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** A famous example was included in ''Film/ANewHope''. Han Solo kills Greedo in the Mos Eisley Cantina, blasting a hole through his chest before tossing the bartender a coin along with the page quote.

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** A famous example was included in ''Film/ANewHope''. Han Solo kills Greedo in the Mos Eisley Cantina, blasting a hole through using his chest blaster to fry Greedo before tossing the bartender a coin along with the page quote.
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* Invoked and subverted at the beginning of ''Webcomic/TheSwordInterval''. RetiredBadass David Shimizu gets harassed by three guys in a diner and promptly disables all three, breaking a stool in the process.
-->'''David:''' So... I feel like this is where I should uh... throw a wad of bills down all cool-like and say "for the damages" but uh...\\
''(Holds up 'Help Wanted' sign)''
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* One ZanyScheme cooked up by Wraith Squadron in the ''Literture/XWingSeries'' is to start a BarBrawl with some soldiers so they can be waved through the gate of their base by presenting themselves as Shore Patrol delivering the losers of such a brawl home to sleep it off. After beating up a squad of soldiers, they rob their victims and give the proceeds of their robbery to the bar's owner as payment for the damages.

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* One ZanyScheme cooked up by Wraith Squadron in the ''Literture/XWingSeries'' ''Literature/XWingSeries'' is to start a BarBrawl with some soldiers so they can be waved through the gate of their base by presenting themselves as Shore Patrol delivering the losers of such a brawl home to sleep it off. After beating up a squad of soldiers, they rob their victims and give the proceeds of their robbery to the bar's owner as payment for the damages.
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* One ZanyScheme cooked up by Wraith Squadron in the ''Literture/XWingSeries'' is to start a BarBrawl with some soldiers so they can be waved through the gate of their base by presenting themselves as Shore Patrol delivering the losers of such a brawl home to sleep it off. After beating up a squad of soldiers, they rob their victims and give the proceeds of their robbery to the bar's owner as payment for the damages.
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A hero or AntiHero gets in a scuffle in a [[BarBrawl bar]], a [[DinerBrawl restaurant]], a [[BallroomBlitz banquet hall]], or another establishment not fit for battle and, after the chaos is over, decides to pay for the destruction left behind. HeroInsurance would typically still be in effect but the hero decides to give the owner a little bit of money in order to pay for the mess. More often than not, this is to make the character look like a total badass, or perhaps [[OfficerAndAGentleman a gentleman]]. Not only did they just beat up or kill an enemy in a typically awesome manner but they decided to toss in a few extra bucks to pay for collateral damage. This can often be an EstablishingCharacterMoment since the audience can tell the person is not to be trifled with, but is also generous enough to take responsibility for the damages. There might also be the possibility that the payment is too small to cover the charges. A BondOneLiner is optional.

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A hero or AntiHero gets in a scuffle in a [[BarBrawl bar]], a [[DinerBrawl restaurant]], a [[BallroomBlitz banquet hall]], or another establishment not fit for battle and, after the chaos is over, decides to pay for the destruction left behind. HeroInsurance would typically still be in effect but the hero decides to give the owner a little bit of money in order to pay for the mess. More often than not, this is to make the character look like a total badass, or perhaps [[OfficerAndAGentleman a gentleman]]. Not only did they just beat up or kill an enemy in a typically awesome manner but they decided to toss in a few extra bucks to pay for collateral damage. This can often be an EstablishingCharacterMoment EstablishingCharacterMoment, since the audience can tell the person is not only not to be trifled with, but is also generous enough to take responsibility for the damages. There might also be the possibility that the payment is too small to cover the charges. A BondOneLiner is optional.
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* The film version of ''Music/TheWall'' depicts the main character having a mental breakdown in a hotel room and trashing the place. His manager and the hotel owner barge in some time later. The owner starts shouting but the manager quickly puts some money in his breast pocket without saying much as a way to shoo him off.
* A villainous example happens in ''Film/TheGuest''. The titular guest takes out some bullies who had been harassing the youngest brother of the Peterson family. He pays the bartender for the mess and even gives him a story to tell the police since minors were in his establishment.
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[[caption-width-right:301:[[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe He wasn't kidding]]. That's gonna leave a stain.]]

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* In ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' #183, Wolverine arranged for Colossus to get into a barroom brawl with Juggernaut after Colossus broke up with Kitty Pryde. After Juggernaut wiped the floor with Colossus, Wolverine tossed the bartender a roll of hundred-dollar-bills to pay for the damages. So did Juggs as well.

