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15->'''Andy:''' I understand you're a man who knows how to get things.\
16'''Red:''' I'm known to locate certain things from time to time.
17-->--''Film/TheShawshankRedemption''
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19You're in a sticky situation; you need to get something and there doesn't seem to be a legal way of getting it. (It could be [[BannedInChina banned]], rationed, [[NoExportForYou from overseas]] or possibly just [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition made in extremely limited quantities]]). If you're lucky, you'll have a friend in the BlackMarket.
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21These guys are the real deal, never dealing in substandard goods because that wouldn't be good business practice and they rely on their reputations. They don't ask any questions either. Their main vice is that they're going to ask for a fair bit more than what the item is worth. Their defense for this is often that it's the circumstances and the effort to get the items that makes them charge the prices, but often it's also a bit of avarice too. (Which often makes them {{Mr Vice Guy}}s.)
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23Personality wise, like [[HonestJohnsDealership Honest John]], they can fit anywhere into the CharacterAlignment spectrum. (Although the fact they deal in quality products usually puts them at least chaotic neutral.) If the character is part of the hero team, then they'll usually be Chaotic or Neutral Good. In a war situation, they also tend to [[ScrewTheWarWerePartying screw it and party]], unless the action is centered on the military in which case they'll be [[TheScrounger doing this work on the side]].
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25This character is obviously part of ''the'' BlackMarket. Compare and contrast HonestJohnsDealership, who also sells products at a premium... except theirs are of lesser quality. TheScrounger is likely to either be this trope or to have dealings with him. Also compare and contrast FriendOnTheForce, for a helping hand on the less dubious side of the law, and FriendInThePress, for a helping hand from the journalistic world.
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33* Chise mantains a friendly relationship with the guy who managed to convince her to [[MadeASlave sell herself]] onto the black market in ''Manga/TheAncientMagusBride''.
34* ''Anime/BNABrandNewAnimal'': Mary Itami, though "friend" might be a stretch, in her first appearance she saves Michiru from beastman hunters and then demands all her money in payment. In a later episode she sells Michiru a SIM card allowing her to access the external internet, and presents a phone bill that she has to pay off by delivering overpriced water filters (with lifetime payment plans) to the slums.
35* Zelik Lindemann in ''Manga/MotherKeeper'' is this for Graham and Silas and is actually running the entire black market.
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39* The Penguin could fit into this trope; while his main merchandise is information for Franchise/{{Batman}}, he also does a ''lot'' of shady business. Because Batman's a poor [[{{Pun}} tipper]].
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43* Al Capp's ''ComicStrip/LilAbner'' had Available Jones, who could provide anything from a safety pin to a battleship, for a price.
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47* Varric's seat in the Merchants' Guild is treated as basically being this in ''[[Fanfic/TwiceUponAnAge All This Sh*t is Twice as Weird]]''. When the [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Inquisition]] needs a large supply of lyrium in a short amount of time, they have him reach out to his undercity contacts to get it. The actual bill of sale is presented in one chapter, only to have Varric - who is [[DirectLineToTheAuthor the story's editor]] -- remove it and state his objections to the author including it.
48-->'''Editor’s note:''' Scholar, ''I'' don't read my mail from the Merchants' Guild -- why should anyone else have to look at it?
49* In the ''Fanfic/InquisitorCarrowChronicles'', Severus Snape keeps a very small, private business dealing with illegal healing and fertility potions. Dumbledore consults him to learn of less morally inclined potioneers who might be linked to Augustus Crabbe.
50* ''Fanfic/NotTheIntendedUseZantetsukenReverse'': Hammer has a gun store in Japan, where selling firearms is extremely illegal. He sells bathing products as a front. Soma and his friends use his services to buy weapons and exchange currencies without looking suspicious, but they also just hang out from time to time.
51* As befitting a SpaceCop, Tovan tr'Khev has his sources on the other side of the law. In ''Fanfic/PeaceForgedInFire'' he reaches out to his contacts as intelligence sources, and one of them, a Suliban gunrunner named Rhaego, clues him in that the Tal'Shiar are trying to sabotage the negotiations between the Empire and the Republic.
