History Main / MoneyDearBoy

** In 2016, an expansion team was granted to UsefulNotes/LasVegas (who would be dubbed the Vegas Golden Knights), an area untapped by major leagues[[note]]To further emphasize the "money over values" aspect of this trope, part of the reason why Las Vegas had been untapped by all the "Big Four" leagues (NHL, [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL]], [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball MLB]], and [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]]) for nearly ''a century'' was because all of these leagues felt that Las Vegas' gambling culture would undermine the integrity of the game. Following the success of the Golden Knights, the NFL and MLB would later allow the UsefulNotes/{{Oakland}} Raiders and Athletics, respectively, to relocate to Vegas, largely due to this trope (as both teams wanted a new stadium that would be better for their business)[[/note]] instead of Quebec City due to the huge fee that would be shared with the 30 other teams. While Quebec City is a traditional hockey market, the crowded area and Canadian dollar uncertainties that already drove the previous team away in 1995 made granting a franchise for a expansion team there somehow riskier; also, a Quebec expansion team would likely require an existing team in the Eastern Conference to move west, which is why UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} got the 32nd slot, which required simply moving one team in the Pacific Division to the Central.

* Creator/AlexTrebek signed onto host the short-lived 1981 game show ''Series/{{Pitfall}}'' after going through a bitter divorce coupled with the passing of his father. Despite leaping over several legal hurdles in his native Canada to get the job, the second of his two paychecks bounced due to parent company Catalena Productions [[TroubledProduction going bankrupt mid-production]]. All was not lost as he went onto host ''Series/{{Battlestars}}'' for NBC later that same year.

* Creator/ChristopherPriestComics did a mini-series in the '90s called ''Total Justice'', which was a [[MerchandiseDriven tie-in to a popular Batman toy line at the time]]. Today, Priest considers the series an OldShame and is adamant that he only agreed to write it because promotional books offer a better pay rate.

* Wrestling/{{Sting}} had no interest in wrestling as a youth and didn't even know what it was because, according to him during his appearance on [[Wrestling/JimRoss ''The Ross Report'']], he lived in an area where wrestling wasn't shown on TV. He heard the name Wrestling/HulkHogan but didn't know who he was until he started working out in his gym. When Borden was approached to become a wrestler, he admits that only did it for the money and fame. Needless to say, he eventually developed a genuine love for wrestling. With that in mind, Sting's talents don't come cheaply (he was reportedly the highest-paid wrestler in WCW for many years, to the point where Wrestling/ScottHall referred to his initial offering as "Sting money") and the reason he left TNA in 2014 and finally joined WWE at least ten years too late was that TNA was in a financial mess and could no longer afford to pay him, along with many other of its top talent.

* Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura's WWE run has been derided for how poorly he was used after being called up to the main roster in 2017 and many fans expected him to leave the promotion when his contract came up in 2021; possibly to return to Japan or join the then-fledgling AEW. Instead he signed an extension, despite never being pushed to a consistent main-event level like he was in his native Japan. Nakamura has said that he used to wrestler for "art", now he's wresting for "money". So whatever WWE is paying him to be a midcard gatekeeper must be better than the offers he was getting from Japan or any other promotion.

* After Creator/BruceWillis' A-list career [[StarDerailingRole flatlined]] with ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'' in 2013, the majority of his output became AdvertisedExtra roles in DirectToVideo films, culminating in seven of those in 2021. While it was clear that he was being well paid to work little, many fans still wondered why Willis was taking these jobs given how they were dragging down his reputation, to the point that in 2021, the UsefulNotes/{{Golden Raspberry Award}}s created a special category just to make fun of his movies. Those questions were seemingly answered in 2022 when Willis retired from acting, with family members citing aphasia and later admitting it had progressed into full-blown dementia. With that, the consensus on Willis' late-period career suddenly turned darker and more tragic: that he took the roles knowing he had little time left, and wanting to make enough money to retire comfortably while he was still able to work, something that led many who previously mocked him over his career decisions to apologize -- the Razzies retracted their special category out of respect for Willis, while Website/{{Cracked}} unlisted a [=YouTube=] video called "The Brucie Awards" which mocked Willis' direct-to-video film roles.

** One of Welles' last roles was voicing the ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'' villain Unicron. While both the character and the performance are unforgettable, Welles himself viewed the production with contempt and could only recall it was a movie about "toys killing each other."

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'': Featuring the voice talents of Creator/OrsonWelles, Creator/LeonardNimoy, and Creator/EricIdle, among others, in what can best be described as an [[MerchandiseDriven 80-minute toy commercial]]. They were ''all'' in it for the money.

** On the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' film, Creator/HugoWeaving has [[http://collider.com/hugo-weaving-the-hobbit-trilogy-interview/203015/ casually admitted]] to phoning in his performance as Megatron. He seems guilty about it.

--> None of the writing on this series, in my opinion, was good or passionate or, sometimes (my own included, like “The Autobot Run”) even adequate. But we got paid well for writing them fast.

** Berry received a $500,000 bonus on top of her base salary for ''Film/{{Swordfish}}'' in exchange for agreeing to bare her breasts on-camera. (Giving new meaning to FanerviceExtra)

** Berry received a $500,000 bonus on top of her base salary for ''Film/{{Swordfish}}'' in exchange for agreeing to bare her breasts on-camera.

* Creator/DorisDay's sole foray into series television ''The Doris Day Show'' (1968-73) owes its existence to this trope. Her late husband[[note]]Who had her signed her to do the series '''without''' her knowledge had left her financially destitute. [[FromBadToWorse And she owed the IRS a ton in back taxes]].

However, should a cash-in movie end up DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible, both the audience and the critics are likely to be notably less forgiving than they would be while judging a bad movie with original, artistic premise marred by flawed execution. As a result, rather paradoxically, an artist who takes the job for the money is perhaps best trying to put in a decent (or at least entertaining) performance even in a movie that doesn't match up to their standards. Thus, they're likely to elicit more respect from the audience if they TookTheBadFilmSeriously or end up ChewingTheScenery with HamAndCheese than if they took the money but made it clear through their performance that they couldn't care less for anything but the paycheck.