History Main / TooDesperateToBePicky

* ''Fanfic/CodeGeassLelouchOfTheGrandOrder'': For a period of time, C.C. is the {{closet thing|WeGot}} the Chaldean staff has to an actual cook, but only ever makes pizza, often with... "[[CordonBleughChef interesting]]" ingredients. When Lelouch asks Genghis Khan how he can eat C.C.'s attempt at a "breakfast pizza", Genghis responds that spending so much of his life campaigning taught him not to be a picky eater. He'll take whatever he can get.

-->'''Fury:''' Let's make this clear, all of you. We need this. We’re all going to die if these people don’t help us. So yes, we're going to trust them. We’re going to do whatever we need to to get them to help us. I expect all of you to kiss their asses as much as necessary. I don't give a damn if Thor walks out of that ship buck naked and asks you to tap dance for him, you will do it. If he wants you to sit on the front of his ship like a hood ornament through the invasion, you will do it. If the Queen says she wants you to marry her, you will damn well do it, because that's what the world needs from you, you understand? This is not the time to start doubting. You will wipe that uncertainty off your face and you will bow down if they want, you will be polite and respectful, you will address the Tolsarans however the hell they want to be addressed, and you will do anything they ask of you. Are we clear?
* In ''Fanfic/KarmaInRetrograde'', Touya Todoroki isn't picky about what he wears or eats. He buys and wears casual clothes that make him a RummageSaleReject were cheap and comfortable because [[PlayingWithFire his Quirk]] would [[ClothingDamage destroy them rather quickly.]] He prefers quantity over quality when it comes to food because [[CastFromCalories his Quirk is constantly burning through his energy reserves]], forcing him [[BigEater to keep eating to avoid starving.]] He also has no issues with getting things from a DumpsterDive because of how thrifty he is, shocking his younger brother Shouto.

-->'''Ren:''' I knew, deep down, that I was making a mistake as stepped through the doors, but it was a mistake I couldn’t afford to pass up. If there was even the slightest possibility that it was real… In one afternoon, I could make every penny that I needed. I just needed the chance and this could be it.

* ''FanFic/ThisBites:'' Even though Devil Fruits taste horrible, Soundbite ate the entire Noise-Noise coconut regardless.
-->'''Soundbite''': '''I was a lone ''snail IN A DAMN JUNGLE!'' I ATE MY''' ''food whenever it came'' TO ME, ''NO MATTER THE TASTE!'' '''''Sue me!'''''

* ''Series/FawltyTowers'': Played for laughs in "The Kipper and the Corpse". Dr Price orders Basil to have the kitchen scrubbed before any more food is prepared there, as a dead body has been in the kitchen. However, as he is desperate for his own breakfast, he adds "sausages excepted, you may cook them immediately, I'll take the risk".

* This trope rears its ugly head in the ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' adventure "High and Dry", where the player party is given the ultimate prize: a free starship (usually, any ship the players acquire either in creation or during play comes with a mountain of debt, is on long-term loan, or [[SpacePirates has been gained in a manner that raises legal complications]]). This adventure counts on the players being both gullible and TooDesperateToBePicky. [[spoiler:The ship is free, but the players have to go to the caldera of a dormant-but-still-active volcano to fetch it. And [[FromBadToWorse the previous crew pretty much trashed the ship.]] And if that's not bad enough, just as the party gets the ship into working order, the volcano is ready to erupt. Finally, the referee is encouraged to remember that the ship's previous crew were ne'er-do-wells who burned a lot of bridges in the subsector... For all that, they'd have to be damn desperate to go through with the ordeal.]]

* ''LightNovel/TheFruitOfEvolution'':

Sometimes, people just can't be fussy when it comes to getting what they need. EveryoneHasStandards, but some standards just aren't worth suffering for. That goes double when said standards are about things like food and clothing – when it comes down to survival or being choosy, most people would choose survival.

Sometimes, people just can't be fussy when it comes to getting what they need. EveryoneHasStandards, but some standards just aren't worth suffering for. That goes double when said standards are about things like food and clothing - when it comes down to survival or being choosy, most people would choose survival.

* ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'': Some of the jobs Sol can take are explicitly offered by people so desperate for extra hands that they will take any applicant who is isn't horribly underqualified. The job for tutoring the younger children can be allegedly taken on by "anyone who isn't a complete idiot."

* In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'', after the brothers defeat Cackletta, she needs a new body for her soul to stay alive, desperately telling Fawful that anyone will do when he finds one. Unfortunately for Mario and Luigi, the body Fawful found was Bowser, which gives her a huge boost in resources and power.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': The initial job questline (Level 30-50) for Machinist revolves around Ishgardian society frowning on firearms for being untraditional. The first step in Ishgard's acceptance of machinists comes when a Dravanian brute descends on the Skyfire Locks in central Coerthas; the man in charge of assembling their forces (who happens to be your job tutor's father) allows the Skysteel machinists to participate in the defensive effort by simple dint of having far too few knights to put up a decent fight.
* ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'': Some of the jobs Sol can take are explictly offered by people so desperate for extra hands that they will take any applicant who is isn't horribly underqualified. The job for tutoring the younger children can be allegedly taken on by "anyone who isn't a complete idiot."