constantly stuck paying the tab. This starts a vicious feud between Chris and Paulie about respect, which culminates when Chris is saddled with a six-figure restaurant bill from Atlantic City. He can barely cover the cost of the check, and when the waiter follows him into the parking lot to demand a tip, Chris murders him.
* The Aliens in ''[[3rd Rock
* One episode of ''[[Victorious]]'' features this, prompting both a [[Spit Take]] and a successful sneak out from their teacher. Unusual in that they already knew the restaurant was expensive and had ate there before, but [[Butt Monkey|Robbie]] had asked for a big bowl of caviar putting the price beyond what they could afford.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[The Simpsons (
** One time, they were checking out of a hospital and:
{{quote| '''Homer''': "Is that the bill or your phone number?" <br />
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* One ''[[Futurama]]'' episode has Bender [[Work Off the Debt]] at Elzar's restaurant because the crew didn't expect the bill to be so high. (They didn't expect it because Elzar had ''blinded'' Leela earlier and led them to believe the meal would be free.)
* ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'': when Timmy was momentarily a grown-up. Eating at a restaurant and is surprised at the bill, saying "This is more than I get for my allowance- I mean, more than I make in a month!" Cut to him washing dishes in the back.
* In ''[[
** In another episode, Mr. Krabs is initially shocked at his hospital bill but decides to send Spongebob, Patrick, and Squidward to med school to get in on the racket.
* At the end of the ''[[Roger Rabbit Short]]'' "Tummy Trouble", Roger does a [[Wild Take]] and faints at the sight of his hospital bill.
* The [[Classic Disney Short]] "The Trial of [[Donald Duck]]" has Donald going into a fancy restaurant to get away from the rain and orders a small cup of coffee. After being served a thimble-sized cup, he gets angry and decides to eat his packed lunch at the table. The maitre'd is outraged, so he decides to charge Donald for his own lunch. Unable to pay the bill with the one nickel he has on his person, he is sentenced to pay it off washing dishes... a decision the maitre'd regrets after he breaks most of the restaurant's flatware in the process.
* ''[[Super Mario World (
* In the second episode of ''[[Birdz]]'', Eddie runs up a [[Eleventy-Zillion|nine gazillion dollar]] charge on his father's credit card buying gifts for his friends.
** In "To Beak or Not to Beak", the bill for {{spoiler|Eddie's beak surgery}} is "$$$ A LOT".
* A classic ''[[
== [[Real Life]] ==
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