52-->'''Morgan:''' Do you trust him?\
53'''Tovan:''' Rhaego? Elements, no. But his information's always been good.
54* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': [[spoiler: "Father" Evergreen Road, who poses as a priest of Luna, is really a fraud using his position as a cover for receiving and selling stolen goods. He's also robbed the temple where he works, selling off its physical assets and using the money to fund his habits of drinking, women and gambling.]]
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58* Nick and Fetcher from ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. They only work for you if you pay them in eggs, but they're very skilled at stealing the items you need. Eggs unfortunately are valuable to the chickens, who get the (literal) chop if they don't lay enough.
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62* Joseph in ''Film/AuRevoirLesEnfants''. The school's assistant cook, he is exposed for selling the school's food supplies on the black market. He implicates several students as accomplices, including Julien and his brother, François.
63* ''Film/BlackWidow2021'': Rick Mason procures resources and transportation for Natasha while she's on the run post-''[[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Civil War]]''. The quality of the resources is directly proportional to the time and money he's given to acquire them--a janky trailer with a crappy generator when she needs a hideout in a hurry, an old Soviet helicopter instead of the jet she asks for with maybe a day's notice, and [[spoiler:a top-of-the-line Avengers quinjet when she gives him space to work at the end of the film]].
64* Sid Carter in ''Film/CarryOnMatron'', who intends to pull off a heist of contraceptive pills from Finisham Maternity Hospital so he sell them on the black market abroad where they can't be obtained any other way.
65* ''Film/TheSerpentAndTheRainbow'': Louis Mozart, a provider of illicit zombie powder, although the “friend” part of that descriptor is initially averted, given how he first tries to sell the main characters some fake stuff, although he does come around in the end. A straighter example might be night club owner Lucien Celine, who is a more honest figure overall, but [[KnowledgeBroker pointed them to Mozart]] in the first place.
66* Sgt. Bilko in ''Film/SgtBilko'' is the main character, but is willing to spread his loot around with his men on occasion.
67* Red in the prison-set ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' is able to get, amongst other things, a poster of Creator/RitaHayworth and a [[ChekhovsGun small rock hammer]].
68* Flash Harry in the ''Film/StTrinians'' series is a long-term associate of the girl pupils, a Cockney spiv involved in all sorts of shady dealings.
69* ''Film/UnderTheRomanSky'': Davide sells robbed things in the black market. Miriam's father uses his help to do falsified documents for fellow Jews.
70* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Caliban is a broker who operates behind the UsefulNotes/IronCurtain, with Psylocke as his bodyguard. Mystique goes to him for fake [=IDs=] for the mutants that she helps.
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74* Rhett Butler from ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'' [[ScrewTheWarWerePartying lives quite well despite the late unpleasantness]]. (He is a privateer, after all.)
75* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
76** Mundungus Fletcher in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' starts out this way, as the guy brought in to help the Order get information on dark dealings (and to get the Weasley twins illegal goods), but his role in the story develops.
77** Aberforth Dumbledore uses his role as a bar owner to feed his brother information about Voldemort and company.
78* Recurring character Bubba Rogowski of Creator/DennisLehane's ''Literature/KenzieAndGennaroSeries'' is a [[FromCamouflageToCriminal former Marine who specializes in obtaining lots of illegal weapons and tech]], and has put [[LandmineGoesClick live mines]] through his entire warehouse apartment to deter unwelcome guests. He's also something of a PsychoForHire and a ManChild who can barely read, but he's been friends with Patrick since they were kids and thus will gladly kill anyone who messes with Patrick. His profession doesn't come without consequences, however, and in one book he's absent because he's in jail for [[JusticeByOtherLegalMeans getting caught with an unregistered handgun]].
79* Paul Sorrell of ''Literature/TheMentalState'' keeps himself safe among the other prison inmates by providing them with drugs and other requirements. Zack later utilises his abilities to acquire other items from behind bars, illegal or not.
