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* ''ComicBook/JewGangster'':
** After the Jewish Mob and the Italian Mob agree to be FriendlyEnemies and mutually profit from the sweatshop-union feud, Monk shoots one of the Italian gangsters as equalization for them killing one of the Jewish gangsters earlier.
** Monk invokes this to justify him [[spoiler:raping Ruby's sister Rifke, in response to Ruby sleeping with his wife Molly]].
--->"We're pals, ain't we? Share 'n share alike. What's yours is mine an' what's mine is yours."
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* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. Early in the series, Eda is called on to babysit the Bat Queen's children and in return is given a whistle to call in a favor alongside a rather substantial monetary payment. Roughly a season later, Eda uses the whistle to arrange a [[{{Familiar}} Palisman]] adoption event at Hexside, but the Bat Queen is so thrilled to have gotten the abandoned Palismen under her care new owners that she tells Eda to hold onto the whistle for an extra favor (which, [[ScrewedByTheNetwork due to the show getting severely cut down by Disney]], is never shown).
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* ''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault'': In the second half of the opening stage on Fortuna, Falco will get chased by several enemies, grumpily admitting he owes Fox for saving him. He pays it back by dropping off a Smart Bomb before reaching the enemy base, declaring "That makes us even!"

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->''"We'll call it even."''
-->-- '''Ada Wong''', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake''



* ''Film/AnyWhichWayYouCan''
-->'''Jack Wilson:''' ''[after Jack rescues Philo in a brawl]'' I believe that makes us even.
* ''Film/BatmanBegins'': The malicious variant of the trope comes up when [[spoiler: Ra's Al Ghul burns down Wayne Manor and leaves Bruce to die]].
-->'''[[spoiler: Ra's]]''': Justice is balance. You burned my house and left me for dead. Consider us even.

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-->'''[[spoiler: %%-->'''[[spoiler: Ra's]]''': Justice is balance. You burned my house and left me for dead. Consider us even.



* In the early Seasons of ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', Oswald Cobblepot’s relationship with James Gordon is based on repaying debts.

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* ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}''
-->'''Jack:''' Well, [=MacGyver=], you saved my hide again. I guess that makes us even.

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* ''Series/{{Roswell}}'' episode "Max in the City"
-->'''Max:''' Liz. You brought me back.\\

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'', [[BadassNormal Sgt Johnson]] says "We're even... as long as we're only counting today," after being rescued by [[SuperSoldier Master Chief]], Johnson having found and revived Master Chief earlier.
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'': At the end of the game, Leon ends up battling the Super Tyrant on the underground elevator. Ada throws him a rocket launcher to help him put the Tyrant down for good, declaring they're even after spending most of the game going back and forth saving each other. Keeping track of these instances shows that she did owe him[[note]]Ada saved him twice: shooting the zombie dog and then ramming the Tyrant with a car. Leon saved her three times: TakingTheBullet Annette shot at her, helping her out of the trash compactor and removing the metal from her leg, and attempting to pull her back up after the catwalk collapsed[[/note]].

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'', ''VideoGame/Halo3'', [[BadassNormal Sgt Johnson]] says "We're even... as long as we're only counting today," after being rescued by [[SuperSoldier Master Chief]], Johnson having found and revived Master Chief earlier.
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'': At the end of the game, Leon ends up battling the Super Tyrant on the underground elevator. Ada throws him a rocket launcher to help him put the Tyrant down for good, declaring they're even after spending most of the game going back and forth saving each other. Keeping track of these instances shows that she did owe him[[note]]Ada saved him twice: shooting the zombie dog and then ramming the Tyrant with a car. Leon saved her three times: TakingTheBullet Annette shot at her, helping her out of the trash compactor and removing the metal from her leg, and attempting to pull her back up after the catwalk collapsed[[/note]].collapsed[[/note]] and throwing him the rocket launcher evens the score.



* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': When Demona battles the original Hunter in "[[Recap/GargoylesS2CityOfStone City of Stone]]", she allows him to escape to save [=MacBeth=]. Years later, in the battle when [=MacBeth=] kills the original Hunter, he saves Demona, prompting the following exchange.
-->'''Demona''': Thank you.\\

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When Demona battles the original Hunter in "[[Recap/GargoylesS2CityOfStone City of Stone]]", she allows him to escape to save [=MacBeth=]. Years later, in the battle when [=MacBeth=] kills the original Hunter, he saves Demona, prompting the following exchange.
-->'''Demona''': --->'''Demona''': Thank you.\\

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'': After "Ping" [[spoiler: destroys the advancing Hun army with an artificial avalanche]], Captain Shang declares that he owes Ping his life and that Ping has his trust. Then [[spoiler: Mulan is revealed to be a woman; Shang feels betrayed, but does not execute her]].
--> '''Shang''': A life for a life. My debt is repaid.



* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'': After "Ping" [[spoiler: destroys the advancing Hun army with an artificial avalanche]], Captain Shang declares that he owes Ping his life and that Ping has his trust. Then [[spoiler: Mulan is revealed to be a woman; Shang feels betrayed, but does not execute her]].
--> '''Shang''': A life for a life. My debt is repaid.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'': After "Ping" [[spoiler: destroys In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', Donkey Kong tells Mario "Now we're even!" when [[spoiler:they escape from the advancing Hun army with an artificial avalanche]], Captain Shang declares that he owes Ping his life and that Ping has his trust. Then [[spoiler: Mulan is revealed to be Maw-Ray using a woman; Shang feels betrayed, but does not execute her]].
--> '''Shang''': A life for a life. My debt is repaid.
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* Mr. Chapel's CatchPhrase in ''Series/VengeanceUnlimited'' is "We're even, and I'm out of your life forever." Invariably, the response to that is, "Thank God."

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* ''Series/AlteredCarbon''. A corrupt guard arranges for a prisoner to be delivered to TheDragon, saying this makes them even and he's not to be contacted for any more favors. TheDragon replies coldly that his boss "will be the one to decide when your debt is paid."
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* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'': At the end of the game, Leon ends up battling the Super Tyrant on the underground elevator. Ada throws him a rocket launcher to help him put the Tyrant down for good, declaring they're even after spending most of the game going back and forth saving each other. Keeping track of these instances shows that she did owe him[[note]]Ada saved him twice: shooting the zombie dog and then ramming the Tyrant with a car. Leon saved her three times: TakingTheBullet Annette shot at her, helping her out of the trash compactor and removing the metal from her leg, and attempting to pull her back up after the catwalk collapsed[[/note]].
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** Played for laughs in "[[Recap/GargoylesS2Vendettas Vendettas]]", where Vinnie gets RestrainedRevenge on Goliath for unintentionally ruining his life several times (via hitting Goliath in the face with a bazooka-fired banana cream pie) and says "Now, we're even." afterward.
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* ''Series/TheInvisibleMan'' (2000): "Frozen in Time" sees the Agency investigating the disappearances of assorted scientists. By the time Darien and Hobbes realize Chrysalis is behind these abductions, they witness Alianora getting Kate (Darien's former LoveInterest from an earlier episode). After other plans fail, Darien has to exploit how he let Alianora walk away in "Ghost of a Chance" rather than try to arrest her. In response, Alianora agrees to let Darien leave with Kate, but not without a warning.
-->'''Alianora:''' We're even now. Remember that the next time we see each other.
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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E17Enemies Enemies"]]The Mayor hires a mysterious sorcerer to forcibly remove Angel's soul. Instead, he only pretends to do so in order to help the heroes with a FakeDefector scheme. His job done, he declares that his debt to Giles is repaid, with an added warning not to call upon him again.

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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E17Enemies Enemies"]]The Enemies"]] The Mayor hires a mysterious sorcerer to forcibly remove Angel's soul. Instead, he only pretends to do so in order to help the heroes with a FakeDefector scheme. His job done, he declares that his debt to Giles is repaid, with an added warning not to call upon him again.
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* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. In "Initiations", Chakotay saves the life of Kazon teenager Kar on three separate occasions, despite the fact that he keeps trying to kill Chakotay. Kar is an UngratefulBastard because this disgraces him in the eyes of his clan, but he eventually stops Chakotay from walking into a BoobyTrap, causing Chakotay to say, "Twice more and we'll be even." Kar then forgoes two further opportunities to kill Chakotay.

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* ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'': Alice needs the vorpal blade, which is guarded by the Bandersnatch, so to win the creature's acceptance she returns the eye that Mallymkin the mouse had stolen from it earlier in the film. Alice, meanwhile, has an infected cut on her arm; the Bandersnatch licks the injury and causes it to heal, leading Alice to observe with a smile, "I suppose that makes us even, then." They remain allies thereafter.



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* In ''Videogame/FalloutNewVegas'', after helping out The King with a series of quests, he'll say that he owes you a favor, which you can cash in immediately for either a fake passport to The Strip, money or membership into his gang. However, if you hold onto it, during a quest where the NCR wishes to make peace with the Kings, you can use your favor to make him agree to settle things with the NCR, at which point he states that you're now even.

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* Used and parodied in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''. Baljeet one day saved Buford's life, and thanks to "[[TitleDrop The Bully Code]]" becomes his slave for the rest of his life. Baljeet quickly becomes creeped out and annoyed by this [[LampshadeHanging "60's sit-com cliche",]] and spends the episode trying to settle the score. Eventually, he's convinced that having someone follow his every whim isn't such a bad thing... at which point Buford saves his life, making them even.

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* Used and parodied in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''. Baljeet one day saved Buford's life, and thanks to "[[TitleDrop The Bully Code]]" becomes his slave for the rest of his life. Baljeet quickly becomes creeped out and annoyed by this [[LampshadeHanging "60's sit-com cliche",]] cliché",]] and spends the episode trying to settle the score. Eventually, he's convinced that having someone follow his every whim isn't such a bad thing... at which point Buford saves his life, making them even.



