History Main / AllJewsAreCheapskates

--->'''Peter:''' Hey, how about all those coupons in the Sunday paper, huh? Some good deals there. Hey, y'know, I went into a store last week and they wanted 800 bucks for a TV, but I "ussed" him down to 500.

* Gets some use on {{Drawn Together}}for example Claras anti-jew scarecrow whick looks like a waiter with a sign saying tips please on it

Being smart with money actually is part of Jewish culture, for various reasons, but this trope is about exaggerating that aspect to comic levels. Jews aren't just good with money, but really cheap. They won't spend money if they don't have to, even if it's a necessity. They would haggle with anyone over anything (which is why the slang term for haggling is called "jewing". Of course, this is TruthInTelevision in Israel). This kind of joke comes [[SelfDeprecation especially from Jews themselves]] (so doesn't always carry the UnfortunateImplications of similar tropes).

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* The israeli word "Frayer" means someone who pays money or work when not required to.

And tring to not be a frayer is one of the defining aspects of the israeli mentality.

** Though having "a guy" is not primarily a Jewish stereotype; [[KingOfTheHill Hank Hill]] has a guy for everything.
*** Yeah, but their reliability is suspect. His car dealer ripped him off for years.

* In ''CurbYourEnthusiasm,'' Larry David, despite being a half-billionaire, is portrayed as being even worse than George Costanza when it comes to money. Larry is rather often characterized as a "cheap Jew" in his endless quibbling and penny pinching over tips, bills, and other minor sums that he shouldn't really care about in his financial position. In contrast, on the show, the ''actual'' Jason Alexander (who is also Jewish) is shown tipping both generously and anonymously, much to Larry's annoyance. He usually "justifies" it by going on tangents about various social conventions, riffs on which ''Enthusiasm'' and ''Seinfeld'' run on.
** Of course, Costanza was more or less explicitly based on David himself.

* In the episode of ''TheSopranos'' where Tony's debts with his Jewish friend and loan shark Hesh grows out of control, he complains about him fitting this trope to his shrink. She responds by saying that it's an ugly stereotype.

* [[WeirdAl The Pretty Fly Rabbi "won't pay retail price," because "if you want to haggle, oi! He'll make you such a deal!"]]

* In the "Jewsploitation" film ''TheHebrewHammer'', the title character tells his BlackBestFriend that a "Stereotype Alarm" in the villain's base will go off if they do something stereotypical. His friend isn't like that, but the Hammer [[IdiotBall picks up a penny from the floor]] and sets off the alarm.

Being smart with money actually is part of Jewish culture, for various reasons, but this trope is about exaggerating that aspect to comic levels. Jews aren't just good with money, but really cheap. They won't spend money if they don't have to, even if it's a necessity. They would haggle with anyone over anything (which is why the slang term for haggling is called "jewing". Of course, this is TruthInTelevision in Israel). This kind of joke comes [[SelfDeprecation especially from Jews themselves]].

Much like the other stereotype tropes, this has UnfortunateImplications. This is a LighterAndSofter successor to the old GreedyJew stereotype. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Do not confuse the two.]]

This is a LighterAndSofter successor to the old GreedyJew stereotype. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Do not confuse the two.]]

* Ross Geller from ''{{Friends}}''. But not Monica.

* In ''CurbYourEnthusiasm,'' Larry David, despite being a half-billionaire, is portrayed as being even worse than George Costanza when it comes to money. Larry is rather often characterized as a "cheap Jew" in his endless quibbling and penny pinching over tips, bills, and other minor sums that he shouldn't possibly care about in his financial position. In contrast, on the show, the ''actual'' Jason Alexander (who is also Jewish) is shown tipping both generously and anonymously, much to Larry's annoyance. He usually "justifies" it by going on tangents about various social conventions, riffs on which ''Enthusiasm'' and ''Seinfeld'' run on.

* In ''{{Maus}}'', Art Spiegelman's dad is... well...a walking racial stereotype, going to comical lengths to avoid spending money (including taking back half eaten boxes of cereal to a supermarket and harassing the manager until ''he actually gets a refund for the uneaten portions''.) This brought some heat that the book was promoting racism, except Art was simply chronicling things his father did while he wrote the comic. Vladek defends himself by saying he's obsessive over money because careful manipulation of ''very'' scarce resources is what saved his life many times. Art's fiancée, on the other hand, comments that they both have Holocaust survivors in their families, and Vladek is the only one they know who behaves this way.

->'''Kyle Schwartz:''' You, you paid your friends to not make fun of me?\\

* [[TheNanny Fran Fine]] is a notable subversion of this trope, to the point of being a shopaholic and requiring to go into rehab.

* Fran Fine is a notable subversion of this trope, to the point of being a shopaholic and requiring to go into rehab.

* In ''LifeOfBrian'', Brian is trying to buy something from a merchant so he can run off. He's in a hurry, but the ''merchant'' insists that they haggle (this takes place in Israel, remember).

Being smart with money actually is part of Jewish culture, for various reasons, but this trope is about exaggerating that aspect to comic levels. Jews aren't just good with money, but really cheap. They won't spend money if they don't have to, even if it's a necessity. They would haggle with anyone over anything. This kind of joke comes [[SelfDeprecation especially from Jews themselves]].

* Ross Geller from ''{{Friends}}''.
* In ''CurbYourEnthusiasm,'' Larry David, despite being a half-billionaire, is portrayed as being even worse than George Costanza when it comes to money. Larry is rather often characterized as a "cheap Jew" in his endless quibbling and penny pinching over tips, bills, and other minor sums that he shouldn't possibly care about in his financial position. In contrast, on the show, the ''actual'' Jason Alexander (who is also Jewish) is shown tipping both generously and anonymously, much to Larry's annoyance. He usually 'justifies' it by going on tangents about various social conventions, riffs on which ''Enthusiasm'' and ''Seinfeld'' run on.