80* The Finn, of William Gibson's ''Literature/SprawlTrilogy''. The Finn is a rare example of a smart one, who practices smart discretion and proves more than capable of defending himself when attacked. The Finn long surpasses the general life expectancy of this character type in most stories. Due to the nature of the depicted cyberpunk society, it's debatable whether he can be considered a friend, though.
81* In the Creator/SvenHassel novels, Porta (TheScrounger of 2 Section) works in collusion or rivalry with Chief Mechanic Wolf, who is more this trope. The two men loathe each other, but that doesn't stop them doing business.
82* ''Literature/TheWitchOfKnightcharm'': The only legitimate source of supplies in an evil WizardingSchool is the school store, but most students aren't allowed in (or are restricted from getting the really good stuff) because their class rank is too low. A first-year witch named Bahar runs a technically-illegal shop where she sells the potions that she brews to her desperate classmates. She charges extortionate prices (including at one point winning a lethal competition by paying each of her competitors to kill the other ones and leave her alone), but her customers has no other options, so they're forced to pay.
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86* In ''Series/AlteredCarbon'', we meet a friendly one who runs a front as a candy-peddling street vendor. He sells some wicked powerful guns.
87* ''Series/TheArmyGame'': No matter what the boys of Hut 29 need for their latest ZanyScheme, it seems that Cpl. "Flogger" Hoskins always knows somebody who can supply it at a knockdown price.
88* ''Series/BabylonFive'':
89** G'kar deals with... not really a friend, but a man he knows who deals in black market weaponry, which he needs for the [[LaResistance resistance on Narn]]. The dealer is selling him for far more than the weapons are worth. G'Kar should know, because he sold many of those very weapons to Earth during the Earth Minbari War fifteen years earlier. In this case, the quality of the merchandise is guaranteed with the understanding that what G'kar will do to the dealer if it isn't will be unpleasant.
90** From the same series, the station's postmaster ends up filling this role as well. Despite Babylon 5 declaring independence from the Earth Alliance, and a blockade and trade embargo being enacted in retaliation, he still finds ways to get mail and packages delivered along more out of the way routes, charging accordingly. [[FridgeLogic Oddly enough]], Garibaldi didn't seem to consider that the post office should work any differently despite that.
91* In one episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory,'' Howard mentions that he has a friend who deals in black market nerd memorabilia.
92* On ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', Diane wanted an engagement ring that cost over five thousand dollars. Norm told Sam he had a FriendInTheBlackMarket who could get essentially the same ring for only $1200. Frasier cautioned against this, saying that Diane wouldn't want her engagement ring to be bought from someone who started conversations with "Psst, buddy." (After a phone call to his guy, Norm called Sam over with "Psst, Sammy.") Of course, everything goes wrong.
93* Private Walker, the spiv in ''Series/DadsArmy'' tends to deal in goods of questionable origin. Since the show is set in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII England a lot of his business is in food since rationing at the time limited the availability of food.
94* Dorium in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar A Good Man Goes to War]]". He starts out working for the villains, then learns that they've kidnapped [[spoiler: one of the Doctor's companions and her child]] and decides to run for it before the Doctor turns up, knowing how many people owe him favours. As it turns out, ''he's'' one of those people, and is drafted into the GondorCallsForAid scenario.
95* Thomas ''thinks'' he has one of these in the second series of ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' (to get around post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarI rationing). As it turns out, the flour is half plaster dust and the rest of the goods are worse than useless, as well.
96* In ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', the crew of Serenity tend to ''work'' for this guy (or a variety of these guys), using their skills and ship to acquire the goods for the market. From time to time, they will be seen doing business of their own with these sorts when they need to get things like disguises for their heists.
97* Peter from ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' worked as a middleman for these types of people before he joined Fringe Division. He still has plenty of contacts in that world.
98* Uncle Eddie from ''Series/GroundedForLife'' has a lot of connections with suspicious people, and is often able to obtain questionable items. Pointed out in one episode:
99-->'''Lily:''' You always say you "know a guy". How many guys do you know?\
100'''Uncle Eddie:''' I know about 75 guys.
