History Main / AnOfferYouCantRefuse

** Volume 5 shows that this is a terrible way of building loyalty, and only works if the subject is truly intimidated. When Cinder cajoles Raven's BanditTribe for help with the theft of the Haven Relic, Raven only agrees after showing how unimpressed she is by Cinder's threats. She later confides with her subordinate that they are going to double-cross Cinder the first chance they get.

* On the ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'', [[Characters/DreamSMPDream Dream]] makes this to each member of L'Manburg (a rival faction run by SMP members Wilbur, Tommy, Tubbo, Fundy, and Eret that ends up declaring independence) during the L'Manburg War for Independence -- to [[JoinOrDie join him or die]]. None of them take the offer [[spoiler:except for [[RebelliousRebel Eret]], who is "rewarded" with {{Puppet King}}ship of the Greater SMP in return]].

* On the ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'', [[Characters/DreamSMPDream Dream]] makes this to each member of L'Manburg[[note]]a rival faction run by SMP members Wilbur, Tommy, Tubbo, Fundy, and Eret that ends up declaring independence[[/note]] during the L'Manburg War for Independence -- to [[JoinOrDie join him or die]]. None of them take the offer [[spoiler:except for [[RebelliousRebel Eret]], who is "rewarded" with {{Puppet King}}ship of the Greater SMP in return.]]

* Hilarious zig-zag in the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "A Gruesome Twosome": A girl puckers up for a male cat to kiss her but he gets yanked out of the scene. A dog suddenly appears and disclaims he does not belong in the cartoon, "'''''But I can't pass up a chance like THIS!!!'''''" and gives the girl cat an incredible kiss before exhuberantly exiting the scene.

* Hilarious zig-zag in the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "A Gruesome Twosome": A girl puckers up for a male cat to kiss her but he gets yanked out of the scene. A dog suddenly appears and disclaims he does not belong in the cartoon, "'''''But I can't pass up a chance like THIS!!!''''' and gives the girl cat an incredible kiss before exhuberantly exiting the scene.

** The trope is subverted in this film when Michael assures Fredo that he'll make Moe Greene "an offer he can't refuse". In fact, Michael makes the offer in a confrontational and condescending way, almost ''forcing'' Greene to refuse it--which he does. Apparently, Michael wanted Greene to turn him down, giving him an excuse to arrange a MoeGreeneSpecial for the movie's climax.
*** In the novel, it's stated that Moe had occasionally publicly humiliated Fredo Corleone, and that Tom Hagen realized when the offer was made that Moe Green was a dead man, because the Corleone family DID NOT WISH to convince him. Michael is intent on avenging the family dishonor.

** As a job for Nacho, Mike has Tuco sent to prison by framing him for an armed robbery and assault. Tuco's uncle Hector wants Mike to reduce Tuco's sentence by admitting to the police that the gun Tuco had was actually Mike's. First Hector makes an offer of $5,000, then he sends armed thugs to Mike's house to strong-arm him into agreeing, and then he sends the Cousins in to threaten the lives of Mike's family, at which point Mike realizes he has no choice. When Mike has another meeting with Hector, Hector rescinds his initial monetary offer and says the deal is Mike agrees to reduce Tuco's sentence, and he gets to leave the building alive, although Mike is able to impress Hector enough to shake a $50,000 payment out of him.
** Later, Gus forces Nacho to be his double-agent against the Salamancas, because he knows that Nacho induced Hector's heart attack by swapping his medication with placebos. The Salamancas [[ColdBloodedTorture are extremely sadistic]] against those they consider their enemies, so Gus threatens to let this information slip to them if he doesn't cooperate. Later on, Gus threatens the life of Nacho's father to keep him in line. Gus agreeing [[spoiler:to leave Nacho's father in peace is what gets Nacho to agree to be executed]].

* In the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' fic ''Fanfic/{{Forward}}'', Womack forces Mal and his crew into one of these; either they sabotage a former business partner's organ smuggling operation, or Womack will frame and then have ''them'' arrested for smuggling instead.

* ''WesternAnimation/ConkersBadFurDay'': Don Weaso applies this to Conker twice. The first time occurs when Conker stole his money, he sends him on a suicide mission to repay him. If Conker lives, he could go free as long as he was out of Weaso's territory. If he dies, then meh, no biggie. Conker manages to survive, but just as he's about to head home after the War Chapter, he runs into Weaso again who strongarms him into doing a bank heist. This second time has the added twist that [[spoiler:Weaso is doing it as a ploy to bring Conker to the Panther King]].