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** Also in PAYDAY 2, while in the safe house, you can optionally burn your offshore money. Doing so will present you with an image displaying the words "I burnt my entire offshore and all I got was this lousy picture. -Toastie Buns".

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** Also in PAYDAY 2, while While in the safe house, you can optionally burn your offshore money. Doing so will present you with an image displaying the words "I burnt my entire offshore and all I got was this lousy picture. -Toastie Buns".
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* In a similar fashion, ''VideoGame/SonicColors Ultimate'' invokes this trope with the achievement for completing Tropical Resort: "...All I Got Is This Tropical Resort T-Shirt".
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* If you backed the ''Wiki/TVTropes Revitalization Project'' on Website/{{Kickstarter}} at $45 level, you got a T-shirt that said, "I Backed TV Tropes on Kickstarter and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt" on it.

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* If you backed the ''Wiki/TVTropes ''Website/TVTropes Revitalization Project'' on Website/{{Kickstarter}} at $45 level, you got a T-shirt that said, "I Backed TV Tropes on Kickstarter and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt" on it.
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* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} gets Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} for Secret Santa, but to his surprise it's Comicbook/KateBishop instead of Clint - making [[https://i.imgur.com/cjQIFv3.png his gift, a shirt reading]] "[[Comicbook/CivilWarII I killed]] [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk The Hulk]] and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt" even less appropriate!

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* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} gets Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} for Secret Santa, but to his surprise it's Comicbook/KateBishop instead of Clint - making [[https://i.imgur.com/cjQIFv3.png his gift, a shirt reading]] "[[Comicbook/CivilWarII I killed]] [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk The Hulk]] and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt" even less appropriate!
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* ''VideoGame/MaxBlasterAndDorisDeLightningAgainstTheParrotCreaturesOfVenus'': Parodied. One of the T-shirts in the Xavian (a race of alien birds) gift shop, which they plan to sell to humans after their AlienInvasion, has the slogan "my planet was brought under the dominion of the Xavian empire and all I got was this lousy t-shirt which is not nearly as good as having feathers anyway."
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* ''Comicbook/WestCoastAvengers2018'' has Kid Omega wearing "I de-vamped Comicbook/JubileeMarvelComics and all I got was this lousy T-shirt".

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* ''Comicbook/WestCoastAvengers2018'' has Kid Omega wearing "I de-vamped Comicbook/JubileeMarvelComics Comicbook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}} and all I got was this lousy T-shirt".
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[[caption-width-right:201:...but it was WorthIt!]]

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[[caption-width-right:201:...but it boy, was WorthIt!]]
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* During the TwistEnding of ''Film/TheGame'', Nicholas is given a shirt reading "I Was [[spoiler:Drugged And Left For Dead In Mexico]] – And All I Got Was This Stupid T-Shirt."

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* During the TwistEnding of ''Film/TheGame'', ''Film/TheGame1997'', Nicholas is given a shirt reading "I Was [[spoiler:Drugged And Left For Dead In Mexico]] – And All I Got Was This Stupid T-Shirt."
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If it's a twist ending it should be spoilered.


* During the TwistEnding of ''Film/TheGame'', Nicholas is given a shirt reading "I Was Drugged And Left For Dead In Mexico – And All I Got Was This Stupid T-Shirt."

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* During the TwistEnding of ''Film/TheGame'', Nicholas is given a shirt reading "I Was Drugged [[spoiler:Drugged And Left For Dead In Mexico Mexico]] – And All I Got Was This Stupid T-Shirt."
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* ComicBook/TheJoker wears an "[[CrossesTheLineTwice I Killed Jason Todd and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt]]" on an alternate cover to [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_large/5/56044/1614315-batman__1940__619c.jpeg Batman #619]]. It's fairly popular with Joker cosplayers.

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* ComicBook/TheJoker wears an "[[CrossesTheLineTwice "[[ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily I Killed Jason Todd Todd]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt]]" on an alternate cover to [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_large/5/56044/1614315-batman__1940__619c.jpeg Batman #619]]. It's fairly popular with Joker cosplayers.
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* One merchant in ''VideoGame/{{Wynncraft}}'''s Letvus Airbase sells Cinfras Souvenir T-Shirts that come in a variety of colors, each for a ridiculously high cost. [[JokeItem All of them lack special stat modifiers, give only +10 HP,]] and have the following item description:

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* One merchant in ''VideoGame/{{Wynncraft}}'''s Letvus Airbase sells Cinfras Souvenir T-Shirts that come in a variety of colors, each for a ridiculously high cost. [[JokeItem All of them lack special stat modifiers, give only +10 HP,]] a very meager health bonus,]] and have the following item description:

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* After reaching the [[spoiler:NUKE NUKE NUKE]] and the games ends, if you play ''I Was In the War'' again, your character wears a shirt that says "[[TitleDrop I Was in the War]] and all i got was this lousy t-shirt".
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has a variant; anyone who had an active account when the developers introduced [[NewGamePlus Ascension]] in June 2005 was entitled to a [[CosmeticAward trophy]] called "This Lousy Trophy".
* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' has one saying "I saved the damn universe..." in the front and the rest of the phrase in the back.



