History Main / PrettyFreeloaders

* Mostly subverted in {{Sekirei}}, with most of Minato's harem contributing around the household in some manner. This is probably partially because their [[HaremNanny terrifying landlady]] threatens anyone that doesn't contribute through paying rent or doing chores.

* The four bishounen boys from Manga/TheWallflower desire to be this so badly that they accept their landlady's deal of turning her niece, Sunako, into a lady and thus win free rent essentially setting up the plot of the entire series.

* In the ''[[{{WesternAnimation/Sixteen}} 6teen]]'' episode "Cheapskates" Jen dates a guy Griffin who is a cheapskate and has her pay for things for him. She wasn't happy when it turned out he was rich the whole time.

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* [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/miss-travel Miss Travel]].

* In ''KoreWaZombieDesuKa'', Ayumu Aikawa is forced to house and feed {{Necromancer}} Eucliwood, [[MagicalGirl Magical Garment Girl]] Haruna, and Seraphim, a Vampire Ninja. HilarityEnsues. While they do help out in the house later.

* C.C. from ''Anime/CodeGeass'' loves ordering pizza on Lelouch's dime so much, she's earned the FanNickname "Pizza Butt."
** Not to mention she first actually met Lelouch due to the fact she walked into his house while he was gone, and decided to stay there, even going as far as to claim his bed as her [[ThereIsOnlyOneBed own]]. OK, at least she helped taking care of a blind, handicapped girl.

*** The Ashfords even hired a domestic to take care of Nunnally.

* Partly subverted in ''LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan'' with Nyarko, Cuuko, and Hasta insinuating themselves into the Yasaka household. All three of them have steady jobs (Nyarko's apparently pays well enough that she can splurge on {{Otaku}} goods), but for the most part they just go to high school with Mahiro and laze about the house all day. Nyarko will occasionally try to cook, but since she specializes in AlienLunch, Mahiro refuses to consider this a meaningful contribution.

* Rinnie from ''BlasterNation'' pretty much lives this trope

* In ''SetoNoHanayome'', San, Maki, and Lunar all end up living in Nagasumi's house. In San's case it's justified, as she and Nagasumi are engaged, but Maki and Lunar just sort of moved in on their own. Maki tries to justify herself as being Sun's bodyguard, and she's often shown waking up Nagasume every morning by trying to kill him. (She is an assassin after all). Lunar moved in just so she can keep watch over her newly self-appointed man-servant.

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* Al Bundy's entire family fits this role on ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''. While the kids eventually get jobs when Al forces them to, they continue sponging off him by living at home well into their twenties. For her part, Peg lazes around the house, spending whatever money Al makes on useless junk while not lifting a finger to help out either by getting a job or cooking and cleaning. A rare male example of the Pretty Freeloader is the neighbor Jefferson D'Arcy, Marcy's second husband, who also leeches off Marcy without getting a job, although he manages to earn his keep by serving as Marcy's trophy husband and de facto gigolo.
** Of course, Jefferson's probably getting a nice fat pension from a former government job. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial That he absolutely did not have]]. Even when we saw him talking in code with a [[{{MIB}} well dressed, sunglasses-sporting friend]]. He's just not telling MARCY about it.

* The various tenants of Narutakisou in ''{{Mahoraba}}'', who interfere in the central romance incessantly.
** Except they're all tenants. Meaning they pay for their room and board, in theory. Though one must wonder what some of them actually do for a living...

* TheOffspring's "Why Don't You Get a Job?" is either this or UnwantedSpouse.
** The last verse also contains a SpearCounterpart version, a man mooching off his girlfriend.

* In ''{{Dragonball}}'' Oolong kidnaps several young girls hoping they will take care of his house but they end up becoming this.

* Al Bundy's entire family fits this role on ''{{Married With Children}}''. While the kids eventually get jobs when Al forces them to, they continue sponging off him by living at home well into their twenties. For her part, Peg lazes around the house, spending whatever money Al makes on useless junk while not lifting a finger to help out either by getting a job or cooking and cleaning. A rare male example of the Pretty Freeloader is the neighbor Jefferson D'Arcy, Marcy's second husband, who also leeches off Marcy without getting a job, although he manages to earn his keep by serving as Marcy's trophy husband and de facto gigolo.

* Penny from ''TheBigBangTheory''. She doesn't live with the guys, but she eats their food whenever they get takeout (most nights) and uses their wi-fi since she refuses to pay for her own. This is lampshaded many times: Sheldon complains about it and frequently changes the wi-fi password("Penny already eats our food she can pay for Wi-Fi. No spaces.") while Howard and Raj wonder why Leonard allows her to do this, even when they're not dating.

* Helle Belle from ''{{Webcomic/Devilbear}}''. She's the Daiva of {{Sloth}}, and more than lives up to the title. Normally seen planted firmly on the sofa. She's also [[http://www.thedevilbear.com/bios/png/belle.png ridiculously hot]] for a couch potato.

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* The entire female cast of the {{hentai}} manga ''SlutGirl''.

* In ''KoreWaZombieDesuKa'', Ayumu Aikawa is forced to house and feed {{Necromancer}} Eucliwood, [[MagicalGirl Magical Garment Girl]] Haruna, and Seraphim, a Vampire Ninja. HilarityEnsues.