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* '''Conversed''': "'''Conversed''':

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is a moneylender whose interest rates are a bit high and/or his recovery methods are a bit off.

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** Bob jacks up Alice's interest rate, just because she forked over the money a little to eagerly.
* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''': Bob is a moneylender whose interest rates are a bit high and/or his recovery methods are a bit off.



* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob does this with some clients and averts it with others, depending on if he likes the client, his own financial situation, current mood, the client's payment history, and whether or not they might pose a threat to him.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob does this is intimidating with some clients client and averts it polite with others, depending on if he likes the client, his own financial situation, current mood, the client's payment history, and whether or not they might pose a threat to him.


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** Alice is able to strike rich and pay back Bob in full. Everyone remarks just how lucky she was.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob does this with some clients and averts it with others, depending on if he likes the client.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob does this with some clients and averts it with others, depending on if he likes the client.client, his own financial situation, current mood, the client's payment history, and whether or not they might pose a threat to him.

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* '''Exploited''': Bob uses this as an excuse to deliver a NoHoldsBarredBeatDown to whatever clients he dislikes.

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* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
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Bob uses this as an excuse to deliver a NoHoldsBarredBeatDown to whatever clients he dislikes.dislikes.
** Alice kills Bob to [[KillTheCreditor free herself from the debt]], and uses his violent reputation to prove it was self defense.
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** Alice refuses to pay off debts she can easily pay, out of pure spite.

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** Bob meekly asks Alice for the money she owes him, but she refuses to pay off debts she can easily pay, out of pure spite.and threatens him if he continues to collect.



-->'''Alice''': I’m gonna go and ask Bob’s bank for that loan.//
'''Charlie''': Wait, Alice! You don’t wanna go there.
'''Alice''': Why not?//

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-->'''Alice''': I’m gonna go and ask Bob’s bank for that loan.//
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'''Charlie''': Wait, Alice! You don’t wanna go there.
there.\\
'''Alice''': Why not?//not?\\
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** The interest rates are high because Bob is OnlyInItForTheMoney.

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** The interest rates are high because Bob is OnlyInItForTheMoney.very {{greed}}y.



* '''Subverted''': Bob comes off as a loan shark to Alice in that his mannerisms seem threatening. Turns out he has the FaceOfAThug.

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* '''Subverted''': Bob comes off as a loan shark to Alice in that his Bob's mannerisms seem threatening. Turns threatening but he turns out [[FaceOfAThug much kinder then he has the FaceOfAThug.appears]].



* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???"



-->'''Alice''': I’m gonna go and ask Bob’s bank for that loan.
-->'''Charlie''': Wait, Alice! You don’t wanna go there.
-->'''Alice''': Why not?
-->'''Charlie''': Trust me, you REALLY ''don’t''!

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-->'''Alice''': I’m gonna go and ask Bob’s bank for that loan.
-->'''Charlie''':
loan.//
'''Charlie''':
Wait, Alice! You don’t wanna go there.
-->'''Alice''': '''Alice''': Why not?
-->'''Charlie''':
not?//
'''Charlie''':
Trust me, you REALLY ''don’t''!

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** Bob lends money to Alice with 20,000% of interest, then threatens ''[[AndYourLittleDogToo her entire family]]'' if she didn't pay back.
** Bob murders Alice after she goes to pay him back, [[DisproportionateRetribution but comes up 3 cents short.]]
** Bob threatens to blow up Alice’s entire ''planet'' if she doesn’t pay.

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** Bob lends money to Alice with 20,000% of interest, then threatens ''[[AndYourLittleDogToo [[AndYourLittleDogToo her entire family]]'' family]] if she didn't pay back.
** Bob murders Alice after she goes to pay him back, [[DisproportionateRetribution but comes up 3 cents short.]]
short]].
** Bob threatens to blow up Alice’s entire ''planet'' planet if she doesn’t pay.