* In ''[[VideoGame/SPYFox SPY Fox in: Dry Cereal]]'', SPY Fox can allude to this when you click on him inside William's blimp, saying that he should get a shirt saying that he saved the world and all he got was a lousy t-shirt.
* In ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'', completing the job "Lab Rats" on the highest difficulty will reward you with an achievement titled "I survived Lab Rats on One Down And All I Got Was This Achievement".
** Also in PAYDAY 2, while in the safe house, you can optionally burn your offshore money. Doing so will present you with an image displaying the words "I burnt my entire offshore and all I got was this lousy picture. -Toastie Buns".
* ''VideoGame/PinkPantherPassportToPeril'': In Egypt, a man named Mouth tries to sell one of these t-Shirts to Pink.



* One merchant in ''VideoGame/{{Wynncraft}}'''s Letvus Airbase sells Cinfras Souvenir T-Shirts that come in a variety of colors, each for a ridiculously high cost. [[JokeItem All of them lack special stat modifiers, give only +10 HP,]] and have the following item description:
-->The shirt has the quote "I went to the Letvus Airbase in Cinfras and all I got was this lousy T-shirt" printed on it.



* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has a variant; anyone who had an active account when the developers introduced [[NewGamePlus Ascension]] in June 2005 was entitled to a [[CosmeticAward trophy]] called "This Lousy Trophy".
* ''VideoGame/PinkPantherPassportToPeril'': In Egypt, a man named Mouth tries to sell one of these t-Shirts to Pink.
* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' has one saying "I saved the damn universe..." in the front and the rest of the phrase in the back.
* In ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'', completing the job "Lab Rats" on the highest difficulty will reward you with an achievement titled "I survived Lab Rats on One Down And All I Got Was This Achievement".
** Also in PAYDAY 2, while in the safe house, you can optionally burn your offshore money. Doing so will present you with an image displaying the words "I burnt my entire offshore and all I got was this lousy picture. -Toastie Buns".
* After reaching the [[spoiler:NUKE NUKE NUKE]] and the games ends, if you play ''I Was In the War'' again, your character wears a shirt that says "[[TitleDrop I Was in the War]] and all i got was this lousy t-shirt".
* In ''[[VideoGame/SPYFox SPY Fox in: Dry Cereal]]'', SPY Fox can allude to this when you click on him inside William's blimp, saying that he should get a shirt saying that he saved the world and all he got was a lousy t-shirt.
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* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity''. "I completed Vice City and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."

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* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity''. ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', the reward for OneHundredPercentCompletion is [[AndYourRewardIsClothes a shirt for your character]] that reads: "I completed Vice City and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6435350/8/The-Incredible-Race?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_KzUHgBkwd5S4NLEzGRh5hS8DqlE5tv48fhT5IqnR.BQ-1635906595-0-gqNtZGzNAmWjcnBszQpR The Incredible Race]]'' the wizarding entrance to a hotel in Kathmandu is disguised as a souvenir boutique which sports merchandise such as a T-shirt reading "MY RELATIVES WENT TO KATHMANDU AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY T-SHIRT".
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* From the ''VideoGame/{{Bionicle}}'' universe, the now-deprecated ''Mata Nui Online Game'' had [[ShiftingSandLand Po-Wahi]], the land of the element of stone. One of the few denizens of the countryside was the owner of an isolated souvenir stand; one of the items he was selling was a large but otherwise ordinary stone, etched with Matoran script that translated to "My friend went to Po-Wahi, and all I got was this lousy rock".

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* This is part of [[WrestlingMonster Nyla Rose's]] gimmick in Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling; after she finishes destroying an opponent, her manager Wrestling/VickieGuerrero enters the ring and covers their face with one of Nyla's merchandise shirts which is emblazoned with "I SURVIVED '''NYLA''' ...AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS T-SHIRT." as a mocking consolation prize.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Warhawk}}'': In one of the epilogues from the original Playstation game, it is mentioned that one of the pilots, after the events of the game, retired and resorting to selling "I survived the Red Mercury War, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" t-shirts.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Warhawk}}'': In one of the epilogues from the original Playstation game, it is mentioned that one of the pilots, after the events of the game, retired and resorting resorted to selling "I survived the Red Mercury War, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" t-shirts.
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* In the season 2 finale of ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'', Paul Stamets is seriously injured in battle and placed in a coma by his husband, Hugh Culber. Early in season 3, Culber brings Stamets out of the coma, and he's seriously disoriented but hell-bent on helping repair the battle-damaged ''Discovery'', leading to this compromise:
-->'''Culber''': Tell you what, I'll let you go back to work [[HowManyFingers if you can spell]] "My partner brought me out of a coma and all I got was this lousy T-shirt." ''Spell it.''\\
'''Stamets''': [[{{Beat}} {pained stare}]] My brain...\\
'''Culber''': Yes, it's scrambled like an egg.
** One cut later, Stamets is spelling out "l-o-u-s-y t-s-h-i-r-t."
--->'''Culber''': "T-shirt" has a hyphen.
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* In ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'', Alice gets such a shirt at the Watcher World amusement park. Her dad Bill compliments her on the shirt, but Alice wryly replies that it's pretty lousy, which Bill takes a second to realize is a joke.
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* ''Comicbook/WestCoastAvengers2018'' has Kid Omega wearing "I de-vamped Comicbook/{{Jubilee}} and all I got was this lousy T-shirt".

