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== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Flashman]]'s father-in-law is a wealthy Scotsman who does no approve of Flashman's profligate ways and often threatens to stop supplying him with money.
* [[Little House
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* The "Poet McTeagle" sketch from ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' chronicles what are ostensibly the poems of Scotland's greatest poet, but are actually all requests for money.
* Classic ''[[
* One of the first claims discussed on ''[[Would I Lie to You]]'' was from Scottish multimillionaire Duncan Bannatyne of ''[[Dragons
{{quote| '''Angus Deayton:''' Lee, what are you thinking about this?<br />
'''Lee Mack:''' Well, I have to say, the idea of saving money on paper clips is absolutely ridiculous, although the accent is swinging it a little bit... Okay, we think that's true.<br />
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== [[Radio]] ==
* The characters Hamish and Dougal, created by Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer for the Sound Charades round in ''[[
== [[Stand Up Comedy]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In Disney's ''[[The Wind in
* In the Disney cartoon ''Pigs Is Pigs'', the conflict in the story is partially because the Scottish McMorehouse doesn't want to pay an extra 4 cents to have the guinea pigs shipped as "pigs" rather than as "pets" (probably justified in this case because 4 cents would be a lot of money in 1905).
* In the wartime cartoon "The Spirit of '43", [[Donald Duck]]'s thrifty side is represented by a Scottish duck.
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