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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21563692 A Father's Faith]]'', Team Arrow enlist Back Siren's help to resurrect Laurel. She asks them why would Laurel ''want'' to return, given that they all took everything from her and never gave anything back. Everyone is uncomfortably affected by this, but ironically, the person we see a first person P.O.V. reaction to this (Thea), is probably the one person who has the least to worry about.[[note]]Though as an author's note points out, the fact that Thea does feel guilty and worries that she's taking advantage of Laurel is exactly why she doesn't have to worry.[[/note]] Then turned on its head when Quentin replies that is exactly why Laurel ''would'' want to return, to help people, even if they took her for granted.

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* ''Fanfic/ThreeCanKeepASecret'': The relationship between the Pines Twins is strongly interpreted as one of these, with Mabel as a habitual Taker who simply expects Dipper to act as a Giver and most commonly leans on his low self-esteem to get what she wants, but things change for both of them as a result of [[AdaptationalAlternateEnding Dipper deciding to accept Stanford's apprenticeship]].

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* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5158315/1/A-Throne-of-Bayonets The prior fic]] ends with Asuka and Shinji so burned-out that they were afraid of having a real relationship, so Asuka proposes this setup in lieu of an actual romance (her as the Taker, Shinji as the Giver), not expecting him to actually agree to such a loveless one-sided affair, only for him to accept it on the basis that it was better than nothing. This fic has several characters, including their own future selves (who are in a healthy relationship) denounce that "agreement" a hollow shell of a relationship.

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* ''Fanfic/{{Couturiere}}'': Marinette suffers from an inverted version of this; others grew so used to her unwavering support that they began taking it completely for granted. Hawkmoth incorporates this into his BreakingSpeech, declaring upfront that while he's using her to his own ends, [[AtLeastIAdmitIt he's being honest about it]], and is actually offering something in return.

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* ''Literature/WhereAreTheChildren'': Nancy states that her first husband was always "good to [her]"; he made important decisions for her, got her medication and looked after her, including sometimes taking on extra childcare and housework, because Nancy was often depressed and "sick", especially as she'd been abruptly orphaned shortly before marrying Carl and had no family or close friends in San Francisco. Nancy often felt guilty that Carl took on so much and she couldn't be a better wife because of her frequent ailments; she also felt guilty that she never truly fell in love with Carl despite everything he did for her. [[spoiler:It becomes clear that Carl intentionally manipulated Nancy into believing she was constantly frail and helpless so that she'd be completely dependent on him]].

* Syera of ''Website/{{Springhole}}'' mentions this trope in [[https://www.springhole.net/writing/writing-predatory-people.htm their article about predatory people]]. These types of people are always expecting others to do emotional labor for them and think they can repay the favor with sex and physical gifts ''if'' they bother to pay back at all.

* This is {{Discussed}} in ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' when Bill joins a chorus group. When Bill tries to argue that they are his friends and need him, Hank brings up how they have only been asking him to give (to the point where they made him use up his sick and vacation days at work) and talks about how friendship is a two-way street.
* This is the relationship between [[AlphaBitch Chloé]] and [[BetaBitch Sabrina]] in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''. Sabrina does [[Characters/MiraculousLadybugChloeBourgeois Chloé Bourgeois]];'s schoolwork for her, carries out the grunt work in Chloé's petty schemes, and generally waits on her "best friend" hand and foot. Chloé offers rather little in return outside of the occasional PetTheDog moment.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', this is the relationship [[Characters/SouthParkEricCartman Eric Cartman]] and his mother have. And it works both ways, according to "Tsst!" - Cartman gets spoiled rotten, while his mother has a ready-made companion to do stuff she enjoys. A fact that [[JerkAss Cartman]] twists to his advantage at every opportunity.
** This is also the case with Cartman's romantic relationship with Heidi Turner in Season 21. Heidi's desire for an honest, open, and equal relationship is hardly unreasonable, but Cartman believes she's demanding too much of him because he's such a [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] [[TheSociopath sociopath]] - he wants to be cared for without caring back in return. After dithering on it some as well as briefly [[TookALevelInJerkass becoming exactly like him]], Heidi finally wises up at the end of the season and permanently breaks up with Cartman.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Any relationship with [[Characters/DCAUHarleyQuinn Harley Quinn]], where she will be The Giver. She invokes this trope being the lover of ComicBook/TheJoker and ComicBook/PoisonIvy's friend. Justified because those two are [[TheSociopath sociopaths]] and can only be The Takers. The truly ''disturbing'' thing about Harley is that she looks for this type of relationship (The Joker and Poison Ivy maybe could ''like'' Harley, but as sociopaths, they cannot ''truly care'' about her). Even in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' we see that Harley has this type of relationship with her granddaughters, the twins, when Harley bails them out of jail and they only act with indifference and annoying to her screams and recriminations.

* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' has Lelouch masterfully manipulating Rolo into being a Giver. Poor Rolo thought someone actually liked him. Of course, being both a [[ReplacementGoldfish fake replacement sibling]] ''and'' an assassin ordered to kill Lelouch if he was shown to have his memories regained did not endear him. Also, Rolo had become the manipulative type of Giver, to the point he wanted Lelouch as his brother to the point where he would forget Nunnally. And once [[spoiler:Rolo killed Shirley in cold blood]], Lelouch pretty much tried to get rid of him as payback. Until, ironically enough, [[spoiler:Rolo saved his life [[RedemptionEqualsDeath at the cost of his own]]]].

* In ''Manga/DeathNote'', SmugSnake {{Light|IsNotGood}} [[SerialKiller Yagami]] and his girlfriend/co-conspirator [[MadLove Misa]] are like this; Light is a manipulative ConsummateLiar who takes advantage of Misa's mental instability and desperation for support to make her both his most dangerous pawn and his lover - in his defense, though, it wasn't as if she [[{{Yandere}} gave him much of a choice]]. This results in a relationship where Light plays with her life, like everyone else's, while she is gradually consumed by her obsession with him, despite his total lack of affection toward her. It culminates in [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide her death]]]]. A stranger example happens in the Yostuba arc, where Light's MemoryGambit has him working on his own murder investigation under [[SympatheticInspectorAntagonist L]]. During this period, Light is genuinely trying to help, and L gladly accepts his generosity - while trying to get him convicted for murder.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': This was [[Characters/AmphibiaAnneBoonchuy Anne Boonchuy's]] dynamic with her friend [[Characters/AmphibiaSashaWaybright Sasha Waybright]]. Sasha would constantly give her things and do whatever she wanted when asked, with one of these incidents contributing to them and their other best friend Marcy all ending up in Amphibia. For her part, Sasha does truly see Anne as one of her closest friends; her manipulative tendencies simply extend to ''everyone'', and she views her regular coercing of Anne and Marcy as being for their benefit. Mind you, she is aware of how controlling she can be, and does come to acknowledge how that harms their friendship... [[IgnoredEpiphany but still feels no reason to change]] for a good while longer, since she fully believes that this behavior helps push her friends to greater success.

* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', Bill manages to talk [[Characters/GravityFallsDipperPines Dipper Pines]] into a [[DealWithTheDevil deal]] by pointing out that he constantly sacrifices for [[Characters/GravityFallsMabelPines Mabel Pines]] and she never extends the same courtesy to him. Indeed, even after Bill [[spoiler:steals Dipper's body]], Mabel's still more concerned about putting on her puppet show than helping him. Fortunately, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Bill wasn't expecting]] Mabel to move past this. Then again, [[spoiler:she has [[AesopAmnesia slipped back into this]] a few times, the final time resulting in [[NiceJobBreakingItHero allowing Bill to finally take control of Gravity Falls]]]].