History Main / LintValue

* In a commercial for the McDonalds Dollar Menu, a guy goes to various places to find out [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyzYI3TV8IQ what he can get for a dollar.]]

* In ''ImGonnaGitYouSucka'' Creator/ChrisRock [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNQRqAoT-2c appears at Hammer & Slammer's BBQ joint.]] Since an order of ribs costs $2.50 and you get 5 ribs, he orders 1 rib for 50 cents. They reluctantly agree, then Rock pulls out a huge roll of cash and asks for change for a $100 bill. Rock later recycled the character when he was on ''InLivingColor'' and ''SaturdayNightLive''. This is based on part of Rock's stand-up routine, where he describes working at McDonalds and dealing with customers who only have $0.40 and try to negotiate for a single [=McNugget=], or a burger consisting of only the bun and pickle.

* In the movie of ''TheLittleRascals'', the gang tries to buy materials from a lumber yard to rebuild their clubhouse, but run into a small snag- they only have a few dollars (which they assume is more than enough) which is enough for a piece of wood the size of a dollar note.

* ''FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids'' In the first episode, the gang decides they want to start a band. They go to a music store, pick out a pile of instruments, hear how much it will all cost, then ask the counterman what they can get for the amount they have. He shows them a single drum mallet. (The rest of the episode shows how they improvised instruments -- except for Rudy's guitar -- from junkyard stuff, and proceeded to play them on every subsequent episode as well as the opening titles.)

* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', [[{{KidHero}} Aang]], who only has three copper pieces, tries to haggle with a pirate who is selling a [[{{MakingASplash}} waterbending]] scroll for 100 gold pieces. He offers one copper piece. Then, okay, how about ''two'' copper pieces? (He gets kicked out of the shop.)

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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation?CampLazlo'', Scoutmaster Lumpus attempts to pay a restaurant bill with the contents of the Bean Scouts' pockets: buttons, lint, string, a frog...

''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' where Peter and Lois are stranded in another country without money--they go to the black market to be smuggled back into America, Peter offers to pay for fake passports and transportation with the lint and bits of string he has in his pockets, but the clerk refers him to the sign already posted that they do not accept lint or bits of string as payment.

* In an episode of ''CampLazlo'', Scoutmaster Lumpus attempts to pay a restaurant bill with the contents of the Bean Scouts' pockets: buttons, lint, string, a frog...

* Implied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' where the family is stranded in another country without money--they go to the black market to be smuggled back into America, where there's a sign already posted that they do not accept lint or bits of string as payment.

* In ''ImGonnaGitYouSucka'' ChrisRock [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNQRqAoT-2c appears at Hammer & Slammer's BBQ joint.]] Since an order of ribs costs $2.50 and you get 5 ribs, he orders 1 rib for 50 cents. They reluctantly agree, then Rock pulls out a huge roll of cash and asks for change for a $100 bill. Rock later recycled the character when he was on ''InLivingColor'' and ''SaturdayNightLive''. This is based on part of Rock's stand-up routine, where he describes working at McDonalds and dealing with customers who only have $0.40 and try to negotiate for a single [=McNugget=], or a burger consisting of only the bun and pickle.

* In the film BuffyTheVampireSlayer, Buffy and her ValleyGirl friends watch Pike and his buddy deposit a handful of change on the table at a diner and ask if the amount is sufficient for pie.

* In an homage to the above, the television series BuffyTheVampireSlayer Season Two premiere "Anne" showed Buffy working as a waitress; two young runaways who spent all their money on matching tattoos deposit a handful of change on the table and ask if it will get them anything.

* In ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'', [[{{KidHero}} Aang]], who only has three copper pieces, tries to haggle with a pirate who is selling a [[{{MakingASplash}} waterbending]] scroll for 100 gold pieces. He offers one copper piece. Then, okay, how about ''two'' copper pieces? (He gets kicked out of the shop.)
* Implied in an episode of ''FamilyGuy'' where the family is stranded in another country without money--they go to the black market to be smuggled back into America, where there's a sign already posted that they do not accept lint or bits of string as payment.

* In ''ImGonnaGitYouSucka'' ChrisRock [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNQRqAoT-2c appears at Hammer & Slammer's BBQ joint.]] Since an order of ribs costs $2.50 and you get 5 ribs, he orders 1 rib for 50 cents. They reluctantly agree, then Rock pulls outt a huge roll of cash and asks for change for a $100 bill. Rock later recycled the character when he was on ''InLivingColor'' and ''SaturdayNightLive''.
** Based on part of Rock's stand-up routine, where he describes working at [=McDonalds=] and dealing with customers who only have $0.40 and try to negotiate for a single [=McNugget=], or a burger consisting of only the bun and pickle.

* Implied in an episode of ''FamilyGuy'' where the family is stranded in another country without money--they go to the black market to be smuggled back into America, where there's a sign already posted that they do not except lint or bits of string as payment.

* Seen in the ''BrawlInTheFamily'' strip where Bowser gets his flying clown car.
* Subverted in ''AwkwardZombie'' [[http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=082911 here]].

* In ''ImGonnaGitYouSucka'' ChrisRock [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNQRqAoT-2c appears at Hammer & Slammer's BBQ joint.]] Since an order of ribs costs $2.50 and you get 5 ribs, he orders 1 rib for 50 cents. They reluctantly agree, then Rock asks for change for a $100 bill. Rock later recycled the character when he was on ''SaturdayNightLive''.

** The pirate [[ActuallyPrettyFunny thought it was hilarious]] the first time, but not the second. Still, they didn't get kicked out -- they ran because [[spoiler: Katara stole it while the pirate's back was turned]].

* In ''Film/BubbleBoy'', as the eponymous character tries to get a bus ticket with a small amount of change, the man at the ticket booth tells him to take a step back to show that it's all he could afford with it.

* In ''Film/BubbleBoy'', as the titular character tries to get a bus ticket with a small amount of change, the man at the ticket booth tells him to take a step back to show that it's all he could afford with it.