Basic Trope: A character bribes someone they find annoying (usually with money) to get them to go away.
- Straight: Alice shows up to Bob's party. He gives her $50 to vamoose.
- Exaggerated:
- Bob Venmos Alice to ensure she gets nowhere near him.
- Bob just wants to be alone, so he pays everyone off this way.
- Downplayed: Alice is a Dreadful Musician who is otherwise not unpleasant to be around. Bob pays her $20 to leave her guitar at home.
- Justified: Bob has plenty of money to throw around, and Alice is broke, so she's not in a position to refuse.
- Inverted: Bob pays Alice to hang out with him.
- Subverted: Bob rolls his eyes when Alice shows up to the party, so he gives her $50...to go get some beer and chips, because they're running low.
- Double Subverted: This was an excuse to move the party elsewhere without telling Alice.
- Parodied: Bob does this so often to so many people that he's technically his state's largest employer.
- Zig-Zagged: Bob gives Alice $50 to get beer and chips, but the party has moved to a different place by the time she gets back. But Bob then texts her to give her the new address.
- Averted: Bob just grins and bears it.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Alice hangs around Bob a lot because he knows he'll just pay her off.
- Exploited: Alice drives Bob to the poorhouse because she knows he doesn't keep a tight watch on his finances.
- Defied:
- Alice flatly refuses Bob's bribe.
- Charles suggests that Bob pay Alice to go away. Bob balks at this idea, considering it unconscionable.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Implied: Alice is briefly shown attempting to enter Bob's party. In the next scene, she's walking away, tucking a couple bills into her wallet.
- Deconstructed: Bob is so used to just throwing money at his problems that when he encounters a nuisance that can't be bought off he's completely and utterly unable to handle it.
- Played for Horror: Alice turns out to be some sort of supernatural creature, and by buying her off, Bob technically entered a contract with her, which opens him up to all sorts of otherworldly shenanigans.
- Played for Laughs: Alice and Bob maintain this relationship throughout the entirety of their lives, culminating in Bob leaving Alice his fortune to stay away from his funeral.
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