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* Wendy in GravityFalls's episode [[Recap/GravityFallsS1E13BossMabel Boss Mabel]]. Mabel as boss offers to Wendy be more permissive to Wendy by letting her hang out more often with her friends, Wendy starts to let her friends destroy the gift shop with their dangerous games (and even hit a kid on the head with a dissected head. When Mabel ask politely to Wendy to return to work and clean the mess, she tells her she's starting to act like Stan and Mabel to avoid the comparation gives Wendy a full payed day off, leaving Mabel doing her job. This is one of [[CoolBigSis Wendy's]] most {{Jerkass}} moments ever.

** In "Suited for Success", Rarity offers to make dresses for all her friends, and she slaves over the project until she comes up with a gorgeous gown for each of her friends. But they weren't what her friends were expecting, and they offer all kinds of crazy suggestions for improvement. Rarity runs herself ragged trying to meet the demands of her friends, but she hates the way the dresses turn out and she ends up humiliated at a fashion show. The Aesop at the end of the episode is not to take advantage of a friend's generosity.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' had Killer Croc do this to a bunch of circus freaks who had hidden themselves away from the outside world so they could be themselves. They were willing to let him join them on their farm, but when Killer Croc heard they had $50'000, he couldn't resist. When asked why after he's captured, Killer Croc solemnly admits [[IronicEcho he had to be himself]].

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* ''The John Larroquette Show'': John wins an electric car. He charges it at home, where he gets free electricity included in his rent. His landlord complains and cuts him off, so John starts charging it at the bus station where he works.

* Near the opening of ''MeMyselfAndIrene'', a woman asks Charlie whether she can scoot ahead of him in line at the grocery store. She only has a few things, apparently, so he says yes. She calls her kids and their three full shopping carts over and Charlie has a psychotic breakdown.
* Well that was the straw that broke the camels back. [[WhatTheHellTownsPeople Pretty much everyone in the town had been doing this to him for years]].

* In the ''Blackadder'' christmas special, everyone takes advantage of Ebenezer Blackadder, the only nice member of the Blackadder family tree.

* The Children's Book ''If You Give a Mouse a Cookie''.

* ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'' falls victim to this a lot.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has several specific examples, but Bart and Home have this trope as character traits.

-->'''Moe:''' ''[dragging in a giant bag of peanuts]'' "I think you're taking unfair advantage of my generous offer."

** Homer's infinite borrowing from Ned Flanders. It's been phased out, but Homer borrowed everything from a TV tray to tools, and actually considers it a point of pride that he's not returned any of it.

-->'''Moe:''' "I think you're taking unfair advantage of my generous offer."

* The Children's Book ''IfYouGiveAMouseACookie''.

* Both of Garfield's [[GarfieldAndFriends animated]] [[TheGarfieldShow shows]] at least once utilize a similar plot where Garfield befriends a mouse in his home, explaining he doesn't chase them. The mouse near immediately invites all of his friends to take over the place and rob it clean of food. This is obviously a [[BerzerkButton sore spot]] for [[BigEater Garfield]] who decides to take action following this.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess "The Secret of My Excess"]], Spike is offered a spontaneous present by one of the townsfolk he meets, upon that person learning it's Spike's birthday. Spike's inherent dragon greed starts to kick in, and he starts exploiting spontaneous presents from other people.

The reasons for this usually fall under varying degrees of gluttony, {{Greed}}, and ItsAllAboutMe. Quite often those receiving these extra demands will feel obligated to fulfill them anyway, especially if these characters are {{Extreme Doormat}}s, even when the feel like they are being taken for granted.

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* ''SpongebobSquarepants'' falls victim to this a lot.
** One time Squidward quits his job over an argument with the boss, and ends up on the street. Spongebob agrees to take care of Squidward, but he then treats Spongebob like a slave.
** A few episodes revolve around Spongebob trying to get past being an ExtremeDoormat to the whole of Bikini Bottom, but realising he is okay with being stepped on (sometimes literally).
** Another episode revolves around him gaining a large amount of wealth, what starts as him buying someone an ice cream evolves to him basically throwing money to an enormous crowd of moochers.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E10SecretOfMyExcess "The Secret of my Excess"]], Spike is offered a spontaneous present by one of the townsfolk he meets, upon that person learning it's Spike's birthday. Spike's inherent dragon greed starts to kick in, and he starts exploiting spontaneous presents from other people.

* Near the opening of ''MeMyselfAndIrene'', someone asks Charlie if they can scoot ahead of him in line at the grocery story. She only has a few things, apparently, so he says yes. She calls her kids and their three full shopping carts over and Charlie has a psychotic break.

** Bart often doing this whenever his parents give him a break. At one point he is denied pizza for another prank, after which Homer gives him a slice anyway so long as he promises to be good. Bart obviously lied, to the point that his behavior degrades to completely random and unsatisfying acts of destruction simply due to the knowledge his father will let him get away with it. Homer finally snaps and gives him a genuine punishment, this disipline is implied will have positive effects on his life directions in the future.

-->Moe: "I think you're taking unfair advantage of my generous offer."
* ''TheJohnLaroquetteShow'': John wins an electric car. He charges it at home where he gets free electricity included in his rent. His landlord complains and cuts him off, so he starts charging it at the bus station where he works.

Compare MovingTheGoalposts, ThePrimaDonna.