Work Off the Debt: Difference between revisions

* In [[One Piece]], Luffy is forced to work at the Baratie as a chore boy for a year after damaging the restaurant when he deflects one of Fullbody's cannon balls. Ultimately, Zeff releases him from his debt in exchange for defeating Don Krieg, largely because with his incompetence, the restaurant wouldn't last a year with him around.

* The title character of ''[[Shinryaku! Ika Musume]]'' is stuck working at the Lemon Beach House to work off her debt, although in her case she's working to pay to fix the hole she blasted in the restaurant's wall. When she asks how long it will take, Eiko replies that it would take her 5 or 6 years to pay it all off. Even a [[Cute Monster Girl|squid girl]] who until recently had no concept of debt or money realizes that this is ridiculous:

* In ''[[Peach Girl]]'', Kairi Okayasu gets his wallet stolen by street punks at one point. He doesn't realize it until he gets the (rather cheap) bill at a restaurant, and winds up washing dishes.

* In ''[[Pokémon Special]]'', Black is forced to work for White after she shows him how much she paid to cover for the scenery and equipment he destroyed. Which is just fine for White, as she really needed his Tepig for a movie shooting.

 

* Rare [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyneMDq0938 musical reference]:

''He gon' make it to a Benz out of that Datsun'' }}

 

* In ''[[Hey Arnold]]'', Helga wins a coupon to a fancy French restaurant. When it comes time to pay the bill, it turns out that the coupon was for the fancy French restaurant across the street with a very similar name.

** Phoebe wonders why Helga didn't just explain the situation to the waiter, rather than order more food while she stalled for a friend to bring a box of cockroaches over, thus causing a greater debt than she already incurred:

'''Phoebe:''' But isn't that just exacerbating the problem? }}

** It happens again with Sid getting into debt to Big Gino. Gino's gang begins threatening Sid, but Sid gets Arnold to talk to Gino. Gino respects Arnold, so he proposes having Sid work for him for two weeks to pay off the debt. Sid ends up getting roped into Gino's gang, and trouble ensues.