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* One [[Donald Duck]] cartoon has Donald trying to eat his (packed) lunch outside, but it starts raining. After many [[Hilarity Ensues|comic mishaps]], an angry Donald forces his way into a fancy restaurant so he can eat his lunch in peace. The ''maître d'hôtel'' charges him for eating his own lunch in the restaurant. After going to court, the judge forces Donald to work off his debt for ten days. The trope is subverted because the closing scene demonstrates the problem with this approach, showing Donald breaking dishes nearly as often as he actually cleans them. The ''maître d'hôtel'' begs him to stop, but Donald holds up his court order. (And, of course, knowing [[Jerkass|Donald]], he's breaking the dishes ''on purpose''.)
** Sometimes he is forced to work off a debt to Uncle Scrooge, with the nature of the task a varying from polishing coins to task of questionable morality and/or legality.
* In the episode of ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]'' when Scrooge temporarily loses all of his wealth due to a years-old contract, he and the group (Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webigail, etc.) eat at a high-end restaurant where they were regulars anyway, saying to put the charge on his account. The contract-holder says the account is his as well, and Scrooge says to "Put it on ''his'' account." The owner doesn't approve of this and puts them to work in the kitchen washing dishes.
* ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'': In "The Big Problem", Timmy wished to be an adult. When he decided to dine at a restaurant, he had to wash the dishes to pay for the bill.
* In another [[Classic Disney Short]], ''Crazy With The Heat'', Goofy, wandering in the desert, [[Hollywood Mirage|hallucinates a soda fountain]] ran by an Arab sheik. He orders a grand total of six ice-cream floats, none of which he gets to drink because they disappear the moment he tries to. When the sheik asks for the bill, Goofy refuses, and is suddenly holding a pile of dishes for him to wash, under penalty of beheading.
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