History Main / LostHimInACardGame

* Happened in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' where Johnny was bet and lost by Momma to a big game hunter [[VillainousGlutton (a character homage to Sydney Greenstreet)]] in a poker game. He cheated in an obvious manner but it took the length of the episode for Momma to realize this and come to Johnny's rescue.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', Mr. Krabs bets [=SpongeBob=] in a poker match with Plankton. Plankton tries forcing [=SpongeBob=] to make a Krabby Patty, but only becomes frustrated when he refuses. When Plankton finally gives up and gives [=SpongeBob=] back to Mr. Krabs, he admits he cheated. More plausible in that he didn't bet the sponge himself, but [=SpongeBob=]'s ''contract of employment.''

* In one ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1107.html strip]] (warning: spoilers!), a cleric of Loki is taking her baby adventuring with her, and Belkar wonders if the Church of Loki provides childcare. Haley says it does, but it's not recommended. Cut to a poker game at the Greysky City Thieves' Guild, with their cleric shoving a baby across the table and saying "Call."

* In ''[[SClub7 S-Club 7 in Miami]]'', their boss at the hotel where they work loses them in a poker game to a rival hotel owner.

* In ''Film/TheSecretLifeOfWalterMitty1947'', one of Walter's fantasies is life as Antebellum Mississippi riverboat gambler Gaylord Mitty. The dream starts with Gaylord winning the deed to his rival's plantation. The rival then tries to stake his fiancee's hand, which he knows Gaylord is greatly interested in, but Mitty is "unable to hold a lady to such a bargain" and the wager is changed to the rival "[[LoserLeavesTown going North]]" against Mitty's winnings. [[spoiler: The rival wins, accuses Mitty of cheating, and loses the showdown. Gaylord then restores the plantation to the young lady, whose father had been swindled out of it years earlier, and leaves to join his regiment because the first shots of the Civil War had been fired.]]

* In ''Film/TheSecretLifeOfWalterMitty1947, one of Walter's fantasies is life as Antebellum Mississippi riverboat gambler Gaylord Mitty. The dream starts with Gaylord winning the deed to his rival's plantation. The rival then tries to stake his fiancee's hand, which he knows Gaylord is greatly interested in, but Mitty is "unable to hold a lady to such a bargain" and the wager is changed to the rival "[[LoserLeavesTown going North]]" against Mitty's winnings. [[spoiler: The rival wins, accuses Mitty of cheating, and loses the showdown. Gaylord then restores the plantation to the young lady, whose father had been swindled out of it years earlier, and leaves to join his regiment because the first shots of the Civil War had been fired.]]

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', Mr. Krabs bets Spongebob in a poker match with Plankton. Plankton tries forcing [=SpongeBob=] to make a Krabby Patty, but only becomes frustrated when he refuses. When Plankton finally gives up and gives [=SpongeBob=] back to Mr. Krabs, he admits he cheated. More plausible in that he didn't bet the sponge himself, but Spongebob's ''contract of employment.''

* Not too long after Creator/WaltDisney left Creator/{{Universal}}--orphaning his proto-[[MickeyMouse Mickey]] character WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit--Creator/WalterLantz won the rights to Oswald in a poker game with company founder Carl Laemmle.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': Grim bets himself and loses in a game of limbo [[WhatAnIdiot (to gain the soul of a hamster, of all things)]], however it ''did'' set the series in motion, so it's not a total loss.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', the freeloader Oscar bets the baby he's supposed to be looking after in a high-stakes poker game after he realizes he's out of chips. The other players [[{{EveryoneHasStandards}} refuse to accept this and storm out]]. Turns out Oscar had a royal flush,[[note]]the best possible hand,[[/note]] so it's not ''as'' bad as it looks.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', the freeloader Oscar bets the baby he's supposed to be looking after in a high-stakes poker game after he realizes he's out of chips. The other players refuse to accept this and storm out. Turns out Oscar had a royal flush,[[note]]the best possible hand,[[/note]] so it's not ''as'' bad as it looks.

* In a ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1107.html strip]] (warning: spoilers!), a cleric of Loki is taking her baby adventuring with her, and Belkar wonders if the Church of Loki provides childcare. Haley says it does, but it's not recommended. Cut to a poker game at the Greysky City Thieves' Guild, with their cleric shoving a baby across the table and saying "Call."

* One issue of ''The Simpsons'' comic used this in order to make Smithers Homer's servant. Just for the fun, note that this was Mr. Burn's way of [[BadBoss matching a $5 bet]], because he had used all his [[ZillionDollarBill "pocket change"]] at the laundromat.

* After the Boston Red Sox won the World Series in 2004, after an almost 90-year drought, a fake ad was aired for [=MasterCard=] that showed various Red Sox fans saying things like, "Oh, I'd trade my car," "I'd trade my house," "I'd trade my firstborn son for the Red Sox to win the World Series!," followed by a montage of these people's pledged items being ruthlessly confiscated - right up to the toddler who delightedly squeals, "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Go Sox!]]" as he's carried away... It ended with the logo of two interlocking circles... followed by one circle falling away with a "snip" noise while someone voiced-over, "OW." Denis Leary had pledged his left nut.