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* In ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' #183, Wolverine arranged for Colossus to get into a barroom brawl with Juggernaut after Colossus broke up with Kitty Pryde. After Juggernaut wiped the floor with Colossus, Wolverine tossed the bartender a roll of hundred-dollar-bills hundred-dollar bills to pay for the damages. So did Juggs as well.



* ''Film/SupermanII''. After he gives up his super powers, Franchise/{{Superman}} is [[DinerBrawl beaten up by a bully in a diner]]. After he regains his powers he returns to the bar and beats up the bully, causing minor damage. He gives a wad of bills to the diner's owner to pay for the damage.

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* ''Film/SupermanII''. After he gives up his super powers, superpowers, Franchise/{{Superman}} is [[DinerBrawl beaten up by a bully in a diner]]. After he regains his powers he returns to the bar and beats up the bully, causing minor damage. He gives a wad of bills to the diner's owner to pay for the damage.
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* The ''wuxia'' ''Film/ValleyOfTheFangs'' has this in the hero's first fight scene; he defeats a group of corrupt inspectors in a tavern and sends them fleeing, but demolishes an entire wall in the process, the same wall he sends three enemy mooks through. The tavern's boss complains, until the hero gives the boss a massive silver ''yuanbao'' at which point the tavern boss shuts up.
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* In ''Videogame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'', if Letho is still alive after the events of the previous game Geralt, can take a quest to help him deal with some bounty hunters that are harassing him. They track the bounty hunters to a barn in a nearby village, where Letho gives a child a purse of money and tells him to take his parents and flee the area.

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* In ''Videogame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'', if Letho is still alive after the events of the previous game Geralt, game, Geralt can take a quest to help him deal with some bounty hunters that are harassing him. They track the bounty hunters to a barn in a nearby village, where Letho gives a child a purse of money and tells him to take his parents and flee the area.
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* In ''Videogame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'', if Letho is still alive after the events of the previous game Geralt, can take a quest to help him deal with some bounty hunters that are harassing him. They track the bounty hunters to a barn in a nearby village, where Letho gives a child a purse of money and tells him to take his parents and flee the area.
-->'''Geralt:''' What was that?\\
'''Letho:''' Compensation. (Letho throws a grenade into a nearby shed, blowing it up and drawing the bounty hunters outside)
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* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Grandmaester Pycelle is intruded upon by Tyrion (who is looking to arrest him) while he is with a prostitute. Just before Tyrion hauls Pycelle away, he gives the prostitute a gold coin "for [her] troubles". He then looks at [[DirtyOldMan Pycelle]] and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments turns to the prostitute to give her another coin]]. Granted this was likely done to humiliate Pycelle but Tyrion has always treated prostitutes rather well, so it is not out of character for him. Pycelle gets his own back by mockingly leaving a gold coin for Tyrion, after he's removed from his position as Hand of the King.

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* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Grandmaester Pycelle is intruded upon by Tyrion (who is looking to arrest him) while he is with a prostitute. Just before Tyrion hauls Pycelle away, he gives the prostitute a gold coin "for [her] troubles". He then looks at [[DirtyOldMan Pycelle]] and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments turns to the prostitute to give her another coin]].coin. Granted this was likely done to humiliate Pycelle but Tyrion has always treated prostitutes rather well, so it is not out of character for him. Pycelle gets his own back by mockingly leaving a gold coin for Tyrion, after he's removed from his position as Hand of the King.
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A hero or AntiHero gets in a scuffle in a [[BarBrawl bar]], a [[DinerBrawl restaurant]], a [[BallroomBlitz banquet hall]], or another establishment not fit for battle and, after the chaos is over, decides to pay for the destruction left behind. HeroInsurance would typically still be in effect but the hero decides to give the owner a little bit of money in order to pay for the mess. More often than not, this is to make the character look like a total badass, oer perhaps [[OfficerAndAGentleman a gentleman]]. Not only did they just beat up or kill an enemy in a typically awesome manner but they decided to toss in a few extra bucks to pay for collateral damage. This can often be an EstablishingCharacterMoment since the audience can tell the person is not to be trifled with, but is also generous enough to take responsibility for the damages. There might also be the possibility that the payment is too small to cover the charges. A BondOneLiner is optional.

