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* ''FanFic/AlphaAndOmegaFanfic'': Due to the Citadel forming a blockade between the Rebuild!Earth and the rest of the Mass Effect Galaxy, the only way Misato and Rebuild!Shinji can get back home is by cutting a deal with Hackett. The price for entry? [[WeaponOfMassDestruction One EVA unit for Alliance research.]] [[ShellShockedVeteran Misato]] is understandably hesitant, [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt given what the EVAs have done to her world,]] but goes through with it, figuring that if Hackett wants to shoot himself in the foot with the tech then that's his business.

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* ''FanFic/AlphaAndOmegaFanfic'': ''Fanfic/AlphaAndOmegaFanfic'': Due to the Citadel forming a blockade between the Rebuild!Earth and the rest of the Mass Effect Galaxy, the only way Misato and Rebuild!Shinji can get back home is by cutting a deal with Hackett. The price for entry? [[WeaponOfMassDestruction One EVA unit for Alliance research.]] [[ShellShockedVeteran Misato]] is understandably hesitant, [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt given what the EVAs have done to her world,]] but goes through with it, figuring that if Hackett wants to shoot himself in the foot with the tech then that's his business.



* ''FanFic/Flashpoint2AdventSolaris'' plays with this trope, as Mephiles proposes a deal to Barry in promising him a chance to undo the downer ending of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar'', only for Barry to refuse as he doesn't want to ruin the new lives of everyone for his own selfish reasons. However, Mephiles had been expecting this and proposes a new deal - promising to "help" Barry get his powers back to help "prevent" the current timeline from ending in disaster instead.

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* ''FanFic/Flashpoint2AdventSolaris'' ''Fanfic/Flashpoint2AdventSolaris'' plays with this trope, as Mephiles proposes a deal to Barry in promising him a chance to undo the downer ending of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar'', only for Barry to refuse as he doesn't want to ruin the new lives of everyone for his own selfish reasons. However, Mephiles had been expecting this and proposes a new deal - promising to "help" Barry get his powers back to help "prevent" the current timeline from ending in disaster instead.



* ''FanFic/TheDresdenFillies'':

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* ''FanFic/OneFootAnotherMultiverseSI'': How the plot starts. After being run over by a train main character Poe makes a deal with Marvel's Mephisto to save his life not knowing who he is.

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* ''FanFic/OneFootAnotherMultiverseSI'': ''Fanfic/OneFootAnotherMultiverseSI'': How the plot starts. After being run over by a train main character Poe makes a deal with Marvel's Mephisto to save his life not knowing who he is.



* ''Fanfic/SixesAndSevens''

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* ''Fanfic/SixesAndSevens''''Fanfic/SixesAndSevens'':



* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''/''Series/{{Arrow}}'' crossover "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33825400/ When Demon Hunters Meet the Arrow]]", when [[spoiler:the heroes plan to hand Malcolm Merlyn over to the League of Assassins in exchange for Sara Lance's freedom, in order to protect Thea from being caught up in the League's revenge on Malcolm, they make a deal with Crowley. In exchange for giving Crowley video evidence of Dean acting like a dog under the influence of a potion, Crowley ensures that anyone who can support Malcolm's claim that Thea is his daughter has either had their memory of knowing Malcolm erased or been driven insane, depending on what they knew about his criminal activities]].

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* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''/''Series/{{Arrow}}'' crossover "[[https://archiveofourown.''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33825400/ When Demon Hunters Meet the Arrow]]", Arrow]]'', when [[spoiler:the heroes plan to hand Malcolm Merlyn over to the League of Assassins in exchange for Sara Lance's freedom, in order to protect Thea from being caught up in the League's revenge on Malcolm, they make a deal with Crowley. In exchange for giving Crowley video evidence of Dean acting like a dog under the influence of a potion, Crowley ensures that anyone who can support Malcolm's claim that Thea is his daughter has either had their memory of knowing Malcolm erased or been driven insane, depending on what they knew about his criminal activities]].



--> '''Hobbes:''' I'll pass, thank you. I'm not interested in that stuff. I didn't sell my soul to the devil.\\

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--> '''Hobbes:''' -->'''Hobbes:''' I'll pass, thank you. I'm not interested in that stuff. I didn't sell my soul to the devil.\\



* ''FanFfc/YoungOffender'': Since the first generation cyborgs escaped their clutches early on, the Black Ghost organization gets clever when it comes to the second generation. Instead of simply kidnapping people to turn into cyborgs, they find ways to get them into their debt first; that way, if they think of backing out, well... it'd be a ShameIfSomethingHappened.

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* ''FanFfc/YoungOffender'': ''Fanfic/YoungOffender'': Since the first generation cyborgs (Cyborgs 001 through 004) escaped their clutches early on, the Black Ghost organization gets clever when it comes to the second generation. Instead of simply kidnapping people to turn into cyborgs, they find ways to get them into their debt first; that way, if they think of backing out, well... it'd be a ShameIfSomethingHappened.



* ''WebVideo/DisneyVillainSongsLydiaTheBard'':
** Megara makes one with Charon after Hercules repays her HeroicSacrifice and leaves her pinned beneath the pillar to die. Charon grants her the knowledge of how to steal the gods' power and immortality for herself, starting with Hades; in exchange, Charon will be part of her new pantheon once she's overthrown Olympus.
** Anastasia strikes a deal with the demons inside of Rasputin's reliquary: if they help her become the next Empress of Russia, she'll let them loose upon the masses as part of her plan to avenge her fallen family.
** Tiana accepts Dr. Facilier's offer to be turned back into a human and given the restaurant she and her father always dreamed of having. While there's seemingly no strings attached, her desire to expand her empire ever further grows alongside her reach, and it's implied that she's also bargained with the Friends on the Other Side in order to gain access to their magic.



* Happens in one [[Fanfic/TheMansionverse Mansionverse]] story where the Hatbox Ghost actually summons a slew of infernal demons who insist a deal be made to justify the InconvenientSummons. The Ghost Host manages to trick them on Hatty's behalf with some clever LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler:when the time comes to seal the deal, he hands them the standard form for a damnation contract... the one that states the demons will take possession of the soul "once the contractor is dead". Since Hatty's already a ghost, the contract is in fact null and void]].

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* Happens in one [[Fanfic/TheMansionverse Mansionverse]] ''[[Fanfic/TheMansionverse Mansionverse]]'' story where the Hatbox Ghost actually summons a slew of infernal demons who insist a deal be made to justify the InconvenientSummons. The Ghost Host manages to trick them on Hatty's behalf with some clever LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler:when the time comes to seal the deal, he hands them the standard form for a damnation contract... the one that states the demons will take possession of the soul "once the contractor is dead". Since Hatty's already a ghost, the contract is in fact null and void]].

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