Taking Advantage of Generosity: Difference between revisions

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[[File:trishpd_2769.png|link=Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure ~~(Manga)~~|frame|And get me a better picture caption. This one goes horribly with my outfit.]]

[[File:trishpd_2769.png|link=Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure|frame|And get me a better picture caption. This one goes horribly with my outfit.]]

Generosity is considered a good thing. Milking generosity is not. Yet some characters do it anyway.

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== [[Literature]] ==

* The Children's Book ''[[If You Give a Mouse ~~A Cookie (Literature)|If You Give~~ a ~~Mouse A~~ Cookie]]''.

* The Children's Book ''[[If You Give a Mouse a Cookie]]''.

* In ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (~~Literature~~)|Jeeves and Wooster]]'', ''everyone'' regularly does this to [[Extreme Doormat]] Bertie.

* In ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (novel)|Jeeves and Wooster]]'', ''everyone'' regularly does this to [[Extreme Doormat]] Bertie.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[~~SpongeBob SquarePants (Animation)|~~SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' falls victim to this a lot.

* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' falls victim to this a lot.

** One time Squidward quits his job over an argument with the boss, and ends up on the street. SpongeBob agrees to take care of Squidward, but he then treats SpongeBob like a slave.

** A few episodes revolve around SpongeBob trying to get past being an [[Extreme Doormat]] to the whole of Bikini Bottom, but realising he is okay with being stepped on (sometimes literally).

** Another episode revolves around SpongeBob gaining a large amount of wealth. What starts as him buying someone an ice cream evolves to him basically throwing money to an enormous crowd of moochers.

* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic ~~(Animation)~~|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'':

* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'':

** In the episode [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E10 Secret of My Excess|"The Secret of My Excess"]], Spike is offered a spontaneous present by one of the townsfolk he meets, upon that person learning it's Spike's birthday. Spike's inherent dragon greed starts to kick in, and he starts exploiting spontaneous presents from other people.

** In "Suited for Success", Rarity offers to make dresses for all her friends, and she slaves over the project until she comes up with a gorgeous gown for each of her friends. But they weren't what her friends were expecting, and they offer all kinds of crazy suggestions for improvement. Rarity runs herself ragged trying to meet the demands of her friends, but she hates the way the dresses turn out and she ends up humiliated at a fashion show. The Aesop at the end of the episode is not to take advantage of a friend's generosity.

* ''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]'' has several specific examples, but Bart and Homer have this trope as character traits.

* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' has several specific examples, but Bart and Homer have this trope as character traits.

** Bart often does this whenever his parents give him a break. At one point he is denied pizza for another prank, after which Homer gives him a slice anyway so long as he promises to be good. Bart obviously lied, to the point that his behavior degrades to completely random and unsatisfying acts of destruction simply due to the knowledge that Homer will let him get away with it. Homer finally snaps and gives Bart a genuine punishment. This discipline is implied to have positive effects on Bart's life directions in the future.

** Homer's infinite borrowing from Ned Flanders. It's been phased out, but Homer borrowed everything from a TV tray to tools to the ''downstairs bathtub'', and actually considers it a point of pride that he's not returned any of it.