** Bob owes money to another LoanShark and has to charge insane interest rates for his loans ''and'' retrieve them through any means necessary so he can pay back.
* '''Inverted''': [[UnclePennybags Bob's]] rates are way below the inflation and bouncers aren't searched back for their owed money.
* '''Subverted''': Bob comes off as a LoanShark to Alice in that his mannerisms seem threatening. Turns out he has the FaceOfAThug.

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** Bob owes money to another LoanShark loan shark and has to charge insane interest rates for his loans ''and'' and retrieve them through any means necessary so he can pay back.
* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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[[UnclePennybags Bob's]] rates are way below the inflation and bouncers aren't searched back for their owed money.
** Alice refuses to pay off debts she can easily pay, out of pure spite.
* '''Subverted''': Bob comes off as a LoanShark loan shark to Alice in that his mannerisms seem threatening. Turns out he has the FaceOfAThug.



* '''Parodied''': Bob, a ''[[ThreateningShark literal]]'' loan shark, lends money to Alice with over 9,000% interest, then threatens to eat her if she doesn't pay back.

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* '''Parodied''': Bob, a ''[[ThreateningShark literal]]'' [[ThreateningShark literal]] loan shark, lends money to Alice with over 9,000% interest, then threatens to eat her if she doesn't pay back.



* '''Averted''':
** Moneylenders are not shown as using force or violence.
** There are no loans in the setting.
* '''Enforced''': See Justified 3.

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* '''Averted''':
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'''Averted''': Moneylenders are not shown as using force or violence.
** There are no loans in the setting.
* '''Enforced''': See Justified 3."Alice just having money problems isn't giving her enough sympathy from the audience. Lets' give her a scary moneylender."



* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???"Be careful who you borrow money from, some people will do terrible things to get it back."



* '''Reconstructed''': Bob is still able to prey on desperate people who have been turned down by reputable establishments.



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'''Basic Trope''': A moneylender using force or violence to recover his money back.
* '''Straight''': Bob lends money to Alice with 20% of interest then threatens her with violence if she doesn't pay back.

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'''Basic Trope''': A moneylender using force or violence to recover his money back.
the money.
* '''Straight''': Bob lends money to Alice with 20% of interest interest, then threatens her with violence if she doesn't pay back.



** Bob lends money to Alice with 20,000% of interest then threatens ''[[AndYourLittleDogToo her entire family]]'' if she didn't pay back.
** Bob [[DisproportionateRetribution murders]] Alice after she goes to pay him back, but comes up 3 cents short.

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** Bob lends money to Alice with 20,000% of interest interest, then threatens ''[[AndYourLittleDogToo her entire family]]'' if she didn't pay back.
** Bob [[DisproportionateRetribution murders]] murders Alice after she goes to pay him back, [[DisproportionateRetribution but comes up 3 cents short.]]
** Bob threatens to blow up Alice’s entire ''planet'' if she doesn’t pay.



** Bob owes money to another LoanShark and has to charge insane interest rates for his loans ''and'' retrieve them through any means necessary so he can pay back.



* '''Parodied''': Bob, a ''[[ThreateningShark literal]]'' loan shark, lends money to Alice with over 9,000% of interest then threatens to eat her if she doesn't pay back.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': Bob, a ''[[ThreateningShark literal]]'' loan shark, lends money to Alice with over 9,000% of interest interest, then threatens to eat her if she doesn't pay back.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Bob does this with some clients and averts it with others, depending on if he likes the client.



* '''Enforced''': Bob owes money to another LoanShark and has to charge insane interest rates for his loans ''and'' retrieve them through any means necessary so he can his off.

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* '''Enforced''': Bob owes money to another LoanShark and has to charge insane interest rates for his loans ''and'' retrieve them through any means necessary so he can his off.See Justified 3.



* '''Exploited''': Bob uses this as an excuse to deliver a NoHoldsBarredBeatDown to whoever he dislike.

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* '''Exploited''': Bob uses this as an excuse to deliver a NoHoldsBarredBeatDown to whoever whatever clients he dislike.dislikes.



* '''Implied''':
-->'''Alice''': I’m gonna go and ask Bob’s bank for that loan.
-->'''Charlie''': Wait, Alice! You don’t wanna go there.
-->'''Alice''': Why not?
-->'''Charlie''': Trust me, you REALLY ''don’t''!
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob’s unpleasant reputation loses him all his clients, and he goes out of business.