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A hero or AntiHero gets in a scuffle in a [[BarBrawl bar]], a [[DinerBrawl restaurant]], a [[BallroomBlitz banquet hall]], or another establishment not fit for battle and, after the chaos is over, decides to pay for the destruction left behind. HeroInsurance would typically still be in effect but the hero decides to give the owner a little bit of money in order to pay for the mess. More often than not, this is to make the character look like a total badass, oer or perhaps [[OfficerAndAGentleman a gentleman]]. Not only did they just beat up or kill an enemy in a typically awesome manner but they decided to toss in a few extra bucks to pay for collateral damage. This can often be an EstablishingCharacterMoment since the audience can tell the person is not to be trifled with, but is also generous enough to take responsibility for the damages. There might also be the possibility that the payment is too small to cover the charges. A BondOneLiner is optional.
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* The last theatrical''WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle'' cartoon "Messed Up Movie Makers" had a movie company using the boys' motel as the locale for filming an action TV series. However, the action scenes are causing collateral damage to the property. Heckle and Jeckle have to get rid of them somehow.

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* The last theatrical''WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle'' theatrical ''WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle'' cartoon "Messed Up Movie Makers" had a movie company using the boys' motel as the locale for filming an action TV series. However, the action scenes are causing collateral damage to the property. Heckle and Jeckle have to get rid of them somehow.
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* The last theatrical''WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle'' cartoon "Messed Up Movie Makers" had a movie company using the boys' motel as the locale for filming an action TV series. However, the action scenes are causing collateral damage to the property. Heckle and Jeckle have to get rid of them somehow.
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A hero or AntiHero gets in a scuffle in a [[BarBrawl bar]], a [[DinerBrawl restaurant]], a [[BallroomBlitz banquet hall]], or another establishment not fit for battle and, after the chaos is over, decides to pay for the destruction left behind. HeroInsurance would typically still be in effect but the hero decides to give the owner a little bit of money in order to pay for the mess. More often than not, this is to make the character look like a total badass. Not only did they just beat up or kill an enemy in a typically awesome manner but they decided to toss in a few extra bucks to pay for collateral damage. This can often be an EstablishingCharacterMoment since the audience can tell the person is not to be trifled with, but is also generous enough to take responsibility for the damages. There might also be the possibility that the payment is too small to cover the charges. A BondOneLiner is optional.

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A hero or AntiHero gets in a scuffle in a [[BarBrawl bar]], a [[DinerBrawl restaurant]], a [[BallroomBlitz banquet hall]], or another establishment not fit for battle and, after the chaos is over, decides to pay for the destruction left behind. HeroInsurance would typically still be in effect but the hero decides to give the owner a little bit of money in order to pay for the mess. More often than not, this is to make the character look like a total badass.badass, oer perhaps [[OfficerAndAGentleman a gentleman]]. Not only did they just beat up or kill an enemy in a typically awesome manner but they decided to toss in a few extra bucks to pay for collateral damage. This can often be an EstablishingCharacterMoment since the audience can tell the person is not to be trifled with, but is also generous enough to take responsibility for the damages. There might also be the possibility that the payment is too small to cover the charges. A BondOneLiner is optional.
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* In ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' #183, Wolverine arranged for Colossus to get into a barroom brawl with Juggernaut after Colossus broke up with Kitty Pryde. After Juggernaut wiped the floor with Colossus, Wolverine tossed the bartender a roll of hundred-dollar-bills to pay for the damages.

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* In ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' #183, Wolverine arranged for Colossus to get into a barroom brawl with Juggernaut after Colossus broke up with Kitty Pryde. After Juggernaut wiped the floor with Colossus, Wolverine tossed the bartender a roll of hundred-dollar-bills to pay for the damages. So did Juggs as well.
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* Played with in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' where Victor is at a bar, expecting Logan to come in and start a fight. When he hears Logan approach, he asks the bartender if he's insured. He's not, so Victor mutters that it's a shame, before destroying most of the bar with the brawl.
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-->-- '''Han Solo''' (after blasting Greedo in Chalmun's Cantina), ''Franchise/StarWars'' Episode IV: ''Film/ANewHope''

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-->-- '''Han Solo''' (after ''[after blasting Greedo in Chalmun's Cantina), Cantina]'', ''Franchise/StarWars'' Episode IV: ''Film/ANewHope''



-->''"The check should cover the damages. Sorry about the handwriting. Robot fingers."''

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-->''"The -->'''Robotman:''' The check should cover the damages. Sorry about the handwriting. Robot fingers."''
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[[caption-width-right:301:[[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe He wasn't kidding]]. [[{{Understatement}} That's gonna leave a stain]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:301:[[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe He wasn't kidding]]. [[{{Understatement}} That's gonna leave a stain]].stain.]]
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-->-- '''Han Solo''' (after blasting Greedo in the Mos Eisely Cantina), ''Franchise/StarWars'' Episode IV: ''Film/ANewHope''

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-->-- '''Han Solo''' (after blasting Greedo in the Mos Eisely Chalmun's Cantina), ''Franchise/StarWars'' Episode IV: ''Film/ANewHope''



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** A famous example was included in ''Film/ANewHope''. Han Solo kills Greedo in the Mos Eisley Cantina, blasting a hole through his chest before tossing the bar tender a coin along with the page quote.