101* Barney from ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' "has a guy" for just about everything, from a "Suit Guy" and a "Whip Guy" to a "guy in the DA's office" who "scored us front row seats to a lethal injection!"
102-->'''Barney:''' And, if I don't have a guy for something, then I have a Guy Guy to get me a guy. And, oddly enough, his name is Guy.
103* Frank from ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' claims to have "a guy" for just about anything he needs. In one episode he even claims to have a "human meat guy".
104* In the series ''Series/MagnumPI'', Magnum's friend Rick knew people who worked in the Hawaiian black market, which would sometimes come in play during certain story lines.
105* ''Series/{{MASH}}'':
106** Both Radar and Klinger, who use their wits to get anything the hospital needs. (Klinger getting the job when Radar is discharged.)
107** And if that doesn't work, Father Mulcahy serves as the go-between between the camp and the ''actual'' black market.
108--->'''Father Mulcahy:''' You'd be surprised what a priest can get away with.
109* In ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', Terry Jones runs a Tudor job agency, where people can go to find jobs in the Tudor economy, which is supposedly booming. After discussing this for some time with a customer, he suddenly admits it's a stupid idea, then asks, "What do you want?" The customer answers "Dirty books, please," and Terry opens a sliding wall to let him into the black market porn bookstore.
110** And in the Piranha Brothers sketch, shady character Luigi Facotti is interrupted in an interview by a phone call. He says to the caller, "We'll have the watch ready for you at midnight. The watch. The ''Chinese'' watch! Right. Bye-bye." Nothing shady about that whatsoever.
111* In ''Series/OrphanBlack'', StepfordSuburbia {{housewife}} Alison recommends the services of a Ramon for Sarah when she needed a gun. Ramon turns out to be a friendly and slightly campy employee at the local big box store, who supplies Alison with pills and firearms.
112* Sgt. Bilko in ''Series/ThePhilSilversShow'' spends most of his time trying to wheedle money through various get-rich-quick scams and promotions or to find ways to get others to do his work for him.
113* In Series VIII of ''Series/RedDwarf'', when the Dwarfers are in the brig, Lister is friends with a [[InTheFutureWeStillHaveRoombas Skutter]] who can get him stuff from all over the ship to help him.
114* In ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' Kramer's unseen friend "Bob Sacamano" provides many obscure, black-market products - from counterfeit Russian "rat hats" to "The Wizard" Tip Calculator for the condo association (which may be hot!). He is said to have made a fortune for having invented the "paddle with ball" toy, being the first one to attach a rubber band. Before that, Kramer insists, people would hit the ball and it would just fly away.
115* In ''Series/{{Riget}}'', Dr. Krogshøj, the resident AlmightyJanitor, is this for the entire titular hospital, being able to get his colleagues the medicine or equipment they need on a short notice and without having to deal with the bureaucracy and red tape that comes with requesting it through the official channels. He doesn't take payment in money, however, very much preferring to [[YouOweMe have people owe him favors in exchange for his assistance instead]].
116* In ''Series/SneakyPete'', when Otto needs his safe opened as he forgot the code, Marius has a friend who would open the safe and tell Marius the code as well.
117* In one episode of ''Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond'', Captain Vansen is forced to deal with this guy aboard the ''[[CoolStarship Saratoga]]'', trading him a key to the Officers' Lavatory (presumably much nicer than what the enlisted guys normally get to use), [[ChainOfDeals in exchange for a bowl of strawberries that she needed to trade with someone ''else'' to get his spot in line to make a call home]].
118* In ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', Quark is the go-to guy if you need merchandise of questionable legality or a facilitator for your smuggling connections. Although he's part of a whole race of [[HonestJohnsDealership Honest Johns]], he tends to have more scruples than most. Security chief Odo is well aware of his activities but mostly overlooks his petty crimes as Quark is occasionally useful in helping to catch bigger fish.