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%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
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** Bob lends money to Alice with 20,000% of interest then threatens ''her entire family'' if she didn't pay back.
** Bob murders Alice after she goes to pay him back, but comes up 3 cents short.

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** Bob lends money to Alice with 20,000% of interest then threatens ''her ''[[AndYourLittleDogToo her entire family'' family]]'' if she didn't pay back.
** Bob murders [[DisproportionateRetribution murders]] Alice after she goes to pay him back, but comes up 3 cents short.



* '''Inverted''': Bob's rates are way below the inflation and bouncers aren't searched back for their owed money.

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* '''Inverted''': Bob's [[UnclePennybags Bob's]] rates are way below the inflation and bouncers aren't searched back for their owed money.
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* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
Bob comes off as a LoanShark to Alice in that his mannerisms seem threatening. Turns out he has the FaceOfAThug.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Subverted''': ...until he decides to use violence anyway to recover what Alice owes him and then some.



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???Bob owes money to another LoanShark and has to charge insane interest rates for his loans ''and'' retrieve them through any means necessary so he can his off.
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* '''Parodied''': Bob, a ''[[ThreateningShark literal]]'' shark, lends money to Alice with over 9,000% of interest then threatens to eat her if she doesn't pay back.

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* '''Parodied''': Bob, a ''[[ThreateningShark literal]]'' loan shark, lends money to Alice with over 9,000% of interest then threatens to eat her if she doesn't pay back.



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Bob uses this as an excuse to deliver a NoHoldsBarredBeatDown to whoever he dislike.
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* '''Parodied''': Bob, a [[ThreateningShark literal shark]], lends money to Alice with over 9,000% of interests then threatens to eat her if she doesn't pay back.

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* '''Parodied''': Bob, a [[ThreateningShark literal shark]], ''[[ThreateningShark literal]]'' shark, lends money to Alice with over 9,000% of interests interest then threatens to eat her if she doesn't pay back.
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* '''Straight''': Bob lends money to Alice with 20% of interest then threatens her with violence if she don't pay back.

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* '''Straight''': Bob lends money to Alice with 20% of interest then threatens her with violence if she don't doesn't pay back.



* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Bob, a [[ThreateningShark literal shark]], lends money to Alice with over 9,000% of interests then threatens to eat her if she doesn't pay back.

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'''Basic Trope''': A moneylender usind force or violence to recover his money back.

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'''Basic Trope''': A moneylender usind using force or violence to recover his money back.



* '''Exaggerated''': Bob lends money to Alice with 20,000% of interest then threatens ''her entire family'' if she didn't pay back.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is a moneylender whose interest rates are a bit high and/or his recoverment methods are a bit off.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
**
Bob lends money to Alice with 20,000% of interest then threatens ''her entire family'' if she didn't pay back.
back.
** Bob murders Alice after she goes to pay him back, but comes up 3 cents short.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is a moneylender whose interest rates are a bit high and/or his recoverment recovery methods are a bit off.



** The interest rates are high because .

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** The interest rates are high because .because Bob is OnlyInItForTheMoney.



* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???'''Averted''':
** Moneylenders are not shown as using force or violence.
** There are no loans in the setting.



* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
"So Bob beat Alice up because she didn't pay him back? That's ridiculous!"
* '''Invoked''': ???Bob decides to do this after too many people stiff him.



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Bob refuses to resort to violence to recover the money he has loaned.
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'''Basic Trope''': A moneylender usind force or violence to recover his money back.
* '''Straight''': Bob lends money to Alice with 20% of interest then threatens her with violence if she don't pay back.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob lends money to Alice with 20,000% of interest then threatens ''her entire family'' if she didn't pay back.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is a moneylender whose interest rates are a bit high and/or his recoverment methods are a bit off.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob's clients are amoral and bad risks.
** The interest rates are high because .
* '''Inverted''': Bob's rates are way below the inflation and bouncers aren't searched back for their owed money.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ?

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