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** A famous example was included in ''Film/ANewHope''. Han Solo kills Greedo in the Mos Eisley Cantina, blasting a hole through his chest before tossing the bar tender bartender a coin along with the page quote.
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* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Grandmaester Pycelle is intruded upon by Tyrion (who is looking to arrest him) while he is with a prostitute. Just before Tyrion hauls Pycelle away, he gives the prostitute a gold coin "for [her] troubles". He then looks at [[DirtyOldMan Pycelle]] and [[FunnyMoments turns to the prostitute to give her another coin]]. Granted this was likely done to humiliate Pycelle but Tyrion has always treated prostitutes rather well, so it is not out of character for him. Pycelle gets his own back by mockingly leaving a gold coin for Tyrion, after he's removed from his position as Hand of the King.

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* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Grandmaester Pycelle is intruded upon by Tyrion (who is looking to arrest him) while he is with a prostitute. Just before Tyrion hauls Pycelle away, he gives the prostitute a gold coin "for [her] troubles". He then looks at [[DirtyOldMan Pycelle]] and [[FunnyMoments [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments turns to the prostitute to give her another coin]]. Granted this was likely done to humiliate Pycelle but Tyrion has always treated prostitutes rather well, so it is not out of character for him. Pycelle gets his own back by mockingly leaving a gold coin for Tyrion, after he's removed from his position as Hand of the King.
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* A preemptive one in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' when Tony Stark smashes the Hulk into a building that under construction during their fight in Johannesburg, but makes sure beforehand to buy the building before he commits to the act.

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* A preemptive one in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' when Tony Stark smashes piledrives the Hulk into a building skyscraper that is under construction during their the fight in Johannesburg, but makes sure beforehand to buy the building before he commits to the act.
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* A preemptive one in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' when Tony Stark smashes the Hulk into a building that under construction during their fight in Johannesburg, but makes sure beforehand to buy the building before he commits to the act.
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* In ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' #183, Wolverine arranged for Colossus to get into a barroom brawl with Juggernaut after Colossus broke up with Kitty Pryde. After Juggernaut wiped the floor with Colossus, Wolverine tossed the bartender a roll of hundred-dollar-bills to pay for the damages.
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* In the ''Film/SherlockHolmes'' movie with Creator/RobertDowneyJr, Sherlock engages in a pit fight in a dingy pub and eventually knocks his opponent through the wood wall. He collects his winnings and leaves some of it on the bar counter, apparently as payment for the wall and the extra bottle he takes from the bar.

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* In the ''Film/SherlockHolmes'' movie ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'' with Creator/RobertDowneyJr, Sherlock engages in a pit fight in a dingy pub and eventually knocks his opponent through the wood wall. He collects his winnings and leaves some of it on the bar counter, apparently as payment for the wall and the extra bottle he takes from the bar.
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* The second part of Guts' EstablishingCharacterMoment in ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' (after he makes a demoness GoOutWithABang) has him enter a BadGuyBar, put a few coins on the bar telling the barkeep "for the disturbance". Before the barkeep can ask for clarification, Guts has started attacking the mooks, destroying them and the furniture, leaving one alive (and more than happy to take a message to the EvilOverlord).

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* The second part of Guts' EstablishingCharacterMoment in ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' (after he makes a demoness GoOutWithABang) go OutWithABang) has him enter a BadGuyBar, put a few coins on the bar telling the barkeep "for the disturbance". Before the barkeep can ask for clarification, Guts has started attacking the mooks, destroying them and the furniture, leaving one alive (and more than happy to take a message to the EvilOverlord).
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* In Graves' extended lore scene in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' {{Paratext}}, he tips the barman a few coins 'For the door' right before diving through it and knocking it off its hinges to kick off a gun battle outside.
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*ComicBook/IronMan is known to pick up the tab for the wreckage caused by ComicBook/TheAvengers.
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[[caption-width-right:301:[[{{Understatement}} He wasn't kidding]]. [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe That's gonna leave a stain]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:301:[[{{Understatement}} He wasn't kidding]]: [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe That's gonna leave a stain]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:301:[[{{Understatement}} He wasn't kidding]]: kidding]]. [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe That's gonna leave a stain]].]]

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