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In the early Seasons of {{Series/Gotham}}, Oswald Cobblepot’s relationship with James Gordon is based on repaying debts.

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* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': When [[spoiler:Thresh]] saves Katniss from Clove at the feast, he says it's because he owed her for being kind to [[spoiler:Rue and tring to save her]]. He then says that he doesn't owe her anything anymore.

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* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': When [[spoiler:Thresh]] saves Katniss from Clove at the feast, he says it's because he owed her for being kind to [[spoiler:Rue and tring trying to save her]]. He then says that he doesn't owe her anything anymore.
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** It comes up again in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/17090234 fal-tor-pan: Unversed/Rebirth]]'' when Lea makes peace with Ienzo over his involvement (such as it was) with what happened to Lea and Isa and Axel ordering the murder of Zexion.
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* ''Fanfic/KingdomHeartsPsiTheSeekerOfDarkness'': In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/16128191 To Bring You Back'']], when Lea, Sora and Riku approach Even and Ienzo about making new replica bodies for Roxas, Xion and Naminé, Even makes several jabs regarding Axel's murder of Vexen in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'':

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* ''Fanfic/KingdomHeartsPsiTheSeekerOfDarkness'': When Lea, Sora and Riku approach Even and Ienzo about making new replica bodies for Roxas, Xion and Naminé, Even makes several jabs regarding Axel's murder of Vexen in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'':

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* ''Fanfic/KingdomHeartsPsiTheSeekerOfDarkness'': When Lea, Sora and Riku approach Even and Ienzo about making new replica bodies for Roxas, Xion and Naminé, Even makes several jabs regarding Axel's murder of Vexen in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'':
-->'''Even''': What, as a 'favour' to you? Might I remind you that one of you ''killed me''?\\
'''Lea''': (''takes a step forward and seizes Even’s lab coat by the lapel'') Might I remind you that somebody once kidnapped two fifteen-year-olds, shoved them in a room with a bunch of Heartless, and ''waited to see what would happen''? The way I see it, ''Even'', we’re ''even''. Are we clear?\\
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* At the end of ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'', [[spoiler:after Kong saves Godzilla from Mechagodzilla and the duo take out the robot, it looks like Godzilla wants to have another fight with the ape, who is injured and doesn't seem like he wants to fight, so he drops his axe while Godzilla returns to the sea peacefully]].



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* ''Series/{{Friends}}: In "[[Recap/FriendsS1E13TheOneWithTheBoobies The One With The Boobies]]", Chandler [[AccidentalPervert accidentally walks in]] on Rachel [[ShowerOfAwkward stepping out of the shower topless]] and she [[NakedFreakOut feels humiliated]]. So she decides to find a way to walk in on him in naked in the shower to make then even... but ends up walking in on Joey instead. So [[EscalatingWar Joey tries to get revenge on Rachel in the same way]], but [[CycleOfRevenge walks in on Monica instead]].

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* ''Series/{{Friends}}: ''Series/{{Friends}}'': In "[[Recap/FriendsS1E13TheOneWithTheBoobies The One With The Boobies]]", Chandler [[AccidentalPervert accidentally walks in]] on Rachel [[ShowerOfAwkward stepping out of the shower topless]] and she [[NakedFreakOut feels humiliated]]. So she decides to find a way to walk in on him in naked in the shower to make then even... but ends up walking in on Joey instead. So [[EscalatingWar Joey tries to get revenge on Rachel in the same way]], but [[CycleOfRevenge walks in on Monica instead]].Monica]] who tries to get him back but catches his father in the shower instead.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'': After "Ping" [[spoiler: destroys the advancing Hun army with an artificial avalanche]], Captain Shang declares that he owes Ping his life and that Ping has his trust. Then [[spoiler: Mulan is revealed to be a woman; Shang feels betrayed, but does not execute her]].
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** In Episode 15, Misato realizes that Kaji is a DoubleAgent and confronts him with it at gunpoint. When Kaji sincerely apologizes for keeping his spying a secret from her, Misato lowers her gun and replies that she forgives him, saying that it makes them even for him seeing to it that she got home safely while she was drunk the night before.

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* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Asuka readily volunteers for the most dangerous part of the battle plan in [[Recap/NeonGenesisEvangelionEpisode11TheDayTokyo3StoodStill Episode 11]], explaining that she wants to get even with Shinji for risking his life to save hers in [[Recap/NeonGenesisEvangelionEpisode10MagmaDiver Episode 10]].

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Asuka readily volunteers for the most dangerous part of the battle plan in [[Recap/NeonGenesisEvangelionEpisode11TheDayTokyo3StoodStill Episode 11]], explaining that she wants to get even with Shinji for risking his life to save hers in [[Recap/NeonGenesisEvangelionEpisode10MagmaDiver Episode 10]].10]].
** In Episode 15, Misato realizes that Kaji is a DoubleAgent and confronts him with it at gunpoint. When Kaji sincerely apologizes for keeping his spying a secret from her, Misato lowers her gun and replies that she forgives him, saying that it makes them even for him seeing to it that she got home safely while she was drunk the night before.

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