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* ''Fanfic/MetalGearGreen'':
** Throughout the MSF's liberation of Africa, many of the locals who have been freed and later joined the MSF were forced to live in poverty as the warlords controlled the food market, and the heroes did nothing to help them. When they were freed, they were offered more from the MSF, and for many of them, being treated like actual human beings is better than being deemed expendable.
** Much like MHA canon, Ochako suffers from this. Akatani (a disguised Izuku) was quick to realize that Ochako wanted food, but didn't want it to be viewed as charity, as charity means she can't handle her situation.
** Throughout the MSF's liberation of Africa, many of the locals who have been freed and later joined the MSF were forced to live in poverty as the warlords controlled the food market, and the heroes did nothing to help them. When they were freed, they were offered more from the MSF, and for many of them, being treated like actual human beings is better than being deemed expendable.
** Much like MHA canon, Ochako suffers from this. Akatani (a disguised Izuku) was quick to realize that Ochako wanted food, but didn't want it to be viewed as charity, as charity means she can't handle her situation.
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* ''Series/CuteyHoneyTheLive'': Private detective Seiji Hayami fits this trope to a tee. He claims to be living in poverty as a way to infiltrate the underworld of Japan... whether or not that can be believed when you consider his luck with clients and general ineptness at his job is up to the viewer.
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* ''Series/CuteyHoneyTheLive'': ''Series/CutieHoneyTheLive'': Private detective Seiji Hayami fits this trope to a tee. He claims to be living in poverty as a way to infiltrate the underworld of Japan... whether or not that can be believed when you consider his luck with clients and general ineptness at his job is up to the viewer.
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* ''ComicBook/SpiderBoy'' is a homeless, penniless kid with a MissingMom and a DisappearedDad. Even if he were old enough to get a job, [[RetGone all documentation of his existence has been erased]], making it impossible to get working papers. His lack of money becomes a sore spot for him by Issue #3 of his comic, as his phone, his last worldly possession, was stolen just before Christmas. He then mutters that he wants twenty bucks after a woman asks how he can repay her for saving her and her cat. Unfortunately, HeroismWontPayTheBills, and the expectation that superheroes work for free means that she doesn't even entertain the thought while Christina tries to sweep Bailey's remark under the rug by saying he was just kidding.
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* ComicBook/SpiderMan is the premier example of this. Despite being a super-genius inventor who created a revolutionary new super-strong bio-degradable adhesive, friends with several billionaires, married to a model/actress, and a member of the world's greatest superhero team (the Avengers), he still seems to be utterly broke in most storylines, to the point where he just put up with a dislocated shoulder until it healed to avoid paying the medical bills. Many fans feared that the fallout of ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'' would put him ''back'' into this, [[StatusQuoIsGod which eventually came to pass]] when he has to destroy Parker Industries to keep Hydra from getting its hands on it. And to add insult to injury, he even loses the Ph.D. Doc Ock got him due to plagiarism allegations, although he does enroll in Empire State University to earn one himself.
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* ComicBook/SpiderMan is the premier example of this. Despite being a super-genius inventor who created a revolutionary new super-strong bio-degradable adhesive, friends with several billionaires, married to a model/actress, and a member of the world's greatest superhero team (the Avengers), he still seems to be utterly broke in most storylines, to the point where he just put up with a dislocated shoulder until it healed to avoid paying the medical bills. Many fans feared that the fallout of ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'' ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan2013'' would put him ''back'' into this, [[StatusQuoIsGod which eventually came to pass]] when he has to destroy Parker Industries to keep Hydra from getting its hands on it. And to add insult to injury, he even loses the Ph.D. Doc Ock got him due to plagiarism allegations, although he does enroll in Empire State University to earn one himself.
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* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics:'' The Chaotix, post-cosmic reboot. Even saying they don't have the money to keep the lights on would be generous, since they can't afford lights ''at all''. No matter what they do or who hires them, they barely break even. One case to find and rescue a princess does end with them getting paid, only to find the foreign currency they're paid in has [[WorthlessForeignCurrency an awful exchange rate]], meaning all they can buy is one packet of crackers for Charmy.
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* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics:'' ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': The Chaotix, post-cosmic reboot. Even saying they don't have the money to keep the lights on would be generous, since they can't afford lights ''at all''. No matter what they do or who hires them, they barely breakeven. One case even.
*** After Espio loses tofind Bean in the ''Championship'' arc, Vector uses a collect call message to yell at Espio, telling him not to accept the charges cause they can't afford it.
*** In the final issue of ''Sonic Universe'', they are tasked with finding andrescue rescuing a princess princess, which does end with them getting paid, only to paid. Unfortunately, they find that the foreign currency they're paid in has [[WorthlessForeignCurrency [[RidiculousExchangeRates an awful exchange rate]], meaning all they can buy is one packet a package of crackers lightbulbs for Charmy.the office while Charmy decides to keep his share.
** ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'': The Chaotix in this incarnation retain this element of being flat-out broke, where they always ask to get paid. When Knuckles hires them in the ''[[Recap/SonicTheHedgehogIDWMisadventuresArc Misadventures]]'' arc, the crocodile is the quick to ask what the Echidna is paying them after the trouble they went through. Knuckles however doesn't have any money, being a recluse who lives on an island in the sky, which he instead [[ProBonoBarter offers to forage them some seasonal fruits]]. Espio consoles a crying Vector to accept the offer since it would be free groceries for them.
** ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': The Chaotix, post-cosmic reboot. Even saying they don't have the money to keep the lights on would be generous, since they can't afford lights ''at all''. No matter what they do or who hires them, they barely break
*** After Espio loses to
*** In the final issue of ''Sonic Universe'', they are tasked with finding and
** ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'': The Chaotix in this incarnation retain this element of being flat-out broke, where they always ask to get paid. When Knuckles hires them in the ''[[Recap/SonicTheHedgehogIDWMisadventuresArc Misadventures]]'' arc, the crocodile is the quick to ask what the Echidna is paying them after the trouble they went through. Knuckles however doesn't have any money, being a recluse who lives on an island in the sky, which he instead [[ProBonoBarter offers to forage them some seasonal fruits]]. Espio consoles a crying Vector to accept the offer since it would be free groceries for them.
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* The Chaotix Detective Agency in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series is stuck like this. They take up the mysterious client in ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' only to find out is Dr. Eggman in the end, who promises to pay them when he takes over the world, which doesn't end well for the poor dope. ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' had one scene where the team is so broke that Vector uses a collect call message to yell at Espio.
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* The Chaotix Detective Agency in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series is stuck like this. They take up the mysterious client in ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' only to find out is Dr. Eggman in the end, who promises to pay them when he takes over the world, which doesn't end well for the poor dope. ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' had one scene where the team is so broke that The ending of Espio's campaign in ''VideoGame/SonicRivals2'' has Vector uses a collect call message to yell at Espio.chew out the chameleon for not finishing the job their client paid them in advance for, and mentions that the money was already spent on the rent since the agency was behind on rent payments.
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* Implied in Music/{{Beck}}'s "Black Tambourine" from ''Music/{{Guero}}'':
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* Implied in Music/{{Beck}}'s Music/{{Beck|Musician}}'s "Black Tambourine" from ''Music/{{Guero}}'':
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* This is usually the flavor of most ''TabletopGame/ShadowRun'' groups. The [[BadassCrew Runners]] are either completely broke or are cheated out of their money by the [[MegaCorp corporation]] they're hired by, or blow all of their money buying [[CoolGuns guns]], [[ArtificialLimbs cybernetics]], and the like.
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* This is usually the flavor of most ''TabletopGame/ShadowRun'' groups. The [[BadassCrew Runners]] are either completely broke or are cheated out of their money by the [[MegaCorp corporation]] they're hired by, or blow all of their money buying [[CoolGuns guns]], guns, [[ArtificialLimbs cybernetics]], and the like.
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* Marshall Law from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' went from a successful businessman into someone so broke that his only chance to recover financially was to win the tournament, which canonically never happened (the most he received was some "financial assistance" from Yoshimitsu and the Manji Party after they looted Ganryu during the events of the first game), and [[PlayedForLaughs we're instead treated with hilarity with how he could never escape his poverty]]. Even in his non-canon endings where he does win the tournament, something happens that causes him to lose all his money. For example, in ''Tekken 4'', he started a successful chain of Chinese restaurants, but then when a customer [[BerserkButton insulted his cooking]] he beat up everyone in the restaraunt in a blind rage and [[HilaritySues got hit with so many lawsuits]] he went bankrupt again.
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* Marshall Law from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' went from a successful businessman into someone so broke that his only chance to recover financially was to win the tournament, which canonically never happened (the most he received was some "financial assistance" from Yoshimitsu and the Manji Party after they looted Ganryu during the events of the first game), and [[PlayedForLaughs we're instead treated with hilarity with how he could never escape his poverty]]. Even in his non-canon endings where he does win the tournament, something happens that causes him to lose all his money. For example, in ''Tekken 4'', ''VideoGame/Tekken4'', he started a successful chain of Chinese restaurants, but then when a customer [[BerserkButton insulted his cooking]] he beat up everyone in the restaraunt in a blind rage and [[HilaritySues got hit with so many lawsuits]] he went bankrupt again.
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* ''Manga/NeuroSupernaturalDetective'': Yako, to the point there are several chapters dedicated to her trying (and failing) to win some money to pay off some crippling debt. The work never clears up how much she and Neuro get paid for the cases they solve, specially the ones the duo happens to [[BusmansHoliday stumble across]] but it seems to imply it's a just a combination of [[{{Troll}} Neuro]] wasting all the money in some inconsequential stuff and then [[BadBoss footing the bill to Yako]] and [[BigEater Yako]] herself ordering the occasional 12 course banquet at some fancy restaurant what seems to deplete their funds.
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* ''Manga/NeuroSupernaturalDetective'': ''Manga/MajinTanteiNougamiNeuro'': Yako, to the point there are several chapters dedicated to her trying (and failing) to win some money to pay off some crippling debt. The work never clears up how much she and Neuro get paid for the cases they solve, specially the ones the duo happens to [[BusmansHoliday stumble across]] but it seems to imply it's a just a combination of [[{{Troll}} Neuro]] wasting all the money in some inconsequential stuff and then [[BadBoss footing the bill to Yako]] and [[BigEater Yako]] herself ordering the occasional 12 course banquet at some fancy restaurant what seems to deplete their funds.