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122* CPO Pertwee in ''Radio/TheNavyLark''. The most sneeky and coniving person the Navy has ever known, well - apart from the rest of his family! If it isn't nailed down or broken, chances are the Chief will try and sell it. Supported by various members of the Pertwee clan.
123* Jimmy [=DaWeasel=] in ''Radio/TheSpaceGypsyAdventures'', though sometimes Fluff Catt or Gemma Mildury will fill this role. DC Fusky masquerades as one of these in the 2004 remake of ''The Great Chocolate Biscuit Caper'', as part of a plan to finally catch Gemma red-pawed.
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127* In ''TabletopGame/D20Modern'', players can use the Knowledge (streetwise) skill to find or justify already having such a friend, aided by Occupations like Criminal that can grant a skill bonus.
128** In the [[{{Cyberpunk}} CyberRave]] setting of the ''Cyberscape'' SourceBook, this becomes more important as everyone has Gray Wealth that represents their barter-and-pawning based non-digital buying power in both the aftermarket and the black market. The Street Broker feat makes you into one.
129* The indie-RPG ''TabletopGame/HellcatsAndHockeySticks'' features the "Fixer", a character class who is essentially this; capable of obtaining any illicit item and (one assumes) selling it or misusing it for profit and/or amusement.
130* In ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' it's pretty much essential for every group of 'Runners to have two or three of these for getting all those less-than-legal things necessary for successfully operating as a 'Runner.
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134%% (Administrivia/ExamplesAreNotGeneral) * This arises as a gameplay mechanic in an awful lot of video games (especially {{RPG}}s) where the shopkeepers expect the heroes to cough up the dough even when the world is about to end. After all, AdamSmithHatesYourGuts. It fits this trope more than Honest John, as at least they sell you legitimate items.
135* In ''VideoGame/BattleTech'', the Pirates become this if you get a high rating with them. They run the black markets and like all factions give nice discounts on their stores at high approval ratings. Since the black market is an excellent source for late-game mechs and weaponry, this is generally a good idea.
136* In the ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' series, [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior Crazy Earl]] serves this role after he is DemotedToExtra in ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', continuing this practice into ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel''.
137* ''VideoGame/BountyOfOne'': Roger the vulture shopkeeper runs a BlackMarket, allowing the Outlaws to use the gold obtained from runs to purchase questionably legal wares that [[{{Macrogame}} provide small buffs to subsequent runs]].
138* Gheed in ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' could qualify as this and Honest John. Warriv states that, while Gheed is greedy, his wares are beyond reproach, suggesting that he realizes that selling low quality goods means that people would stop buying from him.
139* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', there are recurring war table operations through which the Inquisitor can acquire crafting materials for the organization such as cloth and leather. How they are acquired depends on which adviser is selected to complete the operation; Cullen wants to send soldiers to make direct purchases from the weavers/tanners, while Josephine wants to deal with reputable merchants, but Leliana always offers to contact the black market for the rarest goods. Occasionally, selecting Leliana will result in her agents finding nothing.
140* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
141** Throughout the series, the ThievesGuild acts as a friend in the black market ''for hire''. They tend to operate out of criminal front-type establishments, usually bars or taverns, which serve as OpenSecret unofficial guild halls to create plausible deniability, since their guild halls ''actually'' being secrets would be bad for business. For a fee, they'll *ehem* acquire certain goods, perform shakedowns, run protection rackets, and have members who can clear your bounties with law enforcement. Naturally, if you choose to join, you'll carry out most of these activities.
142** Starting with ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'' and carrying over into ''Skyrim'', Thieves Guild fences are the only merchants who will buy stolen goods. If you wish to sell these goods, you'll need this friend in the black market.
143** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]''[='s=] own [[WizardingSchool College of Winterhold]] has Enthir, a Wood Elf who frequently handles the shadier dealings at the college. Notably, the missions that involve him involve getting something he traded away back from bandits, necromancers, or even vampires, one mission for the Thieves Guild (for whom he will act as a fence upon completion,) and he is the only merchant that reliably sells [[{{Necromancy}} black soul gems]].
144* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', none of the merchants in the area around The Strip will openly sell you the kind of HiddenWeapons you can smuggle past casino security. However, a shady guy hanging around Gomorrah calling himself "Mister Holdout" will sell them to you, and Mick at Mick and Ralph's can be convinced to sell you some from a secret back room if you pass a Speech challenge.
145-->'''Crier:''' We've got stuff we're not even allowed to sell, people. Only at Mick & Ralph's.
146* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': Played with regarding Dori. Dori is the closest thing to a black-market saleswoman in Sumeru, selling goods that are considered illegal by the Akademiya (such as Canned Knowledge), and she's willing to help out the Traveler on their search for Kusanali by happily providing her goods. That said, she still has to put her customers through a lot of verifications to make sure they don't align with the Akademiya, and she'll straight-up blacklist anyone with even the faintest hint of association with them, such as Alhaitham. At the same time, she has already provided Cyno, the head of the Akademiya's law enforcement, "the full range of Genius Invocation TCG merch" for him, and wasn't afraid of approaching him with the bill for some desert survival kits in Cyno's Story Quest.
147* [[VillainousGlutton Krew]] is this in ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' to the [[LaResistance Underground]] but he'll sell them out if the price is high enough.
148* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', Kafei has the Curiosity Shop owner as a friend, with the latter specializing in selling stolen goods. Kafei particularly wants to identify one of the Curiosity Shop's main clients who stole the Sun's Mask from him.
149* ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'': Squadmate Vetra Nyx is one of these. In fact, it's how she wound up in the Andromeda Initiative to begin with, being brought on to "procure" items that couldn't be attained through entirely legal channels. Fortunately, Vetra's a good person, but she and Ryder have to go through plenty of "I know a guy" conversations to maintain ''some'' semblance of plausible deniability. She never sells Ryder anything, but she does have an amazing amount of friends across the Initiative and outside it.
150* [[SoulBrotha Drebin]] in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' is named for ''Film/TheNakedGun'' character due to what he sells; 'naked guns' - the arms he sells are not ID-Locked, and so can be used by anybody, which comes in very handy for Snake. Also plays the [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]] at times, and serves as MrExposition in relation to the backstories of [[QuirkyMinibossSquad the Beauty and the Beast Corps.]]
151* Munehisa Iwai of ''VideoGame/Persona5''. He's an ex-Yakuza who runs an airsoft shop, which doubles as a pawn shop for anyone looking to get rid of valuable items-- and your protagonist happens to have a semi-genuine Olympic medal on his hands. From then on, he buys whatever treasure you pick up the cognitive world, and sells you model guns that [[YourMindMakesItReal function like real guns in said cognitive world]].
152* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'': Ratchet can buy a lot of black market gear during the course of his adventures, from weapon mods to hypnosis gadgets to [[InfinityPlusOneSword giant overpowered weaponry.]] Ratchet's most frequent friend across the games is Slim Cognito, who starts in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando'' selling ship upgrades, then in several of the sequels sells discounted weapons from older games, weapon upgrades, and eventually in the relaunch sells you the RYNO. Originally he appears as a pair of eyes peeking out of the mail slot in a terminal, but in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016'' he's instead a green-skinned reptilian alien.
153* In ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'', Irish and Seth are this for Nigel West Dickens. Of course, West Dickens is a SnakeOilSalesman.
154* ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' has Spyke in the first game, and Murch in the second and third. Both are literal {{Street Urchin}}s who hang out in the back alleys of Inkopolis. They offer their various services at premium prices (the in-universe reason for Spyke getting replaced is actually because he earned more than enough money to retire), amongst them being "obtaining" clothing the player asks them to get, selling it at three times the store price. Better not to ask how they got it.
155* The ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'' series has Moneybags, who will perform various services for you for, "* ahem* , a small fee." It's usually anything but small (not to mention sometimes the price is insane for what he does), but if you want to finish the game, let alone get HundredPercentCompletion, you'll have to pay up. At least you [[spoiler:[[PayEvilUntoEvil get your]] money back]].
