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* ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'': Early in the game, you have a chance to get into a doctor's email inbox, find evidence that he's having an affair, tell him to buy your silence, and optionally raise the price with the right social skills. With no consequences or relationship to the plot, it's a way for a new character to get some spending money and for a new player to explore several game mechanics.
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* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'': Heath is with a mercenary company, but really doesn't want to fight the heroes, since they have women and children in their group (and they have no reason to fight, anyway, since their employer has from their perspective dropped off the face of the earth). His boss Eubans says that if he doesn't, the company will haul him back to Bern, where he'll be hanged for treason. Heath complies, but is conflicted enough to join your side if spoken to by Ninian or any of the lords.
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* In the ''Series/Forever2014'' episode "Social Engineering" hacktivist Liz discovers [[Really700YearsOld Henry]]'s records are fake, and demands he issue her a death certificate as part of leaving her current identity and creating a new one, or she'll reveal the forgeries to his colleagues. Henry ultimately refuses, but Liz is nearly killed by an engineered car accident while she is in the process of sending the email that will reveal his secret. Later, another computer expert follows the same trail and threatens to not only expose him as a fraud but make sure his face is all over the Internet, making it extremely difficult to ever start a new life, unless he lets Liz die. [[spoiler: Henry again chooses to do what's right. Liz sets him up with much better-faked records so his secret is safe.]]

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** At the end of Week 5, a character [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep only known as the Blackmailer]] reveals to you that [[spoiler:[[TomatoInTheMirror you are actually one of the four missing people who are wanted by AVAC after the fire at CARI. He gives you the whole week to decide whether to keep your identity a secret from the organization and/or your old friend who has been looking for you since the fire, but the payments for both are steep.]]

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** At the end of Week 5, a character [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep only known as the Blackmailer]] reveals to you that [[spoiler:[[TomatoInTheMirror you are actually one of the four missing people who are wanted by AVAC AVAC]] after the fire at CARI. He gives you the whole week to decide whether to keep your identity a secret from the organization and/or your old friend who has been looking for you since the fire, but the payments for both are steep.]]]]
** If you buy stolen items and then return them to their rightful owners, they'll thank you for it but threaten to report you to AVAC for "pandering to thieves". You must pay them so they'll keep quiet about it.

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* ''VideoGame/NoUmbrellasAllowed'': If you let Prof. Choi stay at your store overnight for several days to develop the cure for [[EmotionSuppression Fixer]], some of your customers become suspicious of the two of you and threaten to report you, the store manager, to AVAC. You can pay them a hefty sum of money to keep them quiet.

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If you let Prof. Choi stay at your store overnight for several days to develop the cure for [[EmotionSuppression Fixer]], some of your customers become suspicious of the two of you and threaten to report you, the store manager, to AVAC. You can pay them a hefty sum of money to keep them quiet.quiet.
** At the end of Week 5, a character [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep only known as the Blackmailer]] reveals to you that [[spoiler:[[TomatoInTheMirror you are actually one of the four missing people who are wanted by AVAC after the fire at CARI. He gives you the whole week to decide whether to keep your identity a secret from the organization and/or your old friend who has been looking for you since the fire, but the payments for both are steep.]]
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* In ''WebVideo/SMPLive'', Schlatt and Connor blackmail Wilbur into buying into their cryptocurrency when they find out he has golden apples (which are illegal on the server), threatening to report him if he doesn't do business with them.

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* In ''WebVideo/SMPLive'', Schlatt and Connor blackmail [[spoiler:blackmail Wilbur into buying into their cryptocurrency when they find out he has golden apples (which are illegal on the server), threatening to report him if he doesn't do business with them.them]].
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* ''Series/MyWorldAndWelcomeToIt'': Implied in "The Mating Dance." When John asks Leonard, the uncouth and rough-spoken boy (he says "ain't" a lot, for starters) escorting Lydia to a party what grade he got in English, he proudly says he got an A+. However, it becomes clear this came about because the teacher got behind on the payments for a used car Leonard's father sold him, not because Leonard actually earned the grade.

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* ''VideoGame/NoUmbrellasAllowed'': If you let Prof. Choi stay at your store overnight for several days to develop the cure for [[EmotionSuppression Fixer]], some of your customers become suspicious of the two of you and threaten to report you, the store manager, to AVAC. You can pay them a hefty sum of money to keep them quiet.



* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', during Kou's version of the Strength Social Link, Daisuke, realizing that his best friend Kou is losing his passion for basketball, arranges for a game against a nearby high school. He needs additional players besides himself, Kou and the PlayerCharacter, so he uses blackmail on the other members (such as that one player is copying answers)
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', ''VideoGame/Persona4'', during Kou's version of the Strength Social Link, Daisuke, realizing that his best friend Kou is losing his passion for basketball, arranges for a game against a nearby high school. He needs additional players besides himself, Kou and the PlayerCharacter, so he uses blackmail on the other members (such as that one player is copying answers)
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'' ''VideoGame/Persona5'' has a few examples.

