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-> Everybody's got a price Some may cost a little\\
Everybody's gonna pay Some may cost a lot\\\\
'Cause the Million Dollar Man But I'm the Million Dollar Man\\
'''Always''' gets his way And you '''will''' be bought!\\
[[EvilLaugh Hahahahahahaha!!!!]]\\

-->- The Million Dollar Man's entrance music, {{WWF}}

-> Everybody's got a price\\
Everybody's gonna pay\\
'Cause the Million Dollar Man\\
'''Always''' gets his way\\
\\
Some may cost a little\\
Some may cost a lot\\
But I'm the Million Dollar Man\\
And you '''will''' be bought!\\
[[EvilLaugh Hahahahahahaha!!!!]]

-->''Everybody's got a price''
-->''Everybody's gonna pay''
-->''Cause the Million Dollar Man''
-->''ALWAYS gets his way! [[EvilLaugh HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]]''

-> Some may cost a little\\

->

Some may cost a little\\

-> Everybody's gonna pay\\
-> 'Cause the Million Dollar Man\\
-> '''Always''' gets his way\\
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-> Some may cost a little\\
-> Some may cost a lot\\
-> But I'm the Million Dollar Man\\
-> And you '''will''' be bought!\\
-> [[EvilLaugh Hahahahahahaha!!!!]]

* There is a very well done moment in the ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode ''In The Pale Moonlight'' where Sisko has to go and bribe Quark and Quark reminds him that for all his bluster and condescension about humans being above all that, Sisko has just set his price high. Sisko looks really uncomfortable through the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AommwYj__m8 entire scene]].

* Kapabu's "rule" in ''ExcelSaga'' is founded entirely on bribery.

* Yuri Orlov in ''LordOfWar'' apparently never meets a single border guard unwilling to look away for a moment for a stack of green.

* Yuri Orlow in ''LordOfWar'' apparently never meets a single border guard unwilling to look away for a stack of green.

This occurs when a character or group of characters in a narrative are repeatedly able to use their money as "persuasion" for anyone in their way, with little to no resistance from those being bribed. Whether it's getting past the guards at the SupervillainLair or retrieving vital information from the local townsfolk, these characters always find that money is the universal negotiator. This act of shameless coercion is obviously based on the StockPhrase and heroes and villains alike, it seems, are never shy about finding out what that price is.

This occurs when a character or group of characters in a narrative are repeatedly able to use their money as "persuasion" for anyone in their way, with little to no resistance from those being bribed. Whether it's getting past the guards at the SupervillainLair or retrieving vital information from the local townsfolk, these characters always find that money is the universal negotiator. This act of shameless coercion is obviously based on the StockPhrase "every man has his price" and heroes and villains alike, it seems, are never shy about finding out what that price is.

Since large sums of cash can be required for their bribes, it is common to see a character pull out a BriefcaseFullOfMoney when invoking this trope, but this is certainly not required. It is not required that the bribes involve actual cash either, as they can include anything from delicious candy to gratuitous sexual favors.

Note that this trope does not mean a character ''simply bribes someone'' during the plot threads. It is only indicative of characters who frequently use bribes to coerce others without impunity. Particularly horrendous abusers of this trope show characters that can regularly bribe either their Mooks or other characters to do damn near anything, even for situations where the promised monetary reward would certainly not be worth the risk or loss (such as jobs with a [[CannonFodder near-gaurentee of death or dismemberment]]).

Note that this trope does not mean a character ''simply bribes someone'' during the plot threads. It is only indicative of characters who frequently use bribes to coerce others without impunity. Particularly horrendous abusers of this trope show characters that can regularly bribe either their minions or other neutral characters around them to do damn near anything, even for situations where the promised monetary reward would certainly not be worth the risk or loss (such as jobs with a near-gaurentee of death or dismemberment).

A subtrope of ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney, although the character don't necessarily have to be that much richer than anybody else.

-->Everybody's got a price
-->Everybody's gonna pay
-->Cause the Million Dollar Man
-->ALWAYS gets his way! [[EvilLaugh HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]]

* ''{{WWE}}'': TedDiBiase's character bribed quite a few people during his time as a wrestling {{Heel}}, to the point that it actually became his routine (including the trope title as a sort of CatchPhrase).

A subtrope of ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney. Compare BuyThemOff, where a character attempts to use a form of bribery to atone for evil actions, and VillainWithGoodPublicity, for characters who take bribery, coercion, and fraud to a whole different level.

->'''GeorgeWashington''', ''Moral Maxims''

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->"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder." \\
'''GeorgeWashington''', ''Moral Maxims''

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