156* In ''VideoGame/TellingLies'', David's contact [[spoiler:Harry]] is this, supplying him with drugs and explosives at various points in the timeline.
157* In ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', you meet several: Trip, the disaffected, twitchy, TripleShifter pawn-shop manager; Mercurio, the sixtysomething ghoul in a [[OlderThanTheyLook thirtysomething body]] who can get "anything anyone wants at any time"; Fat Larry, a SoulBrotha who requires a few favors before he sells you his special stock; Slater, night shift convenience store worker, so bored in his SoulSuckingRetailJob that he sells guns on the side; and Tseng, very definitely ''not'' a Chinese army veteran, vendor of herbal remedies that sometimes have a superficial resemblance to automatic weapons.
158* Most merchants in ''VideoGame/Vampyr2018'': Milton Hawkes, Dorothy Crane and Rakesh Chadana are hospital staff that smuggle goods that can be sold to you and Edwina Cox is a gang leader that sells weapons so she is this trope by default. There are legitimate traders in the game, but they are fewer in number.
159* In ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' the Tenno have an ally in rogue Corpus trader Darvo Bek, estranged son of Corpus board chairman Frohd Bek, who they help get away from his overbearing father to strike out on his own. He has a bit of the HonestJohnsDealership about him (a lot of his merchandise is clearly stolen, salvaged or smuggled), but he's incomparably more ethical than [[CorruptCorporateExecutive the rest of the Corpus]] (who are generally one of the game's main enemy factions), and offers special deals to the Tenno, as well as giving them the odd special mission.
160-->'''Darvo:''' My competition would be upset if they knew I was selling this stock so cheap. Come to think of it, they would be upset to know I was selling this stock at all... they're probably still looking for it.
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164* While Bubs of ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' may mostly be an {{Honest John|sDealership}}, he ''also'' sells stuff on the black market -- and his black-market merchandise are more legitimate, higher-quality products than anything he sells at his store.
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168* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', whatever it is the Other Warriors need, Rogue "knows a guy". It turns out the guy in question is [[spoiler: Thief]].
169* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Haley was able to arm LaResistance in Azure city by [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0531.html purchasing smuggled weapons through the black market]].
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173* In ''WebVideo/FreemansMind'', Gordon occasionally muses that his friend Eddie can help him with some sort of illegal activity, whether it be pawning a large supply of weapons, procuring human skulls, or obtaining fake identification.
174* In Chapter 2 of ''WebVideo/TFSAtTheTable'', Ezra and Eloy encounter a wind genasi known as Legitimate Larry, who has apparently closed and opened his shop again six times. He sells them some very elaborate and impressive equipment, but is also very hard to talk down from his extortionate prices. Later on, the party also discover he has a bounty on his head from the Adventurer's Guild in Rite. Ezra and Eloy, however, [[RPGMechanicsVerse rolled so badly]] on their first meeting that they trust Larry implicity. Ironically, this has lead to him being a very useful resource for them sometimes.
175-->'''Zito, addressing Ezra:''' Legitimate Larry? No way this dude isn't legitimate, it's ''in his god-damn name''.
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179* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. Whenever a member of the Smith family need something, they’ll usual turn to Roger for help, who will always claim to "know a guy", with said "guy" always ending up being Roger himself in one of his various disguises.
180* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'': Carl has a friend named Terry. Terry can get things... but you don't want to know where he got them.
181* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': The Hustler Kid. In [[StatusQuoIsGod one episode]] Gus became the "Gusler Kid" and did even better than him. TJ also went a bit [[CorruptCorporateExecutive mad]] when the cards from an {{expy}} of the ''TabletopGame/PokemonTradingCardGame'' was adopted as a currency of sorts.
182* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': Muscle Man has a seemingly endless list of contacts who provide various goods and services ranging from the mundane to the utterly ridiculous. More often than not, they also tend to owe Muscle Man a favor, which is usually how he gets their help.
183* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'': In the episode "Winter's Gift," Clover calls on his old friend Whiskers (a fox) to get Sofia some ice lilies, since he has connections all over the wood, and literally gets his information from little birdies.

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