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* Charles Augustus Milverton, who bought compromising documents from disgruntled servants, squeezed the documents' writers for every farthing he could, and then ruined them anyway when they revolted or if he simply felt like it. After his death, Literature/SherlockHolmes and Watson felt [[AssholeVictim he needed killing]] [[spoiler: -- that and they were breaking into his house to recover some letters he stole from their client at the time of the incident]].


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* Literature/SherlockHolmes ''loathes'' blackmailers and has zero sympathy for their murder.
--> ''I would ask you how could one compare the ruffian, who in hot blood bludgeons his mate, with this man, who methodically and at his leisure tortures the soul and wrings the nerves in order to add to his already swollen money-bags.''
** Charles Augustus Milverton, who bought compromising documents from disgruntled servants, squeezed the documents' writers for every farthing he could, and then ruined them anyway when they revolted or if he simply felt like it. After his death, Literature/SherlockHolmes and Watson felt [[AssholeVictim he needed killing]] [[spoiler: -- that and they were breaking into his house to recover some letters he stole from their client at the time of the incident]].
** In ''The Boscombe Valley Mystery'' it turns out that Charles [=McCarthy=], the murder victim, had been blackmailing John Turner for years over a robbery Turner had committed in Australia. The last straw was [=McCarthy=] trying to pressure Turner's daughter Alice to marry his son James which prompted Turner to kill him. Holmes' sympathies are fully with Turner and he lets him off since he's likely to die soon though he does make Turner write up a confession just in case.
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* ''Webcomic/LiesSistersAndWives'': In the end, [[spoiler:Jim has the role of blackmailer unknowingly thrust upon him. Fredrik reveals to Jim that he has a secret daughter from an affair -- assuming that he knows already -- and gives him the job in Bergen to keep him quiet.]]
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* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'': In an issue, J. Jonah Jameson was blackmailed by the Hobgoblin who threatened to tell the world he created the Scorpion. Jameson decided to print a confession and resign as Editor-In-Chief of the ''Daily Bugle'' in response.

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* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'': ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In an issue, ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1963'' #249, J. Jonah Jameson was is blackmailed by the Hobgoblin Hobgoblin, who threatened threatens to tell the world he created the Scorpion. Jameson decided to print a confession and resign as Editor-In-Chief of the ''Daily Bugle'' in response.
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* In ''Literature/EricOrLittleByLittle'', Eric and his friends secretly buy wine and brandy from a petty criminal named Billy. After Eric decides to stop his rule-breaking, Billy tells him that he knows Eric and his friends stole some of Mr Gordon's pigeons months ago, and threatens to report it if Eric doesn't give him five pounds. Eric knows he'll be expelled if Dr Rowlands finds out he stole the pigeons, but he can't think of a way to scrape together five pounds. [[spoiler:He steals the money from the cricket-fund box, then has an attack of conscience and puts it back, but he doesn't have time to take the key out of the lock. Days later, Billy breaks in, sees the key in the lock, and steals all the money in the box, over six pounds. Eric is blamed for the theft.]]
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* ''Fanfic/AsylumOfDoom'': Maddie gets Patricia to stop attacking Gaz by threatening to report to the [[OrderliesAreCreeps orderlies]] that she has a hidden shiv, which will no doubt get her [[BedlamHouse brutally punished]] by [[DrJerk Dr. Burke.]]
-->'''Maddie''': Let's see how the staff react to that little toy of yours. You've managed to hide it from them so far, you really want to risk them finding it? I'd hate to think what the doctor would do to you.
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* ''Fanfic/ABadWeekAtTheWizengamot'': Sirius reflects on a very good day at school he had in fifth year. One of the things he did that day was catch [[ThePeepingTom Argus Filch spying on the female members of the Hufflepuff Quiddich team while they were showering]] (with the castle's caretaker "rubbing his cat suggestively" while he was at it) and subsequently blackmail Filch over the matter.
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* ''Series/HenryDanger'': In the subplot of "The Secret Gets Out", Jasper is blackmailed by Piper into becoming her personal assistant and is forced to do menial favors for her; if he disobeys, she will upload a video of him attempting "[[Film/PitchPerfect The Cup Song]]". After the video gets erased when Henry knocks Piper's phone in the toilet, Jasper records a video of Piper sneaking out to a club that's not her age, and she is blackmailed into becoming ''his'' assistant to avoid being tattled on.
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* ''Film/Heatwave2022'': Parker was blackmailed by Eve into helping cover up her murder of Scott.
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* ''Series/ThePact'': The ladies are blackmailed by someone with knowledge of them being with Jack's death before his murder, first demanding 5,000 pounds. It then goes up to 10,000. [[spoiler:Nancy, one of their number, turns out to be the culprit. She's covering for her husband's gambling debts, as [[GamblingAddict he's addicted]].]]
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* Throughout ''Series/{{Columbo}}'', there are often people that try to blackmail the murderer of the episode. With only a few exceptions, this usually ended up with themin the ground right next to the first victim.

