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A person is told that they are to inherit or acquire a million bucks; "bucks" in this case refers to a herd of deer that has been waiting just offscreen to trample the greedy contestant. A person says they want bills (meaning bank-notes) and instead of money, they find that their house has been stuffed full of ill-tempered geese. They ask a magic witch for a spell that gives them "a ton of dough" and that witch tries to bake them into a pie.

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A person is told that they are to inherit or acquire a million bucks; "bucks" in this case refers to a herd of deer that has been waiting just offscreen to trample the greedy contestant. A person says they want bills (meaning bank-notes) and instead of money, they find that their house has been stuffed full of ill-tempered geese.geese (or water/electricity or other overdue bills). They ask a magic witch for a spell that gives them "a ton of dough" and that witch tries to bake them into a pie.
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** "A Day At the Zoo" has a scene displaying two cages, the first with four deer and the second with two skunks. It is described as four bucks and two scents.
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* WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker is playing a piano at the gunpoint of a robber hiding in the piano in "Convict Concerto". As Woody attempts to tell a policeman the money is within reach, whispering "The dough...the dough...", the thug puts the gun to Woody and he starts ad libbing " do de do de do" to the music (Lizst's Second Rhapsody).
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': In "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E26BubbleBassReviewsPatricksPrisonPals Patrick's Prison Pals]]", one of the prisoners makes lots of "bread" from betting on Patrick. Not money, but actual loaves of bread.
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* One schoolyard prank involves asking someone if they want X amount of bucks. If they say yes, reply "Okay, sit on my back." When they do, you buck like a horse.

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* One schoolyard prank involves asking someone if they want X amount of bucks. If they say yes, reply "Okay, sit on my back." When they do, you buck like a horse. Only recommended if you are larger than the person you are pranking.
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* One schoolyard prank involves asking someone if they want X amount of bucks. If they say yes, reply "Okay, sit on my back." When they do, you buck like a horse.

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