Basic Trope: The reward given is much greater than the action that warranted it.
- Straight: Alice saves Bob's dog from being killed by Emperor Evulz and he gives her 50,000,000 dollars worth of currency.
- Exaggerated:
- Alice saves Bob's dog from Kick the Dog by Emperor Evulz and he gives her his entire worth of eleventy zillion dollars.
- Alice complimented Bob. He arranges a huge concert in the city in honor of this.
- Alice kills Bob's entire family, murders several children, wipes out entire countries and gives Bob a paper cut. However, since his dog was spared, Bob gives Alice 90,000,000 dollars.
- Downplayed: Alice saves Bob's dog from being killed by Emperor Evulz and he gives her 100,000 dollars worth of currency.
- Justified:
- Bob's reward was only a small amount of his fortune.
- Bob really cared for his dog.
- Literally everyone else in his life has treated Bob with cruelty, greatly amplifying his gratitude toward Alice.
- Bob didn't know how much was proportionate.
- Bob's reward accrued interest.
- the initial reward triggered Luck Dominoes for Alice.
- Inverted:
- Subverted: Alice saves The Kingdom of Troperia and is rewarded with 50,000,000 dollars, but it turns out that the currency is worthless...
- Double Subverted: ...but the currency can be traded for something that has value.
- Parodied: Alice treats Bob with basic kindness and he gives her all the wealth in Tropeland.
- Zig-Zagged: Last week, Bob gave Alice 50,000,000 dollars for saving his dog; yesterday, he gave Carol worthless currency for saving his cat; and today he gave Danielle 1,000 dollars for saving his python.
- Averted: Awards given are proportionate to the situation.
- Enforced: "We need to establish Bob as someone who really cares for animals."
- Lampshaded: "Wow, Bob sure must have a lot of money to give it away like that."
- Invoked:
- Bob decides to give away a lot of money quickly.
- Wants a Prize for Basic Decency
- Exploited: Alice kidnaps Bob's dog and returns it to him, knowing that he really cares for his pets.
- Defied: Alice refuses to let Bob spend too much of his money.
- Discussed: "Man, Bob would probably be the type to give millions to anyone who helped him."
- Conversed: "Man, I bet the pompous rich dude would probably spend it all if someone threatened his dog."
- Deconstructed: Bob goes bankrupt rather quickly.
- Played for Drama: see Justified #3
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