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* ''Comicbook/WestCoastAvengers2018'' has Kid Omega wearing "I de-vamped Comicbook/{{Jubilee}} Comicbook/JubileeMarvelComics and all I got was this lousy T-shirt".
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* Music/Daughters has a similarily titled song called "I Slept with the Daughters and All I Got Was This Lousy Song Written About Me".

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* Music/Daughters Music/{{Daughters}} has a similarily titled song called "I Slept with the Daughters and All I Got Was This Lousy Song Written About Me".
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* Music/Daughters has a similarily titled song called "I Slept with the Daughters and All I Got Was This Lousy Song Written About Me".
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* Uncle Bryn is proudly wearing a t-shirt printed with "My niece went to Greece, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt!" when the titular Series/GavinAndStacey come home from their honeymoon. Everyone present is confused as the happy couple didn't get it for him; they brought him a bottle of Greek booze. Turns out Bryn had the t-shirt printed himself as a joke.

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* Uncle Bryn is proudly wearing a t-shirt printed with "My niece went to Greece, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt!" when the titular Series/GavinAndStacey ''Series/GavinAndStacey'' come home from their honeymoon. Everyone present is confused as the happy couple didn't get it for him; they brought him a bottle of Greek booze. Turns out Bryn had the t-shirt printed himself as a joke.
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* Uncle Bryn is proudly wearing a t-shirt printed with "My niece went to Greece, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt!" when the titular Series/GavinAndStacey come home from their honeymoon. Everyone present is confused as the happy couple didn't get it for him; they got a bottle of Greek booze. Turns out Bryn had the t-shirt printed himself as a joke.

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* Uncle Bryn is proudly wearing a t-shirt printed with "My niece went to Greece, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt!" when the titular Series/GavinAndStacey come home from their honeymoon. Everyone present is confused as the happy couple didn't get it for him; they got brought him a bottle of Greek booze. Turns out Bryn had the t-shirt printed himself as a joke.

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* Uncle Bryn is proudly wearing a t-shirt printed with "My niece went to Greece, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt!" when the titular Series/GavinAndStacy come home from their honeymoon. Everyone present is confused as the happy didn't get it for him; they got a bottle of Greek booze. Turns out Bryn had the t-shirt printed himself as a joke.

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* Uncle Bryn is proudly wearing a t-shirt printed with "My niece went to Greece, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt!" when the titular Series/GavinAndStacy Series/GavinAndStacey come home from their honeymoon. Everyone present is confused as the happy couple didn't get it for him; they got a bottle of Greek booze. Turns out Bryn had the t-shirt printed himself as a joke.
-->'''Nessa:''' How did the t-shirt go, Bryn?
-->'''Bryn:''' Mixed reviews.
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* Uncle Bryn is proudly wearing a t-shirt printed with "My niece went to Greece, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt!" when the titular Series/GavinAndStacy come home from their honeymoon. Everyone present is confused as the happy didn't get it for him; they got a bottle of Greek booze. Turns out Bryn had the t-shirt printed himself as a joke.
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13698850/3/Not-with-a-half-blood Not with a half-blood!]]'' Harry has a T-shirt that says "I defeated the dark lord and all I got was this lousy t-shirt".
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* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' has two in quick succession after the super-brawl - first is the BigBad of the arc, [[spoiler: Vehemence]], in custody and sporting an "I Fought ARC-SWAT and all I got was this lousy T-shirt!", and not long after is the [[PunnyName Barberian]], who [[HornyDevils Dabbler had slept with to recharge]], sporting "I fought ARC-SWAT and all I got was [blank] and [blank] and my [blank][blank] by Dabbler."
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* On ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', after Howard returns from his trip to the Space Station, he gifts Raj with such a shirt. Raj notes, with genuine delight, that Howard didn't even bring the shirt ''with'' him to the Space Station, making its lousiness very authentic.
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* In the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' spin-off ''Legends of the Ferengi'', Quark says that his father's legacy to him was a vast collection of headskirts (those things some Ferengi wear round the back of their heads), each one bearing a legend to the effect of "I survived [disaster]". He eventually realises the message his father was giving him: somebody bought these things, which meant somebody sold them, which neatly illustrates Rule of Acquisition #162: Even in the worst of times, somebody makes a profit.
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* A software bug hunter named Evan Ricafort was "rewarded" for one of his jobs with a shirt that says "I hacked the Dutch government and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."

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* A software bug hunter named Evan Ricafort was "rewarded" for one of his jobs The Dutch government has a responsible disclosure program where if you find a vulnerability in their systems, they reward you with a shirt that says has a small logo of their National Cyber Security Center, together with the text "I hacked the Dutch government and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."

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