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* Throughout ''Series/{{Columbo}}'', there are often people that try to blackmail the murderer of the episode. With only a few exceptions, this usually ended up with themin them in the ground right next to the first victim.
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* In ''Literature/BothCanBeTrue'', Daniel and Ash [[SecretPetPlot rescue the elderly pomeranian Chewbarka from euthanization]]. Chewbarka's former owner turns out to have a daughter named Bella [=McBrenner=] who goes to Daniel and Ash's school. When Bella finds out that her beloved dog hasn't really been euthanized, she digs up a video of a transphobic assault Ash suffered at their old school and threatens to send it to everyone if Ash doesn't tell her where Chewbarka is. Ash can't tell her because her dad might find out, take Chewbarka back, and have her killed. Just as Bella is about to send the video, Ash's friends Griffey, Sam, and Esme confront her for sharing bullying videos, letting everyone know Ash's deadname, and committing blackmail. Bella feels guilty and backs down. Later, once Chewbarka is in a safe home, Daniel takes Bella to visit her, but only after making sure she won't mention it to her dad.

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* In ''Literature/BothCanBeTrue'', Daniel and Ash [[SecretPetPlot rescue the elderly pomeranian Pomeranian Chewbarka from euthanization]]. Chewbarka's former owner turns out to have a daughter named Bella [=McBrenner=] who goes to Daniel and Ash's school. When Bella finds out that her beloved dog hasn't really been euthanized, she digs up a video of a transphobic assault Ash suffered at their old school and threatens to send it to everyone if Ash doesn't tell her where Chewbarka is. Ash can't tell her because her dad might find out, take Chewbarka back, and have her killed. Just as Bella is about to send the video, Ash's friends Griffey, Sam, and Esme confront her for sharing bullying videos, letting everyone know Ash's deadname, and committing blackmail. Bella feels guilty and backs down. Later, once Chewbarka is in a safe home, Daniel takes Bella to visit her, but only after making sure she won't mention it to her dad.
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* In ''Literature/BothCanBeTrue'', Daniel and Ash [[SecretPetPlot rescue the elderly pomeranian Chewbarka from euthanization]]. Chewbarka's former owner turns out to have a daughter named Bella [=McBrenner=] who goes to Daniel and Ash's school. When Bella finds out that her beloved dog hasn't really been euthanized, she digs up a video of a transphobic assault Ash suffered at their old school and threatens to send it to everyone if Ash doesn't tell her where Chewbarka is. Ash can't tell her because her dad might find out, take Chewbarka back, and have her killed. Just as Bella is about to send the video, Ash's friends Griffey, Sam, and Esme confront her for sharing bullying videos, letting everyone know Ash's deadname, and committing blackmail. Bella feels guilty and backs down. Later, once Chewbarka is in a safe home, Daniel takes Bella to visit her, but only after making sure she won't mention it to her dad.
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* ''WebAnimation/RevengeFilms'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-99LqNtyd2U Shannon's]] wedding speech, she revealed that the bride Lillian secretly took photos of her doing it with a man that she forced Shannon to do, because she wanted to buy a gift for her boyfriend. She threatened Shannon that she would reveal the photos to her parents unless she did what she said.
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* ''Series/TheCompanyYouKeep'': Throughout ''Series/{{Columbo}}'', there are often people that try to blackmail the murderer of the episode. With only a few exceptions, this usually ended up with themin the ground right next to the first victim.
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** When Léo refuses to help Carl and Maria cheat at a test, the latter threatens to tell Camille that he kissed some other girl.

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* In ''WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeriesKpts4tv'', the Narrator blackmails Mikami into letting him make a documentary of his life with his knowledge that Mikami is a crazy mass murderer... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and that he likes to dress up in frilly pink underwear and go dancing down the street.]]
* In ''Website/FamilyGuyFanon'''s retelling of ''[[https://familyguyfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Family_Guy:_Live_in_Vegas Family Guy: Live in Vegas]]'' (which was turned from a soundtrack album to a 44-minute MusicalEpisode to promote Family Guy's grand return after its first cancelation) has Francis, Peter's father, be forced to come to because of his son Peter blackmailing him. With the song "Fathers and Sons are Headaches" explaining that Peter stole Francis' Bible for ransom and only gave it back if he promised to a solid for me no matter what it was, which in this case was attend the musical.

