1 | Tropes about when characters make deals. |
2 | |
3 | For less mercantile agreements, compare its sister PromisesAndVowsIndex. See also GamblingTropes, MoneyTropes, and the IndebtedIndex. |
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5 | !!Tropes |
6 | [[index]] |
7 | * AbsurdlyHighStakesGame |
8 | * AccidentalBargainingSkills |
9 | * AccidentalBid |
10 | * {{Auction}} |
11 | * AuctionOfEvil |
12 | * BabyAsPayment: A baby is used as part of a deal. |
13 | * BachelorAuction |
14 | * BargainWithHeaven: Getting what you desire by making a deal with {{God}} or some other divine being. |
15 | * BegoneBribe |
16 | * TheBet |
17 | * BlackMarket |
18 | * BribingTheHomeless: Paying a homeless person to do something for you. |
19 | * ChainOfDeals: Someone has to make deals with a whole bunch of people in order to get what they want. |
20 | * ChessWithDeath: Playing a game with TheGrimReaper so that you get to live a little longer in the event that you win. |
21 | * ComicallySmallBribe: Trying to bribe someone with a ridiculously small amount of money or an absurdly mundane offer. |
22 | * ComicallySmallDemand: A person agrees to do what they're asked in exchange for a minor favor. |
23 | * CooperationGambit |
24 | * DealWithTheDevil: Getting what you desire by making a deal with {{Satan}} or some other evil being. |
25 | * DiscountCard |
26 | * DoYouWantToHaggle |
27 | * FictionalGenevaConventions: UsefulNotes/TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar are typically based on agreements between nation-states. |
28 | * FriendInTheBlackMarket |
29 | * TheGamblingAddict |
30 | * HeroismIncentive |
31 | * HonestJohnsDealership: A salesman who tries to trick customers into buying shoddy products. |
32 | * HumiliatingWager |
33 | * IllBeYourBestFriend: Bribing someone by offering them your friendship. |
34 | * IntangiblePrice |
35 | * JoinOrDie |
36 | * LeonineContract |
37 | * LintValue: A person offers to pay for something expensive with very little money or things of little value, usually all that they have. |
38 | * LostHimInACardGame |
39 | * MagicallyBindingContract |
40 | * NeverLendToAFriend |
41 | * PayingInCoins |
42 | * PleaBargain |
43 | * ProBonoBarter |
44 | * ProfessionalGambler |
45 | * ScoldedForNotBuying |
46 | * SexForServices |
47 | * ShadyScalper: Scalpers and similar types who purchase items for resale in a less-than-scrupulous manner. |
48 | * ShinyNewAustralia: Someone offers ownership of a large, but not very populous, territory in exchange for helping. |
49 | * SilentOffer |
50 | * SoldHisSoulForADonut: A DealWithTheDevil where the object to be gained is something trivial. |
51 | * TearUpTheContract: A primitive but sometimes effective way of undoing an agreement the character no longer wants. |
52 | * ThirdPartyDealBreaker: A third party interferes in a deal and ruins it. |
53 | * TrappedByGamblingDebts: Someone does something they wouldn't normally do, to satisfy a debt collector. |
54 | * WagerSlave: Instead of gambling money, someone has gambled their freedom, usually humorously. |
55 | * WhammyBid |
56 | * WillTalkForAPrice: Someone has information but wants payment before they'll talk. |
57 | * WorkOffTheDebt: Someone is unable to pay their bill, so they end up working for the company until they've worked off all the money they owe. |
58 | [[/index]] |
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