** In Episode V, it is revealed that Lando lost the Millennium Falcon to Han in a card game called sabacc. The way they talk about that ship, [[CargoShip it could be considered a person.]]

* ''Honeymoon in Vegas''

* The RobertAsprin novel ''Little Myth Marker'', part of his ''Literature/MythAdventures'' series. The title is a reference to ''Little Miss Marker''. [[spoiler: Subverted in that is later revealed that this was done deliberately on the orders of the "kid" bet so as to infiltrate the hero's household.]]

** Clan trial also work this way they wager in almost anything, be it equipment, mechs, and even personnel. The winner gets the spoils wagered, and even their opponent when they want to.

* In the ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' quickstart, one of the characters won an NPC ally this way (said NPC bet himself, and expects to be free after three tasks). [[spoiler: Later on, the PCs have the option of trying to win back one (or possibly more, if things go badly enough) of their souls like this. Betting the NPC is listed as a way to get the opponent to bet said soul, but dings [[Main/KarmaMeter Wisdom]].]]

* Kinda happens in ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', as Kitten challenges Tzeench to a game of [[Franchise/YuGiOh Paradox-Billiards-Vostroyan-Roulette-Fourth-Dimensional-Chess-Strip-Poker]] with Magnus' soul as the stakes, but Kitten does it to free Magnus instead of keeping him.

* Kinda happens in ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', as Kitten challenges Tzeench to a game of [[Franchise/YuGiOh Paradox-Billiards-Vostroyan-Roulette-Fourth-Dimensional-Chess-Strip-Poker]] with Magnus' soul as the stakes, but Kitten does it to free Magnus.

* In ''Film/AmazingGrace'', William Wilberforce pulls out of a card game when his opponent bets a slave. Needless to say, a serious example.

* ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', where Gerald O'Hara wins Pork (his slave valet) in a {{poker}} game.

* Literature/ErastFandorin bet the heroine against a donkey in ''The Turkish Gambit'' (both the book and the movie), for a lack of any money or means of transportation. But then, as he is quick to point out, he was BornLucky, and so knew he was not risking anything.

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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', Mr. Krabs bets Spongebob in a poker match with Plankton. Plankton tries forcing [=SpongeBob=] to make a Krabby Patty, but only becomes frustrated when he refuses. When Plankton finally gives up and gives [=SpongeBob=] back to Mr. Krabs, he admits he cheated. More plausible in that he didn't bet the sponge himself, but Spongebob's ''contract of employment.''

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'' Timon bet Pumbaa in a poker game, and lost him to the owner of a meat processing plant.

* Happened in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' where Johnny was bet and lost by Momma to a big game hunter [[VillainousGlutton (a character homage to Sydney Greenstreet)]] in a poker game. He cheated in an obvious manner but it took the length of the episode for Momma to realize this and come to Johnny's rescue.

* ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' "Bad Manager" Kaz bets Ami and Yumi in a game of RockPaperScissors. Different game, same plot. Slick Shady, who won the girls, actually did a better job managing their careers than Kaz usually does. Despite this, Ami and Yumi challenged for a RockPaperScissors game for the right to return to Kaz.
* [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Grim]] bets himself and loses in a game of limbo [[WhatAnIdiot (to gain the soul of a hamster, of all things)]], however it ''did'' set the series in motion, so it's not a total loss.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', the freeloader Oscar bets the baby he's supposed to be looking after in a high-stakes poker game after he realizes he's out of chips. The other players refuse to accept this and storm out. Turns out Oscar had a royal flush,[[note]]the best possible hand,[[/note]] so it's not ''as'' bad as it looks.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'', Stanley sold his soul to the Devil, known in this series as "Bob". The Mask challenged Bob to a dance contest for his freedom. When he lost, Bob challenged Mask for a double or nothing rematch, which Bob lost, resulting on him having to be Mask's servant.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gawayn}}'': When Sir Roderick becomes TheGamblingAddict in "Casino Quest", he ends up losing his squire William in a bet.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' episode "Idiot's Array," Zeb bets Chopper in a game of Sabacc, believing he has an unbeatable hand. Unfortunately, his opponent is Lando Calrissian, who uses the titular hand to beat him, winning Chopper in the process. The ''Ghost'' crew has to help Lando in his schemes for the rest of the episode in order to win Chopper back.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BountyHamster'' episode "Just Deserts", Marion loses Cassie in a card game.

* As slaves are the legal property of their master, there is nothing preventing slave-owners from betting their slaves whenever slavery is legalized, as shown in [[http://img.posterlounge.de/images/wbig/gustave-dore-russian-cartoon-1854-349214.jpg this]] cartoon about UsefulNotes/ImperialRussia.