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* In ''WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeriesKpts4tv'', the ''WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeriesKpts4tv'': The Narrator blackmails Mikami into letting him make a documentary of his life with his knowledge that Mikami is a crazy mass murderer... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and that he likes to dress up in frilly pink underwear and go dancing down the street.]]
* In ''Website/FamilyGuyFanon'''s ''Website/FamilyGuyFanon'': It's a retelling of ''[[https://familyguyfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Family_Guy:_Live_in_Vegas Family Guy: Live in Vegas]]'' (which was turned from a soundtrack album to a 44-minute MusicalEpisode to promote Family Guy's grand return after its first cancelation) has cancelation). Francis, Peter's father, be forced to come to because of his son Peter blackmailing him. With the song "Fathers and Sons are Headaches" explaining that Peter stole Francis' Bible for ransom and only gave it back if he promised to a solid for me no matter what it was, which in this case was attend the musical.musical.
* ''Webcomic/FeralnetteAU'': Lila immediately flirts with this after witnessing [[spoiler:Felix coming out of the girl's bathroom, implying that she'll report them to the school unless they tell her what club they're in. This backfires when the threat proves enough to pierce through Alya's SelectiveObliviousness]].
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* In ''Website/FamilyGuyFanon's'' retelling of ''[[https://familyguyfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Family_Guy:_Live_in_Vegas Family Guy: Live in Vegas]]'' (which was turned from a soundtrack album to a 44-minute MusicalEpisode to promote Family Guy's grand return after its first cancelation) has Francis, Peter's father, be forced to come to because of his son Peter blackmailing him. With the song "Fathers and Sons are Headaches" explaining that Peter stole Francis' Bible for ransom and only gave it back if he promised to a solid for me no matter what it was, which in this case was attend the musical.

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* In ''Website/FamilyGuyFanon's'' ''Website/FamilyGuyFanon'''s retelling of ''[[https://familyguyfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Family_Guy:_Live_in_Vegas Family Guy: Live in Vegas]]'' (which was turned from a soundtrack album to a 44-minute MusicalEpisode to promote Family Guy's grand return after its first cancelation) has Francis, Peter's father, be forced to come to because of his son Peter blackmailing him. With the song "Fathers and Sons are Headaches" explaining that Peter stole Francis' Bible for ransom and only gave it back if he promised to a solid for me no matter what it was, which in this case was attend the musical.

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* In ''Fanfic/FamilyGuyFanon's'' retelling of ''[[https://familyguyfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Family_Guy:_Live_in_Vegas Family Guy: Live in Vegas]]'' (which was turned from a soundtrack album to a 44-minute MusicalEpisode to promote Family Guy's grand return after its first cancelation) has Francis, Peter's father, be forced to come to because of his son Peter blackmailing him. With the song "Fathers and Sons are Headaches" explaining that Peter stole Francis' Bible for ransom and only gave it back if he promised to a solid for me no matter what it was, which in this case was attend the musical.

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* In ''Fanfic/FamilyGuyFanon's'' ''Website/FamilyGuyFanon's'' retelling of ''[[https://familyguyfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Family_Guy:_Live_in_Vegas Family Guy: Live in Vegas]]'' (which was turned from a soundtrack album to a 44-minute MusicalEpisode to promote Family Guy's grand return after its first cancelation) has Francis, Peter's father, be forced to come to because of his son Peter blackmailing him. With the song "Fathers and Sons are Headaches" explaining that Peter stole Francis' Bible for ransom and only gave it back if he promised to a solid for me no matter what it was, which in this case was attend the musical.
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* ''Series/QueenSugar'':
** Davis threatens to reveal that Charley forged his signature to get a loan for the mill if she doesn't agree to give him shared custody of Micah. Though later he claims it was just a bluff.
** [[spoiler:Darla]] threatens to come forward about her sexual assault allegations against Chase unless he signs over paternity rights to [[spoiler:Blue]], agrees to stay away from her and her family, and makes a huge donation to the St. Josephine's Farm Co-op. To enforce this, she has Hollywood secretly record Chase admitting to the rape.
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* ''Literature/MurderForTheModernGirl'': [[spoiler:After getting her drunk and stripping her to take photos of her nude, Rex Blanchot uses the photos to blackmail Maggie Stowe to give him money or he'll expose the photos to her father, her fiance, and every newspaper company.]]
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* In ''Literature/TheMonsterGarden'', Frankie's brother David steals some mysterious grey goo that their father's lab threw out so he can experiment on it. Frankie threatens to tell on David for stealing it if he doesn't give her some so she can experiment, too.

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