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Mooching Master refers to a very particular type of teacher-student relationship: the student is indebted to the master and the master takes advantage of it for personal gain. This is not merely the master asking for money, that'd be too simple. The master actually asks for things that go from annoying to illegal to even life-threatening. But the student owes so much to the master, he feels obligated to comply out of a desire to honor her.
This trope is almost always played for laughs, even in a serious work, and the master is usually not actually malicious. This doesn't mean her mooching is harmless, though, it can actually make the student get in loads of trouble trying to please his master. And the teacher, while she might be teaching the student with her antics, is, when all's said and done, genuinely taking advantage of him to a degree.
Compare WaxOnWaxOff, where the chores the student is performing are actually genuine teaching tools. {{Trickster Mentor}}s are very fond of this trope. TheSvengali is a more malicious version, hobbling their students' growth to continue to take advantage of them. Compare FairWeatherMentor, who exploits their students for accolades instead of money.
This trope is almost always played for laughs, even in a serious work, and the master is usually not actually malicious. This doesn't mean her mooching is harmless, though, it can actually make the student get in loads of trouble trying to please his master. And the teacher, while she might be teaching the student with her antics, is, when all's said and done, genuinely taking advantage of him to a degree.
Compare WaxOnWaxOff, where the chores the student is performing are actually genuine teaching tools. {{Trickster Mentor}}s are very fond of this trope. TheSvengali is a more malicious version, hobbling their students' growth to continue to take advantage of them. Compare FairWeatherMentor, who exploits their students for accolades instead of money.
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The Mooching Master trope refers to a very particular type of teacher-student relationship: relationship, one in which the student is indebted to the master and the master takes advantage of it this for personal gain. This is not merely the master asking for money, money; that'd be too simple. The master actually instead asks for things that go ''favors'', which run from annoying to illegal to even life-threatening. But the student owes so much to the master, he feels obligated to comply out of a desire to honor her.
This trope is almost alwaysplayed for laughs, PlayedForLaughs, even in a serious work, and the master is usually not actually malicious. This doesn't mean her mooching is harmless, though, as it can actually make the student get in loads of trouble trying to please his master. And And, of course, the teacher, while teacher – even though she might be teaching the student with her antics, antics – is, when all's all is said and done, genuinely taking advantage of him to a degree.
Compare WaxOnWaxOff,where in which the chores the student is performing are actually genuine teaching tools. {{Trickster Mentor}}s are very fond of this trope. TheSvengali is a more malicious version, hobbling their students' growth to continue to take advantage of them. Compare FairWeatherMentor, who exploits their students for accolades instead of money.
This trope is almost always
Compare WaxOnWaxOff,
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* A downplayed example occurs in ''Webcomic/JoeVsElanSchool''. Christy makes a big deal about Joe becoming a "full coordinator," then later a "re-entry" student, but in reality she only does it to force Joe to stay at Elan School longer and run Elan 8 for her without being paid for it. Ron eventually returns to call Christy out for turning Joe into her slave.
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* ''Series/{{House}}''. Give him students and he will send them to get him cable. And donuts.
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* ''Series/{{House}}''.Series/{{House}}. Give him students and he will send them to get him cable. And donuts.
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* Series/{{House}}.''Series/{{House}}''. Give him students and he will send them to get him cable. And donuts.
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* In the lead-up to the [[TournamentArc Indigo League]] in the first season of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', the team caught wind of the fact that Bruno, one of the EliteFour, was training up in the nearby mountains, so Brock and Ash sought him out for his guidance. When they found him, Bruno agreed to teach them what he knew, so long as they obeyed his instructions. He then got Ash and Brock to carry water, chop wood, and carry heavy rocks uphill, which the pair assumed to be lessons of the WaxOnWaxOff variety. Turns out Bruno was just getting them to do some heavy lifting for his campsite, and he had no mystical secrets to offer.
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* In ''Manga/MobPsycho100'', Reigen was a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who took advantage of his MorePoweredProtege Mob's PsychicPowers to keep his PhonyPsychic business running. However, he later received some CharacterDevelopment and learned to stop taking him for granted, becoming a more genuine mentor to him.
* In the lead-up to the [[TournamentArc Indigo League]] inthe first season of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'', the team caught wind of the fact that Bruno, one of the Kanto EliteFour, was training up in the nearby mountains, so Brock and Ash sought him out for his guidance. When they found him, Bruno agreed to teach them what he knew, so long as they obeyed his instructions. He then got Ash and Brock to carry water, chop wood, and carry heavy rocks uphill, which the pair assumed to be lessons of the WaxOnWaxOff variety. Turns out Bruno was just getting them to do some heavy lifting for his campsite, and he had no mystical secrets to offer.
* In the lead-up to the [[TournamentArc Indigo League]] in
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And Alice [[FinancialAbuse And Alice milks it for all its worth.]]
]] Alice also probably gets Bob to wash and iron her laundry, mow her lawn, and pick up her dry-cleaning.
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* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', the titular NinjaBrat gets his money confiscated by Jiraiya during the Search For Tsunade Arc, citing wanting to keep Naruto away from the three vices of ninja- money, booze, and women- and leaves some money behind so Naruto can enjoy a festival, but not too extravagantly. When Naruto finds Jiraiya later, the Pervy Sage has spent all of Naruto's money on booze and callgirls. Needless to say, Naruto was ''not'' pleased at the hypocrisy.
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* ''Manga/MobPsycho100'': Reigen is a PhonyPsychic who keeps his ghost exorcism business afloat because Mob, a ''[[ChildProdigy very]]'' gifted PsychicChild, thinks he's an expert. Reigen hands off all the work to Mob, under the pretense of it being below him, and pays him almost nothing. That said, when it comes to teaching Mob responsibility and maturity, Reigen is actually quite astute. [[spoiler:It is eventually revealed that Mob knew all along that Reigen is phony, but sees him as a guiding figure for morality and everyday life instead. When it comes to developing his PsychicPowers, Mob [[StoryBreakerPower does not actually need]] [[IJustWantToBeNormal nor want any teaching]].]]
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* ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'': Reigen is a PhonyPsychic who keeps his ghost exorcism business afloat because Mob, a ''[[ChildProdigy very]]'' gifted PsychicChild, thinks he's an expert. Reigen hands off all the work to Mob, under the pretense of it being below him, and pays him almost nothing. That said, when it comes to teaching Mob responsibility and maturity, Reigen is actually quite astute. [[spoiler:It is eventually revealed that Mob knew all along that Reigen is phony, but sees him as a guiding figure for morality and everyday life instead. When it comes to developing his PsychicPowers, Mob [[StoryBreakerPower does not actually need]] [[IJustWantToBeNormal nor want any teaching]].]]
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* ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'': Reigen is a PhonyPsychic who keeps his ghost exorcism business afloat because Mob, a ''[[ChildProdigy very]]'' gifted PsychicChild, thinks he's an expert. Reigen hands off all the work to Mob, under the pretense of it being below him, and pays him almost nothing. That said, when it comes to teaching Mob responsibility and maturity, Reigen is actually quite astute. [[spoiler:It is eventually revealed that Mob knew all along that Reigen is phony, but sees him as a guiding figure for morality and everyday life instead. When it comes to developing his PsychicPowers, Mob [[StoryBreakerPower does not actually need]] [[IJustWantToBeNormal nor want any teaching]].]]
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