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** ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules

** Alternatively, Alice pays more in bribe money than it would have cost for her to just pay the ticket.

** Luckily since Bribery is a crime, it not only [[HoistByHisOwnPetard adds to Alice’s criminal record, but the police takes her money anyway, shortening her bank account, and adding more time in prison.]] When the sentence is over, [[HumiliationConga her reputation is permanently ruined.]]

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's constant bribery to get out of trouble is whittling down her bank account.

* '''Played for Drama''': Alice repeatedly bribes corrupt officials to get out of trouble. Fed up with this, a group of people decide to deal with her and the corrupt officials via extralegal means.

'''Played for Drama''': Alice repeatedly bribes corrupt officials to get out of trouble. Fed up with this, a group of people decide to deal with her and the corrupt officials via extralegal means.

%%* '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played for Drama''': ???

* Alice has a large amount of money, and seems to give it to other people even when she's not supposed to.

** Alice decides to take a different approach. She doesn't bribe the police officer trying to arrest her. Instead, she spends money on the people who can make the cop's life a living hell. After a while, the threat of her whittling down her account is fixed: She doesn't even need to make bribes because she's built up a reputation and the threat of what will happen if people piss her off is enough. Fixes the problem of people who can't be bought, too: There's always someone who CAN.

** "You're trying to bribe me, right now, when there's a tidal wave coming at us? [[MoneyIsNoPower Your money can't save you any more that it can save me!]]"

** Alice gets out of the ticket by dropping a BriefcaseFullOfMoney at the cop's feet

** Alice decides to take a different approach. She doesn't bribe the cop trying to arrest her. Instead, she spends money on the people who can make the cop's life a living hell. After a while, the threat of her whittling down her account is fixed: She doesn't even need to make bribes because she's built up a reputation and the threat of what'll happen if people piss her off is enough. Fixes the problem of people who can't be bought, too: There's always someone who CAN.

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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': Alice, after getting caught stealing something, gives it to the officer who catches her, claiming it's an early birthday gift for him.

* '''Reconstructed''': Alice's constant bribery to get out of trouble is whittling down her bank account but she runs a massive {{megacorp}}oration which provides her more than she needs, and in some cases (especially in dystopias) paying your fines is actually cheaper than trying to follow the law in the long run.
** Alice decides to take a different approach. She doesn't bribe the cop trying to arrest her. Instead,she spends money on the people who can make the cop's life a living hell. After a while, the threat of her whittling down her account is fixed: she doesn't even need to make bribes because she's built up a reputation and the threat of what'll happen if people piss her off is enough. Fixes the problem of people who can't be bought, too: there's always someone who CAN.

* '''Exaggerated''':

* '''Downplayed''': ???

** Alice can pay people off with {{Comically Small Bribe}}s

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice tries to pay off the cop, who refuses her money. She goes to trial, bribes the judge, and it looks like she's going to get off. However, she and the judge are both caught in the bribe, and so she's tried again, fails to bribe the new judge, and goes to jail. She then bribes the jailer into "accidentally" leaving the keys in the lock of her cell.

* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''':

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's constant bribery to get out of trouble is whittling down her bank account

* '''Inverted''': ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules

* '''Justified''': Alice is in a third-world country with a corrupt police force.

* '''Enforced''': "We can't let the RichBitch get in trouble! She's an antagonist. Let's have her pay the guy off."

** Alice is CorruptCorporateExecutive and a member of the {{Fiction 500}} who can get away with crimes against humanity [[DevilInPlainSight while in everyone's plain sight]].

** Alice is CorruptCorporateExecutive and a member of the {{Fiction 500}} who can get away with crimes against humanity, [[DevilInPlainSight in plain sight]].

* '''Reconstructed''': Alice's constant bribery to get out of trouble is whittling down her bank account but the result of her actions earn her more than enough money to conquer this problem.

* '''Exaggerated''': Alice gets out of the ticket by dropping a BriefcaseFullOfMoney at the cop's feet

* '''Parodied''': Alice can pay people off with {{Comically Small Bribe}}s

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice's constant bribery to get out of trouble is whittling down her bank account
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice's constant bribery to get out of trouble is whittling down her bank account but the result of her actions earn her more than enough money to conquer this problem.

* '''Defied''': Cop: "Nice try, ma'am, but [[BribeBackfire attempting bribery is also a crime]]."

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* '''Defied''': Cop: "Nice try, ma'am, but attempting bribery is also a crime."